Opening File: GrimmFall Park
GrimmFall Park is considered one of the main attractions of GrimmFall, sporting a playground, a field, a water fountain, a Snack Bar, several houses and even an abandoned observatory. The park is extremely large and thus has a large staff always looking after it with some of the staff being retired or even current Huntsmen assigned to be on lookout for any possibly Grimm that manage to sneak in past the defense grid. Among these Huntsmen include Mitchell Sorrenstein, known to his friends as Muscle Man for his great strength and his partner High Five's Ghost, a spirit that is best friends with Mitch.
The current owner is Mr. Maellard with his adopted son being the park manager who works with a gumball machine named Benson. It is speculated that Benson was created by DexLabs, either being an invention meant to bring joy to children or possibly created from an ancient machine from the Forgotten Age. Despite the debate of his origins Benson has long since been given equal rights and though his appearance might be considered odd this is little to no surprise for the people of GrimmFall. There is also the park groundskeeper named Skips who is possibly a Mobian but other sources indicate he is actually a cryptid called a Yeti.
Whatever his origins may be Skips has been a great source of information and has been known to offer tips to many young aspiring Huntsmen who pass through the park.
His knowledge will continue to be of use for years to come.
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"The thing about battlefields is that they can absolutely anywhere. They could be on land, they could in the water and they could even be in the air. War, conflict, destruction, all results will be the same regardless of where you happen to be. So how can you end it?" TOM asked, closing the file. "Do you fight to win, do you fight to survive or do you fight for the sake of someone else? Do you throw your weapon down in surrender, hoping for peace or do you make sure the other side loses and hope peace will come with victory? Or can another solution truly be found?"
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Buttercup was still not entirely sure about this.
But to be honest she just wanted to be left alone to deal with things on her own. She didn't want to go to the prison. She didn't want to see Elmer and apologize to him after he nearly killed the Professor and her sisters.
And she didn't want to continue feeling like everyone was judging her.
That was why she was with Mitch Mitchelson in Townsville Harbor, waiting with him and a bunch of other kids near the docks.
"So when does the boat get here?" Buttercup asked.
Mitch smiled as he pointed at the water. "It's here now."
Buttercup looked forward, spotting a ferry boat approaching the docks. "So it's supposed to take us to this island?"
"Yep." Mitch nodded. "Been there once and I know you'll love it."
Buttercup watched as the boat pulled up next to the dock and the ramp came out with an alligator Mobian coming out. "Come on, come all! I, the great Fusilli welcome all ages to a night of fun and enjoyment on Pleasure Island. All are welcome and we promise a night of adventure, fame and fortune."
The children cheered and began pile onto the ship with Buttercup following them alongside Mitch. As she settled in with the boy Fusilli eyed her for a mere second before having the ramp pulled back up and headed to the steering wheel.
"Settle down, children. For tonight we enjoy the hospitalities of Pleasure Island!" Fusilli announced as the boat moved away from the docks and turned around; heading the direction it had come from.
"Maybe this won't be so bad." Buttercup mumbled, sitting next to Mitch.
Xxx
"Seriously, we're not going to the beach just so Gwen can get some loser's autograph?"
Gwen Tennyson scowled at her cousin's whining as he lounged in the back of the RV. "It's not some 'loser', Ben. It's Michael Morningstar, the greatest child actor in the country." She retorted.
"Big whoop." Ben brought up a finger and waved lazily in a circle. "What sounds like fun: waiting in line to get some autograph you'll probably lose by the end of summer or going to a beach and having actual fun?"
"And what you plan to do at the beach? Go Ripjaws and scare everyone off the beach, probably scarring every kid there for life?" Gwen shook her head.
"Not bad…" Ben said thoughtfully but quickly changed his tune when he saw Gwen's scowl. "But I'm not that irresponsible!"
"Could have fooled me."
"Hey, you know what-"
"Come on, you two." Max Tennyson cut in from the driver's seat. "We have a long drive ahead of us. Let's not spend it all fighting. Ben, you had the last place picked so now its Gwen's turn. "
Ben simply crossed his arms and pouted. "Fine."
Gwen smiled, happy that the argument was now over. "So if we get there at least three hours early we can beat the line ups and be out of there in time for…Dinner?"
Ben let out a groan. "Just please let there be a Grimm or bad guy attack."
Be careful what you wish for, Ben.
Just as the Rustbucket came to a stop in front of a red traffic light, that world suddenly flipped upside down right before their eyes.
Or was it because something slammed into the RV and sent it rolling off the road and across the field ground?
CRASH!
All was silent for a moment…
Then the door to the RV was punched open and Four-Arms emerged, holding Gwen and Max in his hands.
"You guys all right?" Four-Arms asked, setting them both down.
