Washington D.C.

United States of America

October 1st, 2025

1200 Hours

Today was supposed to be just a regular day for America's 42nd President, however it would become clear her time in office would be far from normal. President Tulsi Gabbard was the second president to be a joint citizen of both Hawaii and United States, its first Samoan-American president, and first Hindu president. Like the election of Barack Obama in 2008, her presidency only strengthen the bond the United States and Hawaii shared. From the protecting the Hawaiian government against a coup by the Honolulu Rifles, the Second World War, the establishment of the Pacific Rim Defense Pact, World War 3, to the modern day. The bond shared by the nations could only be rivaled by the ties America held with Great Britain, France, Canada, and China, where many of its citizens ancestry can be traced to.

Under normal circumstances, a school shooting wouldn't attract the attention of the president of the United States. As sad as it was, a few happened every year across the country. Granted, they were nowhere near as common as during the early 2000's, but it still garnered unwanted attention from elsewhere in the world. That was made clear during a summit on the education of children in less developed countries, when a member of the Iranian party made a comment in poor taste, which most found amusing. Relations with Iran had always been tense, a result of the Eisenhower administration assisting the coup in the 53 coup, which had come back to bite America in the ass. Despite all that had happened, from the hostage crisis, to the Saudi Iran war, relations were existent. Iran didn't like America for a number of reasons, but diplomatic ties were there.

However today was a different day. Just an hour ago she was sitting in the Oval Office, getting ready to sign a new infrastructure bill, when she was requested by the Director of the FBI. Now she was in the Situation Room with her advisors, including the Director of the CIA, Michael West, FBI director Christpher Wray, and Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf. Gabbard figured that something was wrong, but she never would've thought it would be about the recent event in Colorado.

"Madam President, we have a situation in Colorado." Wolf informed her as they all sat down.

"Is this in regards to the shooting in Canon City earlier this morning?" she asked, already knowing the answer.

"Yes, Madam President, there's more to the situation on the ground than we first thought." Wray said.

"Well then don't keep me waiting director, what's the situation."

"Well Madam president, I think I should first ask you what your tolerance for unbelievable things are." Wray asked as if what he was about to say wouldn't be believed.

"What kind of unbelievable are we talking about?" Gabbard asked raising her eyebrow.

"A portal connecting our world to another." he said straight faced. As the president looked around at the faces of those there, she couldn't help but notice none of them, barring the Secret Service agents present the vice president, and the Secretary of State, showed even the slightest hint of lying. They were completely serious, while the agents had slight smirks that faded when they took notice of the Director's expression.

"OK, I'm lost, can someone tell me what this has to do with a school shooting in Colorado?" From his pocket, the FBI director pulled out a remote and pointed it at the TV mounted on the central wall. On it was a drone feed of the situation in Colorado, with police and military units blocking off the area surrounding the school.

"Our Quick Response Units from Fort Carson responded to a rather frantic call from the Canon City Police Department, as well as Colorado State Police units, who arrived shortly after 8:15 in the morning. Right now the Governor is screaming to activate the National Guard and I think we should at this point, because this is the situation on the ground." Wolf informed as he motioned his hand and Wray pressed a button, switching to a ground based feed. At the center was some vortex, which had a black outline, and milky white center. There was something on the other side, but they couldn't tell what.

"Elements from the 4th ID are already on the ground, with others on the way right now. The area had been cordoned off and evacuated. The anomaly is approximately 35 meters long, 16 meters tall, and from what my agents in the field told us, it seems to be the source of the school shooting earlier this morning. Or to be more precise, those responsible for the shooting came through it."

"Your telling me that someone came through that," she was momentarily at a loss for words as he gestured to the monitor. "And shot up a school in the middle of a small town in Colorado?"

