It was a fairly typical day at Danville High School. "-and that concludes my book report of 'Stranger in a Strange Land' by Robert A. Heinlein." Beatrice Flynn, the robot daughter of Phineas and Isabella Flynn finished, her class and her teacher had there faces frozen in terror and disgust. "Proof positive that Mr. Heinlein was a perverted weirdo

"Uh... that was an... interesting book you covered." The teacher, Mrs. Kwalski said. Trying her best to not react. "But what did it have to do with the subject?"

"Well it was about Mars... and I used a randomizer algorithm to find a book. And that book was the first one I saw." Beatrice said. "And yes... I know in hindsight that I should have chosen something else. But I was adamant about seeing this through." She explained.

"I see." The bell then rang. "And that's school for today."

Everyone left the classroom. Eventually, Beatrice returned home after flying across town in a large scale Broadway-style musical that will not be shown for time. "Mom, Dad I'm home!" She said as she entered the Flynn house.

"How was school today?" Isabella asked.

"Fine... accept my book report didn't go down all that well," Beatrice said. "It was honestly the book's fault there. Anyway, I'm going to go to my room now." She said as she went into the basement.

Beatrice then placed a device on the floor. Then she sat down a lotus position and took a deep breath. When she opened her eyes, she found herself in the internet.

"WELCOME, BEATRICE FLYNN." Said Machina, the great AI construct that supervised the Internet.

"Where are the others?" Beatrice asked.

"THEY ARE AT THE MEETING PLACE YOU AGREED TO. THE PRIVATE SERVER OF THE CY'TARIAN COLOSSUS, STELLAR IMPERIUM." Machina stated.

Beatrice then took flight through the chaotic landscape of the Internet. Eventually arriving at her destination. The comparatively tranquil location that was the interior of Stellar Imperium's mind.

"Ah, I was wondering when you were coming." Stellar Imperium said. "Your cousins got here before you did." He said Beatrice caught up with her robotic cousins. They were also robots like her. Each one created in a similar manner as her, spliced with botanical elements and nanobots, and powered by a quantum singularity.

"I feel like this would be more efficient if we went onboard Stellar Imperium directly?" Norman Fletcher, BEA-Droid Beta asked.

"We could... but I for one would rather not raise suspicion among our families," Beatrice said. Being BEA-Droid Alpha she was effectively the leader of this band of Earthborn robots.

"Not to mention that thanks to Beauregard. We cannot even share the details of the coming invasion." Jessica Johnson, BEA-Droid Gamma said.

"Yeah, we've already tried everything to tell our parents. Nothing has worked." Jonah Underwood, Bea-Droid Delta said.

"Yes well, I wrote it down!" Veronica Murphy, BEA-Droid Epsilon said proudly. "At least until the piece of paper I wrote it down on caught fire... and my ceiling collapsed... and I saw my parents in the bath- point is that I had it written down before Murphy's Law stymied me."

"Well let's look over the facts." Stellar Imperium said. The ancient robot that could turn into a giant space ship then showed several holograms. "The crux of all this hangs on one man. The Spaa-Chronous known as the Eternal King." He said regarding a hologram of a distinguished-looking man with white hair. "He's manipulated events to bring together Orphala Ty'raka, leader of the Vigilant of Ic'thao and Yoral warrior from the fifty-first century. A time when the Fellowship of Yoral was still recovering from a devastating war against Humanity that the Eternal King himself orchestrated that saw there civilization devastated. Doombringer, leader of the Doomicons and instigator of the War of the Cleaved Houses in the Andromeda galaxy, long believed deactivated and exiled after the war, he's resurfaced and he's been leading the Cy'tarian contingent of the Eternal King's forces. And then... there's Beauregard Flynn." He continued grimly. "I'm sure I don't need to remind what he's done since he was reactivated."

"No, you don't," Beatrice said through gritted teeth.

"Anyway, they have. Over the past year gathered together all manner of villains. From the disgraced Sym'ian Princes, G'reet, and Vo-Kaa, to the mutated pirate Octallions of Battlefleet Kraken." Stellar Imperium continued, showing the relevant holographic representations of there enemies. "And to make matters worse, I've received word that they've raided Fellowship depots to acquire war machines... specifically ones like these." Stellar Imperium then showed three large four-legged walkers. While each one was differently shaped. They were each roughly three stories tall.

