Opening File: Ancient Guardians

There have been tales passed down generations of great wars that once consumed a small planet, populated by a young species that was growing into dominance of the planet. However that dominance was threatened by the rise of a powerful destructive force that challenged the growing race. The children of the world fought back, growing and evolving as they learned to fight the forces of destruction. As the fighting grew great powers were found and awakened leading to the untold destruction of countless lives but the people of the world always reestablished themselves.

The world was visited by strangers who sought to exploit it resources for their own benefit but a small group resisted and fought for the freedom of the planet. In the end the strangers were repelled and the victors were reduced to a small handful that remained on the planet, watching its people grow through the ages. They thought they were the last of the rebels that had fought for the world's freedom but unknown to them someone had survived and had lived among the humans in secret.

Waiting.

Watching.

Looking to the stars for signs of the enemy returning to conquer this lone planet once again and waiting to reveal themselves to the world.

That time had now come.

Close File

Xxx

"You ever believe in something called destiny?" TOM asked as he closed the file. "Destiny is what we refer to what someone is meant to be or what someone can be. So what do you think you are meant to be? Hero, villain, simple guy living a simple life? Life of adventure isn't for everyone but take the time to wonder what you can be and if you think you can be someone meant to do great things don't just sit and wait, go out and find that great person you want to be."

Xxx

"Man you guys were good." Marceline commented, sitting up on her bed in the infirmary and watching as Abby was warmed up. "Kinda bummed I had to watch from here."

"Yeah well…" Abby sighed, dressed in a green hospital gown with a towel to keep her warm. "I'm just glad I thought ahead and brought an extra set of clothes. I knew it might come to this if I ended up fighting Nigel."

Nigel, who was not too far away on his own bed smiled sheepishly from the dirty look Abby threw him. "Yeah well…"

"You ought to stop by my folk's house sometime. My mom's actually a Huntress and she's been training me for a long time now. I'd be glad to have some friends who can actually fight. Not a lot kids in my neighborhood are keen on being Hunters." Marceline offered. "And Simon owns this rad antique store. It's got a lot of old stuff but he likes figuring them out and stuff. And don't worry, they don't give off that dusty old smell."

"Goody for me because ya know…Being a Faunus with enhanced smell and all." Abby gestured to her nose.

"Yeah don't worry about that. I mean, Faunus have rights in America and it's not your fault a few idiots forgot that. Trust me, a lot of people couldn't care less." Marceline shook her head.

"Thanks…" Abby glanced away slightly which caused Nigel to look concerned but Abby quickly brushed it off as Monty and Jennifer Uno walked into the room, followed by Simon and Betty.

"There's my kids!" Jennifer moved fast, pulling Nigel into a hug and kissing him on the forehead before moving onto Abby, doing the same and embarrassing both kids quickly. "I am so proud of you both!"

Nigel blushed and looked away in shame while Abby pulled her hat down over her face to hide her blushing cheeks. Marceline snickered a bit but stopped as Betty pulled her into a hug.

"Now what is so funny, dear?" Betty asked, kissing Marceline on the cheek. "I hope you're not teasing those two."

"Betty!" Marceline complained, squirming in Betty's arms while the woman laughed at her adopted daughter's discomfort.

That's karma for you.

Xxx

"We're coming upon Beach City now and there's something big coming." T-Bone, the pilot of the TurboKat announced, spotting something large at the beach. "It's definitely no Grimm but there are a lot of sea based Grimm close by."

"Whatever it is I'm getting a huge energy reading from it. It's literally off the charts." Razor, the gunner replied as he scanned the giant monstrosity. "It's not Dust. I am reading mixtures of photons and other forms of energy I can't identify."

"Well it's attacking those people on the beach so get ready. I'm taking us down!" T-Bone said, angling the jet down towards the monster.

"Locking into target." Razor said, readying a missile. "Firing!"

The missile was launched and it slammed into the beast's torso, knocking it back but didn't seem to cause any harm to it.

In fact it seemed to make the creature very angry.

"Didn't even make a scratch." T-Bone noticed the creature glaring at them now. "Hang on!"

