"Miss Honda, who's the first person on the list for recruitment?" Ronin asked. "That would be one Tsukune Aono" Tohru said displaying him on the screen "Ah, excellent the first one I ever told about the project" Ronin said "Your nephew?" Tohru asked. "Yep, it was around about the time of first return of CHIMERA" Ronin said "So six months ago" Tohru said "More than that, because of the snow village involving the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, the X-Men and Team X was a few months ago and its nearly the beginning of summer" Ronin said "So I'll head to his location and talk to him personally" Ronin said "And I'll check where the others are at" Tohru said heading over to a terminal "I hope we're ready for this" she whispered.
Beachside Japan
"You coming Moka" Tsukune asked as the pair sat underneath an umbrella "No, I can't remember" Moka said sadly "But I thought that the new seal allows your outer form go into water?" Tsukune said "But I haven't tried it out yet" Moka said "Don't worry Kurumu and Mizore are over there, and I will be over there in a bit" Tsukune said watching Moka walked over to the water's edge. "Every time I see the two of you, you're more smitten with her" Ronin said appearing "Hey Uncle Ronin; Kurumu's over" Tsukune started "Actually Tsukune; I'm here to talk to you about what we discussed seven months ago" Ronin said "Sure, but why now?" Tsukune asked.
"We've been tracking something and we hired a professor from the town of Tomoeda to recover it, while this was happening I was in the final stages of completing the primary team of the project" Ronin said. "So you're activating it now?" Tsukune asked shocked. "We had no choice if given one, we would have waited a while longer, but something forced our hands" Ronin said "What?" Tsukune asked. "CHIMERA, they attacked the bas where we had hidden the object; but that is the least of our worries, the leader of HCIMERA was Akua Shuzen" ROnin said "But she hasn't been seen since" Tsukune said "I know the first rise of CHIMERA" ROnin said "Anyway, here's the briefing" Ronin said handing Tsukune a tablet computer. "Thanks" Tsukune said activating it "So let's see who we have on offer" Tsukune said watching archived footage of final battles that the candidates took part in "Whoa" was all he could say "Tsukune?" Moka asked. "Who are they?" Kurumu asked arriving with her friend "Powerful" Tsukune said "Why do I have the feeling that this is my father's project?" Kurumu asked "Yeah, only now I have to go help him" Tsukune said deactivating the pad. "Do you have to?" Moka askjed "I'm afraid so" Tsukune said
Otogibana City
"Hey get back here scum" a teen girl said as she chased some thugs down "Ryoko" a boy said aiming in front of the thugs "Ryoshi now!" Ryoko said as the boy. Released his hold on the string he was holding onto "Got him" Ryoshi said "Well done" a voice said as the thug went down "Who are you?" a thug asked as Tohru stepped into the light from the shadows before taking out the thug with a couple of moves "Who are you?" Ryoshi said aiming his slingshot at Tohru "Tohru Honda, SHIELD Special Project and Operations Division" Tohru said "So you here about that thing, that Tsukune Aono was talking about?" Ryoko said pulling out a card "That's correct we hoped that it would be a bit later than now. But something has pushed our time table up" Tohru said "Ryoshi, can you go back and tell Litzi where I am?" Ryoko asked "Yeah sure" Ryoshi said "Thanks" Ryoko said walking off with Tohru.
"So what is that thing?" Ryoko asked indicating the plane in front of them "It is the Kestrel, the team's transportation" Tohru said walking up the hatch "So where are we going?" Ryoko asked buckling up in the back as Tohru instructed the pilots to take off. "A SHIELD carrier, once there you'll meet your other teammates" Tohru said "Anybody I would know" Ryoko asked looking out the window of the Kestrel "So when we will be there?" Ryoko asked flying over the mountains that surrounded her home town "A couple of hours, so sit back relax and enjoy the ride" Tohru said switching it to autopilot.
