Opening File: Time Squad
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Time Squad is a police force organization in the year 1000,000,000 that focuses on repairing the past in order to keep a historically correct future. Time Squad was actually formed from the remnants of the Time Agency that was created by Time Baby to ensure his rise to power in the future. However due a combination of the past being altered by Aku and Time Baby's own death at the hands of Bill Cipher this caused a great change to the time stream, especially in the future. While the Time Agency was initially encountered by Dipper and Mabel Pines during their summer in Gravity Falls they had no way of knowing that through Aku's tampering and Time Baby's death the future where Time Baby ruled was quickly coming to an end. Aku's desperate attempt to survive altered the past while Time Baby's death in what could be considered the present caused another shift.
Despite what many believe time is not a simple line, it is always in flux. When Time Baby was killed by Cipher his molecules were scattered throughout time and space, even reaching back to the very beginning of time. His death was sensed by the time deity Cronus who at that point had been defeated and imprisoned by Zeus. Seeing this as a chance Cronus absorbed the small piece of chrono essence that had come to him, allowing him to access a small bit of power.
This was known only to the Titans of the time but when Cronus began his plan to rule and control all of reality by creating a race of deities to serve him and manipulate the younger races, appearing to them as their gods. These Titans were mostly connected to ancient Greek Mythology but it is possible they were also connected to Viking and Hindu Mythology as well. As primordial deities of the cosmos the Titans were vastly powerful and immortal beings who held dominion over a specific element:
· Cronus: Time
· Helios: Sun
· Mnemosyne: Memory
· Atlas: Titan of Astrononmy
· Prometheus: Fire
· Themis: Justice/Law
· Zeus: Lighning
Cronus also created a race of time walkers to ensure his domino would last through past, present and future. As Cronus went mad with power, he started to consume the other Titans in order to secure his rule as the supreme being of the cosmos. After he was defeated by Zeus, he was stripped of his powers and chained to a planet sized asteroid and then hurled into a black hole where he would remain for eternity. The time walkers he created were also destroyed by Zeus but one managed to escape and find its way to a planet, becoming frozen in the ice.
That walker was an infant compared to the rest of its kind and would have conquered the world if not for the tampering of the past, its own death and the manipulations of Cronus. Seeing that Time Baby would not retain his loyalty to him or try to free him Cronus reached out with the small bit of power it had absorbed from Time Baby's future death and sought a way to create a new time walker. This would be done by appearing in visions and dreams of an outcast tribe that lived closest to the Time Baby still trapped in ice and showed them how to transfer its essence into a new host. With the essence of the dormant Time Baby transferred into a new born child and the lingering essence of the Time Baby's whose future had been erased Cronus set forth a plan to return to power.
Time Squad was formed shortly after the Time Agency was disbanded, now using the technology of traveling through time to strictly ensure a peaceful future by through enforcing the past to keep it historically correct, at least enough that no changes would be noticed. They came to understand that the scattering of Time Baby's essence throughout time had caused changes to begin, influencing completely different outcomes than what was recorded. If time was like a rope then the chrono essence released by the death of the last time walker had caused the rope to begin to unwind. If there was to be any hope of salvaging the drastic changes made by Aku and Time Baby's deaths a new time agency would have be formed to subtly but not directly ensure no drastic changes occurred to ensure a new more peaceful future.
Thus leading to the formation of Time Squad…
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"We all like to think we know what the future's going to be like. The problem is that the future is anything but predictable. There's always a fast curve that be thrown that will knock your expectations out of the water. The best you can do when that happens is just roll with it." TOM lectured, watching the file close. "Keep your grip on reality, don't let it knock off your feet and you should be able to handle anything and everything that's just waiting to pop out and surprise you."
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ALERT!
ALERT!
ALERT!
"What's going on?" The voice of a young boy asked from behind the chair in some sort of control room.
"Multiple time incursions have been detected. Time change in danger of being imminent." A high pitched electronic voice spoke. "I am trying to trace the source of it now."
"So," A masculine voice spoke, sounding eager. "Is it…Go Time?"
The machine voice sighed. "Not until we figure out what is happening. Time Squad Headquarters is sending out calls to all Time Squads. This is serious."
"What do we do?" The boy asked.
"You need to hide yourself, young man. If HQ finds out we adopted a child from the twenty first century we will be in lots of trouble."
