GrimmFall

by Lord Maximus

FusionFall-RWBY Fusion. In one universe the Grimm ran rampant on the world of Remnant and in another planet Earth was invaded by Planet Fuse. But what if in another the Grimm appeared on Earth, created by the evil that originally created one of the greatest villains in the CN universe? What changes would that bring to the world and its people, heroes and villains included?

247. Chapter 247

Opening File: Aion Kronos

Aion Kronos is a young teen inventor in the possibly distant future. When he was young his mother killed herself because of her husband's abuse, leaving poor Aion alone with his abusive father who belittled and undermined him at every turn. Aion was shown to have very high grades, suggesting a high intelligence but that did nothing to stop his father from belittling him. Aion's work eventually led to him claiming he had discovered the secret of time travel which earned mockery from his peers and to his dismissal from the college he had been attending.

Aion was forced to move back him with his father who constantly belittled him, complaining about how he could have had a Hunter for a son but instead believed him lazy for refusing to leave his room or get a job. However, Aion came through and developed time traveling technology in the form of his Time Watch. Once complete having had enough of his father Aion activated the Time Watch and went back in time. Deciding he would become famous by collecting items from key figures in history Aion stole the magical Shepard's Cane that Rolf was given to defeat the evil deity Crom Cruach and then attempted to steal the Energon crystal powering the dimensional drive on the Archangel, the flagship of the Zero Squadron that was hidden in GrimmFall. Aion was thwarted by Leo, Heero, and Cree while Rolf and Aisling followed him into a time vortex with the previous three chasing after him.

When Aion arrived in the Connected Era he was captured by King Sidorak who stole his time watch and used it to steal advanced technology and weaponry from the future and then begin taking over the super continent at the time known as Pangea. Aion was imprisoned for six months to teach Sidorak how to use the technology the evil king couldn't understand. When the five who chased him caught up with him they teamed up with the legendary King Ozric to defeat Sidorak. Aion managed to achieve his time watch and fled into a time portal, followed by Heero, Leo, Cree, Rolf and Aisling again.

By this time Aion's newfound powers and his humiliation by Sidorak had driven him insane, becoming a megalomaniacal sociopath. He returned to his own time and asserted himself as 'Lord Kronos', the supreme master of the space-time continuum. He no longer cared about the possible creation of time paradoxes and started not only stealing technology from the future but even started poaching from the past. As punishment for his abuse Aion locked his father up in a prison he had stolen and took it a step further by using a device known as the 'Immortality Matrix' to make his father immortal with the intention that his father would forever rot in the prison and be forced sit in his cell with no need for food, water, or even beer for all eternity.

Aion also took over the college he had been expelled from, trapping the students there and forcing them to listen to his lectures. Aion Kronos has since started to become an extremely dangerous threat, not just to the Earth or the universe but the entire space-time continuum itself.

And it is suspected that his actions have been in fact been the results of someone manipulating him.

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Opening File: Kopano Kronos

Kopano Kronos is the father of Aion Kronos, though it is debatable how much of a father he actually is given his horrid attitude. Kopano is lazy, fat, drunk abusive man who never offered any support to Aion growing up and it is highly suspected he drove his wife to commit suicide, if they were even married at all. Kopano seemingly has no job, stays at all home all the time while drinking and watching TV. He forces his son to do chores and cook for him and thought that if his son got a good enough job he could leech off of him to have a slightly better life.

Unfortunately for the both of them Aion was kicked out of the college he was attending for spouting that he had figured out the secret of time travel. When the boy moved back into his house Kopano became even more abusive, disappointed at Aion's expulsion and refusal to get a job meaning any chance he had of leeching off of whatever money his son might make had gone out the window. However Aion had created an actual time device and his first use of it was to get away from his abusive drunk father. Aion eventually returned with new technology and powers and more maniacal personality.

He had seemingly taken over the city and punished his father for all the abuse he had suffered at his hands by locking him in an historic prison. To ensure his father would never ever rest in peace Aion made his father immortal through a special piece of technology dubbed the 'Immortality Matrix' that caused a complete regeneration of the body's cells, organs and bones, preventing him dying of age and could keep his body sustained without the need for food or water but Kopano would still feel the effects of hunger and thirst as the Immortality Matrix worked to keep him alive. Aion made sure that his father would stay alive miserable for perhaps until the end of time, unable to enjoy a single form of comfort that he had once had before. He was not even allowed a single bottle beer.

Aion justified his cruel punishment of his father by stating it to be karma: what goes around comes around. Kopano Kronos seemingly had no friends and the few that did know him disliked him as much as his son did for his horrid attitude and would even blame him as part of the reasons for Aion's later actions.

He would not be missed or mourned.

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Opening File: Beauregard 'Buck' Tuddrussel

Beauregard 'Buck' Tuddrussel is a Time Squad officer. He serves as the head of his unit alongside Larry 3000, his robotic partner and Otto Osworth, an orphan the team adopted from the year 200A. Tuddrussel has a very rambunctious, macho and oftentimes juvenile personality. For a man whose job involves the stability of time, Tuddrussel has shown an ironic disinterest and ignorance to the historical events he maintains. This clashes with his partner Larry's effeminate, well-mannered ways, and the two often bicker.

However, he generally has a friendly disposition to people he considers friends and strives for both protection and justice. When not time-traveling, Buck likes to indulge in eating junk food, roughhousing, shooting his phasers, and playing with Otto. Tuddrussel has a soft spot for Otto, serving as a paternal figure for him. Their relationship has included teaching him how to ride a bicycle, fishing, camping, and playing games, although Otto is often unintentionally harmed.

As a game, he pretends to be a superhero with Otto, and is the Future Man to Otto's Sidekick Boy. Buck is shown to have complex developmental issues such as inflated self-image, anger control issues, and relationship problems. His intellect seems to fluctuate depending on the situation, as he has expressed scientific and historical knowledge from time to time. According to Dr. Freud, Tuddrussel suffers from an overactive super-ego, which causes him to force his will on those around him.

Tuddrussel's ex-wife, Sheila Sternwell, has claimed that he is being held back by his fragile male ego, and hasn't mentally developed since early childhood.

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Opening File: Larry 3000

The Larry 3000 is a time-traveling robot who serves alongside officer Buck Tuddrussel and Otto Osworth in the Time Squad. Larry was originally designed as a diplomat. However, he was put into Time Squad's service when the world's nations all joined together in the year one million, rendering his original purpose obsolete. He is the only team member capable of operating the time-traveling technology and most of the technology aboard the satellite.

Larry is a sophisticated, well-mannered, non-violent diplomat. This is in stark contrast to his partner, Buck Tuddrussel. Although Larry is a robot, he is very sensitive and prone to his emotions. He is dramatic and sarcastic, but also shows happiness and adoration often. Although he appears to lack bravery and strength, he can stand up for himself and others when the need arises. Larry is very openly effeminate, often engaging in feminine activities and wearing feminine clothes.

However, he does partake in masculine activities too, including shooting weaponry. Larry initially showed annoyance towards Otto. However, as their time together progressed, Larry quickly grew to love Otto and now serves as a parental figure for him. This includes homeschooling, cooking, and caring for Otto when he becomes sick.

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Opening File: Otto Osworth

Otto Osworth is a young orphan from the year 200A and is now a member of Time Squad. He used to live in an orphanage run by the cruel Sister Thornly, who punished him for reading. He was adopted by Officer Buck Tuddrussel and the Larry 3000 when they miscalculated on a mission to find Eli Whitney and became an unofficial member of the team. Outgoing, obsessed with history, and well-spoken, Otto serves as both the moral compass and the problem-solver of Time Squad.

Otto often finds himself to be the only one capable of handling the missions the team is given compared to his somewhat incompetent partners. He is kindhearted and intelligent as well. However, Otto is still a child. He likes to play with toys, color, and roughhouse.

He easily goes along with Tuddrussel's immature antics and can sometimes lend himself to trickery and pranks. He gets easily excited about historical figures, especially those in the times of the American Revolution like George Washington. Otto often attempts to emulate his newfound family, adopting their mannerisms and skills.

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Opening File: J.T. Lazer

J.T. Lazer is a Time Squad officer that serves alongside his partner, the Lance 9 Trillion. While on the job J.T. acts like the perfect cop. With the help of highly advanced robot partner Lance, J.T. handles dire situations with calm dignity and professionalism. However, once he drops the act, J.T. shows arrogance, impatience and a cruel sense of humor. J.T. was a popular student at the Time Squad Academy and apparently was very cruel to Tuddrussel while they were going through training. Tuddreussel thinks of the treat as just fun and games between friends, believing that J.T. is actually a good person and a comrade to trust.

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Opening File: Lance 9 Trillion

The Lance 9 Trillion is the robot partner of J.T. Lazer that is on loan from Earth's government. Highly advanced and recognized by the robot community, Lance is practically a celebrity in his own right. He is the most advanced robot model used by Time Squad as so far even overshadowing XJ5. His internal hard drive is more powerful than the entire system that runs the time squad satellite.

He also has the ability to turn into a hoverbike. Like his partner, he is also an arrogant jerk.

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Xxx

"You've really let him take a bit of everything. HQ is up in a frenzy, trying to find the source of it all."

He eyed the puny mortal before him, the arrogance he was exhibiting was sickening, even to him. He would only have to bear it a little longer.

"The time lines are becoming polluted. It won't be along until it begins to collapse."

He could already feel the chains holding him beginning to weaken.

"And of course once you are all free and get rid of Time Squad for me I'm free to take over Earth and be the only one in charge there? While you get the rest of the cosmos?"

"You have my word."

The man smirked. "I will hold you to that. I've been sending them on fake missions throughout history and so far they haven't suspected a thing. Right, Lance?"

Behind him a black and red nodded. "Yes. So far their missions have only led to dead ends, leaving them blind to all the time discrepancies that have happened. The longer they exist the more time becomes undone."

"Good. Continue thwarting their efforts. They cannot be allowed to know what is happening…until it is too late."

Finally he would be free again.

Xxx

Something was wrong.

She scowled as an infinity symbol on her forehead glowed. "Someone is tampering with time…My domain."

Who dares to interfere with her domain?

Who dares?

The answer came in the form of a portal that appeared right in front of her that she willingly stepped into.

Whoever was tampering with time would pay dearly.

Xxx

(TOM Transmission Unavailable)

Xxx

"You returned fast. Did you find the source?"

Sammael did not answer Moloch's question as he walked past the shadowy Fallen and walked over to the glass window of the room. He stared out at the dark lake of the Black Maw, silent for several minutes.

"Well?"

"This is beyond just mere time tampering. Cronus is gathering an entire group of time travelers with him." Sammael said, feeling a pull within his very soul. "History may become polluted beyond repair if this keeps up."

"So what will you do?" Moloch asked.

Sammael closed his eyes. "…I had a chance to meet with Cree. She's with them now."

"So?"

"So, it's obvious we need to keep track of her movements to find the source of these disruptions. We find them; we find the source of Cronus' plans." Sammael reasoned.

"You're not thinking of following them through time, are you?" Moloch questioned.

"And if I am?" Sammael raised an eyebrow.

"You forbade the use of time travel to the other Fallen and took it upon yourself to ensure you could not be affected by time alterations or paradoxes as if you knew someone would eventually try and work out the secret of time travel." Moloch stated, his mind racing. "Los and Von Richter. Los gave that mad scientist a hint during the second Great War and after he fled when the Nazis were defeated he continued his experiments in secret, all the while prepping for when he could make his own time portal."

Sammael turned around, facing Molcoh. "Go on."

"And strangely nothing changed aside from a few minor discrepancies. Sure, the Nazis had access to battle technology ahead of their time but they still fell to an outside presence, as if time itself was acting against Von Richter." Moloch's eyes widened. "Or other time travelers, possibly even from the future itself. So does that mean-"

"Nothing. Time is always in flux, a single perfect possible spawned from the infinite possibilities and decisions to make it, does not make it absolute." Sammael cut him off. "Time is constantly and literally unwinding it takes all their manpower to just keep a single threat from loosening it all."

Moloch's eyes narrowed. "So you came prepared even for time travelers."

"I've watched history for a long time, Moloch. I know a great deal of many who have learned the secrets of time. As of now, the only future set in stone is the future where Cronus attempts to break free and regain control of the cosmos." Sammael replied. "Everything else is mere guess."

"How can you say that for sure if these time travelers from the future know our history and outcome?" Moloch asked.

Sammael smirked. "There are ways to hide oneself from the sight of those who view the time stream. Magical or technological it is possible. Those that can hide are able to move with impunity and those are the greatest to the so-called Time Squad. I may have cursed the other Fallen to prevent from using their time magic to open a portal in time but the curse worked by directing that magic into hiding them from sight."

Moloch's eyes widened again. "So that's it. Rather than being used to open a portal in time you made the other Fallen and myself invisible to those who survey the time streams."

"Exactly. I had a lot to learn through the years and it took a great deal of blood, sweat and suffering…" Sammael held up a hand and clenched it. "To understand it so perfectly."

"So not even they know how this might end?" Moloch asked.

"Oh no. They might as well be the audience, watching this as a parade or even an action series." Sammael chuckled, looking in a seemingly random direction (looking at you) as his red eyes flared. "And unfortunately for them, we don't allow for spoilers."

Xxx

"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."

Raven managed to calm herself. "And what is that?"

"If you care about your friends as dearly you believe could you dare to let them go? Letting go of your attachments means letting go of them." Canaletto stated. "Why let go of them just in the name of power? Surely you are above that."

Raven frowned. "And you are suddenly worried about my feelings? I know who you are. You tried to wipe out the multi-verse to fit your idea of perfection. The monks of Azarath know what you tried to do as well."

"The monks of Azarath believed themselves above emotions and sought to cleanse themselves of all negative emotions. You know what it led to." Canaletto retorted.

Raven did indeed know.

It had led to the creation of Trigon.

Her father.

"The monks of Azarath rejected their human origin and in the end it destroyed them." Canaletto continued. "Now you wish to repeat their mistakes?"

"I am not repeating anyone's mistakes. I am doing what I must to return home…and to protect my friends from the likes of you." Raven pointed at Canaletto. "You tried to destroy the multi-verse, end trillions of lives. From where I'm standing you are no different from my father."

"Trigon only sought to conquer. I seek to purify." Canaletto narrowed his eyes.

"You seek to destroy anything that doesn't fit your idea of perfection. That makes you every bit as bad as Trigon, as Cipher and as Sammael." Raven lowered her hand. "You have no one to care for, to protect, to risk everything you have just so that they can be happy or safe. All you have is your obsession, it's consumed you. I can see it no matter where you astral project from."

"And what will you have if you let go?" Canaletto snarled.

Raven then had the audacity to smile at him which made him even angrier.

It was not a happy smile, no.

It was the smile of a demon that had gained the upper hand.

"You see, that's where you're wrong, Canaletto. Your ideals are only focused on what the world can offer you in whatever you see: places, materials and even people." Raven chuckled a bit now. "Me, I would give up everything for them and in the end…they would still be who they've always been to me."

With that Raven let go of her final attachment…

Behind her the giant black raven let out a screech as it flew down and stopped right above her, bringing its wings over her and both were engulfed in a blast of white light.

"You'll regret this!" Canaletto shouted as the force of the power he was banished from Raven's mind as she unearthed her final chakra…

Xxx

Scotty watched as a great beam of power blasted out of the water and through the ceiling of the cave. It the form of a massive black raven that let out a mighty screech into the night, as if it were in pain.

"She's done it…" Scotty whispered.

When the cry finally ended the raven closed its wings around its body and fell down, preforming a dive back down onto its origin.

Scotty slowly approached the pool and watched as Raven slowly rose from it.

Only she was now different.

Her cloak, shoes and leotard had turned perfectly white.

She landed on the ground and looked up at Scotty…

Her mouth curled into a smile and tears flowing from her eyes.

"Lass, you've done it." Scotty laughed, spreading his arms out.

"Yeah…" Raven giggled softly. "I've done it."

It felt so surreal.

All her life she had struggled to repress her emotions…

And now she felt them flowing through her with such intensity it was almost painful, making her almost wish she could repress them again.

But she didn't want to.

Not after all she had been through.

"I'm ready now." Raven looked at Scotty. "We're going after Van Kleiss…and ending this multi-crossover."

Xxx

"And I should care because?" Vexus asked.

Van Kleiss grinned. "Well, what better way to test your new power than one someone who can become any dangerous creature it wants?" Van Kleiss snapped his fingers and A.M.A.Z.O.'s eyes flashed again.

Before Vexus could do anything she was teleported out of the briefing room…and right into the chamber Beast Boy was being kept.

She blinked and saw Beast Boy glaring at her, snarling. "So…He wants to test me against you? Fine. I'll see what my new body can do."

Raising her hand, Vexus watched as it morphed into a blast cannon and fired a beam of yellow energy at Beasty Boy who swiftly dodged. Whatever he had become was extremely agile and allowed him dodge as Vexus continued to blast at him with an amused look on her face.

Xxx

Where am I?

All around him there was darkness.

He was sure he'd be scared but he wasn't.

He wasn't sure why but he only knew he didn't have to be afraid.

Looking down at himself he saw he was still the same.

He was still Beast Boy.

"Are you?"

His ears perked up the sound of not one voice…

But many voices.

A red light shown in the dark and suddenly Beast Boy found himself surrounded by animals.

Not just earthly animals.

But millions, perhaps billions of animals and life forms from planets across the universe and maybe more.

Wait, how did he know that?

"Master."

Looking up Beast Boy was shocked to see the Beast standing before him. "You…"

"Do not be afraid, Master." The Beast spoke in a gruff voice, despite his mouth not moving. "What's happening to you right now is you unlocking your true power."

"My true power?" Beast Boy shook his head. "Look, I have no clue what's going on. So please just tell me first then I can get properly confused."

There a chuckle through the animals surrounding him.

"Master, you were taken by the same people who took Mate." The Beast answered and snarled. "They try to experiment on us but they have made a big mistake."

"Mate…You mean…" Beast Boy blushed slightly. "Raven."

The Beast nodded. "They took her and then they took us. They attached a device to us and with it came…them."

The Beast gestured to all the new animals around them.

"Are they…aliens?" Beast Boy wondered, looking at all the new animals and seeing there was no way they could be from Earth.

The Beast nodded. "Yes."

"Sweet! Cool!" Beast Boy could not help but smile at all the different animals. "You guys…I can tell you are all aliens."

