Opening File: Grey People
Little to nothing is known about them, not even the true name of the organization, but it is known that they are a group all their own, distinct from the Secret Scientists, Justice Friends and Global Justice. They are called 'Grey Men', that is to say that have no adamant allegiances, and will do what they believe is necessary to ensure their personal goals. It is assumed by many that the group works toward the general good, but they approach that goal in a semi-Illuminati fashion, regarding their own view of what is right and wrong as above everyone else's, and taking routes that other more morally sensitive people might consider unorthodox. These 'People' are implied to have a command structure, ranging from field agents to the shadowy leaders that dictate every facet of the organization's duties and lives.
Over a hundred years ago they surprisingly perfected cloning technology and used it to clone an operative they considered to be the 'perfect' agent code named 'Epsilon' with the following clones taking in a new clone as an apprentice or 'son' to one day become their successor. These agents are expected to follow the orders of their superiors with disregard for their personal feelings. They have been known to be linked with the Secret Scientists, working to stop the threat of Argost discovering the location of the cryptid Kur and have assisted in other agencies to stop the threat of the Satrya, the League of Super Criminals and even the Fallen. Recently it is discovered they have learned the identities of the Ice and Candy Elementals in GrimmFall and seek to recruit them into their organization and train them to control their powers.
However the Elementals and a number of others are deeply opposed to this idea.
Close File
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"Are you a fan of spy movies? I bet you've seen at least one whether it's the many movies starring a certain British secret agent no matter the actor, seeing Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible or even watch Matt Damon outwitting anyone coming after him as Jason Bourne. They all go undercover, foiling regimes, stopping the bad guy and sometimes go home with the girl. Well, if you thought that happened in real life you might have missed on important detail all these movies have in common: you shoot to kill, if you are caught you are given up and if you get killed your bosses will deny any knowledge of your actions." TOM closed the file and brought up images of spy movies. "That's the life of a spy, everything is meant to be kept secret. Doing things more than likely are considered horrible in the name of national security. Does that make you a soldier, a hero or just another face in the crowd? Is a life where everything a lie to anyone you meet a life worth living and are you truly prepared to give it all up in the hopes of a better tomorrow?"
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He had to admit he was very entertained by what was going on.
Those Blind Eye suck-ups had their hands full with the little Flower Guardian and her Big Foot bestie; all the while Pine Tree and his buddies were all caught up on it.
But unfortunately as entertaining as it was he needed to do something about it.
It was too soon for the Blind Eye chumps to be taken out of the game with Flower Guardian, Demon Horns and Midnight Sailor causing trouble.
So he better call in a professional.
"Oh, Sweetie!"
In front appeared Pacifica Northwest, eyes glazed over as she looked up at him with a smile. "Yes, Father?"
"I need you to do Big Daddy Bill a solid. You remember Pine Tree?" He asked and continued after she nodded. "Turns out he's getting himself into some nasty stuff and is throwing a wrench into my plans So I'm going to need you to put a stop to him but don't kill him. He made it personal for me and I got my own brand of payback I want to give him."
Pacifica nodded obediently. "I understand, Father. I will see to it Dipper Pines and his friends do not interfere…Father, if I may, I'm interested in-"
"Tree Pines." He cut her off and laughed a bit. "Fine, you can have him around as a pet for now and when things are all done, we'll talk."
"Thank you, Father." Pacifica bowed with a smile as she vanished.
"Kids." He sighed. "You try and raise them right and they want to run off with the first meat bag they see. What is a dad to do? That's right; I'm quoting Tree Ogre here. Now I know why he bit the big one at the end."
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Professor Pericles was watching the fight between the Blind Eye Society and the intruders, content to be a mere spectator for the time being.
He wasn't much for fighting anyways.
It had been entertaining to watch, right up until the underground lair had started to shake.
"That foolish Te Xuan Ze." The parrot grumbled in annoyance. "How predictable that she would resort to demolition tactics."
Just after the shaking began the monitors shortened out along with the power grid.
"What?!" Pericles growled, a grey Aura surrounding him to express his anger. "The system shouldn't be affected by a tremor like this. I made sure it was completely protected."
The consoles short circuited and Pericles kicked open the nearest panel, looking inside and was shocked to see dozens tiny Beetle Grimm chewing on the wires. They resembled the large Destroyer Beetle Grimm but much smaller, only reaching the size of a rat.
"Infiltrators." Pericles growled as he slammed the panel back down.
Infiltrators were the type of Grimm that could sneak into secured areas and sabotage them from within. They could burrow through the ground and get just about anywhere. Military installations were always doubling security to keep these little Grimm out but they were extremely difficult to detect no matter how much security.
It seemed not even the Blind Eye was able to keep them out.