"There were three gunmen, Madam President. They were chasing down a young girl until they tackled her on school property. Soon after they engaged in a gunfight the school resource officers and fired on the students. One officer and three students are in critical condition Colorado Springs. Two of the gunmen were killed, the other was injured and arrested. Our field agents have reported that these individuals are Nazi bounty hunters." that last bit turned more than a few heads, including that of the vice and the Secretary of State, who were just now being informed.

"Why would someone who hunts Nazis, shoot up a school?" Vice President Buttigieg asked.

"We're getting to that Mr Vice President. These aren't bounty hunters who hunt Nazis, rather they hunt down those who escape concentration camps. Director Wray, take it from here."

"Thank you Secretary Wolf. To explain further, one of the gunmen had a book on them, which contained a list of names of individuals who had escaped concentration camps in a place labelled as the "American Reich", according to our agents who retrieved the book from the local police. The girl's name and photo was in the book, along with other pieces of information, including the location of the camp she escaped from, reportedly located in Moulton, Alabama. The book also held information regarding race, religion, sexuality, and other pieces of information you'd expect to find on forms of ID. This, along with other articles of information gathered from the girl, the gunman we're currently holding, the artifacts we've gathered from them, and the anomaly in the middle of Canon City, we've come to a rather disturbing conclusion of what we're dealing with."

"Why is it that I already know what your about to say?" Gabbard said with her head in her hands. "Just tell me what clusterfuck awaits us with this situation."

"While we still haven't ventured through the anomaly yet, we've come to the conclusion that the word that resides on the other side of it is a world where the Axis Powers won the Second World War. The entire world fell victim to their evil, and was split between the three major member states. From the surviving gunman, as well as the girl they attempted to kidnap, their version of Canon City is located in a place called the Rocky Mountain States. From what we know as of now, it consists of the American and Canadian states that reside along the Rocky Mountains. Meanwhile the Nazis control everything to the east, while Japan controls all that lays west."

"Is that all we know so far?" Buttigieg asked. "What about the girl? Does she have a name?"

"Yes, her name is Adrian Piper, aged 14, she's currently under armed guard with one of my field agents." Wray informed. upon hearing the name, one of the Secret Service agents turned their head towards the director, who noticed. "Is there something wrong?"

"Adrian Piper was a conceptual artist and philosopher. Her work is very well known in the art world and beyond. Her age even fits with her date of birth in 1948 and she's still alive today." the agent explained.

"In our world she becomes a well known artist. In that world, she's on the run from Nazis. God has one fucked up sense of humor. Anyway, from the information we gathered, apparently in that world, Washington D.C. was hit with a nuclear weapon in December of 1945, wiping out most of the United States government. The government officially surrender the next year, and fighting continued until 1947, when the Rebel American Army finally collapsed. However that's in the past of their world and there's nothing we can do about that now. The most concerning piece of information for us is that both the Nazis and Japanese Empire maintain a large military presence in North America, especially in the territories that made up the United States. Even worse is that they maintain much of said forces on the border to deter either side from doing anything."

It didn't take long for the realization to hit everyone in the room. Two different armies, each within striking distance of the anomaly was extremely concerning to everyone in the room. The prospect of either a Nazi or Imperial Japanese army finding out about the anomaly in Colorado and marching through it was a terrifying thought. Even more since the gravity of the situation was just now starting to be understood. While the military was had a QRF in Cañon City, with more on the way, no heavy equipment was being brought it. Something that was going to change very quickly.

"So as it stands, if the Axis on the other side of that anomaly become aware of its existence, we could be facing an invasion of America soil?" Gabbard never thought her presidency would go like this. Less than one year in and she's facing a crisis far larger than has ever been faced before. The only time any enemy had stepped foot on the contiguous United States was in the war of 1812, and even that resulted in a victory over the British in Canada. The last time any American territory was invaded was in World War Two when the Aleutian Islands were occupied by the Japanese.

"Yes Madam President, and given there's supposedly other bounty hunters that were working with the ones that came through, the secret might come out sooner than later. Which is why I believe we need to act on this and we need to do it now. Otherwise we risk the possibility of those on the other side becoming aware of its existence and striking before we can mobilize proper forces."

