The crew was chilling outside the clinic Numbuh 1 was recovering when their leader finally after three days of being unconscious "Good morning…" Numbuh 1 yawned

Everybody turned their attention to their leader and rushed to his side, Numbuh 3 hugged him "Thank you for saving us" Numbuh 3 giggled

Numbuh 1 smiled at Numbuh 3 a bit embarrassed "T-That was nothing"

"You almost died, you know that? The Healer said you could have exploded your arms doing that" Numbuh 4 crossed his arms a bit angry at Numbuh 1 and then sighed "Thanks…" He looked at him a bit embarrassed as well

"No problem" Numbuh 1 said, he then turned his attention to Sonia and Lee who were looking at him while sitting on the sidewalk near the clinic "Hey, you found them" Numbuh 1 said as he approached the two young operatives

After explaining to Numbuh 1 what happened these past few days they all met in the adventurers guild, all eyes immediately turned to Numbuh 1 as soon as he entered "And the hero arrives" The barkeep said

"I… was just trying to save my friends to be honest…" Numbuh 1 blushed a bit embarrassed

"Nothing more heroic" The Dwarf laughed and filled a glass with water "She will probably be arriving in a few seconds, I would get in trouble if I got you drunk" the Dwarf laughed while Numbuh 1 grabbed the glass

"Who is arriving?" Numbuh 1 asked while drinking some water

Suddenly the doors burst open, A tall woman with horns wearing white and gold robes entered the guild, she guarded along with a couple of guards an old man who walked with a scepter "Give space for your Majesty the Emperor of Protea" The Woman said, she was the one who had healed Numbuh 1 a few days before

"Hey!" Sonia pointed at the king "That's the old man that taught us how to use magic!"

Lee covered her mouth and smiled at the king "I-I'm sorry for her impertinence your majesty" he tried laughing it off very nervous

"Oh, don't worry about frivolities young one, You can call me Akron, I was worried, such young ones transported to a cave like that without some teachings? Not on my watch" The king let out a chuckle "Would you mind resuming our talks in the castle? We have so much to talk about" The King smiled at them

Upon arriving at the throne room the first thing they could see wasn't the throne or the beautiful decorations, it was the court jesters in charge of entertaining the castle visitors, the five members of the delightful children were dressed like arlequins as they looked at the members from Sector V in anger "This month only gets worse…" they said in their monotone way

Numbuh 4 approached them as he laughed at the delightful children "It was about time you dressed properly, who had the idea? I need to give him an award" he said while he kept laughing at them

"Oh, that was me, I wanted to keep them in the dungeons until it was time to send them back but they complained so much…" the King sighed "They aren't good jesters as well but their angry faces make me strangely happy" the King said with a curious tone

"We understand" The members of Sector V said

"He is the one who gave us the bomb you idiots!" The delightful children said

"We figured that out on the way here to be honest" Numbuh 5 said

The king sighed "Yes, it was me, I needed a group of heroes to do me a little favor, in exchange I will bring you back to your world, not to worry though, time passes slowly in our dimension, you will be gone for only a couple of hours when this is done but will be back home before dinner" The king laughed

"What is the favor?" Numbuh 1 asked

"A creature of legend seems to be attacking a friendly country, in the tales of old it is told that only twelve heroes could destroy it, we tried searching in all nations to no avail, not one single hero was found in our world, that was when I, the only mage amongst the rulers had the idea to search in other dimensions, I'm sure you see where this is going" The king smiled at them

"I think so…" Numbuh 2 said scratching his chin and then looked at the delightful children "Not them right?"

"Oh no, don't be absurd" The King laughed "It seems I'm not as strong as I remembered you see, I ended up sending your other friends to a neighboring ruined country with that spell in the bomb by mistake, the main problem though… it is a wasteland filled with the most dangerous creatures… we don't know if your friends are even alive at this point" The king said a bit worried in his tone of voice

"Let me see… Numbuh 362, Numbuh 86, Numbuh 60, Numbuh 35 and Numbuh 23…" Numbuh 1 scratched his chin "Given their abilities… I believe they are alright" Numbuh 1 smiled "So what now?"

