(Hero by All Insane Kids Starts)
As the music slowly starts, images are shown, starting with the city of GrimmFall, then showing Major Glory putting his mask on, Valhallen strapping his Mighty Axe to his back, the mountains of Nowhere and there was a flash of light from the markings on Scotty Blake's sword, illuminating the title:
GRIMMFALL
As you're on your way back home.
A lone figure dressed in white armor, Omnimon is shown walking through a dark tunnel. He looks over his shoulder, sensing something in the dark. The camera zoomed in, showing a face covered in white bone armor and red glowing eyes.
Something catch your eyes untold
As this happen, Omnimon changes into the Dragon of Denver, Dracon who catches a pair of eyes staring in the dark.
Fear of darkness lingers here
From the endless darkness comes a strange Grimm, almost humanoid but had no legs. Instead its torso was attached to a crystal sphere like that of a Seer. It wore white bone armor on its chest, arms and head with spikes sprouting from the shoulders, gauntlets on its wrists and even its head was covered in white armor. From its back emerged two giant wings resembling hands also covered in white bone armor with claws at the end.
This was not the only as five more surrounded Dracon, entering fighting poses creating large swords from their very own bodies.
You tremble as you get the fear!
It shot straight at Dracon who raised his shield to block and then swiftly changes into Agunimon as he slashes his tri-pronged knife at the hand/wing's claws. The scene shifted to show the mountains of Nowhere break away to reveal a giant tower with four cannons mounted at the top with multiple doors opening to release various war machines, many on mechanical legs that stepped out.
Armed and ready for battle.
Now you on the corner stone
Scotty Blake along with Raven and the rest of Team SEKR dodged a missile aimed at them by a two legged mech that was ready to fire many more.
Fearing you'd be left alone
With them were Team REYN, Artemis, Superboy, Kazemon, Lowemon, Kumamon, Lobomon, Beetlemon and Team BATL as they are surrounded by Butts, Terminators, and the humanoid Grimm led by a red skinned and very muscular woman with four arms.
Who will lose who will prevail?
There is a flash and Phil Ken Sebben is shown lifting his eye patch, images of the Justice Friends along with Team SEKR, REYN, BATL, the Legendary Warriors, Artemis, Superboy, Beast Boy and Raven appearing and facing six Grimm known as Terra-Claws surrounding them, preparing to attack.
Who will tell the final tale?
The Gem of Sight flashes to show the face of GOLB, followed by a shadowy form of Bill Cipher with his eye glowing, Van Kleiss surrounded by a golden light and then Sammael on a dark throne, all of them grinning in anticipation.
There it goes again
The Justice Friends arrive in force the Agents back…before they joined by Spider-Grodd, a shadow demon formerly known as Shade, Copperhead who has become a true Chimera with his legs replaced by a snake tail.
There it goes again
Just as the army of Van Kleiss charged at them there was a great explosion. From the sky appeared a giant dragon Grimm with eight heads and massive wings that fired bolts of lightning down onto the mountain, legions of Grimm converging on the mountains to attack both hero and villains. Major Glory shot through the sky, dodging the lightning blasts and managing to punch one head in the face. Valhallen flew down on his Mighty Axe, using it like a flying surfboard followed by Living Bullet and burst of lightning forming into SAM-R-I.
Do you know what it takes to be a hero?
The Infraggable Krunk punched his way out of the ground, ready for battle followed by Capital G who reaches his maximum size.
When you lost, a piece of love, a piece of you.
White Tiger stood next to a figure dressed exactly like him only he wore black instead of white, a black tiger as they face down a leopard Faunus with wild and snarling face as he transformed into a muscular humanoid leopard. The scene shifted to show Johnny Bravo falling into a deep crevasse. Miss Spell and Phan Tone are shown next in a maze with Double D wearing his Armatae armor.
Do you have what it takes to beat the fear that's
The scene shifted again to show Steven Universe, the Crystal Gems along with Connie and Peridot drilling into the core of the Earth, the drill surrounded by magma as a hand grasps the front window.
In your heart, to grow up strong, and undo wrong.
