Okay, I'm a few hours late, but it's still Monday! Anyways, here is 2,129 words of Universal goodness. Enjoy it while you can. Just some introductions and stuff..
"You're sending us over to help the guys that attacked us?" Church asked.
"Hey, it was never Doyal's intent to get you guys like that," Jessie said, "Just a really big miscommunication between him and Locus."
"Wait, who's Doyal?" Tucker asked.
"He's kinda the one in charge of the Feds," replied Jessie.
"Oh. Okay."
"So, we're leaving now?" Washington asked.
"As soon as possible," I replied.
"Which would be now," Jessie finished.
"Start out in a vehicle, but end it on foot. We don't want them to suspect anything," Carolina said.
"The jeep's ready!" A soldier called out.
"So.. we're leaving?" Asked Theta, appearing next to Donut.
"Yeah, but you don't need to worry, we'll all be back together soon," said Donut, reasurring him.
"O-okay. I think I'm gonna miss Caboose, though."
"I will miss you, too, tiny little person," Caboose said back. "And Private Butterscotch, as well."
"I have told you, it is best to refer to someone by a name that they are more familiar with," said Delta.
"Yeah, I guess you're right, Delta.." Caboose sighed.
"Come on, let's go," Washington ordered, and the chosen seven people went into the vehicle. Washington, along with Sarge, Donut, Lopez, Church, Tex and Jessie were going. The vehicle was like a warthog, with with a smaller gun, and it could hold up to eight people. The seven people were soon out of the sight of everyone.
"Now, I have something planned for the rest of you," Kimball spoke after a while, gaining our attention.
"What?" I asked.
"Seeing as all you you managed to stop a corrupt military project, I'd assume you know how to fight," Kimball said.
"I'm not sure I like where this is going," muttered Grif.
"And so, while you were talking I had organized small squads for each of you except Lily and Kat," explained Kimball.
"Uh.. Huh?" Grif asked.
"You were each have three soldiers under your control now. Your squads will be named after your armor color. You will train these soldiers to be the best they can be, and to help stop whatever mess we're in."
"Okay.. when does this start, exactly?" Tucker asked.
"As soon as your introduced," Answered Kimball, "They'll be coming out now."
As if on cue, twenty New Republic soldiers came down to us, having slightly varied secondary armor colors.
"Private Smith, reporting for duty," One of them said, walking towards Caboose.
"So, we're actually being trained by these guys?" A female soldier asked, seeming to now be under Simmons' command.
"I guess so," I answered.
"So.. I've been assigned to.. uh.. Carolina..," One of the females spoke up.
"Over there," Tucker said, pointing to Carolina.
"How expirienced are these soldiers?" Carolina asked as two others went her way.
"Honestly, some have never held a gun until now," Kimball responded.
"Are you sure we should be training them?" Grif asked.
"Is there a problem with that?"
"Well, usually when someone is trained, the person training them is better than the person who's being trained," Grif answered. I then saw him notice the three soldiers who were standing very close to him.
"So.. what, are their names?" I asked.
"I'm Palomo," One of them said next to Tucker.
"Jason Cunningham," another said.
"Rodgers," the last of Tucker's spoke.
"Matthews," one of Grif's people said.
"Bitters," another of Grif's said.
"Bacon," Grif's last person spoke.
"Whoa, hold it right there," Grif stopped anyone else from being introduced, "Your last name is Bacon?"
"Uh.. Yes, Sir! Nathan Bacon!" Bacon replied.
"Huh.. Now I kinda feel awkward because of the sudden urge to eat you..."
"Moving on!" I announced, gesturing to the people who have yet to be introduced.
"Marrisa Garvens," One said from nearby Carolina, raising her hand.
"Jones," another of Carolina's spoke.
"Theresa Donut!" spoke the third person of Carolina's squad.
"Wait, what?" came the voices of Grif and Simmons.
"Donut?" Tucker asked.
"Uh.. yes?" Theresa replied.
"You're related to Donut?"
Theresa looked at Grif, "There are a lot of people with the last name Donut, you're going to have to be more specific."
"Franklin Donut! He was just here five minutes ago!" Simmons exclaimed.
"Oh! Him!" she laughed. "Sorry, I haven't been out here in a few days. I had a lot of work to do." She then nodded, "But yeah. He's my brother."
