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Opening File: Major Glory
The origins of one of the most famous heroes(he does not consider himself a Hunter) dates back to the founding of America. The Grimm had made colonizing America nearly impossible, outnumbering the natives and destroying many settlements. It was around that time the Founding Fathers discovered the existence of spirits from their native allies and put forth a plan to create a new spirit strong enough to stand against the Grimm. Through an occult ritual the Founding Fathers created a new spirit bound to the Declaration of Independence, using large amounts of Dust to give this spirit life and power.
The spirit then merged with a chosen patriot, becoming the first true American Huntsmen who fought against the Grimm and in later conflicts. As the Spirit of United States it could not truly die, only be passed on to a new host but every time it transferred to a new host it gained a small amount of power from its previous hosts. By the end of the nineteenth century the spirit had assumed the incarnation of Uncle Sam who had lived long enough to pass his power down to his host's nephew who became America's iconic hero: Major Glory.
Due to the amount of power that had been gathered and passed down through the generations Major Glory has numerous powers that were likely Semblances of the previous hosts or created by the Dust that had been painfully gathered and used in the spirit's creation, including super strength and flight, as well as super speed and stamina which he has had since he was a child. Major Glory is also nigh-invulnerable to fatal damage and can even survive in space, however he can still feel pain even if it does no permanent damage to him, which makes his invulnerability somewhat ineffective in that regard as he can even pass out from too much pain. Aside from these physical attributes, Major Glory also has several eye-related superpowers including the Star-Spangled Laser Vision and X-Ray Vision.
Major Glory is a proud and patriotic superhero that is courageous in battle and loves his country above all else, and because of this, he is viewed as an upstanding figure in the superhero community who is quite popular with the Press. However he has been viewed as someone with a huge ego by other Huntsmen along with obsessive compulsive behavior. He is also very strict about copyright infringement. Despite these flaws Major Glory is very sentimental and occasionally over-dramatic when it comes to his friends and/or emotional moments, almost treating them like family at times rather than teammates, showing that he greatly cares about his closest friends and is recognized as one of the most powerful beings in the world.
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"A hero, heroine if female in Greek mythology and folklore, was originally a demigod, their cult being one of the most distinctive features of ancient Greek religion. Later, hero and heroine came to refer to characters who, in the face of danger and adversity or from a position of weakness, display courage and the will for helping others in trouble – that is, heroism – for some greater good, originally of martial courage or excellence but extended to more general moral excellence." TOM lectured as the 'Major Glory' file. "What is it that defines a hero? A mask, super power, or just the inner desire to do good for your family, friend or just about anyone? Maybe you can just be a hero by being brave in the face of danger or uncertainty. So have you done anything that makes you feel like a hero or maybe you already have and just don't know it yet."
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The sight of her bracelet flashing so fast made June briefly panic, thinking she was going to have a seizure. "Whoa. Major alert here."
Monroe hopped onto the table, looking at June's bracelet. "This is not good. I think it means Cipher is on the move."
"So what do we do?" June asked.
"We track down the source and hopefully stop Bill before he does…Whatever he's doing." Monroe hopped onto the floor, gesturing to the door. "Well come on, we don't have all day!"
Rolling her eyes, June followed Monroe to the door. "And what about Ah-Mah and Ray-Ray and Dennis?"
"I am sure they are busy."
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"YES! YES! YYYYYYYYYYYYESSSSSSSSSSSSS!"
Dennis pumped both fists into the air as the arcade console in front of him flashed 'NEW HIGH SCORE'.
"Whoa man!" Ray-Ray dropped the digital pistol. "Good at making spells from your dorky dungeon games and Sky Blitz!? Since when were you this good at…anything?!"
"Hey! I played these kinds of games while June was in diapers and you had yet to be summoned!" Dennis retorted.
Ray-Ray rolled his eyes. "Could you just say 'before I was born'?!"