A tear in the sky appears from it comes Bill Cipher, followed by Klarion and a legion of demons that descend upon Gravity Falls with the hand ships of Blue and Yellow Diamond appearing above. Dipper and Mabel stare up in fear, grasping each other's hands as Pacifica stands before them along with Nyx and Pericles. The ground cracks open and a massive light appears before lunging at Bill.
To grow up strong, and undo wrong.
In the sky above Nowhere a golden glowing Van Kleiss transforms into an orange glowing humanoid with burning yellows and four extra eyes on his chest as the camera pans and shows him facing Sammael who undergoes a transformation himself into a completely black demonic looking humanoid with glowing red eyes and equally luminous hair.
What it takes to be a hero
The sky is engulfed by a black hole as GOLB appears but the glowing outline of a heart appears on his chest. Out of the chest came Betty Petrikov, the right side her face turning red with fangs and extra eyes resembling GOLB.
To grow up strong and undo wrong
The song ends with a series of flashes, showing heroes, huntsmen and huntresses doing battle against Grimm, villains and demons of all shapes and sizes before ending to show the title one last time:
GRIMMFALL
(Hero by All Insane Kids Ends)
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Opening File: Pardus Varietates
Pardus is a leopard Faunus and former member of the Satyra, going back to its early days. Pardus was actually one of the four top lieutenants chosen by His Eminence. Pardus, like many in the Satyra, utilized terrorist attacks with the goal of making humanity suffer and killing off anyone who got in his way. If there were any Faunus or Mobians who didn't support the Satyra were eliminated. However Pardus grew too ambitious.
He sought to challenge His Eminence for control of the organization but the leader foresaw this betrayal and called on the unknowing aide of an actual hero to stop him. This hero would become a member of the Justice Friends, the feline hero known as White Tiger. At the time, White Tiger was a young member of a tribe that lived in India, near a Faunus and Mobian colony called Cape Suzette and was raised alongside his brother, Bagheera who is known as White Tiger's counterpart: Black Tiger. Both responded to the rumor of an assassination being carried out on Shere Khan but it was actually a set up.
His Eminence had tricked Pardus into either believing he would be meeting with Shere Khan or that he was Shere Khan and Pardus jumped at the chance to kill him. The tiger heroes stopped him from carrying out his plan and defeated him in battle. Pardus was then sent to the Le Brea Correctional Facility; a prison built for members of the Satyra and has been there for over twenty years.
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Opening File: Le Brea Correctional Facility
Le Brea is a prison constructed to hold captured members of the terrorist organization Satyra. It was constructed to be similar to Alcatraz Prison, located on a remote island. The reason being is that the inmates are more dangerous than regular criminals and not many are willing to put up with these extremists. The most dangerous inmate there would be the leopard Faunus known as Pardus for his bloodthirsty personality.
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Opening File: The Four Elemental Goddesses
With Grodd's Legion of Doom upgraded, Valerie Grey turned into a ghost hunting machine, Piedmon turned into a ghost/Digimon hybrid, Vexus upgraded beyond anything possible in her universe and a two headed monster of shadow and flame at his disposal Van Kleiss believed he was close to having everything he needs.
But something was missing.
After looking up the legends of the Elementals on this world and concluding that he would need a counter to them if they ever mastered their powers along with the fact that he may have had a hand in making heroes such as Beast Boy and Raven even more powerful. Despite his confidence in his own powers Van Kleiss would rather embrace the belief that his ascension into godhood granted by absorbing the nanite body of A.M.A.Z.O. and all with him are powerful enough to handle anything. And there is also the fact that he wishes to continue his experiments, only this time he had an inspired by the old saying: fighting fire with fire.
And thus he shifted his focus on creating one more team to serve his interests.
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Opening File: Abductors
The Abductors are an alien race that invades planets cuts out large chunks of the planet to experiment n and take resources.
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"The world's a big place where anything and everything can happen at the same time. The trouble is we never get to see it all, even when we watching news on a TV, reading a newspaper or looking up articles on the internet. There's always something happening, a story involving certain people being played out and we can't see it all because when it comes down to it we're only mortal, even if we're man or machine. All these characters we imagine, the ones with superpowers, we watch them and see them do extraordinary things and we forget they are as blind as we are." TOM said as the file closed. "They can't foresee when a crime is being committed, they can't stop an evil plot before they know it is happening and they can't be what everyone portrays them to be: invincible. If there are gods amongst men they do a good job of hiding it but can they react any better than the common man. Can the common man rise up and stop the world from ending? For all we pretend to be can, for all we wish to be, can we believe we can do great things and inspire others to do great things when the time calls for it or are we just too small to really change anything about the world?"