"You will be sent to the said wasteland and will search for your friends, the trip should take about one week to the west" The king said "After that the twelve of you are to keep heading west until you start seeing guards dressed in purple, that's the kingdom that is being attacked by the creature" The king then walked with them outside the city to the stables were four wagons being pulled by horses were ready for them

"I trust you bought everything I asked for his training?" The arch-mage asked while talking with Sector V

"Let me see… manual on runic blades" Numbuh 5 said as she showed her a heavy book "Magic arsenal" Numbuh 5 showed her a glove with a crystal on its palm "and potions for the increase of magic potential" Numbuh 5 said as she grabbed a bag full of blue potions

"Very well" The arch-mage smiled at them "You will be accompanied by the trainer for our runic swordsman's academy, he will help train your friend while you travel" She said

"A pleasure" the trainer nodded gently to the crew and went inside Numbuh 1's wagon

"Good luck on your travels" the King waved them goodbye as the four wagons left the city gates


It was late in the night, Rachel and the rest of her friends were under a rock in the middle of a desert wasteland filled with monsters on all sides "Is it ready already Numbuh 23?" Rachel asked, she had a huge spear shaped like a cross made out of some sort of crystal strapped to her back, she had orange metal armor with aqua details on her shoulders, elbows and thighs over an unbuttoned black shirt and black long pants, she also wore a long light scarf around her neck. she stood guard outside the rock looking at the silent wastes while protecting an unconscious Numbuh 86 who rested on Patton's lap

"I guess… This alchemy stuff is easier when you make bombs, potions and antidotes are hard…" Numbuh 23 said, she wore a simple gas mask over her mouth and nose, she wore a black sleeveless shirt and a pair of black shorts with a red coat over it, right next to her there was a giant backpack with tons of bombs and alchemy ingredients, she took a flask out of a campfire and focused some magic energy inside the flask and then slowly poured it in Numbuh 86's mouth "Now we wait…" She sighed

"Her fever is going away…" Numbuh 60 said after a few minutes while he patted Numbuh 86 on the head smiling at her, he had no weapon in sight, he wore a black shirt with a black jacket on top of it and a white pair of pants "Thanks" he looked at Numbuh 23

"I'm the one who should be thanking you guys, Bartie and I have been walking these wastes for weeks now, I'm just sad Numbuh 86 had to get hurt for this to happen" Numbuh 23 smiled at him and then looked at Numbuh 35 who was sitting in a corner sulking

"Is he still feeling guilty for not helping earlier?" Patton whispered to Numbuh 23 "He could do nothing, he couldn't fight the scorpions with his arm broken"

"That wouldn't have happened if my arm wasn't broken" Numbuh 35 said with a sad tone to his voice, he wore a black and teal jacket on top of a white simple shirt and light brown pants, he also wore a pair of greaves and used a pair of gauntlets as his weapons, he was drinking with his good arm an odd-looking potion

"Relax, that thing will make your arm good as new by tomorrow morning" Numbuh 23 approached him with a gentle smile "You will be back to kick monster butt soon enough" she patted him on the back

Numbuh 35 nodded at her smiling as he drank the rest of the potion and groaned "The taste is terrible…" he laughed

Suddenly a tremor could be heard outside their hiding place, Patton approached Rachel to get a look outside only to see a giant hyena and a giant boar fighting each other "At least there is no shortage of food in this place" Patton laughed as he climbed on top of the rock they were hiding with Rachel

"I just wished we could eat normal stuff… We have been eating the kind of stuff gramma stuffum makes for two weeks" Rachel sighed with a saddened as she took out her spear from her back, it started gathering energy around the tip and then started letting out a red aura around the blue crystal

"I know what you mean…" Patton sighed also a bit saddened "I'm a bit tired of digging the ground for water…" he then took out of his pocket a pair of brass knuckles he focused some magic energy from his arms to the brass knuckles who suddenly started creating ethereal claws "I will go for the boar…" Patton said then jumped out of the rock and started running at an unbelievable speed towards the boar

