Opening File: Lords of Chaos
The Lords of Chaos are an organization of disembodied God-like beings capable of wielding nearly infinite power. As their titles suggest, the Lords are champions of chaos and discord, laboring to bring about the Kali Yuga - the Fourth Age of Man. Their primary adversaries are the Lords of Order, who seek to maintain universal balance throughout reality. Each organization effects change on Earth through the use of select agents, which they in turn bestow great power unto.
The Lords of Chaos have employed agents such as Doctor Chaos, Kestrel and even the former hero known as Hawk to meet their goals. Chaos and Order have been fighting a cyclical battle for eons. First Order is dominant, then Chaos, then destruction and renewal and then it starts over again. Originally, the struggle was depicted as one between Good (Order) and Evil (Chaos); it is currently depicted as a balance between stagnation and anarchy.
The two opposing forces are bundles of mystical energy who usually depend on servants to accomplish their goals. They can take physical form by possessing a living being or empower humans to act as their agents.
Close File
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"Chaos, noun, a state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order." TOM watched as the file closed. "There are mythical figures who have represented this state throughout history and there are even people in real life who enjoy bringing this to everyone and everything around them. So how do you deal with people like them? Fight fire with fire or resort to a…orderly response?"
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Over 5,500 Years Ago
Gem Homeworld
Another cycle.
Another defeat.
Another humiliation.
The warriors of Earth striking back against the armies of Homeworld, the Grimm attracted to the emotions of the battles, Gems slaughtered by organic abominations and the Diamonds facing the most powerful of them.
The four Elementals.
The Earth's equivalents of the Diamonds.
Rumors spread across Homeworld, the population reacting with fear towards the organics that dared to stand against their beloved Diamonds.
Of how Rose Quartz was a monster that sprouted from the crust of the Earth and shattered any Gem she got her hands on.
Fear, anger, hate and humiliation was felt by nearly all Gems, especially the Diamonds.
Especially Yellow Diamond who personally fought against the Elementals more than the other Diamonds.
But for White Diamond, instead of fear she felt something else…fascination.
With each defeat she grew more and more intrigued by the so-called 'Elementals'.
Such power that appeared every hundred Earth cycles.
Yellow believed the Elementals and the organics were threats to Homeworld authority and survival.
Blue considered studying the Elementals, learning about their powers and even sparing them to be added to the Special Zone.
Pink would have wanted them along with the Earth left alone.
And White believed the Elementals offered a new kind of value to Homeworld.
And through them she found a new ally.
"Well, well, well, look who is all bright and shiny!"
He was not of this universe.
A two dimensional trickster that believe he could manipulate her with the knowledge of the Elementals but she was still interested.
"Listen here, Shiny. You want to get the Elementals use them to make everything right for you in the universe and I can respect that. So what say we make out a deal that satisfies both of us?" The demon called itself Bill Cipher proposed.
"Show me what you know."
He thrived on chaos.
She brought order and perfection.
He showed the Elementals at their peak, their vast powers that expanded beyond one single world. They were able to create and destroy on a cosmic scale and even manipulate reality with their powers. Their potential lied in their ability to manipulate the foundation of life, making them all the more valuable to her.
A chance to expand Homeworld beyond the mere universe.
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Before the attack on Independence Mall
Gravity Falls
Northwest Mansion
"Preston, I must say, the guest list for this year's party has so much diversity!"
"Yes, a nice mix of millionaires and billionaires." Preston swatted his servant with a newspaper. "Put the oyster fork at an angle! We're not animals, man."
Pacifica rolled her eyes, walking over to the mirror to admire her lake foam green dress.
"You know the theme is sea foam green, not lake foam green." Preston pointed out.
"I like this." Pacifica retorted, glaring at her human sire. "I prefer this to eyesore you recommended I wear. Besides, I have a good feeling about tonight. I also have plans to deal with the little blimp that has decided to back out."
The ground suddenly started to shake, while at the table, plates and utensils clattered.
The Northwest patriarch and their staff stared and gasped. "Oh no! It's... happening."
Furniture and dinnerware flew at the unfortunate individuals present, while everyone either ducked or hid underneath tables. Pacifica rolled her eyes, blocking a couple of incoming knives.
"You are my possessions!" Preston swatted a plate away. "Obey me!"
More things flew at Preston who screamed and ducked underneath the table.
Pacifica scoffed, raising her hand and immediately all the floating objects froze in the air. "I see the little ghost issue slipped your mind."
"Surely there's someone who can handle this sort of nonsense!" Preston looked at a newspaper and cut beneath the headline to a picture of Dipper Pines warding off a giant vampire bat from Sheriff Blubs and Deputy Durland. "And I think I know just the person..."
