Note: Here is the first episode of the Flashbacks! Enjoy!

Flashbacks: The Inquisitors

Dimension: Doctor Who

Planet: Space

Specific Location: Two hundred parsecs from the Andromeda Galaxy

Time: 445 Billion years before the death of the Paradox, two months after the reincarnation of the Second Doctor

The Amethyst Empire was the greatest empire of all time. Its colonies spread across a vast portion of the multiverse. Its standard of living was infinitely high, and the technology it possessed was beyond imagination. Its cities were grand, vast, clean, and crimeless. People where happy. Its military was also extremely powerful. It had a fleet of exactly a vingtillion ships, and its soldiers were beyond count, some say it was beyond a googol. The empire was led by beings that could bring down a whole dimension in less than seven seconds. However… that is not why the Amethyst Empire terrified every single enemy ever. That is not why the empire was so powerful, that it could afford to do whatever it wanted. It was not the armies, it was not its leaders, and it was not its economy… it was something else. This something else was called the Amethyst Inquisition. The Inquisition consisted of exactly 5950 soldiers split up in three's or seven's. These groups of three's or seven's were called "Chapters," and there were 1189 of those chapters. These soldiers were what made the difference. They were trained to kill Dimensional Lords who threatened the Amethyst Empire without mercy. They were extremely powerful, and heavily armed. They could hunt down a single molecule across the whole multiverse, and destroy it so utterly, that it would cease to exist, and be wiped from the timeline. No Dimensional Lord besides the Great Doxia, the Great Mattimeo, and the Illustrious Kytax could ever stand up to them. However, just like there is always one student who excels in a classroom of students, there was one Inquisition Chapter that was the reason the Inquisition was even feared in the first place. This was the John 3 Chapter. It seemed like a standard chapter, holding three soldiers. Their names were codenamed Blue, Dark, and Sunflower. However… they were no ordinary Inquisition soldiers. They were unique because no records were ever held of them. The Chapter was not even supposed to exist, but suddenly, they were there, and no one questioned what had happened. This chapter held the most missions accomplished, and the most enemies neutralized. They were the Inquisition, they were fear.

Blue was the leader. He was powerfully armored with full blue-colored body armor, massive armored shoulder plates, and plated gloves and boots. He wore a masked helmet that had a thin T-Visor that stretched to the bottom of the jaw of the mask, and to each side of his head. Strapped to his back was a beautiful longsword that was charged with Dimensional Energy. He could gut a Dimensional Lord with ease with it. On his hip was an Astartus Imperius MK VI Projectile Blaster, also known simply as an Inquisition Blaster. An Astartus was one of the few projectile guns still in existence, but there was a reason why it had not been replaced: it fired a shell at 2000 meters a second. Inside the shell was a dense compound of Dimensional Energy. Once the shell struck, the target was beyond dead. The Astartus was the only effective handheld weapon capable of delivering such a deadly payload. However, this was not Blue's weapon of choice. This was not why all Dimensional Lords (aside from Kytax, Doxia, and Mattimeo) feared him. The reason why he was the most powerful Inquisitor to live was his wristblade, and the skill he showed while wielding it. No one knew how Blue had gotten the wristblade, but everyone knew the wristblade's origin. It had been created by the fallen Archangel Bottarr, just before he was tasked by He Who Sits on the Throne to start creating Dimensional Lords. It was capable of killing anything. ANYTHING.

As for Blue himself, he was a strange person. He rarely talked, and when he did, it was only to say something that mattered. He stood tall and distant, and barely even interacted with his teammates. He was an enigma, a mystery, and he kept it that way.

As for his teammates…

Sunflower was like his name: sunny. He joked a lot, but it was only a front. Beneath his jovial disposition, he was a killer sniper. He was armed with two precision Amethyst Sniper Rifles, and an Astartus. He could clip a butterfly's wings from a distant planet, and that was not just a figure of speech. Amethyst rifles had incredible distance, and could fire across a galaxy, all one needed was the skill to aim it, and that Sunflower had in abundance. He too had full body armor, though it was colored yellow. He had sharper shoulder plates that swept backwards, and he had an elbow blade on his right arm for close combat. His masked helmet faintly resembled a Warhammer 40k Space Marine helmet, but the eye pieces were fused into a T-Visor, and the mouth vents and oxygen tubes were lacking.