"They don't look that tough," Jonah commented.

"True... compared to ONE five-hundred foot tall piloted robot that's actually on Earth." Stellar Imperium said. "But these walkers can subdue this planet." He explained. "Not to mention that, thanks to the Elven Necromancer Cor'up. They have the materials to clone an army of human slaves to supplement their forces!"

"Right..." Beatrice said. "I completely forgot about that Halloween party. Come to think of it, I haven't spoken with Ha'deer the Elven princess from another dimension since then." She exposition.

"Really?" Veronica said. "She's a pretty interesting person... grim and troubled but interesting."

"Anyway," Stellar Imperium said. "I've made an inventory of Earth's defenses." He then displayed the relevant holograms. "Over the last ten years since the Sym'ian occupation of Earth. Phineas and Ferb have been building up military strength. Including a space fleet, stationary defenses across the entire solar system, robots of numerous models and sizes, cloned marines, as well as other factions that are sworn to aid in the defense of Earth." He explained at length.

"And it still isn't enough?" Norman asked.

"Not enough to drive off the Eternal King's forces no." Stellar Imperium said. "Even with my aid, the sheer numbers of the Eternal King's forces would be enough to overwhelm the Earth. And besides... the conquest of the Earth won't be-"

"I made brownies!" All six of the artificial beings were caught off guard as the Errant Traveler entered the virtual reality space.

"My lady... how did you get in here?" Stellar Imperium asked.

"Yeah, you don't look like your in a VR pod," Jessica noted.

"Oh, I'm not." The Errant Traveler said cheerfully as she held up a pan filled with freshly baked brownies. This just raised further questions. "I'd go into detail about how I managed this. But 1), it wouldn't make any sense. 2), I have fresh brownies. And 3), you have bigger fish to fry then me breaking the laws of physics. Now does anyone want a brownie or not? They just finished cooling!"

The virtual representations of the robots AI's took a slice of brownie and ate them. "Oh... these are so good," Jonah said.

"Indeed." Stellar Imperium agreed. "Anyway, as I was saying. The ultimate goal of the Eternal King won't be to conquer Earth. But... to bring about the Return." He said grimly.

"And what is the Return?" Beatrice asked.

"That's a bit of a story there." The Errant Traveler said. "But to make a long story short. At the end of the War of Broken Empires. The Yoral's and Cy'tarian's sealed Chronous. The founder of my people's civilization, and creator of both races. Into a time loop INSIDE of time itself. But before he was sealed away. He swore that he would return to our reality, and avenge himself on the entire universe."

"Okay... but how would he even do that?" Norman asked.

"It's hard to say... but it is connected to you-know-who." The Errant Traveler said.

"That does not explain things." Stellar Imperium said.

"You mean Draco. Don't you?" Beatrice asked, referring to the giant robot dragon that had come to Earth, and had served as a messenger between the BEA-Droids, and the renegade BEA-Droid, Beuaragard Flynn. "How is he related to this?"

"Well from what your father, uncle, and great-uncle have deduced from examining Draco-Rex... he's distilled from Yoral and Cy'tarian genetic material." The Errant Traveler said. "And before anyone panics. I don't know WHAT they could be planning. It might not be anything."

"Yeah... that isn't reassuring," Beatrice said.

"Sorry to hear that. Now if you'll excuse me. I shall return to the not-virtual world, and to Stellar Imperium where my time traveling Tacho'noma is residing because it arbitrarily broke down." The Errant Traveler left as suddenly as she arrived.

"Man... everyone seems bad at providing subtle exposition today." Stellar Imperium commented.

"Well, what do you suggest we do to save Earth and stop Chronous from returning?" Veronica asked.

"There might be only one way to save your world... and that requires leaving the Earth behind to find help." Stellar Imperium said grimly.

"What?" All five of the teenaged robots said this in unison.

"The Fellowship of Yoral, despite losing some of its hardware can still outclass the Vigilant of Ic'thao through sheer numbers. And of course, there are my people in the Andromeda galaxy." Stellar Imperium said.

"Last I heard they can't enter the Milkey Way," Jessica noted.

"And there are at least 2.5 million lightyears away," Norman said.

