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: Satyra
When one hears of a group for Faunus rights, they imagine a group that protests peacefully. That is not the case for Satyra. No, they are a terrorist group that attacks anyone, whether they support Faunus rights or not, just because they are human. This has earned them the title of terrorist group. However, they have done much more than just hurt and kill humans.
These attacks have also damaged relations between the humans and Faunus races alike. Humans are now saying Faunus are nothing more than animals while most Faunus denounce the group as something they do not support, to no belief by the humans sadly. This has led some nations that accept Faunus rights to consider removing said rights, much to the delight of said group.
But what Satyra does not know is that they have been targeted by a group that has personal experience with tense relations between differing races of humans, sadly almost to the point of wiping out the entirety of the human race, both sides, with superweapons and nuclear attacks. This group has sent a transmission to the leader of Satyra, declaring war over the open airwaves. While many doubt such a thing can happen, even His Eminence, the terrorist group will learn the hard way why no one underestimates this unit.
"Sometimes a good idea can be taken and twisted into something much more evil and sinister." TOM said as he closed the Satyra file. "Like in Dimension O-000 for instance. When one man's secret was released onto the world-wide network, a small group of people twisted his kind gesture into something worse, and the world was nearly ended twice in three years." He then pressed a button on his left armrest as an image of the golden symbol of the elite unit from before came up. "And it was these guys who ended both of those wars." TOM continued as he looked back at the image. "By having both races working together to end the wars, they showed that the two groups were not that different from each other, no matter what anyone else said."
The image then changed to show the unit's members, all standing at attention. "And each one of the members saw the horrors of what people can do to each other in those wars." TOM then faced the cameras again. "That is why they work so hard to end strife between differing races of humans: to prevent the horrors of their world from occurring in other places where humans live."
He then tented his fingers in front of his helmeted visage. "So, what would you do if someone took a good idea and twisted it into something else? Would you just accept the differing idea? Or would you work to make sure it was used in the right manner, as it was intended to be used? Only you can decide that for sure."
GrimmFall
In the Justice Friends HQ, Agunimon was training with his weapon against Lowemon when the Warrior of Darkness heard something and stopped his attack, surprising the Warrior of Flame. "What's wrong?" The leader of the Legendary Warriors asked as the other Digimon narrowed his red eyes and approached the training room door. He opened it, only to see Phan-Tone and Valhallen heading past them.
"Valhallen?" Lowemon asked as the God of Rock looked back at him.
"Oh, hey!" He said with a wave, only to smile even more as Agunimon walked up as well, weapon still in hand. "And I see you're doing better."
"Yeah, thanks." Agunimon replied before looking at the two heroes. "What's going on?"
"Oh, Miss Spell just needs our help." The Rock God explained. "No need to worry your head off." He added as he placed a hand on the Warrior of Flame's head and mussed up his wild blonde hair.
Agunimon just backed up as the Viking god removed his hand. The Digimon ran his right hand through his hair a few times as Lowemon spoke. "Why would she need your help?" He asked.
The God of Rock shrugged. "I just know she needs the help." Valhallen replied before he turned and left with Phan-Tone next to him.
Confused, the two Digimon looked at one another before they followed the two. "Where are you going?" Lowemon asked. "I mean, if Miss Spell needs your help, why didn't she ask me and Kazemon as well?"
Phan-Tone looked at the Warrior of Darkness seriously. "Do I need to remind you about your first fight with a Fallen?" He asked, making Lowemon since and Agunimon frown. "That is the reason why."
With that, the two heroes left, leaving the two Legendary Warriors standing there. Agunimon looked to Lowemon. "So...what now?" He asked as the Warrior of Darkness looked down.
"I think we should find Major Glory and ask him what is going on." Lowemon replied at last. "He might not tell us everything, but at least he would be honest with us about what is going on to require Phan-Tone and Valhallen."
Agunimon nodded in agreement. "Good idea." He said. However, he had the feeling it might not be so simple...
