Opening File: Racing Drones
Originally known as the Accelera Drones, these machines were built by an ancient extraterrestrial race known as the Accelerons originally for the purpose of racing. The Accelerons loved to race, even creating dimensions known as the Racing Realms for the sole purpose of racing. Eventually the Accelerons came into contact with other races such as the Cybertronians, the Galvans, the Plutarkians, and the Gems. First contact was beneficial with the Cybertronians and the Galvans, all three races learning much from each other while the Gem Empire and the Plutarkian Confederation attempted to conquer them.
However not only were the Accelerons advanced they were skilled enough to use their racing skills in combat and reprogrammed the drones they had created to fight against the Gems and the Plutarkians. The drones analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of the Gems and the Plutarkians, able to defeat them in many battles but devastated many planets much to the horror of the Accelerons. The drones had evolved, learning from the races their creators had made contact with and even eventually started creating new models based off of the Cybertronian models known as Vehicons. These machines were mindless with no sentience and usually attacked en masse with no sense of self preservation.
There are five models currently known:
Tank Drones: The brute force of the new drone army that destroys any enemies in their path.
Cycle Drones: These deadly drones chase down fugitives with their astonishing speed and maneuverability, and finish them off with their lethal pulse weapons. A Cycle Drone's main strength is in numbers; swarming around their targets and confusing them with pulse fire. They use this advantage well, always travelling in large phalanxes.
Aero Drones: Swarming in massive numbers, Aero Drones (also called Sonic Attack Jets) provide air support when the ground-based drones attack. They're not very smart, but they have incredible speed and almost unlimited numbers.
Copter Drones: Working alongside the Aero Drones these drones are not as fast as their jet counterparts but they are more maneuverable.
Artillery Drones: These drones are faster versions of the Tank Drones, able to move at high speed as six wheeled assault tanks these machines are just as deadly as their more armored counterparts.
There are rumors that Gelorum has even created advanced units to act as generals for each type of drone and if it is true then the drones are even more deadly than previously believed. It was due to their indifference for the lives of others that the Accelerons attempted to destroy them. The drones hid deep underground until the organic species of Earth learned to use what the Accelerons left for them. During their time on Earth the drones studied the organics, their struggles with the Grimm and eventually even learned of the Fallen.
They made first contact during the time of the Cold War but hostility broke out between them. It wasn't until 201X did the Racing Drones and the Fallen meet again to discuss the possibility of an alliance. To better disguise themselves the leader of the drones named Gelorum disguised herself as CEO of a corporation known as CLYP.
Close File
Xxx
"What's the old saying? The enemy of my enemy is my friend. That phrase is used to justify nearly every alliance that has been made in history. But what happens to that enemy?" TOM asked as the file closed. "Does your friend remain a friend or do they become just another enemy? Sometimes your enemy's enemy can be just their enemy, nothing more and nothing less or even become your enemy eventually. How do you keep a friend and not make another enemy? Sometimes the lines can be blurred and is vry hard to tell, no matter how hard you might try."
Xxx
"Can you believe?! We're here! We are really here!"
Someone was talking but it was unclear who they were actually talking to since no one was actually around to hear him.
"I'm in the lair of one of the main bad guys in this verse! Talk about lucky!"
The doors suddenly opened and the main bad guy himself stepped out, taking a moment to examine his guest. "You arrived on time."
"Oh right. Well, I wanted to make a good impression." A nervous laugh came after.
"Well, punctuality is something I can respect." Sammael gestured for him to follow. "Let us talk."
He excitedly followed the Fallen into the main conference room, spying Gelorum at the table who only spared him a disinterested glance.
"You made quite an impression when you helped in the attack on Independence Mall. If not for the unexpected betrayal from Comrade Red perhaps Major Glory would have been defeated." Sammael walked around the table, stopping at the window behind his chair. "Still, you provided the way in, a barrier to block out reinforcements and even helped Red and Hector escape. Impressive, truly impressive."
"Thank you, thank you so much for noticing." He was very giddy now.
"But now I have a bit of a challenge for you." Sammael gestured and a Seer entered the room. "I remember you managed to hijack a ship from one reality and used it to come to this one."
"Oh, you mean TOM?" He laughed. "Yeah, he was kind of easy to hack."
"This one might be more challenging." Sammael stopped the Seer near his guest and it showed a projection of a planet seemingly cleaved in two. "Ever reach as far as this planet?"
"The Gem Homeworld?! Are you sending me there?!"
