Here is another chapter~! :3 And I have a story cover up too~! :3 It is of Omnimon's emblem here. It is the Crest of Friendship with the points of the Crest of Courage, but this will become a golden color on his cape later on. The only thing that is not is the grey slash mark. :3
Opening Files: Sol Zaigon Republic
Located in the mysterious dimension O-000, this group is an alliance of different planets in the Sol system, including Earth and Mars. Formed as a sub-group of the Cybertronian Empire in their home upon joining, the SZR, as they are also known, is an alliance that should never be underestimated. All member worlds of the SZR are human-inhabited, meaning only humans live on them, or in colonies around said planets. The only two worlds inhabited at present time are Earth and Mars, but plans are underway to send colonists to Jupiter's moons as well as Saturn's and beyond.
While all inhabitants of the SZR are human, there are three different genetic sub-types of these humans; Naturals, the unenhanced humans, Coordinators, the genetically enhanced humans, and Enhanced, the hybrids, or half-Natural and half-Coordinator humans. And with these three types are two different genetic mutations that give them abilities like sensing others, the ability to use remote weapons, or extreme accuracy and reaction time, etc. These two mutations are known as the Newtype mutation and the Superior Evolutionary Element Decisive Factor, or SEED factor. Humans with one or the other are called Newtypes and SEED-users while those with both are called SEED-types.
In addition, the inhabitants, whether Natural, Coordinator, or Enhanced, all serve in the military if they are physically able to. But while the military is a vital way of life for these people, they are far from conquerors...
"What does it mean if a place has a military culture?" TOM asked as he closed the Sol Zaigon Republic file. "Does it mean a place is training to conquer others, or does it mean they wish to rule the world?" He leaned back in his chair as an image of the SZR's top unit's symbol came up, the same one on the white ship and the female politician's shoulder. "Is a military culture a bad thing?" He continued as images of history came up, showing the Nazi symbol in static before it flickered to show the same symbol of the elite SZR unit again. "It all depends on how the leaders are." TOM finished as he leaned back again.
"Take the Nazis of World War II. They were a military culture, and they did many bad things, some that are too horrible to recall." TOM said as he looked back at the screens behind him again. The images of that time flickered to show the modern SZR unit. "Now the SZR is a military culture, and yet they have no desire to conquer others, only fighting to defend themselves and help others if those they see are suffering."
TOM then faced the cameras. "So, if you have exposure to military culture, what will you do? Will you go out to conquer, or will you help others and fight only in self-defense?"
Van Kleiss' lab
Inside his lab, Van Kleiss smirked to himself. He had finally found the best ones to drag in from this new dimension he had discovered. It was a simple ship, one that was apparently called the Steelhaven if what he had picked up over the dimension's radio waves was correct. Yes, it would be perfect since he could use its occupants and figure out how to take down the likes of the Dragon of Denver, not to mention those who stood against him in general.
Reaching out, he pressed a button on the console before him, his dimensional transport machine powering up to draw in the ship. Van Kleiss was sure he had figured out how to penetrate into the dimension that he had been calling O-000. And it began to work, for the dimensional wormhole was opening up before the ship. He sneered as he watched the magic finally happen.
Or so he thought...
Dimension O-000
The Steelhaven was just before the dimensional wormhole, which was finally stabilizing and opening before them. However, it was not because the enemy had finally breached their dimension. No, it was because the inhabitants had shut off their dimensional transit jamming technology, thus allowing the enemy to believe they had succeeded at long last. For behind the Steelhaven was the flagship of the most elite unit that this dimension had to offer. It was a white ship with two leg-like extensions that were both hangers up top and weapons on the lower half. Two 'fins' stuck up in the back above the engines, one per side, and white wings with an outer red stripe on the front part. There were red accents and grey sections that held weapons on top of the hanger legs as well. On the outer sides of the 'fins' was the same golden symbol that was recognized as the symbol of the most elite unit too.
This ship was known by many names, but its most famous one was 'the White Legend', as it had been supposedly sunk many times, only to supposedly come back from the grave in the next battle. For everyone on the ship, this was not a regular mission. No, they were to head into the heart of whatever was causing those wormholes to appear, and it could kill them for all they knew! But the group also knew that there was a decent chance of making it through alive, since they had done this manty times before, although those times had been on accident. This was the first time they were going through a wormhole already established on purpose.