SARA appeared next to TOM. "Guess in the end, we might never know."
"Or that times comes when we are faced with these questions and have to figure it out. Hopefully in the nick of time."
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A storm was brewing.
Sebben watched as off in the distance, in the direction of the Darklands a massive storm was growing and slowly spreading.
"So, it's finally happening."
Behind him was Major Glory and Scotty Blake, both of them watching the storm.
"Yes." Sebben turned around and faced them. "I have a feeling this storm is going to keep growing larger and large until more than half the planet is covered."
"So, Sammy boy is really going that far." Scotty remarked. "I haven't felt something like this in a long time."
"We can't wait. We have to strike at Van Kleiss before Sammael is ready." Major Glory stated.
Sebben nodded, looking at Scotty. "I think we should gather the final members of our teams."
"Aye." Scotty held out his sword as the Celtic markings on it started to glow. "Me too."
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Within the La Brea correctional facility are where the most dangerous and hardened criminals, thieves, and murderers are detained. The prison is known for its inhumane treatment of prisoners, especially the majority Faunus population within the prison. The Faunus population all being members of the Satyra, some Faunus who are imprisoned for other reasons and not in the Satyra originally are forced in. But there is one notable prisoner within the walls of La Brea, one who used to be the leader of the Satyra over 20 years ago... He was the psychotic and feared leopard Faunus known as Pardus Varietates.
The ex-lieutenant of the Satyra was sitting on his bed in his cell wearing an orange prison jump suit. He had a leopard tail that was moving left to right, sharpened teeth, messy blond hair, and yellow soul-piercing predatory eyes. For over 20 years he has been sitting in that same cell, and constantly planning what he will do to White Tiger and everyone he loves when he gets out. Pardus used to be the ruthless leader of the Satyra years ago, no different from the others in committing terrorist attacks, with the goal of making humanity suffer and killing off anyone who got in their way.
And if there were any Faunus who didn't support the Satyra, would be eliminated. But his reign was eventually ended by two young Faunus who quickly became heroes with their own special powers: White Tiger and his brother Bagheera better known as Black Tiger who defeated Pardus in battle and while His Eminence remained in control of the Satyra, while Pardus went to jail. The only thing that Pardus was happy about was that a new lieutenant stepped up to the podium in the Satyra who shared the same extreme mindset he does... But that still doesn't change what he is going to do when he gets out of that cell.
He remained silent sitting in his cell for another moment, before getting a knock on his cell door.
"Lunch time." Said the guard as he opened the slot to the door and a lunch tray was pushed through with veggies, mash potatoes, and turkey on it as Pardus walked over and grabbed the lunch tray.
But that's when he noticed a white letter on it that said 'to you'. Pardus looked at the letter for a second in confusion before looking back up at the guard.
"Hey, what's this?" Asked Pardus as the guard remained silent and walked away. "Hey! Answer me! What is this!?"
But the guard didn't even answer as he walked around the corner and disappeared from eye sight. Pardus looked on angrily, before looking back down at the letter as he opened it up.
All it said 'Enjoy the potatoes.'
Pardus gave another confused look before grabbing the fake mash potatoes and looking under them to see that there was a small explosive device attached to it. It took another few seconds before Pardus smiled and stuck the fake mash potatoes to the wall of his cell near his bed as he pressed the red button on it setting the timer for it to go off in thirty seconds. Just as he did that, the cell door opened up as a man was standing there who looked a lot like Pardus. The real Pardus just walked past him as the fake Pardus entered the cell and closed the door.
Pardus walked down the hall as a guard who walked past him not noticing, turned around as he saw the free prisoner walk right past him.
"Hey! Wait! What are you doing out of your-
SNAP!
Pardus quickly turned around and snapped the guard's neck before still walking down the hall as his cell blew up.
BOOM!
