Hi all. This is my VERY first shot at fanfiction so please go easy on me with the reviews; I'm just starting to learn. Just so I don't get sued or something, the Advance Wars game and its Characters (CO's) is the property of Nintendo. The character Codger is one of my creation. I write this story because I enjoyed the games so much that I should a least try my luck with a fanfiction based on it. The story is sort of leading to an AW3 kind of story line so the first set of chapters (I don't know how many there are going to be) are sort of going to be like a big intro. Anyway, read it and if you want, post a review and let me know what you think.

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Darkrecon's Advance Wars Fanfiction Chapter 1: Intro

It has been many long months since the Black Hole Army made a second attempt to take over Cosmo Land. Lead by a mysterious Commanding Officer (CO) named Sturm, the Black Hole Army had hoped to take over Wars World so they could set up a base of operations. The first time he tried to take over Wars World, it was with the help with the Blue Moon CO, known as Olaf. Olaf was driven by the promise of fortune and power, not realizing the implications of his actions until it was almost too late. While Blue Moon attacked and distracted the Orange Star Army, Sturm sent clones of the Orange Star CO Andy to attack the other countries of Wars World, Yellow Comet and Green Earth.

What some don't know was that back on Black Hole's native world, there was an elite group of scientists that helped Sturm engineer these clones to aid him in his quest to conquer Wars World. The leader of these scientists, Codger, was the evil genius that led the group of scientists that oversaw the project. He had hoped that these clones would help his Commanding Officer easily conquer Wars World so he could have the opportunity to be Sturm's Second in Command …but he could not foresee what would happen.

When Sturm returned from his first campaign on Wars World defeated, he was furious for two reasons. One, Codger's cloned Andy CO's did do an effective job in making it look like Orange Star was behind those attacks but when the clones went up against the Orange Star CO's Max, Sami and the real Andy, they were easily defeated. Obviously, Codger didn't give them enough intelligence to handle the CO's of Wars World. The second reason and the one he hated the most, he underestimated the power of the Wars World CO's.

When Codger and his scientists team heard about Sturm's defeat, they all fully expected to meet their demise at the hands of Sturm. Their fears were starting to come true when they were summoned to the main Headquarters (HQ) of the Black Hole Army for a private meeting with Sturm himself. All the scientists, including Codger, were fully expecting to feel Sturm's rage right there. But for some strange reason, he said, "The clone project is terminated. I'm now redirecting you studies in the development of new weapons and technology for the Black Hole Forces." But from the sound of his voice, all the scientists, including Codger, knew that he was very displeased with them. Sturm then went on with the private meeting for an hour or so, going over what he wanted to be developed, from new "automated" units, a new type of tank unit, and an indestructible material for the making of what he called a "pipeline".

            After the meeting, all the scientists left the room …… except for Codger.

            "Excuse me Lord Sturm…" Codger said.

            "What is it?" Sturm said coldly.

Well, here goes, Codger thought. "I must know my lord… why didn't you not punish us for the failed clone project?"

Sturm's cold, blank green eyes met Codger's. "Because you and your team are just too useful to me. But heed my warning Codger. If you fail me again, you WILL receive proper punishment."

"Yes my lord. Um, if I may, one more question?"

            "What is it now?" Sturm said.

            "If I may ask, what went wrong with the Andy clones?"

            Sturm simply said, "They were just useless worms."

            "I see…" Either the clones did something stupid or they simply lacked the intelligence to handle the opposing CO's. In a way, Sturm's request for the clones was too time critical, so my team didn't have the time to either make better clones or to train them for combat, Codger thought.

            "Is that all the questions you wished to ask me?" Sturm said coldly yet again.

            "Yes, my lord."

            "Then you are dismissed."

            "Thank you my lord." Codger said and took his leave.

            You're very lucky to be still breathing Codger. I would normally have you executed on the spot but like I said, you're just too useful to me and to my plans. Heck. You're the whole reason why I was even able to get to Wars World thanks to your teleportation portal you and your team invented. But like I said, don't fail me again, Sturm though as Codger left the room.

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Like I said, its my first time so please don't get nasty with the reviews if you don't like the story line.  I haven't read every single story under the Advance Wars section yet so I apologize if I've stolen someone's story line or idea (actually, I think the teleportation portal idea was Dr. Bross idea in his "Project Black Portal" but I'm not sure). I also apologize for the lousy formatting if there is any; had some upload trouble when I first tried it so I'm not sure how it would look once it was up for viewing.  I want to thank Rocketdarkness for reading this chapter and for his "touch-ups" he made for the first two paragraphs and for giving me the courage to try my luck with fanfiction. Actually, just about all the stories I read and seen for Advance Wars have inspired me to try this so thank you everyone. Well, if the reviews look positive, I'll try to continue this story. If not, I'll still try to continue it but do better in the next chapter. Until then, Late.