Malachite Plasmius started firing purple ecto-beams at the TurboKat and T-Bone was quick to take evasive maneuvers.

"Okay, we know it doesn't like missiles!" T-Bone said, evading the barrage of energy beams. "Give me something, Razor."

Razor looked at his scanners. "The creature's energy readings match forms of light and spirit energy. It must be some sort of spirit gone insane given the amount of Grimm close by."

As if they heard him water based Grimm in the form of large eels shot out from the water to try and snare the TurboKat in their teeth but T-Bone managed to evade each one. Razor quickly fired off the forward cannons, hitting and destroying several Grimm eels.

"Great, ghost stuff." T-Bone mumbled. "As if we didn't have enough on our plate. We need a weakness in that thing."

Xxx

"Who are those guys?" Amethyst asked, impressed by the jet dodging the Grimm and Malachite. "They are good."

"But they need help." Garnet said, seeing Malachite was less then unharmed by their assault. "Malachite's attracting Grimm from all directions. We need to take her down now. Let's reform Alexandrite."

Pearl and Amethyst nodded, preforming their fusion dance and a second later Alexandrite was back. Once she was back she let out a roar as she formed Sardonyx's weapon and charged at Malachite while she was distracted.

Or rather seemingly distracted.

Just as Alexandrite swung her giant mallet Malachite turned intangible and it passed through her. Alexandrite stepped back, surprised that Malachite was capable of such a feat.

Malachite laughed as she faced her fellow fusion. "Did you feel a breeze just now? That's what I felt when you thought you could hit me. Hurt I am not playing with you anymore? Well then, let's fix that."

Right before Alexandrite's eyes Malachite split into four identical versions of herself, all of them grinning and all of their fists glowing with purple energy.

"Will this do?" All four of them asked before firing ecto-beams, hitting Alexandrite and sending her flying across the beach.

"This is not good." Steven trembled, watching as Malachite made short work of Alexandrite. "We got to do something."

"I am not sure we can do anything, Scthu-ball." Greg said, trying to stay optimistic but it was hard considering everything that was happening. "I am not as tough as I used to be and Vidalia wouldn't stand a chance by herself."

"You sure about that?"

Greg jumped in shock and fear. "GAH!"

Standing behind him was Vidalia, armed and ready for combat. "You were saying something, Greg?"

"Uh…" Greg was terrified beyond the capacity to think of a proper response.

Vidalia looked ahead, watching as Alexandrite was being pulverized by Malachite and her duplicates. "More space rock stuff huh?"

"You know it's a good thing the Gems here don't care enough for what you call them and the Homeworld just don't understand."

Steven spun around, spotting Seph approaching them, looking only slightly injured. "Seph!"

"Yo!" Seph lazily waved before looking back at the fight. "Well this is not going well. A Jasper and Lapis would be powerful but not this powerful. It seems they fused with something else."

"Something else?" Steven asked.

"Yep. But that's a matter for another time. Right now, stopping this monster fusion is more important." Seph said as he sprouted his wings again. "Just make sure the town is still standing."

Alexandrite could not hold herself together under the constant barrage of ecto-beams and split back into Garnet, Pearl and Amethyst. The three of them groaned as they fell onto the beach, sprawling across the sand, weakened and defeated.

"Guys!" Steven shouted as Malachite loomed over them, ready to stomp them to death.

Luckily before it was done a pink blue shot towards them, grabbing the three of them and saving them from certain death as Malachite's foot/hand slammed into the ground. The blur landed next to Steven, revealing itself to be Lion with the Crystal Gems on his back.

"Lion!" Steven cried out in relief as Lion gently placed the Gems on the ground.

Xxx

"INCOMING!" Razor shouted as more ecto-beams shot at them.

"HANG ON!" T-Bone said, increasing speed and preforming more complex and otherwise insane maneuvers. "I haven't pulled stunts like this since Russia!"

The fight against Malachite Plasmius had taken a turn for the worse after she split herself into four and went on the offensive. They all laughed as they took their time, toying with Alexandrite and the SWAT Kats who were all struggling just to stay alive.

"We got to put some distance between us and that thing!" Razor said as the incoming fire intensified.