I watched on as everyone, including myself, let out a gasp. Donut has a sister? B-but... "You're his sister!?"
"Well, she at least seems better than Grif's sister ever was," Simmons said.
"My sister is still alive!" Grif defended. "One time, when we were kids, she fell of an airplane that was miles in the sky! We could never find her, and she was presumed dead. Then she showed up at our house with a pet monkey and some random hobo!"
"How does that even work?" I asked the orange man.
"Why don't you ask her!"
"I don't know where she is." I knew Sister wasn't dead, but where she was I had no idea.
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(In a little canyon called Blood Gulch..)
"Ugh.. what happened?" Sister asked herself, getting up. "All I remember is that grey Mexican shooting me and going away.. I bet he was hot." She searched around the remains of Blue Base, finding a bit of food. "This place looks different... How long was I out? All there is here is Cheetos and Oreo crumbs!"
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"She's probably at some club or something," Grif muttered. "Anyways, back to the fact that Donut has a sister.."
"Donut has a sister?" Tucker questioned.
"Yes," Theresa nodded, "Right here."
"Anyways," I spoke up, "We have some people here that need introducing. We should get back to that."
"Oh. Right."
"Katie Jensen," one of Simmons' spoke with a heavy lisp.
"Abbie Lenhoff," a second of Simmons' said.
"Sydney Fills."
"Caboose?" I looked towards the Blue man's squad.
"Smith!" One of Caboose's gave a salute.
"Jake Clorice."
"Kenders," said the last one with a wave.
Tucker spoke up, "Okay.. I think that's it. Kimball," he turned to her, "What are we doing, exactly?"
"You're going to train them as good as you can. We will run training excersises to make sure they can fight. If what Katherine said is true, it will take a bit more than we thought to get our planet back.."
"Yeah.." Epsilon muttered. "Hey, Kat. If at your universe we're actually in a web series or whatever, doesn't that mean you know how this all ends?"
"No," I shook my head. "That's season 13, I think. And it hasn't come out yet. Also, I haven't even watched all there is so far, this is a question you should really ask Jessie about."
"Jessie left," Tucker pointed out. "I'd ask her if she was here."
"That sucks," Epsilon muttered. "I wish I had some sort of magical power or something, you know, bring her back to answer some questions?"
"That sorta reminds me of a dream I had," I heard Tucker mutter.
"You dreamed about Church having magical powers?" I asked.
"Pretty much. I think he pulled out Caboose's pinky toe from a hat and turned into a bunny.."
"What the fuck?" Epsilon asked.
"Don't ask me!"
"Caboose's pinky toe.." I muttered.
"Why would I turn into a bunny?" Epsilon asked.
"I don't know!" Tucker shouted.
"Let's just get back to training," I said, "This is just a waste of time."
"Right," a Epsilon agreed.
"I suppose we'll just give them basic stuff they don't know?" Tucker suggested, followed by nods from everyone.
"I'm going to that space over there," Carolina stated. "Don't follow us." She went away, followed by her mini squad.
"Why can't we follow her?" Grif asked.
"I dunno," Tucker answered, moving to another location. "I guess she wants to train them herself."
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"We.. Are never... doing that again..." Zack said, panting.
"Come on, it wasn't that bad," Dad said.
"You're crazy."
"At least we're inside," Allison assured. "Much warmer in here."
"Why did you say they had evacuated!?" Zack shouted, "There were guards everywhere!"
"And because of that, we now have armor with heaters," Dad explained.
"We. Almost. Died."
"That too.." Dad shook his head, "It's not my fault I try to see the bright side of things!"
"So why are we in here?" Zack changed the subject, looking at Allison.
"I need to see if he's in here," she explained. "There's a lot of high tech on this ship; it's just the type of place he'd be."
"You still haven't told us his name," Dad pointed out.
"Okay. If you want to know that bad, his name is Derik," Allison told the two. She looked at the blank faces as best she could with the helmets. "See? I told you it wouldn't ring any bells. Now, back to searching."
"Uh.. Right!"
"Are you sure this.. Derik will be here?" Dad asked.
"Nope. But it's possible, and that's enough to get me looking."
