Disclamer: Do not own "Gravity Falls", "Sailor Moon" and "M.A.S.K."
The Following takes place within the Fallsverse, in the later part of May as well as early part of June. During the end of Sophomore year and the beginning of summer.
Chapter 1
Out of the Shadows
West Virginia, Huntington right in a building that sells a colorful assortment of items, there is a big section with people playing all kinds of games on a series of tables section, in the section are some private rooms a lot of people are playing some RPGs and Tabletop games. But there are also some private meeting rooms for the big groups conducting tournament or want to simply play with absolute privacy. One of the rooms is booked and there are an odd assortment of people in different outfits that are all coming into this room, as lot of the other players in the tables take brief looks at them but then just continue on playing thinking nothing about it.
In this game room two people enter, one is in a grey and red jumpsuit, white with blond hair. Another is in an outfit that is blue, green, a little gold is white and brunet with short, cropped hair style. There is one big guy who is heavy set and looks like he's in old highway motorcycle patrolman uniform from the 70's with the light brown t shirt and paints along with the mirror tinted glasses and white helmet on.
There are two others both look like there in Japanese school uniforms, but one has a aquamarine long skirt and has blue short matted hair, another a navy blue long skirt and is blond with two long pigtails rooted with two dumpling sized hair balls.
Four others are in different outfits one in jeans and a graphic T-Shirt of the video console "Coleco Vision", another in a magenta t shirt and skirt, a girl in a flannel green shirt and a floppy ear cap with long autumn brown hair, and another who has a blue vest on and a red T shirt and a cap with the symbol of a pine tree.
Male teen with the Pine Tree cap says, "Thank you all for coming."
The man in the grey and red jump suit says, "Knowing you Dipper, there is always a good reason for this gathering."
The girl in the green shirt and floppy cap looking at the man in the highway patrol outfit says, "Soos, will you take the helmet and glasses off."
Soos then takes both off and says, "Sorry dudes this outfit seems to just have eerie powers over me."
Male teen with the Coleco Vision graphic tee says, "As you can see were all gathered in one of the safest and most sacred places in America, "The Inner Comic Geek Comic Store".
The girl in the long navy-blue skirt and the long blond pigtails says, "Never mind that, my friend Rei along with her friend Tuxedo Shadow are in great danger."
Girl in magenta T-shirt and skirt says, "Easy on the negative thinking Usagi, they're not in danger yet, nor do we know it."
Dipper says, "No Mabel, but they could be, and we all better find them fast before they are."
Man in grey and red suit says, "Dipper's right, Venom hasn't been far behind my team, so chances are this organization that's been gunning for them aren't either."
Girl in the long aquamarine skirt says, "There has been some new shadow organization we been fighting but haven't figured out it's identity or any of the members, which is part of why I called you Gloria and Matt Trakker."
The girl in the blue and green suit says, "We've had the same amount of luck as you Ami, however though our recent skirmish, Matt and I have uncovered one face and one identity of at least two people that are either members or have some involvement with this shadow organization."
Ami says, "We also managed to uncover something, the last clue is this."
Ami she comes to the cork board and point to a letter that has a pin to keep it there. But the letter has one half of it burned."
"As you can see unfortunately it's incomplete."
Gloria says, "Which doesn't give us much to go on."
Soos says, "Oh, man were so close and yet so far from helping them, like in one episode of "Chips".
Adam says, "Alright, alright we're all in a tough spot her but we're not going to get anywhere if we start yammering and bull craping around."
Adam then looks to Dipper and says, "You have the floor Dipper."
Dipper says, "The only way we'll find them is in retracing our steps, by doing this we can figure out where both Rei and Henry are?"
Usagi says, "Wait did you say Henry."
Mabel says, "Wait a minute you me you don't…."
Usagi looks at Mabel puzzled.
Mabel says, "You know you'll find out soon enough."
"But wait why can't if find out now."
"That wouldn't be fair."
"But…"
"If you know a major secret now, you're not being fair to the rest that haven't heard the story."