"Trying here!" T-Bone gritted his teeth as he tried to keep them both in the air and alive.

Just as they were about to be hit a flash of light shot up and the incoming blasts were cancelled out.

"What in the world?!" T-Bone gasped, spotting an object to the right of them.

It looked like a human…With wings?

"Razor, what was in the milk this morning?" T-Bone asked, staring at the winged human as he flashed a smirk at them.

"Got me, buddy." Was all Razor could say.

Seph shot towards the Malachites, blasting through any ecto-beam fired at him. 'These beams, they're not made from Dust…It's a form of spiritual energy but I've never encountered such dense spiritual matter before. The Gems composing this fusion must have somehow fused with a spirit which I suppose would make sense since spirits are made from energy in a way similar to Gems but to actually fuse itself to a fusion like this…This doesn't make sense!'

He spread his wings out and from them came a meteor shower of feather shaped energy bolts that cancelled out Malachite's ecto-beams and slammed into all four of them and exploded.

'Spirits come in many forms. Some can be purified Grimm while others are simply formed, believed to have been created by the Aura within animals, allowing them to becomes Spirits. But a spirit willingly merging with a fusion like this, that runs the risk of it being corrupted much like spirits can be in the vicinity of Grimm.' Seph thought as the smoke cleared, revealing Malachite Plasmius who merged her four selves back into one. 'Spirits can sense emotions like Grimm but they avoid negative emotions like the plague, knowing that Grimm would be attracted. I can't imagine a spirit being drawn to a fusion like this.'

Malachite growled, staring at the three wings on Seph's back. "So you really are Seraphinite. I see you're just like Rose, taking on a disgusting human appearance. I remember you from during the war. You were a skilled tactician and a cunning warrior but you disappeared when Homeworld used the army from the Beta-Kindergarten to try wipe the rebels out and I thought you were dead." Malachite spat. "But seeing you take the form of a weak disgusting human, just like Rose. Do you you even remember your pride as a Gem?"

"You really are a simple thug, aren't you? You recognize Rose and my Gemstones but you can't put two and two together. Fine by me though, I have no interest in talking to you anymore." Seph said as he readied himself. "Time to end this."

"Yes…" A purple aura surrounded Malachite. "It is."

Xxx

"And who are you?"

"I am the Azure Guardian of Time and Space." The man dressed entirely black with blue skin and wearing red glasses spoke. "I formerly guarded a portal in time, meant to be used by only one man who was meant to defeat me. But Aku put a wrench in that plan when he destroyed the portal and me along with it."

"Well, if it makes you feel better that baby's gone and bought it." The Scotsman said.

"Not entirely." The Guardian replied, causing the Scotsman to raise an eyebrow. "Things are about to change but not entirely for the better. Both Aku and Jack have no idea what's about to happen."

"What are you talking about?" The Scotsman questioned.

Behind the Guardian appeared the image of Jack slaying Aku in the past. "Samurai Jack was always meant to destroy Aku. There was no question about it. When Aku threw the Samurai into the future time portals were created as a direct result of Aku's doing and even though he destroyed all the other time portals he unintentionally made one in the form of the daughter he never meant to make. When Jack slew Aku in the past it caused a ripple effect across the time stream."

"Ha!" The Scotsman laughed, watching as Jack killed Aku. "That's it Jackie boy!"

"It won't be good for long." The Guardian said, showing the Scotsman of Jack at his wedding as Ashi died.

"What happened to her?!" The Scotsman gasped as Ashi disappeared.

"Without Aku existing in the future she never existed in the beginning. What saved her temporarily was the fact that the time travel she used to bring the Samurai to the past temporarily made her immune to the alteration just as it made the Samurai immune to aging. She stepped out of the time stream of her present and re-entered it in the past but eventually it would cause her to be erased when the events of her birth was effected." The Guardian answered. "So even though the Samurai won he lost his love."

"Ah…Jackie boy." The Scotsman looked on at Jack as he wandered the forest in sadness. "But why are you showing me this?"

"Because Aku went back into the past as well." The Guardian said, now showing Aku traveling to the place of his birth.