Dimension O-000
The Ark was ready, the jump-slip drive installed and powered up. Saber Convoy looked over the readings, as did Ratchet. Due to his skills as a scientist Starscream was remaining behind to keep tabs on the other wormholes as they appeared. In his place was none other than Wing Saber, a cocky, yet well-meaning flier for the Autobots, and an elite one at that. Wheeljack was also joining them for this trip.
"Okay, we're ready to go!" Wing Saber quipped before Ironhide smacked him upside the head.
"Not until Saber Convoy says we can." The burly black mech growled as Jazz snickered to himself while Bumblebee just laughed outright.
Saber Convoy cleared his vocalizer. "If you two are done..." He said as the two mechs looked back at him sheepishly.
"Sorry, sir." Both Ironhide and Wing Saber said.
Another nod was their answer. Looking at Ratchet, Saber Convoy spoke. "So, what does the data say?" He asked as the medic and former senator looked back at him.
"Well, it looks stable so far." Ratchet said. "But I can't tell how stable to be honest. This is not my area of expertise."
Looking to the 'Mad Scientist' as he was also known, Saber Convoy spoke. "Well, Wheeljack?" He asked. "What's it look like in your expert opinion?"
"The jump-slip drive is stable and ready to be used." The scientist and inventor replied with a grin. "We can head over any time."
Saber Convoy gave a nod. "Okay. Engage the Jump-Slip drive." He ordered.
Jazz reached over and pressed the button to get the drive's energy sent to the weapons, and as soon as that connection was made, Saber Convoy looked to Ironhide and spoke.
"Fire the cannons." He said. Those three words made Ironhide grin like a loon as he readied the cannons.
"Cannons primed to fire." He reported.
"Fire!" Saber Convoy ordered as the black mech pressed the button on the console.
Outside the ship, the cannons powered up with the jump-slip drive's energy before firing. In front of the Ark, a wormhole opened, boring through space and time to reach the dimension the Archangel was currently in. The wormhole looked like something out of an old anime show, but that wasn't too bothersome to the crew of the Ark itself.
"Wormhole opening is energized and stable." Wheeljack reported. "Target dimension's coordinates are programmed in and locked on."
"Enter the wormhole, slowly." Saber Convoy ordered. "It may seem like we are on target, but anything can happen when it comes to one of these. Remember, the jump-slip drive took three tries for the Archangel to get to their target dimension. We could end up anywhere."
The crew of his ship nodded and the Ark began to enter the wormhole slowly. Upon entering, the dimensional hole vanished from view, leaving nothing but empty space before anyone else's ships now.
GF-007
The Primarchial Defender emerged into their target dimension with no issues, although Saber Convoy wanted to keep a distance from the world below for the time being. As it was, they had not been knocked offline and into stasis like the crew of the Steelhaven before them, but that was only because of the insulation they had requested be installed upon the Archangel's return from this dimension the fourth time. "IS everyone still online?" Saber Convoy asked as the crew nodded.
"Aside from some slight dings from being bumped around, I'm good." Bumblebee said.
"Ugh...Never again..." Ironhide grumped.
"That hurt..." Wing Saber groaned from his spot on the floor, his legs up in the air.
"I still have all my parts." Wheeljack said, although it was more of a failed joke than anything.
"System's are all functional." Jazz reported.
"I am not fixing up anyone who lost a limb because they weren't strapped in." Ratchet grumbled.
Saber Convoy gave a grin. "It seems all are present and accounted for then." He joked as Wing Saber gave him a thumbs up from on the floor.
Looking out the bridge windows, Wing Saber could see satellites in the planet's orbit, along with what looked like the remains of several spacecraft. "Okay...I don't think we are the first ones to arrive here." He pointed out as he got to his feet and placed a hand on one of the windows. "Those ships look unusual."