Gwen nodded. "Yeah. What hit us?"
Four-Arms looked up, narrowing all four of his eyes. "Maybe we should ask them."
Gwen and Max looked ahead, spotting five figures facing them down and looking very dangerous. Three of them were obviously aliens, all of them encased in high tech looking armor.
The purple armored one held up blasters, training them on Ben and spoke in a non-human language.
"Yeah, let's get this over with." Kraab raised his claw.
They all raised their blasters and fired on the shapeshifter as he grabbed his cousin and grandfather again, jumping away and leaving the broken RV to be blasted apart. Four-Arms landed on the ground and quickly put Gwen and Max down, facing the attackers.
"You want me? Come and get me!" Four-Arms shouted.
Six-Six pulled out two hilts that produced red glowing energy blades as his jetpack shot him straight at Four-Arms who roared and charged, aiming to meet the bounty hunter head on. He launched the first punch at Six-Six who twisted his body to avoid the fist and slashed at the arm, grinning under his mask from the pained cry coming from the mouth of his target and the blood from the small cut on the top left arm. He slashed at Four-Arm's back but the Tetramand ducked, picking up a piece of dirt and threw them in Six-Six's mask, leaving the bounty hunter temporarily blind and vulnerable. Four-Arms grabbed Six-Six by the arm and spun him several times before releasing him and watched as the bounty hunter flew away, skidding across the ground before coming to final stop with a loud thud.
Six-Six put away his swords and pulled out his pistols with his extra arms pulling out two more, all of them aimed right at Four-Arms. Reacting on instincts the red skinned four armed alien covered his face with his arms and grunted as the energy bolts hit him head on, pushing him back but his durable body kept him from suffering heavily. Taking on step forward Four-Arms moved through the barrage towards Six-Six, finally having enough and letting out an enraged roar as he lunged forward, slamming all of his fists directly into Six-Six's chest.
The bounty was knocked back again, skidding back even further before finally coming to a really hard stop.
"Figures." Kraab muttered, watching as his partner stood back up. "Where would he be if I wasn't around to bail him out?"
Six-Six staggered as he stood back up, his armor dirty and slightly dented but otherwise unharmed.
"Had enough?" Four Arms asked, ready for more.
"I have."
The bounty hunter in blueish grey armor landed in front of Four-Arms, holding up what appeared to be a bo-staff. "Time to finish this."
From the end of the staff shot out a thin sword, fired as if it were a bullet that hit Four-Arms right in the chest, making him stagger back. The hunter rushed forward, jumping up to catch their sword in mid-air and then angle themselves to deliver a downward blow to the still dazed Four-Arms. There was sudden blur and Four-Arms vanished just as the blade was mere inches from his head. The hunter landed on the ground and spun around, spotting Max Tennyson standing a few feet away with a recovered Four-Arms.
The hunter immediately sheathed her sword but remained ready to draw it again as the rest of the hunters began to close in.
"Ben, there's five of them. We're outnumbered here." Max said, taking note of the other attackers who were moving to surround them.
"You saying we should run?" Four-Arms asked.
"You only have a few minutes before you turn back. Once that time runs out you and Gwen will helpless and not even I can outfight five at once." Max replied.
Four-Arms didn't like to admit it but his grandfather was right. "Right, diversion. I got it."
Four-Arms brought his arms out and slammed them together in a mighty clap, creating a powerful shockwave that slammed into all five hunters, sending them flying back and kicking up a massive dust cloud.
Mira grunted as she wiped the dust away from her mask, seeing her target vanish. "They could not have gotten far."
"First one to find them gets the reward." Kraab remarked gleefully as he dug into the ground while Six-Six shot into the sky with his jetpack.
"We'll see about that." Rojo muttered, moving off to track the targets on her own.
Mira glowered as they split up, each of them eager to find the prey before the others did. She had her own reasons for wanting the Omnitrix and for the sake of her people she would not allow anyone else to reach the boy.
Even if she had to kill every member of her so-called team to do it.
For Andulvia.
For her people.
She would not fail.
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June and Lila were still in the middle of the fight of their lives against the Blind Eye Society and they were only fighting two opponents each while the rest hung back, content on letting them wear themselves out. In the meantime the secret onlookers continued to watch them fight, awestruck by the fight happening in front of them.
"Should we try to help them?" Wendy wondered.
"Would I have to stop recording?" Soos asked, still holding his phone out to record the fight.
"Yes!" Wendy grumbled.
"Can I at least have twenty more seconds?"
June spun her legs up, letting loose a series of Fire Dust shells at Tats who hastily swung his wrecking ball to block the incoming projectiles. While he was blocking June jumped up, somersaulting through the air and fired two blasts from her feet, using the recoil to launch herself straight at Tats and swung her leg out at her opponent's face. Tats lowered his wrecking ball and brought his arm up to block June's foot, the Aura of both fighters shimmering as they collided. June figured as long as she was close Tats couldn't swing his wrecking ball at her and use his Semblance with it.