"Master, the Red."

Beast Boy stopped and looked at the Beast. "The Red."

"The Red, the force that connects all animal life. Your powers come from the Red and your connection was so strong you could transform into anything you knew was connected to it. The device…It's enhanced your connection to the Red and all of them are new forms brought here." The Beast explained. "The person who did this seeks to turn you into a weapon for him."

"Me, a weapon?" Beast Boy frowned. "No way."

The Beast nodded. "Agreed."

"So, what do we do now?" Beast Boy inquired.

"Perhaps we should start with…" The Beast pointed behind its master. "Them."

Beast Boy turned around and saw a fire with four…lion looking dudes sitting around it. "Who are they?"

"They appeared…And helped awaken you. They smell…like the Red." The Beast sniffed at them. "They trespass but they are not enemies."

"You sure about that?" Beast Boy questioned but received no answer. "All right, guess we're doing this."

He walked over to the fire and looked at all of the four aliens. "Hi there. What's up? Um…Mind telling me what you guys are doing in my brain?"

As one all four eyes of the intruders opened their eyes and revealing a shining blue light. They looked at Beast Boy as one, seemingly staring into his soul.

"You are the one we have come for."

"We are the Imakandi."

"We seek to hunt."

Beast Boy was on guard now. "You come to hunt me? Dude, I'm no one's prey."

"Not you." The fire grew and projected an image of a tall man with white and black hair and a golden gauntlet on his right arm. "Him. He steals and abducts beings from other worlds to experiment on and create legions of powerful monsters."

"The one who has requested our aid to save you from becoming his most powerful weapon has offered him and his brood as our next hunt."

"However if they fail to give us a challenge we will turn our tights to you and this planet Earth."

Beast Boy wasn't sure how to feel about that. One hand they were seemingly helping him but on the other hand they were probably going to hunt him and a lot of people on Earth.

"How are you helping me?"

"Your mind is overwhelmed by the minds of all the new beings from the device known as the Omnitrix."

The fire was now showing a strange watch like device attached to his left wrist.

"It allows whoever holds access to the forms of thousands of different prey."

Beast Boy looked around, seeing all the animals and aliens still with him in the dark void, all staring at him. "So that's where you guys all come from."

Now he understood what was happening.

All these aliens were from that Omni-thingy that was attached to his wrist and with it came all the new alien animal forms that his body was still getting used to.

He might not be the brightest but he knew how his own powers worked.

"The device placed you in deep sleep so you would be changed without feeling pain."

"It evolves your body to better handle these new forms."

"Okay, I get what you are saying but what are you doing right now?" Beast Boy asked.

The fire showed him…fighting some robot chick.

"Are you…you guys possessed me?!"

"We are doing this to fully awaken you."

"If you are conscious but not truly prepared in the midst of the device evolving you it will tear you apart."

"And defeat our purpose of liberating you from your captors."

"O…kay." Beast Boy sighed as he sat down. "So how do I get…prepared?"

"Feel the power within you and of the new forms…Feel all of them and you will be ready."

Beast Boy turned around, looking at the Beast. "You've always been with me, haven't you? Even before I got splashed with those chemicals."

The Beast nodded. "I represent all that is primal within you, Master. I am your connection to the Red."

"Then you are where I need to start." Beast Boy said as he stood up and faced the Beast. "So, want to show those guys what we think of them trying to turn us into their new house pet?"

The Beast grinned. "With pleasure."

The four Imakandi watched as the Beast let out a howl and embraced its master. As this happened the blue fire sprang to life and seemingly wrapped itself around them.

"Now show us your power and strength. Show us the power this world can offer us!"

Xxx

"Okay, now I'm getting bored." Vexus grunted as the annoying green thing dodged another barrage of missiles and energy blasts from her. "Are you going to just run around like a scared little mongrel or are you going to fight back?"

That was when Beast Boy suddenly stopped and faced her.

"Oh?" Vexus mused as she aimed her arm cannon at him. "Did I hurt the wittle animal's feelings?"

"Not animal…" Beast Boy suddenly spoke, his voice slowly becoming deeper and gruffer. "…Beast."

Vexus watched with slightly widened eyes as Beast Boy bent over and let out a roar as he changed and grew, changing into his Werebeast form that let out a howl.

Xxx

"This is new." Van Kleiss said, scanners showing him that Beast Boy's body was becoming much more stable suddenly.

His brain wave activity was spiking and his body was breaking apart and immediately coming back together, showing matching DNA for multiple creatures and seemingly continuing to change.

It was like his body was constantly changing, evolving and adapting in a matter of seconds!

"Well, the nanites I left in the Omnitrix shou-" Van Kleiss stopped and watched as the signals from the nanites stopped. "What?!"

"It seems that's boy's immune systems are destroying your nanites." Grodd commented from behind. "His body morphing structure seems to eliminate anything that does not belong in the midst of the changing."

He knew that!

He didn't need some hyper-intelligent gorilla telling him what he already knew!

'Still, if I can't infect him with my nanites I can't make him into an EVO or even repress his memories!' Van Kleiss thought, clenching his fists. 'How is this going so wrong?!'

Xxx

The Werebeast snarled at Vexus who glared back. "Hmph! So bigger and with claws. Just an easier target."

From both hands came yellow glowing swords, electricity running down the blades. She shot forward, rockets bursting to life to from her back and the back of her legs. She shot forward, swinging her swords at the Werebeast who swiftly dodged her strikes. Vexus had been programmed with the ability to make any weapon with her new body and the knowledge of how to use them. Her machine body combined with her enhanced programming allowed her to move faster than the human eye could ever hope to follow.

And yet the Werebeast was keeping up with her.

And it could also fight back.

It suddenly disappeared into thin air…

POW!

CRASH!

And delivered a haymaker right to the face that sent her crashing into the wall.

'What?!'

How did he move so fast she couldn't track him?!

Looking up she saw the Beast charging at her. Raising her arms she formed her wrist cannons and fired. The Beast rolled out of the way and Vexus fired again.

"Hold still!" Vexus shouted as she fired over and over again.

She continued firing at the Beast who ran around the room.

"Vexus stop! You're going to cause a-" Van Kleiss tried to warn her but it was too late.

The room that had been Beast Boy's prison had started to collapse. Vexus grunted as she shook the debris off her and blasted a way out. Once she was out into another section of Van Kleiss' underground complex she spun around, aiming to blast the room and Beast Boy with it.

Only for her to get two large feet in the face, knocking her down.

"AWHOOO!" The Beast howled as it took off.

"Damn you!" Vexus jumped to her feet and shot off after her foe. "No organic makes a fool out of me!"

Xxx

"For such a perfect machine she had quite a hot head." The Green Goblin commented.

Van Kleiss scowled. 'She's going to blow up my entire lab at this rate!'

With his portal machine damaged he needed a new method to get them out.

And he just so happened to have one.

"A.M.A.Z.O., use Breach's power to send them far away from here!" Van Kleiss shouted to his android and its eyes glowed.

Xxx

Just as Vexus chased the Beast into another a room a golden portal opened up in front of them. The Beast stopped just in time but Vexus plowed right into it and they both tumbled through it.

Xxx

The Beast blinked as it jumped to its feet, looking around to see the green jungle surrounding it.

'I know this place.' Beast Boy's voice spoke deep within the Beast's mind. 'This is Africa.'

The Master was correct as the Beast could recognize the scent of the jungle and the many animals that called it home.

The trees.

The leaves.

The sound of frightened animals nearby.

This was all home to the Beast and it's Master.

And it was being threatened.

"RRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!"

Spinning around the Beast could Vexus standing up as she faced him with an angry look. "Van Kleiss! Quit sending me through portals!"

They had been sent away to avoid bringing down the coward's cave.

Fine, they would deal with the metal woman first.

Snarling the Beast shot forward, lunging at Vexus who shot up into the air.

"Nice try!" The former Queen of the Cluster laughed arrogantly. "Now that we are out in the open I am no longer hampered by the lack of space!"

Funny, so was the Beast.

Vexus aimed her cannons down and fired, blasting the ground where the Beast had been. Her sensors worked on overtime, trying to capture sight her target and confirm she had hit him.

SLASH!

"Gah!" Vexus cried out as something slashed at her arms, damaging her cannons.

Spinning around Vexus could see something moving in between the trees. "Make a fool out of me, will you?!"

From her body came multiple whips, glowing with electricity. With an angered shout Vexus spun, her whips cutting through the trees and setting the bark and leaves on fire. Either slashed to bits and electrocuted by her whips or burned alive.

Vexus couldn't tell what she wanted more.

"I'll torch this entire wretched forest if I have to!" Vexus shouted as she continued to spin. "You organics are an infestation anyways!"

Little did she realize that the Beast had already slipped through her defense.

The Beast was just one of Beast Boy's many forms and with his unstable DNA evolving, perfecting the original intent of the virus that had almost killed him Beast Boy was quickly learning he was capable of a lot more than before.

Such as…

"Oh, what does this do? It looks important."

Vexus stopped in mid-air, pausing as she suddenly heard Beast Boy's voice. "Where are you?"

"Me? I'm just in your head, poking around."

"What?!"

Her scanners went into overdrive, alerting her to the fact that her body was suddenly infected by…

Germs?!

The germs were multiplying by the second and clogging up her systems.

"How?! My systems are too advanced! They would be exterminated before they could-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Vexus was cut off as a clawed arm ripped its way out of her chest.

"Sweet! I can morph different parts of myself into whatever animal I think of!" Beast Boy let out a whoop as Vexus could feel him tearing her apart from the inside.

"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT OOOOOOOOOOOOOOF MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Vexus howled as she released a volt of electricity through herself, forcing Beast Boy out who changed into an eagle.

Vexus could feel the Upgrade part of her already at work to repair the damage Beast Boy had inflicted on her from the inside. Looking down at the eagle with an expression of pure hate Vexus shot right at the eagle, intent on tearing it to pieces. The whip slashed through the eagle…

And it broke apart into millions of micro sized green colored germs before some came back together and formed into a mass of eagles that flew around Vexus, obscuring her vision as one flew above and morphed into a giant whale. Vexus had no time to react as the whale fell right on top of her and slammed right into the ground, creating a miniature earthquake before once again changing back into the Beast. Seeing Vexus down with her body rushing to repair itself the Beast grabbed Vexus by the leg and slammed her repeatedly into the ground, over and over and over again. Vexus finally regained her senses and tried stab the Beast with sword, managing to cut it shoulder and force it to release her.

The Beast howled in pain as it released her and Vexus jumped up, attempting to cut its head off.

The Beast disappeared again, moving so fast it left only a blur.

BOOM!

'My sensors should be tracking it-' Vexus thought before a sonic boom knocked her back. 'It broke the sound barrier?!'

This was impossible!

POW!

Vexus was too stunned to react as a fist slammed into her face, sending her crashing through several trees.

BOOM!

POW!

BOOM!

POW!

The Beast continued its attack; not allowing Vexus the chance to react as it repeatedly punched her and sent her flying. Its speed was breaking the sound barrier and creating a sonic boom in its place that sent Vexus flying back and forth like a pinball machine. She crashed through several more trees and she was desperately conjuring missiles and energy cannons to try and slow it down.

SLASH!

BOOM!

SLASH!

Only for the Beast to damage each of them and cause a reaction that blew parts of her body away.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Vexus screamed out as she even tried to blast the Beast with laser vision only for the Beast to slash her eyes with its claws.

The finally, the Beast pounced on her to finish the fight. It tore at her body, ripping out the Upgrade skin around her to the point even it could do nothing…

And then all that was left was Vexus, nearly damaged beyond repair and left shaking and trembling in fear.

'How…He's just…An organic…' Vexus could not comprehend how an organic could become so powerful, even if it had been enhanced by Van Kleiss.

It had ripped through her upgrades so easily and left her something she had so rarely felt, even in battle against XJ-9.

Absolute fear.

Xxx

"Summon her back." Van Kleiss quickly ordered his android.

It seemed Man or Beast had triumphed over Machine this time.

Xxx

Before the Beast could finish her Vexus fell into a golden portal underneath her and the Beast jumped away, watching as the portal vanished. The Beast stood still for a moment and then let out a howl as it slowly retreated back into the depths of the Master's mind and allowed the Master to resume control.

And when Beast Boy returned he was different.

His body was more muscular now, his arms and legs more refined and actually resembling Robin's. His black and purple Doom Patrol uniform had changed into a red and white uniform that lacked sleeves and showed his arms with the Omnitrix still attached to his left wrist and had been so through the entire fight, no matter what form he took. On his hands were red and white fingerless gloves while on her feet were sneakers that were a mix red, white and even black. Even his hair style had changed, slightly longer and was now done in a quiff with side fades. When before he had one fang sticking out of his mouth he now had two fangs sticking out that appeared sharper than before.

"Wow…" Beast Boy looked at his new form, wondering if those alien dudes had anything to do with it but decided to just roll with it. "Okay, now to find out where I am and get back home!"

He looked down and saw a blue flame in front of him.

The flame showed the face of an Imakandi. "You have proven yourself as a powerful warrior. We are impressed. Our work is done and you are released to find your way home. It is our way, the Imakandi way."

The blue flame vanished, leaving Beast Boy scratching his head. "Well, that was a thing."

With that he took off, deciding to look around a bit before trying to find someone who could help him.

"Run free, Beast Boy. Run free."

Xxx

The TurboKat continued climbing, climbing, still trying to shake that bloody missile but the rocket continued to inch up on them.

Razor tracked the missile on his radar scope, counting down the distance. "Twenty meters and closing. Fifteen ..."

"It's a heat-seeker - it's staying right on our engine exhaust. We can't outrun it, but maybe we can outmaneuver it." T-Bone said before having the Turbokat make a dramatic backward loop, going into a steep dive.

The missile copied the jet's movements exactly. The Turbokat banks suddenly sharp to the right, trying to loop around behind the missile but it was useless. The missile mirrors the jet's every maneuver.

Razor craned his head around, watching the missile closing the gap. "It's like trying to lose your own shadow ..."

"Yeah, only this shadow's carrying high explosives!" T-Bone agreed as the Turbokat shot through the sky at supersonic speed, followed immediately by the missile.

Xxx

The police have formed a line of armed troops standing abreast in front of the building's entrance. The troops are armed with machine-guns. Fizz himself stood in front of the line, holding a bazooka.

Xxx

Looking out the window, Callie and Fray anxiously watched the activity below. Looking down ten floors to the courtyard below, they see the Metallikat Express hover to a stop just short of the police line.

Fray turns to Callie nervously. "Fizz will hold them . I mean, nobody's better than Fizz, right?"

"Let's hope so."

Xxx

Inside the vehicle, Mac and Molly were arguing nonstop as they both slipped Multi-Function Weapons over their hands.

"So sue me! How was I supposed to know that was your sister's car back there?!" Mac inquired.

"You've always hated my side of the family! Sometimes I don't even know why I married you!" Molly thundered.

"Certainly is a mystery to me." Mac agreed with her for once.

Xxx

Edgy, nervous, waiting.

Fizz's stance was arrogant but effective. He talked to his troops without turning to look at them. "Wait for the order, men ..."

Xxx

The Metallikats twisted the wrist weapons, locking them with an audible clock.

"Ready?" Mac asked.

"Ready." Molly affirmed.

Xxx

The vehicle's gull wing doors lifted open, and Mac and Molly stepped out to face the police.

If an Asgardian was present to see Fizz standing firm, they would say he was like Heimdal guarding the Rainbow Bridge. "Mac and Molly Mange, you're under arrest! Surrender or we'll fire!"

In sharp unison, the entire line of police behind Fizz aimed their weapons at the robots who were just walking slowly ahead, something like smug smiles on their steel faces. "Knock yerself out, Chief."

Fizz gave his troops the command to open fire. "Fire!"

The police opened fire on the robots as they advance, but they hardly seem to notice with the bullets bouncing harmlessly off their metal bodies. Raising the bazooka to his shoulder, Fizz aimed and fired. Mac was slammed in the chest by the bazooka shell, causing him to stagger backward a bit. Then he moves forward again, alongside Molly. Mac grabbed Fizz, picking the Chief off his feet and throwing him over his head. He flew up into the air and fell onto the hood of the Metallikat Express with a heavy thud sound.

The Metallikats waded into the police line, tossing the police around like ragdolls. Guns firing, the police try their best, but they were no match for these steel monsters. After the police were defeated easily, the two robots looked up toward the Mayor's window. In the background some of the the beaten cops could be seen limping away.

"The Mayor's on the tenth floor. Take the inside route." Mac ordered.

"And what're you going to do?" Molly questioned.

"I'm going up this way." Mac lifted his weapon arm, firing an expandable grappling hook into the air.

Callie and Fray watched the grappling hook fly right past their window. The grappling hook snagged onto the bottom of a window washer's scaffold, hanging one floor above the Mayor's window. Both Fray and Callie were alarmed by the steel cable now hanging right outs ide their window while Sebben picked up his cane.

Mac pressed a stud on his wrist device, which pulled him into the air, reeling him up to the tenth floor as he shouted down to Molly. "You still here?"

"I'm going! I'm going!" Molly said as she turned, heading for the lobby.

Xxx

Callie and Fray watch in helpless horror as Mac was steadily reeled up the cable toward them. Callie turned away from the window, pulling the SWAT Kat signal device out of her purse. Out of view of Fray, she pushes the signal button.

Xxx

The Turbokat has just broken out of a cloud. And a moment later, yes, here came the missile. Razor noticed a red light on his instrument panel.

It's the Distress signal, accompanied by an obnoxious beeping. "Callie's calling, on the distress band."

"Kinda busy right now. One crisis at a time ... Engines are overheating. Guess it's time for Plan Z."

Razor moaned. "Aw, T-Bone. I hate Plan Z."

"No other choice, kiddo. Prepare for engine shutdown." T-Bone punched some controls on his panel. The jet flames die out, turning black and cold. Razor punched a button on his own console. "Engines cold. Launching Decoy Missile."

A Decoy missile fired ahead of the jet. The Turbokat made a sharp left, getting out from between the pursuing missile and the Decoy the boys just fired. This time, the pursuing missile follows the hotter object, the Decoy Missile. The two shouted in joy as they saw the enemy missile explode on impact with the Decoy.

Turning to his controls, the seriousness returns to Razor's face. "Great job, T-Bone! What a team!"