"I would say that one looks like it was partly energy, or it could be metal instead." Wheeljack mused as he eyed one of the ships' remains carefully. "It has an unusual alien look to it that is not recognizable as registered to the Cybertronian Empire."
"At least in our dimension." Jazz pointed out. "We're in a new universe, so there may not be a Cybertronian Empire here."
Saber Convoy nodded. "Agreed. Or there may be, but it is not as stable, or it might be they are more powerful than ours is."
"Then how should we proceed with that?" Ironhide asked.
His leader gave him a look with his dual-colored blue and gold optics. "We prepare for the worst, but hope for the best." He replied. "We prepare for a Cybertronian Empire that is either stronger or weaker than us, willing to conquer, while we hope and act like they are there for the peace of the universe."
Ironhide and the rest of the crew nodded in agreement. That was how Earth in their universe operated, and it was how they were going to act now as well.
But before they could do anything else, the sensors went off as the alarms blared in response. "An unknown vessel appeared off our starboard side!" Wheeljack exclaimed as Saber Convoy looked on at the ship.
"Prepare for possible engagement." He ordered as the Ark prepared to emerge from stealth. As soon as the weapons were primed, the Cybertronian ship emerged from its stealth field. "Wheeljack, scan that ship to see if it has a match to any allied or enemy vessels."
"Scan completed as soon as we saw the ship." The scientist replied. "There was no match."
Saber Convoy frowned at that news. "So, we have an unknown it seems."
"And a mean one too." Wing Saber joked. "Just look at it. It looks meaner than a Decepticon mothership."
"Either way, stay alert." The Supreme Commander said. "We just may have to jump home if this ship fires on us."
"Yes, sir." The crew replied.
GrimmFall
Things seemed to be calmer at the HQ for the time being. For Agunimon, it was a relief, except for one small issue called Jimmy. As it was, the Warrior of Flame found he was being stalked, again! And it was annoying as heck! He knew he would have to address the situation sooner rather than later, but he didn't want to upset the boy either.
For now though, he decided to just avoid the boy, finding yet another hiding spot to lurk in. This time, it was the main security room, much to the Digimon's relief. Safe to say, only those at the Justice Friends HQ had access cards to the room, so that meant he could hide there if he had to.
As Jimmy walked passed the security room, Agunimon kept silent and still, listening to see if the boy would find his newest hiding spot. But to his hidden relief, Jimmy didn't even think about checking in the room. The feeble boy made his way away from where Agunimon was hiding, leaving the Warrior of Flame alone once more. Slumping down against the wall, the Digimon had never felt so relieved in a while. "Finally..." He sighed to himself. "He's gone..."
"There you are!" A voice exclaimed, a high-pitched voice to be exact. Agunimon froze as he heard it. Glancing back, his worst fears were confirmed. Jimmy had found him. "Now I can properly thank you!"
Taking no chances, the Warrior of Flame realized he had to address this issue now instead of later. "Jimmy, look. I don't think you understand..." He began, but Jimmy wasn't hearing any of it.
"I made this for you!" Jimmu exclaimed as he held up a funny looking hat.
"Just listen!" Agunimon snapped, finally having had enough of Jimmy's stalking. "You're behavior is nothing but stalking!"
"So?" Jimmy asked, which made the Digimon's face pale. The kid knew he was being a stalker?!
As much as he wanted to snap at the boy, the Warrior of Flame was determined to keep his temper in check. "And I don't like it." He continued. "It's too much!"
"Well, maybe you could be mine then!" Jimmy exclaimed with that creepy grin again. Upon hearing that, Agunimon realized then that he was in real trouble. He felt his heart-beat picking up at that comment, but to his surprise, and secret relief, someone else came into the security room; it was none other than Tiki Torch.
Upon seeing the feeble boy with the Legendary Warrior, and the fear-filled look on the Digimon's face, the flame hero decided to take pity on him and play interference.
"Hey, Jimmy?" Tiki Torch asked, making the boy look back at him in surprise. "You want to go play with Krunk?" Seeing his face light up, Tiki Torch knew he had said the right thing to Jimmy. "He would like it since he has been looking for you."