It worked well enough that Tats dropped his weapon and resorted to using his large hands, starting with a punch to June's head that the Te Xuan Ze managed to block but was caught off guard as Tats kicked her legs out from under her. June rolled away and kicked her feet up, firing more Dust shells at Tats who covered his face with both muscular arms and used his Aura to protect himself from the shells. June jumped to her feet and launched herself at Tats again but before she could land another blow a foot suddenly landed on her face.
Right, she forgot about the other guy.
Toby Determined landed in front of Tats, watching as June got to her feet and suddenly started dancing. "Come on, little lady. Let me show you how we dance here."
"No thanks. I'm more of a-WHA?!" June found herself suddenly mimicking Toby's movements as he danced. "What is going on?!"
"This is my Semblance at work. It allows me to control my target's movements through dancing." Toby explained as he danced. "You can't resist it and even if you end up hurt your body has no choice but to continue mimicking my movements."
"Want to bet?" June growled as her Aura flared.
Suddenly strange marking appeared on her body, appearing along her arms and they appeared to be writings in an unknown language. Suddenly June let out a cry as she broke free of Toby's Semblance, firing a Dust shell that knocked the dancing manipulator off his feet.
"What?!" Toby grunted, hand on his chest and was just lucky to not be hurt thanks to his Aura being active. "How did you do that?!"
"Ancient runes that can block Semblances like yours." June answered, lowering her feet. "We came prepared when we followed you guys after you abducted that lady."
"Have you now?" Toby grunted as he stood up with Tats next to him. "I beg to differ. There are still only two of you."
June smirked. "Are you sure?"
Just then the room suddenly seemed to shake, halting the fight.
"What is going on?" The leader demanded as the ceiling began to crack.
"Back up." June answered. "We're bringing this place down and putting an end to your brainwashing. You have about five minutes before the entire place collapses."
"WHAT?!"
The voice did not come from the Blind Eye Members or the two intruders.
Instead it came from the curtain that fell to reveal the other group intruders, all of them staring sheepishly at the shocked opposing sides.
"Um…Hi?" Hoagie offered weakly.
Xxx
She had to run.
She couldn't fight.
Not with her friends at risk.
As soon as she had the chance Abby rushed off, running back towards her friends that she never should have separated from in the beginning.
Of course there would be others aside from the Fallen coming after her but she thought she had been careful enough, with heroes like the Justice Friends nearby that no one dare come after her or Nigel until they were ready.
She had been wrong.
"You cannot escape, Miss Lincoln!" She heard Francis call out but she ignored him.
A sound from the bushes sent her danger sense into overload and she jumped, grabbing onto a tree branch as something tried to grab her. She swung herself up onto another branch and looked down, seeing some sort of metallic tentacle retracting itself into the bushes it had come from. A second later it was back, showing that it was attached to a pod with three more arms supporting it.
If she had the time she would have compared it to that alien invasion movies where alien invaders came from out space on giant pod shaped walkers to wipe out all of humanity but this wasn't the time or the place have such thoughts.
Especially with the pod's mechanical arms trying to grab her.
Abby jumped from branch to branch, never stopping or allowing herself to falter. Her Faunus reflexes were a blessing in this moment as they helped her sense the oncoming danger and her agility training had allowed her to stay a few seconds ahead of the pod's metallic claw attempting to grab her. She was even able to avoid falling down with a tree that she had been on that the pod had accidentally knocked over.
"Careful, you idiot! This is recruitment, not assassination!"
Abby grunted, landing on the ground and looking behind to see the pod emerge from the bushes with a man inside it.
"My apologies, Epsilon." The man in the cockpit said. "The target is right in front of me."
Abby scowled, readying herself for a fight. She was not sure if she could win but she wasn't going to let them take her without a fight.
"Abby!" Several voices shouted from behind her.
A dark figure shot past Abby and slammed into the Attack Pod, knocking it over and the figure landed next to Abby. The person wore what appeared to be an armored black body suit with a cloak and hood.
"Are you all right?" The person asked, keeping his eyes trained on the pod.
"Who are you?" Abby questioned.
"It's Kenny."
Abby turned around, spotting Nigel, Wally and Marceline rush up to her. "Kenny?"
"He created that suit around him. I think it is his Semblance." Nigel hastily explained. "He saved us when two of those pods tried to grab us."
"We need to move." Kenny said suddenly as the pod started to get back up. "We've only seen three but there might be more."
"What?! I say we fi-" Wally was cut off as Abby grabbed him by his hoodie and pulled him with the others as they started running. "Hey!"