T-Bone was not so optimistic as he was frantically pushing buttons. "We're not out of the woods yet. The engines won't restart."

The Turbokat plunged down to the earth.

"This is why I hate Plan Z ..."

"Pilot warning: This craft is in freefall. Please restart engines at once."

"What the heck is that?" T-Bone asked.

"Oh, that's the computer warning system I installed. Just thought a voice warning might help sometime in case you ever fell asleep at the stick." Razor said sheepishly while frantically working the controls to no effect .

"Repeat: Pilot warning. This craft is in freefall. Please-"

"Please shut up! I'm doing everything I can!"

"Repeat: Pilot warning-"

SMASH

"Aww, T-Bone. That wasn't necessary!"

Xxx

Fray and Callie ducked their heads inside, closing and locking the window. Fray knew she might have to use her SEED for this fight.

"Miss Fray, I would advise you to leave since this not your fight." Sebben said as he stood up, holding his Falcon's Fury. "Unfortunately with the other robot somewhere else in the building I can't advice you to run and hide."

Fray nodded in agreement even though she had no plans to flee. "Yes sir. I'll help in any way I can."

Xxx

The Turbokat was closing fast on the water. In seconds, it will slam into the bay. T-Bone continued to punch buttons, flip switches, anything to bring them out of this fatal plunge.

"We have to eject!" Razor exclaimed.

"No way!" T-Bone had the top of his instrument panel open, poking at wires inside, holding a penlight in his mouth.

"T-Bone, forget the plane! Not worth it!"

"NO!"

Razor let out a deep sigh. "How did I know you were going to say that-?" Razor returns to his wiring.

Every avenue exhausted, T-Bone reached for the 'ENGINE RESTART' button one more time. "C'mon, baby ... you can do it. One tiny miracle, that's all I ask ..."

A sudden flame flickered inside, and then…

BOOM!

All three engines restarted at once. The jet pulled out of its deadly dive, spare feet before cracking into the water. T-Bone howled, thoroughly overjoyed. "Hoohah! I thought we bought the big litterbox for sure that time!" The pilot gave instrument panel a big kiss. "But the Turbokat came through for us, just like always!" He finished with a knowing smile on his face.

In Razor's hands he held a pair of spliced wires. "Well, maybe not always. Sometimes you gotta give her a helping hand." Razor noticed the red Distress light again, BEEPING obnoxiously. "T-Bone, it's Callie again…"

T-Bone put Callie's voice on speaker. "Hiya, Cal! What's the problem?"

Xxx

"I'm in the Mayor's office, T-Bone. And right now I could really, really use your help!"

Suddenly, Mac appears at the window, smashing it open with a metal claw. Brick and glass flew everywhere.

Xxx

Callie's screams echoed inside the cockpit. The boys immediately snapped to and T-Bone slammed down the throttle . "Mayor 's office."

"Like pronto!" Razor finished.

The jet banks sharply, turning back towards GrimmFall.

Xxx

Callien used her Semblance to manifest an ape that swung its fist at Mac.

Mac wasn't fazed and was holding back the ape with one arm. "Oh, please. I was just hit with a bazooka shell. Did ya really think a monkey was gonna stop me ... ?"

Eyes narrowing Callie manifested a kangaroo that jumped over Mac and kicked him in the back, making him stumble forward. Growling Mac spun and fired, blasting the manifestation before turning to Callie and fired, knocking her into the wall. She slid down to the floor, unconscious. Mac then turned to Sebben and Fray just as the door was kicked open and in walked Molly.

"Mayor Sebben! I was just looking for you." Molly said as she entered.

Sebben narrowed his eye, seeing Mac on one side and Molly on the other. "Whatever problems you have with me there's still a chance we can resolve this peacefully."

"Too late, Mayor! You had your chance to make a deal with us earlier, when we offered you a fat bribe for our paroles. But ya turned us down!" Mac accused, pointing at the mayor.

Sebben said nothing, even though he knew it wasn't him who turned down their parole. "Mac ... Molly, its obvious life's dealt you some bad cards. There are good days and bad days."

Mac's patience with Sebben was wearing thin. "Shaddup, you! I'll tell ya about a coupla kats who really had a bad day. And you better lissen, 'cause there's a moral at the end ... It began two months ago, on Alkatraz Island ..."

Xxx

The notorious island prison off the coast. Surrounded by impossible walls, this was the end of the line for GrimmFall's most hardened criminals. They climbed down a long, long rope fashioned of tied bedsheets. A searchlight swept over them, forcing them to hug the rock wall. They were normal cat Mobians here, not robots yet, both of them dressed in prison garb.

"Ow , that's my foot you're stepping on!" Molly complained.

Mac whispered back. "Be quiet, you imbecile! Ya want us to get caught?"

The searchlight moved on. The pair, only silhouettes now, continued their climb down the cliff face.

"You're positive you arranged for the boat?" Mac asked.

"Yes, I'm positive! I told you that a hundred times already. The boat will be there!" Molly answered harshly.

Little did they know a knot in the rope of sheets they were using to climb down was unraveling as the pair continued their bickering.

"Stop pullin' on the sheets!"

"I'm not doing it. Your stupid rope is coming apart!"

"Uh oh. We're in for it-NOOOOOOWWWWWWW!"

The two tumbled the last fifty or so feet down the slopping cliff face to the rocky beach below.

Mac tumbled right into the boat with a heavy thump. "OW!"

Molly gathered herself up groggily and looked at Mac. "Told you the boat would be here."

A few minutes later they were rowing across the still, fog-shrouded channel, Molly was at the oars as Mac tore off the serial number on his shirt with Molly following suit. "Okay, first we're gonna get the Mayor, then Catscratch, then a couple a banks. No, first Catscratch..."

"What about money and transportation?" Molly asked.

"Okay, okay! First a bank, then Catscratch ..."

"We'd get there faster if you'd help to row!"

Mac's ears perked up, thinking he heard something. "Shaddup! I hear somethin'."

"Can't see a thing in this soup. What do you hear?"

"I dunno ... like a ship or somethin' ..."

Suddenly, a huge ship broke out of the fog, bearing right for the tiny rowboat . The ship blared a warning whistle, but the two didn't even have time to scream before the ship smashed directly into them , cutting the boat in two.

By morning the fog was lifted and Mac and Molly had washed onto the beach, their clothes in tatters. They looked lifeless. Very quiet, very serene. Two metallic feet approached, standing over the bodies. Then two more metal feet appeared, revealing themselves to be robots.

They looked at each other dumbly. One tall, the other two heads shorter, the robots walk away, carrying the limp forms of Mac and Molly. Other than their silver coloring, the robots closely resemble normal cat Mobians.

Except for one big difference: both their heads are only metal posts will robotic eyes attached.

Xxx

Molly was lying on a table. Suddenly, her eyes snap open. "I'm still ... alive!" She said, her own voice sound metallic while raising a hand to touch her face and she was shocked to see a silver claw where her hand used to be.

She sat upright on the table, pulling off the sheet covering the rest of her body. It was all metal, too. Only her face remains flesh-like. "What's wrong with my body-?! Mac! Where are you?"

While looking for Mac, her head inadvertently twisted around 360 degrees. Her husband was sitting up on another table behind her. "Behind ya, Molly."

She turned to look at him. Mac was a robot, too, only his face is metallic as well.

He held a plastic mask of his own face in his hand. "Mac ... ! We're all silvery and weird. What's happened to us?"

"I dunno, but I'm gonna wring the neck of the guy who did this to us!"

"That would be my neck, young fellow." An elderly Cat Mobian wearing a lab coat entered the lab, walking toward the confused pair. He took the plastic mask from Mac. "I think the masks are good likenesses. Eventually I'll create full body suits for you to wear. No sense scaring everybody every time you go into public."

Molly pulled off her own face mask, revealing robot features underneath. She gasped at the mask in horror.

Mac looked at the Mobian. "Who are you? Why have you done this to us?"

"My name is Professor Hackle. Your bodies were destroyed when my robo-kats found you. The only way to save you was to plant your brains inside my robots. There was no time to ask permission."

"We're robots? Ya turned us inta tin cans!?"

"I know this is a shock, but I promise you you have profited by this exchange. In every way, you are faster, stronger, and will live longer lives than you would have had before. The only difference now is, your bodies are steel instead of flesh."

The two were scared, lost and trying to understand.

"What about our brains? Is there any part of us left?" Molly asked.

Hackle fudged there, scratching his whiskers nervously. "Yes and no. I've imprinted your memories on an indestructible hard disk. You're robots now, and much, much more."

Molly looks bewildered, and sad as she turned to Mac. "Mac, I don't like this."

But Mac, on the other hand, was kinda digging it. He flexed his steel arms. "I dunno. I think I could get to like this. I've never felt so powerful! Like I could rip apart this whole town with my bare, um, claws."

"Indeed you could, my boy. But fate has delivered you to me for another reason." Hackle ushered them to the other side of the laboratory. "Come with me, you two. I want to show you something."

The professor pulled the chain of an overhead light, revealing a table against one wall filled with amazing weaponry. The two new robots reacted with amazement as Hackle described the items before them.

"My whole life I have created such weapons of destruction for the military. Laser weapons ... electric blasters ... rockets ..."

Mac picked up the cigar, which Hackle gently pulls away.

"Yes, even a real exploding cigar."

"Hot stuff!"

Hackle turned off the light, turning the robots back toward their operating tables. "These days, however, I have turned my efforts toward making a contribution to Human, Faunus and Mobian kind, rather than creating weapons to destroy it."

The robots hardly even realized they're being quietly coaxed back onto the tables as Hackle talked.

"That is why you two are important. As soon as you are healed, I will present you both to the Scientific Academy." Hackle stroked Mac's metal skull lightly, easing him to a lying position. The professor's voice was soothing, like a lullaby. "Imagine the great minds that be saved with this form of brain transplant! You will become history!"

Mac smiled, but he was not sure why.

"And history ... will forgive me." With Mac and Molly at rest on their separate tables Hackle headed to the door. "Good night, my children. Sleep well."

"Good night." Molly said.

"Yeah, g'night, perfesser."

He turned off the light and they could hear Hackle's footsteps walking away. The darkness lasted for two beats. Then the light comes on again, Mac's metal claw was holding the light chain and looking at Molly. "What a sap that perfesser is! Imagine leaving us alone to swipe all this loot!"

A mischievous grin appeared on Molly's face. "There's one born every minute."

Mac started grabbing armfuls of weapons from the table across the room. "Hey, Molly! Where'd you go?"

"Hey, Mac! Look at this!"

Molly clicked on a light, and there was revealed the Hovercraft, in all its war machine glory. Mac walked up, his arms loaded with weapons.

His jaw dropped, awestruck by the sight of the vehicle. "Cats alive! Transportation! Let's go to town!"

Xxx

BLAM!

The hovercraft crashed through a wall of the house, flying towards GrimmFall.

"Yeeeehaaaaahh!"

Xxx

"Good story," Sebben said once Mac was done talking. "But I'm afraid I missed the moral."

Mac pointed the Mayor with his metal finger for emphasis. "The moral is, 'Don't mess with the Metallikats!'"

Xxx

The TurboKat tore through downtown, flying above the street as it headed towards City Hall, banking a hard left, taking a sharp corner between buildings.

Xxx

Callie was rousing now, peering up angrily at the robots.

"Leave him alone, you metal morons! He didn't turn down your parole ... I did!" The two turned around eyeing Callie suspiciously.

"Who are you?" Mac asked.

Callie approached, trying to appear more in charge than she felt. "Calico Briggs, Deputy Mayor. Sebben never even saw the paperwork for your sentences. I turned your paroles down, bribes and all."

"You? You let us rot inside that prison?" Molly snarled.

"That's right, sister. And I'd do it again in a heartbeat."

Molly snapped out with a metal claw, grabbing Callie by the lapels. She picked Callie up off her feet, lifting her to the window, where she held the poor girl out at arm's length. Dangling ten floors up, only the steel claw at Callie's neck is stopping her from falling.

She puts up a brave front, but really only trying to contain her panic. "You don't scare me, you brass bimbo!"

Molly responded by casually releasing her grip, allowing Callie to fall.

From the wrecked window, Molly calmly watched as Callie fell to her doom. "Remember to land on your feet, Deputy Mayor! Hahahaaaa !"

Callie narrowed her eyes as she fell. "I'll do better than that!"

Using her Semblance she manifested a large eagle underneath her, saving her from falling to her death.

"Hey, Cal! Need a lift?"

Looking up Callie spotted the TurboKat with its pilot canopy open, showing its two pilots, and she let out a big sigh of relief. "It's about time, you guys! Catch you on your lunch hour?"

Abruptly, two electric bolts struck near them. T-Bone hit the hover jets, lifting off. The TurboKat turned in mid-air, and flew off. Molly pulls her wrist weapon back through the wrecked window, looking disappointed.

"Y'never could shoot for beans." Mac shook his head. "You think you can-"

THWACK!

Having had enough standing around Sebben activated his Semblance and used it to go superfast, striking Mac over a dozen times with his cane. Molly aimed her cannon to fire at Sebben but Frey picked up a small vase and smashed it in the cyborg's face. Molly staggered back but remained unharmed as she snarled at Frey.

'I'll have to use my SEED against her.' Fray thought as Molly lashed out with her silver claws.

As Molly lashed out, Fray activated her SEED which showed as her pupils shrank and iris grew allowing her to easily dodge the cyborg's claws. Her SEED enhanced her physical abilities as well which showed as she actually engaged Molly in hand to hand combat, her fists and kicks actually making a dent in Molly's armor.

"What in the world are you?!" Molly shouted as she tried blasting Flay at close range.

Flay grabbed her arm and ducked, aiming at where Sebben and Mac where fighting. "Mayor Sebben, look out!"

Just as Molly fired an electrical blast Sebben jumped out of the way and blast collided with Mac head on. The male cyborg let out a scream but was surprisingly still standing.

"Mac!" Molly shouted in concern for her husband as she shoved Flay away. "Are you all right?!"

Mac shook his head and looked at Molly. "Can't you aim?!"

"I didn't mean to!"

Mac looked down at his body, flexing his claws. "Well, that doc did real good with these bodies at least."

"Shall we put that to the test?"

Mac spun around and Sebben slammed a hand into his chest. "And what is that supposed to do?"

Sebben didn't answer as a clock glyph appeared on his hand and traveled through Mac's body. The clock starting spinning rapidly and just as Mac raised his arms to finish Sebben off he faltered.

"Wha-What's going?!" Mac shouted his body began to rust.

It slowly became undone from the inside and immediately began falling apart.

"My Semblance Clockwork allows me to slow, rewind, freeze and fast forward the time of anything I choose." Sebben explained as Mac lost an arm and then a leg. "I just forwarded your body until time took its toll on it."

Mac finally collapsed onto the floor, his body breaking apart and his head rolling away. Molly was left frozen as she stared in at first shock, then complete outrage, as she looked in horror at Mac's remains.

"Mac! You killed Mac ...!" Driven by rage Molly aimed and fired at Sebben who dashed towards the window as the TurboKat appeared.

T-Bone inside the cockpit waved the Mayor to jump onto the wing of the plane. "Jump, Mayor! Jump on the wing!"

Sebben did so, landing right on the wing. Molly, in her rage, leapt out of the window, onto the jet and fired at Sebben, forcing him to jump again. She landed on the wing, tearing pieces of it away with her steel claws, alarming T-Bone at this unexpected turn of events. As for Sebben he fired a grappling hook from his cane, managing to swing safely down to the ground and looked back up at the TurboKat.

This was not T-Bone's original plan. "Hey lady! Get off the darn jet!"

T-Bone slammed down the throttle, causing a sudden, powerful acceleration. Molly hung onto the wing, anchored by her claws. She raised her weapon hand, aiming it at the cockpit. T-Bone saw her aiming the weapon, and quickly tipped the plane. She fired, missing him.

T-Bone threw the jet into a barrel roll, twisting through the air like a corkscrew, but Molly hung onto the wing with a death grip. Flay, Razor and Callie ran into the courtyard, standing with Sebben with all of them staring into the sky, watching the battle above them. T-Bone spotted Molly through the cockpit window, clawing her way toward them. A moment more, and she'll smash through the canopy.

His hand inched toward the instrument panel. "Yes, my dear. Right this way. Come on in."

He waited until she was right on top of them, her arm hauling back to crash through the window. He hit a button marked: CANOPY RELEASE. The canopy blew, slamming into Molly, who lost her grip, sending her tumbling across the top of the plane. Reaching out at the last minute to she managed to snag one of the jet's engines with a claw.

T-Bone cranes his neck around to see Molly hanging on and moaned aloud. "Lady, will you please get off my airplane!"

T-Bone took the jet down, heading for the building. It looked like his plan was to smash into the building as a last resort. Molly's eyes widened with fear as she sees the building approaching. As it suddenly gains altitude, skimming very close to the top of the building the action finally scraped Molly off the plane. T-Bone watched Molly as she fell hundreds of feet to the pavement below and slammed violently onto the street, smashing to pieces.

Xxx

Fizz was wearing an arm sling, supervising the towing away of the robot's vehicle.

"For now I think it's say the book has been closed on the Metallikats." Sebben remarked from the side with Callie and Fray, glad to see no one had been horribly hurt through this ordeal. "But I'd still like to know who turned a pair of criminals into lethal killing machines."

"I'll get to work on it, Mr. Sebben. I denied them their parole and they initially came after you for it." Callie offered. "I'll find out who was responsible for creating the Metallikats."

"Good. Now I need to see someone about redecorating my office." Sebben sighed. "I really need a vacation one of these days."

Xxx

Several Days Later

Hackle seemed to be talking to himself. "You two have been very naughty. I've been looking for you for two days! I'm afraid I'll have to make some minor adjustments in you two before I can have you to be examined by the academy ..."

Suddenly, their eyes (Molly has two; Mac only one) snapped open, and they immediately resume their bickering.

"If you're going to make adjustments, make him taller!"

"And make her shut up!"

"Shhh, please you two. Must you always argue?" Heckle shushed, trying to stop them from giving him a headace.

"Well, he's the one who's always got to have the last word!" Molly said.

"Am not! Am not!"

"Are too! Are too!"

The truck screeched to a halt and the professor threw the heads out. The truck drove off then, leaving the two robots heads abandoned on the road, frantically hopping and shouting after the pickup, which was speeding off into the distance.

"Hey perfesser! You can't leave us here!"