"And how long will it take to completely mobilize the units at Fort Carson for deployment into Cañon City?" she asked.

"The base is currently being mobilized and any personnel on leave are being called back as we speak. At the earliest, it won't be until Friday afternoon, and that's for fuel and munitions to be distributed properly. Once you give the order, I can authorize more bases to begin mobilization, starting with Fort Riley, and work our way from there, from coast to coast if necessary." Wolf informed.

"Looks like we have no other choice. Activate the Colorado National Guard and have them deploy to Cañon City, and rush the mobilization of Fort Carson. I served with the 4th ID during the deployment to Iraq during the Saudi Iran War, they can get this done. Just give them what they need."

"Yes Madam President!" he replied.

"There's one more problem with this situation, and its more along the lines of the domestic response." Wray interrupted.

"What about it? Word couldn't have gotten out this quickly, has it?"

"No, but it will soon. And that's something to worry about. Over the last two decades, we've increased our surveillance of gangs and extremist groups that have members within our armed forces, particularity white supremacists and Neo Nazi organizations. Once this becomes public knowledge, there's a risk that some of them might try to slip through and potentially compromise any operations we'll be conducting in the near future."

"What can we do to prevent that from happening?" Buttigieg asked.

"We have notable individuals under surveillance at this time, and given current circumstances surrounding this event, we'll be increasing our measures, as well as notifying local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies regarding the location of members across the country. It'll take a few days, and by then the cat will be out of the bag, but we'll know if any extremists try getting into Colorado. I just want to ask for permission to begin detaining extremists in active service, to prevent any potential breaches.

"You'll catch hell from constitutionalists who will use this as an excuse to say your trampling the first and fourth amendments." the Secretary of State added.

"We don't have a choice at this point. This situation has the potential to surpass our national borders. There is no room for niceties in this situation, not when those on the other side of that anomaly would happily execute half the country for not fitting their, and this is putting it lightly, screwed up racial standards, while the other half work to death in concentration camps!" Buttigieg angrily replied.

"I agree," Gabbard said standing up. "This isn't an enemy we can negotiate with, nor would they even try. We not taking any chances of Nazi or Japanese troops stepping foot on an inch of American soil. Activate every unit west of the Mississippi River and have them on standby to deploy stateside. Put the rest of our forces, including those overseas at heightened readiness, and bring us to DEFCON 2. In the meantime, do what you need to do, but get a team on the other side so we can figure out our next move. We can't be going in blind."

"Yes Madam President!"

I'm going to contact our allies in NATO and in the Pacific, let them know the situation. If you learn anything else about this situation, bring it to me immediately. And Director!" she said while eyeing West. "I don't care what it takes, you squeeze every bit of information out of the gunman that survived. I don't care what methods you have to use, but make you him talk."

"Of course Madam President."


Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton

California, United States of America

October 1st, 2025

1400 Hours

For Staff Sergeant Jaime Ramos, today was just supposed to be another boring Wednesday out in the field. After a full year overseas, participating in joint training ops all across the Pacific, he was happy to be back in the good ol U.S. of A. Nothing is overly remarkable about being in the field, aside from some occasional fuckery from another marine. However it was all cut short as alarms began blaring across the base, fighters from Edwards air base screamed overhead, with their wings loaded for bear. Transport trucks began filtering in and picking up everyone in the field, and driving back towards the base proper. No one knew what the hell was going on until they got back to the base, only to be alarmed by the sheer level of activity present.

"What the fuck is going on Gunny? They've got the entire base being mobilized! Its like World War 3 again!" he asked to Gunnery Sergeant LeMarcus Henry, who ran up to his side, looking as if he just saw a ghost.

"Something happened in Colorado earlier this morning. We don't have all the details, but I've heard some rather disturbing shit!" he told him.