SHIELD carrier
He opened his eyes and looked around "Where am I?" he asked pushing himself up and looking around before looking at his arm "That's not Winry's Automail" he said looking at the reflective silver arm that was now in the place where he Automail arm was "Wait its lighter than the other arm" Ed said throwing a punch "It's made out of the same alloy that is used in Capt Roger's shield" a voice said "And you would be?" Ed asked talking up a defensive position "One of the men that pulled you out of the big brine" the man said "Big Brine?" Ed asked looking for a shirt "Here" the man said throwing Ed a shirt. "Thanks" Ed said pulling the shirt on "Who designed it" Ed said looking at it before the new leg made out of the same material "Stark" the man said "Wait, Howard Stark, designed this?" Ed asked "No his son Tony did" the man said. "And who are you?" Ed asked "You can call me Ronin" ronin said "Nice to meet you, now what is it you want?" Ed asked nervously "I want you to join a team on mine" Ronin said leaving the room. "Strange guy" Ed said standing up to test his new leg
Kestrel
"So this bat shit crazy Vampire is trying to destroy humans?" Ryoko asked looking at a file on the briefing pad "Yeah. Only thing is she's likely to succeed, that is why we're accelerating the plan" Tohru said looking back from her chair "So when do I meet them?" Ryoko asked before a voice flared to life on the radio 'This is Mirage to Kestrel, come in Kestrel' the voice said "This is Kestrel, making ready for final landing; over" Tohru said turning off the autopilot and talking control as the aircraft landed gently on the carrier's surface "Welcome to the U.N. Mirage the base for the Special Projects and Operations division of SHIELD" Tohru said as the Kestrel stopped and was being locked down.
"Now I believe two of your teammates are here" Tohru said "Really?" Ryoko asked disembarked to see a teen in red looking over the edge "We don't have these in Amestris" the teen said surprised. "And they didn't have them in the war" the teen added "Which war?" Ryoko asked "The second" the teen said "Wait, what?" Ryoko asked "Ah, Ryoko and you must be Edward" a familiar voice said "You're Tsukune if I remember correctly" Ryoko said "Hey nice to meet you" Ed said shaking Tsukune's hand "I heard about your actions in the second world war; even your time trip here" Tsukune said "Hold up, how could he get here?" Ryoko asked confused "The orb mentioned in the briefing was an artefact of limitless potential and it somehow transported me here from World War 2" Ed said "Anyway I think it's time we went inside for a briefing" Tohru said "Understood, besides I actually want to breathe" Tsukune said "What please don't tell me this goes underwater!" Ryoko exclaimed hear a groan causing her and Ed to look over the side to see a giant fan rotor "Oh no, this is much worse" Ed said "Shall we?" Ryoko asked being escorted by two flight deck attendants who gave them masks to breathe while they walked to the entrance "Thanks" they said entering.
Briefing Room
"Welcome team, now that we're gathered we need to get down to business" Ronin said "now you the first members we brought on and the forth is on his way. Agent Colson will be responsible for his transport" Ronin said "When will he get here?" Edward asked. "Soon, anyway we've been tracking the artefact" Ronin said showing a holographic 3D map of the world "Nice graphics" Ryoko said "Anyway continuing on this is the believed location of the artefact, a small town by the name of Tomoeda" Ronin said "ISn't that where those bizarre signals came from?" Tohru asked "Yes it was, anyway we believe this was the last known location before" Ronin said pausing "before what?" Tsukune asked. "We lost the signal" Tohru said "So you want us to go down there and figure out where they went?" Tsukune asked "Yes but just you and Edward, Ryoko I want you to wait for the next member of the team" Ronin said "Yes sir" the three said saluting.
"Too bad you can't join us Ryoko" Tsukune said walking over to the Kestrel "I'll be right besides you two have nmore experience in this area than I do, so just be careful and come back here safely" Ryoko said smiling slightly before walking off. "You got it, come on Ed" Tsukune said "Right behind you" Ed responded.