Pacifica smirked. "Consider it done."
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"Things are coming along nicely. Shiney's got three of those four Elementals and I am so close."
"Close, are we?"
Bill laughed as a boy appeared in front of him, holding a cat in his arms. "Klarion, you mad little psycho you."
He was a scraggy boy with long, thin limbs, a thin neck and an angular face. He had black hair in a mop-top style with V-shaped bangs and devil-horns rising over the ears to points slightly above the top of his head. Along with his pointed crown, these devil horns gave him a distinctive three-pointed silhouette. He had arched eyebrows and sideburns that taper to a point. He also had long, sharp, black fingernails.
His clothes were formal and predominantly black but included a white shirt with a tall, stiff collar. On top of this he wore a black skinny tie, black skinny trousers and pointed shoes, as well as a distinctive jacket. The jacket resembled a standard suit jacket around the chest and shoulders, although it had long sleeves with flared, pointed cuffs, and the jacket's skirt was similarly long and shaped so that it came to a point at the front. The jacket was fastened with two short button straps around the waist.
"I was wondering when you'd show up. I was almost afraid you were going to miss the upcoming party." Bill floated around the boy.
"Not on all your lives, Cipher." Klarion grinned. "In case you forgot I got my own little investment in that town."
"Right, the girl who found your book years ago. She invoked a Ritual of the Spiral to save a fat boy." Bill rolled his eye.
"Kids will be kids." Klarion shrugged. "I will be sure to come up with a…proper punishment."
"Actually, you think you can arrange something for the other kid? I need him out of the way." Bill suggested.
"Oh?" Klarion grinned. "Sounds almost…romantic."
"I know. I really must be getting soft with these meat bags." Bill laughed.
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"Hey, sis! I'm back! We make plans for dinner?"
Nyx walked into her home, expecting to see her sister lazily texting on her cell phone. She was there but she was apparently napping. "Sheesh, sis. Texting too much?"
"It really is a bad habit."
Eyes widening, Nyx spun around, watching as her own shadow extended out and shifted, resembling a boy with horned hair with red glowing eyes. "Klarion!"
"Someone's been a good girl while I was away." The shadow waved a finger at her as it sang. "What have I told you about heroically saving strangers?"
Nyx scowled. "Get lost! I told you I-"
Klarion snapped his fingers and Nyx stopped mid-sentence. "And what have I told you about listening to teacher?"
Nyx settled for glaring hatefully at the shadow.
"Now, I heard you gone ahead and saved some kid through the Ritual of the Spiral. Tsk, tsk, tsk." Klarion shook his head. "You leave to go cause some chaos and look what happens. Now, about this kid you helped…"
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Northwest Mansion
Gilligan Suite
"Come on, come on, come on. You have to be all ready for tonight, Hoagie."
Hoagie tried to remain still as his mother made him try on his formal suit for tonight that consisted of a white tux with a blue dress shirt and a white tie.
"Tonight is the night you get your chance to show everyone how smart you are." Betty gushed happily.
"Whoop-Dee-Doo." Lydia grumbled, sitting on the bed.
A knock at the door interrupted them and Tommy quickly ran over. "I'll get it!"
He opened the door, revealing a familiar dark skinned girl with purple hair. "Hi, is Hoagie Gilligcan here?"
Hoagie immediately recognized her. "Nyx?"
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Gravity Falls
Mystery Shack
"You asked for it, you got it! An entire 48-hour marathon of Ghost Harassers on the 'Used to Be About History Channel!'"
"Be strong, bladder." Dipper patted his stomach. "We're not gonna move till sunset."
Unexpectedly and to Dipper's displeasure, Toby Determined appeared on TV. "We interrupt this program to bring you breaking news!"
Dipper groaned. "Aww, what?"
Mabel jumped onto the armchair beside Dipper. "It's starting!"
Candy jumped to Dipper's other side. "Turn it up!"
"Make room for Grenda!" Grenda jumped in front of all three, breaking a lamp.
"Well tonight's the night, but I've been out here for days!" The camera zoomed out to reveal tattered and filthy Toby. "The Northwest family's annual high-society-shindig-ball-soiree is here! And even though common folk aren't let in, that doesn't stop us from camping out for a peek at the fanciness!"
"Oooooooooh!" The girl chorused.
"Okay, can someone please explain why people care about this?" Dipper asked, not seeing the point of all this.
"It's pretty much the best party of all time. Rich food, richer boys!" Grenda gushed.
"They say each gift basket has a live quail inside!" Mabel said.
Candy pawed at the TV screen. "Give me your life, Pacifica."