Jimmy took Tiki Torch's hand and the flame hero led the feeble boy out. Taking his chance, Agunimon stood up and bolted from the room, running down the hall in the opposite direction. He didn't even care where he was going as long as he got away from the boy who was stalking him. The Digimon wasn't paying attention to where he was going when he gave a glance back, only to wind up colliding with another form in front of him. "Ugh..." He groaned as he fell back onto his backside, rubbing at his face at the same time as the other form.
"Oof!" The other form, a female, grunted as she too landed on her backside, and that sounded very familiar... Glancing up, Agunimon was surprised when he saw he had collided with Kazemon once more. The Warrior of Wind was also rubbing at her face with a hand before she too looked up, her visor-covered gaze meeting his blue eyes.
The two Digimon were caught off-guard as they stared at one another. Kazemon looked away to hide her blush as Agunimon looked down, unsure about his own feelings towards her. "Err...Sorry about that." He said, trying to keep his voice level. "I wasn't watching where I was going."
"Yeah? W-well, pay more attention next time!" The female Digimon snapped back. "I don't need to keep running into you!" She added with a growl.
Agunimon nodded, trying to keep the hurt off of his face. "Yeah...sure..." He murmured; the tone of his voice made Kazemon look at him in concern.
"Hey..." She asked, unable to keep the concern out of her voice. "Are you okay?"
There was no response. Kazemon frowned at that. "Agunimon...?" She placed a hand on his right cheek, turning his head to meet her covered gaze. "Is everything alright?"
"Why would you want to know?" He finally hissed back. "Everything's fine!" His harsh tone made her back off with a huff.
"Well, why don't you leave then?" Kazemon snapped. "I mean, everything's just fine, am I right?"
A growl escaped the Warrior of Flame as he stood up. "You know what? I think I will!"
That surprised Kazemon. "What?!" She exclaimed. "Why?!"
"You don't need me here." Agunimon growled. "Not since you are part of the Justice Friends!"
Kazemon stared as he grabbed his weapon, which had landed on the floor next to him, and stood up. "Wait!" She protested, but it was too late. He was leaving and she couldn't stop him.
Grabbing his cloak, Agunimon slipped it on over his form and left the HQ. It was raining slightly outside, and with the fog outside as well, Kazemon soon lost sight of him, watching helplessly as his form faded into the fog...
Lowemon and Major Glory ran up as Kazemon just stood there. "Where's Agunimon?" The Warrior of Darkness asked as the Warrior of Wind just pointed outside the door. Major Glory frowned at this.
"Why did he leave?" The hero asked as Kazemon sighed.
"We had a fight..." She rasped at last. "And...he just said I wasn't...part of his team...anymore..."
Lowemon blinked in surprise as Major Glory frowned. "So you were kicked out?" Major Glory asked as Kazemon looked down.
"I...I don't know..." She admitted at last. "I just know we fought and then...he left..." The Warrior of Wind was now wondering if it was her fault for making him leave. She didn't know, but she wanted Agunimon back. 'Agunimon...' Kazemon thought sadly. 'Please come back...' She thought this as she stared out into the lightly falling rain.
If only it was that simple...
Agunimon just walked off into the rain, his hood up over his face to keep the water out of his vision. He didn't want to turn around and head back to the HQ, even though his heart was telling him to. Kazemon clearly had it going good at the HQ, and she even had better teammates. Not to mention she had outright denied having feelings towards him, despite there being evidence to the contrary.
He remained silent, trying his best to ignore his instincts to run back to the building and apologize to the Warrior of Wind. The male Digimon gritted his teeth as he made his way down the street, his fists clenching under the cloak. On the other hand, him leaving got him away from Jimmy, not that he regretted leaving. No, he was happy he had left the Justice Friends HQ! The tight feeling on his chest was just because he was relieved to be away from there, not because he had left Kazemon behind!