Dark's personality was like his name as well: dark. He was rough and blunt, and not willing to mince his words. If there was killing to be done, he did it, and he did it in the most effective way possible: with his fists. He was armed with an Astartus, a tri-barreled Amethyst rocket launcher, and a fold-out power hatchet. However, all he ever used was the rocket launcher… and his fists. This really reflected on his character; nevertheless, he was loyal to the death. Dark, like his two teammates, had full body armor, but his was black. His armor was cut close to allow free movement, but he had spaced armor on his shins, arms, and chest. His helmet resembled a Halo Venator, but had larger visor vents that swept to either side of his head.

Blue, Sunflower, and Dark. They were the John 3 Chapter. They were death.

The A.E.S. Carbine was a transportation cruiser. It was sparsely armed and sparsely manned. It was a transportation cruiser, after all, and A.I. units ran ninety-percent of the ships operations. Most of its power was aimed towards keeping those being transported comfortable. However, the Carbine was no ordinary cruiser, it was hiding a secret cargo of interdimensional weapons that were designed to wipe out universes from the adjacent dimension. This powerful weapon was hidden in a small box in the captain's room. Something so small… yet so vastly powerful…

Naturally something that powerful needed guarding, but this was a covert operation, so a convoy of battleships and a sea of armed Amethyst Soldiers were out of the question. The Rerenhaw Council knew that they needed to keep the operation a secret, but they also knew that the operation needed the utmost protection. Thus, they were assigned the greatest team of all time: the John 3 Chapter of the Amethyst Inquisition.

Blue stood at a window in one of the grand hallways of the Carbine, staring out into space. He did this as often as he could. It was simply what he did. Suddenly an Amethyst Soldier strolled in from another room.

"Sir," said an Amethyst Trooper stoutly, "They have called you."

Blue just tipped his head slightly. The solider quickly left. Blue then turned around and began to stroll away to a secret passageway. Once and a while, finely dressed beings of many diverse species would stop and gawk at the towering Inquisitor.

Blue just ignored them and kept walking. He was abruptly joined by Sunflower.

"Wonderful weather, isn't it?" said Sunflower amiably, "Well… It is wonderful weather somewhere… Just not here. Why does space not have weather? It could use some…"

"Shut the hell up Sunflower," growled Dark as he joined them, "We could do without your babble."

"Oh look," laughed Sunflower, "Mr. Gloomy has decided to blow a gasket. You know what? Fine. I'll pretend I am invisible. I am sure you will enjoy that."

"Quiet," said Blue calmly. He then stopped and turned to face a blank wall. Reaching up, he ran his hand in a specific pattern across the blank surface. Suddenly a door appeared out of nowhere. It slid opened and the three strolled inside. The room they entered was quite dark, with a dark purple light illuminating the scene. The crate containing the powerful weapon sat in the middle of the room.

Lord Doxia stood with his arms crossed on the side of the area opposite to the entrance.

"Gentlemen," chuckled Doxia, "So nice to see you both! Oh, there's also Dark. Hey Sunflower! I got a joke! Why was the Dark Ages dark?"

Dark snorted indifferently, but Sunflower laughed and said, "I don't know! Why?"

"Because there were so many knights! Get it? Knights? Nights! It's awesome!" laughed Doxia. Both Sunflower and Doxia broke down laughing.

Blue crossed his arms and stood to one side, observing the scene quietly. After it was apparent that the laughter was never going to die down, he said, "Are we here for something?"

The moment Blue spoke, all noise stopped. Doxia cleared his throat.

"Ah, yes… It seems that our secrecy might have been compromised," said Doxia cheerfully, "Don't know how, but we are going on red alert. I myself have to go, but I want you three to keep a lookout. You know what to do. Adios Amigos!"

With that, Doxia opened a portal and hopped through.