Pardus finally walked out the prison front entrance as the alarm was set off. As the villain made his way outside, taking a breath of fresh air for the first time in 20 years... He was approached by two more guards, one of them were carrying a suit case while the other one was carrying a black duffle back. Pardus was ready to fight the two guards off but instead of detaining him, they threw the duffle bag and suit case in front of him on the floor.
Pardus gave another odd look as he bend down and unzipped the duffle bag to see that the contents were his original clothes, weapons, and armor. But on top of all that he picked up yet another letter that was on top of the supplies as he opened it up and read the contents.
'Greetings, my brother. I am Dark Kat, a high ranking member of the Satyra. I have freed you to aid me in a small but mutual problem involving your old friend White Tiger. The duffle bag has all your original possessions and the brief case possesses Dust, Technos, and files on White Tiger and his family and loved one.
Do what you will with them, my brother. All we require is that you take White Tiger out of the picture. There is an escape vehicle waiting for you outside of the prison which will take you to the docks, which is how you will get to GrimmFall. Good luck.'
Pardus finished reading as he zipped the duffle bag back up as he picked up both the duffle bag and brief case as he stood back up and looked at the two guards who handed him the supplies.
"The car is waiting outside the entrance; I suggest you take it before the guards get here." Said one of the guards as Pardus smiled at them.
"I'd thank you two, but that would imply you humans did something good..." Said Pardus as he opened up and reached into his duffle back as he quickly pulled out his claw gauntlets with red ten inch long retractable blades as the guards started to notice and grow faces of fright. "But... You have to die..."
Without a hint of hesitation he swung his gauntlets as gushes of blood squirted from the guard's necks as they fell over deceased. Pardus looked down at the bodies for a second before continuing his walk outside as a black van drove up in front of him as the door opened up and a Satyra member wearing a Grimm mask was standing there gesturing Pardus to come forward. He hopped on as the door was shut and the van drove off.
Pardus sat there as a devious smirk started to creep over his face.
"Tiger... When I find you, and this new 'family' of yours... I'm going to make you suffer beyond anything you can imagine. And after that, I'm going to take back the Satyra. And kill that bastard for leaving me in that prison to ROT for all those years..." Said Pardus out loud smiling, until he realized that there were two other Satyra members in the car with him.
One sitting beside him looking at him a bit frightened as the other was driving the van.
"... We didn't hear anything! Right Gary?" Asked the Satyra member sitting next to Pardus.
"Umm... Yeah! Nothing!" Said the Satyra member driving.
Pardus just stared back into thin air as he was pondering how he was going to make White Tiger suffer, and how he was going to murder his new family as he opened up the brief case and looked at the documents the was given to him.
Another sinister smirk started to creep over his face.
Back in the prison the Pardus duplicate grumbled as he knocked the debris off of him and morphed into a guard. He managed to sneak his way out as the rest of the guards rushed to lock the prison down.
"Well, that was mildly entertaining."
Once he was far enough away he morphed again, becoming a green skinned reptilian Mobian with pointed ears and a slender build. It seemed to be a Mobian chameleon. It had long blondish hair with a long tail stemming from the base of the spine. They have a very reptilian appearance, having large, slanted, almond-shaped eyes with dark green scleras, chartreuse irises and slitted pupils, and another set of eyelids which blink horizontally.
Their nose was small with slits for nostrils; they have claws and sharp teeth. Their ears are very long and pointed, and stick out from either side of their head. They also had small eyebrows and long, slicked-back, pale blond hair which is shaved into an undercut style at the sides. They wore a short-sleeved, green and black leotard with pointed shoulders and a high collar.
They sported long, black gloves which cover their pinkies and ring fingers. Their outfit had a large cut-out which exposed part of their back and sides, with a strap just above their tail. They wore similarly colored pants underneath with black, high-heeled boots reaching to their ankles.
"Not as much as I had hoped but it was a good way to start the morning." The Mobian known as Double Trouble stretched before they headed for the nearest convenient transportation.
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He let out a groan as he started to open his eyes. As a moment passed he was fully awoken as he looked around his environment. It was some sort of large circular clean white cell with a high wall. But as Mars got up, he looked around yet again as the large metal door in front of Mars opened up. As two heavily armored Russian soldiers ran in and aimed their weapons at Mars who stood still as two more figures started to walk into the cell.