"Come back!"

"We'll be good!"

Mac turned to Molly. "Now ya done it! Ya got the perfesser mad at us!"

"I done it? You done it!"

And as the robot heads hopped down the road, Mac and Molly continued to bicker.

Xxx

At the Gravity Falls police station, Stan was getting his mug shots taken, his prints taken, and then he was sitting in front of a bulletin board with various pictures attached to strings that all meet up to a picture of him with Agent Powers standing in front of him.

"Stanford Pines, you stand accused of theft of government waste, conspiracy, and possession of illegal weapons. How do you plead to these charges?" Agent Powers questioned the con-man.

"Uh, guilti-cent! I mean, inno-guilty! Um, can I have my phone call?"

Xxx

Stan's phone call was answered at the fast food restaurant called 'Yumberjacks,' where Soos is at the drive-thru. "Okay, gimme whatever you got that comes with a free toy."

"Soos!"

"Mr. Pines?" Soos leaned out and touched the drive-thru lumberjack-speaker. "Is this some sort of... possession situation?"

"Just pick up!"

Soos picked up the walkie-talky. "Mr. Pines, what happened? I heard you got arrested or something? I had to go get some panic food."

"Listen, I need something from you. You know that vending machine in the gift shop? I need you to guard it with your life. No matter what happens, no matter who talks to you, don't let them touch that machine." The Walky-talky made a whining sound as Stan cut out.

"Time for a repair guy," Soos said, adjusting his hat. "To become a repair man."

The Drive-thru employee stuck his arm out to hand Soos his kid's meal. "Sir, your Junior Yum-Yum Baby-Time Kiddo Meal?"

"Just put one in my mouth." The Employee opened the box, removed a fry, and placed it in Soos' mouth. "Let's do this."

Soos drove wildly through a hedge.

Xxx

"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. "Pacifica."

"You remember me. I'm flattered." Pacifica said, bringing a hand to her chest, over her heart. "I was hoping I would get the chance to see you again. And even better, unlike last time when I was ordered to capture you this time I have complete reign to do what I want…including killing you viciously and painfully."

Mandy cracked her knuckles. "Funny. I was thinking the exact same thing."

Rather than waste anymore words Mandy and Pacifica shot forward, both fists colliding with each other's faces in the opening round of their rematch. Mandy was savage and brutal, utilizing powerful strikes while Pacifica was fast and agile, dodging at first and delivering what blows she could in between. Kevin Levin could only watch in slight awe as the two started jumping around, landing with enough force to form small craters in the ground with neither seeming to look like they were about to give in to exhaustion or injury. The fighting came to a halt after a mere twenty seconds but both were covered in bruises. Pacifica looked ready to pass out almost while Mandy appeared to still have some left over energy.

"Okay, slightly better than before." Pacifica said with a confident smile. "But I'm sure you know I am holding back."

"Oh really? So am I." Mandy said, spitting out a tooth.

"Then how about we go all in?" Pacifica suggested.

"Looks like that will be the only way to end this fight." Mandy agreed.

"Very well. Bring it on…Baby Cakes." Pacifica taunted with a daring smile.

The mere audacity of Pacifica giving her such a nickname caused Mandy to growl as her Aura flared around her. As this happened dark vein like markings appeared around her eyes and began traveling down her face and spreading to her body. Pacifica watched in fascination while Kevin in fear as the sclera of Mandy's eyes turned black, completing her Fallen appearance but it didn't stop there. The markings spread all over her body, turning her skin pitch black and the redness of her eyes grew and began to glow.

Mandy was a Newborn Fallen, the lowest of the three ranks. The Newborns were stronger than an average human but weaker than the Noble class Fallen which came after Newborn and the Majesty class that was the final rank. Newborns had yet to fully master their Grimm powers and instincts, forcing them to hold back the instinct to kill but the instinct did not remain dormant. It grew over the years until finally ready to overtake the Newborn and force them to either succumb or master it.

Mandy's own darkness was strong, very strong for a child her age and thus the Grimm instincts within her became even stronger to the point that they were ready to overtake her before she had fully matured which was the norm for all Fallen. Now the darkness covered her body and even her hair, white teeth pocking out of her mouth, fingers and toes ending in sharp claws and to top it all off orange devil like wings with black stripes sprouted from her back. The full Grimm form of Mandy let out a snarl followed by a roar as it looked to Pacifica as its first prey.

"Well, that's neat." Pacifica said as her eyes morphed, the sclera turning yellow while the pupils turned into red slits, resembling the eyes of Bill Cipher when he possessed Dipper.

Her hands became engulfed in blue fire and the marking of Cipher appeared on her forehead.

"Let's really kick things up!" Pacifica said before she and Mandy charged at each other again…

BOOM!

Xxx

Dipper, Zoe, Frida and Mabel were still in the car with Trigger as Powers spoke through a video link at the front of the vehicle.

" We've got Mr. Pines in custody. Our men are searching the shack for the device. You take care of those kids."

Mabel gasped, unpleasant memories of St. Olga's appearing in her mind. "What're you gonna do to us?"

"We'll be taking you to child services." Trigger answered.

"Boo!" Mabel protested.

"You can't take us to child services! Our mom and grandma will sue you!" Frida threatened.

"Sure they will. In the meantime," Trigger pressing a button up front. "Enjoy some mindless reality TV, designed to pacify you and make you stop asking questions."

On the television screen a surgeon in scrubs stood over a patient laying on a stretcher. "I'm about to make the incision..."

"KER-PRANK!" A flamboyantly dressed young man jumped out of a potted plant, surgeon screams, screen reads 'KER-PRANK'D in large font. "You're watching "KER-PRANK'D" with Justin Kerprank!"

"Dipper, this is crazy. There's no way Stan was stealing hazardous waste! We gotta clear his name!" Mabel quietly exclaimed.

Dipper began thinking and then spotted the camera at the front of the car. "Hmm...wait a minute, the security tapes! Didn't Stan say he was restocking the gift shop last night? If we could get the Mystery Shack surveillance tapes, we could prove he's innocent!"

"We just need to think of a way out of here. Think, Mabel..." Mabel looked out the car window. "Think."

Their vehicle came up beside a logging truck driven by Manly Dan. Mabel noticed a Sev'ral Timez bumper sticker on the back and knocked on the window to get Dan's attention, writing on the foggy car window: SEVRAL TIMEZ IS OVERRATED

Manly Dan gasped. "NOOOOO!"

The giant man veered the logging truck into the government vehicle, which went into a spin and fell off the road into the forest.

"Mayday! Mayday! Agent down!" Trigger shouted as he and the kids screamed, and the car crashed into the trees. Trigger got stuck between the car and a tree branch, and struggled to get free. "Darn branch!"

"Haha, yes!" Mabel opened the door and the kids jumped out of the car.

"Backup! Requesting backup! Ah!" Dipper pulled the earpiece out of Trigger's ear and crushed it on the ground.

"Come on, Dipper. We're gonna go clear our uncle's name."

"Oh, you poor kids. You really think your uncle's innocent? I've seen it all before." Mabel and Frida walked away, but Dipper and Zoe paused to listen. "False names, double lives, one minute they're playing with water balloons, the next they're building doomsday devices. Your uncle scammed the whole world. You gonna let him scam you, too?"

"You…" Dipper hesitated. "You don't know what you're talking about."

With that he and Zoe walked away with the latter giving the agent a dirty look, promising to get him and Powers back.

"You're gonna regret this!" Trigger shouted before the airbag inflated.

Trigger cried out and the car's horn beeped.

Xxx

The kids hid on the side of the road as two government vehicles passed by, and as they did, they disappeared from the roadside. They moved quickly enough that they were now hiding in the trunk of the rear car that was moving in the direction of the Mystery Shack.

Xxx

Stan was back in the interrogation room, checking his wristwatch device. "Only five more hours till it happens. I gotta be there! Come on, Stan, you gotta think of a way outta this." He started pounding head on table. "Think! Think!"

Suddenly the device blinked, reading 'ANOMALY IN PROGRESS.' The coffee on the table floated out of its cup, along with the cup itself and various items, then crashed back down.

"They're getting stronger. Of course, that's it!"

Xxx

The Mystery Shack was still surrounded by agents when the kids got back. They were hiding in a bush near the Shack.

"Alright, here's the plan. I'll take out those two guard guys, you karate chop the other dude in the neck and then we'll back flip through the front door!" Mabel suggested.

"I like that plan!" Frida grinned. "Especially the karate chop part!"

"Mabel, aren't you forgetting the simpler solution?" Dipper suggested.

"Oh, right."

Two agents kept themselves busy by looking at the Rock that looked like a face rock.

"So is it a rock, or is it a face?"

"I think, it's... a metaphor."

As they pondered, Mabel's grappling hook shot overhead through the Shack's now broken window. The four kid slid along the rope into the Shack. They dashed down the stairs, avoiding detection from the agents inside the Shack, and headed into Stan's office, locking the door behind them. Then they all fist bumped.

"Alright. If I was Stan, where would I hide those surveillance tapes?" Dipper looked on the bookshelf and in a filing cabinet.

Mabel saw a bolt on the Jackalope head mounted on wall. "Wait! The antelabbit!"

"Don't you mean 'jackalope?'" Dipper corrected.

"Pfft, that can't be right." Mabel fixed the jackalope's bent antler, and the wall turned open to reveal two old-looking TV monitors and a tape player.

"Yes!" The two kids said in happy unison.

Frida and Zoe shared a look, wondering if Stan had remembered to doctor the footage so he could have an alibi.

Knowing him, probably not.

Mabel pointed to a tape halfway in the player. "It's this week, this is it!" She pushed it in.

The tape showed Wendy, Soos, and Mabel in the Mystery Shack's gift shop, where Soos is doing the worm dance.

"Go! Go! Go! Go!" Mabel and Wendy chanted.

"Someone yelled 'Wormy Dance.' We had to! Fast-forward." Mabel explained before changing the subject.

The tape fast-forwarded through several hours.

"Ha! There it is! Stan restocking like he said! And the date shows it was last night! It's proof! He's innocent!" Unfortunately for Dipper the tape then showed Stan sneaking out of the shop at around 7PM.

Dipper fast forwarded through till 8PM, seeing that Stan has not returned. "...Uhh-oh."

"Uh, maybe he's just going to the bathroom outdoors. The way nature intended!" Mabel suggested.

At 5AM, a figure in a hazmat suit was wheeling barrels of radioactive waste into the gift shop.

"Oh no, Stan, you didn't..." Dipper whispered, his hopes being dashed in that one instant.

"Don't panic. That could be anyone in that suit!" Mabel quickly said in an attempt to keep their hopes alive.

On the tape, the man dropped a barrel on his foot. "Gah! Hot Belgian waffles! Wait, I'm alone. I can swear for real!" The man with Stan's voice took a deep breath. "SON OF A-"

Dipper shut off the tape as Mabel covered her ears. "That's him, alright."

"Okay, okay, so maybe Grunkle Stan stole some toxic waste. That doesn't mean he's leading a nefarious double life!" Mabel said anxiously.

Dipper pulled a box from under the TV screen. "Mabel, I'm not so sure about that..." He took a lamp from the desk and turned it on, revealing a box full of passports and IDs.

Mabel gasped as she and Dipper looked through the box. "What? What is all this?" She stopped to read from one of the IDs: "'Stetson Pinefield?'"

"'Hal Forrester?'" Dipper read through the cards. "'Andrew '8-Ball' Alcatraz?' These are fake IDs, Mabel! You wouldn't need these unless you were trying to hide your real identity!"

"But why would Stan do that?" Mabel picked a newspaper clipping out of the box, whose headline reads 'STAN PINES DEAD.'

She passes the clipping to Dipper. "WHAT?! 'Stan Pines Dead?'"

Mabel read the article clipping. "'Foul play suspected in Pines' death.'" 'Fiery car crash, brakes cut'...by who?!"

Dipper picked out another clipping that shows a picture of Stan. "'Unnamed grifter at large?' Why would they call him unnamed? Unless Stan..."

"Isn't..."

Dipper and Mabel looked up at the portrait of Stan on the wall behind them. "Stan?!"

Xxx

"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.

Whatever solution it'd better think of it fast as Miss Spell decided they could not wait and acted quickly to remove this obstacle. Reaching out with her powers she lifted Double D off the ground.

"Armatae!"

Defensive Measures Initiated.

Armatae projected a shield around Double D, cutting off Miss Spell's powers. Seeing his wife's attack fail Phan-Tone shot off the ground and flew at Double D but the shield managed to block the first punch, even the force of the blow pushed him back.

"We need to figure this out!" Double D exclaimed, feeling the force of Phan-Tone's attacks.

Are you suggesting a compromise?

"Look, you are programmed to stop Bill but I can't let my parents die. Please, we need at least put on a show for Preston so he won't give the order!" Double D urged his AI partner.

Calculating…Very well. Initiating Offensive Protocols

The shield dropped just as Armatae activated its wrist blasters and fired. Phan-Tone managed to hum a tone that turned him intangible and he phased through the ground, avoiding the blast.

Scanning…

Double D was shot off into the air, avoiding Phan-Tone's hands as they reached up to grab his legs.

Since Preston's holding of your biological sires prevents you from being an effective core unit and I cannot search for a new one at the moment I have formed a strategy: keep Miss Spell and Phan-Tone occupied as I hack into Preston and the Blind Eye's files, wherever they might be and search for your parents.

Double D's eyes widened at the plan. "You'll rescue them?"

Negative. The priority is Bill Cipher. I will find their location and submit the necessary information to the police.

Double D thought it over and decided it was as good a plan as he would get from the AI. "Very well."

Good. Now evade.

Double D just barely managed to dodge a blast from Miss Spell as she and Phan-Tone flew up and surrounded him on either side.

"We can't be distracted." Phan-Tone said. "I will hold him off while you go destroy the portal."

Miss Spell nodded in agreement. "Right."

"I cannot allow that." Double D spoke out loud for the first time. "Please forgive me for this."

Analyzing fight patterns.

"Let's get this over with." Double D said, holding out his hands and firing pulse blasts from the palms.

Miss Spell blocked while Phan-Tone turned intangible while rushing at Double D. "Go now!"

Miss Spell turned to fly in the direction of the Mystery Shack but was stopped as two dark winged figures slammed into her and tugged straight down to the ground.

"Spell!"

Looking up, Miss Spell was greeted with the surprising sight of Lady Gobbler and Voltura hovering above her.

"Normally I wouldn't seek out a fight with a member of the famous Justice Friends." Lady Gobbler said, readying her weapons. "But in this case I will make an exception."

Xxx

"Stan Pines is dead?! Then who have we been living with? It doesn't make any sense!" Dipper exclaimed as he anxiously paced around the room.

"There has to be some explanation. Maybe we're getting Ker-Prank'd! Justin Kerprank is gonna jump up from behind one of these plants." Mabel turned to look at potted plant. "Any minute now!" After a brief pause she scooted forward and looks into the potted plant. "...Any minute, Justin."

"I can't believe it." Dipper muttered. "This whole summer I've been looking for answers and the biggest mystery was right under our nose."

Mabel dug through the clippings. "Ugh, there's gotta be some kind of explanation in here somewhere. What the... 'secret code to hideout?'"

"Let me see that." Dipper took out the journal and his portable black light. "'A1, B, C3'... I've never seen a code like this."

"Wait! I have! Dipper, it's the vending machine!"

Xxx

"Again?!"

For Hekapoo the idea of another interdimensional rift forming on that planet, Earth was becoming a major headache.

"Forget what those Spiral guys and any other nutcases told us! I'm putting a stop to this!" Hekapoo summoned her scissors and cut open a portal.

Only when she tried to enter it, she was blocked by a barrier!

"What?!" Hekapoo rubbed her head before placing her hand on the barrier around the portal. "They blocked my travel?! Impossible!"

She would not let this stop her.

She was Hekapoo, the mistress of interdimensional travel.

"Fine, let's play!" Hekapoo said as the candle like flame above her head flared. "I call upon all the fires of my forge!"

She gathered all the fire to her, increasing her powers drastically as she slammed her fists into the barrier.

Xxx

Stan was checking the wristwatch device, which reads about thirteen minutes now as Powers entered the interrogation room with two other agents. "Alright, Pines. Playtime is over. Chopper's ready to dust off to Washington. I'll enjoy putting you away."

"What? Um, can't we stick around for maybe one minute? Uh, one minute thirty seconds?" Stan suggested, trying to buy for time.

"We're not falling for your games, Pines. You've been running your whole life. Your time is finally up." Powers said, not buying Stan's game.

Stan looked at a clock on the wall. "Bathroom break? Just give me... fifteen seconds!"

Powers unlocked Stan's handcuffs. "Sorry, but you've got a flight to catch."

Stan's watch began to beep. "Oh, yeah? So do you."

"Huh?"

Everything floated up from the floor as Stan kicked the table into the agents. Stan hit Powers with the back of his chair, turned over, thrust away from the wall, catching the cuff key in his hands and un-cuffed himself.

"Hey! Dang it, get back here! Men, get him!" Powers shouted.

Stan kicked one of the agents in the chest, catching his wallet and hopped from agent to agent out of the room.

"No! You won't get away with this!"

Stan slammed the door in Powers' face, locking it behind him. His watch beeped and gravity was working again.

Behind Stan, Durland fell out of a room next door, followed by a blindfolded Blubs, swinging a bat at a piñata. "Gon' getcha, gon' getcha!"

The agents in the interrogation room slid to the floor with a squeaking sound. "Ow!"

Outside, everything hit the ground again and Stan ran out of the station to a taxi. "Do you know where the Mystery Shack is?"

"Uh, yeah?" The driver answered confusedly.

"Okay. Here's a hundred technos. Drive as far away from the Shack as possible, and don't stop when the cops start chasing you!"

The driver shrugged and sped away, while Stan hid behind a wrecked car as the agents come out of the station.

"He's getting away!" Powers shouted, seeing the taxi. "Obviously, follow that cab!"

Xxx

Trigger drove up to the Mystery Shack and the other agents. "Stanford escaped! He's at large! We need to sweep the town!" The agents immediately dispersed from the Shack. "Move! Move! Move!"

In the meantime Soos snuck in to guard the vending machine. "Alright Soos, remember the plan. Protect the machine, earn Stan's trust, legally get adopted by Stan, change name to Stan Junior."

"Soos?"