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As soon as Dexter was in his room he fell onto the bed and cried into his pillow. He couldn't believe his grandfather backed Major Glory's decision to pick Dee-Dee over him.
It was not fair!
"How can she…How can she always take my dreams away?" Dexter mumbled into his pillow.
He hadn't even been given a chance to try.
He was just…
Dexter sat up and walked over to the door leading to his personal lab. He was given a section of the main laboratory at DexLabs so he could work on his own experiments in peace.
At least until Dee-Dee came around and tried playing with them.
"I can't just sit back and accept this." Dexter muttered as he walked through his lab, stopping at his trophy room.
The room was literally filled with golden trophies, cleaned to perfection so much that they actually sparkled. Dexter put on a clipped pair of sunglasses over his regular glasses to protect his eyes.
"Look at these! A trophy for every yearly science fair in GrimmFall. Each year I enter and each year I win. Is this not a testament to me being smart enough to be responsible enough to become Major Glory's student?"
Of course he stopped at an empty case.
"Wait, what's this?" Dexter stopped, seeing a trophy was vacant but then a smile came to his face. "Oh, this must be this year's trophy."
Perhaps the idea of winning something he was extremely good was putting him in a good mood. At the very least it allowed him to temporarily forget his anguish at being a denied the chance of being the partner of his heroic icon. At the very least winning another trophy would put him in a very good mood.
"At least I am out of the realm of make belief science and asinine studies like that Dipper boy indulges in." Dexter said, stepping out of the trophy room. "Hm…I could work on a super hero project while I am at it. Perhaps creating a heroic alter ego of myself would allow me the chance to show Major Glory and my grandpa of what I can do."
It was something to think about. Why wish for super powers from someone when he could just make his own super powers?
"Of course that will be for another day. Right now I will focus on the upcoming science fair which I will in with my…" Dexter stopped before his latest science project. "SPECTRO-MECHANOTRON!"
The machine in question was a machine resembling a small tower, far too big for any science far but if Dexter was successful he would present a smaller and more efficient version at the fair. Dexter suddenly remembered something he had made a note to check back in Gravity Falls. Little did her know that even though his memory of the visits he had from Bill Cipher had been mostly erased, subconsciously certain memories were making their way to the surface.
"That's right…I had an idea for something." Dexter walked up to his personal supercomputer. "Something that would be greater than anything I had ever made…or will make."
The memories came to him in a flash and he stepped back after he had inputted the equations and formulas for possibly his greatest creation:
The Neurotomic Protocore.
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"It's time."
The boy, Kevin Levin looked up from the pile of hay he had been laying on, staring at the blond haired girl named Mandy. "Finally, it's been weeks. Had nothing to do then to pick fights with the few Grimm around here."
"We're going to the Mystery Shack." Mandy stated. "We have a portal to dismantle."
Only when Mandy opened the door of the barn they had been hiding in someone was already outside, waiting for them.
"Hello, Mandy." Pacifica Cipher greeted with a smile as her eyes turned yellow with red slit pupils. "Long time no see."
Mandy narrowed her eyes as they flashed red.
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"The source of the disturbance is up ahead."
Miss Spell and Phan-Tone were almost at the source of the dimensional trouble, believing that once they found it they will have stopped Cipher's plans.
Only someone was standing in there way.
It was Double D, wearing his Armatae armor.
You know I cannot allow the portal to be activated.
"And do you know I cannot allow my parents to be killed?" Double D muttered inside the helmet. "I don't have a choice here."
My program is to stop Bill Cipher. Going against these heroes contradicts that programming.
"I can't allow my parents to die." Double D urged the AI armor he was bound to.
And I cannot allow you to stop me from fulfilling my programming.
Double D's eyes widened. "You're not going to help me?"
…
…
…
"Armatae?"
"Who are you?" Miss Spell called out, dropping her disguise along with her husband. "Are you an agent of Cipher?"
Searching for alternate solution.
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"Well, looks like you are all ready to go."
With the drill properly set up, it seemed Major Glory's work here was done.
"Yes. We appear to be right over the very entry way that was used to bury the Cluster." Peridot said in agreement.
"So are we ready?" Amethyst asked, leaning against the drill with her arms crossed.
"Yes and we better get a move on." Pearl said, opening the top hatch. "We need to stop it from hatching or the Earth is doomed."