"It was pretty cool in the first two days or so…" Rachel said as she jumped out of the rock, the aura in her spear started rotating with slight hints of fire around it as she slowly approached the hyena who took a notice of her and started running in her direction

Before the boar could chase the hyena Patton stood right in front of it and triplicated himself, the boar rushed at him but was killed in a matter of seconds as Patton sliced it in the blink of an eye along with his clones who then disappeared with a magic aura around them

The Hyena jumped at Rachel who just got propelled by her spear and went in the Hyena's direction like a meteor as she stood behind her spear, it had a red and blue flame aura that rotated like a giant drill and then stopped after she killed the beast by piercing right through it, She and Patton returned to the rock with the bodies of both animals

"Show offs…" Numbuh 23 grinned at them and then stood up "I'm going to set the defenses for tonight…" Numbuh 23 left the rock while Patton and Rachel made dinner, she started planting several flasks around the area outside the rock and drew a sign on thin hair with her hands on each of them, it was dinner time when she finished and then returned to the rock to eat with her friends "So where are we going?" she said while feeding Numbuh 35 who blushed a little still embarrassed for hurting his arm

"That old map we got in the abandoned village we woke up said to head south and we would find something… two weeks and nothing yet" Rachel said while eating the boar

"I just wish we could have any other clue of where we are…" Numbuh 60 said as he opened a canteen and drank some water

They went to sleep after that to the sound of a few of Numbuh 23's landmines exploding, they would wake up from time to time by the sounds of it during the night just to see the monsters already defeated by the explosion, they got up in the morning and readied themselves for departure, Numbuh 86 was still unconscious but she looked healthier than the previous day

Numbuh 23 drew a sign on thin air that deactivated the landmines as she gathered the remaining ones and followed her friends, the boys put Numbuh 86 in an old looking wagon meant to carry hay and started pushing it, Rachel walked in front of it as they kept heading south "Thank god she is light…" Numbuh 35 said while pushing the wagon

"You doing okay?" Numbuh 23 asked him a bit worried

"Yeah, your potions are gross but they surely work" Numbuh 35 laughed

"Since you are in working condition you may wanna have your revenge now" Rachel said

Numbuh 35 rushed to the front of the wagon only to see a horde of about a hundred scorpions the size of his head heading in their direction, Bartie grinned as he pumped a small amount of magic into his fists and cracked his knuckles as he rushed to the scorpions' direction with his gauntlets glowing and letting out a few sparkles, he then slaughtered the scorpions to smithereens as he passed through them punching the air until not a single one remained, he was panting a bit at the end of it as he kneeled in exhaustion

"Fool exaggerated again" Numbuh 23 sighed

Suddenly a giant scorpion burst out of the ground right in front of the exhausted Bartie who could not move "Crap…" Numbuh 35 said as he looked at the giant scorpion thrice his size as it prepared to kill him with its stinger Rachel rushed to his side only to be interrupted by the loud sound of a shot that opened a hole right through the scorpion killing it

Rachel looked at her back smiling at Numbuh 86 lying on top of the wagon aiming a huge flintlock sniper rifle taller than her, she sighed "Boys never learn…" she said, she wore a green and gold long cape that had a hoodie over an orange and gold skirt with a white short shirt

Numbuh 35 walked back to the wagon a bit embarrassed while looking at Numbuh 86 "I… Sorry about giving you trouble"

"You should be! How is it possible that you managed to almost get yourself killed TWO times!" Numbuh 86 kept complaining as they kept walking for a few more hours "And not only that, how is it possible that we have been walking for two weeks in this god-forsaken land and haven't found a single person?!" She said she then paused for a bit to catch her breath

"She finally stopped" Rachel sighed "Well at the very least her complaining worked" Rachel looked in the distance at a giant wall and approached its gates

"Halt! Who goes there?" A man asked them on top of a watchtower as he aimed a bow at the crew

"A bunch of travelers who got lost, we were teleported here by some kind of magic, we have traveled these wastes for a few weeks now" Rachel said