"WHAT?!" The Scotsman shouted, watching as Aku did something. "What's he doing?!"

"He's altering his past, deciding that if he can't control the world he will destroy it." The Guardian answered. "When the time comes instead of Aku rising it will be…Grimm."

The Scotsman watched as armies of monsters with white mask like faces and glowing red eyes, made of the darkness that Aku was made of began ravaging the world. "What are they?!"

"Aku, in a new form to ensure his survival and revenge. This change will essentially change everything that has happened, even the Samurai's journey." The Guardian answered.

"So what do you want with me?" The Scotsman asked.

The Guardian smirked. "Want a chance to throw a wrench in his plan?"

"…I'm listening."

"With the power of your Celtic Magic you attained a spiritual form and with it you can become one of the few people who will remember everything." The Guardian said. "Become one of many warriors in this new world, stronger than ever, rally your clan against this evil force and maybe you'll see the Samurai again."

"Really?!"

The Guardian shrugged. "Oh knows? He does have a habit of showing up."

The Scotsman laughed. "That he does! So, will I still see my bonny daughters?"

"If you have got the time with your wife." The Guardian said, laughing.

"I'm in!" The Scotsman laughed. "It'll be good to have a body again!"

"I BE BACK AND I BE READY TO TAKE ON THAT BIG BABY'S BIG BABIES!"

And he proved he was.

When the Scotsman opened his eyes again he was a wee-lad again, learning to fight under the guidance of his dad like he did in the previous timeline. Only this time he became even stronger, awakening the strong Aura reserves that was expected in almost all the people of Scotland and the Scotsman, AKA Scotty Blake had immense Aura reserves even for a member of his clan. To his great joy he met his wife all over again, fell in love with her all over again and married her.

He was a prodigy in almost everything: fighting, swordsmanship, utilizing Dust with his new and improved sword and even mastering the hidden techniques of Clan Blake. Just like in the previous timeline his sword had been given ancient runes that allowed to channel a special power the Druids called Celtic Magic that made his sword strong enough to stand up against even the mightiest of weapons and even anchored his spiritual form to the physical plan after he originally died.

In addition to including Dust when his sword was forged(again to him) they blessed with a form of powerful Celtic Magic that allowed him access to techniques he couldn't use in his mortal form but easily had access to when he was in his spirit form. One new technique he hadn't been able to use even in his spirit form allowed him to use his sword as an actual teleporter, forging a portal to travel through and arrive to a new destination instantly. He could not teleport his army when he was a spirit in the original timeline but he was able to create a path for his daughters to travel down to reach Aku's castle quickly. The portal actually worked by forging a path inside through a dimension outside of time and space and allowed him to arrive to his destination.

This really came in handy and he wished he had it back in the previous timeline against Aku and his goons.

Still no time like the present.

Scotty Blake emerged from his portal, stepping into Beach City's limits. "Alright, I am here now. So what's bad about….this."

He trailed off upon spotting Malachite Plasmius in the distance, shooting energy blasts and causing big explosions.

"I don't know why I bother asking anymore." Scotty sighed, rubbing his head. "I should really ask for a vacation…But I just love killing that big baby's big babies!"

A growling noise sounded behind him and he grinned as he turned around, watching as numerous Grimm approached him. Deathstalkers, Beowulfs, Ursas, a few Taijitus and a bunch of Lancers, all looking at him.

"Speaking of which…" Scotty grinned as he unsheathed his sword. "So boys, want a taste of eight foot steel?"

The Grimm roared and charged at him.

"RRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!" Scotty roared back as he swung his sword, cutting through the first Grimm that would be followed by many.

Xxx

"Scotty Blake…" Sammael's eyes flashed red as he sensed the presence of the strongest warrior of Clan Blake appeared in Beach City. "I shouldn't be surprised. The battle with the Gem Fusion is attracting Grimm from all over the area. Huntsmen and Huntresses will be arriving in pacts."

And of course one of them would Scotty Blake.

The most powerful warrior to emerge from Scotland in hundreds of years, a man whose Aura reserves were so immense he was considered to be one of the most powerful warriors on the planet. And Sammael remembered that Scotty Blake had gone up against more than just Grimm, bandits and rogues.