"Crystal Gems, onboard." Garnet said, gesturing for the group to climb aboard.
"And humans too?" Steven asked, gesturing to himself and Connie.
"And humans too." Garnet nodded with a smile, allowing them to go in before her.
Once they were all onboard Peridot initiated the startup sequence. Major Glory along with Roland and the others watched as the drill activated and began its journey to the center of the Earth.
"They will have a lot more to face than just a Gem weapon down there." Roland stated once the drill had vanished into the hole.
"You sure about that?" Major Glory asked.
Roland nodded. "The enemy would let something like that fester in the Earth for all these centuries without changing the rules of the game to suit his desires."
"That would explain quite a lot." Major Glory nodded in agreement. "In the meantime I have a mission…In London with my new student. Hopefully it doesn't take too long. You would be welcome to join me."
"I am not one for parties." Roland said as he turned around and started walking away, followed by his team. "I have four thieving horsemen to track."
Major Glory raised an eyebrow, not sure who or what Roland was talking about but decided to trust the gunslinger's judgement on this and took off into the sky.
Once he was gone, Susan looked to Roland. "Why didn't you tell him the truth? He could help us."
"Major Glory has his own troubles to deal with. He needs to face them before he can be ready to take on what is coming." Roland answered, summoning a Todash. "If we can delay those vandals long enough, he'll have the chance."
No one argued.
They simply followed him into the portal.
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"Then we move on to the sixth chakra, the light chakra. It represents insight and is blocked by illusion."
Raven closed her eyes, focusing on the sixth chakra. This process was draining on her and yet the closer she came the closer she felt to actually…controlling her powers.
Her emotions made her powers impossible to control, ever since she was a child.
Even after she had defeated Trigon she had to maintain control of her emotions.
But now she found herself feeling…more in tune with her emotions than before. With the demonic influence of Trigon gone she found it much easier to feel.
Then she remembered what Scotty had told her.
"You can't just unlock these chakra things, lassie. You have to learn how to fight with your feelings rather than against them. I make myself clear on what I feel all the time. When I see me wife…" Scotty's face become so lovey-dovey that it was sweet…and sickening at the same time. "I think of her beauty, her singing which would make angels weep in envy, I think of her strength, how she can make everyone tremble in fear but still be the sweetest lass to ever walk the highlands. When I get mad I punch whatever is stupid enough to do it. You fight with your powers but you fight against your feelings, lass and that is going to be your biggest problem."
Amazingly, Scotty was right.
She spent her whole life fighting against her emotions, believing they would bring harm to everyone and everything around her.
Only it had proven to be the opposite on a few occasions.
Raven's attempts to fight against her anger led to her losing control in the fight against Doctor.
Her refusal to admit her fears when Beast Boy bought that stupid scary movie caused her powers to manifest as monsters.
'But what does that have to do with illusion?'
Then it all clicked and Raven's eyes shot open.
Control.
That was the illusion!
All this time she had maintained the illusion that she had been in control of her powers and emotions…
But that was not true.
It was the opposite.
She had been angry at Doctor Light. She had been angry at…Terra. Anger at Terra's betrayal, anger that she had sided with Slade and tried to kill them.
She had been sad when she felt like she had been an outcast on the team, especially after Beast Boy had called her 'creepy', even though Beast Boy retracted that statement, apologized and never called her that again.
She had felt righteous fury in Starfire's body when the Puppet King tried to kill her friends.
She felt…happy thoughts when she learned how to fly in Starfire's body, admittedly it was Starfire not talking but it was the first time she allowed herself to…feel in such a way.
She had experienced heartbreak when Malchior used and betrayed her.
She…had her first laugh from Beast Boy…and a lifetime of regret from him constantly trying to make her laugh with his corny jokes.
She had felt…care for Melvin, Timmy and Teether.
Then came the thoughts and feelings that she tried to suppress the hardest…
She remembered when Terra had come back and Beast Boy had become so close to her. Laughing with her.
Protecting her.
Risking his life for her.
She had felt….jealousy.
Jealousy because she saw Beast Boy was likely in love with her and felt angry when she broke his heart.
Much like how Malchior broke hers.
And why was she jealous?
'Say it…' A voice whispered in her mind.
"I…I…" Raven struggled as her power flared around her.