"Hmmm… You seem okay for a bunch of kids, if you managed to survive in this hellhole it means you are at least strong enough to help with the defenses, come in, but keep the weapons to yourselves for now" The guard said as he opened the gates to reveal a brimming village in the middle of the wastes with crops all around it with a bunch of homes in the middle made out of stone

The guards led Rachel and her friends to the village chief, she proceeded to explain their situation to the chief who in turn asked them to protect the village in that night's attack, apparently, the creature who was attacking the neighboring kingdom was sending more and more monsters each day to take their village and use it as an outpost for its troops, Rachel agreed "Alright, what can we expect?" She asked the village chief

"The usual monsters you have seen while in your travels but there are the corrupted soldiers, zombies if you prefer the term, they aren't very agile or resistant but make the bulk of his troops" The village chief said

"Whose troops? You said it is a creature" Rachel asked

"He goes by Chernobog these days if I'm not mistaken… it is said it can only be killed by a group of twelve heroes, sadly the kings of the other countries haven't managed to find the brave heroes anywhere" The village chief said

"I see, and is there a description of these heroes?" Rachel asked

"Let me see… they are meant to be like a clock… One-The Runic swordsman and the one who leads the charge, Two- the Engineer that can pull itself out of any situation with his inventions, Three- The sorceress who can both heal and attack any soul with near infinite magic energy and kindness, Four- The Bloodthirsty Barbarian or Berserker if you prefer, who can cross any enemy line, Five- The Witch who can both bring the living to their death and the dead to their living as she pleases, Six and Seven- The archers who are meant to be one and the same in combat, Eight- The Fighter who goes straight ahead against the enemy lines without a care in the world, Nine- The Alchemist who can both heal her allies with a disgusting set of potions and destroy her enemies with a beautiful explosion, Ten- The Sniper who can kill her enemies from kilometers away the same way she would kill them from a few meters, Eleven- The Assassin and the Leader of his own pack who can cut an enemy to tiny pieces in a matter of seconds, and last but not least Twelve, The Lancer or Spearwoman who attacks her targets like a piercing meteorite, she is also the one who leads all of the other heroes including the one who leads the charge." The chief then paused to drink some water

"Sounds oddly familiar…" Rachel sighed as she looked at her crew

"I'm sure you already guessed some of the heroes' identities" The villager chief said while chuckling

"The Disgusting potion part pretty much gave it away, it all makes sense now…" Rachel scratched her chin "We need to find the others though…"

"Remember our deal…" The village smiled at her

"I won't go back in my word" Rachel sighed "We will protect you guys, don't worry" she smiled at him

After getting themselves fed and bathed the heroes went outside the village, well actually just Numbuh 35 stood outside the village while the others watched from the wall "If you get yourself in trouble we will come to help you" Numbuh 23 said smiling at him

"I was just a bit too excited back then, I will show you guys what I can truly do" Numbuh 35 smiled at them and then felt a rumble "Here we go…" he smiled as he turned his full attention to the wastes in front of the village

Suddenly a giant centipede came out of the ground, it coiled itself and then raised its head to look around, it noticed Numbuh 35 standing alone outside the village

Numbuh 35 smiled at it a bit nervous "I hate those things…" he said, his fists started flowing and sparkling, he then started reading himself to punch the centipede who rushed at him, suddenly Numbu 35 punched the air right in front of him, a huge energy wave disintegrated the centipede followed by a huge explosion far away in a rock formation "Still at full capacity…" Numbuh 35 said as he readied himself for a pack of monsters who were coming at him, it was a pack of wyverns "Rock!" Numbuh 35 said, a few of the guards then threw a giant rock from the top of the wall, Numbuh 35 punched it, cracking it in pieces and launching them at the wyverns who fell one by one "I'm the best!" Numbuh 35 raised his arms in commemoration

A few villagers applauded Numbuh 35 while his crew smiled at him, Numbuh 86 suddenly took her rifle and shot a wyvern who had survived and was approaching him "You missed one" she grinned at him

Numbuh 35 blushed a bit embarrassed for being saved by Fanny a third time but thanked her while scratching the back of his head