"Keep having fun kids!" Jasmine called out from the bench, snaking on popcorn. "Ah-Mah's got a lot of change!"
Better to keep the boys busy with mind-destroying games so June wouldn't have to worry about them messing up her job.
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"Hey, I'm puppet Staaaannn!" Mabel said, waving a sock puppet resembling Stan in front of him as he sat down read the newspaper and drank his coffee.
"Still ignoring this." Stan simply said.
Dipper walked in and yawned. "Hey Mabel."
"Woah, bag check for Dipper's eyes." Stan joked. "Ha ha! Nobody?"
"Dipper, I told you to get some sleep last night! Here, wake up with some Mabel Juice." Mabel held a blender full of red liquid with various objects floating around. "It has plastic dinosaurs in it!"
"It's like if coffee and nightmares had a baby!" Stan exclaimed.
Dipper ignored him whole ushering Mabel into living room. "Mabel, listen, last night I had a dream with some strange triangle guy named Bill in it."
"Wait, hold up, a triangle guy?" Mabel asked, holding fingers around her eye to make a triangle.
"He said he'd give me the code to the laptop if I gave him something. Like I'd actually trust this guy, right?" Dipper explained.
"Don't worry, bro. Today's the day that the mystery twins are back in action. I'll help you crack that code. I've just got to hand off my puppet stuff to my production crew." Mabel replied.
"Production crew?"
The answer came in the form of Nyx, Hoagie, Candy and Grenda outside the Mystery Shack covered in socks.
"We read the script. Very emotional." Candy admitted.
"I cried like eight times." Grenda agreed.
"I know, right?" Nyx chuckled with Pericles resting on her shoulder. "Right, Hoags?"
Hoagie chuckled and shrugged. "Umm, yeah?"
Truth be told, he wasn't into puppet plays but Nyx asked for his help and it was better than sitting in the Northwest Mansion with the others.
Double D was okay, but liked to stay in the library.
Dexter was smart but a little too obnoxious despite being younger than most of them.
And he had barely seen that Jack guy.
"Hey ladies." Gabe skated up to them.
Mabel's eyes went wide. "GABE!"
"I was just bladin' by. Helps me dry out my ponytail after a shower." Gabe took off his helmet and shook his hair. "Ah, ah."
"Hubbity-hubbuty." Grenda mumbled.
"Maeibeur'i hante Gaeibeu'eul humchyeohagetda.(Translation: I must steal him away from Mabel.)" Candy whispered in Korean.
"It's so great to see you! I was just working on the world's greatest puppet show. IT HAS PUPPETS!" Mabel squealed in excitement.
"Your passion is so refreshing, Mabel. Unlike the girl from last night's puppet show. Single-stitch on one puppet, and cross-stitch on the other? I was like, 'Uh-uh!'" Gabe laughed.
"Cross-huh?" Mabel paled a bit.
"Naturally I deleted her off my cell phone contacts list."
"NATURALLY! Hahahaha!" Mabel laughed nervously.
"I know you won't let me down. Based on what you said the other day, you must be a puppet expert."
"You know, Gabe, you look pretty sweaty. You should really take your shirt off. Right? Aren't we all thinking that?" Grenda suggested.
"No." Hoagie muttered.
"Later, ladies." Gabe bade them goodbye and skated off.
Just in time for Mabel to freak out. "GWAAA! We gotta up our game, girls! Did you hear that thing he said about the stitches?!"
"Don't worry, Mabel, your crew can handle it!" Grenda held up a puppet of herself, but then ripped it. "Oops."
"How many eyes does a face have again?" Candy held up a sock covered in googly eyes.
Hoagie chuckled nervously, holding only a sock with goggles for eyes. "Um…Well, it's got my eyes."
In the meantime Soos was trying to keep a mountain of stuff on the car. "I got it, I got it." But sadly it fell on him. "Ah! I'm not okay!"