Before the two ships, one behind the other, the wormhole stabilized and electricity began to draw in the Steelhaven, which was crewed as per the plan. The smaller, white legged ship followed behind as closely as they could, only for the electricity to begin to draw them in too. Of course, because they had seen how the Steelhaven was affected by the wormhole, the crew had been better prepared and everyone was now in seats or even holding onto something so they didn't get thrown around. Once the electricity had a hold of the Steelhaven, the smaller ship was in its wake, also drawn in without the electricity gaining a hold of it. The two ships were sucked in, vanishing in a flash of light before the wormhole closed up and vanished...
'White Legend'
A man with brown hair and dark blue eyes frowned as he watched the Steelhaven getting pulled into the wormhole. "Is everyone strapped in or stabilized?" He asked as one of the sub-commanders of his unit nodded. It was the dark-blue haired, green-eyed admiral.
'Yes, sir." He replied. The Superior Commander nodded at the response.
"Good. Once the Steelhaven gets drawn in, we'll be next." The Superior Commander Admiral noted as the other admiral nodded.
The ship he and his unit were on suddenly began to shake as they felt the suction of the wormhole pulling them in. The crew and his unit didn't cry out, as they were used to this occurring, although it was still unpleasant and unexpected when it did occur. But this was the first time they were entering a dimensional wormhole on purpose, since all the other times they had gone to different dimensions had been on accident, and randomly no less!
As the Steelhaven vanished into the wormhole, the Superior Commander and his team realized they were next and braced themselves. The next thing they knew, there was a flash of light, and then they were pulled through space and time for a brief moment before they appeared in space again. Looking out the window of the bridge, the commander could see stars all around them, and before the ships was a planet that had satellites all around it. He frowned to himself at this. "This is similar to our universe." He noted before the admiral next to him spoke up.
"Yes, but there are no colonies, and the elevators are missing too." The admiral pointed out as the Superior Commander noticed those very things were indeed missing.
"Not to mention the Celestial Being." A blonde-haired commander with blue eyes and nasty scars on his face noted with interest.
Indeed, the Superior Commander could see the ship mentioned was missing.
He was about to speak when suddenly, the alarm sounded, making the team jump.
"We have an unknown vessel approaching!" The female Combat Information Control officer reported. Her blue eyes were revealed beneath curly brown hair that was short, and her rank was that of a technical sergeant. "Distance 150, point Red Alpha 9."
"Is it friend or foe?" The Superior Commander asked.
"Unknown." The technical sergeant replied. "All I can get is that it's black and coming at us." She then gasped as she saw the Steelhaven descending ahead of them. "The Steelhaven is descending without orders!"
"How?!" The commander demanded as he drifted over to her station.
The technical sergeant frowned at this. "It appears some kind of remote control is making it descend. The crew is also knocked out. It appears some kind of EMP disabled them and their ship."
A frown crossed her superior's face. "I see. It appears the EMP shielding we put in place is the only thing keeping us online and in control."
"Either that, or it's our ship's unique drive." The technical sergeant pointed out.
The captain of the 'White Legend' frowned at this. "What should we do?" She asked as she looked at the commander.
He frowned as he closed his eyes, pondering their next move. Then, it came to him. "We retreat for now. Hide behind the planet's moon for the time being." He said as he opened his eyes. "Once that ship passes, we can slip into a geosynchronous orbit around the planet and tap into the satellite network here to gather more information."
"And what then?" The blue-haired admiral asked as he looked at his superior.
"We descend to the planet and find out what we can about this place's culture." His friend and comrade replied.
"Or we could just descend and gather info the old fashion way since we could be picked up by the satellite network here anyway." A black-haired, red-eyed major suggested.
Looking at the major, the Superior Commander gave a smirk. "Well, it seems you were using your head for once." He joked as the major gave him a glare.
"Haha. Very funny." The major snarked back before the commander made his decision.
"He's right. We descend to the planet below." The Superior Commander said. "We can get the intel in a more discreet, and accurate, manner if we do it the old fashioned way." Glancing at the captain, he gave his order. "Take us in."
"To where?" The captain asked. Looking at the planet below, the commander gave a small smile.
"The west coast of what is North America." He said as the captain nodded and gave the order to descend to the world below.
Absolution
TOM watched the odd ship with interest, seeing it descend to the planet Earth below. It had arrived with the first one, which was now descending as well, but with more of a remote frequency guiding it. However, the second one was not giving off such a frequency, which meant that whomever, or whatever, was onboard was still in control. "Well now, that's unusual." He noted before turning to SARA. "SARA."
"Yes TOM?" The AI asked as she appeared next to him.