"There is an exception to that exile. And that is even a rumor of the Return itself." Stellar Imperium explained. "As for getting to the Andromeda galaxy. There is an ancient inter-galactic wormhole gate system set up specifically to allow Cy'tar himself to return if need be." He went on. "And as a boon... I've even got the long-sought evidence."

"Evidence of what?" Veronica asked.

"Well another condition to end our species exile from the Milkey Way. Is proof of who brought harm to Yoral and Cy'tar that led to the War of Flesh and Iron in the first place." Stellar Imperium said.

"Specifically the Ember of Cy'tar, it's his soul." The Errant Traveler said, sticking her head back in the virtual reality. "As for Yoral's killer... well that's a bit complicated. I'll explain after it happens." She then left.

"I still can't believe she travels through time and space," Norman said.

"I still can't believe she turned into a girl," Beatrice said. "I'm not sure if you were around for this, or paid attention to my memories. But she used to be a wrinkly old man-"

"Look can we focus?" Jessica said. "We've only got two more weeks until the Earth is invaded." She said grimly.

"Right... we can't ignore this anymore," Beatrice said. "And to add insult to injury it'll happen on Summer Vacation."

"Yeah... so what do we do?" Jonah said as he held hands with his girlfriend, Veronica.

"We make this last two weeks count," Beatrice said as she stood up with a determined look on her face. "We kick off Summer Vacation with a bang to bring up everyone's spirits, give everyone the chance to celebrate before the alien invasion."

"How would you do that?" Stellar Imperium asked.

"Let us worry about the details," Beatrice said. "For now... I declare this meeting adjourned unless anyone wants to say anything else." The others were silent. "Meeting adjourned then." She then returned to her mechanical corporeal body.

Over the next week. The BEA-Droids organized to start the Summer with a bang. At the end of the school day that following Friday. The suburbs of Danville turned into a week-long block party. Filled with all manner of activities and food for everyone.

On the last day... The Eternal King and his forces arrived in the Solar System. "Finally..." Said Orphala Ty'raka. The leader of the Vigilent of Ic'thao, a faction of aliens from the future that sought to destroy humanity as a whole. "I've waited for this day for millennia. But finally... I will see those impudent wretches destroyed for what they did to me and my Fellowship!"

"Obsessed much?" Said Doombringer dismissively. The Leader of the renegade Doomicon Cy'tarian's. "Besides... I'm certain they would make ideal slaves-"

"Enough." The Eternal King boomed. "Our great vision is coming to pass. Earth will be put to the sword." He said ominously.

"That wasn't our deal." Said Beauregard in outrage. Beatrice's long lost renegade twin brother. "I'd get to rule the Earth!"

"Beauregard... I am sorry. Truly sorry." The Eternal King said. "But there are bigger things at play then your life long desire to subjugate the Human race."

"And will you explain what this bigger picture is? Or not explain yourself." Beauregard thought to himself in discontent.

"Now you remember the plan of attack?" The Eternal King asked.

"So that's a no then." Beauregard thought to himself. "I'll lead the first attack wave. Liberate Draco, and make a landing site for the others." He said. "It won't be simple though... there are dozens of defensive layers, and there's even a fleet here."

"Noted machine." Ty'raka said with contempt. "But with our advanced technology and weaponry. They'll be little more than a glorified speed bump to our advance."

"Well... good... I'll ready the clones that Cor'up helped make." Beauregard said tentatively. "And protect my parent's species and homeworld from these deranged lunatics." The ships breezed through the solar systems' defenses up till Earth. Where the fleet took position over it. Beauregard donned his new suit of armor. It was almost identical to the Silver Automaton armor, except it was colored black. "Initiating orbital insertion."

He then got into a drop pod, and it launched down into the Earth. Eventually, the pod crashed into the PFD Technologies headquarters. Beauregard got out, and by sheer coincidence found what he was looking for... Draco.

Beauregard found a computer and got to work reactivating Draco from his deactivated state. Eventually, Draco awoke with a start as he arose from his imposed sleep."Dada?" Draco said in surprise.

"Yeah... it's your daddy." Beauregard said. "The invasion has begone. We need to get you out of here. And I have a sneaking suspicion that the Eternal King is following his agenda." Then without warning. He was ambushed by a giant multi-colored robot that in turn popped off the helmet.

"Beauregard Flynn... welcome home." The combined BEA-Droids said.

