Opening File: The Royal Medallion of Kumari Kundam
The Royal Medallion of Kumari Kandam was originally given to a Kumari king by a Sumerian during Kumari's trading age. It is an heirloom that has been passed down from king to king over the centuries. It can be commanded to summon 'The Breath of Kur' to do the holder's bidding. The medallion is a key item to finding Kur. The writing on the face translates to 'Before the Breath of Kur the sentinels will fall'.
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Opening File: Cortex Disruptor
A hand held weapon that shoots beams of blue energy which can render its target unconscious.
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"Ever been on a treasure hunt before? They're a lot tougher than those old games and crayon colored maps you probably did as a kid. Clues can be anywhere, especially in places very difficult to reach and that's not accounting for obstacles such as the carnivorous wild life that would be happy to have you for a midnight snack." TOM said as the file closed. "Be careful of the profession you chose. You never know what you might find."
Xxx
"Wow! So cool!"
The Peach Creek kids could hardly believe how they were going home. It was through one of the special Transport Hubs known as a Slider. The device utilized Wind and Gravity Dust, transporting passengers through a network of tubes to their destination.
Think of it as an underground air slide.
"Why didn't we take this when came here for Jimmy?" Jonny asked.
"Because we need access cards and we're too young for that without adult supervision." Nazz answered as the Mayor of GrimmFall himself handed them all special cards for one time transportation. "Uh…Mr. Mayor, are you sure we should leave without Eddy and Jimmy?"
"I assure you Mr. Eddy will be sent him as soon as he is found. As for Mr. Jimmy…" Sebben sighed. "He caused a bit of trouble and thus will have to answer to his parents and the authorities."
When they find him of course.
"Didn't know Fluffy had it in him." Kevin admitted as he walked over to the Slider. "So how does this work?"
"Just slide your card into the computer and step in." Sebben answered.
"Me and Plank first!" Jonny said before he ran into the Slider, sliding his card in.
"Good evening. Please state the name of your destination." A female electronic voice said.
"Peach Creek!" Jonny answered.
As soon as he answered the door closed and the floor opened up beneath him, causing him to let out a exhilarated cheer as he fell into the tunnel. Outside everyone watched as a holographic map appeared, detailing Jonny's journey.
"As you can see, the coordinates are verified by the name of the destination. The computer then directs the passenger through the network, picking the route for the fastest path to reach your destination." Sebben explained, opening another window to show Jonny arriving to the Slider in Peach Creek.
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"Woo-hoo! That was fun!" Jonny laughed like a maniac as he stumbled out.
Xxx
"So," Sebben faced the rest of the kids and Aisling who was with Ed and Rolf. "Who is next?"
Xxx
What was Eddy doing all this time?
Doing scams.
Big ones.
The kind that can get an angry mob on your tail if you go too far.
Turns out he went too far.
"SUCKERS!" Eddy shouted as he ran down an abandoned street, large bags of Technos in his hands that he had stolen.
Eddy was laughing hard as he ran, not at all worried about the fact that he could be beaten, perhaps even killed if they were to catch him.
But it didn't matter.
As long as it could help him forget…
"Oh crap!" Eddy muttered as he turned a corner and ran straight into a dead end.
Probably extra dead as soon as that mob caught him.
Just before he could say or do anything a pair of arms grabbed him from above and pulled him up just as the mob came around the corner.
"Hey, where did he go?"
"He couldn't have gotten far."
Eddy was struggling now as he pulled onto a roof and the arms then grabbed the bags of Technos from him. "Hey! Those are mine!"
"Try and take them." His rescuer said in a daring tone.
The person in question turned out to be a feline Mobian with cream/tan colored striped fur. She had large pink eyes, a mouth with pointed teeth, and razor sharp claws. She wore a white sweater with angel wings, a pink skirt and red shoes.
"I got that money through good business so they are legally mine." Eddy said, trying to take the Techno bags back.