"Your weapons were taken away because your both dangerous." Said the voice of Commander Feral as he entered the room with a young cat Mobian at his side at his side.
Mars narrowed his eyes on both of them. "Feral..."
"Come on, Mars. You used to smile more." Said Feral as Mars remained silent and looked at the young Mobian woman next to him.
"... I remember you Felina."
The young Mobian said nothing as Feral took a step forward and looked at him.
"What do you want, Feral? If you just wanted me in prison, I'd be waking up in a smaller cell. What's your deal?" Asked Mars as Feral took a deep breath.
"Being put simply, the world as we know it is in trouble. And whatever forces I send in either fail or never come back, that's why I'm assembling a team to make sure Sammael and Van Kleiss don't bring hell on Earth..." Said Feral as he looked at the former soldier. "And I need a task force of capable people to get them for me... To save the world."
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Van Kleiss looked at himself, grinning to see his entire form shining a golden light.
He had done it.
He had achieved ultimate power.
'If I can copy the Meta-Nanites in Rex I can achieve godhood.' Van Kleiss grinned at the thought. 'I've already copied a great deal of powers from so many. It would be the literal cherry on top.'
The copying capabilities of A.M.A.Z.O. and the power of the Meta-Nanites.
Unstoppable.
"Master." Biowulf walked up behind him, cutting him off from his musings and admiration of his new form.
"What is it?" Van Kleiss asked calmly.
"We are using the new technology to monitor all communications on the planet." Biowulf reported.
"And how are benefactors doing on the progress of delivering our new products?" Van Kleiss asked as he walked into an elevator, followed by his second in command.
"They are in fact almost done. With the technology they have provided we will be even stronger than before." Biowulf answered.
"Good."
On another floor of the complex, a large room with a tall ceiling showed four giant machines sticking out at the top of the mountain that resembled colossal cannons. Dozens of robots resembling A.M.A.Z.O. in its base form were busy assembling the equipment from their 'benefactors', carrying crates of high advanced weaponry and tools along with dragging in large machinery. In the middle of the room was a larger version of the arching machine that was the portal machine that Breach had been chained to. The machine activated and out of it came a creature looking seven feet tall, having large human like hands with black nails, two sharp toes on their feet, six squid like tentacles on their backs and horns on their heads, four white eyes, insect like mouths and two small tentacles on their necks.
"Here are the Fusion cannons you requested." The alien spoke, a device translating its language.
"And they will work perfectly?" Van Kleiss questioned.
"Would you expect anything less from the Abductors? Our entire culture is built around scientific advancement, cutting large chunks of planets out and taking them away for experimentation." The alien replied. "For years, we've delved all our energy into discovering all the secrets of the universe and the existence of different life forms. Not to mention making our profits with weapon sales, such as you."
"It's quite impressive. I am looking forward to working with you some more." Van Kleiss smiled.
"We are interested in this new world. We've already sent advanced scouters to scan this planet but none of them returned. They were all destroyed."
Van Kleiss knew it was more than likely that Sammael was responsible for Abductor scouts not returning. "Well, I assure my portal machine will allow you to…slip in and this is only just the beginning. Dust, Aura, Grimm, Faunus, Mobians and so much more of these unique resources, discoveries and life forms are in your future if you keep supplying me with the necessary weaponry."
"Only as long as you keep to our promise." The Abductor replied.
"Do not worry, my friend. You'll get your reward the second I conquer this planet." Van Kleiss said and the two nodded in agreement.
The alien leader turned and walked into the portal, followed by his two body guards. Once they were gone Van Kleiss turned away, walking back to the elevator head down to the sub-basement.
Now to work on his latest project…
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The Mystery Shack had to be closed on account of the damage done by activating the portal, both on the inside and the outside. Despite this setback in business the Pines family did not hesitate to take some well-deserved time off from all the craziness that had happened. Mabel was lying on the floor with an empty cheese boodles bag. Stan was sitting on a chair nearby reading the newspaper and Dipper was reading Journal #2 as Mabel Pines blew bag of Cheese Boodles into the air, watching as the bag slowly drift down while Zoe and Frida were relaxing in front of the TV.
"I just ate a bag of Cheese Boodles without using my hands. Lazy Tuesday, you are delivering in a big way!"
