Time to see how the fellow non-Salem controlled Grimm are doing, and also some small things happening back at The Loud House, and some stuff going on as someone sees what FutureTech is up to. Enjoy reading this guys.

Spells and Louds.

Chapter 647: The Island of the Grimm.

(Grimm Island.)

We now go to the Naval Outpost neighboring this island, this is the new home for the Creatures of Grimm who are now free from the control of Salem and now act as their animal instincts do, and yet some are still dangerous and built as predators and to defend themselves.

High above the island is the Aegis Battlecruiser and the whole place is being monitored and the ones seeing this are in the bridge and checking the surveillance cameras.

The ones onboard: Lincoln, Linka, Jordan, Neil, Luna, Sam, Peter and Becca Chang. They watch on all the screens on how each of the Grimm are handling with their new home, and observing their new change to this life.

They see the Sabyr all making their territory and some of them seem to be asserting dominance to whoever is going to lead the pack. They're not the only ones, even the pack of Beowolf are having a fight for who rules they're packs.

Grimm Ursa are taking refuge at areas of the forest by the rivers, and caves and all seem to be either living in groups, or living independently and are even fightin for territory.

A swarm of Centinel going through the rocky terrain near the mountains and they seem to be having a squabble over another Grimm swarm, Grimm Sulfur Fish.

There are a few Nevermore flying around the forests and taking refuge on either the trees or towards anywhere within the mountains.

Then we have the Grimm Teryx, the dreaded creatures that had brought ruin to Atlas and Mantle, are now taking territory in the high mountains and seeking out prey of any sort, even their own Grimm kind at the lower levels of the mountain.

Manticores and Sphinxes are living within a ruined temple somewhere far from the mountains, and they don't seem upset about siding with each other in this territory, they seem to be sharing a symbiotic relationship, along with their alphas.

Last but not least, a very familiar sight. The Grimm Megoliath they know, leading a large herd of Grimm Megoliath and making sure the other Grimm don't cause any other kind of trouble, or start an intense war on the island for control.

"Well, they do seem to be doing well" said Linka. "How do you guys even manage to observe such creatures without getting killed?"

Neil then puts up something from the tablet. "Well, from the reports from Victor, they've modified some of the aircraft to reckon with the essence of the same Xel'Naga artifact or keystone."

"We all recall that the same energy from Martin's machine is the same replica to the keystone, but not strong enough which is why they evade anything with the same essence, it's like when two magnets that don't go well repel back, so they don't wanna attack our forces."

"A good idea, so we don't lose anyone or anything when we scout out any of these beasts and what they might be up to, they act a lot like animals, but this barrier…" said Sam. "What else does it do besides keeping them under the watch of FutureTech?"

Lincoln then puts up a report from Victor and Jack Cyber. "To avoid Grimm migrations to the mainland's and other local areas with folks, the whole island is surrounded by a powerful barrier made of the same Keystone essence, which means they can't escape."

Jordan smirks. "Good plan, though we should figure out what to do with them next."

"And that part is for next time" said Becca. "Now I do continue my job in maintaining Isla Cretacia, but this is an amazing chance to observe the nature of these beasts and there's so much more to learn on how they're dealing with the loss of Salem's control."

"Well, let's hope the further reports can be more compelling, and more suitable because I can see that the Megoliath's would do well living amongst humans, like elephants do" said Neil. "Like the first one who came to our world, and one who showed a true success to Martin's plan."

They all go back to looking at the screens and watch as the creatures of Grimm adapt and survive in the new world they are now residing in.

(The Loud House.)

We see Luan Loud, going through some stuff she has to make for an upcoming project at school, and so she gathers what she needs so she can go to the house of her boyfriend, Benny.

But then she sees her little sister Lola race out of the house. She seems excited and she tags along with Mr. Grouse. "What the heck is up with her?"

Then Lucy comes out of nowhere startling Luan. "Mr. Grouse said that he was gonna look for some treasure around town so he could be able to get enough money to buy his grandchildren some birthday gifts. Lola said she wants to help our, but chances she'll want some of the share."

"How the heck did you know that?" asked Luan.

"Yesterday" replied Lucy. "They didn't notice me under the tree hanging upside down with Crobat, and the two of them were talking after Mr. Grouse found a ring in his backyard."

Luan is surprised. "Huh, did not see that one coming. Also, have you seen Lynn?"

Lucy nods. "She left earlier, I had a pep talk with her about her fear."

(Flashback.)

Lucy is in her coffin and making a new poem, but then she sees her roommate, Lynn come into the room and she looks uneasy. "Are you okay?"

Lynn is startled by Lucy. "Whoa! Oh, hey Luce. Sorry, just… Not doing so well." She sits on her bed and looks to her dairyland ticket.

Lucy gets off her coffin and she goes over towards Lynn and looks to the ticket. "This has something to do with Dairyland, right?" Lucy then sits on the bed with her older sister.

Lynn sighs, she knows that she can't make an excuse to get out of this conversation and she wants to talk to someone about it, and Lucy is as good as Lincoln ever could be with advice and all that stuff. . "Yeah, my friends wanna go on the Whipped Cream, but I'm not so sure about going on it."

Lucy then recalls about that ride at Dairyland Amoosement Park, and now she sees the issue here. "Oh, this has something to do with your fear of barfing, right?"

Lynn nods. "I don't know what else to do. I mean, I don't want my friends to look down on me and give me a hard time for being afraid of barfing, I don't wanna be made a fool."

Lucy places a hand on Lynn's shoulder. "Lynn, they won't make fun or look down onto you. They'll understand, because it takes courage to admit something you're afraid of and not hide it for who knows how long."

"They will understand and they're you're friends. They know that it would be wrong to do such an act of teasing, they've known you for quite a while and after everything we've been through, they wouldn't make you look like a fool. Because fool is for April fool's and Luan puts that on the act."