"Like what? Someone hit NORAD?" Ramos asked concerned.

"No, not NORAD, thank fuck. Apparently there was a school shooting earlier this morning in a small town over there, then before you know it, their in the process of emptying out Fort Carson, and not letting anyone in or out of the town." Gunny told him.

"How the hell does a school shooting warrant that kind of response?"

"From what little I heard, some crazy shit about Nazis and a portal! Don't ask, there having a briefing in 15 minutes with all the staff NCO's to tell us what's going on. Anyway, I've got to head out, see you then."

"What the hell? Nazis?"


The Gunny's answer just left Ramos with more questions than answers as he headed for the briefing room. Once inside, aside from all of the NCO's most of which he recognized and knew, there standing at the projector screen was Captain Quinton Cole and Colonel Edward Holton, the latter of which was one of the commanding officers of the 1st Marine Division. No one expected to see him here today. As he settled down into his seat, he heard a familiar voice to his left.

"You have any idea what's going on Jaime?" the voice was from his friend, Staff Sergeant Henry Blackburn. The two of them first met when they were assigned to the middle east during the Saudi Iran war in 2020, back when they were both newly minted E-4's. Five years later and they were both E-6's, although Ramos often remarked how he picked his up a few months earlier than Blackburn did. Regardless, the two had developed a strong friendship since that day. It was pure luck that both of them ended up here two years ago as a duty station.

"No fucking idea Henry. Only thing that Gunny Henry told me was something about a portal in Colorado and some Nazis." Ramos answered.

"Nazis? What the fuck?" Just like Ramos was earlier, Blackburn didn't know how to respond. "You sure you heard Gunny right?"

"Yeah that's what he told me. I don't know either man, but apparently the army has an entire town in Colorado entire town locked down. What've you heard?"

"Everything's going on lockdown and all personnel are being called up, for every branch. Whatever happened up in Colorado must be big, because this is ridiculous!"

"AT EASE!" Captain Cole bellowed out, silencing all the chatter in the room.

"Good afternoon everyone," Colonel Holton greeted. "I imagine all you are still mostly unaware of why your all here, am I right?".

"YES SIR!" the Marines in the room responded with a thunderous tone.

"I thought so. I imagine some of you may have heard rumors and such about what's going on, about why it looks as if we're gearing up for another world war, so I'll get out with it. We're currently at DEFCON 2, with the president issuing direct orders for all military units west of the Mississippi River to mobilize for a, and I quote, "A domestic and foreign deployment." Meanwhile our brothers and sisters out east, as well as overseas have been given similar standby orders. You heard that right, everyone and everything is being called up. Captain, if you would!"

"Yes sir!" the projector in the room hummed to life and the screen behind Holton began booting up.

"I'd imagine you've all heard rumors about Nazis or portals, or some other weird shit like that, huh? Show of hands for those in here who have heard something similar?" as he looked around, he noticed close to half the marines in the room had their hands raised. He motioned his hand and the hands fell back down. "Well none of you are wrong in what you've heard. I can see the look on your face right now, many of you might be wondering if I need to take a drug test. Well believe me, I was thinking along the same lines when I first got my orders. But what I'm about to show is very much real. Real enough that its spooked the hell out of Washington, and by the this briefing is over with here, I wouldn't blame any of you for thinking the same."

Cole pressed another button and the screen switched to a live feed of a school, with captions above displaying that it was located in Cañon City, Colorado. Visible in the feed was a large number of police and military personnel manning checkpoints on the roads, blocking any attempts by civilians to get close. Humvee's and even a few Bradley's were parked facing away from the school, their weapons pointed towards an as of yet unseen object.

"At approximately 0800 hours, three gunmen were reported to have chased down and attempted to kidnap a girl in front of Cañon City High School. They engaged the school police officers, as well as fired on the students present, which put one officer and three students in the hospital. The local police response was extremely quick and brutal, resulting in two of the three gunmen being killed, and the third being arrested. What made this situation so different was what the police officers found on the men, as well as what the victim had told law enforcement. The first and foremost being that the men were equipped with weapons that wouldn't have been out of place in the 40's and 50's, as well as their attire.