"Alert Mayor Sebben we have new arrivals, two ships to be exact. One is steel-grey and blue, and the other one is white with red accents. The second one also has what appear to be two 'legs' on the front of it. He can't miss it if it comes to GrimmFall."
"Understood." SARA replied as she made to do just that.
Looking back at the two descending ships, TOM couldn't help but wonder what awaited them now. "Now, are these new guys friend or foe...?"
'White Legend'
As the ship went through its descent, the Superior Commander looked at a blonde-haired, blue-eyed Petty Officer, 1st class. "How does our drive look?"
The Petty officer frowned. "Drive's still functional, but it's currently offline because of the dimensional wormhole putting out interfering frequencies. It will take a few days for it to come back online." He reported.
The commander nodded. "I see. Well, we might as well let the ones responsible for bringing us and the Steelhaven here think we are stuck like they think we are." He said with a smirk.
"Oh! You mean trick them, and once we have what data we need, then we can just leave!" The blonde-haired, amber-eyed queen exclaimed with a grin.
"Yes." The commander replied. While he was in charge of the unit, she was his superior, so that meant he had to do as she said when she pulled rank on him. Otherwise, it was her who followed his orders when on the battlefield.
Looking at the CIC officer, the Superior Commander spoke. "Are the machines still functional?"
"Yes, sir." She replied. "The Justice, the Duel II, the Gaia, the Raptor, the Neo Blitz, and the Buster are all still functional."
"Good." The commander said with a nod. "We may need them at a moment's notice."
Looking out the window as the ship came to a slow flight path, revealing the planet's surface below, he narrowed his eyes. 'I just hope we don't need them...unlike last time...' He thought in wariness.
The white ship flew down as close as it could without giving away its profile, using the clouds to its advantage, as well as the fact that it was a spacecraft and could fly at higher altitudes than normal craft could.
Finding a suitable location, the ship then descended to sea level, landing on the water before submerging completely, sinking like the lost city of Atlantis itself. Soon, there was no sign of the ship, or that it had even been there...
GrimmFall
Mayor Sebben was shocked by TOM's report. "Two ships were brought in by Van Kleiss' experiments?!"
"Yeah, and I don't like it one bit." The Toonami host replied as he looked at Mayor Sebben from his place on the bridge of the Absolution. "This smells of trouble."
"But why bring two ships here?" The mayor asked as he put a hand to his chin in thought. "And where are they from?"
"I don't know, but I can verify the white ship has been here before." TOM said seriously. "I've seen it a few times before this, so I can take that this confirms my theory that they were, and are, from a dimension that has the ability to visit other dimensions, ours included."
Mayor Sebben frowned at this. "Did it look like it carried weapons?"
"Not from what I could tell." TOM admitted. "But I wouldn't put it past them to be armed."
The mayor of GrimmFall nodded. "I see. Well, thanks for the report." Mayor Sebben said. "If anything comes up, let me know."
"Will do." TOM said before his image winked out.
Leaning back in his seat, Mayor Sebben placed his hands in front of his mouth as he pondered what this could possibly mean. 'Did Van Kleiss plan to bring those guys here? And if so, what for...?' He wondered to himself. Add in the fact that Sammael was after the Elementals on top of this new development, and the mayor had a suspicious feeling that the two events were not coincidental. No, the timing was too close together to have been pure coincidence. 'Yes, Van Kleiss has to have planned on this and worked with Sammael to draw our attention away from the fact they want the Elementals.'
But was it really that, or was it something more...?
West Coast of the United States
Now established underwater, the famed 'White Legend' was now ready to make its debut in the universe that had been giving them so much worry.
Gathered in the briefing room, everyone on the ship, crew and pilot, was ready to hear what the plan was now that they were all settled in. Before them was their Superior Commander himself. "Okay, now that we have settled into our new position, our mission can truly begin." He said as he looked at the crew before him. "We are to gather as much information about this place as possible."
A hand shot into the air. It was the red-eyed major. "And how will we go about doing that?" He asked. "Infiltration?"
"Yes." His superior replied. "Infiltration is but one method we can use. We will also be gathering information from their radio and television broadcasts."
"What about actually going to libraries?" The amber-eyed queen asked. "Would that work too?"
The commander nodded at her response. "Yes, but if you had a library card."
"I don't mean taking the books." She snapped. "I meant just reading them!"
The glare from the commander said he didn't appreciate the snark, but he let it go as she was the queen of his home nation.