"DADDY!" Draco roared as he engaged his merged aunts and uncles. Breaking them apart into there component bots.

"WOW!" Beatrice said as she rubbed her head. "That... that was such a wallop that we disconnected from the combat network."

"And from the giant robot. There's that as well." Norman noted as Draco and Beauregard rallied.

"Me Draco not want to fight family! But me Draco will protect daddy!" Draco said.

"Beatrice... BEA-Droid's Beta through Epsilon. You must hear me out." Beauregard pleaded.

"Yeah, nothing personal. But you did force us to NOT tell everyone about this invasion." Jonah said bitterly.

"So... yeah it is personal," Veronica added.

"And what are you planning?" Beatrice asked. "Spearheading the invasion? Turning Danville into a glorified airstrip for your evil alien friends."

"One, yes that was basically the plan. Two, for the umpteenth time, I only ever regarded my... 'saviors' as a means to an end. Third, what no thank you for even giving you in the intel in the first place?" Beauregard said.

"And your stupid firewall drove us insane because we couldn't tell anyone what exactly was coming!" Beatrice said irately. "All of us, myself especially went mad trying to organize for what's coming! If it weren't for my friends... and my family!" She then punched Beauregard, giving him a black eye. "I would have lost my mind! And you have the gall to expect gratitude... when you infected us with Spaa-Chronous based malware out of petty spite for our father?"

Draco looked in disbelief. "Daddy?... this true?" He asked in disappointment.

Before Beauregard could answer. Dozens of drop pods started raining around the PFD Technologies with loud thuds. "Okay... yes Draco. I did do those terrible things. And the advanced malware was just what I did to them." He said. "But I swear to you. I'm leaving the Eternal King's services!" He pleaded.

In orbit onboard the Vow of Vengeance. "I knew we couldn't trust that piece of scrap," Doombringer said in disgust.

"You'd know a traitor, wouldn't you?" Ty'raka sassed. "But this is not unexpected. Not only is he of Human lineage. But he's also a kin traitor... another thing you'd be an expert in. Oh Doombringer the-"

"Enough." The Eternal King scolded. "I expected that young Beauregard would grow weary of his service. So, as he placed malevolent software within his son so that he might be a sort of... Trojan Horse to bear the news of our coming to his alienated kin. So have I planted a little something into his being." He said ominously. "A computer tracking program... a Daemon."

Both Doombringer and Ty'raka were surprised by this. "With respect, my lord... but isn't that excessive for mere tracking?" Doombringer asked.

"Yeah, my trackers could easily keep tabs on him." Ty'raka said.

"It's enough. It's a Lesser Daemon, one that will not only allow me to track young Beauregard. But also keep me in contact with him." The Eternal King said. "Your understanding of my methods is not necessary. Now ready your forces for a planetary assault." He commanded.

Meanwhile back on Earth. The BEA-Droids, now including Beauregard and Draco. Made it to the Flynn house. "Dad! We've got POW's!

Draco just laughed. "Silly Auntie Beatrice. Me Draco am not pow... that sound that happen when you kick or punch someone. Or sound that weapons sometimes make."

"She means that we're prisoners of war Draco. P.O.W. It's an acronym." Beauregard explained.

Phineas answered the door. "Beauregard." He said tensely.

"Father," Beauregard answered, just as tensely.

"So... Ty'raka is here?" Phineas asked.

"Yes... and Doombringer, and the Eternal King. And... quite a few others." Beauregard said.

"I see... all of the nasty scum of the galaxy that sound about right?" Phineas asked. "Including those Sym'ian-"

"Dad, we don't have any time for this," Beatrice said. "There's an alien invasion underway. Beauregard has apparently defected, and we need to-" she was interrupted as the ships in orbit started to bombard the city. "Oh no..."

"We need to get to the bunker!" Phineas then pressed a button on his phone. Causing a large door to open in the front lawn. "This way!" He and the robots then went down the hole.

"What is this?" Beauregard said in surprise.

"Well ever since Ferb and I first met the Errant Traveler. We've been working on a dimensionally transcendental bunker system that spans the entire globe." Phineas explained. "There are openings like this spread all over the Earth."

"You have got to be kidding me." The Eternal King said in disbelief when he heard that. "The disruption of Spaa-Chronous technology was one thing... but building a dimensionally transcendental bunker that-" He then roared in frustration.