"Heh. Yeah. It's nice to finally have a day where nothing interesting happens whatsoever." Stan said with a relaxed smile.
No sooner had he said that did Ford come out of the vending machine door with a Cycloptopus on his wrist, making Mabel and Dipper scream.
"What was that nothing interesting happening?" Frida asked, throwing a smirk at her grandfather.
"Get down! Don't let it taste human flesh!" Ford punched it and it dropped off his hand crawling around the room.
"What is it?!" Dipper exclaimed as he climbed onto a chair.
"Can we keep it?" Mabel asked with a smile.
"We already got a tiger so we're good." Zoe said, sharing a devious smile with Frida.
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All the way down in Mexico, a certain tiger themed hero shivered.
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Stan resorted to hitting it with a rolled up newspaper. "Kill it! Kill it!"
Ford chased it into the corner. "Patience... and…"
The cycloptopus' eye turned into a screaming mouth.
"Gotcha!" Ford shocked it with his gloves and held up its burnt body.
"Great. Now get it outta here. It smells like if death could barf." Stan scowled as Ford walked past him.
Dipper ran over to Ford with Journal #2. "Great uncle Ford! You need any help with that? I've read all about these creatures in your journal, and I think I know how to-"
"No! I'm sorry, Dipper, but the dark weird road I travel, I'm afraid you cannot follow. Well, call me for dinner!" With that Ford closed the vending machine door behind him.
"Maybe next time then? Or not? Or never." Dipper sadly offered.
"Aww, Dipper, don't take it so hard." Mabel comforted as she put a hand on her brother's shoulder.
Stan, however hit Dipper with newspaper and spoke rather coldly. "No, do take it hard. Take it hard and serious. My brother is a dangerous know-it-all, and the stuff he's messing with is even worse. Do yourself a favor and stay away from him, you hear me?"
"But, Grunkle Stan, all summer long I've wanted to know who the author of the journal was. Now the guy lives in our basement and I can't even talk to him." Dipper protested.
"I don't know why you want to talk with him anyways. The guy's one of those smart jerks." Frida crossed her arms. "The kind that lets you know how smart they are and rubs it in your face. I hate guys like that. So annoying."
"Besides, you do fine on your own." Zoe remarked. "Why do you even want to get to know this jerk anyways? He's throwing out our grandpa, your Grunkle after all he's done for him."
"But…" Dipper wanted to argue but hesitated. "The basement…"
"Don't worry about what's in the basement. You belong up here with me and Mabel." Stan changed the subject.
"Yeah! Besides, the season finale of Duck-tective is airing this Friday! That's all the mystery you'll need this week. Quack with us, Dipper! Quack, quack quack quack..." Mabel excitedly started quacking.
"Huha, yeah! Quack quack, quack quack..." Zoe and Frida looked very embarrassed to see their grandfather quacking.
As Stan and Mabel said 'quack,' Dipper looked at the light coming from behind the vending machine.
"Quack quack quack, a quack quack quaaaacck. Quuaaaaa..."Mabel stopped and pointed at Dipper, Zoe and Frida. "Why aren't they quacking?"
CRASH!
The entire family jumped as the door was kicked down and in walked an angry Tambry, followed by a concerned Wendy.
"Tambry?!" Dipper and Mabel exclaimed.
"We need to talk. Now." Tambry stated with angered finality in her voice.
Dipper gulped. "Huh, this is about Nyx isn't it?"
"Gee, what gave it away?" Tambry sarcastically asked.
"Wendy, how'd you two find out?" Stan asked, standing up.
"Soos called me last night and told me everything and I went to tell Tambry in the hospital." Wendy answered.
"Hospital? Are you okay?" Mabel asked, pointing at the bandages. "What happened?"
"Never mind what happened to me! What happened to my sister?!" Tambry snapped, making Mabel jump back.
"Whoa, Tambry calm down. We don't know what happened aside from…" Dipper trailed off.
"Don't tell me to calm down. Aside from what?" Tambry narrowed her eyes. "Aside from the fact that fat kid she was hanging out with knocked her up? When the last time I saw her she was just a kid and that she been possessed by some demon and never told me?"