"AAA! Okay, I'm back on fabrication. Get me my lint roller!"
Dipper grabbed his sister as while she was running back to the shack. "Whoa, whoa! Hey, you just said you were going to help me!"
"DIPPER! This sock crisis just bumped up to code argyle! The laptop can wait!"
"Mabel, do you seriously think that your random crush of the week is more important than uncovering the mysteries of this town? You're obsessed!"
"I'm obsessed? Look at you! You look like a vampire! And not the hot kind!"
Dipper rubbed his eyes. "But you said you were going to help me today!"
Mabel held up her sock puppet. "Oh, I can help you. With tickles!"
Dipper laughed as Mable tickled him with the puppet. "Ha! Ha! Ha!" But stopped when he punched her arm while Candy and Grenda laughed. "Okay, fine! You know what? I'll do it on my own!"
"Um…Maybe I can help. Sorry Mable, but I think I'm better suited to computer stuff than sock puppets." Hoagie offered.
"Sure, go nuts." Mabel waved Hoagie off.
She had a show to prepare.
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Vilgax had been preparing for this day for a long time.
Ever since that day when Max Tennyson had nearly killed him he had been preparing.
When the Flame Keeper's Circle had rescued him, showing him how to unlock his Aura that allowed him to heal faster, allowing the strength he needed to shift from his true form and back into his land walking form and from the day he had trained, honing his new power along with his already considerable strength and deadly intellect. He had unlocked his Semblance, his Death Wave which had been a perfect manifestation of his lust for power. In the past he had usually only relied on his natural abilities which included brute strength, agility and endurance but the battle with the Plumbers had shown him he needed more than just those. So with the aid of the cult that had worshiped him, Vilgax trained himself, learning to fight much like how the Plumbers and Hunters did.
He would use the very powers Tennyson had against him to exact vengeance.
The Grimm creatures of this world were attracted by negativity which Vilgax had plenty to offer, even more as he allowed his hate for Max Tennyson, the pathetic species of this world and everything naturally inferior in his eyes to fester. They had come for him when he traveled in the far corners of the world, usually appearing in large numbers except for when he encountered the occasional giant ones. Vilgax fought them and was victorious in each battle, adapting his fighting style in every fight much like how Huntsmen learned how to adapt in the wilds and learning the full use of his Semblance. Members of the Flame Keeper's Circle had gladly allowed themselves to be sacrificed to his Death Wave, giving him their Aura and powers that had greatly bolstered his own.
He had experimented with Dust, using his Death Wave to absorb the power of every known form of Dust to augment his already considerable strength. The cult had revealed to him vast arrays of non-Earthling technology that had been collected over the centuries of their existence and Vilgax quickly found use for them. Much like how almost every warrior on this planet had a personal weapon Vilgax saw fit to have his own set of weapons. And he even created communication systems that allowed him to monitor activity across the galaxy.
He was the future Conqueror of the Universe after all.
Vilgax had learned of the Omnitrix and placed a price on it being delivered to him that was so large every bounty hunter in the galaxy was after it. And luckily for him it had literally fallen from the sky into the lap of his old nemesis or rather Max Tennyson's grandson.
How fitting that he would destroy Tennyson and take the Omnitrix at the same time.
And gathering rabble before him would not deter him in the slightest.
Max Tennyson started the fight with the use of his blaster but Vilgax dodged every blast, rushing towards the elderly human to finish him off.
"Grandpa!" Ben shouted, slamming his down on the Omnitrix and in a green flash he changed into…
"Aw, come on!" The voice of Grey Matter complained as the small alien kicked the sand in frustration. "You decide to do this to me now?!"
Max continued firing at Vilgax but the brutal tyrant was too fast to be hit, forcing the retired enforcer to rely on his Semblance called Omni-step to avoid being hit by a giant green fist. Vilgax barely looked around, knowing that Tennyson's weapon would not be as effective as it was the last time.