The next day Numbuh 23's turn to stand guard while the others watched "This is not fair! I'm a support girl in this story, I'm not to stand guard" She said a bit angry while looking at her friends watching from the comfort of the walls

"Consider it training, we won't always be there to protect you" Rachel smiled at her as the rumbling started again

Numbuh 23 sighed as she took two potions from her backpack and drank both, she then cleaned her mouth with her arm "Disgusting…" she smiled as a horde of skeletons came running at her, she jumped high in the sky and opened her backpack right on top of the skeletons letting a multitude of small bombs and potions fall on the skeletons which erupted in a huge explosion that left a crater that disintegrated all the skeletons, a following tremor ensued and from the crater a giant skeleton with a mace made out of the tusk of a mammoth appeared

"This could end bad…" Numbuh 86 took out her rifle only to be stopped by Numbuh 35 who smiled at Numbuh 23

"Relax, she took out bigger things while traveling with me" Numbuh 35 said

Numbuh 23 landed on top of the giant skeleton's head and took out an object made out of glass from her backpack as she started concocting an explosive on top of it, the Skeleton tried hitting her only for her to dodge him with her increased speed, she finished the concoction in a flash and threw a smidge of acid on top of his head, she then threw the glass object inside of its head and jumped out of there and to the top of the wall with her friends

"Hey, no retreating" Numbuh 86 said only to be silenced by a huge fire explosion that started at the Skeleton's head and spread to its whole body as it slowly turned to ashes

The next day was a bit different, Numbuh 86 was on top of the walls, her turn had already started for a few minutes, she just killed the monsters that appeared with her sniper calmly without sweating, The others watched her a bit amused at the usually loud and angry operative quietly killing the beasts with a serene expression to her face

Numbuh 60 approached "It is rare to see you that calm" he chuckled

"It is relaxing…" Numbuh 86 said as she shot a giant fly

Rachel smiled and looked at Numbuh 23 and 35 "I need you two to solve some stuff with me in the village" she smiled at them and left Patton alone with Fanny

Numbuh 86 kept shooting the beast fully focused

"Hey… Can I ask you a question?" Patton said as he leaned over the wall right next to her

"Sure, go ahead" She said while adjusting her scope

"Do you like someone?" Patton asked while looking at the vast wastes

Numbuh 86 blushed and paused for a moment "I don't know what that has to do with the current situation but… Yeah, I like someone" she said while she killed another beast

"Did you confess?" Numbuh 60 asked

Numbuh 86 snorted "No way, the guy is the one who needs to confess, I'm not dating a wimp" She laughed

"You're right, I love you" Patton closed his eyes ready for a punch but he just heard a shot from her sniper followed by an oops, when he opened his eyes Numbuh 86 was blushing at him with a surprised look, her sniper had fallen outside the wall as a giant snake surged from the sand

Numbuh 86 pulled Patton into a kiss then pushed him away "GO KILL THAT THING!" She pointed at the snake

Patton blushed and smiled at her as he jumped out of the wall and rushed at the snake, he activated his ethereal claws and made quick work of the snake, he then grabbed her sniper rifle and climbed the wall in the blink of an eye "I think this is yours" he smiled at her as he handed her sniper now slightly dirt with sand

Numbuh 86 pulled him into a kiss and grinned at him "I'm gonna have to clean it later…" she sighed "Ah whatever" she laughed and then pushed him into another kiss, after the monsters stopped their attack for the day she slept with him that night

The next day Patton was waiting for the monsters to arrive while he smiled to himself thinking about that day's morning as he woke up next to Numbuh 86 and received a good morning kiss from her

"I CAN SEE THE DUMB SMILE ON YOUR FACE, TAKE IT OUT RIGHT NOW, THE MONSTERS ARE COMING!" Numbuh 86 said as she pointed at a cloud of dust in the distance

Patton shook his as he came back to earth and saw a legion of about fifty undead soldiers with spears and shields in hand, they stopped and looked at Patton who analyzed them calmly