"Yeah, that…" Mabel shrugged helplessly. "I mean, we know Hoagie came back but we don't know what happened to Nyx. Honestly."
"And I'm supposed to believe you just like that. When you all couldn't be bothered to tell me about that brainwashing cult?" Tambry snarled. "Right here in our town?!"
"Well, we kind of…" Dipper stuttered a bit as Tambry glared at him.
"Kind of what?"
"We didn't know who else might be working with them. I mean, Woodpecker Guy, Tats, Toby Determined and Sprott were all members. And it wasn't just them. Bud Gleeful, Gideon's dad is also a member and its possible Gideon was working with them when he stole the deed to the Mystery Shack." Dipper quickly said, a little frantic from the glare he was getting. "We weren't sure if it was just them and it turns out it wasn't. The Northwests are in on it too. The police and those secret agents could have been working with them for all we know. "
"Yeah, Hoagie mentioned Nyx telling him that Pacifica was in on it from the very beginning." Mabel pointed out.
"Hoagie, that kid that my sister was with." Tambry growled. "Where is he?"
"What you planning on doing to him if you find him?" Stan asked he stood up. "He won't know either. All he said that was when Nyx died she'd turn into this…Chaos lady or something and forget what she used to be."
"Maybe I'll bust him up like I should all of you for just sitting around and letting this happen." Tambry growled.
"Hey, we didn't know what happened to your sister until last night. This whole thing was happening under your nose too." Stan retorted.
Tambry growled and looked ready to pounce on Stan before Wendy grabbed her and held her back. "Whoa, Tambry don't-"
"GET OFF ME!" Tambry shoved Wendy away. "DON'T TOUCH ME! ANY OF YOU!"
Zoe and Frida frowned as they stood next to their cousins, ready to activate their battle armor if Tambry got violent.
"What? It's the truth and you know it. Nyx was forced to keep silent and kept you from finding out. She admitted that much to Hoags when he told us what happened. We had no idea what happened to her, at least until last night." Stan stood his ground. "And Soos called Wendy who just told you right after. We weren't trying to keep it a big secret from everyone. We just had no idea who wasn't working with those Blind Eye freaks or their boss."
"And that's supposed to make me feel better?!" Tambry shouted. "Those bastard guardians, the ones my mom dumped me and Nyx on beat me for worrying about my sister who has been missing for a week, my home burnt to the ground and I only get a clue what happened to her when I'm in the hospital when my so called best friend told me what was going on!"
"Tambry-" Wendy started but Tambry turned around and cut her off.
"Just because you came and told me right after Soos told you doesn't get you off the hook! You should have told me about those Blind Eye freaks at least the moment Nyx disappeared!" Tambry pointed at her. "Did you even try looking for her?! So what if you couldn't call the police because you didn't know if they were bad guys?!"
"We did look for her, Tambry just like you did! I was looking with you the whole time!" Wendy gestured to herself. "And when Soos called me up I bolted to your house and then to the hospital when I heard what happened!"
"Right when you could have given me hints about all the secret plots from the beginning!" Tambry shook her head. "Are you seriously trying to dodge blame here?!"
"We're not dodging blame because none of this is our fault, all right? It's Cipher's fault. That Klary guy's fault and the fault of anyone who was working with them." Stan cut in. "They started all this and we all got mixed up in it like your sister did."
"Is that your excuse?" Tambry scoffed. "All of you blaming the bad guys, keeping these secrets to yourselves and only caring about your others when it suits you? No way. You are all responsible for my sister POSSIBLY BEING DEAD BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T SPARE TWO FU-"
"Tambry!"
Tambry paused her rant and turned around, seeing Hoagie at the door with Sky hiding behind him. "…Who are you?"
"Hoagie?" Dipper and Mabel gaped.
"Hoagie?" Tambry narrowed her eyes. "So you're him…"
"Don't blame them for not knowing in time. We all know the person you are really angry with…" Hoagie started, facing his love's older sister. "Is me."
Xxx
When the blue portal appeared, Kani and Genki were sitting next to each other in meditative pose and out stepped Scotty Blake himself.
"Kani, Genki." The Scotsman greeted.
Genki opened her eyes calmly. "Scotty Blake. Still alive and kicking, I see."
