A/N: Here we go mates! Now again, I don't own TF2. The OCs involved in this story are from Bayoboo, claytronus02, Doctor Homicide 157, Corruption Virus, and eclipseddarksoul. And I'm happy to say that reviews are working once again, so review away!

Note: I HIGHLY recommend that you read The Rift first, to understand what is going on, and as well as my profile, for my OCs, since I will NOT be explaining in-depth MY OCs.

Chapter 1- The Return

(Unknown POV)

It was so sudden. There was no time to prepare. One moment everything was all fine and dandy and then 'BANG!' everything went to hell.

The Ground Commander issued the threat level to the highest level: black. Never in the history of the Allies we've went to the highest level, at least that's what I think.

Hey, give me a break alright? I'm over a thousand years old, a lot of things can happen ok?

My name's Jackie. I'm one of the co-founders of the Allies and cousin to its leader: Wheel. You know...the guy that wears a blue hood and cloak with green colored tactical gear, wields a katana, and can bend space and time like clay. Yeah him.

I'm a bit shorter than him (he's like 5' 10' and I'm like three-four inches shorter), and wear a green cloak and hood with red and black tactical gear.

What's that? Why am I only describing what we wear? The explanation is simple...sorta.

You see, only people in our family can know what we actually look like, some kind of culture thing. Heck, you can't even see our faces through the hood. I would explain the rest but it's kinda hard to do that when you have a wolf from hell trying to bite your head in half.

I was using one of my knifes to prop open the large, lava colored wolf's mouth as I struggled to get out from under its paws while simultaneously stabbing the hell out of it.

"Die, die, DIE!" I yelled before realizing how dumb I was. "Oh yeah, I can teleport,"

I teleported from under the wolf to on top of it, and plunged a knife into its head. The wolf staggered before falling to the ground dead.

"Bad doggie," I said as I retrieved my knife.

I got up from the wolf and turned around, and started heading back to HQ. I was exploring the forest when I got the call that HQ was under attack, I was about to head back when this thing pounced on me. From my knowledge of the creatures that live in this forest, this was not a creature that lived here at all.

As I raced back to HQ, I heard the noise of engines fly above me. I looked up to find large, menacing dropships flying overhead headed to the direction to the base. I quickened my running to a blur, dodging trees and over rocks in the process. I made it out of the forest to find enemies already engaging our troops at the garrison.

Allied HQ is located on top of a hill with one narrow road leading up to it, which is guarded by a garrison. Aerial attack is nearly impossible without casualties since of the large amount of anti-air defenses. I looked to see that parts of the garrison, as well as the actual HQ were either destroyed or on fire.

"Kill..."

I jumped at the sudden sound. I turned to find what said that.

It looked to be a large knight. It looked similar to Shiv, except for the fact that its armor was colored magenta, it was extremely big, both vertically and horizontally, and was carrying a large battle axe that rivaled a small car.

"Uh, hi?" I said as I waved nervously at the big guy.

The knight roared and brought its axe down with surprising speed. I rolled just in time as it came down where I was standing. The axe slammed into the earth with a deafening boom.

'BOOM!'

The knight wrestled the axe free and prepared its next attack. I used the time to pull out a rocket launcher from subspace and blast the knight.

Side note: I have a strange ability to pull things out of practically nowhere. I have no idea how it works, but it's very good thing to have when you're in a pickle.

The blast did not affect the knight at all and instead made it more pissed at me. It walked back a few steps before running at me at full speed. I was about to teleport away from it when it fell to the ground; its torso was separated from its legs. I looked up to find who saved me.

Wheel.

"I can't leave you alone for a minute can't I?" he said with a huff as he holstered his katana.

(Third-person POV)

"Aww c'mon, I had it!" Jackie whined.

"Yeah right," Wheel said. "You really think a rocket launcher is going to stop that?"

Jackie sighed. "I thought it was a good idea,"

"Let's go, the garrison needs our help," he said as he unsheathed his katana and started running at full speed, with Jackie following suit.

The Allied troops stationed at the garrison were being pinned down by massive amounts of gunfire. The soldiers that were shooting at them wore similar suits of armor that the behemoth wore, but each soldier wasn't as tall or big as the knight was. However it seemed that nothing was penetrating their armor.

"God dammit!" a Gunner yelled as his hat was blown off by a bullet. "They just keep coming and I don't think we're doing anything to them!"

"Just shut up and keep firing!" a Sharpshooter said. "What the hell are they wearing?" she said as another railgun shot bounced off a knight with an LMG.

Suddenly all the knights stopped firing. One by one, each fell into piles of scrap. The troops slowly came out of their hiding spots to find their leaders quietly talking among themselves.

"So what are they?" Jackie asked.