Gloria says, "As weird as that sounds Mabel, that actually makes a lot of sense."
Dipper says, "Alright it's time to get on with business, we need to start from the beginning which begins with you two."
Dipper points to both Usagi and Ami. Both sit down and then Ami is about to begin but then is surprised as Usagi starts to speak. And in a different tone as it's not her usual hyper speech pattern but an almost elegant calmness.
Usagi says, "We both don't know much just about as much as what was on the evidence board and the room but also from all of you, but this whole thing started weeks ago, sometime after this battle we were in.
Flashback, Tokyo, Japan at 8:30 p.m. there is a plaza called Nob Hill Plaza that is under attack as several people have run away or are running away. There are some explosions and a lot of rustling in a couple of sections of the plaza. In one part of the plaza, Sailor Mars has taken cover behind the outside of a clothing store as there are four figures that looks like Mannequins that are black bodied and have blank white faces, each of them has arms that are formed into gun muzzles discharging bullets her way. She then hears the androids starting to advance on her and Mars is about to get up and use one of her powers despite how dangerous it might be.
Suddenly Mars hears some gun discharges from above, she sees part of the ceiling has been made into a bullet hole circle and then suddenly someone drops down and a figure drops down. She can't make out who it is as there is still smoke but can from the shadows the figure is tall and male armed with a revolver that could be from a sci-fi film as it looks like an advanced handgun of some sort with particular features, he holds it as if was made for his hand.
The male figure then puts his revolver up and then with rapid auto fire just moves it left and right and each of the mannequin droids they all go down as chunks of metal are blown away. The figure then puts the revolver up and then down on his side still holding it and smoking from the shooting.
Sailor Mars she then steps away from the doorway, having her hands ready for whatever comes out. Out of the doorway slowly is the figure who is slightly tall, has a black cape on, grey and black body armored suit, black boots, and gloves He has a black helmet on which is sort of a Viking helmet with black metal horns and black visor which covers half his face as the only exposure is his lower mouth and chin and his nose. His lower face is that of someone that is youthful and in his teens. He then turns to his right and looks at Sailor Mars and Mars drops her defenses.
Mars then has one right fist on her hip and says, "You know I could have taken him all myself."
The Viking figure has a small smile on his face and says in a brooding almost gravel tone, "Sure you could of."
Mars says, "Is that some sort of challenge?"
"Do you want it to be?"
Mars shakes her head and says, "Never mind the banter, we have to help the others."
"What's the situation?"
Sailor Mars goes near the directory of the plaza and says, "As you can see this plaza is under attack."
"Why?"
"We don't know that yet but it seems it's once again just part of a long string of attacks recently."
"Why were you separated from the others?"
"We had no choice, they were attacking so many different sections at one, we had to clear most of them out ourselves, I have no idea where the rest of them are and I couldn't reach them with my communicator I just kept getting static."
"It must have something to do with those machines in there, their jamming you signal."
Suddenly both hear what sound like gunshots and then Mars and Tuxedo Shadow they both run toward the source. They then see as they are running forward there are three of the Sailor Senshi, Sailor Mercury, Jupiter, Venus along with Moon beside her. Each of their backs are on the wall both split in different groups where Sailor Jupiter and Venus are close to each other to the left while Mercury, Moon are to the right. Sailor Venus and Jupiter see both Rei and Tuxedo Shadow and they signal for both to come near the wall beside them. Both quickly comply as there is some fire that is come out from the broken windows.
Sailor Venus, she blows out in slight frustration, "This never happened to us before."
Shadow says, "Probably because you never been shot at before."
Venus says, "We have too."
"Not, by actually bullets."
Venus nods in agreement. Mars then looks at Jupiter and says, "What's going on here?"
Jupiter looks at her and says, "Good you cleared out that skirmish."
"Not without help, so what's the situation?"
Jupiter says, "The last of the black moon androids they've been stationed in this video store."