"More aliens?" Greg wondered, staying close to his son. "Where do they keep coming from?"
"Dad, we got to do something!" Steven urged.
"I don't know if we can do anything, Steven. I barely had any Hunter training even when I was younger." Greg replied sadly, having left his guitar back in his van. "Where are the Gems?"
"They went looking for Peridot. I don't know when they will be back." Steven grabbed his father's shirt. "We've got to do something!"
A growling noise behind them made them turn to see Lion behind them.
"Lion?"
Greg looked behind the pink lion, spotting something. "I got an idea."
Agent Six rushed in, pulling out his swords and leaping up, landing on Vilgax's back and slashing at him with his magna blades. Vilgax grunted in annoyance as his Aura blocked the blades and knocked Six off his back. Six rolled back as Vilgax turned around, not even bothering to react at the pathetic human.
"If every pork chop were perfect." Steven called out. "We wouldn't have hot dogs!"
Vilgax spun around, seeing Steven and Greg pointing some sort of cannon at him just as it fired a burst of light that took the outline shape of Rose Quartz that slammed straight into him, blasting him right into the water.
"Whoa!" Gwen and Grey Matter gapped in awe at the sheer power of the cannon.
"Nice." Rex marveled.
"Did you see that?" Carl whispered awe-struck to Johnny.
"Yeah…"Johnny grinned. "Where can I get a cannon that shoots pretty chicks?"
"A high powered photon blaster disguised as a simple cannon." Grey Matter remarked. "Impressive but with a strange firing command."
"So did it work?"
The smoke cleared as she as Gwen asked that question, showing Vilgax as he stood up from the water, looking completely unharmed and very annoyed.
"Hardly." Vilgax spat.
Steven and Greg passed in fear, seeing Rose's cannon which had enough power to destroy a giant red-eyed probe having almost no effect on Vilgax.
"You've got to be kidding me." Rex muttered.
"I'm afraid not." Agent Six replied. "This is the archenemy of Ben Tennyson after all."
"Time to show you my beam weapon." Vilgax said, his eyes glowing red.
Just as he finished a pair of crimson colored energy beams shot from Vilgax's eyes, shooting straight at Greg and Steven. Greg quickly grabbed his son and jumped out of the way just in time, leaving the cannon to be disintegrated by the eye-beams.
"Mom's cannon!" Steven cried out.
Vilgax scoffed. "Typical humans. Using technology not of your own world. It appears you have access to Gem technology, despite how outdated it appeared."
"Get behind me." Greg pulled Steven behind him, making himself as a shield.
"I grow bored of this. It's time I take what I came for." Vilgax just as Grey Matter changed back into Ben. "The Omnitrix."
"Keep your claws off my grandchildren!" Max shouted, firing another blast that his old enemy easily dodged.
Vilgax inhaled and blew, releasing a gust of wind that slammed into Max and sent him flying back, colliding into the cliff.
"Grandpa!" Ben and Gwen cried out horror as their grandfather slid to the ground, hopefully just unconscious.
"It's fitting that I should take the Omnitrix and eliminate you as well, Tennyson." Vilgax stepped forward.
A beam of light from inside Steven's ruined house caught his attention from it emerged the Crystal Gems.
"Steven!" Pearl shouted, seeing Steven thankfully unharmed unlike the house.
"Pearl! Garnet! Amethyst!" Steven called back.
"Whoa." Johnny said, looking at the Gems, specifically Amethyst.
"What happened here?" Amethyst asked, seeing how badly the house had been destroyed.
Luckily the Warp Pad and the Gem Temple had remained intact.
"It was him!" Steven pointed to Vilgax who stared in annoyance at the three Gems. "He crashed the house! He's trying to hurt my friends."
"Not if we have something to say about it." Garnet summoned her gauntlets. "Pearl, keep Steven and the others back."