"The covert operation has been compromised," repeated Dark in a gravelly voice, "Stay on alert. If we need to kill something, we need to do it quickly. We cannot blow our cover."

"I am going to set up shop, then," said Sunflower, "I will have the overview."

"You do that," said Blue quietly, "I am going to watch the stars."

"You ALWAYS watch the stars," sighed Dark, "Find something different to do. What do those inanimate balls of burning gas and plasma tell you, anyway?"

"More than you will ever know," whispered Blue. He then exited the room.

"Oooooohhhhh! Burn!" snorted Sunflower. He flipped out one of his high-powered rifles and walked away. Dark couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle himself. Blue was a mystery.

Blue went back to his position by the window. Once again, he immersed himself in the glory of the stars. Nature, stars, grass, trees, wind… It all was a wonder to him. He could never have enough. It was his protection, his love. Suddenly he stiffened. Had he just seen something? Then he sighed. Quickly he opened a link with Sunflower and Dark.

"Sunflower? Dark? We have company. Expect an impact in thirty seconds. Expect boarding parties in two minutes. Be ready."

Blue took a few steps back, and then he charged the window. He smashed through it and was launched into space. Fortunately the containment shields immediately were activated so that no one was sucked out with him. Blue quickly pulled out his Inquisition blaster and aimed it at a blank spot in space. A bullet flew out and sizzled off true, and exploded against something invisible. Suddenly the invisible object de-cloaked. It was a massive Maelstrom War ship. By some mysterious power, Blue had known exactly where the invisible ship was, and exactly where the invisibility generator was.

Now knowing its cover was blown, the Maelstrom Warship opened fire on the A.E.S. Carbine. The explosions ripped through the decks. The Carbine listed as power was immediately diverted to self-repair. In seconds the ships was perfectly fine as the molecules of the destroyed decks were pulled together again. However, the Maelstrom War ship fired again, and again, and again. Soon the Carbine's power systems were out. The little luxury transport ship was no match for this warship of the Maelstrom. But was the warship a match for the John 3 Chapter?

Activating a jump boost from his boots, Blue latched onto the hull. Quickly he sprinting across the surface, his boots magnetizing their soles to the surface. Immediately proximity turrets activated and turned their attention to Blue, firing hails of infected energy bolts. Blue ducked and dodged them with ease. Then, in a single smooth motion, he unsheathed his sword and hurled it. It clipped all of nearby turrets and returned to him. Just as it flew back, Blue leapt in the air. He seized the blade and brought it down with a powerful swing on a specific spot on the ship. When the blade struck, a massive explosion tore through the hull. Blue had sliced through a vital power component. Nevertheless, the warship was broadside the Carbine now, and was unloading a massive army of Maelstrom soldiers. Blue glanced to look at the multitude of long tubular energy gates that were attaching themselves to the Carbine like parasites.

"Dark, boarding attachments are locking onto the port side, deck twelve. Repel the intruders. Sunflower, get to deck sixteen. I am bringing their helm shields off, so you will be in charge of eliminating those in the captain's nest."

"Whatever. Sure."

"Understood."

Blue continued to run across the expanse of metal that was the ship. More and more turrets turned their attention to Blue and fired. However, despite the pure power and accuracy with which the turrets shot their attacks, not a single bolt of energy seemed to be able to mark their target. Blue, on the other hand, knew exactly what to do. Deftly he drew his Inquisition blaster and began to shoot the turrets as he passed by. A single bullet from his gun vaporized a whole turret with ease. Soon Blue reached the loading hatch that led to the interior. It was powerfully shielded with infected Codrex steel and a Dimensional Energy shield film. Blue simply drew his Imagination Energy wristblade. He sliced a large hole through the porthole like a hot knife through butter and kicked the hatch inward. He leapt inside and was immediately accosted by at least two hundred ravenous Maelstrom troopers. Blue made short work of them with his sword and wristblade, and quickly flipped over their corpses. As he worked his way to the shield generator, he was met with all kind of resistance, ranging from Maelstrom troopers to Maelstrom arch-agents to mechanical traps. But each challenge was defeated easily, and soon Blue reached the generator. Not even breaking his stride, Blue pulled out his Inquisition Blaster and shot the generator, totaling it immediately. As the generator went up and flames, he shot the hull next to him, blowing a hole through the warship. Blue then pulled out a powerful singularity grenade and activated it. Dropping it next to the flaming generator, he rushed the hull breach and dove through it just as the grenade went live. As he hurled through space back towards the besieged A.E.S. Carbine, the whole engine room of the Maelstrom warship dissolved into nothing. Angling his body perfectly, Blue smashed right through a window and into a large group of Maelstrom troopers. The troopers whirled to confront their new adversary, but it was too late. In less than a minute all four hundred of them were dead.