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Scotty watched as the water in the cave began to shimmer, watching black bolts shooting out of the water and impacting the cavern walls. "Come on, lass. Don't fight it!"
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"I love them…" She muttered as she thought of Robin, Cyborg, Starfire and…Beast Boy. "Yes. I know who I love."
And with that the illusion of control was shattered.
Only now her powers were spiraling out of control around her. She imagined every good memory and feeling she had around them, just being there with them.
This had been a long time coming.
Her emotions had grown too powerful for her to hold back any longer. The only thing she could do now was fully gain control…
Or let it go and embrace them.
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Scotty felt the great power under the water that threatened to spread out and destroy the entire cave. "Almost there, lass. One more."
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"You have let go of the illusion of control." Azar's voice whispered in Raven's mind. "There is one final chakra."
The seventh chrakra.
"The chakra of thought. This is blocked by attachment." Azar whispered.
Raven looked up, eyes widening to see a giant black raven staring down at her with white eyes.
She felt it…
Such power…
It was almost overwhelming.
"Attachement…" Raven whispered.
"Yes. You must let go." Azar whispered.
Let go?
Just like what?
Could she do that?
Let go of her friends?
Let go of her family?
"Yes, why should she let go?"
Raven's eyes spun around and faced a…creature. It was large with a crow like head that had bone like beak with a unique marking on top, six insect appendages on its back and five spikes protruding around the top of its body. It wore black robes and appeared to be a cross between a bird and an insect.
"You…It can't be…Are you…Canaletto?" Raven had read about the books of ancient entities from various worlds, the great crimson, the Diagon, most of those who she saw as a threat even to chaos.
But she knew of an ancient Lord of Chaos who was to be a being even today's Chaos Lords like Klarion would fear or dare to let out for his view of chaos.
"I am indeed, child. For I know of you, Raven, the daughter of Trigon." Canaletto said, surprising her that he knows of her. "And I come to prevent from you making the mistake of giving on all you care for."
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Connected Era 4444
Twenty Minutes Ago
When Cree finally came to she found herself in a stone room and she was not alone. About twenty more women were with her, all of them chained to stone chairs…like she was.
She could see shackles holding her arms down onto the armchairs while her legs were chained to the corners where the leg posts would be. To keep her and the rest from crying out for help a cloth was tied around their mouths to keep them from speaking, crying or screaming. A door opened and the lead guard stepped in, followed by a floating sphere shaped drone.
"These are the latest, my king." The guard stated as the drone looked at the captured women.
Nearly all of them were trembling in fear with a few even shedding tears as the drone looked at them. Cree however was glaring hatefully at the guard and the drone that looked at her next.
"You all have been given the chance for a great honor. I am in need of a new personal servant." Sidorak's voice spoke from the drone as it moved in front of each woman to get a better look at them. "You were all taken from various villages that previously and foolishly denied my rule. You now have the chance to make up for that. Refuse and my generals and soldiers will have their chance and they might not be as kind to you as I am."
Cree's eyes narrowed and she snarled underneath her gag, realizing what was going on.
That creep was looking for his own personal slave!
The drone stopped as it looked onto her, seeing her struggle against her bonds. "Hm…Who is this one?"
"She was among the prisoners taken with Ozric, my king."
"Ozric." Sidorak snarled as the drone came in closer, taking in Cree's features. "Of course. How fitting that he would have an…interesting companion. I think this one is perhaps the best."
Cree snarled even louder, struggling more so to break free.
"Feisty and beautiful." Sidorak chuckled. "I hope you still remain beautiful after you learn your place. General, have her cleaned up and brought to me."
"Yes, my king." The lead guard said, producing a golden collar.
Cree struggled to keep him away but guard grabbed her and slid the collar around her neck. The guard gave it a light tug to make sure it was in place and then pressed a switch, releasing Cree's bonds. The fox Faunus attempted to dash at the door but the collar released an electric jolt that caused her to fall face first onto the ground.
"Nice try." The lead guard said as two more guards came in and picked Cree up by her arms. "You aren't the first to think they could run."
Cree made a number of muffled curses under her gag as the guards dragged her out and into a nicer looking room with a bath in the center and two women dressed in white togas who were told to prepare her for Sidorak. Cree was initially very hostile but the lead guard gave her another jolt from her collar, forcing her to calm down as the two women removed her clothes and brought her into the bath. They scrubbed her hair and gently cleaned her up before taking her out, providing her with a towel to cover herself as they brought her to a nearby dresser.