"So, who will be doing what?" A silver-haired, blue-eyed Rear Admiral asked as he looked at his superior.
"Good question." The red-eyed major muttered.
Turning to the two, the Superior Commander spoke. "We will be going in pairs of two." He replied as he brought up the list of who would go where.
"Team one will be as follows." He said as he named the members off. "C...Y... and K...Y..." He then pointed at the next team. "Team two is myself and N...I... Team three is S...A...and C...D... and Team four is L...H...and M..K..."
"Only four teams?" The red-eyed major asked. "Why?"
"The fewer sent out, the better." His superior officer replied. "Besides, the rest of you will be doing monitoring of the radio and television broadcasts to see what we can learn."
The team nodded as he looked at the six pilots with them. "You six will be sent out only if you are needed." The Superior Commander explained. "However, if I send one of you out, then it will be the one who can use stealth to their advantage." He added as he eyed a green-haired, brown-eyed 1st lieutenant pointedly.
"You can count on me." He said as he saluted.
The commander nodded. "Good." He said.
As the brown-eyed 1st lieutenant was given a glare by the icy-blue-eyed read admiral, the commander continued speaking. "Furthermore, the four teams of two will be sent to major areas of prominence." He then pointed at the map that had been 'obtained' from online. "The areas are as follows. Team one will be in the city of Seattle, team two will head to the biggest city here, team three heads to Denver, and team four will lurk in San Diego."
"Okay, so when do we leave?" The red-eyed major asked.
"As soon as possible." The Superior Commander replied. "I would also prefer it if you took your suits, just in case. They will provide you will some decent protection should you encounter anything unusual as well as conceal your identities here. The fewer who know of us, the better."
However, he was not aware that someone had seen their ship and alerted one of the few powerful men who could do something about them if they turned out to be a threat...
GrimmFall
Master Splinter entered, just as Mayor Sebben looked back at the rat Mobian. "To what do I owe the visit this time, Master Splinter?" The human asked as the Mobian chuckled.
"Nothing is owed this time, Mayor Sebben." The rat assured the man. "I merely came here to tell you of something I witnessed in my Crystal Vision Ball."
"I see." Mayor Sebben said as he leaned forwards. "And what is it you have seen?" He had a feeling what it was, but he wanted to be double sure from Master Splinter himself.
A sigh escaped the rat Mobian as he held up the ball. "This is what the ball saw." He said as an image of the same legged ship TOM had reported seeing came up. Mayor Sebben frowned at this.
"Master Splinter, I can assure you I have already been alerted to this ship's presence in our universe." He said as the Mobian looked up at him in surprise.
"In fact, this ship has been reported by a friend of mine, and it only confirms his suspicions that this vessel has dimensional transit technology." Mayor Sebben said.
As he spoke, the bridge of the unknown ship appeared with the crew onboard, some members talking to one another while others were making plans on where to go, what information they needed, etc.
Master Splinter nodded. "I see. So, your friend has seen this ship appear in our dimension before?"
"Yes. At least three other times." Mayor Sebben confirmed. "But this is the first time it appeared here without the usual flash of light that signals its leave and return."
The Mobian frowned at this. "Then that means the ship and its crew could have been brought here against their will."
"And that leaves us with one major concern." The mayor continued. "If the ship was brought here against the will of its crew, what does that say? It's obvious they have dimensional transit technology, so that means they can enter and leave our universe at any time. So why would they let themselves be taken here against their will?"
Master Splinter had to admit, the implications this painted were not pleasant at all. "I only hope your intuition on this is wrong, Sebben." He said grimly. "For if these newcomers are here on some mission, we will have to assume the worst."
The human before him nodded grimly. "I hope I am wrong too..." Mayor Sebben said as he looked out the windows of his office in GrimmFall.
West Coast of the United States
Near Seattle
Off the coast of the country, a white form emerged from the water before launching two watercraft, inflatable rigid hull boats called Zodiacs, which were to take four forms to the mainland United States. Once the Zodiacs were away, the ship descended below the waves again, just as the eight forms headed towards where there were docks in the city of Seattle.