Lynn chuckles. "Yeah, thanks." She then gets up. "And you're right, I don't need to act like this. I'm gonna go and tell them and see what they have to say. Thanks again, Luce." the sporty loud sister hugs her little Goth sister, and she hugs her back.

Lucy then watches as Lynn races out of the house to go and catch up with her friends. 'Sure as heck, Lincoln would be dang proud of me.'

(End Flashback.)

Luan claps and smiles at what Lucy had told her. "Nice one Luce, taking off a page from Lincoln's comforting words of advice book, really are stepping up as a big sis as I still do and Lori too."

"Thanks Luan, I am doing my best and trying to be there as a sister for my big sisters and the little sisters" replied Lucy. Then she recalls something. "Also, I overheard about the issue with the team's floating island fortress. What the heck is up with that?"

Luan is also confused. "No clue." She then grabs her backpack. "But whatever is going on there, I think it could be a big change for all of us, the loss of Penny was… Wasn't a pleasant sight, and not easy to get over, and we're all trying to find some way to get over the whole ordeal."

"We won't let her sacrifice go down to make us feel down. Penny wouldn't want that, and so we're gonna keep what we do best, and maintaining defense and keeping the lives of others safe, and being there for each other, as a team and a family." Luan then leaves the house to go over to Benny's.

Lucy sighs and thinks about this. 'I feel like FutureTech is making something that is really big and really powerful, and chances they're gonna need it for something big and powerful too. But what?'

(Somewhere at Midway.)

We return to the Royal Fortress, and it's still undergoing modifications and the Guardian flies in and sees all of this. "What in the holy hells name is going on here?" He ducks when he almost gets hit by Constructicon Scrapper.

Gyro then looks around at everything. "McKenzie! Cyber, Victor. What the hell is this shit?!"

"Project Royal Battle Fortress." Martin comes down from the platform and she lands on his feet, and walks towards him and tosses the blueprints to the guardian. "Penny gave us something before she left, something we could use."

Gyro looks to the blueprints and he's confused. "The Royal Battle Fortress, and designed by Penny? What?!"

Martin walks through the major areas that are under construction. "As you see, Penny left us something we can put to good use. I never knew she was able to come up with such creation, or such intelligence to establish something as advanced, or beyond than to what we have made."

"The schematics to this weapon or modification to the Royal Fortress is next to nothing that I have ever made, and I am impressed and if Penny were still here… I would be proud at what she has made and darn it I am going to accomplish and make her proud of this."

Martin then looks to the blueprints and then to the picture of Penny on his tablet. "This is all for her, the last remaining remnants of the memory of who she is, but the memories of what we've done with her still live on within us, always."

Gyro knows that he's as hurt as anyone else, the rest of the team are hurt inside and are trying to keep themselves from showing it by continuing on for Penny Polendina.

Gyro then asks. "You ever wondered why Penny was hacked by Arthur Watts."

Martin didn't seem keen to answer, but then he admits something. "Half of the tech within Penny is barely ours, the sole reason as to why she was hacked by that scoundrel was because… 90 percent is made of FutureTech and the rest is still from Atlas, and so that is why Arthur Watts was able to hack her."

"Arthur Watts couldn't be able to bypass the sonic pulse barrier that FutureTech made to secure the outer perimeter of the Vault, that was built by me and only accessible through anyone of FutureTech or the Royal Defenders, so he targeted Penny because she was the closest one as the member of both sides."

"A part of her blades was taken, and hacked because it still contains the same traits, attributes and schematics from the creator who made her, which is something Arthur Watts can be able to handle. Pietro Polendina's schematics and tactics in making Penny was something he could bypass."

"Through that he was also able to get by the advanced codes hidden within her, made by FutureTech, and so he wanted her to open both the barrier and the vault itself, so that move was smart and dangerous and nearly costed Penny's life, but I did not initiate a self-termination system. Arthur Watts planted then into her when he hacked her so she won't be a threat to General Ironwood or Salem."

Hearing all that made sense to Gyro, he then watches as Martin stands at the edge and looks to the distance, and so Martin asks. "How's Pyrrha?"

Gyro sighs. "Silent, occupying herself and not doing well. The loss of Jaune, has made her lost in thought, but I assured her that he's fine and she believes so too. She's still troubled."

Martin sighs. "We're all not handling well with the loss of friends, allies and family. But we have to manage, all of us, together."

They then look back to the Royal Fortress and see the whole thing is now being focused on where the three Command Centers are located. This is a large creation that will be a game changer to everything.

To be continued.

A/N: Another new race in their world, a bit dangerous but necessary until they can figure out what to do with them next, at least those Megoliath's don't do much harm unless taunted. Leave a review and tell me what you all think.

Also, you guys are wondering: "Why pick these Grimm?" Well, I chose the Grimm they saved from Salem's control from the fight of Mantle and Atlas and technically these Grimm reside in the regions known as Solitas and/or Anima, even those who reside in all continents. Does that make sense?

I looked it up and here are the names of all the Grimm in the world of Remnant:
Apathy.
Beetle.
Beowolf.
Beringel.
Blind Worm.
Boarbatusk.
Cenitaur.
Centinel.
Chill.
Creep.
Death Stalker.
Geist.
Goliath.
Griffon.
Horse.
The Hound.
King Taijitsu.
Lancer.
Leviathan.
Manticore.
Megoliath.
Monstra.
Nevermore.
Nuckelavee.
Ravager.
Sabyr.
Sea Feilong.
Seer.
Shadow Hand.
Sphinx.
Spider.
Sulfur Fish.
Tempest.
Tentacle.
Teryx.
Ursa.
Wyvern.

Date made: 4/3/21 – 4/4/21.