Cree felt beyond humiliated at this point and she made it very clear to the handmaidens. "I don't suppose you'll turn around and let me jump out the balcony."
"My you are spirited one." One of the women, one with short blond hair and blank eyes said as she provided Cree's new attire. "Word of advice: keep that hidden around King Sidorak. The last one who upset him found out what happens when you try to say no to him the hard way."
"And what was that? Feeding her to the lions?" Cree questioned as the two placed golden jewelry on her wrists and ankles.
"You wish." The other woman, a black haired one answered. "More like dragging her around his palace like a pet with no clothes after having her tarred and feathered, taking every chance to make it more painful until he was bored. Sidorak likes them feisty but go too far and he likes breaking them even more."
Cree had nothing to say to that, knowing that if she wanted to get out of here she'd need to play along…
Even if it disgusted her.
'For the first time I think I found someone I actually hate more than Sammael.' She thought as she looked at the mirror, taking in her new appearance.
She wore a red bra that showed off her cleavage with a matching thong underneath a pair of see through silk pants with gold jewelry on her wrists and ankles with a pair of golden earrings on her ears, both human and fox ears. She was given a pair of golden shoes and a red veil over her mouth.
"Take a deep breath." The blond woman stated, somehow knowing the look on Cree's face even though she was blind. "If you're lucky he'll get bored with you pretty quickly. It would be a quick end but you wouldn't have to suffer quickly."
"Why?" Cree looked at her. "King's slaves don't retire."
"No. He beheads them." The woman answered sadly. "Men are fickle but King Sidorak…Any woman he likes, he only likes because they only look as pretty as the gold, jewelry and power he loves more than anything else."
Cree looked at her, noticing for the first time that she was blind. "…Did he do that to you?"
The woman nodded, knowing what she was talking about. "He offered to make me his personal servant…I said no and he used his powers to blast my eyes. Sidorak…I only accepted to work here so my family would have enough to live but he takes and takes without care and there is nothing we can do to stop him."
"He's like a raging volcano. As soon as he is angry that gem he wears…it allows him to blast and burn everything around him." The other woman said. "And ever since he got…everything he has now, no one has been able to…or brave enough to stand up to him."
Cree was silent as she took in what she had heard. It was obvious Sidorak was a tyrant and he was using technology from the future to horribly subjugate these people. As a Faunus herself she knew all too well the kind of pain and suffering they were likely enduring.
"Who are you?" She finally asked the two women who had been ordered to dress her up as Sidorak's slave.
"I am Iva." The blind woman introduced herself.
"Janika." The black haired woman answered next. "You better hurry now. If we're late Sidorak might grow impatient."
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Present Time in 4444 CE
"Beautiful. Behave yourself and I'll be sure you are treated…comfortably."
Cree had been led to King Sidorak and immediately a golden chain attached her collar to his throne, obviously to let everyone know who she was and a pillow for her to sit on so her bottom wouldn't become sore from sitting on a hard surface all day long. She only hoped she could find a way out and very soon. Despite Iva and Janika cautioning her there was still part of her that wished she was down in the arena getting fed to whatever pets the king had instead of being made into a slave.
"Welcome citizens of Sidorak City! We are THRILLED to have an AMAZING SHOW TODAY! Today, we have some special guests today... The outlaw, legendary warrior, and king of the heathen Pangea kingdom, King Ozric has finally been tracked down and captured! And for his attempts to overthrow our beloved king he will DIE an honorable death in the ARENA!" The Announcer said as the crowd went wild and cheered. "But! That's not all... Four MORE outlaws who have been caught planning to overthrow our king with the outlaw Ozric will fight and die for your entertainment as well!"
As the announcer announced this, the imperial guards that lead the group to the middle of the field left and two more guards pushed a large rack of multiple weapons over to the group of five. The two guards left the weapons rack in front of the group. As the group suspected, they had their more advanced weapons taken from them after they were knocked out.
"I can't fight without my magic." Aisling said, feeling particularly vulnerable.
"Just be happy their still letting us use weapons." Hero as he picked up a sword.
"Ugh... This is bringing back bad memories..." Leo said as he picked up a thin blade that heavily resembled a sabre.