All eight forms wore a white suit of some kind that was form-fitting, but with armor and some kind of breathing tank on the back. The helmets had only a dark-grey glass faceplate that concealed the faces of the forms wearing the suits, and on the chest plate of each form was a symbol that only TOM and Mayor Sebben had seen before. It was a golden Z with a golden four-pointed star behind it, and a golden v-chevron in front of the Z while metallic wings were extending out from behind the pointed star. On the right side of the chest plate were the letters UEN, and the left shoulder had their national flag on it while the right shoulder had the rank of each member on it. The left leg held a pouch that had explosives inside it while the right leg had a pouch that had within it tools for sabotage. The gloves were grey and the shoulder guards were as well. The boots were a grey color as well with black heels, and these heels allowed the forms to stick to any surface that could be stepped on due to the bottoms of the boots being modeled after a gecko's foot.
The two Zodiacs reached the port and pulled into a hidden location where they were tied off and left alone while the eight forms left them and made their way towards the city itself. Once away, the eight forms split into groups of two, with two of the forms entering an old building while the rest left for other areas unknown. In a matter of minutes, two people walked out. One was a male with brown hair and brown eyes and the girl had blonde hair and amber eyes. They were clearly twins. The boy wore a white shirt and khaki pants with red and black sneakers while the girl wore a blue shirt and black pants with combat boots that were grey. On their backs were backpacks, both grey in color.
The twins left and made their way around the city, blending in like they were meant to be there. But when the two looked at each other, the twins gave each other a discreet nod before continuing on their walk around Seattle.
'Ken' looked around as his twin "Kiara' stood beside him while they waited for the local bus. "So, what do you think we'll find here?" Kiara asked as she looked at her twin. The two were using code names in case they were found out. Ken shrugged.
"No clue, Kiara." He replied. "All that I know is that we have to find out what we can about this place."
Kiara nodded and looked back as the bus came up. The female twin had never been so glad this place seemed to use the typical American currency, and they each had a small amount that was to be used only for emergencies in their home. 'Who knew it would come in handy here?' She thought with a smirk before it faded as the bus came to a halt and the doors opened so the new passengers could get on.
The twins walked into the bus, paid their fare, and sat down. Their destination? The library.
GrimmFall Park
Omnimon had just seen the teams retreat, along with Major Glory and everyone else before leaving himself. He had sensed the form beyond that portal, and it had been terrifying to say the least, and he was a Royal Knight! If he was scared of that form, then the form's power was nothing to sniff at or even dismiss as weak. 'I faced down many Digimon that have been way stronger than me, and yet I was scared out of my mind by this form and its power!' He thought as he slumped down against a tree. 'If this form is that strong, then I don't want to know what kind of Fallen that form is...'
Shannon then came up to him. "Are you alright?" She asked as the Royal Knight looked at her and stood up.
"Yes and no." He admitted. "I..." He looked down and sighed. "Let's just say that when I was in the middle of that fight I sensed a powerful foe. And believe me...if I am scared of a foe, then they have power that far surpasses mine."
Shannon gaped. "But...you're a Royal Knight! How can anyone be stronger than you?!"
"There are those who are stronger than me." Omnimon countered with a cold glare. "And those opponents should not be underestimated."
"But how can anyone be stronger than you?" Shannon pressed.
The Digimon sighed. "I might be strong yes, but there are Digimon and other foes here who can surpass my power." He then looked at her. "Remember those groups I told you about from my home, the Digital World?"
Shannon nodded. "Yes. Why?"
"Because the Demon Lords surpass my power, as do the Celestial Angels and the Olympus Twelve." Omnimon replied. "As do other Digimon of immense power, like the leader of the Royal Knights, as well as the founder of the group."
"So, you're not the strongest, is that what you are saying?" Shannon asked.
"Yes. That is correct." Omnimon confirmed.
Shannon looked down and sighed. "Okay...I think I get it."
"Rest assured, I am still one of the strongest Digimon in the Digital World." Omnimon assured her. "I am just merely saying I do not stand at the very top as the strongest out there."
"Okay..." Shannon sighed.
Omnimon looked back. "Come. Let us get out of here before anyone gets wind of us being here." He said as he turned to leave, Shannon following right behind him.
"But why?" She asked as he looked down at her.
Looking straight ahead again, Omnimon had one response. "I believe the girl and her adopted brother are going to fare just fine without me for the time being." He explained. "And it is I who needs to get stronger."
"Okay..." Shannon murmured as she looked back one last time before turning and running after the Royal Knight.
Van Kleiss appears to have breached Dimension O-000, taking two ships from it, albeit one unintentionally, or so it seems as Omnimon leaves GrimmFall to get stronger himself while four teams of two infiltrate the local life of four major cities, including GrimmFall itself. Who are these infiltrators, and what does this strange white ship mean for the GrimmFall universe? Are they friend or foe? Read on to find out~! :3