One of the soldiers was pushed by his superior and proceeded to rush at Patton

Patton kicked the undead away from him and created an ethereal clone who cut it in half "I expected more…" he said while approaching the body of the undead only for it to start glowing "Alright, I deserve that one…" he sighed and then jumped back as far as he could while the undead corpse exploded, the impact wave of the explosion managed to push Patton back against the village wall but he managed to land on it sideways safely then used it as an impulse to rush at the undead

"Isn't it kinda risky?" Numbuh 23 asked "This seems more like my field of expertise"

Patton activated his two ethereal clones again and started jumping on top of the undead army's heads as he approached their general, he cut his head and jumped up high with the help of his clones, the general head started glowing while Patton looked at it up close smiling, he then threw it at his army who triggered a chain reaction of explosions while Patton returned to the village with the legion continuing to explode behind him

"Show off…" Rachel rolled her eyes smiling

The next day Rachel was resting her back on her spear which she planted on the ground while she waited for that night's attack "I just hope these attacks stop…" Rachel sighed "I wanna try searching for Numbuh 1 and the others…" She said with a worried tone to her voice, suddenly a buff man with a scythe could be seen in the distance. he wore a full set of black, red and gold armor, two glowing red orbs could be seen inside his horned helmet, Rachel immediately got on Edge and took a fighting stance as she grabbed her spear and looked at the man "Guys, this one is different, stay alert" Rachel said as she walked calmly towards him as he did the same

The man stopped a few meters away from her, Rachel responded by doing the same "A pleasure" The Armor Clad man said "I'm afraid I can't give you a name for which I have none, I was tasked with conquering this humble village to my master" The man bowed slightly to her

"I'm afraid I can't let you do that" Rachel smiled at him gently as she readied her spear

"A shame, you are a beautiful young lass" The mysterious man said as he jumped at Rachel and started spinning in the sky heading towards her with his scythe

Rachel canalized magic energy to her spear and shot several bolts of fire and magic from it at him to no avail, she then dodged as he landed creating a huge crater around him and then rushing at her, Rachel deflected his attacks with her spear, she then started attacking after successfully dodging one of his attack to which him responded not by deflecting but by keeping attacking her, a multitude of clashes between their weapons soon followed, she would jump back and forth against him thrusting her spear at him while he met her cross-shaped spear with strong hits from his scythe, in a single motion though instead of jumping back Rachel just slightly dodge his scythe as he managed to cut a hair string from her, she then jumped on top of his scythe and proceeded to attack him aiming for the head only for him to release his scythe and try to punch Rachel but the girl defended it as che changed the trajectory of her spear, she was launched far away due to the strength of his punch back to the walls of the village "I wanna end this" Rachel said while panting as she jumped high in the sky

"I agree, this is taking too much of my time, goodbye" The Armor-clad man spinned his scythe and flew in her direction at high speed as his scythe shone a deep ominous purple tone

Rachel started shining a bright tone of light blue, the night had turned to day as her spear turned into a giant vortex, she then flew at his direction with her spear using gravity as her ally, her spear briefly clashed against his scythe but who watched from outside knew the clear winner instantly, she managed to not only kill the armor-clad enemy but also destroy his scythe in the process as her spear obliterated half of his body along with it, Rachel landed on the ground but passed out after that, she woke up hours later only to see her friends looking at her worried "Heeey… how did I do?"

"You were amazing!" Numbuh 86 said "You destroyed that guy"

"Yeah… Anything broken?" she looked at a nearby doctor from the village

"No, you pushed your magic energy consumption to the extremes but didn't pass your capabilities, it was a close call though" The doctor said "A good night of rest should do for you" he said

"Rest doesn't mix well with me but… I guess I will accept the offer…" Rachel yawned went back to sleep

Like in the last chapter I will be giving you the base for their visuals and stuff just so people can picture better what each character look like, again mostly from Granblue since this is the RPG i play the most:

Numbuh 362-Zeta(Event) clothes but her weapon is like normal Zeta

Numbuh 86-Silva, her Rifle is the 5* one

Numbuh 60-Seox without mask

Numbuh 23-Her visual isn't based on anyone

Numbuh 35- Feather

The guy Rachel fights in the end is based on Vaseraga