Ozric picked up a battle staff while Rolf was stroking his chin as he was looking through all the weapons on the rack. Rolf then finally picked up a Warhammer that heavily resembled his own weapons, but then threw it away as he yelled. "Poppycock! A wee baby can come up with better weaponry in their sleep!"
He reached into his pants and pulled out a dead scaly, slimy, fish. The rest of the group looked at him as Rolf smacked the fish in his free hand several times like a baseball bat.
"Rolf would much prefer to beat whatever threat comes our way with a stinky smelly fish then whatever phony baloney weapons this false king gives us!" Rolf said as he smacked the fish in his hand once more.
"Umm... Do you always carry a dead fish around in your pants like that, Rolf?" Leo asked.
"Yes! Why does everyone keep asking Rolf that?" Asked Rolf, but before anyone could've said anything, a new announcer started to speak.
"My loyal subjects! Feast your eyes on the savage Ozric and her four friends... Enemies to the crown! Enemies to me! And they will pay for their crimes in this MAGNIFICENT coliseum today in front of your very eyes!" King Sidorak announced, all the while still looking at the gladiators in the ring below him.
All the while, Ozric became enraged and furious as he saw the tyrant speak and his subjects mindlessly cheer. "King Sidorak! I will give you one chance and one chance alone!... Free me, my friends, and everyone else who you wrongly imprisoned and forced to die for your sick amusement! Or you will die!" Ozric yelled furiously at the tyrant king.
Sidorak and the audience remained quiet for a second, before Sidorak spoke once more. "Now do you see what I mean when I call the great king Ozric a savage? Because that is exactly what he and his miserable clan are! SAVAGES! In fact... Their entire kingdom should be exterminated!" King Sidorak shouted and the crowd cheered once more. "But... I am a fair man. These five will face two deadly challenges! And if they managed to succeed... They will battle your king in a fair fight! And if they win I will not only let them go free... But every prisoner scheduled to battle!"
The crowd cheered once more as Sidorak looked around himself with glee. Sidorak sat back down as the announcer started to speak again. But as the announcer was talking, the group started to whisper to one another.
"This is good, right? I mean... If we win he'll let us go along with all the other prisoners, right?" Aisling asked.
"Yes, but he will still most likely keep the inventor of the time machine. So we'll have to-" But Rolf was interrupted.
"No..." Ozric said and everyone looked at him.
"What? What do you mean?" Aisling asked.
"He will most likely go back on his word or cheat... Even if we beat all the challenges and beat him, assuming he doesn't pull any dirty tricks, he'll probably kill us all." Ozric explained.
"I agree." Heero stated. "You can tell just by looking at him, he's going to go back on his word."
"That's just fantastic..." Leo muttered. "Okay, let's just calm down... We will think about the plan later, right now let's just play along."
The announcer was done rambling and actually started talking about the important topics. "Now... For our first challenge..." The announcer gestured over to the other side of the coliseum as a pair of huge metal doors opened. "This beast has killed over 300 people before he was captured... Not to mention killing even the toughest gladiators in our arena! I present to you... The vicious, terrifying, immoral, and absolute monster the NEMEAN!"
A huge Grimm jumped out from the darkness and roared viciously. "GGRRRRRRRRRAAA! RAAAAAAAAARRRR! GGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
The monster was a Grimm that heavily resembled a hybrid between a male lion and a sabretooth, on all fours it stood twelve feet tall and twenty five feet long with a black mane and burning red eyes. The monster growled as it looked around until it stopped as it saw the group of five, and slowly started to walk over to them.
"... As Mikey would say: Well we're screwed." Leo said as the Nemean charged at the group and raised its frontal claws to cut them to ribbons.
"SCATTER!" Ozric yelled as everyone jumped out of the way of the Nemean's attack.
"What the heck is that thing!? I've never seen a Grimm like that in my time!" Leo yelled as the Nemean turned to him and Heero and lunged at them once more, but the two jumped out of the way.
Leo tried to attack the beast in mid-air with his weapons but it was nearly ineffectual.
"What the-!? All I can do is make a scratch with a single attack!" Leo yelled as he continued to dash away from the monster's attacks.
"It's a Nemean! One of the deadliest Grimm out there... Their skin is so thick that regular weapons can't do a thing against it." Ozric called out.