"Ahh!" Soos jumped but calmed down when he saw it was Dipper, Mabel, Frida and Zoe. "Oh, kids! Where've you been?"

"What are you doing here?" Dipper asked, ignoring his friend's question.

"Stan gave me a mission to protect this machine! Ha! And I thought I loved snacks." Soos said proudly.

"Soos, listen. Something huge is going on here. If Stan is hiding some dangerous secret, we need to find out what it is! I need you to step aside." Dipper stepped forward.

"Yeah, just let us through so we can prove this is all just a big misunderstanding." Mabel said encouragingly.

"Guys, I know this seems crazy, but I promised Stan I would guard this with my life." Soos frowned.

Dipper nodded at Mabel while Zoe and Frida stepped back.

"I'm sorry, Soos." Mabel blew a handful of glitter directly into Soos' face, getting it in his eyes.

"Aah!" Soos cried out, trying to wipe the glitter from his eyes. "Attack glitter! It's pretty, but it hurts!"

Dipper and Mabel jumped on Soos. "C'mon Soos... c'mon... c'mon... please!"

Soos held them back as they try to get past him. "Aww, c'mon, I don't wanna fight you guys! This hurts me more than it hurts you!"

For his efforts he got kicked in the face by Mabel. "Ah! Seriously, it hurts me way more that it hurts you!"

Dipper reached for the number pad and entered the code. They all shouted as the vending machine swing forward, shoving them to the floor. All coughed and then gasped at the secret passage behind the machine.

Soos lead the way down the stairs. "It's like something from a video game..."

"Or a dream..." Mabel said.

"...Or a nightmare." Dipper finished.

Xxx

Stan panted as he raced back to the Shack.

Xxx

Soos, Dipper, Mabel, Zoe and Frida headed down in the elevator.

Xxx

Stan continued running while checking the watch. "I gotta be there when it happens!"

While running through the woods he ripped part of his suit on a branch. "Aah!"

Xxx

Soos, Dipper & Mabel entered the lab, all of them gasping.

"Guys, are we dreaming? Somebody wake me up." Mabel asked, feeling afraid now.

"This can't be real..." Dipper remarked, unable to believe what he was seeing was real.

"I don't understand. Why would Mr. Pines have all this?" Soos shook his head as he looked around.

"It's just like that bunker in the woods..." Dipper recalled.

"But what is it doing underneath the Mystery Shack?

"Okay, okay, so he's got a huge gigantic lab. That doesn't mean anything bad! Everyone's got secrets!" Mabel saw the picture of her and Dipper and picked it up. "It's still Stan, and he loves us. And we love him. Right?"

But Dipper had his eyes on something else on the desk. "It can't be... it's impossible. The other two journals? All this time... all this time, Stan had them?! I can't believe it! Was anything he said to us real?!" In a fit of anger he kicked the desk. "Why would he have those journals?!"

"Maybe he's the author." Soos suggested.

"Or maybe he stole them from the author! Maybe the reason he has all those fake IDs is because he is a master criminal, and this machine is his master plan!" Dipper opened each journal to the page with the portal on it, lays them accordingly, and turns on his black light, letting out a gasp at what he saw.

"Whoa." Mabel muttered.

Dipper read from the journals. "'I was wrong the whole time. The machine was meant to create knowledge but it is too powerful. I was deceived, and now it is too late. The device, if fully operational, could tear our universe apart! It must not fall into the wrong hands. If the clock ever reaches zero, our universe is doomed!'"

All looked at the countdown clock, now reading one minute, thirty seconds.

"It's the final countdown! Just like they always sung about!" Soos cried out in terror.

Dipper flipped through journal to a page reading 'MANUAL OVERRIDE. The agents were right! We have to shut it down!"

"Not so fast!"

The three stopped as an elderly woman stood behind them, marching into the lab. "You shut that thing down and I'll beat you three within an inch of your idiot lives!"

The woman was familiar to Dipper, Soos and Mabel, recalling her saving them from the Blind Eye Society.

"Mrs. Gilligan?" Dipper gaped. "What are you doing here?"

"What I need to do." Lydia grunted. "Now stay in the corner and wait for this to be over."

"No! We're ending this-"

WHACK!

"Gah!" Dipper cried out as he was hit from behind.

"Dipper!" Mabel cried out, watching as Zoe punched Dipper in the back of the head. "Zoe?! Why'd you-WAH?!"

Frida grabbed Mabel from behind. "Sorry Mabel. I did have fun."

"Kids!" Soos moved to help them but Lydia threw her cane and it whacked him in the face. "Ow!"

"Get them into the corner." Lydia pointed to the corner of the room. "Stan should be here right about-"

On cue Stan ran into the room, panting as he stepped in. "Did I miss it?"

"Nope, right on time." Lydia answered as Zoe and Frida shoved Dipper and Mabel to the corner while Zoe grabbed Dipper's journal out of his hands. "These idiot brats of yours tried to stop it."

"Well, at least you didn't rough them up too bad." Stan commented as he looked at Dipper and Mabel. "Hey, kids. Found my secret little surprise huh?"

"What are you doing?! You stole radioactive waste? You lied to us all summer?!" Dipper shouted in anger. "I don't even know who you are!"

"Look, I know this all seems nuts, but I need that machine to stay on! If you'd just let me explain-" Stan was cut off as his wrist device beeped and the ground began to shake again. "Uh-oh, oh, no! Brace yourselves!"

"T minus thirty-five seconds."

Almost everyone was lifted off the ground but Zoe and Frida activated their battle suits, allowing them to right themselves in the air.

Dipper shot off, trying to aim for the shutdown keys but Zoe grabbed him. "LET ME GO!"

He started fighting with Zoe but the girl was a more experienced fighter and easily held him off. "Shut up and get back in the corner you idiot!"

"Just calm down, kids! You got to trust me!" Stan said, trying to calm them all down.

"Grunkle Stan," Stan flinched when he looked at Mabel, seeing her crying. "I don't even know, if you're my grunkle! I wanna believe you, but-"

"Then listen to me. Remember this morning when I said I wanted to tell you guys something?" Stan started.

"T-minus twenty seconds."

All screamed as the portal flashes and pushed them all against the wall.

"Hey watch the bones!" Lydia shouted at the machine, thankful for her Aura still strong enough to protect her.

Dipper made a move towards the shutdown switch with the keys but Stan grabbed him. "NO!"

Dipper started kicking Stan's hand but Stan's Aura protected him.

Stan held on as tight as he could as he grabbed Mabel and pulled her into a hug. "I wanted to say that you're gonna hear some bad things about me, and some of them are true, but trust me. Everything I've worked for, everything I care about, it's all for this family!"

"Mabel, what if he's lying? This thing could destroy the universe! Listen to your head!" Dipper shouted as he tried to get free.

"And what do you know about listening to your head, Dipper?" Zoe retorted as she floated up. "You've done nothing but listen to a stranger's journal all summer long! That's not listening to your head! That's ignoring everything around you!"

"Shut up!" Dipper shouted at his so-called cousin. "You're as big a liar as Stan is. I don't need to hear a word you say!"

"Look into my eyes, Mabel! You really think I'm a bad guy?" Stan continued through it all, looking down at his niece who looked back up.

She could only see pain, grief, guilt and sadness in her grand uncle's eyes, not the eyes of a devious criminal mastermind or even a con artist.

"He's lying! We have to shut it down NOW!" Dipper shouted as he finally broke free and kicked off Stan's hand, flying towards the shut off switch.

"Dipper, please!" Stan called out, trying to prove he was not what his nephew thought he was.

"Ten. Nine."

Xxx

Pacifica and Mandy were pummeling each other, each blow creating stronger shockwaves that shook the entire field.

Xxx

Just as Dipper was within reach Zoe and Frida grabbed him and pulled him back, holding his hands behind him. "MABEL HELP!"

Mabel looked away from Stan and looking at Dipper and then looked at Stan. "Grunkle Stan..."

"Six. Five."

Xxx

Miss Spell tried to force her way past Lady Gobbler and Voltura but the villain pair double teamed, blasting at her with bullets infused with highly explosive Dust crystals along with tear gas explosives that blurred her visions.

Xxx

Mabel sank into her uncle's embrace. "I trust you."

"MABEL, ARE YOU CRAZY?! WE'RE ALL GONNA-"

"One."

Dipper, Stan, Soos, Frida, Zoe, Lydia and Mabel all disappear in an explosion of light as each of them screamed.

"NOOO-!"

"AAA-!"

"AAH-!"

"AAA-!"

A flash of blinding light engulfed all of Gravity Falls.

Then, everything came down to earth as the gravity returned to normal and everyone looked at the portal. The portal, now a mess of tangled wires and metal, glowing bright blue and two figures emerged from the portal. The blue light faded behind them. They walked forward, the first one placing a six-fingered hand on the cover of the first journal, then picked it up and places it into the inside pocket of a long, dark coat.

"What...? Who are they?"

"The author of the journals…" Stan answered, eyes wide and unable to look away.

The first one took off goggles, revealing his face. He looked nearly identical to Stan.

"...my brother."

"And my grandson…"

The second one also took off his own goggles, revealing a fully grown Hoagie Gilligan.

"Hoagie P. Gilligan Junior."

Mabel just stared before asking. "Is this the part where one of us faints?"

"Ohoho, I am so on it, dude." Soos said and fainted.

Xxx

GrimmFall in the future

As the five were shocked to see the their new surroundings along with old friends, enemy, and possibly new allies in front of them they got a better look at them.

One looked to be in his late forties, sporting reddish-brown hair that reached down his neck and green eyes. He wore a black shirt along with dark pants and matching shoes and an open red jacket. He stood around 5'10 tall, holding a scythe and had a symbol on his back that represented a dark red emblem of a lion's face. Out of the back of his pants was a lion tail, showing that he was a lion Faunus.

The second was in his forties as well with black hair and sunglasses, actually looking like the famous singer Elvis. He wore a white shirt with dark red markings, white jeans, black shoes and a white open leather jacket. He held a white leather guitar AK-47 hybrid and had a symbol on his back that resembled the dark emblem of a bulldog's face. Lastly around his neck he wore a golden chain necklace.

The third was a dark skinned woman, wearing a black armored top that covered her upper chest and neck with dark grey furred jacket over it. Her mid-rift was exposed and she wore dark cargo pants with two purple belts. Her right hand was wrapped in bandages and her left arm had a dark purple fingerless glove. Her hair was done dreadlocks with white tips at the end and she wore three white chains necklaces.

The fourth was a young woman who had shoulder length white hair with a blue streak that was tied into a pony tail. She wore dark grey clothing underneath battle armor and was holding a pitchfork in her hand.

The final member the group didn't recognize was a dark skinned woman who was a little younger than the others, around her late 30's or early 40's. She stood around 5'7 tall, had orange fox Faunus ears on her head, had black high heeled boots, black braided hair held down by a red elastic that dangled in the wind, red shirt exposing her belly, long black gloves, a short black skirt, possessing black knee high boots with black stockings, red fingerless gloves, and an emblem that was the symbol of an orange outline of a fox head facing sideways on the sides of her boots and black skirt. She had a pair of sunglasses over her eyes that slid down to reveal a striking blue color. And finally, she held two Sais in her hands.

The last three that most of the group knew of were the Dragon of Denver better known as Dracon who Heero just discovered to be a Gundam much to his shock, a turtle Mobian with a red bandanna and a scratched out eye and Yara Quill who looked to be in her forties or fifties. In addition to a scratched out eye the Mobian had a vicious scar down his right cheek and Yara's right leg had been replaced by a bionic one.

"Raph?" Leo questioned, looking at the turtle Mobian.

"Not now Leo." The Mobian replied as one of the members of the other gang started to walk forward.

The man who walked forward was tall and skinny man with sickly pale skin, an old worn out hat, an open button up shirt, brown pants, sandals, long black hair, and finally carrying a large sack over his right shoulder. Another member was dressed in green clothing while being hunched back, but the most noticeable feature about him was his Faunus hyena appearance, along with razor sharp teeth and claws, appearing more animal then man. One of the other members was a man standing around 7 feet tall while being bald and extremely beefy. He was wearing a tan shirt with black pants, as he was covered in metallic armor and chains.

And finally carried around a massive Mac completely covered in iron spikes. The fourth member was a woman in tight black pants, black boots, a white sleeveless shirt, green long hair, along with being an aquatic Faunus with slimy skin, green skin, and fins on her back, and arms and finally she was carrying a double scythe. The fifth member was a woman standing around 5'8 tall with black hair and baby blue eyes. She wore a skin tight white body suit with high heels. Her emblem was a heart that was half white and half black on her chest and upper wrists.

She also carried around a pair of oversized scissors in the size of a sword with the same black and white heart symbol on it. And finally the final member stood around 6 feet tall wearing black pants and a torn loose straight jacket and a bite mask solely for intimidation. Along with his red eyes, long black hair, elongated sharpened animalistic teeth under the bite mask, probably a Faunus of some type. And finally holding a chainsaw Gatling gun hybrid in one hand.

"Guys! We need to get outta here!" The lion Faunus yelled.

"Hahaha... Really now? But we still have a few SUPRISES for you!" Yelled the tall skinny man with a hat as he opened up his large bag and tossed the contents of what appeared to be human bones as he tossed them at the group.

As each bone was tossed they were random in nature. Some exploded with a fiery explosion, while others exploded and froze everything around it, while others exploded with flying electricity and sharp shards of stone. The group ran and jumped out of the way as some, like Leo, Aisling, Rolf, Heero and some of the new guys deflected and blocked the forces of the explosions. When examined close enough, the bones were laced in multiple different forms of Dust which caused different types of explosions.

"We need to get outta here!" Yelled the man white as he swung his guitar deflecting more bones as the group finally scattered and started fighting the individual gang members one on one.

As Cree jumped back, she was approached by the tall man covered in chains and carrying a giant Mac. "Well hey there toots, care ta dance?

His Mac started to crackle with electricity. Cree smiled as she readied her spear and collided with the man. But the second their weapons collided, the man's Mac managed to actually electrocute Cree and made her stumble back. Before Cree even had time to think about it, the man hit her once more sending her back.

But Cree quickly got back up with her hammer as she charged back at her opponent. Heero pulled out his combat knife activated his SEED as he faced the woman with the Cheshire scars on her face. Heero gave a creeped-out look before the woman cracked a wicked smirk and pulled out her giant scissors as she took the two pieces apart and use each individual blade like a sword as she collided with Heero. The woman swung her swords at him, but Heero was luckily skilled enough to block many of the woman's attacks.

But right as he swung his knife at her, it phased right through her.

"Wha-?!"

The woman started to viciously attack him with her scissors and knocked him to the ground. The woman let out a psychotic smile as she jumped several feet in the air with her scissors pointed down, ready to cut Heero to pieces. But before she got to him, she was blasted away with a bolt of white energy as it sent her back. Heero picked himself back up as he looked over at where the blast came from.

It was the white haired woman with the pitchfork with her eyes still glowing with the same white energy that blasted the woman away. "Be careful, Heero!"

Heero looked at the woman shocked before turning back around, only for the scarred woman to already be back up as she knocked Heero back. The woman engaged with the maniac with the straight jacket, dodging her opponent's swings of his chainsaw and fired a magical blast that knocked the man into the wall. But the man just smiled as he got up, and before the woman could attack again, the man in the strait jacket pressed a button on his advanced looking belt and created a force field around him as he marched forward. The woman tried everything she could to blast her opponent back with her magic.

It did nothing…

But right as the man pressed a button on his guitar to extend axe blades from each side of the base, he lifted up and tried to bring it down on the man. But the man caught the blow in mid-air with one hand as he smiled evilly.

"Just face it Eriu... You and your little friends are outclassed." Said the man as he kicked the woman named Eriu back several feet.

Nearby Aisling was shell shocked when her heard the woman's name. 'Eriu…That was my mother's name.'

As the hyena man was tossed back several feet before digging his claws onto the ground to stop his momentum. From closer examination it was seen that parts of his body was replaced with cybernetic enhancements. He laughed like a crazed hyena before Dracon charged into the Faunus with his hyper beam sword tumbling with the monster before kicking him back. Both opponents picked themselves back up as Dracon readied his beam swords again and the hyena man leaped at him.

That was when Dracon revealed a built-in taser in his hands as the hyena man touched them but instead of shocking the animal man, he laughed as his cybernetic implants allowed him to absorb the electricity before slashing at Dracon's face with his claws and biting down on Dracon's arm before tossing the Huntsman away. As the hyena man charged at the downed Neptune, the man with the reddish brown hair charged in with his flaming katana as he started to slashing the hyena man viciously before knocking him into the air, and transforming his sword into a whip. He thrashed the hyena man and knocked him back.

Dracon looked back up at the man as he yelled. "Caleb! Be careful!"

But right as Caleb turned back, the hyena man leaped on his back out of nowhere and managed to throw the burning huntsmen several feet away.

Meanwhile, the girl with the green hair and aquatic features was chasing after both Yara and Raphael as they were jumping out of the way of the woman's attacks.

"Why don't you two old timers just HOLD STILL so I can poison you properly?" Asked the green haired girl as she lunged to where Raph was just standing, before he flipped away and the green haired woman touched the car the Mobian was previously standing in front of and a sickly green poison spread throughout the car, seemingly melting it just from the girls touch.

"Yeah, alright. But only after I turn you into Swiss cheese!" Yara yelled as she opened fire on the green haired woman who jumped away, dodging all of the bullets.

She jumped on a street light and with some acrobatics she was leaping through the air at Raph. But before she got to him, she was knocked back by the woman with dreadlocks. The two women landed and stood in front of each other.

"You're going to wish you hadn't done that, Allison." The green haired woman smile malevolently and charged at the Huntress with her double bladed scythe. "To think I was ever a fan of your mom!"

"She gets that a lot." The woman named Allison said before a foot slammed into the green haired woman's face, knocking her down. "Nice timing, Enid."

The woman who jumped appeared to be Enid, the very same Enid Mettle whose appearance surprised Leo. "Hey, Leo. Long time no see."

Meanwhile, the tall skinny man was knocked to the ground by Leo with his swords out, standing over him. The man just smiled as both of his hands transformed into drills but luckily Leo was able to see the man's cybernetic enhancement as the tall skinny man tried to stab him while whistling the whole time. Leo jumped out of the way as he tried to counter the man's attacks with his swords.