The second, was currency found on them, which were labeled as Reichmarks, and had Adolf Hitler's face on the front. Third was a book found on the surviving gunmen, which was a detailed list of individuals, that according to the book, had escaped concentrations camps in a region called the "American Reich". More specifically, the camp she reportedly escaped from was located in Alabama. What little information I've just told you, culminates to this; Cole switch to the live feed."

"Yes sir!" once again Cole pressed a button and the camera feed switched to the opposite direction of the school, showing just what the military was surroundings. At the center of the massive military and police presence was some type of portal. As the camera zoomed in, those present got a clearer look at just what was causing all the commotion on base today. The inside swirled like a vortex, and those watching could clearly tell that something was on the other side.

"What your looking at is a portal, or to be more specific, a portal to another world. Approximately 35 meters long and 16 meters tall, this "anomaly" as Washington has called it, manifested at some point after 0700 today, as that was the last time anyone was in the park where this portal currently resides. From what intel has been gathered from the incident earlier this morning, it has believed that what sits on the other side of the portal is a world where the Axis Powers won the Second World War." As the colonel looked around the room, plastered across the faces of the Marines present was a mixture of disbelief, shock, and disgust as he finished informing them of the situation.

"This can't be real, can it?" one marine commented.

"I don't believe it!" Ramos whispered to himself. "Gunny was right about this shit being crazy."

"Settle down marines, I'm not done yet." the chatter subsided, but the disturbed looks on the marines faces remained. "From what we know, the United States that once existed on that other side of the world officially surrendered in 1946 after the Nazis nuked D.C. in 1945. Everything east of the Rocky Mountains in North America belongs to Germany, while everything west belongs to Japan. The territory in the middle is known as the Rocky Mountain states, a buffer zone made up of former American and Canadian territory. Both superpowers in that world have a large military presence in the former United States, and more specifically, on the border of the buffer zone. To give it to you bluntly marines, if either Japan or Germany find out about this, they would not hesitate to go through it. That's why Fort Carson is emptying itself out in case we get some unwanted guests. This is why everyone is currently being called up, active and reserve, with orders to standby.

Now I don't think I have to tell you what the Axis thought of America during World War 2. The Nazis saw us a mongrel nation who's worst mistake was freeing the slaves. The Japanese saw us as a nation of pleasure lovers with no stomach for a long and drawn out war. We all know what would happen if they crossed that portal into our country. They would happily massacre everyone they encountered just for laughs. But we're not gonna let that happen, are we, Marines?"

"NO SIR!" the room screamed in reply.

"Damn straight we won't. While the army kicked in the Nazis teeth with the British across North Africa and Europe, we Marines spent years digging the Japanese from their pathetic empire, island by island, enduring hardships unlike anything seen before. All the things the Axis powers despised us for is what made us strong in the first place. Not only are we the world's strongest nation, we are by far the most diverse, with men and women who's ancestry can be traced to every corner of God's green Earth. We kicked their asses in 1945, and if they come here, we'll do it all over again. But we won't sit on our hands, waiting for the day some goosestepping bastards cross that portal with an army. We'll bring the fight to them, and just like in 1945, we'll show them the true American fighting spirit, OORAH!

"OORAH!"

"That's what I like to hear. There's an entire world under the boot heels of some of the most disgusting and evil regimes to ever exist. We have the means to not only help those in that world, but to deliver a sucker punch to the Axis Powers who've put the world underneath their boot heel. And believe me when I say this, when word gets out about what's really in Colorado, there won't be a soul who will be against this war. No doubt our allies in Europe and Asia would love to have a crack at them as well. Anyway, that's all I've got for now, return to your units and relay the same information. Command will be sending more info when they get it. Dismissed!"