Shadow says, "I knew those machines looked familiar but I thought the Black Moon has been dissolved long ago?"
Mercury overhears and says to him, "They have, Koan and Yuckshiro have sent a communication to indicate this."
They then hear more gunfire which once again just breaks more windows.
Shadow says, "Is there anyone in the store?"
Mercury says, "No everyone has thankful evacuated this store, along with everyone else in the plaza."
"Have you tried your Bubble Spray."
"Yes, but it's no good their sensors somehow are able to penetrate my mystic blind spell."
Sailor Moon get fidgety and says, "Oh, what are we standing her for, I can just blast them all away right now with this."
She shows her old handheld moon wand with the gold crescent and the attached crystal and as she was about to move, Shadow then has his palm out to indicate not to move.
Shadow says, "No, Sailor Moon this isn't like before you can't deal with this situation as easy as that."
Mercury has her hand on Sailor Moon's shoulder, and she then takes it with her left hand and then calmly puts her back on the wall.
Sailor Venus says, "So Shadow do you have a plan to get us out of this."
Shadow looks at her and says, "I do, I know of a back door, I want you and Mars to come with me."
Jupiter says, "Wait what about us?"
Shadow looks at her and the rest of them and says, "You and the rest have to stay out her to keep them boxed in and use some of your powers to keep them busy while I, Mars and Venus well come up from behind them."
Shadow then looks at Sailor Moon.
"However, I won't initiate this play without the consent of the Queen."
Sailor Moon looks at him and says, "I'm not queen yet, but yeah anything is worth a try."
Shadow says, "Ok, we're going to leave now, once we do cover us."
Shadow, Mars and Venus all three they waste no time running to a hall of the plaza. Sailor Jupiter looks with a bit of astonishment and then looks at Mercury and says, "I thought you always came up with the plans."
They then hear some more gunfire and then Sailor Jupiter then forms a Sparkling Wide Pressure from her hands and then throws the football like blue bolt right into the store and there is a slight explosion. She's not sure if it hit one of the perpetrators or not but some of the heavy gunfire stopped which got them to think twice.
Meanwhile Mars, Venus and Shadow are running to the other side, and they reach the back door and Venus she's about to use her power to blow away the lock, but Shadow gives her a raised fist. Venus recognizes this signal which mean halt. Shadow he then takes out from his utility belt a single key.
Venus says, "Is that suppose to be a skeleton key."
"No, a key to the store."
"How did you get a key to the store."
"It's… from a friend, I work night security here and he needs an escort at night."
Venus looks a little puzzled and then says, "Wait a minute if you go in like that, that means this friend and people that run the store would know you secret, who…."
Mars says with impatience, "Questions for another time Venus."
She then looks at Shadow.
"Ok, now what."
Shadow says, "I go in first silently and then one you hear the first series of shots from me both of you then come in silently and start blasting away at who's left."
Sailor Venus says, "I should be the one to take point or come with you."
Mars says, "Venus, trust in Tuxcedo Shadow he knows what he's doing."
Venus she then looks down with a little impatience at having to not take lead for once, let alone still having distrustful feelings toward Shadow but then she looks up and then gives a nod.
Shadow then opens the door and then silently slips in, he then is going through a room which has bins full of DVD, Blu Rays and Games that have all been return and waiting to be sorted out as well as a section for extra merchandise to sell. He goes through this room and then bends down to a squatting position and then uses the key again and then he gets on the floor and then moves to the right side of the door and then with his left fingers he slowly without making a sound moves the door open slowly from a crack to a wide enough opening for him to crawl.
But before he does he then takes out his Atlantean broadsword from a sheath attached to the left side of his utility belt. He extends the sword slowly near the crack till the end of it and a little of the base of the sword out the door. Shadow then twists the sword angling it as well as adjusting his position to check the corners on both sides and then he readjusts his position and looks at the end of his blade to see from the reflection if there is anyone near the front of where he is.