Back with Raph and Yara, the two were tossed against a car as they were lying on the street helpless, as the green haired woman walked over to them holding her double scythe over their heads. But before she could've brought the blade down, a black and orange blur lunged into her and knocked her back as she tumbled.

As the green haired woman stood back up, she saw the fox Faunus Huntress standing there with her Sais out.

"Stay AWAY from them!"

"Seriously, Renee? Are you still mad about me killing that frosty Huntsman?" Asked the green haired girl.

"THAT was my father you sick twisted WITCH!" Yelled Renee, tapping her Sais together as an electrical current sparked between them as the blades of the Sais themselves sparkled with electricity. "You see these? I modified these Sais myself! Not only will they give you a shock of such an astronomical amount of pain, but they can also shut down any electronic device they come in contact with! For example, your cybernetic enhancements! It's a trick my father taught me, Jenny!"

The woman named Renee charged at Jenny the green haired girl with her electrical Sais. But before she could've even come in contact with the woman Jenny suddenly used her inhuman speed to quickly counter Renee's attacks and knock her back.

"Hehehe... A pity you don't know what those enhancements actually enhance." Said Jenny as she charged at Renee with her double scythe.

Meanwhile, the man who looked like Elvis was being held by his throat in the air by the man in the loose straight jacket. While the maniac's other hand slowly inched his active chainsaw closer to the man's face. The man's struggling did nothing as the man drew his chainsaw closer. But before the man could've cut him in half, a cane was thrown through the air at the maniac as it sent him flying back.

As the man looked back, he saw Rolf ran over as he gave him a smile and picked up his cane as he ran back into battle. That was when he began to stumble as the world around him began to spin. It was like his mind was being turned inside out as he started to stumble, he looked back and saw the maniac in the loose straight jacket walk up to him, smirking while using his Semblance to buckle and break his mind. Luckily before any actual mental damaged actually happened, the man pulled out his guitar and used its AK-47 mode to shoot the man, thus breaking the mental strangle hold he had on him. Caleb turned around and ran away several feet as he looked around at everyone else who was fighting.

"That's it! We're leaving now!" Yelled Caleb as Dracon had the hyena man pinned to the ground and was viciously pummeling him with fists before looking up at his friend.

"No way! We're gonna hold the line!" Dracon yelled as he was kicked back by the hyena Faunus.

As Cree nearby started to speak while she was still fighting the technologically superior man in chains. "Yeah! He's right, we're Hunters! We don't run from anything!"

She looked back at her opponent only for him to charge at her with one of his Macs and make her go flying through a wall.

CRASH!

"Yeah, this isn't a vote!" Said Caleb as he pulled out a small device, pressing a few buttons on it as it creates a blue portal in front of him.

But before he or anyone else could've jumped through the portal, the man in chains sped forward as he threw one of his Macs at Caleb, knocking the machine out its hand and the device exploded in mid-air.

"Keep your head in the game! There's always another way!" Leo said as he dashed beside Caleb.

Caleb looked over at Renee who was standing by. "Renee! We need a distraction!"

"Got it!" Replied Renee as she tapped her Sais together and created a blindingly bright flash of light with a flash of electricity as it blinded all the villains.

As the bright light faded away, the villains looked around to find that the Hunters were nowhere to be found.

"What the-!? Where'd they go?" Asked Jenny.

"I think I know..." Said the man in chains walking forward as all of them saw a giant maze made of jade in front of them. Without hesitation or thinking twice, the group ran in as one of them yelled.

"After them!"

But from the rooftops, Caleb was standing on the edge of one building as he looked down at the maze illusion he just created.

He then turned around and walked away as he mumbled. "Idiots..."

He turned and faced the newcomers as they looked carefully at the group that had just saved them. "Come on. We got to get moving."

"And where are we going?" Cree crossed her arms. "Some sort of HQ?"

"Something like that."

Xxx

The HQ in question turned out to Nevernest Academy itself. For those who had never seen Nevernest it was built into a mountain at the very top. They appeared on a platform set very high into the sky with statues of various heroes such as the Justice Friends which happened to be where graduation would take place, having arrived by a warp pad. The five new arrivals were then led down a staircase into the complex that was built deep into the mountain. The group walked through the castle that taught young Huntsmen and Huntresses to fight against the evil forces of Grimm and bring justice to the world...

But now it's nothing but a hollow shell and a ghost of what it once was. Areas seemed to be burned while lights were destroyed, with rats scouring away and graffiti on the walls.

"Wait... This is Nevernest? What happened to it?" Leo asked.

"The usual..." Raph replied grimly as they all entire a large dark room with computers everywhere.

They were not alone as the school was filled with various rebels, all of them ranging from various ages. Some barely looked up to see them while others were too busy to even look.

Yara walked up to one computer and pressed a button on it, starting it up "We're all that's left of the Huntsman Association. At least in GrimmFall, there are at least a few hundred remaining Hunter and Huntress survivors spread across the planet."

"You guys traveled around 70 years into your future." The man named Caleb said.

"Okay, but what about the clowns we fought back there?" Cree asked, referencing the gang they fought.

"They're a criminal group that usually causes trouble. The one in the strait jacket is their leader, Rex Rawhead. The hyena Faunus is Crocotta Jibi. The one in the chains in Jack Irons. The lady with the green hair is Jenny Green. The woman with the creepy Cheshire smile is Shinku Kira. And the tall skinny guy with the big sack is Sibon Aburrido. They call themselves the Night Demons." The man with hammer said with his arms crossed.

"Were they ever that tough before?" Asked Rolf.

"No, it's only because they got stolen tech from the future. From their new boss." Said Renee as Leo walked over to Dracon and Raph who were standing in front of the computer.

He noticed now that the Dragon of Denver sported battle scars all over his body, despite being strong enough to rival heroes like Major Glory and Scotty Blake and having survived a fight with Sammael himself.

"Raph, last time I saw you…" Leo trailed off before Raph held up a hand.

"I got a good idea; Leo but right now ain't the time." Raph said, ending the conversation they both would need to have later.

Leo sighed but agreed before looking at Enid. "And last time I saw you, Enid you were around sixteen. You look very good for your age."

"The miracles of modern medicine." Enid said with a smirk. "88 is the new 40. Not that it's not okay to compliment a woman on how good she still looks, even in the future."

"What about the Justice Friends and the other heroes? And the other academies and Hunters? Or even the army?" Cree asked.

"We lost them. We lost a lot of good people that day." Said Renee sadly.

"You mean Major Glory? Sebben? Valhallen? Scotty?"

"...The Grimm Slayer? Donny? Mikey? Even Yamanouchi?" Leo asked.

"Yeah, you too..." Caleb nodded.

"And the Archangel?" Heero finally asked.

"This is everything we have left." Said a familiar elderly voice from the darkness, as a new familiar face carrying a cane stepped out of the shadows. "So deal with it."

Everyone looked over at to see an elderly Heero who just stepped out of the darkness. Everyone stared at him in awe, as Heero walked over to see his older self. Next to him was a younger man, having Heero's hair but different eyes while sporting the same pilot outfit used by the Zero Squadron.

"Surprised to see me, Sonny?" The elder Heero smirked.

"A bit. I'm a little more surprised that I actually lived that long." Heero answered as faced his elder self.

"Dad, Admiral Huy. Admiral Huy, Dad... Or have you guys already met?" The man introduced with a small joking tone.

"Not now!" Both said in unison.

"Great, what did they use to call it? Stereo?" The man asked, walking away as Heero's eyes widened and looked back.

"Wait! Dad?" He asked looking back.

"Yeah, son." Responded old Heero.

"Wait! With who?"

His elder self gave a deadpan expression. "Who do you think?"

"Oh, yeah... That was a stupid question wasn't it?" Heero asked, rubbing the back of his head. "It seems I'm still getting used to what is happening right now."

"You'll get the hang of it." The older Heero gestured to his son. "This is Xander Yuy."

Heero was silent as he and his…future son stared at each for a moment.

"You know what? This is kinda weird for everyone. I'm Caleb Ross." Caleb introduced himself.

"Hmm, you're appearance, Semblance and fighting style reminds me of someone. Would you be by chance related to-" Rolf questioned the red-haired Faunus who cut him off with his hand held up.

"Uh, I think the less you know the better." Caleb told Rolf before he could finish his sentence. "Don't want to risk changing our futures, especially mine."

A young man was next to him, looking like the fox Faunus but was older. His hair was dark and curly with highlights that seemingly had the appearance of a fallen angel.

His eyes were shown to be dark blue much like the girl's as he nodded his head. "Yeah, anyone seen that movie with the Deloreon? Things could get messy."

"I'm Elvis McGee." Said Elvis smirking.

"Wait…McGee? But that's Three-Haired-Ed-Boy's last name!" Rolf gaped.

"Yeah…"

Aisling looked to the woman who had her mother's name. "And you. Who are you and why do you have my mother's name?"

The woman, Eriu stared back at Aisling. "…You already know the answer to that…Mama."

Aisling was completely floored by this revelation.

She was immortal, a Tuatha De Danann.

She could live and look young forever and yet…

She sensed the magic of her people inside the woman named Eriu, the woman who had her mother's name.

"You are my daughter…" Aisling whispered in stunned shock.

Eriu nodded back.

"And your father?"

The blue streak in her hair was a giveaway as she glanced at Rolf who gaped at her. "Hi Papa."

Rolf was stunned for a moment straight. "…Rolf has never before yearned for the life of a noodle-head so badly before now."

Aisling and Rolf?!

That was…

That was…

Both Aisling and Rolf couldn't look at each other, both blushing very badly.

The woman with the dreadlocks was next. "I'm Allison."

Cree felt something very familiar with her as she took a closer look. "Your mother…who is she?"

"…It's not who you think it might be." Allison turned away as the other girl, the fox Faunus stepped forward.

"And I'm Renee Uno." Said the fox Faunus girl as she stepped forward and gestured to the older man. "This is my brother Leopold."

Uno?

That was the surname of the Ice Elemental. Cree obviously knew about the family she had left her sister with but she was…

"Your mother is Abby, isn't she?" Cree asked the burning question.

"We take a little more from our mother's side then our dad's." Renee admitted, taking off her sunglasses to reveal her blue eyes. "But yes."

"Okay, we should really stop this questioning." Yara walked forward as everyone turned to her. "You guys really shouldn't know too much about your own future."

"Huh, actually yeah, from what I've seen from time travel movies... That's probably a good idea." Enid nodded.

"Trust us. You really don't." Old Heero agreed.

"Abby was one cranky pregnant lady, though. Of course, who wouldn't be after giving birth to a litter of pups?" Yara joked as she walked past everyone and Cree looked on in shock.

"She's just kidding, Auntie." Renee put her hand on Cree's shoulder. "Though, I don't understand what's there to joke about."

"Because we've already won! Think about it guys. If old Heero is here, then that means that he already went through this." Yara pointed to the two Heeros.

"Flawless logic..." Old Heero conceded. "Except I have no memory of ever going to the future or meeting my older self."

"Wait a minute, there were also all those ancient buildings on the street. And I don't think they belong there. That's bad right?" Leo asked.

"Yeah, it appears that timelines are being polluted. So polluted that history itself is becoming fluid." The elder Heero said.

"We should compare notes." Enid said, leaning against the wall.

Xxx

In what appeared to be a college professor's lab, many young adults and older adults were sitting in the seats as they sat and watched the 'professor' scribble on the chalk board and rant.

"So... By generating enough power and causing the small... What I call the 'time barrier breaker' in the watch to spin at the speed of light, it can create a portal to whatever area in space or time you desire by punching in the right coordinates!" Said the man who finished scribbling in the board and turned to his students with a smile and his arms stretched out, expecting absolute praise and the crowd quickly started clapping away, knowing that if they didn't...

Something very bad might happen to them.

"Thank you! Thank you! Oh no! Your all too kind! You might have made fun of me when I first told you about my theories of time travel, but now that you've experienced it... You're not laughing any more... Are you?" Asked Aion as he still had his arms stretched out, accepting the forced praise.

Aion was all cleaned up and shaven since his gladiator days, wearing a white, silver, black, and gold skin tight suit of armor and a gold symbol of an hour glass on his chest and back.

But before he could get more false praises, the door to the room opened as Rex Rawhead poked his head through and spoke. "Umm... Hey, excuse me? I'm sorry for interrupting, but... We have something to tell you."

Aion made an irritated face at Rex before turning back to the classroom and proclaiming. "Don't worry faithful students! I have to go for a few minutes! But don't fret, I'll be right back!"

The 'students' clapped once more as Aion stooped at the door, and turned back.

"Oh, and... Remember what will happen if any of you tries to escape again." Said Aion as he finally left and closed the door.

Once it was closed he turned around, facing the Night Demons with an annoyed look on his face. "What is it?"

"Well sir, we did what you asked... We tracked down the four guys you talked about. Rolf, Heero, Aisling, Cree and Leo." Said Jack as Aion's annoyed scowl turned into a smile.

"So then you killed them, right?" Asked Aion as Jack gave a nervous smiling look.

"Umm... No, they escaped." Said Jack as Aion's smile turned back into a scowl.

"Are you serious? I take over this entire city so I can have a big place to put all my buildings and artifacts... And I let you run amuck, and this is what you come to me with?" Asked Aion.

"Well, it's a great show of power sir! I mean this building! It's really cool and-" But Jack was interrupted.

"It's a college for the most intellectual individuals on the planet! The same one that I was banned from!" Yelled Aion as Jack took a step back.

"Oh... Sorry, sir..." Said Jack as Aion started pacing with an annoyed expression as he started speaking.

"Sorry, what?" Asked Aion as the Night Demons all looked at each other, only for Aion to speak once more. "Everybody?"

The gang then spoke in unison. "Sorry, Overlord Aion Kronos."

"It doesn't seem fair, does it? I go into the future to get technology that gives you all those new powers you have, I let you cause mayhem in my city, but the ONE TIME I asked for a little security... And then, what happens?" Asked Aion as he stopped pacing and faced the group.

Jenny looked like she was about to speak, but didn't get the chance as Aion got in her face and yelled at her. "It's a rhetorical question you fools!"

Aion backed off, still looking at the gang in disappointment. "My point is that I give you ONE JOB! To take out Leo, Rolf, Aisling, Heero and Cree! It should've taken at least thirteen minutes to handle."

"My apologies sir... But the other Hunters of GrimmFall showed up, they messed up the plan." Said Rawhead as Aion walked back a few feet.

"Yes, your right. But that's when the question arises, who told them where and when they would be arriving?" Asked Aion while facing away once again and scratching his chin. "I mean, I told you... But I only know because I'm the undisputed and unquestionable lord and master of the space-time continuum."

"It's alright boss... Don't get angry, I'll find out how they figured it out!" Said Jack.

"Meh... Don't bother, because... I already know..." Said Aion, smiling evilly at Jack as he pressed the button on his watch as a white portal opened in front of everyone.

It showed Elvis standing on top of a roof as he gave Technos to a mysterious hand.

"Well, look at that... SOMEBODY is getting a payoff." Said Aion as the motion in the portal continued with Elvis walking away, as Jack came into frame, smiling as he was holding the Technos in his hands.

"Oh... Jack, Jack, Jack..." Said Aion walking up to the portal which then disappeared, as Aion turned back to Jack. "That was THE BIGGEST mistake of your entire life..."

That's when the rest of the gang backed off as Jack was left standing there along and scared. That was when another portal appeared as Jack was grabbed by the collar and dragged him through the portal.

Xxx

On a grey barren surface, there were rocks and craters everywhere with nothing else but the sky that was filled with blackness and stars. Soon, a portal opened up on the barren world as Jack Irons was tossed through the portal as Aion stood in the portals doorway.

"Enjoy banishment on the Moon..." Said Aion with a smile as he and the portal disappeared before Jack could've done anything about it.

Jack looked back as he knew that he was in the void of space with cold biting at him everywhere. The only reason he wasn't dead was because of the cybernetic enhancements he got as they protected him from the hazards of space.

As Jack looked around, he started to think to himself as he looked at a blue and green planet in the sky. 'You know what? I could probably start running this dump! Since I don't need no air or food anymore, I could-'

But Jack's train of thought was interrupted as he looked into the sky and saw something very big and firy come barreling towards the moon he was standing on.

"Oh, phooey..." Said Jack as the burning object slammed into the moon and partially shattered it.

Xxx

A portal opened up as a very vexed Aion walked through as it closed behind him.

He looked straight at the Night Demons as he spoke. "Do you know what partially shattered the Moon?"

"Umm... No?" Crocetta answered in a gremlin-like voice.

"Well Jack does. And unless any of you want to find out first hand, I recommend that you'll finish off those Hunters... MOVE IT!" Yelled Aion and the gang turned around and ran. "Time is of the essence!"

Aion turned around and walked back into his 'class room'. Looking at his students, knowing they heard him say that as he started to announce to them. "Well, time is the non-space continuum in which events occur linearly. Usually in the direction of increased entropy, but those morons seem to relate more to the 'essence thing. Though, maybe I should've said money. I'm not sure they even know what 'essence' even means."

His 'students' gave him a frightened round of applause.

Aion sat on his chair and breathed a sigh of relief. "Oh... This is what I've always wanted... And all of you and my father said I wouldn't amount to anything!"

The class was too frightened to respond.

"I guess I showed HIM and all of you! Right? Hahahaha!" Aion laughed and the class nervously laughed with him. "Now I've taken over GrimmFall! Which is plenty of space to put my artifacts! And show what TRUE POWER I possess!"

"Umm... Excuse me..." A 'student' spoke from the rows of elevating seats lifting his hand. "Didn't you tell us that it was bad to take important things from the past? That it can damage time and space somehow?"

Aion merely replied with a hateful glare as the 'student' lowered his hand. "Don't you think I can handle it?"

"Umm... No sir! I-I mean yes sir!" Said the student frightened as Aion leaned back in his seat and started rubbing his temples.

Another 'student' had the bravery to speak up. "Umm, sir?"

Yes? What is it?" Aion asked annoyed.

"You've been a GREAT teacher and all, and we're so interested in your ideas and just your incredible way of thinking! That we were hoping that... We could maybe be free to walk around the city to... Admire your collection?" The 'student' asked.

"Weren't you one of the students of the college that called me an idiot and said I wouldn't amount to anything? And called my ideas of time travel stupid?" Aion asked and the student fearfully sat back down as Aion stood up and clenched his fists. "I had a GREAT idea to travel through time! To make me and the college rich and wealthy! But no! I couldn't even get any support from my damn FATHER!"