"Good thing I am not one for doing things legally then. Besides consider this my fee." The Mobian replied with a grin.
"Fee? Fee for what?"
"Saving you from that mob and not killing you right now." She retorted with a toothy grin that made Eddy hesitate. "Besides I am sure you can get more."
"Oh no. I am done with evil psychotic chicks stealing my money!" Eddy growled.
Me-Mow raised an eyebrow. "Chicks?" She asked, now sounding offended.
Eddy lashed out with a fist that grew in size, surprising Me-Mow and giving her no time to react as it slammed into her and sent her flying to the other end of the roof. Eddy then grabbed his money bags and took off to the edge, planning to jump to the next roof like he had seen in a few movies. Only he didn't count on Me-Mow recovering and getting angry enough that she pulled out a knife with her tail and threw it at Eddy as he jumped.
The knife missed the loud mouth…
But cut through the money bags, leaving them to fall to the mob below.
"Our money!"
"Grab as much as you can!"
Eddy managed to land on the other side and held up his now empty bags, eyes widening and jaw dropping as he saw what had happened. "My money!"
Eddy then looked back at the Mobian, glaring angrily. "You will pay for that!"
"There's the kid!"
Seeing the mob starting to climb up the building after him. Deciding it was better to run he gave Me-Mow one last glare before running off.
Me-Mow stared for a second…and then ran after the boy.
Xxx
"All right, let's get packing. Our flight will be here in a couple of days so we better get moving."
After a day of resting, relaxation and reuniting with friends and family the Uno household was a buzz of activity.
"You know I can help." Anna offered to Abby as she brought out a suitcase and started packing.
"Sorry, I like doing things my way." Abby said, not wanting to be mean to Anna or make her feel useless because she really didn't deserve it. "But you can help me pick out what I want to take."
Anna smiled as she helped look through Abby's dresser. "So what is this…Kingdom of Moanna?"
"An island in the middle of the sea." Abby answered, taking out a swim suit and placed it in the suitcase. "It's one of the few places on Earth that still has royalty so it's a little like how things are run on your planet."
"It has its own Diamond?" Anna asked.
"Kind of. If you don't mind that Diamond actually being Human." Abby shrugged. "I've never been there so I don't know everything about it."
Abby stopped for a second as she pulled out her Tablet and looked at her message section.
Empty.
Abby frowned as she put it away.
"Is something wrong, my Abby?" Anna asked, noticing the look on her face which she quickly waved off.
"It's nothing." Abby answered and changed the subject. "We need to figure out what you should take. Moanna is different than where you're from."
"I don't require any clothing or food or protection from the light of your sun. I can even store your belongings in my gemstone." Anna said, gesturing to her gemstone.
"Right. Would save us a whole lot of trouble getting through customs." Abby smiled at that. "Still you need to pick out what you should wear when we're on a beach. Probably look through a few fashion magazines to get a better idea."
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"Here we are."
Raven stepped through the portal and followed Scotty into a cave. She looked down and saw a waterfall and a pool filled with water…
And yet she felt a mystic presence in it.
"What is this?"
"The Forbidden Pool, enchanted with Celtic magic by the ancestors." Scotty answered. "I came here when I began my training to unlock my seven chakras. Be grateful lass as it is normally forbidden to show outsiders this place."
"So why show it?" Raven questioned.
"This ain't a normal visit." Scotty pointed to the pool. "In there you will be tested. You can't just open the chakras like a door you need to face the mental and spiritual locks that go with it. It was almost impossible for me because I don't have the patience for this mumbo-jumbo but I imagine you can handle it."
Raven took a deep breath, readying herself for what was to come. She dropped her cloak to the ground and approached the water.
"You'll see things down there." Scotty instructed as she stood in front of the water. "Things you might never have told anyone, things you probably haven't even admitted to yourself. Not just things you could be afraid of, but things you never knew about yourself. Probably things you don't want to know. Once get in those waters, you either face them…or drown."