He then sees everything is clear, he reshethes his Atlantean broad sword and then slowly in crawling position he then sneaks himself through the door opening and then once he's in the store he immediately takes cover behind one of the shelves undetected. He then gets into a squatter position and then slowly walks in that position until he gets to the right edge of the shelf. He then slowly with his helmet pears out and he sees with his scanners detects three black moon androids in position and each of them have arms extended out which are practically muzzles that are constantly discharging fire while spitting out shell casings.
Shadow he then draws out his revolver but then he observes some of the damage done to the story with some shelves destroyed and DVD and Blu Rays on the floor made a mess.
Shadow says, "Damn, there really fraking up one of my favorite video stores."
Shadow he then turns a little dial he moves down halfway clockwise on his revolver and then the digital display on the revolver it has three red light on and below it the words "Auto Fire."
Shadow then sees he's near a table the sells empty DVD and Blu Ray cases, he takes one of them and then throws the empty cassette case to the far left of the group and it bounces off a shelf in that direction. Three of the androids near them then turn their mannequin like heads immediately to the noise and turn their arm muzzles that way and fire in reflex. Shadow then pops up and immediately unleashes full auto fire.
Each of the bullets the mow the androids down, they each hit the necks of the back moon androids decapitating them and as they fall so do their bodies which have nothing but a stump. A few of the androids they turn his direction then they discharge their guns, Shadow dives a direction ad rolls to another shelf for cover.
As their attention is on them, both Sailor Venus and Mars they pop up and us their powers. Venus shoots out her love me chain and Mars her fire soul, both their powers combine, and it makes the chain into a fire chain. The love me chain then wraps around all three of the androids all over their bodies and the fire and power of the chain just melts them down and they come apart in pieces while also creating a puddle of melted metal.
Shadow he then twists the little dial of his gun and then there are two red lights and an orange light and the digital display screen says, "Homing." He then gets up and then a few bullets are discharged and those bullets they all go toward two of the androids and each of the bullets go to the abdomen, neck and head making them almost into Swiss cheese and then the androids drop to the ground with nothing but sparks shooting out and black substances leaking out.
Tuxedo Shadow, Mars and Venus are all standing up and just as Shadow was about to give the all clear soon several of the black moon androids they just appear dropping their them optic camouflage and then drop down on all three of them but then all three dive to the ground and immediately roll out of their way. Shadow he then rolls near the checkout counter and then he gets up, looks at the androids and says, "Well that's something new."
He then sees each of those androids' arms transform both of their arms which are now blades. Tuxedo Shadow sees this, and he takes out his broadsword. But also sees Sailor Mars beside him who now has made both her light Mongolian sword blades appear in her hands and Venus she has her love me chain whip in her hand with a mace weight at one end of it.
All of them are surrounded by the remaining androids. Soon the clash begins. Tuxedo Shadow he blocks two for the androids' spinning blades that are going as fast as a helicopter propeller. Tuxedo Shadow sees one of the tables and he jumps on it and then once he lands immediately jumps back doing a back flip over one of the shelves. Once he completes the flip; he lands on the ground behind the shelf. The androids are confused as their sensors are too slow to pick up his movements and the other two. They come slightly forward near the shelf where they assume Shadow is hiding.
Suddenly the DVD and Blu Ray shelf is lifted above the floor by and then the shelf is thrown and comes fast making contact at the two. As it does it collapses on the two androids and as both go down with the weight of the shelf pining them, as the androids were struggling to get up and out suddenly there is one broad sword blade that goes though along with a powerful discharge from a revolver that makes a big hole on the shelf, both androids never get up.
Meanwhile in another section of the store, Sailor Mars blocks the blades of both the two androids she deals with her Mongolian swords and then at the last moment then powers both swords up which then glow red and then twirls with both sword and then executes a double slice which makes a light trail in the air. Mars stops her double swing and then she stands up and both androids are motionless until the suddenly come apart and just fall like junk in a scrap heap.