"I have no idea," Wheel responded. "They don't appear to be allied with any of our known existing enemies,"

"Wheel, Jackie, thank the gods you two showed up!" an Officer said as he ran up to the two.

"What's the situation, Officer?" Wheel asked.

"About thirty minutes ago, several unidentified warships came undetected into the atmosphere. They destroyed the S.S Juniper and heavily damaged the S.S Alpine. Ground Commander ordered the ISDF to retreat until further notice, while we just hold of the invaders. The Gang is holding off the enemy at the backside of the base, while the Crew is holding down the valley entrance,"

"I just hope they're ok," Jackie said.

"No they're not," a Rocket Soldier said as he ran towards the two. "We've received reports that both the back entrance and the valley entrance had both been taken by the enemy, no signs of either team,"

"Dammit," Wheel muttered. "How long did they fight?"

"They were holding considerably well on their own, but our scans show a huge surge of power at the area when they stopped fighting," he said. "This was about a minute ago,"

"Meeting in conference room in five minutes," Wheel said. "No excuses,"

(Wheel's POV)

Why does shit have to go down whenever I step away from the base? I leave to help a fellow friend and the next thing I know shit is raining down from the sky and spewing the depths of hell on the front lawn. I slammed my fist on the window I was looking out, but not hard enough to damage it even more.

Invasions like this had happened before, with the Federation and a certain army led by a bipedal wolf that I desperately want to slap in the face for being a complete ass. But never before I've heard of the Gang or Crew disappearing just like that. Sure they've been captured before, but all at once? That's unheard of.

"So I presume you heard the news?" I turned to find Evie, the turncoat sorceress with an affinity for trench coats. She's been on close surveillance and guard duty at the HQ ever since she turned her back on both her sister and the Federation.

I nodded in response to her question. "Any idea what happened to them?"

She shook her head. "I wish I knew Wheel," she said. "But I know it had to be something powerful,"

"You're right about that," I said as I turned back to the window. I was about to say something else when I stopped myself.

Something wasn't right.

My hand went straight for my katana as I spun around and made contact with a large broadsword. I teleported into a better position and took a stance while looking over my attacker.

The thing that attacked me looked like a knight with a Viking helmet. He was an inch or so taller than me, and I couldn't see his face from the slits of the Viking helmet. He wore a long and tattered black cape as well.

"I'm surprised you were able to block that," he said. "Most people don't see it coming,"

I glanced behind him to find Evie clutching her bleeding side. "I don't know who you are," I said. "But if you're the one behind this..."

"And if I'm not?"

"You're still fucked because you injured my teammate,"

"So be it," he said as we charged each other.

(Jackie's POV)

"It's been ten minutes," an Officer said. "And he says we're late,"

The group of Officers were getting impatient in the conference room that I was in. I don't know what happened to Wheel, since he's never late to meeting he calls. I pondered where he could be when I felt a tug on my cloak. I looked down to find a cyan blue girl clutching my green cloak. She was about as high as my waist, and had navy blue eyes, but what was strange about this was her shape wasn't truly defined. She wasn't a human.

She's a slime.

Her name's Skyla, a science experiment that escaped the evil scientists who created her. Arachne stumbled upon near a fast-food establishment in dimension 212-515 about a year or so ago, and quickly became attached to her. In fact, everyone quickly took a liking to the young slime. Why? Cause she's so goddam cute! I swear, it's impossible to frown when she's around.

As a slime, she's can take the form of anything, and I mean ANYTHING. And it doesn't matter how large or small it is. (She once turned into a full-sized dragon at one point) Right now, she's taken on a humanoid form, her body is gender-neutral but leans more to the feminine side, and her "hair" is about waist-length and is extremely poofy.

"Auntie Jackie?" she said. "What is going on?"

I smiled as I kneeled down to her height. "Oh nothing Skyla, just some bad guys who's up to no good,"

"Nothing bad is going to happen, right?"

"I'm positive everything will be fine,"

Just then something crashed through the doors, taking the steel doors off their hinges. The Officers drew their revolvers while I summoned my knives. It looked like the knight I fought earlier but it wasn't as large as it. He had a large hole right where his chest was supposed to be.

"Sorry if I'm late," I heard Wheel said as he and Evie walked into the room. "I was busy," I noticed that he was supporting her. One arm was draped around him while another clutched a sword wound. He lowered her to the ground.

"Evie!" I asked. "You ok?"

"Yeah, that dead bast-er guy got the jump on me," she said. "Not like I endured worse before,"

"You need healing?"

"Nah, I got it,"

"So what did you call us here for Wheel?" an Officer asked.

Wheel cleared his throat. "I'm assuming you all heard about the disappearance of the Gang and Crew, right?" he said.