"How did those things get past the barrier spell set up around this lair?" Pericles growled. "They couldn't have burrowed in from outside…Unless someone was able to cloak their presence somehow…Sammael! He has to be behind this!"
This was not good.
"He must have been using these Infiltrators to spy on me and the Blind Eye Society this whole time!" Pericles realized. "It also means…The prisoner!"
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Mandy opened her eyes to sound of the door opening and looked up to see none other than Kevin Levin stroll in with a smile. "Time to go outside and play."
He easily tore off her bindings and she stood up, taking the gag off and took a moment to stretch her limbs. "Took you long enough."
"Had to make sure no one was going to get in my way." Keven retorted as they left the cell. "You'll be happy to know we've got the run of the place. They have no idea you've been busted out."
"Happiness is not something I would use to describe me." Mandy retorted, her eyes flashing red. "But the taking revenge would bring me satisfaction."
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Just as the police had finished closing off the park an airship had landed right near the barricaded entrance. The hatch opened and out stepped Phil Ken Sebben and Tina Hendricks, stepping onto the ground and walked over to one of the armored vehicles.
One of the officers, a man wearing a white suit instead of dark blue body armor like the rest of the police spotted them and quickly approached. "Sebben, what is going on?"
"Someone has forgotten the rules about causing trouble in my city." Sebben said coldly and the man stepped back, seeing how angry the mayor of GrimmFall was. "Tina, this is Chief Fizz of the GrimmFall Police Department. Chief, this is Tina Hendricks, a Huntress from Denver. Now then, what is the situation?"
"We've spotted what appears to be mechs moving inside the park. Where are those heroes?" Fizz asked, his impatient tone returning.
"That does not matter at the moment." Sebben walked past Fizz with Tina trailing after him. "The priority is stopping these attacks before they cause more damage. Miss Hendricks and I will be more than enough. Be ready to catch anyone who tries to sneak out."
The Huntress from Denver was silent, a bit shocked at how angry Sebben appeared to be even if no one could blame him. Chief Fizz simply watched as they entered the park before moving to carry out the orders given to him.
There was good reason why Phil Ken Sebben was not only mayor of GrimmFall but also headmaster of Nevernest Academy after all.
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"This way." High Five Ghost said, leading the group of kids towards a house. "This is the manager's house. It'll be the safest place in the park. Even more of those guys show up they'll still have to get past Benson and me."
The door opened and waiting for them was what appeared to be a walking gumball machine. This might be considered odd to most people but the kids had been to the park many times and had seen him dozens of times.
This was the park co-manager, Benson.
"Fives, I just heard about the barricade." Benson looked at the kids. "Are these the kids?"
"Yep."
"Get them inside and lock the doors." Benson pointed inside the house. "I'll be on lookout for any more of those goons running around the park. And speaking of goons running around the park, where are Mordecai and Rigby?"
"They went to rake grass like you said."
"That was four hours ago!" Benson snapped and face palmed himself. "So they either snuck off to the coffee shop or stole the cart for a joyride. Never mind, just stay here with Pops and keep an eye on the kids."
A mechanical sound came from behind and as they turned around they spotted several more Attack Pods approaching the house.
"Get them in the house!" Benson barked at Fives, his face turning slightly red.
The spirit nodded and ushered the kids into the house as Benson faced down the incoming pods. His face turned red as a fiery Aura surrounded him and took a deep breath before letting out an enraged scream. "GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUT OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOF MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMY PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARK!"
From his mouth came a fiery beam from his mouth as he yelled at the incoming Attack Pods, his attack colliding with the pods head on, causing a fiery explosion.
"Wow…" Wally gasped, watching the massive explosion caused by Benson's scream with the others in the house.
"Yep, that's Benson's Semblance: Roar of the Angry Boss." Fives commented. "It takes the anger from the short temper Benson has along with his Aura and turns them into a fiery vocal attack that can blast anything Benson gets angry at."
"Really effective." Marceline admitted.
Benson took a deep breath and pulled out a bottle of water that he quickly drank to help deal with his strained vocal cords.
"Did he get them?" Abby asked, looking out the window.
The smoke cleared…
To reveal the Attack Pods with energy shields surrounding them, having protected them from Benson's attack.
"That's not good." Fives mumbled. "These guys got some high tech stuff."
Just as the Attack Pods started moving towards the house a dark blur shot in, landing between two of the pods. The figure then moved with astounding speed, jabbing pods into several areas along their arms and bodies before jumping back. The pilots in the pods were suddenly shot out, their ejection function activating just as the pods exploded.
"I will give you this warning once." The figure said, casually strolling forward as he faced the remaining pods, his face easily recognizable. "Get out of this park and out of my city and you will not be thrown into the dirtiest cell for the rest of your lives."