"Indeed I am, Control Freak." Sammael smirked.
Control Freak, the so-called arch nemesis of the Teen Titans eagerly rubbed his hands. "Oh, this sounds exciting."
"Right now, I am planning an extraction from the Gem Homeworld but with it so far away I need…resources." Sammael explained.
"OH don't you worry, boss-man!" Control Freak whipped his remote out and spun it in one hand. "With my trusty remote I'll be in and out of there before you know it. Like this!" He held it up and pressed the button…
Causing it to begin belting out music.
I LIKE BIG BUTTS AND I CANNOT LIE-
"AH!" Control Freak quickly pressed the button, cutting the music off. "Um…I meant to do that." He cautiously pressed the button again, opening a portal through the fabric of space-time. "There we go!"
"Good." Sammael remarked, not even blinking at Control Freak's bumbling. "I need you to infiltrate Homeworld's defense system, obtain all the knowledge on their defenses, the location of the Special Zone and give me the location of several possible operatives." The Seer projected the images of who Sammael wanted tracked down. "How fast can you find them?"
"In no time at all, boss-man." Control Freak twirled his remote.
"Good." Sammael dismissed the Seer. "I need this assignment carried out immediately."
"You got it." Control Freak saluted and jumped through the portal he had created.
"And for what would you need…that for?" Gelorum asked disdainfully once Control Freak was gone.
"The Elementals won't return with someone they believe to be working for their enemy." Sammael replied, sitting down in his chair. "So, we're going to prepare a team that they will not hesitate to cooperate with."
Xxx
"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!"
That Ed kid did not seem right in the head.
Here he was on another planet to be used as a source of power for what was likely a tyrannical alien race and he was acting like a kid in a candy store.
Abby mentally flinched at the comparison, considering her elemental powers were and simply sighed as she looked down a bit. It also didn't help she suddenly remembered she had been forced into being dressed up like a snooty princess and made another scowl at the red silk garment she was now wearing and having a slave now in the form of the Pearl with her while her powers were being suppressed.
She just hoped they could think of a plan to escape as soon as possible.
"So we just step onto the pad and it'll take us there?"
Abby shook her head when she heard Nigel's question, remembering they still needed to find Monty.
Ice Pearl nodded. "Yes, Ice Elemental."
"Please, just call me Nigel." Nigel said, not caring much for being addressed as this Pearl's master.
"As you wish, Ice Nigel." Ice Pearl replied, seemingly ignorant of Nigel's dismay.
Abby stifled the urge to snicker at that. Well, she might as well try and find any kind of entertainment while she was here.
"Follow us on the pad. It will only work for Gems." Ice Pearl continued.
The Elementals and their Pearls stepped onto the Warp Pad and there was a bright pillar of light before they completely vanished.
Xxx
When the light vanished the three looked around, finding themselves in a room similar to the one they were just in. Only this one had a pair of guards in front of a large hexagon shaped door. These gems were big and bulking, pink skin with long hair and wore a body suit similar to the one worn by Topaz only dark blue with a dark blue diamond mark.
"Cool. More aliens." Ed remarked.
"They are Amethysts, made originally on Earth." Slime Pearl stated, stepping off the Warp Pad.
They might have been from Earth but it was hard to tell if they were friendly to any Earthlings due to the sneers on their faces.
"State your purpose." One of them said.
"We are here to inspect the organics in the zone." The Ice Pearl answered.
"Bad news. The zone shut down, which means we'll just have to throw you in space."
"What?!" Nigel and Abby exclaimed in horror.
"Heh, look. They believed me." The Amethyst said to her counterpart, both of them starting to laugh.
The door opened, revealing another Gem with an air of authority. "What is going on here?"
The Amethysts stopped laughing and quickly saluted. "Nothing, Holly Blue Agate."
The Gem named Holly Blue looked at the Elementals and their Pearls. "And what is this?"
"These are the Elementals, brought to Homeworld on the orders of White Diamond and are a part of her court." Ice Pearl answered stoically.
"Wh-White Diamond?!" Holly seemingly paled, adopting a quick smile. "Yes, the Elementals. I remember hearing a report on four new organics that would be allowed to visit and leave the zone, given permission by White Diamond herself. It was very unprecedented."
Nigel and Abby shared a look; having the feeling this Holly Blue Agate was a major rear kisser to anyone higher in rank.
"We are here to check on the status of the organics that were delivered here earlier." Candy Pearl continued.