Dipper scoffed. "Guys, in case you've already forgotten, Pacifica Northwest is the worst and she is likely in the same club as Toby and those freaks that tried to erase our memories." As he spoke he heard a knock at the door so Dipper got up to answer it. "And that's not just jealousy talking. I'd say that to her face."
He opened the door to see Pacifica, wearing a trench coat and sunglasses. "I need your help."
"You're the worst." Dipper slammed the door as the girls gasped. "See?"
There was another knock at the door and Dipper opened it reluctantly.
"Look. You think it's easy for me to come here? I don't want to be seen in this hovel. But there's something haunting Northwest Manor." Pacifica took off her sunglasses. "If you don't help me, the party could be ruined!"
"And why should I trust you? All you've ever done is try to humiliate me and Mabel."
"Just name your price, okay? I'll give you anything!"
Mabel jumped in. "Hi, Pacifica! Excuse us!" She quickly dragged Dipper away by the arm. "Dipper! Don't you see what this means? If you help Pacifica, you could get us invites to the greatest party of all time!"
"What? Mabel, this is Pacifica we're talking about!"
"But it's Candy and Grenda's dream!"
Both said girls were starry-eyed, miming rainbows. "Dreeeaaaaaaam."
"Ugh. Fine! I'll bust your ghost. But, in exchange, I'll need three tickets to the party."
Pacifica scowled. "Hrrn! You're just lucky I'm desperate."
"Wooo!" The girls danced and chanted. "Des-perate! Des-perate! Des-perate!"
"Grenda, get the glue gun. We're making dresses!" Mabel quickly ordered.
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Northwest Mansion
Guest Room
"So what did you want to talk to me about?"
Hoagie was actually glad Nyx showed up and gave him an excuse to get away from his mother. All that fussing she made could be really exhausting. Nyx seemed a little off for some reason. She was refusing to make eye contact with him as she led him into the room.
"It's about something that happened during that night with Mabel's puppet show." Nyx answered, sitting on the bed. "You remember that night?"
How could Hoagie forget?
That night he learned he was only in Gravity Falls because Bill Cipher had some kind of evil plan for him and the other contestants.
"That night, I did something. Something I shouldn't have done."
"What?" Hoagie asked, seeing something was wrong.
Nyx looked almost upset, looking away from him.
"Nyx, if there is something wrong you can tell me." Hoagie said, stepping closer to Nyx.
The girl's eyes flashed red and she spun around, grabbing Hoagie and started dragging him into the nearby closet. "She saved your life!"
"Nyx!" Hoagie was pulled into the closet and the door was shut. "Nyx-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!"
The floor underneath them vanished and they fell into darkness.
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"Oh this is going to be good." Bill laughed, conjuring popcorn for himself and Klarion.
"I know." Klarion grabbed some popcorn. "She wants to be normal. I'll let her be normal for a little while. No more free rides after this."
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Diamond Galaxy
Gem Homeworld
White Diamond's Palace
As soon as he was returned to his room, Nigel immediately headed for Abby's room to check on her. Ice Pearl trailed behind him but he paid her no mind, focusing on finding his fellow Elemental. When he found the door to her room he saw Candy Pearl standing outside, waiting patiently.
"Why are you out here?" Nigel asked, stopping at the door.
"The Candy Elemental was most insistent she be left alone." Candy Pearl answered calmly.
Translation: Abby threw her out into the hallway.
As calm as she liked to be Abby did have a bit of a temper. No doubt the meeting with White Diamond upset her enough that she wanted to be alone.
Only Nigel couldn't leave her alone.
"Open the door."
"She asked-"
"I know." Nigel cut her off calmly. "Open the door."
The Candy Pearl shared a look with Ice Pearl who nodded. She then moved over to the wall computer and opened the door.
The room for the Candy Elemental was the same as his room, only colored white and red. Abby was lying on the bed, her face buried in her pillow.
Nigel looked at the Pearls. "We'd like to be alone."
The two Pearls simply bowed and remained at the door like a pair of guards as Nigel stepped in, the door closing behind him. The Ice Elemental walked over to the bed and sat down, watching Abby clutch her pillow as she sat up, quickly wiping her eyes but Nigel knew she had been crying.
"Are you all right?" Nigel asked, hoping for a response.
Abby snorted, which he took as a good sign. "Oh yeah. Abducted and taken across the universe to a planet to be used by an evil alien queen to take over the universe. Just peachy."
Nigel chuckled a bit, amused by his friend's retort. "Well it could be worse."
"How?" Abby glared at him.
"You could be wearing high heels instead of sandals." Nigel pointed at her feet.