"Fun choice." Raven muttered, taking a deep breath and then took the first step in.
Slowly she continued to immerse herself in the water until she was up to her neck and then took a deep breath, going rigid and sinking her head into the pool…
And felt a very cold embrace.
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"No! Bad Komodo Dragon! He's going for the eggs!"
She had been watching them ever since that night with the predator. It was easy to remain hidden, even after all this time and even if the parents suspected her presence. Right now she was watching as the boy and her furry friend attempt to save the eggs from their lizard friend.
It was…amusing.
But not why she was here.
The mother bird came for her eggs, driving the humans away.
She decided to reward the mother by making an offering of sort.
As soon as the human family was gone she slipped out of her hiding place which had been from inside the very tree the nest had been resting. The mother bird snarled at her but she made a calming gesture and offered bugs in her hand. The mother bird stared for a second and then landed on her arm, eating away at the tiny insects.
"Humans…They make such a mess." She whispered.
She watched as the airship took off but was not worried. She could easily catch up. Once the mother bird was done with her offering she flew back up into her nest, allowing the last visitor to turn…
And become a green bird herself before taking off after the airship.
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"A successful artillery test. Does the king have any further commands?"
Catra let out a barely concealed yawn as the 'king' made a gesture which the loyal subjects understood.
"Sink the island. Leave no evidence we were here."
Catra was about to say she was leaving to take a nap when a giant orange airship flew in. "…Did they seriously color that whole thing orange?"
Talk about no sense of fashion or stealth.
A white haired woman jumped down from the ship and stepped onto the beach.
"Citzens of Kumari Kundam, I don't know what trouble brought you out of the deep, but I humbly offer to negotiate peace with your king." The woman spoke.
Catra snorted at that. 'Peace at the end of a dozen cannons? Someone doesn't have a grasp on the situation.'
"Tempting, my dear." The 'king' strolled out onto the balcony.
"Argost!" Drew exclaimed.
"Thank you for the generous offer, but his royal highness, me respectfully declines." Argost answered, bringing his hands together as a sweet smile appeared on his face. "Sorry."
The cannons fired harpoons at the airship, digging into the hull. From the eyesore of a ship, a man and a boy landed with a monkey like…thing, a lizard and what looked pterodactyl.
"Looks like a chance to have some fun." Catra said to her partner. "Want in?"
"Oh yeah." Scorpia answered with an eager grin.
The two jumped off the balcony, grasping onto the ropes and slid down to the beach, followed by Kumari Warriors. Doc shot forward with his gauntlet growing bright but Scorpia used her scorpion tail to block Doc's punch, taking the blast head on and wasn't even pushed back.
"Surprise!" Scorpia said happily before she grabbed both of Doc's arms with her pinchers and jumped up, delivering a double kick to his chest.
Doc crashed back into the ground in front of his family as Drew aimed her sword at Scorpia. Catra then jumped in, slashing at Drew with her claws but luckily the Saturday matriarch was able to block with her sword.
She looked down and noticed the insignia on their clothes. "Satyra? You are with the Satyra?"
"Gee, what gave it away?" Catra rolled her eyes.
"Mom!" Zak jumped off of Fiskerton's back and rushed to help.
"Oh?" Catra grinned as she disengaged fighting Drew, allowing the Kumari Warriors to distract her as she spun and faced her opponenet's son. "Little boy trying to be a man?"
"Try this!" Zak aimed and fired his Claw.
Catra spun out of the way, grabbing the rope line of Zak's weapon and pulled with enough force it pulled Zak off his feet and launched him at the Mobian. Catra then preformed a spinning kick that knocked Zak into Fiskerton, knocking them both down.
"Zak!" Drew as the Kumari Warriors piled on her. "Fiskerton, get Zak to the airship and get out of here!"
She threw her sword up at the airship, cutting the harpoon lines and setting the ship free. Fiskerton picked Zak up and ran for the rope they used to slide down to the beach.