However, once he was a distance away from the building, his posture changed completely as his shoulders slumped. 'Who am I kidding...?' Agunimon thought sadly as he looked back at where the HQ was. 'Leaving when I did...I can't do this...' He turned away from the building and sighed. 'I just can't be around Kazemon anymore. If she doesn't have feelings towards me...then what's the point?'
"Besides...the Justice Friends will take care of her..." He muttered to himself. If only he knew how wrong he was...
Space
The Ark hovered in place, waiting to see what would happen with the unknown vessel before them. Saber Convoy had to admit, this new ship was very unusual in that it was giving off energy readings instead of the usual life-form signals that were normally picked up under the usual circumstances. "Can we get a reading on what is flying that ship exactly?" He asked as Wheeljack frowned behind his faceplate at that.
"No." The scientist replied. "It seems we can't pick up anything except the energy readings." He then leaned forwards to study the readouts on the screen. "Hmmm...However, I think the readings that are weaker than the main energy source that is the power source but stronger than the other energy sources that are weapons, may be the pilots."
"So we're dealing with beings made of energy?" Ironhide asked.
"Possibly." Wheeljack admitted.
Saber Convoy frowned at that. "We will have to be extra careful." He said seriously. The crew watched before Wing Saber perked up at seeing the unknown vessel launching what looked like a smaller ship, or a probe of some kind.
"Hey, I think that ship launched some kind of probe!" He exclaimed as Saber Convoy saw that and growled to himself.
Ratchet looked back at his commander. "What do we do, sir?"
The Supreme Commander looked at his crew before he spoke. "Wing Saber!" He said, making said flier snap to attention.
"Yes, sir!" Wing Saber said as he saluted.
"You will head down to the planet below and find out what that probe is searching for." Saber Convoy explained. "You will need to scan a suitable alt mode for this mission."
Wing Saber grinned. "No sweat!" He exclaimed. "I already have one!"
"I mean from the local selection." The commander said with a sweat-drop.
The flying Autobot just laughed. "You worry too much, Chief!" Wing Saber joked. "Besides, my alt mode blends in just fine."
Saber Convoy sighed. "Very well then..." He sighed. "Just be careful!"
"I will." The flier said with a grin and a thumbs up before he ran for one of the descent pods and got inside it.
"Descent pod, away!" Jazz exclaimed as he watched the pod launch down to the planet below. While a normal stasis pod otherwise, the descent pod was designed to break apart and disintegrate upon entry into a planet's atmosphere. That was what Wing Saber experienced as his pod entered the planet's first atmospheric layers. He grunted as his pod shook before it began to break apart. As soon as the door flew off, he jumped out of the pod and turned into his A-10 alt mode. Upon finally entering the atmosphere at a respectable 35,000 feet, he was able to use his vehicle-based systems to appear more like a normal aircraft instead of an alien life-form.
Wing Saber fine-tuned his sensors and radar to pick up on the red ship, only to find it heading to a major city. "Chief, the probe is heading towards a major city." He reported back to his superior's ship. "Do you want me to pursue it?"
"Negative, Wing Saber." Saber Convoy replied. "Your orders are to remain on station down there and find out what you can about this world from the Cybertronian perspective."
"You mean search for hidden Cybertronian ruins?" Wing Saber asked.
"Yes." The commander replied.
Wing Saber groaned at that. "Great...You know I'm more of a smash and bash kind of guy! Why send me all cloak and dagger?"
"This mission is one that only you can complete, Wing Saber." Saber Convoy said sternly. "Your firepower and aerial skills will allow you to handle your own, and your skills with the sword will help you in sneak attacks."
"And this is from the mech who wields a sword he was named for?" Wing Saber joked. "I thought your skills were better than mine!"
"Just carry out the mission..." Saber Convoy sighed before the line went dead.
