CHAPTER ONE
The Beginning… Again.
It was a very hot day in Blue Moon. In any other country this would have been perfectly normal, and many COs found it quite pleasant. Commander Olaf, however, could not stand it.
Blue Moon had always been cold, or at least cool. Olaf had always liked it that way, especially in winter, when the snow fell on rooftops like buckets full of hammers. The Blue Moon territory in Cosmo Land, where Olaf grew up, was particularly cold, but by strange coincidence, all the Blue Moon territories in the world behaved the same way.
It was mainly for this reason that Olaf decided he needed to investigate the day's abnormally warm weather. Or rather, that Olaf decided he would make Grit investigate for him.
Grit, who had been spending a beautiful day at the beach with Colin and Sasha, answered Olaf's phone call with annoyance.
"'Yello?" said Grit sarcastically.
"Grit! You pompous windbag! Why aren't you here at Headquarters?! I've been looking for you for fifteen minutes!" screamed Olaf.
"Well seeing as how it's such a nice day 'n all, I reckoned I'd take Colin and Sasha ter the beach for a day of fun in the sun."
" The beach? THE BEACH? You lazy fool, what if there was an emergency!? How could you be of any assistance at THE BEACH! Not only that, you overgrown sloth, you felt it necessary to take THE ONLY OTHER COMMANDING OFFICERS IN BLUE MOON with you!!!!"
Grit smiled and laughed, "Alright, alright! Don't go have a cow on me now! You know as well as I do that we haven't had an emergency situation in over a year. What's gunna happen?"
Olaf literally growled in frustration. " Grit, as second in command of the Blue Moon armed forces, I would expect that you, of all people, understand the situation! Look around you! It's hot! Sunny! As in, high temperatures! We haven't had weather like this since Von Bolt's invasion of Omega Land. Don't you find that even remotely strange?"
Grit pondered for a moment. No matter how much he wanted to ignore it, Olaf was right. It's mid-October. Temperatures this high so close to winter season was definitely concerning, especially for Blue Moon.
Grit sighed, "You know something Olaf? I reckon you're right. It's way too hot out here."
"Darn right, I'm right! Now get your lazy behind back to Headquarters, and bring Colin and Sasha with you!"
"On my way. Over and out."
Grit walked down the sandy beach to get Colin and Sasha.
Olaf hung up the phone angrily and nearly broke his favorite armchair from sitting down with such force. At the beach, Olaf thought to himself, that man will be the death of me.
He rested his large chin on his fist and wondered why the weather was acting so strange. Ever since his childhood it had always been cold in Blue Moon. Why would that change now?
The phone on Olaf's desk rang suddenly, breaking his concentration, and almost causing him to fall out of his chair. He was glad Grit wasn't there to see it. He realigned himself quickly and picked up the ringing phone.
"Yes? What is it?"
A woman's voice answered, "Commander Olaf, there's a grungy looking man in the lobby who said he was here to see you. His ID says his name is Gregory. He claims to be related to Colin and Sasha."
Olaf groaned. Gregory was Colin and Sasha's uncle. Unlike the young one's, however, Gregory was extremely poor, having only become a CO through his brother's recommendation. Which had turned out to be a good thing, as he was one of Blue Moon's finest Commanding Officers. Olaf, however, despised him.
"Alright," Olaf sighed, "Send him in."
Olaf hung up the phone and once again plopped in his chair. Gregory reminded him a lot of Grit, which was definitely not a good thing. Both of them were extremely laid back, which Olaf had many times mistaken for laziness. Grit was also great friends with Gregory, which didn't help the matter from Olaf's perspective. Colin adored and admired his uncle, who had on many occasions taken him away from his strict home life to go on camping and hiking trips. The same could not be said of Sasha, who clearly despised Gregory. She found his laid back nature and lack of money disturbing, not to mention the fact that she was never invited to Colin and Gregory's fun little trips.
Gregory's ability on the battlefield was possibly his most redeeming feature. All of his units had 150 more fuel and ammo than all other armies, which was incredibly useful in tight situations with low supplies. His CO Power caused all his units to use 50 less ammo and fuel for one turn, and his Super CO Power did the same thing plus cause all enemy units to use double fuel and ammo for a turn.
Gregory appeared in Olaf's office doorway with a huge grin on his face and his arms open wide.
"OLAF! How ya doin' you big oaf! What a day out, eh? Gorgeous! I haven't seen weather like this since my vacation to Yellow Comet 3 years ago! Hahaha!"
Olaf tried half-heartedly to smile, but it ended up looking like he was eating
something sour.
"So what did you call me down here for?" Gregory asked.
Olaf straightened himself and explained, "I have reason to believe that something is wrong here in Blue Moon. Think about it. It's far too hot. Blue Moon is famous for it's cold weather. Especially so close to winter. I've already called for Grit, Colin, and Sasha. In short, I want the four of you to investigate this phenomenon and report back to me when you've found out the reason for this weather."
"Right to the point as always, eh Olaf? Alright. I'll look into it. Besides, it'll be a good chance for me and the boys to spend a nice day outside, hahaha!"
A/N: Sorry about the sudden cut off, but I'm in class and I have to post this now before the bell rings, Chapter Two will be up soon!
-Take