"I was going to kill them," snapped Dark as he suddenly approached from the shadows with his battle hatchet drawn in his right hand and his tri-barreled rocket launched his left hand. He strolled past Blue and looked at the hull breach that Blue hand entered through.

"Nice hole," commented Dark suddenly as he got down on one knee, "I can hit their boarding tubes from here."

Dark began to fire volleys of rockets off from his rocket launcher. The rockets hissed through space and struck the access points of the myriad of tubular boarding bridges that connected the warship to the Carbine. In a minute all of the access points were gone, and the limp warship began to drift away. At this point, Sunflower contacted Blue and Dark. "I killed all twenty-seven Maelstrom pilots in less than a second. Is that a new record? Eh, I doubt it. Oh, by the way, I might have 'accidentally' hit their main control panel with an encryption bullet, making the warship's main computer think it needs to self-destruct in less than half a minute. We're cool with that, right?"

"As long as that ship only counts as one kill," snorted Dark.

"Wait, we're counting again? I thought we agreed to stop the kill count after we were removed from the Inquisition Leaderboard because we had too many points," laughed Sunflower.

"Stop it you two," said Blue, "Something is not right. If the Maelstrom knew that we were carrying a secret cargo, then it most certainly knew that the John 3 Inquisition Chapter would be guarding it. Attacking us as directly as they did would be suicide. Dark, where are all of the Amethyst Troopers?"

"They're held up in the cargo bay, defending the civilians. We are the only ones not trapped on deck 1. Why?"

"Deck seven was the one that held the device. It was hidden, but there is no guarantee it is staying that way. We need to get there immediately to ensure its safety."

With that, Dark and Blue sprinted off. As they ran, Blue contacted Sunflower, "Sunflower, I need you to set up on the top balcony level of the Dining Hall. I have a feeling you will be needed there."

"The Dining Hall? What are you planning?" asked Dark as they ran. Suddenly the two turned a corner and faced a hallway full of Maelstrom troopers. Without even breaking his stride, Dark pulled out his battle hatchet and hurled it. He threw it with such force that it punched straight through twenty Maelstrom troopers before smashing into the hull of the ship and blowing a major hole through it. The new containment breach immediately sucked all of the present Maelstrom troopers into space. Dark extended a hand while he continued to run, and the hatchet returned to him. He folded it up and strapped it to his back as he said, "I get all of those kills, since I am the one who blew the hole in the wall."

Blue did not respond, and the two kept running. They then burst through into the Dining Hall. It was a grand affair. Gold and silver was everywhere, and a massive, grand diamond chandelier hung from the ceiling far above their head. The roof stretched up twenty decks, and balconies for each deck lined the walls. The floor was polished marble, and reflected like a mirror. However, it was not the grandeur of the hall that stopped Blue and Dark in their tracks, it was the sight of someone very dangerous: Orion the Traitor. The extremely dangerous Dimensional Lord was standing on the opposite side of the hall.

"Oh! Blue! Nice to see you!" laughed Orion. He was holding the crate that held the special device.

Blue pulled out his Inquisition Blaster and pointed it straight at Orion. Orion snorted.

"Please, you know how this is going down. If you shoot me, I'll destroy this device. Got it? You know how much little Doxia wants this device, right?"