"Holy blood! It's Mayor Sebben!" Marceline gasped, seeing the mayor of GrimmFall himself facing down the pods. "And he just took down two of them so easily!"
Just as the other Attack Pods turned to face him Tina rushed past him, her Aura surrounding her as slashed her rapier through the air, changing into its whip form and released a powerful gust powered by Wind Dust that slammed head on into the Attack Pods and knocked them off their feet.
"Whoa…" The kids marveled as Tina proceeded to cut through every arm of the pods, rendering them useless.
Once they were down Tina stood over them, sheathing her weapon as Sebben stood next to her. "I believe this is where you consider surrendering, agents."
One agent quickly spoke into their radio. "Epsilon, Beta Team has been compromised."
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"Phil Ken Sebben is here. It is likely more Huntsmen are on the way."
Epsilon narrowed his eyes behind his glasses but remained silent, keeping his vision trained directly on Skips. "Are the targets inside the house?"
"Yes sir."
"Proceed with the back-up extraction."
"Understood."
"No!" Skips shouted as he shot forward, slamming into the pod but Epsilon ejected from the pod and activated a jetpack he had attached to his back.
The Yeti jumped off the smashed pod and gave chase as Muscle Man already finished off the other pods.
"Yo, Skips! Wait up, bro!" Muscle Man shouted, chasing after the Yeti.
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The ground around the house began shake suddenly, almost knocking everyone off their feet as beams of red light shot out of the ground and moved around the house, forming a complete circle. Just above the park appeared a massive dark green airship that fired several cables down onto the ground surrounding the house. Benson grunted as he staggered back onto the porch of the house with Fives pulling him in.
"They're trying to pull the house up with the kids inside!" Sebben shouted. "Tina!"
Activating her Semblance Tina moved at high speed towards the lifting house with Sebben just a few feet behind her. Suddenly the ground blasted open in front of them, cutting them off as a giant machine, resembling a worm emerged from the ground. Sebben shot up with amazing grace, landing on the worm's head and delivered a powerful blow to the back, instantly blast a hole through it.
"Wow." Tina took a second to marvel how quickly Sebben had brought the machine down before rushing onto the lifting land and using her weapon in its whip form to cut one of the cables connected to the massive airship.
"Stop them!"
Multiple agents, all of them dressed like Epsilon, slid down the cables and surrounded Sebben and Tina.
"These guys like to prepare for anything, don't they?" Tina asked, changing her whip back into its rapier form.
"They are the types who believe in preparation." Sebben replied stoically.
"Indeed, Phil Ken Sebben."
The agents parted slightly as Agent Epsilon landed directly in front of the two Huntsmen, greeting them with a cool stare.
"Epsilon." Sebben narrowed his eye. "All though I am not sure which number you are supposed to be."
"Irrelevant. All that matters is completing this mission, preferably without suffering anymore unnecessary destruction." Epsilon replied.
"You wish for that? Then call off this attack, right now." Sebben spoke, his voice full of authority with the hidden threat to anyone who dared to refuse.
"That will not be possible. The Elementals are too dangerous and valuable to be left out in the open. They must be contained, studied and trained. Only then will they have what they need to defeat the Grimm and the Fallen." Epsilon replied calmly.
"That is not for you to decide." Tina said harshly, pointing her blade at Epsilon.
"Tina Matthews, formerly Tina Hendricks before your union with Joseph Matthews, better known as Dracon or the Dragon of Denver. You of all people should understand why this must be done. You who once attempted to track the Fire Elemental." Epsilon remarked.
"I wasn't planning on sending them to be trained as a mindless drone! Don't ever insinuate our goals are the same!" Tina snapped, her Aura flashing.
"Epsilon, this cannot be allowed." Sebben spoke up. "Have your people considered the consequences if you succeed?"
"We have considered all variables." Epsilon answered coldly.
"Then you know what will happen if Sammael were to learn you had two Elementals in your possession. He will send everything he has after you and whatever countermeasure you might have will not be enough. I would be surprised if he doesn't know already and I suppose you also considered the Fallen will not be the only ones to come after you."
"They will try and they will fail." Epsilon retorted, retaining his cold attitude.
"Assuming you actually succeed." Tina said darkly.
"It is sad to see you do not understand the necessity of this mission. We shall do our best to ensure this ends quickly." Epsilon replied, signaling his men to attack.
The agents held out swords, all of them pulsing with electricity as the surrounded the two.
"I could say the same for you." Tina said just before she charged.
Her Aura flashed again as she activated her Semblance, clashing her sword against the incoming agents. The rare alloy her weapon was made of along with the use Lightning Dust and her Semblance allowed her to fight off the incoming agents that tried to subdue her. She moved deadly grace, combining deadly precision with enhanced speed. Just as she clashed with one agent another moved behind to stab her from behind.