Everyone in the room nodded.

"We need a team that can cover for them until we can find more about their whereabouts,"

"But whom?" someone asked. "I doubt anyone or any group will step up just to take their place, considering how dangerous their work is,"

The room was silenced, the only sound was an explosion in the distance, signaling that the battle was not won just yet.

"Wait, Wheel," I said. "What about...what were their names...oh yeah- the RED and BLU teams...? You know the people that helped Wolfshire, Arachne, etc from the rift incident fifteen years ago?"

"Dimension 938-173," he pondered. "Oh yeah, those guys..."

"Who are those guys again?" an Officer asked.

"They're mercs hired by both Reliable Excavations and Demolitions and Builders' League United," Evie said as she stood up, her left hand still glowing from her healing spell. "They helped us in the battle against both the D.E.T and the Federation,"

"What makes them qualified?"

"Each team is made up of nine people, or classes, each has a unique set of skills that make them look not as normal," Evie explained. "For an example, the Scout can run up to seventeen miles per hour..."

"So he can run fast, whoop de do,"

Evie glared at him. "...he also can stay at that speed for extended periods, and mind you, the fastest human can only run fifteen miles per hour and that's only for a few seconds,"

A few of the other Officers nodded. "I'm listening,"

Evie went on to explain the rest of the classes. "And finally we have the Pyro, however I must say that the RED Pyro in particular is quite abnormal..."

"Why's that?"

"She may be an alpha fire elemental,"

"You don't sound too sure about that,"

"Neither am I," Wheel said.

"Why's that?"

"She's a fire elemental, that is what we can soundly say," Wheel said. "The part we're not sure about is the alpha part,"

"Why not?" Skyla asked.

"From what I heard from the others and Evie, she was capable of using her elemental abilities without much problem for the very first time, but then again, I'm not sure if she was going all out, and the fact that her elemental dragon was absent,"

Another pause.

"I'm liking it," an Officer said.

"But how will they react?" someone else said. "We just can't force them to work,"

"Then bribe them," I said.

"Jackie..."

"They're mercs Wheel, they'll do anything for money, right?"

"But how are we going to get the money to pay them?"

I rolled my eyes (metaphorically, no one can see them unless I take off my hood), and started pulling bags of money out from behind me. "Um, helloooo?" I said. "I can just do this?"

"Oh, I forgot you can do that..."

A blast rattled the base, knocking everyone down except for Wheel, who somehow stayed up.

"Ok then, Jackie since it's your plan get them will you?"

"Oh, oh! Can I come? Can I come please!" Skyla begged me.

"Wheel..."

"Just take her, I don't think the base safe for her right now, even though she can't get killed, I think,"

"Wheel!" a Swordsman ran into the room. "The enemy had taken the main garrison!"

"Got it," he said. "Jackie, start going,"

"Are you going to be ok?" I asked as I opened a rift.

He gave me a blank look (again, metaphorical) in response. "Never mind, c'mon Sky!" I said as I grabbed her by her hand, and jumped into the rift.

(Wheel's POV)

"Are you sure she'll be ok?" Evie asked me as she put her fedora back on. "I mean she's not capable as you..."

"She'll be fine," I said as I drew my katana. "Think of it as a test,"

She nodded in response. We made our way to the main entrance of the HQ. Allied soldiers hurried to engage the attacking force, and took cover behind anything they could find.

"Do you have any idea who wants to attack us?" I asked Evie as she picked up a rifle.

"No, I was going to ask you the same thing,"

'BOOM!'

We turned to find the large blast doors blown open and enemy soldiers began pouring into the HQ.

"For some reason, I'm not surprised at this," I said.

Then a huge magma colored dragon tore through the remains of the doors and roared.

"Wasn't expecting that, but still not surprised," I said as I leapt into battle and sunk my katana into the first knight I saw.

(Jackie's POV)

'SMACK!'

Ok...OW! Landing face first into dirt and rocks is not a pleasant experience.

'SPLAT!'

And that was the sound of Skyla landing on me.

"Yay! Fun!" she said.

"Woo fun...now get of me please," I said.

As she did, I got up and dusted myself off. I looked around and found...

Nothing.

Of course I found nothing, we've landed in the middle of a desert for crying out loud.

Nah, just joking with you. We landed in front of RED HQ.

A very dilapidated, RED HQ.

Uh oh, not good.

"This is going to be harder than I thought,"

A/N: And there you go folks. Chapter 1. Here are the character names of the OCs submitted:

Bayoboo: Skyla

Doctor Homicide 157: Doctor Homicide

Corruption Virus: CV

eclipseddarksoul: Kit

claytronus02: Clayton/Dusk

Till next time,

-D.W