"Of course." Holly Blue gestured for them to follow which they did down the pink colored hallways. "Nothing for millennia, and then four humans and a new organic! They were all quite loud and all that thrashing about. Of course I am sure White Diamond will be pleased they are adapting to their new environment quite well."
They came upon a door which the Ice Pearl immediately opened by placing her hand on the wall screen.
"The Special Zone exists in a pocket dimension made from a collapsed tesseract, allowing for easy specimen containment. We currently reside in the center where new organics are processed and then released. The organics typically reside in villages and housings set up for them and we account for the new offspring that are created here. We set up education centers for the new organics once they reach proper age and are left to manage the zone with the occasional supervision." Holly Blue continued. "Organics that show talent in combat are placed in the Hunter Division, trained under Amethysts and Jaspers to fight in the arenas while others are placed in Engineering, Sanitation, Art, Music, Transportation or Farming Divisions that are trained to keep the areas running and saves us a great deal of trouble. Breeding is kept to a minimum but timed so that the number of organics does not decrease or overpopulates. Then when they become too old or are invalid they were left to live out their lives in the garden sanctums."
The more Abby heard the less she liked.
People from Earth taken here against their will, left to live in an artificial paradise set up for them and she was now part of it along with her friends.
"It was through the wisdom and generosity of White, Blue and Pink Diamond who recognized the worth these organics showed during the troubled times of Era 1. Pink Diamond wished for the organics to be preserved and through the work of White and Blue Diamond the Special Zone was created, ensuring the continued existence of Earth's lifestock and ensuring they did not break out and cause chaos across Homeworld." Holly Blue stopped at a set of large pink doors. "Should we take the new organics through the assimilation bay?"
"These organics will not be assimilated. White Diamond's orders." The Pearls said at the same time.
Holly Blue hastily nodded. "Of course, of course. So how do we-"
"Just let us in!" Abby barked harshly.
Holly Blue gasped, looking offended. "How rude."
"Please take us to the main entrance." Candy Pearl cut in, placing her hand on the wall screen. "The Elementals wish to see the state of the organics that were brought here."
Her hand print was recognized and the doors opened.
"Wait here for us to return." The Ice Pearl said as the Elementals stepped inside, followed by their Pearls and the doors closed behind them.
Inside was a beautiful land, consisting of mountains, forests, swamps and a perfectly blue sunny sky. The group traveled down a pink colored road, looking out across the land and spying four large crystal shaped towers in the distance glowing white, yellow, blue and pink. Surrounding these crystals was some kind of crystal city; the buildings colored like the crystals or made of actual crystals that almost look like it grew out of the ground.
It was actually beautiful to look at.
"Ah, there is one of them." Ice Pearl said, stopping and pointing at a nearby beach.
The Elementals followed the Pearl's finger and recognized the person she was pointing at.
"Dad!" Nigel called out.
Monty Uno was sitting on the beach, legs crossed and eyes closed. He looked to be meditating when he heard the sound of his son's voice and opened his eyes to see both him and Abby rushing towards him.
The man smiled happily as he stood up. "Nigel, Abby!" He happily embraced them. "I am so glad you are both all right."
"We are too." Nigel said as they finally pulled away. "…What are you wearing?"
Monty laughed, remembering his current state of dress. He was wearing a blue vest, a long white loincloth held by a brown belt around the waist, and purple earrings. "I could say the same for the two of you. Quite formal compared to me. Abby…I am sure Jennifer would be rushing to find a camera if she saw you now. You look like a princess or at least the daughter of a duke."
Abby blushed and scowled. "This isn't the time for this, Mr. Uno!"
Monty laughed, knowing that Abby was either being very serious or really embarrassed when she called him 'Mr. Uno' instead of 'Monty'.
"I woke up here, greeted by several other kids who ended up here with me. We were greeted by others who have apparently been here all their lives." Monty said, gesturing across the beach. "Apparently they believed Earth was destroyed a long time ago."
"Really?" Nigel looked back at the approaching Pearls along with a smiling Ed. "The Gems…They came to Earth thousands of years ago. They know we're the Elementals."
"They got the Slime Elemental here too." Abby added.
"Three Elementals…No fourth?" Monty asked, watching as the kids shook their heads. "So that means they have not found the Fire Elemental."
"Ed mentioned he was with his friends when he was taken." Nigel continued.
"Ah, the children who came out of the water like I did." Monty pointed to the lake. "We were subjected to a series of tests, likely meant to categorize us before releasing us here."