"And you kept pestering me about why we should have prepared." Ty'raka said. "This Phineas Flynn has built not one. But at least SIX extremely advanced and dangerous robots. But he's somehow reverse-engineered the technology of your kind." He explained.

"I see... then I know what I must do next." The Eternal King said. "And it's to remove this bunker from the equation."

"We also seem to have the Colossus, Stellar Imperium on sensors," Doombringer said.

"Do nothing while I go to disable the bunker." The Eternal King then opened a portal. When he walked through he was inside of the bunker. And Beauregard was on his knees screaming. "Phineas Flynn..."

"WHAT THE?!" Phineas said in shock and surprise. "HOW DID YOU-" A loud noise like a car beeper went off.

"I will be gone before you know it." The Eternal King said as he held up his wrench topped staff. He then made his way to the bunker's power source. "And this just furthers suspends my disbelief!" He said incredulously at the collection of batteries that equaled to about the size of a sun. "On the plus side. This will be easier to dismantle." He then snapped his fingers. Causing the batteries to turn to rust. He then went back to Phineas and the BEA-Droids. "And... action!" He then restarted time.

"-GET IN HERE!?" Phineas said in disbelief as alarms went off.

"I have my ways... like hiding a Daemon inside of young Beauregard to have an anchor with which to infiltrate your precious bunker." The Eternal King gloated.

"W-What?!" Beauragard said in surprise.

"I suspected that you would betray me at some point, Beauregard." The Eternal King said. "You should hurry... this place could implode at any-" *FWOOP* "-time." He then looked around to see that he was back on the bridge of the Vow of Vengeance. "What the?..."

"And it seems he also has transporter technology." Ty'raka commented. "I'll be honest, I was not expecting that."

"Launch. The. Invasion... NOW!" The Eternal King roared.

"It's already underway my lord," Doombringer said. "There forces should be overwhelmed within the hour."

A few days later in Danville. Beatrice and the other BEA-Droids were boarding Stellar Imperium. Followed by Beatrice's other friends and family members. "So... now what?" Beatrice asked.

"We go to the Fellowship homeworld of Yoral Primaris. We shall muster both the Fellowship and the Cy'tarian's to stop the Eternal King and his minions from bringing Chronous back to our reality." Stellar Imperium said. "There aid may very well be the only hope for the universe."

"I see..." Beatrice said anxiously. "And how long should this journey take?"

"With any luck, it should be at least a month. Maybe two... do not worry. You have my word that this will not end in tragedy for you." Stellar Imperium said.

"I know... it's just... dad and Uncle Ferb are staying on Earth." Beatrice said. "We could use there help. There's no telling what we could encounter out there. And... well... I'm ashamed to admit it. But I've never really had dad's talent for making machines." Beatrice explained. "Trust me... the irony isn't lost on me."

"Is the irony that your father is an accomplished inventor? Or that your a machine yourself? Either way. Earth and Humanity need your father and step-uncle to protect them. Besides... the Errant Traveler and I have our plans." Then without warning, a time portal opened on the bridge depositing a wrinkled Yoral in a robe onto Stellar Imperium's bridge. "Though for context, it didn't involve THIS specific Yoral. As from my scans, he's also from the fifty-first century like Ty'raka and his forces, and Agents Redwall and Amythest."

"I... where and when am I?" The confused Yoral asked.

"This is Stellar Imperium, we're on Earth, the year is 2033," Beatrice said. "And you?"

"I... I am Na'sar Araga. Please... you must tell me if it's too late to stop my wayward student?" Araga asked.

"If you mean Ormphala Ty'raka. Then yes... we're about to escape Earth as he and his allies are invading our world." Beatrice said warily.

"Then I am too late... but I am not defeated. Nor deterred from stopping his madness." Araga said.

"Begining flight." Stellar Imperium shook as he took off into space.

The Eternal King was now on Earth. Disguised as another Earthling. "Now... oh Chronous." He said to his necklace. "Your liberation can begin in earnest." He then looked to see Stellar Imperium fly off. The necklace then vibrated. "Patience my master... they will be back in time for your return. In the meantime. I will search for what I need to bring you back from the Time Loop."

THE WAR FOR EARTH BEGINS.