He stopped for a moment and took a deep breath before sighing. "... Forget it... Class dismissed."

Aion turned and walked out of the door.

Xxx

"All right, folks! Listen up! You're all that's left of this world thanks to that time traveling idiot. You know what that means." A robot said to a group of young Hunters and soldiers with its voice sounding very human and familiar(Nathan Fillion). "Wi-fi, gone. Technos, gone. Great foods like Jawbreakers, Pancakes and cookies, gone!"

"NOOOOOOOO!" A girl with black hair dressed in black and red with a long red cape and another girl with orange hair and dressed primarily in pink screamed out in horror.

"And puppy shops, GONE!" The robot said, finishing for dramatic effect. "So now it's up to us. We got to grab the biggest and shiniest weapons we can find and take that lunatic down!"

…

…

….

"That wasn't a metaphor guys. Go grab the biggest, shiniest weapons you can find!" The robot gestured. "And remember, do it for the Technos, do it for the Jawbreakers and Pancakes and do it for the PUPPIES!"

"FOR THE PANCAKES!" The girl in pink held up a hammer with a loud battle cry.

"FOR ZWEI'S PUPPIES!" The girl in a red cape screamed out as they ran out the door while the rest stared at robot.

"WE HATE BROCCOLI!" A kid that curiously resembled Jonny 2/4 charged out the door and into the city with the two girls.

"...What are you looking at me for? Follow those guys."

Xxx

The group was gathered around the main computer where a woman in her fifties was stationed. The woman had long purple hair that was slowly turning grey but other than that she appeared to be almost a decade younger.

Her name was Sky but her closest friends called her Entrapta.

With her was a woman a few years younger with tanned skin and long curly dark hair was braided down her back, reaching her waist. She wore a sky blue shirt with a star on it with each point being a different color: pink, white, blue and yellow. Over the shirt she wore a pink jacket with a blue diamond necklace around her neck. She wore white diamond earrings and on her right left arm was a bracelet with a yellow diamond on it.

She wore pink and white sneakers that fit well with her blue jean pants. Finally strapped to her back was a pink sheath holding a sword with a yellow star at the end of the handle. With her were two Gems, one of them being Garnet who visor was cracked, her body more maroon than the last time with her shoulders sporting pointed armor and the other was an orange bulking Gem named Jasper.

Her name was Stephanie Universe but her friends call her Stephan.

And lastly was a young woman who wore a skin tight black and turquoise body suit with long black hair. She had turquoise eyes as well and pale skin. She was Athena Lipsky.

"We still don't know that much about him. He's obviously a time travelling warlord, he's littered the streets with objects and artifacts he's stolen from other periods of time." Said Elvis.

"That lily livered fool wasn't a warlord, well, not at first. When we went back in time all he was stealing was trinkets." Said Rolf.

"He's causing immense damage to the space time continuum. The degradation is increasing exponentially." Entrapta stated. "Hang on, I got something. Looks like a-"

There was blast of light in the middle of the room, forcing many to draw their weapons as the light faded, revealing three newcomers that had seemingly appeared out of the light.

"YOU WANT SOME OF ME, WELL YOU COME ON! GET'S SOME! WHO WANT IT?! LET'S GO BABY! IT IS GO TIME!"

"Easy, Tuddrussel. Doesn't seem to be anyone here!" A young boy's voice can be heard.

"Idiot! What did you expect to find? Grimm? The Exo?" Another spoke, almost synthetic in the tone when they realized it was a robot stepping out of the shadows. "I told you the coordinates were wrong before I could set them!

"FREEZE MISTER!" The officer yelled, pointing his gun towards Leo and Rolf, pulled out his badge. "Officer Buck Tuddrussel! Time Squad."

Leo and Heero shared a glance before back at him. "Yeah, we saw that on your badge." Leo remarked,

Tuddrussel looked to his badge and realized they were right. "Uh... right. So, eh, listen we're looking for... who was it again?"

"Aion Kronos and Sidorak." A boy with glasses approached the group wearing a blue shirt pants, auburn hair and sneakers.

"Aion?" Rolf asked out of surprise.

"Sidorak was a famous tyrant who waged wore across Pangea before the continents split. My name's Otto, and this robot is Larry."

"Please to meet you." The robot spoke.

Heero approached the trio. "Just who are you guys? You don't look like you're from around here."

"I would say the same to you, my good man." Larry said. "I noticed your weapons and clothing do not match any of this time era. We're looking for a young man who has been sighted across multiple time eras, stealing valuable items that are important to history!"

Otto nodded his head. "We had no idea where to track him down and lot of problems in our time. But someone came and provided us a solid lead to here."

"Well…first off you're not in the Connected Era. You are in…Well, guess the less distant past." Leo started. "And second of all are you trying to fix what Aion has done?"

"Of course." Larry nodded. "We just need to confiscate whatever he's using to travel through time and I can create a program to shut it down and return everything back to normal."

"Will this work?" Leo asked, holding up his tablet that showed a clear picture of Aion's Time Watch. "I snapped a picture of it for Donny to look at when we got back."

"Perfect." Larry scanned the image. "Now I know what it looks like I can create a program to shut it down and reverse all the damage."

"Well... That's convenient." Commented Cree as the robot produced what appeared to be a flash drive and presented it to everyone.

"IF we can get close enough to upload it." Enid said.

"If we plug that into Aion's watch, we can probably stop this all from happening in the first place." Entrapta started but right in the middle of her speaking, she started to physically fade away without herself even noticing.

Everyone's eyes widened in shock as she started to disappear.

"SKY!" Leopold and Renee dashed over to her as she completely faded, leaving everyone shocked.

"She... Never became a Huntress or an inventor..." Renee muttered, staring at where Entrapta had just stood.

"Or... She was never born." Leopold suggested.

"Time's running out." Said Elvis as everyone looked over at a computer which showed a life visual feed of the city as the sky turned from its usual nightly purple and black to a blinding white light.

Time was falling apart.

"Literally..." Allison said as the light just consumed more of the sky.

Xxx

"Someone reported to HQ about the location of Aion and what era he was born from."

This report did not please him. "Who?"

"I don't know but Time Squad has been scrambling all its members to every corner of history to try and repair the damage."

"Then we must prevent them from defeating Aion. If he is stopped before the time stream fully collapses my plan will be in ruins." He could feel the chains weakening but it was not enough. "Has a team been deployed to Aion's era?"

"Yes."

"Then follow them and stop them." He ordered. "We are so close now. We cannot allow this opportunity to pass by."

"I got it…Lord Cronus."

Xxx

"We need to find Kronos." Said Elvis.

"But where?" Dracon asked as Leo turned and walked away.

"Sometimes the old ways are best, right Raph?" Leo said, heading to the door.

"You don't know your way around here. Even if you have memorized the entire city, a lot of things have changed." Enid said as Leo looked back.

"Can we still rely on informants? Given the proper motivation?" Heero asked.

"Yup..." The Elder Heero answered, still looking at the computer.

"Alright, good enough for me."

Xxx

Leo was standing on the edge of a building overlooking the city, remaining perfectly still. That was until he felt a presence behind him. He stood up and turned around as he saw Sibon standing there with a confident smirk and his arms crossed.

"So you're the ninja called Leonardo, right? The one me and my crew were supposed to kill?" Sibon asked as he lifted both of his hands and they revealed their more cybernetic parts as they transformed into drills. "I've seen documentaries about you; you, your brothers and your friends become famous in the future. It's hard to believe you and your band of idiots were capable of beating the Shredder."

"It's hard to believe you've actually studied history with the way your dressed." Leo retorted, unsheathing both swords. "But I guess even clowns can have an education."

Sibon's smirk turned furious as he changed forward with a scream while Leo stood there unmoving. Before Sibon could've touched him a blast of electricity hit Sibon and he yelled in agony as he fell on his knees.

As he did, several characters came out of the shadows as it was revealed to be all the remaining Hunters, as Renee smirked while tapping her electrical modified Sais together.

"Worked like a charm." Renee said as the entire group surrounded Sibon.

"Oh, awesome..." Sibon said sarcastically looking up.

"You have some info we need, Sibon." Said Elvis.

"He, yeah, that's hilarious... I'm not gonna rat anyone out to you people." Said Sibon before Heero charged up to Sibon and kicked him in the face sending him to the edge of the building.

Heero then grabbed Sibon by the neck and leaned him out over the edge. "Where's Aion Kronos? You better speak while I still have a grip."

"I can't believe I was actually that green." The elder Heero said as he grabbed Sibon by the collar and tossed him to the middle of the building again before walking up to him and grabbing his cane with both hands. "THIS is how you interrogate someone..."

As Heero and his older self were hovering above Sibon, old Heero said something ineligible and Sibon screamed with a panicked voice. "OKAY! OKAY! I'LL TELL YOU WHATEVER YOU WANT!"

Aisling looked over at Cree and Renee asked. "Hey. I heard that Faunus have better senses then regular humans. Did you hear what old Heero said?"

"You DON'T wanna know..." Both said in unison.

"And we have 258 active Night Demons organized in about 150 smaller groups! I don't know where Aion is, he contacts us. He spends every night in one of those old buildings. There's no way of knowing ahead of time where he's going to be... And that's everything I know!"

"Everything?" The elder Heero asked angrily.

"... I wet my bed until I was 16..."

"Really starting to lose my patience, Sonny boy!" The old Heero growled as he poked the criminal in the chest with his cane which scared him more.

Heero grabbed his older self's shoulder and stepped in. "You better answer my friend here. I have no idea how long I can hold him back."

"His dad! I can tell you where his dad is!" Sibon frantically said as Cree and Rolf look over at each other.

"Never thought I'd see the day where a young and old Heero play good cop, bad cop." Cree commented.

"Rolf believes the saying is... 'Everything's relative.'" Said Rolf.

Xxx

La Brea Prison

A massive old and rusting correctional facility was sitting in the middle of the street as it overlapped several other buildings. The building itself was relatively empty, all except for one cell with steel bars which housed an old fat and miserable looking man as he sat on his prison bed. He looked over at the robot security sitting there outside the cell as they appeared to be watching TV and in police uniforms. The two were the later models of the battle android, more stolen technology from other time periods as the two were actually programed to look at a sports game on TV as they laughed in cheered.

All the while the fat man could only listen, he remembers when he would do the same thing to his son as he would yell and cheer at the TV with a beer while Aion had to take his father's abuse and unloving nature. Even throwing empty beer bottles at his son several times. The fat man believed this was some kind of ironic punishment that Aion gave to his dad. Unable to watch the game and be forced to sit in an empty cell all day and night. That was when the fat man lost his nerve yet again as he stood up and grabbed the bars as he yelled out. "Hey! Stupid tin-cans! Let me outta here! I am so sick of this crap! Let me out!"

The androids looked at each other for a moment, before one walked over and took out a tazer that was used to zap the fat man and caused him to fall back in his cell. Right after that, the two Knights and the fat man heard footsteps and movement from down the halls. The two robots looked at each other for a second, before they pulled out their rifles to investigate and leave the cell. As only a few seconds later, the fat man heard crashing sounds as he tried to look out of his bars, only to see a robot fly past him and through the air as it smashed into a wall.

While the other robot had its decapitated head roll in front of the fat man's cell. The fat man looked next to his cell as best as he could as he saw a group of people walk over to it.

Garnet walked forward as she spoke. "Kópanos Kronos. We have some business with your- Son..."

In mid-sentence, she transformed into another girl but was human. It was a young girl, dressed in black with a red cape, short black hair and silver eyes. In the meantime Jasper changed into a tall, beautiful blond haired woman with lilac eyes and a mechanical yellow painted arm where her right one should have been.

"What?"

"Wait, Garnet? Is that you?" Stephan asked walking up to the male Ruby.

"Who's Garnet? My name's Ruby Rose and this is my sister Yang. Bet it's another time shift. We're up to speed, carry on." 'Ruby' said as she walked over to Kopanos' cell.

"... Okay, I'm starting to get a migraine." Raphael said, looking over with his arms crossed.

"Then I'd say we'd better get used to it. It's only gonna get worse." Said Enid. "Anyone of us could change or cease to exist."

"And that's why you have to tell us where to find Aion. We just wanna undo the harm he's caused, you have my word, we'll do everything in our power to keep from hurting him." Ruby said.

"Hehehe... Between you and me, I really won't care if you disintegrate that worthless BRAT into dust!" The fat man said before Raph reached through the bars and grabbed the man by the collar, picking him up by his collar to look at him, eye to eye.

"He may be a crazy time tyrant! But he's your damn son! It's probably YOUR FAULT for treating him like this for so many years that messed with his head! You are just as much to blame as he is!" Raph yelled as he let go and let Kopanos fall back on the floor. "We should let you ROT in here!... But, you can do one good thing in your life by telling us where your son is."

Kopanos looked angrily on the floor, and then looked up at the group that was standing in front of his cell. "He always wants people to think he moves around... But he just sleeps in the same place..."

Xxx

Xander stood before his mobile suit, checking to make sure it was ready. "We ready to go, Dad."

"Yes. They've located Aion. Hopefully we can reverse all this damage. And Xander?"

"Yeah."

"…Good luck."

Xxx

Sidorak's Coliseum

In the heart of GrimmFall itself stood a very familiar coliseum where Leo, Cree, Rolf, Heero and Aisling fought in when they were accidentally sent back in time. The massive coliseum that used to belong to King Sidorak sat in the heart of GrimmFall. The Hunters and Kopanos walked over to one of the metal doors on the walls of the gladiatorial arena, as they stopped and stared.

"Hopefully there's no- booby-traps." Ruby said as in her mid-sentence she transformed back into Garnet who spoke the last word while Yang changed back into Jasper. "At least none my Future Vision can detect."

"Will you two just make up your mind already?" Elvis said, unable to handle any more changes.

"Anyway, I think it's safe."

"If we don't beat this guy, it's the end of everything." Renee said grimly.

"Yeah? Well we've been there before." Said Elvis.

"Not like this though... What are you supposed to do when you have the weight of the world on your shoulders?" Allison spoke.

"Same we do in all those situations." Yana said, patting Allison on the back before throwing a look at Cree. "Plant your feet."

Cree was confused by the look Yara gave her but saw Allison smile and nod before they all walked in. As they all walked in Leo, Cree, Heero, Aisling and Rolf recognized that place as the same chamber that all of them were knocked out and dragged into when they were captured by Sidorak. However that train of thought was interrupted as they looked over to the corner of the room to see a lump with a cover over it.

"Rolf does not understand... Why would the warlord of time sleep here?" Asked Rolf as Kopanos walked forward towards the lump angrily.

"Because a loser with a kingdom is still a loser!" Kopanos said as he grabbed the sheet and ripped it off the lump to reveal Aion lying down on the floor in a fetal position asleep while sucking his thumb. "See?"

Aion twisted and turned for a second before waking up and taking his thumb out of his mouth, and looking at his new visitors. "WHAT THE-!? DAD?!"

"Nice on the stealth thing, buddy!" Enid yelled as Aion pressed a button on his time watch only for a white portal to appear.

And through the portal came each member of the Night Demons as they smiled and walked over to the Hunters.

"Guys! Get the watch! Nothing else matters!" Leo yelled as Jasper charged at the Night Demons, only for Shinku to charge forward with her massive scissors as she tossed Jasper out of the gladiatorial chamber wall.

SMASH!

That was only until Jasper jumped back through the hole as she charged at Shinku and smashed her back into another wall. Stephan unsheathed her sword and jumped out to help Jasper, followed closely by Garnet. It wouldn't be long until Dracon and Raph would collide with Jenny Green, Renee and Leopold would collide with Crocotta, and Rolf, Enid, and Elvis would charge into battle with Rex Rawhead and Sibon Aburrido as they all took their battles onto the arena field. Aion was running as Leo and Cree tried to chase after him, but Rex saw this as he quickly turned his chainsaw into a four barreled minigun and shot Cree enough times that it knocked her on the ground.

As Dracon, Yara and Raph were fighting Jenny, they both managed to knock her back. That was when the ground below Jenny turned white as tears in the fabric of space-time were below her. She quickly ran away as Dracon, Yara and Raph were immediately sucked into the rips of space and time.

"Oh crap!" Enid screamed as a tear appeared underneath her and she fell in next.

"Hang on!" Larry shouted, activating his built in time unit and Time Squad disappeared in a flash of light before they fell in next.

Elvis looked on with shock, but before he could've yelled anything, three soldiers appeared a few feet away from him. He looked over to see three men standing there who were dressed in old soldier clothing and held weapons that looked like they came from one of the great world wars.

"Hey! It happened again!" One of the soldiers yelled before one of them looked over and pointed at Elvis.

"Enemy!" They all aimed their old rifles at him.

"Fire at will!" They fired away before Elvis had a chance to defend himself as he was blown back.

He was on the ground as he started to clutch his chest, before Shinku ran over and kicked Elvis back. Before picking him up by his hair and lifted him off the ground, as she placed her scissors up against his throat.

"So how would you like your death Elvis? Long and painful? Or quick and painless?" Shinku asked as she applied more force on his throat and started to draw a bit of Elvis' blood.

SMASH!

The wall was smashed open by a giant hand that slammed into Shinku, sending her crashing through another wall. The hand holding Elvis was a mobile suit, a Gundam. It resembled the mobile suit used by Xander's mother, the Impulse.

Only this was an upgraded version known as the Impulse Drive.

Meanwhile, Rex was swinging his chainsaw at Leo who managed to block all of the attacks with his swords, before jumping back and Heero fired at Rex with his pistol. But Rex managed to dodge the attacks as he charged at Heero with his chainsaw. Luckily was interrupted as Renee dashed in and knocked Rex to the floor. Leo looked back with a few cuts on his face, only for Jenny to charge in with her double ended scythe and knock Leo back.

All the while, Kopanos was watching the whole thing. All the while Crocotta was running on all fours as the Great War soldiers chased after him and shot at him.

That was when Aion teleported next to his father and Kopanos looked over while Aion marched his way. "You DARE BETRAY ME!? After leaving your worthless behind alive and just locking you up while making you immortal!? Do you have ANY IDEA what I'm going to do to you now old man!?"

Kopanos backed off but suddenly grew a backbone.

"Okay! You know what!? Fine! Take your anger out on me! But don't destroy the universe!" Kopanos yelled back as Renee managed to knock Sibon who went flying into one of the spectators support columns, as the impact shattered it.