"Any ideas how to take this furious furry down-!" Heero grunted as he just jumped out of the way of the Nemean's claw swipe as it tore through his uniform.
"The face is the most vulnerable area! Attack its face!" Ozric yelled as the team regrouped and ran at the Nemean together.
Aisling used what little magic she could to throw several large rocks that smashed at the beast fish while Leo, Heero, and Ozric were slashing away at its facial area but the beast was aiming its head away as it swiped its massive claws at all four fighters.
Luckily what it wasn't expecting was a blue haired boy who came out of nowhere and started beating the head of the Nemean repeatedly and viciously as he yelled out. "ARE YOU ATTACKING ROLF'S FRIENDS OVERGROWN PUSSY CAT?!"
Rolf continually savagely beat the Grimm lion, until the lion bit down on Rolf's shirt and started to fling him around viciously like a rag doll before tossing him into the coliseum wall, forming a massive crack.
"Rolf! You'll pay for that, Grimm!" Aisling yelled as she charged at the beast again.
Surprisingly she felt her magic flow through her enough that she changed into a white wolf before jumping several dozen feet into the air and coming back down, slashing her claws on the Nemean's back.
The Nemean fell to the floor, and appeared to be defeated as Aisling formed a smile and turned back to her friends. "Hey, that wasn't so hard... What's the big deal with this Grimm anyway?"
"Stay back! It likes to play with its prey!" Ozric yelled, but before Aisling could react accordingly, she heard a furious growl behind her.
As she turned around, all she could see was the massive jaw full of long sharp teeth that was in front of her face, but instead of biting her head off, it roared a powerful roar blasting Aisling back. "RRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!"
Aisling was thrown on the ground, the monster growled once more as it leaped at Aisling from the air.
"Aisling!" Leo rushed in, grabbing and dashed out of the way. "How did you use your magic?"
"I don't know. I just reacted." Aisling replied as Leo brought her back to Heero. "Perhaps these disks only seal most of our powers."
"So maybe we can still use our Semblances." Leo noted, sharing a glance with Heero.
'Right, I don't have a Semblance or magic like them.' Heero noted, seeing the disk on his chest. 'But maybe my SEED can act as a substitute.'
The Nemean picked itself back up and shook off the dust. It looked at the group and roared once more before locking its target on Heero and charged at him. Heero noticed this immediately as he chose that moment to enter SEED mode. His eyes glazed over and pupils shrank while iris grew just in time as the Nemean swiped its claws at him.
Heero quickly jumped out of the way as he readied his sword and managed to successfully slash the monster three times across the face, before the lion tried to bite him in half with its teeth. A green streak suddenly struck the Nemean in the back, causing it to spin around and spotted a green streak moving around it. The Nemean was on the defensive, but the streak was too fast for the Grimm lion to track as it came back and repeatedly inflicted damage among the beast.
It was in fact Ozric working to break the beast down until it was weak enough to finish with one more blow and he wasn't the only one. Leo worked with him, moving fast thanks to his ninjutsu training and the two green streaks attacked the big cat of darkness six more times. The Nemean started to memorize the two warriors patterns as it looked back at one of the green streaks headed towards him. It opened up its mouth and bit down on Leo's shell as it thrashed him around viciously as the other green streak was headed towards the Nemean.
The Nemean quickly thrashed Leo as Ozric came within striking range and the Grimm lion managed to knock both fighters back as they tumbled several feet until ending up piled on top of each other. The Nemean growled once more as it slowly lingered over to the dizzy Leo and Ozric as they both slowly started to get back up. The Nemean got closer as the crowd started to grow excited.
"Oh! It seems like the two warriors have met their superior in just the first round! The two warriors are too disoriented and dizzy to properly defend themselves! Who can possibly save them now?" The announcer asked as Sidorak leaned forward with interest, not wanting to miss one second of his enemy's disembowelment.
Cree looked in with a nervous look, unsure if she should look away or not. The Nemean grew closer and closer, but right before it could've finished the two girls, it was stopped by a voice.
"FOUL BEAST OF THE DARKEST PLACES OF THE UNDERWORLD!" The Nemean stopped as it looked over to see Rolf walking closer to him, but there was something different about the son of a shepherd. "But... Let Rolf ask you something... Have you ever experienced... THE ALMIGHTY THREE-SHOE BEATING!?"