Abby didn't seem to think his attempt at humor was funny and threw her pillow at his face. "Do you even realize what's going on?!"
Nigel put the pillow down and nodded. "I do know but I am more worried about you right now."
"Why?" Abby stood up and paced around the room. "Because everything that I've been afraid of happening since I was little is happening right now? We've abducted, taken away to be used as weapons. Everything I was afraid of happening since...My parents were taken is happening right now." She stopped, looking at Nigel with watery eyes. "And it's not even happening to just me."
Nigel knew what she meant. "You know this might have happened even if you were not around. This isn't your fault."
"I know but…" Abby wiped her eyes again. "I still hate it." She walked back over to the bed, sitting down next to Nigel. "Why does this keep happening to us?"
"It's a price to pay. We have such great powers that no one else has but everyone wants them." Nigel placed a hand on Abby's shoulder. "We survived going up against Drago and those Grey People freaks and I know we'll find a way out of this."
"How?"
"I don't know yet." Nigel admitted. "But maybe we should start with finding Dad."
Abby's eyes widened and she smacked herself in the face. "Right! I can't believe it! Monty was with us when we were attacked! How could I forget about him?!"
"We've had to worry about a few other things first." Nigel pointed out with a small smile. "We can start by making sure he is okay and then we can work on a plan to get out of here."
Abby nodded in agreement. "So what do we do?"
Nigel looked at the door. "Well, White Diamond gave us those Pearls to be our servants, right? Maybe they can tell us where Dad is."
Abby considered Nigel's idea and agreed. "Yeah, I guess they can help."
She walked over to the door. "…Pearl?"
The door opened and the two Pearls were still there. "You called, Candy Elemental?"
"There was another human with us. Where is he?" Abby asked.
"He is in the Special Zone for organics under Pink Diamond's palace." The Candy Elemental answered as Nigel walked up.
"Can you take us there?" The Ice Elemental asked.
The Pearls glanced at each other before answering. "Yes."
"Cool!" The Pearls and Elementals turned to the source of the new voice, watching as Ed walked towards them with his Pearl in tow. "I was heading there too."
"You were?" Abby asked.
"Yeah. I was with a whole bunch of my friends when we got abducted." Ed nodded happily. "Good thing my sister wasn't there. If she got abducted she'd tell my mom and my mom would say 'Edward, how many times do I have to tell you to not let aliens abduct your baby sister'?"
Nigel raised an eyebrow. "This happens a lot?"
"No but it still could."
Abby rolled her eyes. "Can we just go now?"
"As you wish." The Pearls said.
They lead the Elementals through the hallway, stepping outside and traveling down a long bridge towards a palace resembling White Diamond's but was colored pink.
"So why is the Special Zone underneath this Pink Diamond's palace?" Nigel asked during the walk.
"Due the fact that Earth was meant to be Pink Diamond's colony it was natural for the Special Zone to be placed there." Ice Pearl answered.
"And where is this Pink Diamond?"
"She was unfortunately shattered by the rebels who started a war to stop the colonization. In her absence Blue Diamond took control of the Special Zone and the remaining Gems in Pink Diamond's court."
"Shattered?"
"Yes. When a Gem's gemstone is shattered they lose everything that makes them a Gem." The Ice Pearl explained.
The Elementals shared a look, realizing that shattering a gemstone was the equivalent of death for a Gem.
"Blue Diamond leaves the matters of the Special Zone in the hands of a Holly Blue Agate, a high ranking member of her court and in charge of all remaining Gems who were part of the original colony on Earth." Ice Pearl continued.
"Will we be meeting her?" Abby asked.
"I do not believe so. Blue Diamond is in charge of Homeworld's diplomacy caste, handling matters of art and construction here and on other Gem colonies. Though she does make frequent visits to ensure the health of the organic specimens inside the zone." Candy Pearl asked.
"And what is this zone?" Nigel asked as they stopped before a set of passive pink doors at the front of the palace.
Ice Pearl stepped up and placed her hand on the wall screen, opening the doors. "Pink Diamond expressed concerns for the organics of Earth during colonization, wishing to preserve as many as possible. Originally the zone would have been in space but White Diamond stepped in and moved it under Pink Diamond's palace while at the same time ensuring organics wouldn't contaminate Homeworld."
"And…How did she do that?" Abby asked as they walked through a pink colored hallway, stopping before a pink colored Warp Pad.
"By using a collapsed quantum tesseract to create an artificial world to better care for organics." Candy Pearl answered.
The Elementals stopped, starting at the Warp Pad with Ed asking the question. "You made another dimension?"
"Essentially yes." Slime Pearl answered.
"So cool!"