"Oh no you don't!" Catra jumped over them, cutting at the rope and landed in front of them. "Leaving so soon? How rude. Scorpia!"
The scorpion tail of her partner shot past her and managed to graze Fiskerton who cried out and dropped Zak.
"Fisk!" The boy shouted.
Fiskerton shouted something and Zon flew in, seemingly replying to his wishes and grabbed Zak off the ground.
"Let me go!" Zak shouted as Zon flew up to the airship.
Catra frowned. "No witnesses. Scorpia!"
"On it!" Scorpia planted her tail down on the ground and leaned back on it.
Once she was all the way back, her tail sprung up and shot her off the ground, sending her flying up into the airship.
"NO!" Drew shouted, struggling against her capters.
Scorpia used her claws to latch onto the ship and climbed her way towards the hatch.
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As soon as Zon let him go Zak tried to jump back down, only for Scorpia to climb in and cut him off.
"Hi there!" Scorpia waved a pincer/hand at him. "Nothing personal but we can't have anyone ruining our plans here for the moment. Good news, I wasn't told to kill you so I'm just taking you prisoner."
"Oh yeah?" Zak asked with a glare at the Faunus who stung his brother as he held up his Claw. "Just try it!"
Zon screeched and lunged at Scopria but the scorpian Faunus spun and swung her tail, smacking Zon in the face with her stinger, knocking her into the wall. Zak let out a battle cry as he jumped up and tried to kick Scorpia in the face, only for the Faunus to grab his leg with a pincer/hand.
"You got spunk but you're not very bright are you?" Scorpia asked as Zak swung his Claw at her which she caught with her other pincer. "I mean what do you expect when you, kid tries to fight someone trained to fight Huntsmen like me?"
Zak kept on struggling, trying to free himself but Scorpia had enough and quickly stung him with her stinger. "Ow!"
"Not big onto shots are you?" Scorpia asked bemusedly. "Don't worry, it's not lethal."
That seemed to stop Zak for a second. "Wait, what?"
"You know, scorpions naturally possess poisonous stingers and I'm a scorpion Faunus, hence the pincers for hands and the stinger." Scorpia gestured to herself. "Luckily my poison paralyzes instead of kills."
"Oh that makes thing so…much…better…" Zak found it hard to speak as the poison took effect.
"Yeah, nappy time."
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She had just managed to catch up with the airship when she noticed the massive city in the water. Reaching the ship she peered inside to see the boy held in the arms of a scorpion Faunus and watched as she stung him.
"Okay, now I take you back to Catra and Argost and we can get this show on the road." Scorpia said as she placed Zak over her shoulder. "You just take a nice nap."
She then glanced over to the unconscious Zon. "Probably should take you as well. Don't want to leave any loose ends."
Deciding enough of was enough she smashed through the glass window and morphed into her true form, delivering a kick to the surprised Scorpia and knocked Zak out of her arms. She then caught the paralyzed boy in her hands and somersaulted back from the Faunus.
"Wha-?!" Scorpia sat up, staring at the new arrival. "Who are you?"
The person in question was a woman with leaf like hair and tree branch antlers, along with a tan hood and a black eye mask. She had green eyes with dark green vertical pupils similar to that of a cat and her skin was a turquoise color. She wore a purple shirt, tan pants, a black belt, a black cape and long black and purple boots. Strapped to her back was a quiver of arrows and she had a tan glove on one hand but not on the other.
The woman said nothing as she held onto the boy, glancing at him for a second to make sure he was all right. In the meantime Zak stared at the strange woman who had just rescued him, eyes wide in shock and awe.
"Fellow daughter of the woods," She finally spoke, addressing Scorpia. "This path you are on, attacking humans and injuring your kin is not what we were made for. Turn away now and let no more harm be done this day."
"Uh…Look, nothing personal." Scorpia said as she stood up. "But me and Catra had a job to do and we can't let that kid and his family make things hard for us. So hand him over and I won't have to do any…harm."