"Mo-nty." The Ice Pearl said, stopping a few feet away with the Candy Pearl. "Subject arrived with new organic of unknown origin."
"Ah, Miss Bonnibel." Monty nodded, glancing at the two Pearls. "And who might you young ladies be?"
"We are the Pearls of the Ice and Candy Elementals." The Pearls answered as one.
"They are servants, Dad." Nigel explained. "These Gems, they are like clones made to serve a certain task."
"That is very accurate." From the bushes came Bonnibel, wearing the same attire as Monty. "Gem society is a very strict caste system where each type is regulated to a specific duty. Pearls exist as servants, walking dolls to serve the needs of their owners in any way possible."
"A slave caste." Monty said, looking at the two Pearls who stood still. "You've been assigned to the Elementals."
"Yes." Both Pearls spoke as one again.
"Assigned by someone called White Diamond." Nigel jumped in. "She was the one who had us brought here. We think she has some sort of plan for us."
"Well, we better find out what it is." Monty remarked, glancing at Bonnibel. "You seem to be the expert around here."
"Do you know where Ed's friends are?" Abby asked.
"They took shelter in the forest. I wanted to wait here if you were brought in here like I was." Monty nodded with a smile. "Come."
"What about the Pearls?" Bonnibel pointed back at the three Gems.
"Hm…Nigel, Abby, they seem to obey you. Can you trust them?" Monty questioned.
Both Elementals looked at each other and then back at the Pearls.
"Can you please wait at the door where we came in?" Nigel asked politely.
"As you wish." The Ice Pearl bowed, turning around to leave.
Abby looked at Candy Pearl. "You too."
The Candy Pearl bowed and followed her ice counterpart.
"We'll be right back." Ed said to his Pearl who followed the other two.
"They really do listen to you." Bonnibel remarked.
Abby looked at Bonnibel. "You are from Candy Island, aren't you?"
"Yes, I am." Bonnibel nodded with a smile. "I'm surprised you would know."
"I know enough. You came looking for me." Abby glared. "Just like the Gems did."
"I did but I wasn't going to resort to abduction like they did. I have my reasons for wanting to see you but I preferred making an olive branch instead of using force." Bonnibel stated.
"And what do you want with Abby?" Nigel asked, stepping forward a bit.
"My people…They were born from the remains of the first Candy Elemental after the end of the Forgotten Age and thrived through the Connected Era. We've been isolated from the rest of the world since our creation but we have had our share of problems with the Grimm but it's been getting worse in the last century and our Queen has kept us isolated for so long now that I believe it is now what is threatening our future. I sought to understand the power that created us, believing it could change things for the better." Bonnibel explained, realizing that truth would be necessary. "If the Candy Elemental created us perhaps it would be the Candy Elemental that could make things better for us."
Abby listened carefully. "…And what if I said no?"
Bonnibel raised her hands. "I wouldn't have forced you to come with me. I am a scientist, not a monster. I seek only to understand the power that made me and find a way to help my people before our isolation destroys us."
"But it wasn't the Candy Elemental that made you. It was the corpse of the first Candy Elemental that made you. They were already dead." Nigel suddenly pointed out. "Abby may have inherited the power but that's not a guarantee. She's no more the first Candy Elemental than we are the same Elementals who fought against the Gems when they came to the Earth thousands of years ago."
"Maybe her answers can be found here." They all looked at Ed. "Lone scientist looking for help…Super powers may not help but maybe learning about people here and on Earth can help."
Bonnibel tilted her head, staring at Ed. "You suggest that the key to helping my people is not with the Candy Elemental but here?"
"Gems do not think much of us. Bubblegum hides from us. Why?" Ed shrugged.
Monty caught on. "He's suggesting that maybe the first step for changing for the better was something you already took when you left your home and came looking for Abby. You are here, far away from home and you'll have to learn about the people around you. Maybe what you learn here can help you bring your people out of isolation."
Bonnibel considered Monty and Ed's words. "Perhaps…Our Queen forbade leaving the island, believing the organics were as dangerous to us as the Grimm. We only possess a rudimentary knowledge of the outside world."
"Perhaps this world is the first step then." Monty smiled a bit. "But right now we must focus on finding a way to escape."
"And find Ed's friends!" Ed said dramatically.
Bonnibel nodded. "Very well."
"All right, I saw them wander off in this direction." Monty pointed to the woods. "It'll be the best place to start."