"Shut up and run!" Abby snapped, letting go of Wally's hood once she was sure her fellow Faunus wasn't going to stop and pick a fight.
The group ran through the grassy field of the park, hearing the Attack Pods chase after them while moving as fast as their legs could carry them.
"Just who are these freaks, anyways? Why are they after us?" Wally grunted, annoyed he was running and not fighting.
"They're not after you." Abby retorted, throwing a harsh glare in the direction of the pursuing pods.
A single pod leapt up and over them, landing just in front of them. In the cockpit was a man, wearing green goggles with black lines, a shaved head with pale skin and was dressed in a dark green trench coat. Two arms lashed out, grabbing Nigel and Abby before they could move and held them up in the air.
"Targets have been secured. Moving to extraction point." The man said stoically.
"LET THEM GO!" Wally picked up a pebble and hurled it with all of his might at the pod, hitting the glass dome around the cockpit and leaving a crack.
The man paid no heed as the pod began moving off with Nigel and Abby secured firmly in the pod's arms.
Kenny was about to move until…
"And what do you think you're doing, bro?"
The pod stopped as the man spied a green skinned muscular man standing in front of it. "This is official business. Move aside."
The green skinned man snickered. "Not from what I heard, agent bro."
"Agent Epsilon, Mitchell Sorrenstein." The man corrected disdainfully. "It was said in your file you work here."
"I have file?" The man called Mitch asked.
"Everyone has a file."
The man snickered. "Well two things, bro. I prefer to be called Muscle Man and you know who else has a file on me? MY MOM!"
If that was intended as a joke no one was laughing.
"Ha! That's a good one!" Wally could not help but laugh.
Well, almost no one.
"Humor, such a waste of time and effort." Epsilon noted dryly. "I will be going now."
"Want to bet?" Muscle Man asked, cracking his neck and his clenching his fists. "You got five seconds to put down the kids."
"Or what?"
"Or you can say hello to my little friend." Muscle Man snickered. "Get him, Fives!"
Suddenly a spirit shot out from behind Muscle Man, flying straight at Epsilon but a force field appeared around the cockpit that repelled the ghost.
"Fives!" Muscle Man caught his friend. "Are you okay, bro?"
"I'm fine." High Five Ghost floated back up. "He repelled me."
"As I said, everyone has a file. Now then, I will be leaving." Epsilon's pod jumped over Fives and Muscle Man, moving to leave with captured Elementals.
Just before it landed though, something slammed into the pod, knocking it down onto the ground. Epsilon grunted from the force of the impact while the arms holding Nigel and Abby fell to the ground, both of them grunting on impact.
Skips stood over the pod, holding it down. "Muscle Man, Fives, get them out of those arms!"
Muscle Man and Fives rushed forward, pulling the kids out of the clawed hands as Skips held the pod down.
"Get off. You have no idea who you are dealing with." Epsilon threatened as he attempt to force the Yeti off.
"And you have no idea of the forces you are trying to control." Skips retorted. "Get moving! I'll hold him off!"
"Fives, get them to house. I'll help Skips hold off those posers." Muscle Man said to Fives who nodded and started ushering the kids away as the other two Attack Pods moved in, trying to cut them off. "Oh no you don't!"
Muscle Man let out a battle roar as he jumped up, using his body as a battering ram and successfully slammed one pod into the ground. The other pod tried to slash an arm at him but Muscle Man grabbed it with both hands and started to pull, starting a tug-of-war between the two.
Muscle Man laughed as he pulled on the arm, forcefully dragging the pod back with him. "Is that all you got, pod bro?"
Epsilon grunted, pressing a switch and a compartment opened to show a cannon aimed directly at Skips. The Yeti hopped off as the cannon fired, sending a beam of yellow light into the sky.
"This is Agent Epsilon to Beta Squad. The targets have evaded captured. Move to intercept." Epsilon spoke into the radio and faced down Skips once his Attack Pod was back on its claws/feet. "Stand aside, Yeti."
"The Elementals cannot be controlled by any group or nation. Call your goon squad off now, agent." Skips demanded.
"We answer to no one and we will do all that is necessary for the preservation of our race." Epsilon retorted.
"And I will do all that is necessary to protect two kids from having their lives stolen from them." Skips readied himself for combat.
"Very well. Fortunately preparation is our greatest ally." Epsilon replied, raising two arms. "We are well prepared."
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Name: Toby Determined
Aura: Brown
Weapon: Tap Dancing shoes weaponized to fire as guns and can extend blades out for close range combat.
Semblance: Dance Manipulation
Description: The ability to control or manipulate a target or a person through dancing. Toby can control actions of the targets by dancing; this may include even inanimate or dead targets, but only the target's body, not their minds.