"Ha!" Vilgax sneered. "Three Gems. An obviously defective Pearl, a purple runt and finally a shameless display of fusion. These are the so-called Crystal Gems. Obviously relics of a bygone age."
"We'll show you relics!" Amethyst summoned her whip. "Let's take him!"
Garnet was the first to charge, her Future Vision telling her Vilgax was very powerful, even by Gem standards. Her gauntlet collided with Vilgax's enlarged fist, creating a shockwave that knocked them both backwards. They both recovered and attacked each other again. Garnet relied on her Future Vision, smaller form and agility to dodge Vilgax's punches and delivered a powerful blow to his chest.
Vilgax shrugged off the blow and grabbed Garnet as she threw another punch, lifting her up and slammed her down into the ground. Garnet grunted but recovered, wrestling her hand free and leaping up with a kick that knocked Vilgax back and then tackled him down. She started pummeling his face but Vilgax's Aura and his natural endurance protected him as he head-butted her in the face, shattering her visor and knocking her off.
Garnet grunted, glaring at Vilgax with all three of her eyes as the warlord lunged at her.
"Back-off!" Amethyst lashed out with her whip, grabbing Vilgax's fist and pulled it back.
Vilgax growled in annoyance, managing to remain standing despite Amethyst pulling with all her might. Garnet jumped and delivered another blow to Vilgax's chest, allowing Amethyst to pull the tyrant off his feet. Garnet brought her hands together to deliver a powerful blow but Vilgax fired his eye beams, hitting Garnet directly in the chest and shot her into the air like a rocket. He then pulled on the whip, sending Amethyst flying towards him as he got up and allowing his fist to meet her right in the face and slam her straight into the ground.
"How is he so strong?" Pearl whispered in awe at how Vilgax was easily fending off Garnet and Amethyst.
"It's because he's one of the most dangerous galactic criminals in the universe."
Pearl, Steven, Greg, Ben and Gwen turned back and watching as Max Tennyson limped back towards them.
"Grandpa!" Ben and Gwen ran over to him, quickly supporting him.
"Vilgax is ruthless and shows no mercy. And he's spent enough time on this planet he's learned how to use Aura like us and even become stronger than he was before." Max explained grimly.
"WHOA!" Amethyst screamed as she sailed past them and slammed into the cliff even harder than Max did.
"Amethyst!" Steven ran over to Amethyst as she got up, rubbing her head. "Are you okay?"
"More okay than squid-face will be when I'm through with him!" Amethyst growled, morphing into her Purple Puma form.
A roar in the distance was heard, temporarily halting the battle.
"Grimm. They must be attracted by the fighting." Max realized.
"We got to do something or the entire town will be wiped out." Gwen quickly said.
Aerial Grimm, known as Griffons flew around above Beach City, getting ready to swoop down and attack their prey.
"Amethyst, we need to fuse!" Pearl quickly said to Amethyst. "We can take out the Grimm from long distance and then assist Garnet with Vilgax."
Amethyst morphed back into her normal form, looking very unhappy but nodded. "All right."
As Pearl and Amethyst preformed their fusion dance, becoming Opal who immediately fused Amethyst and Pearl's weapons to form a bow. She created an energy arrow that she shot into the sky and split into a dozen smaller arrows, hitting multiple Griffons. In the meantime Garnet was trying to give them time by holding Vilgax back. Garnet had fought in the Gem War against Homeworld, survived living on this planet with a species that could kill Gems for five thousand years and was one of the strongest Crystal Gems.
But Vilgax was not only matching her he was getting stronger.
"I have faced your kind before, Fusion." Vilgax said, blocking another punch. "I have wiped out entire colonies of Gems and spat in the faces of your pathetic Diamonds."
"They are not my Diamonds." Garnet grunted, struggling to keep on fighting.
Vilgax finally had enough and activated his gauntlet that projected an energy shield, ramming it into Garnet's face.
"Garnet!" Steven cried out as Garnet was slammed into the ground.