He had also faced off against Fallen.

"Too bad Moloch is otherwise occupied. He had stated before that he and the Scotsman were due for a reckoning." Sammael mused.

Moloch, the Beast of Eternal Darkness had faced Scotty Blake before, attempting to eliminate the Scotsman as a threat to the Fallen and their plans but failed. Scotty had defeated him and sent him running. The Scotsman was too strong willed to succumb to the despair Moloch liked to inflict on his victims and had sent the Fallen fleeing.

That was an eternal stain on Moloch's pride and he swore vengeance.

If he was here, sensing the battle going on right now he'd demanding to leave to take down Scotty Blake immediately.

'Scotty's blade has been enhanced with ancient spiritual energy, harnessed by the Druids of Clan Blake. That makes him extremely dangerous, possibly even to the Gem Fusion since it is composed of two Gems and a Ghost. It's possible out of all the warriors gathering he is the only one who can slay the fusion. If he destroys it I lose a potential asset.' Sammael mentally contemplated. 'On the other hand it's possible this fusion could eliminate Blake, a feat that so many of tried and failed. It'd be a risk to become involved but I am not one to overlook potential. I have yet to gather enough suitable candidates for my Invisible Hand to properly proceed and this fusion is one I am not sure I can afford to overlook. So if that is the case…'

Sammael's eyes flashed red. "Drago, I have a new mission for you."

Xxx

"Aw, why are doing this again, Pops?"

Pops rolled his eyes at Johnny's question as he turned onto the next exit, leading to Beach City. "Because we got a high alert Johnny and people will need our help!"

Johnny fidgeted in his seat of Pop's car while Carl was looking at his tablet in the back seat. "Carl, what are you doing?"

"I am reading up on Beach City's history. It was founded over two hundred years ago and has been an area of strange rumors involving big monsters." Carl replied.

"Uh…They're called Grimm, duh." Johnny said dully.

"No, not just Grimm." Carl retorted. "Monsters called…Rock People?"

"Rock People?" Johnny rolled his eyes, even though no one could see them behind his sunglasses. "Carl, what was in those eggs you had for breakfast?"

"I am serious here, Johnny. There are a lot of rumors going on about Beach City. It's a pretty remote place but there are dozens of articles on it about strange things happening, including the ocean disappearing for a whole day." Carl continued. "It says here the ocean was formed into a single tower that reached up into the sky and even out of the atmosphere, halfway to the moon. Good news a lot of sea based Grimm died that day. It's kind of odd that no one bothered to check out what was going on over there."

"Ain't nothing strange about that, Carl. Beach City's resident…experts on these matters signed a treaty with the President over half a century ago to leave the supernatural matters in Beach City to them in exchange for Huntsmen not swarming the place every time something big happened." Pops explained.

"Why would President do that?" Carl asked.

"Mostly because…It was their area of expertise and the President didn't want to have a bigger mess than the ones we usually deal with." Pops explained carefully. "But when a high alert is sounded no matter the location we all have to answer."

"So what are we dealing with?" Johnny asked.

That question was answered as swarms of Grimm were spotted up ahead of Pop's car and a large van in front of them.

"Those." Pops narrowed his eyes. "Get ready boys!"

Xxx

"Looks like its hero time!" Ben said, placing his hand on the Omnitrix.

Xxx

"So what do we do?" Rex asked, following after the vehicles leading to Beach City with his Rexride.

"We follow and see if we can help. We have to gain their trust and they might be able to help us find Van Kleiss." Six said, sitting behind Rex.

Xxx

"RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Another Beowulf was cut in half by the mighty sword of Scotty Blake as he punched, kicked, slashed and head-butted his way through the swarm. Try as the Grimm might they could not stop or even slow the Scotsman down.

He was unstoppable.

"BRING IT ON YOU BIG BABIES!" Scotty roared. "I STARED YOUR BABY DADDY DOWN AND MADE HIM CRY!"

All of them were about to collide in a battle that would soon be known across the entire world.

And after that, nothing would be the same.