Sailor Venus she is blocking each of the strike of the black moon androids extending her chain tight. After a few blows she then swings the chain whip, and the chain then wraps around the legs of both the androids. The chain light up and goes though the knees of the androids like butter and then once it does the androids they then go down like broken toys and stop functioning.
Shadow, Mars and Venus then give all clear and then each of them then gather together relieved. But just as they do Sailor Moon and the rest suddenly notices Tuxedo Shadow is gone.
Sailor Moon says, "How the heck does he do that."
After Tuxedo Shadow has left the group, he continues running to the back of the plaza to the secure spot where his motorcycle is parked. He takes a remote from his utility belt and press a button to disarm security, he gets on the bike and then goes straight toward a small roadway which leads to the Cherry Hill Temple, he stops on the beginning path and then just walks to bike, as he gets within the temple area, and he walks to bike to a small bagota building structure.
He slides the door and, on the inside, there are a wall of tools, along with a feel roller shelves, a barrel that holds rakes and other yard tools, another barrel with broom, mop and other indoor cleaning supplies. On one side there is a fridge.
Shadow parks the the motorbike and then he takes something out of his neck which is a necklace which has gold rings and between them peril stones which are shaped like sharp long animal teeth. There is a big silver ring in the middle and suddenly it glows with small symbols from a different language that are in a blue light and then he's body is covered all in blue light until it fades and then is a regular person with jeans and a black T-shirt.
He then locks the shed up and eh goes straight to the restroom and washes his face a little along with his hands. He goes to a fridge and drinks his bottle of "Lighting Cherry Cola" and afterward he then enters the fire shrine, and he goes to the fire pit, puts in some wood, has a small tin can of lighter fluid and squirts some of it on the wood, he then strikes a match and then throws it on the wood and the fire is lit up. He then lays out a mat on the floor and then has a pillow on it. He then lies down and takes out his phone, hooks up earphones and moves his finger on his music app which has George Benson song "Affirmation".
He closes his eyes while listening to the sound as the fire is going. Then there is a sliding door opening and he then opens his eyes and suddenly he sees to his right white slippers and the end of a long red skirt. His eyes then look up and sees a face of beauty looking down on him with a stern look.
Rei says, "You know Henry, this room isn't for doing that."
Henry has a small smile and says in his regular American youthful voice, "Sorry, couldn't help it, doing this just reminds me of home plus actually helps calm me down."
"Yeah, I know but still this is a room for fire reading."
"Isn't what I'm doing sort of counts, I'm using fire and my mind."
Rei just continues to give him the serous look.
"Ok, ok I know it doesn't."
He then gets up but then Rei she has a hand on his shoulder, and he sits back down and then Rei she then looks down and says, "Didn't say you had to leave, beside what's that your listening to?"
Henry takes out the ear buds, unhooks the wire and then the phone plays out the song which covers some of the room.
Rei she then has a smile and says, "You really have nice taste in music, Henry."
Henry, he has a small smile and says, "As I said before, always liked doing this after an intense battle helps calm my nerves."
"Well it's working and thanks for helping me back there."
"Hey, were friends we always have to look out for each other."
"It's too bad we haven't told them the secret about yourself yet, you actually should."
"Yeah, I know it's just there is a lot to know and it's not going to be easy just as it wasn't for you."
"You still haven't told me everything."
"In time Rei, in time."
She looks at him with her usual impatient look but then she softens it with a small smile and Henry slightly suspects the smile as it looks a little sly and devious as if she's going to get her way somehow, but he then simply returns her smile with a gentle one and then both just looks at the fire.
Henry then looks at the fire thinking about what to say next, he then looks at her and says, "We're friends, right?"
Rei then sits down with him and says with warmth, "Always and much more."
Henry then notices the song is over and then he looks back at his app and then plays out another song from Benson which is "Breezin" as that plays, he then feels a head on his right shoulder. He then looks and sees its Rei, he can feel the warmth of her as her body is a little closer and can almost smell her long black ebony hair which is so close. She is looking at the fire as she's listening to the song, and he does the same.