Blue shot Orion. The bullet sizzled through the air and blew Orion's arms off. Orion screamed. He then reared back with a foot and charged it with deadly energy. He prepared to stomp on the crate and destroy it. But in the nanosecond before he could do that, an energy bullet flew from Sunflower's sniper rifle up high and ricocheted off the ground and the crate at a perfect angle. The crate skidded across the room and came to a stop in the middle of the Dining Hall. Orion stood there. Then he began to laugh. "Oh my God! I will admit that I never saw that coming. However, I bet none of you saw this coming either."

Orion snapped a finger, and suddenly the wall exploded behind him. A sea of Maelstrom troopers rushed out from the newly made holes in the wall. Dark and Blue glanced at each other. There was a lot of enemies rushing in their direction now. Then the whole ship abruptly listed sideways.

"Oops!" laughed Sunflower over the coms, "I might have accidentally taken over the ship a couple of minutes ago and accidentally caused the ship to flip on its side. Please forgive any inconvenience I may have caused."

The angle of elevation of the marble floor was rising rapidly, and Maelstrom troopers began to slide to the far wall. Blue quickly drew his sword, set its energy level to freeze, and drove it into the ground. It stuck fast, allowing him to anchor himself to the floor. Blue then glanced at Dark and said, "Take out that wall."

Dark immediately understood. Blue seized the scruff of Dark's neck armor as Dark drew his tri-barreled rocket launcher again. He fired off a volley of rockets in the direction of the wall that all of the Maelstrom troopers were sliding toward. The wall exploded into nothing, and all those troopers were immediately sucked out into space.

Blue then let go of Dark as Dark drew his hatchet and drove it into the ground as well. The angle of elevation was not almost ninety degrees, and all the air from the room had been sucked out.

Blue glanced up to ensure Sunflower (who was on the top balcony) was safe, and then glanced to see where Orion was. Orion was simply floating there, surrounded by a gravity field. The only reason he had not attacked yet was because he was charging up a massive bolt of power, which he released.

The attack sizzled through the air. Time, space, and dimension distorted terribly as the wake of the energy bolt tore holes through the space-time continuum. It flashed towards Blue. However, just as the attack reached him, Blue unsheathed his wristblade and flicked it upwards. The massive energy attacked made contact with the blade… and dissipated.

Orion just stood there in shock. Blue took advantage of Orion's surprise and hurled himself through the air, activating the bio-magnetic properties of his boots while in midair. He turned ninety-degrees sideways as he flew, and landed on the ground (which had pretty much now become a wall) running. He dashed towards Orion at high speeds.

Orion recovered, and drew his serrated spear as Blue drew his sword. The two met with a clash, and began to battle it out with furious blows. Blue expertly drove Orion away from the crate which had been pinned to the marble wall/floor by a bio-magnetic bullet pin fired from Sunflower's sniper rifle. The two powerful beings continued to fight with expert skill and agility. Even though he was missing an arm, it was obvious that Orion was vastly skilled in hand-to-hand combat, and was holding his ground well. Blue continued to drive Orion in one large circle with hacks, slashed, cuts, and jabs that would have slain even the most expert sword fighter in the multiverse in seconds. Then, suddenly, Blue dodged an attack from Orion with agility deemed even impossible for the average Dimensional Lord and ducked under a cut. He brought the butt of his blade crashing into Orion's jaw. Orion stumbled backward, dazed. Abruptly he felt a hand firmly grip his shoulder. Orion turned to see Dark rearing back an arm. Dark then sent a powerful fist smashing into Orion's face. A shockwave emanated from the contact point, shattering the marble floor/wall and sending up shards of stone. The balcony walls cracked and crumbled, and any loose objects blasted away. Orion flew into the air. As he tried to recover, a sniper energy bolt flew expertly from Sunflower's gun and clipped Orion's other arm. The second Orion hit the ground, he hand lost both upper appendages. Orion activated his gravity bubble once more and lay against the marble floor/wall, breathing heavily.

Blue then strolled up to him and pointed his Inquisition Blaster straight at Orion's face.

Orion laughed. "You're not seriously going to pull that, are you? Come on, you're a good guy. Look, I surrender. You've gotten back the crate, and you caught the bad guy. Yay! Celebrate. Come on… you don't have it in you…"

Blue pulled the trigger.

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