She started pummeling Sibon and then grabbed him by the collar and tossed him down the steps of the spectator's stadium. Sibon fell back into the arena as Renee stood behind the collapsed Sibon. But before Renee could've done anything else, a massive Goliath displaced in time teleported next to the young fox Faunus as she looked up in fear. The Goliath knocked Renee back as she tumbled on the ground with plenty of scratches and bruises.

"Renee!" Leopold screamed out in fear for his sister.

She was left lying in front of Crocetta who giggled as he lifted his claws to cut Renee to ribbons. But before he could, a spear came charging at him and he was knocked back.

Allison was standing a dozen feet away with her arm stretched out as after she threw her spear. "Leave my cousin alone!"

All the while, Leo picked himself back up as he walked over to Aion with his blades out. "Aion!"

Aion looked over along with his dad as Aion smirked. "Well you are good, Ninja Turtle. Isn't he good?"

"Look around you idiot! Look at the sky! Time is falling apart!" Leo yelled as he and Aion looked into the sky to see that the night sky itself is being erased by massive tears in space-time.

"Pretty..." Aion said with a dazed smile as Cree jumped next to Leo and spoke.

"Stay with us, Aion!" Cree yelled

"Okay, okay, right, your right. This calls for plan B." Aion said as he opened up yet another portal.

Only before he could jump in, another tear appeared and out came a hand covered by a golden gauntlet. Everyone watched in stunned silence as out stepped Bertha the Barbarian with the Infinity symbol glowing on her forehead.

"So…" Bertha glared down at the suddenly scared Aion. "You're the one who has been messing with time. My domain!"

She slugged Aion in the stomach with enough force he choked on his spit and tossed him to the ground. "Time is mine to play with and mine alone."

Just as she raised her sword Time Squad appeared in a flash of light and Tuddrussel fired his blast, hitting Bertha in the chest, knocking her to the ground.

"Quick, Larry! The drive!" Otto shouted, seeing the time stream was beginning to break apart.

"On it!" Larry moved to insert the drive…Only for another flash of light to appear in front of him, showing two more Time Squad members. "Uh?! J.T.?! Lance!"

It was another Time Squad group, composed of a man with muscular weight and build and a red and black robot.

The new arrival kicked Larry in the face, knocking his off his shoulder. "Gah!"

"Sorry, nerds. Can't let you ruin this for me." J.T. grinned as he held up a hand to catch the drive. "Not when Cronus will make me the most powerful being in history."

He caught the drive as more figures appeared behind him: Pastmaster and the Supreme One. Both got between J.T. and the others to make sure no one could stop him.

Nearby Athena was fighting against some green skinned giant woman that had appeared out of a time rift like the soldiers but stopped when she saw the Supreme One. "Mom?! What are you doing helping them?!"

The Supreme One bulked and staggered a bit, seeing the girl who called her… "Mom?"

"I have to congratulate you kid." J.T. stared down at the Aion. "You played your part well when you went and made a mess of history."

"J.T.? What are you doing, pal? We got to fix history-GAH!" Tuddrussel was stopped in mid-sentence when J.T. shot him in the shoulder.

"You really are the biggest idiot in all of history. We were never buddies." J.T. laughed. "I had so much beating on you, making you a laughing stock of the academy. I couldn't believe you actually graduated. Though considering you needed help from a twelve year old kid you abducted from the twenty first century that comes as no surprise."

"J…" Tuddrussel couldn't believe what he was hearing.

J.T. Lazer, the top graduate of Time Squad Academy was…a bad guy?

It couldn't be!

"And now I just need to crush this drive and watch as history breaks down…" J.T. reached down and grabbed Aion's time watch. "And watch as Cronus is released."

"I am Kronos!" Aion shouted.

J.T. and Lance 9 Trillion laughed their heads off as J.T. wiped an imaginary tear away. "Yeah, right. Not even close, kid. You think it was mere chance that you and you alone could figure how to make a time device once technology advanced enough? Please, Cronus slipped all the knowledge to you so you'd up and mess with history which I am sure he'll thank you for if he doesn't tear you apart for ripping off his name."

"Stop this!" Xander landed the Impulse Drive in front of J.T., aiming its beam rifle at him.

J.T. only smirked. "Lance."

The red and black robot held up its hand and wirelessly connected with the Impulse Drive, taking control of its flight unit to send it high up into the sky…

And activate its self-destruct mechanism.

Xxx

Elder Heero watched as his son was launched into the upper atmosphere and let out a scream as its exploded. "XANDER!" The screams cut out, leaving only silence as he sat down, shattered. "…Xander."

Xxx

J.T. held up the drive. "Now to crush this-"

POW!

A flash of light cut him off and out came a fist that slugged him in the face. As if this day hadn't crazy enough out of the portal came…

Cree, Heero and Leo's eyes widened as they all recognized who it was. "Sammael!"

The Fallen King himself, emerging from a time portal of his own making as he caught the time drive. "So this is where it all starts."

All the hunters, especially the ones who were connected to the families who knew him best, stopped and stared in complete shock and fear.

They knew who he was.

They had learned about him.

And from the looks they were giving possibly even met him.

Otto gulped as he stepped back as Larry's wrist computer. "Alert: Time shadow detected."

"A time shadow?" Otto asked out loud.

"It means he is completely immune to the effects of time paradoxes or alterations. There's not even an accurate historic archive on him." Larry explained.

J.T. looked up and snarled at Sammael as he caught the jump drive. "You…"

"So you're the stooge Cronus picked out." Sammael mused. "Figures it would be someone in the future with a high ego. The kind who listens to what he wants to hear and ignores all common sense. It seems ever does truly change."

"Lance!" J.T. shouted.

Sammael quickly dodged as Lance 9 Trillion shot at him. The robot's body shifted, armor covering its body and a glowing sword appearing in its hands.

As Sammael jumped back he threw the jump drive to Leo. "Insert that drive, no matter what it takes!"

Just as Lance came within striking range Sammael dodged the first swing and delivered an elbow to the neck and then slugged him, denting his armor. They went back and forth, trading punches with Lance's mechanical strength being far above human that slowly broke Sammael's Aura shield and left severe wounds that instantly healed up. Sammael's hands turned into claws that began ripping apart Lance 9 Trillion's armor and even ripped off an arm. Lance fired a plasma blast at close range that burned through Sammael's top clothing, revealing his pale chest with dark vein patterns traveling down the skin.

Lance's anti-grav unit kicked in and shot forward slamming into Sammael and then slamming through the wall, flying out into the city. They finally slammed into a wall and Lance started pummeling Sammael brutally who seemed unable to react at first. Then the eye tattoo on his left hand glowed and a surge of power erupted from him, blasting Lance back.

"I suppose it…" An immense red Aura surrounded Sammael as he floated out of the wall. "Can't be helped."

Lance watched as Sammael's form turned completely black right before he was blinded by a wave of darkness that slammed into him, sending him crashing back into the coliseum.

As the fights continued Aion crawled over and tried to pick up his time watch only Bertha to step on his hand. "OW!"

"What do you think you're doing?" Bertha growled as she picked Aion up by the neck. "You're done playing in my domain!"

Just as she reached to grab the time watch J.T. blasted her again, forcing her back. He then picked up the time watch and grinned. "It's my domain now!"

"J.T. stop! You can't-" Tuddrussel tried to reason with him but J.T. aimed and pointed his blast at him.

"SHUT UP!" J.T. shouted. "I do what I want now! I can even use this to go back in time and take over before Cronus even existed! In fact…"

Bertha growled as she got up and rushed as J.T. as he opened a time portal. "NO! IT'S MINE!"

"IT'S MINE!" Aion shouted before he was shoved to the ground by his father.

"I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS! I JUST WANT IT ALL TO END!" Kopanos shouted as he ran right into J.T. shoving him down, grabbing the Time Watch and jumped into the time portal, followed by Bertha who jumped in after him.

"Hey! What are they doing?!" The Supreme One, Shego shouted as everything around them started to fade into a bright blinding light.

"It doesn't matter! Time is breaking apart!" The Pastmaster shouted, happily blasting at Caleb who hastily dodged. "We've done it! The master will be free!"

Sammael frowned as he fired his eye beams, blasting through Lance 9 Trillion's chest, causing the robot to explode. "They still have a chance."

Without hesitation Cree, Heero and Leo ran through the portal as it closed on the other side. They held onto each other as they followed the two through the time portal.

"Wait! We forgot Rolf and Aisling!" Leo yelled.

"They knew what they were getting into! Besides if we don't stop those two now, they probably won't even exist!" Heero yelled as they fell through the glowing tunnel after the bickering two.

"Where are they going!? There's nothing left!" Leo yelled.

"No! There's still the creation of time!" Heero replied.

"That means... They could reset absolutely everything! Become gods!" Leo paled.

"And we can't allow it!" Heero said.

"Hang on then!" Cree shouted, grabbing Heero and Leo and used her Semblance to catch up with the three.

Up ahead, Bertha the Barbarian and Kopanos Kronos were struggling and fighting over the time watch. At the end of the tunnel were three massive silhouettes resembling hands, one made of light, one made of darkness and the other simply grey, seemingly trying to create something.

"I'm not an expert of time travel... But I'm guessing it would be bad just by looking at the beginning of time. Kinda like looking at the flash of an atomic bomb." Leo said.

"We'll write them a ticket!" Cree yelled as the three got closer and closer.

Just as Kopanos and Bertha were mere inches away, Cree caught up with them and Heero grabbed Kopanos while Leo grabbed Bertha.

"GET OFF ME!" Bertha shouted, kicking Leo away.

"Leo catch!" Heero shouted as he threw the Time Watch at Leo after snatching it from Kopanos.

Leo pulled out the flash drive from earlier and he stuck it in Aion's watch and it began to upload the shut down and reset.

"It just needs a few more seconds to upload!"

That was when a spherical barrier surrounded them and pulled them away, leaving Kopanos and Bertha to fall into the beginning of time, their bodies coming together, fusing together, and merging as one just as there was an explosion of light.

Xxx

Cronus watched in stunned silence as the weakened chains became stronger than ever, keeping him imprisoned. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

All the time paradoxes and alterations were being repaired as quickly as they had appeared.

Xxx

"Are you guys okay?"

Leo, Cree and Heero all blinked as they found themselves…in the middle of GrimmFall Park with a white furry ape like Mobian starring at them.

"Wh-What happened?" Leo rubbed his head as he slowly sat up.

"You all just appeared here a minute ago, looking out of it." The Mobian answered as he held out a bottle of water for them. "My name is Skips. I work here."

All three shared the water, feeling like they hadn't had a drink of fresh water in a very long time.

"So…did we win?" Cree finally asked once she downed her share of water.

"I think so." Leo answered, not completely sure himself.

Heero looked at Skips. "Do you remember anything about…things or people appearing out of nowhere that look ancient or perhaps even from the future?"

Skips raised an eyebrow. "You guys had a time adventure, didn't ya?"

All three slowly nodded.

"Well, it's likely you guys will be the only ones to remember anything at all then." Skips suggested. "But if nothing out of the ordinary happens I think it's safe to say you fixed the timelines."

"All right, I can live with that." Cree asked. "But what happened to Kronos? I mean, the human one. Not the…god one. Oh boy, I'm going to be getting a headache."

"Actually, I think we can leave that to those Time Squad guys." Leo said with a small smile. "They told me a thing or two about…Time Squad prison."

Xxx

Somewhere and Sometime in the Future

"NOT SO CRAZY NOW...AM I DEAR OLD..." But before Aion gets the chance to finish the sentence, a white portal shows up to his surprise and confusion. "...What the..."

There was a flash of light and Kopanos was gone while the light blinded Aion as something shoved into, which accidently destroyed his watch and made the white portal vanish.

Aion became immensely shocked that his invention was destroyed.

"NOOO! MY WATCH!" As Aion was about to sob he saw a dark figure standing above him he instantly few angry. "YOU IDIOT! DO KNOW HOW MUCH WORK I PUT INTO THA-"

A hand grabbed him and he vanished in a flash of light.

You know what happens to people who get sent to Time Squad prison?

Same thing as when you get sent to a regular prison.

Only for a time prison it lasts forever.

Xxx

Drakken's Island Lair

Shego was still not feeling one hundred percent after she was possessed by Crom and it made her want to take a vacation for a little while.

She had just gotten her things together when a sudden headache overtook her and made her fall onto her bed. "GAH?!"

She had no idea what it was but it lasted only a minute.

Then she felt…

Angry.

"What is wrong with me?!" She stood up from her bed and marched out of her room. "DOCTOR D!"

Hearing her voice as she marched into his lab Drakken froze and turned around. "Y-Yes, Shego?"

"First question: you haven't been cloning me behind my back have you?" Shego pointed a finger in between his eyes.

Drakken hastily shook his head. "Of course not!"

"All right…" Shego took a deep breath. "So…what do you need?"

"I thought you were going on vaca-"

"I need something to do!" Shego suddenly shouted. "Get me something to steal! Someone to fight! Heck, send me just to fight Kim Possible! Just give me something!"

Drakken stepped back, shaking a bit now as he nodded. "Okay, okay! I got a few errands I was going to hire Killigan or Adrenna Lyn to do-"

"No need! I got it covered!" Shego snatched Drakken's list as he brought it out. "See ya in a hour or two doc!"

Drakken could only watch in stunned silence as Shego headed for the hangar. "I didn't put too much sugar in her coffee, did I?"

As Shego walked into the hangar to get into Drakken's hover craft her mind flashed with image of a young woman and what she said. 'Why did she call me Mom? Did I have a whacked out dream or something? I don't have any kids and I don't plan on getting one anytime soon.'

Shaking her head Shego got into the hovercraft and took off, deciding to focus on her errands. She really needed to get back into the game.

Xxx

"So you're back and did you reverse it all?"

Sammael's clothes remain tattered from his fight with Lance 9 Trillion as he walked in and sat down on his throne and stared at the chessboard on the table.

Moloch watched in curiosity as the chess piece representing Cronus faded to dust. "I take it that's a yes."

"The Azure of Guardian of Time interfered at the last second. I don't know what exactly they did but I know it led to history being restored. At least our known history." Sammael mused, bringing both hands to his chin. "I tracked Cree through time by an imprint."

Xxx

Sammael entered Sidorak's coliseum and found Cree's clothes neatly folded near a bath after she had been taken to Sidorak. He placed a hand on her shirt, leaving a dark handprint that faded quickly.

Xxx

"I was able to track her to a distant future and then I sensed it as she traveled…All the way to the beginning of time." Sammael continued.

"The beginning of time?" Moloch's eyes widened. "Did they reset anything? They could have changed something."

"That's just it. They came back…but the two who fell in. Bertha the Barbarian is gone." Sammael watched as the chess piece representing Bertha faded into dust. "It's like she traveled into that single point in the future and then traveled back…to fulfill a purpose."

Moloch stared with widened eyes. "You don't think…"

"Even Cronus had to have come from somewhere. A woman with time powers falling through time with a man to the beginning of time, their close proximity…" Sammael could see it now.

Bertha and Kopanos Kronos fusing as they came out the other end of the time portal, getting caught up in the Big Bang.

"Even if they made it out and even Bertha had the powers of Time Baby she couldn't have survived the front row center of the Big Bang." Moloch stated, finding the very idea impossible.

"Unless something kept both from dying in their fused state." Sammael pointed out. "If something was keeping them alive, they could only be forced to endure the full blast of the Big Bang. No doubt being bathed in radiation for perhaps eons until…"

"…Until that very radiation, that energy washing over them, instead of killing them forces them to evolve and change." Moloch caught on but was still floored by the possibility.

"And losing their memories of their former lives. What was once two becomes one."

Cronus created the race that spawned Time Baby.

Time Baby's essence was drained and transferred into Bertha the Barbarian.

Bertha the Barbarian is sent to the beginning of time and becomes Cronus.

The sheer idea of it all was…

Mindboggling.

"Becoming Kronos…Or should I say Cronus." Sammael finished.

"…What do we do now?"

Sammael stood up. "We move on. Cronus has lost his chance to break free. His puppets were either returned to their normal times, imprisoned or erased. Now we focus on the more present threats: Cipher, Canaletto, GOLB and Van Kleiss."

Moloch watched as Sammael stood up, facing the window and closed his eyes. Along his body, the points representing his chakra started to glow one by one. After the seventh and final one was activated his tattered clothes melted into a dark substance that slowly spread and covered his entire body. He glanced over his shoulder with a crimson gaze as a black body suit with red lines started to form around his body.

White bone armor normally seen on a Grimm started to form over Sammael's new battle attire starting with white bone gauntlets with spikes appearing on his arms and white chest armor over his torso and down his legs to his feet. What stood out about the chest armor was that it was split open in the middle, allowing for an orange glow, similar to that of a Seer to appear before changing into a red eye matching that of a Grimm. His dark boots remained underneath the bone armor and his dark over coat appeared over his armor with a dark red interior and eye symbol resembling the tattoo on the back of his hand.

Once his new attire was complete Sammael turned and faced Moloch. "It's time to wipe the board clean."

Xxx

"Hm…So everything worked out for the most part."

Mayor Sebben sighed as he sat down on the comfy chair in the private study of his home. Upon returning home from work and a rather exhausting deal with the Metallikats Mayor Sebben was treated with the surprising vision of the future created when a boy found a way to actually travel through time.

Boy what a mess he caused.

Fortunately the brave actions of five young hunters, heroes and a soldier prevented a catastrophe.

"It's too bad only three of them remember." Sebben made a note to see if he could repay Rolf and Aisling for their bravery in the now longer existent future. "But for now we have more present matters to deal with."

Sammael was going to be on the move.

Xxx

"It seems you are little too good in your experiments, Van Kleiss."

Van Kleiss could only scowl at Grodd's sarcastic observation while watching as his Upgrade worked on repairing Vexus.

"You lost one subject and another came back to you in pieces." Piedmon chuckled. "Are you sure you are up to the task?"

Van Kleiss scowled as he faced his 'guests'. "Oh I am sure. In fact I am sure enough now that I have decided to forgo trying to convince you to join me and just skip to the end."

Everyone was on guard as A.M.A.Z.O. was activated.

"Time get you all ready for what is to come." Van Kleiss snapped his fingers and the lab was engulfed in green flashes of light followed by screams. "And I don't plan on letting myself get distracted by a potential mutiny."

The time for action was now.