The woman closed her eyes and sighed. "Very well. If the way of the woodland is lost to you then I can only take the road of the outlanders…And show you your folly."
Scorpia rushed forward, launching her stinger but the woman dodged, keeping Zak in her arms as she jumped over the Faunus and held out her one free hand, grabbing onto Zak's discarded Claw. As Scorpia spun she tried to punch and slash the woman with her pincers but Zak's Claw she skillfully blocked or deflected her strikes. Holding out the Claw she fired at Scorpia who dodged but that wasn't her target.
Her target had been the pilot controls of the airship, grabbing into the steering wheel and then the woman pulled. The airship then tipped, causing Scorpia to stagger while the woman held on thanks to the Claw. The woman then leapt up, kicking Scorpia while she was distracted and rushed over to the pilot seat as she released the claw. She quickly strapped Zak into the seat and spun around in time as Scorpia lunged at her.
Only when the Faunus thought she had her the woman surprised her by changing into a cloud of leaves that she fell through…
And into the broken and open window the woman had made.
"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Scorpia let out a cry as she fell out of the airship.
Zak watched as the leaves reformed into the woman who stood over him, staring down at him with her strange eyes. "Uh….Thanks."
The woman knelt down and looked at the mark left by Scorpia's stinger. "The poison has worked its way through your body. It would take a few days to fully wear off."
"A few days?!" Zak exclaimed. "But my family-HMPH!"
The woman covered his mouth and pulled out a small vial. "If left alone yes. This can counter the poison. Open your mouth and say and do nothing else."
As much as it seemed like a bad idea to trust this woman, even though she just saved his life, Zak had no other choice. Reluctantly he opened his mouth and allowed the woman to pour the liquid from the small vial into his mouth.
He coughed a bit from the taste. "What is that?! Tastes like rotten banana left on the road!"
"I didn't make it from bananas." The woman replied. "You must have some weird taste, especially if you think it came from something off a road. That might be the blood from the animal heart I used to make that cure."
"WHAT?!" Zak gaped with a pale face.
"…That was a joke." The woman said blankly.
"…Who are you?" Zak finally asked what was probably the most important question of the day.
The woman was silent for a moment. "…My name can't be spoke by a human."
"Okay…Are you a Huntress?" Zak carefully asked.
"A Huntress…In a way." The woman conceded.
"In a way?" Zak was really confused. "So are you or aren't you?"
"It doesn't matter." The woman said, looking at the city as it started move. "I have a disturbance to investigate."
"Wait! My family is there!" Zak struggled, regaining the feel of his arms and legs. "I need to go!"
"You're in no condition to help and children do not belong on the battle field." The woman replied. "Stay here and wait."
Zak watched as she morphed into a green bird and flew down to the city. "…Okay, she can turn into leaves and a bird. Is she a witch…Nah, that's probably too insulting. But she is kind of like a wizard…A Huntress Wizard. Yeah, that might work."
Shaking his head, Zak worked to regain control of his limbs and then he would go save his family no matter what the strange woman said.
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"What a strange week. We almost never get so many guests."
After the scuffle with Jasper, Double D returned to the Bagge Farmhouse with the Crystal Gems. Dipper and Mabel had already called Grunkle Stan and told him what happened.
"What a piece of junk." Eustace remarked as he worked on Stan's car. "How does he keep thing together?"
Meanwhile Double D was conversing with the Crystal Gems about where he got his suit of armor and one topic happened to really interest one of them.
"Did you just say Ford Pines?" Pearl asked, looking even more pale if that was even possible.
Double D nodded. "Yes. Do you know him?"
"We've…Met." Pearl trailed off as she, Garnet and Amethyst shared a glance. "It was a long time ago."
'Indeed it was.' Armatae spoke from his place on Double D's chest. 'I see Rose Quartz is not here. I'd have thought she'd want to know about the human she abandoned and left to die.'