"Pathetic." Vilgax stood over the fusion Gem, raising his foot to crush her.
"NO!" Steven rushed out from behind Greg, running to save Garnet from being crushed.
"STEVEN!"
A bright bolt shot past Steven, hitting Vilgax in the chest. The tyrant grunted as he staggered back but remained otherwise unharmed. Johnny Bravo landed between him and Garnet, his gauntlet weapon smoking.
"Mister Squid, there are a few things my mama taught me about what I needed to know on the road." Johnny held up one finger. "One: always be nice."
A second finger went up.
"Two: ugly guys are usually bad guys."
The third figure went up.
"And three: it's okay to fight a lady but you don't kick them while they're down. It's not nice!" Johnny fired another blast from his gauntlet but this time Vilgax easily shrugged it off.
Johnny's gauntlet changed into a giant hammer that he held up with one hand. "Say hello to El Macho!"
He jumped up, swinging the hammer down on Vilgax but the tyrant simply caught it with one hand.
"…Uh-oh." Was all Johnny could say.
Vilgax sneered and threw Johnny over his shoulder, sending the blond pretty boy who let out a high pitched scream, straight into the ocean. "Now, where were we?"
Garnet had taken the time to get up, glaring at Vilgax. The fusion Gem's outfit was tattered and dirty with her visors broken and cracks on her gauntlets.
"Oh yes. Time to finish you off, abomination." Vilgax spat, ready to attack.
An arrow bolt slammed into Vilgax, sending him skidding back across the beach. Opal readied another arrow, glaring at Vilgax as he stood back up, growling in annoyance.
"I grow tired of these distractions!" Vilgax slammed both fists into the ground, letting out a roar as the ground started to burn and shake.
"What's happening?!" Steven stumbled back as Greg caught him.
"My Semblance allows me to absorb the power of anything, including Aura that grants me the powers of others and the elemental powers of Dust. With it, I don't need to rely on Dust like you pathetic Earthlings. Their power is already MMMMMMMMMMMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEE!" Vilgax roared as the ground around him exploded, releasing streams of lava into the air that immediately started falling back down.
"Oh man!" Rex stepped back as lava started cover the beach. "I did not see this coming!"
Agent Six immediately helped Ben and Gwen with their grandfather while Greg picked Steven up as they all ran to higher ground.
"I WILL BRING ALL THE ELEMENTS DOWN UPON YOU AND BURN EVERYTHING AWAY!" Vilgax let out another roar as more lava burst from the ground. "NO ONE SURVIVES THE WRATH OF VILGAX!"
"What do we do?!" Steven clutched at his father. "We got to do something."
"Time to go alien." Ben held up his watch.
"But Ben, you've already tried all your strong aliens and none of them even came close." Gwen protested.
"Doesn't matter. If we don't stop him, he'll burn the whole town." Ben said, getting ready to slam his hand down once he picked Diamondhead.
Rex then remembered something "Wait! I got an idea. Do you have an alien that's called…Upgrade?"
Both Ben and Gwen stared at Rex for a second before Ben finally answered. "…Yeah?"
"Use him." Rex held up a fist as he formed a mechanically enlarged fist. "This might give us the edge."
Vilgax let out another roar, this time blasting giant flaming rocks from out of the ground and sending them flying down towards the group like meteors.
"BEN!" Gwen screamed as Max covered her eyes.
"STEVEN!" The Crystal Gems cried out.
A blur shot down from the sky just before the rocks hit, shattering them all instantly. Everyone looked up, seeing a caped figure hovering above them.
"So, villain you think you can come and attack American citizens? Well, I am America, mister! Do you think you can contend with the speed of America, the strength of America, the Constitution of... America?" The man said slowly and dangerously.
"Who is this guy?" Rex asked, watching as the caped man faced Vilgax.
"One of the world's strongest heroes." Max answered. "Major Glory."