Rolf held up two of his own shoes and one extra one that was hanging out of his mouth. Without warning, Rolf leaped at the beast as he started savagely beating the Nemean over and over with the three shoes as the attack was just too great for the lion Grimm to handle as it took several steps back and tried to protect its face with its paw. As Rolf was fighting the Nemean, Heero and Aisling ran over to Ozric and Leo and helped them up. After the two were helped up, they all looked over at Rolf with shock and amazement as he still viciously beat the big Grimm cat like a Mexican piñata at a birthday party.
"Is... Is Rolf beating that Grimm with three shoes?" Leo asked.
"Yup." Aisling nodded with a blank look on her face.
"And, is he using a shoe he just happened to pick up?" Heero asked.
"Yuuup." Aisling answered.
"... Your friend is odd." Ozric commented.
"I know." Aisling agreed.
Meanwhile Rolf was still savagely beating the Nemean with the three shoes as Leo's brain hatched an idea.
"Guys quick! Everyone pin that things legs down and stop it from moving while Rolf still has it distracted!" Leo exclaimed.
Aisling, Heero, and Ozric nodded their heads as all of them dashed into battle with their weapons. As the Nemean was distracted Ozric and Leo ran to the sides of the Nemean as they used their staff and sword to nail the Nemean's two back feet to the ground as the monster roared in agony.
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWRRRRRRRRRR!"
As it had enough of Rolf's attack as it swiped Rolf away with one of its massive claws. Before it could try to attack Ozric and Leo, it looked up once more to see a shadow come down from the sky; it was Aisling as she changed into her wolf form with a massive smile and fell down on the Nemean's tail, biting on it with her sharp teeth. The pain was so intense, that Nemean let out a kitten-like meow before roaring in pain.
CRACK!
"*Meow* RRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!"
As the monster roared, Rolf picked himself back up with his shirt having three cuts through it as he glared at the Nemean.
All the while, Leo yelled out to Rolf. "ROLF! MAKE SURE TO PIN DOWN ITS UPPER BODY!"
"THAT! ROLF CAN DO!" Rolf yelled as he took off his shirt to reveal his massive muscles and blue haired chest, back, and arm hair.
Without any hesitation, Rolf dashed at the Nemean and he grabbed the beast by its back and managed to pin it down with his great strength.
As the struggle was going on, Heero walked over to the monster as Ozric looked over and yelled out. "Quick! Grab its head and pull it off!"
"I think I'd prefer to stab it instead." Heero said as he held up his sword with two hands in a stabbing motion as he brought it down as stabbed the Nemean through the head, killing it for good.
The crowd remained in stunned shock for a second before the Grimm evaporated into smoke. The crowd then cheered in amazement as the group looked around and Sidorak gained a quick look of dissatisfaction but quickly masked it as he addressed his subjects.
"Ahh... A very good fight indeed, a very IMPRESSIVE battle. They managed to kill the dreaded Nemean. Most impressive... But, their challenges are not over yet. They will soon meet their second challenger RIGHT NOW!" Said Sidorak as he passed the job of announcement off to the real announcer as another huge metal door started to open up. "This mob of misfits have survived the first round against ALL ODDS! Will they survive the second match as well? Or be the latest victim of the regions new most dangerous outlaw? The one man army that nearly annihilated King Sidorak's army single handedly..." Said the announcer as the new opponent stepped out of the shadows."
He was about six feet tall, dressed in silver armor over dark clothes consisting of black pants with dark boots and a black turtleneck shirt and black gloves with a white coat draped over it. He had straight pointy red hair and matching red eyes. He appeared to be a normal human, carrying a long double bladed sword with a golden handle. Like his four opponents he had a disk attached to his chest.
"Ozric's own great warrior turned against him…ADAM!" The announcer said as the crowd cheered while the fighters except for Ozric stared in absolute shock at the new fighter.
"It's him…" Leo muttered in complete shock.
"Adam, you're alive?" Ozric looked at them. "You've met him?"
Aisling was trembling slightly now while Heero had to take a deep breath to keep calm while Rolf seemed confused. Up next to Sidorak Cree paled in complete shock and fear, recognizing the young man as well.
The announcer called him Adam…
But they knew him in their present as the lord of the Grimm and the Fallen: Sammael!