"That doesn't really satisfy me.." Zack muttered.
Dad looked at him, "Just look. We've come this far, we might as well try."
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Sky groaned, laying back into her covers. "Shut up.."
"You need to get up!" Her mother explained, throwing the covers off of her. "You are going to be late."
"I don't wanna go.." Sky mumbled, "Lemme sleep.."
"You will go. This is the opportunity of a lifetime!" She shook Sky until she got up. "Skyler!"
"Okay, okay!" Sky got up, followed by a yawn. "Where are we going, exactly?"
"A man wishes to see us." she explained, steadying her swaying daughter.
"A man? That's detailed," Sky said sarcastically.
"Just come on!" Her mother grabbed her arm, dragging her out of her room.
"Wait! But I'm not even dressed yet!"
"You're wearing clothes and that's good enough for me!"
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"What do you mean you don't know his name?" Jillian asked. "That doesn't sound very trustworthy.."
"Trust me when I say you can trust him," her dad, John, said.
"But I was going to Sky's today!" Jillian protested.
"Sky is coming, too," her mom, Julie, spoke.
"Why Sky?" Jillian asked.
John and Julie shared a glance, "We don't know, but it's very important. You know your friends, Ashley and Jessica?" Julie asked.
"Yeah...?"
"They've both gone missing."
Jillian paused. Missing!? But.. Ashley called me yesterday! "What do you mean, 'missing'?"
"Missing. Gone. Disappeared, what do you want me to say?" John asked. "They were there one moment and gone the next!"
"But-"
"Now come on!" John ordered, "We're leaving!"
-Lime(yes, the sour fruit)-
"Is this supposed to be some strange form of kidnapping?" Ashley asked, her hands tied behind her back.
"Sort of," the man, now named Tucker, replied.
"..Why?"
"Because I need your help."
Ashley shifted her position, "You need my help? Why?"
"Because," he started, taking a deep breath, "Jessie's in trouble."
Ashley paused, blinking at Tucker. "Jessie?"
"Yeah. I need the help of you and your friends."
"My friends? Like, Sky and Tava?" Ashley asked.
"Sky and Jillian. They should be here any minute, but I'm not sure." Tucker looked at Ashley, "if you get just them, and not their parents to come here, I'll untie you."
Ashley, simply slipped her hands out of the knot. "You aren't very good at tying, but sure." She went over to the nearby road, spotting Sky's car coming in. It stopped in front of her, and Sky jumped out.
"Ashley? I thought you were missing!" Sky exclaimed, hugging her.
"Hey, Sky!" Ashley smiled. "Can you come in here? Without your mom?"
Sky paused, "Why?"
"Just because. It'll make sense soon." Ashley looked back at the road, "Oh! Looks like Jillian's coming!" She waited as Sky told her mom and Jillian's truck pulled in.
"Ashley?" Jillian questioned, walking to her.
"Hey, Jill. Can you come in here without your parents?"
"Uh.. Sure. Just a sec," she ran off telling her parents as Sky came back. When the three were together, Ashley led them back to Tucker.
"Tucker!" Ashley called, "I brought them!" They came in sight of the aqua man, who nodded.
"No. Way." Sky muttered, staring at Tucker. "Tucker? The Tucker?"
"Wow, she's prettier than I thought," Tucker muttered.
"It is!" Sky squealed. "Omygoshican'tbelieveit'syouithoughtyoudidn'texistbutyoulookjustlikehimandsoundjustlikehimandjust.. Wow!"
"Sky? Are you okay?" Ashley asked as her friend caught her breath.
"This is Tucker! How can I not be okay?"
"Okay, okay," Tucker cut in, "One: it looks like I have a fan. Two: I'd probably say something sexual but this is really fuckin' serious!"
Sky shut up, and Jillian spoke up, "What is it?"
"Jessie."
"Jessie what?" Sky asked, now over her fangirling.
"Let's just say things are pretty fucked up."
"Uh oh.. That doesn't sound good." Jillian looked up, "What do you want us to do?"
A/N:
Yay! Done! Half that chapter wasn't even in the RvB universe, but oh well. Future stuff ftw! Okay, yeah. I'm done here, see you next week! Or.. Read you? Fuck, I don't know! I need to stop confusing myself.