Up in space, Saber Convoy placed a hand to his helm as he shook it. Wing Saber was a good-sparked mech, he couldn't deny that. But his...eagerness in battle left a lot to be desired. That said though, he could do the cloak and dagger missions when he was ordered to, but again, his tendency to crave battle made him more suited to front-line combat.
"Kid eager for battle again?" Ironhide grunted as he looked at his commander.
"Yes." Saber Convoy replied. "He has a good spark, but he just needs to temper his eagerness for battle more."
A grunt was his only response.
On the planet below, Wing Saber flew away from where the probe was headed, his scanners running to try and pick up any Cybertronian ruins. He was certain there was nothing to be found save for the Steelhaven, so the mech was surprised when he picked up what had to be a Cybertronian structure on his sensors.
"Whoa!" He exclaimed. "Okay, I was not expecting to find anything Cybertronian here! What's going on here?!"
He flew down lower and turned into his robot form, landing and looking up at what had to be ruins. Wing Saber frowned to himself as he walked inside, getting out one of his blades and holding it at the ready. His green optics gleamed as he looked around, trying to find anyone from his home planet. Then, in his line of sight, Wing Saber saw what had to be an offline robot. He tensed and crept closer, keeping his weapon out in case it was a trap. Getting closer, Wing Saber felt his spark skip a few pulsations as his green optics landed on the form of what had to be none other than Ironhide, but grey instead of black.
"Oh man..." He murmured to himself. Looking around, the aerial Autobot could see the remains of a few other mechs and femmes, one of which was also Jazz. And like this universe's version of Ironhide, he too was offline and dead.
Walking over to a console of sorts, Wing Saber was surprised to realize this 'structure' was in fact a crashed ship. He put his blade away and began to type away at the console to see if it was still active. To his surprise, it was, as the screens lit up, only to show what had to be a mech he had never seen before. Blue optics, a pale face lacking a nose, broad red chest and shoulders, upper legs that were silver and lower legs that were blue stood out to him, but the helm was also blue. "Wow...this guy looks like he could stand up to Sentinel." Wing Saber joked to no one but himself. He sighed as the image began to speak.
"To any Cybertronian who finds this ship, please help us out." Wing Saber perked up at the plea. "What...?" The image continued to speak. "In this recent fight, it has come to light that the Grimm are a much bigger threat than ever anticipated."
A snort escaped Wing Saber. "Well, duh..." He muttered to himself.
"For even with our power, the Cybertronian Empire is slowly weakening due to the Civil War. This means our enemies, including the Gems and the Plutarkian Confederation, will not hesitate to deal with us and try to take the power of the Grimm for themselves." The image continued. Wing Saber frowned to himself at this new information. It seemed there was a Cybertronian Empire here as well, but their power was slowly waning because of a Civil War. And these Gems, as well as this Plutarkian Confederation, were enemies of it as well it seemed.
"Just what are we getting into here...?" Wing Saber muttered to himself as the image gave out one last plea. "I am Optimus Prime, and I leave this message for all future generations of Cybertronians to hear, to end this Civil War and defeat the Grimm, whatever it takes..."
The image winked out, allowing Wing Saber to finally look through the data that was still viable to read. 'Huh...it seems this crew was sent here to try and find the missing Optimus Prime...only for their ship to crash and the crew perished in the aftermath it seems.' He mused mentally as he recorded the data for Saber Convoy.
"Hey, boss bot?" Wing Saber said as he contacted Saber Convoy over his com-line. "I think I have something you might want to hear..."
Agunimon leaves GrimmFall after a fight with Kazemon just as a new ship from Dimension O-000 jumps to GF-007, only to encounter a Gem ship as they send down a smaller ship. A crew member of the Dimension O-000 ship descends, and is able to find a crashed Cybertronian ship, only to learn of the deceased crew's mission, and of the power of a waning Cybertronian Empire. Can this ship, the Ark, bring hope to this weakening empire? And what of Omnimon and his team? Can they defeat Myotismon? Read on to find out~! :3