Tina responded by dropping flat on her back, causing the agent in front of her to stumble forward and hastily block the stab originally meant for her. Tina held his blade up with her rapier, causing all three blades to lock which she immediately broke by slamming both her feet into the second agent's chest and flicked her blade up, knocking the first agent's sword out of his hands. She then rushed forward, spinning, ducking and slashing her way through the agents as she shot towards the next cable.
In the meantime Sebben rushed at Epsilon, moving so fast he left after images behind as he launched the first punch. Epsilon raised his mechanical hand, employing an energy field that blocked the incoming punch but force of the blow actually made him stagger back. Dispelling the energy shield Epsilon engaged Sebben in hand to hand combat, both of them showing immense speed and skill. Sebben ducked under a roundhouse kick and retaliated with a side kick that knocked Epsilon back.
The agent rolled to the ground and jumped back onto his feet before charging back at Sebben.
"Man, this is getting awesome!" Wally said in excitement as he watched the fight outside the house.
Abby smacked him up the back of his head with her hat. "Are you forgetting we're in the middle of a war zone here?"
Wally rubbed his head. "It's still exciting to watch."
"We're stuck in this house, being pulled up to that airship where we'll probably be spending the rest of our lives if we don't do something!" Abby snapped, her gold Aura flashing around her and even her eyes flashed gold for a second.
"Guys, calm down." Nigel slipped in between the two. "This isn't going to help."
"Nigel's right, guys. Cool it down." Marceline placed a hand on Abby's shoulder. "We're all stuck in this so let's try and figure a way out."
Abby, in response to her friends' advice took a deep breath and calmed down. "Sorry, it's just…Been a rough day."
"Yeah, it has." Nigel nodded in agreement. "But we survived that lava golem and we can survive this."
"Given that your survival is in our interest as well I do not think you need to worry."
The group spun around, spotting the boy known as Francis staring at them from the other side of the room.
"Who the blood is this kid?" Wally asked.
"He's one of them!" Abby shouted, glaring at Francis.
"They let kids into their club?" Marceline asked but appeared wary.
"Hardly." Francis retorted calmly. "This all could have been avoided if you had accepted our offer, Elementals."
"Not interested." Abby spat. "You could lock us up in a dark cell and throw away the key and the answer would still be no."
"Right." Nigel said in agreement, standing next to her. "You can't force us to work for you."
"You'd be surprised of what we can do." Francis said coldly.
"Enough." Fives floated between the kids and Francis while Benson stood up from the couch, somewhat recuperated. "You are not welcome in this house and you are not taking them. So be a good little agent or whatever you are and scram."
"That will not be possible. As you can outside it's only a matter of time before we are onboard our ship. You can either come willingly and you'll be treated accordingly or resist and you'll stunned and placed in detention until you comply." Francis stated.
"So now it's like school? Man, you guys really want to torture us." Wally snarled as he stepped forward. "I say bring it on you little creep. I'll put you in your place before going out there and putting all those freaks down with you."
"If this is an attempt at humor I find it to be extremely lacking." Francis scoffed. "Obviously a comping mechanism to hide feelings of inadequacy, no doubt from how smaller in height you are compared to your peers."
"All right! That's it!" Wally shouted, lunging at Francis. "You are going down, freak!"
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Name: Benson
Race: Sentient Gumball Machine
Aura: Reddish Orange
Semblance: Roar of the Raging Boss
Description: Taking in all his frustration and anger Benson can channel it all into one powerful screaming attack that can actually burn anything hit the by the attack. However the drawback is that severely depletes his Aura reserves and the strength of the attack is dependent on how much anger he feels.
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Name: Tina Hendricks
Aura: Bioluminescent Green
Semblance: Enhancement
Description: She is able to channel her Aura into her body or limbs to boost her stats, such as speed, agility, or strength. She can even channel it into weapon to boost its cutting strength or impact.
Weapon: Rapier whip
Description: A rapier that can extend into a chain whip, able to use different Dust canisters or crystals to cause damage accordingly. The blade itself is made out of a rare mineral, the exact kind that makes up Dracon's entire frame, enabling her to cut through almost anything.
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New Grimm Sighted
Name: Infiltrator
Classification: Insect
Appearance: Resembles Destroyer Grimm, having black beetle shaped bodies with white claws and pincers and red glowing eyes.
Abilities: Infiltrators are able to burrow through the ground and sneak into high security areas to disable them from the inside. They work by locating the power lines and tearing through them, disrupting power and communications. Companies like DexLabs are always working around the clock to create new and better security systems in an attempt to counter these Grimm but have only achieved minimal success.