"Yep." Scotty grinned as he looked at Genki's nodachi sitting on the floor in front of her and she was wearing her Huntress outfit. "Still swinging around that stick you call a sword, huh?"
"I'd be more than happy to remind you how deadly this 'stick' can be." Genki retorted calmly.
Scotty stopped and looked the helmet of SAM-R-I in front of Kani as Major Glory stepped out of the portal behind him. "Kani."
"Major." Kani opened his eyes.
"You know why we're here." Major Glory stated.
"Yes." Kani looked at the helmet. "Until I can find a proper replacement, the spirit of Raiden is holding me to take on the mantle of SAM-R-I against the kind of evil no one else can face. This evil you are gathering to face, Raiden has sensed it."
"So does that mean you will help us?" The major asked.
"Yes, but in our own way." Kani nodded. "We will infiltrate this Van Kleiss' fortress ahead of you."
"We?"
"You think I would stay behind and let my husband go off alone?" Genki raised an eyebrow.
"Don't you got two wee ones?" Scotty asked.
"Yes, but I have friends who can look after them." Genki replied as she stood up and picked her nodachi. "Besides, I owe this Van Kleiss a debt."
"You do?"
"A debt…of pain." Genki said with steel eyes. "He made someone close to us suffer and we wish to repay him for that."
"Speaking of that someone…" Major Glory looked around.
"She's not here." Kani answered, holding up the helmet. "She has been sent somewhere else to master a new power."
"And she still has no memory." Genki said with a solemn face. "It's possible in our bid to help her we might have permanently removed her memories."
"That's…sad news." Major Glory said, not bothering to sugar coat it.
"Yes, it is." Genki agreed.
"Let's not get teary eyed at the moment. We still got a job to do." Scotty reminded everyone. "So far it's us, Team SEKR, Team REYN, Team BATL-"
"BATL?" Genki raised an eyebrow. "As in Baron, Albert, Tiburon and Li?"
"Yep." Scotty nodded and then remembered. "Oh right, you used to go out with shark boy, didn't you?"
Genki rolled her eyes. "It's ancient history now, for both of us. Now let's get to work."
"Yes." Kani said as he put the helmet on and in a flash of light SAM-R-I stood in his place. "Let us begin."
Xxx
He remembered standing before a crowd of slaves that he himself had freed. All of them having been subjected to horrible treatment by either being made into slaves by that horrid king or forced to fight for their lives for the evil king's entertainment.
"My brothers, my sisters…For too long we have suffered under the hands of systematic oppression! Depending on where you originate from, who your family seems to be, your abilities and skills judge how you will be treated in this world and if you will be casted into enslavement! Those who don't seem to follow the high authority figures set of rules will be enslaved and forced to work in horrible conditions with dangerous work for the rest of their lives or even worse. If you are a strong and brave man you either slave away in the mines or be forced to battle in the gladiatorial arena where unwilling volunteers, prisoners and slaves are forced to fight each other or deadly creatures!" He yelled to the crowd who shouted in agreement. "Or if you are a young and beautiful woman who happens to unluckily catch the eye of those in power, be forced to become their personal servant, maiden and even be forced to lie with them in bed and be forced to bring their offspring into this world! And the many who die will go out as nameless, unappreciated, lower cast nobodies. And we will NOT LET THAT HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE EVER AGAIN!"
The crowd cheered so loudly the entire world seemed to shake.
"The attitude and beliefs of those outside the home I was born in are EXTREMELY FLAWED! Every soul matters! Every soul deserves a second chance and not a SINGLE SOUL deserves to feel the boot of oppression crushing them! I had witnessed it firsthand…" He paused for a second. "I know what it's like to be an outcast, to feel different from those around you and for it to feel that something is wrong with you…As if you are not a living being but a monster. I chose to become a warrior; I chose to fight against this oppression and by doing so I have embraced what you all now feel: FREEDOM!"
The crowd cheered even louder.
"I fight now to spread this message to the entire land. By my words, I will not stop until all those in power who would see us in chains are brought down and defeated. We will ACHIEVE FREEDOM! But...NOT IN BLOODSHED!
"We will achieve our goal in peace, to prove that we do not care how long it takes and that we are not like the Seven Demon Warlords. We will succeed! AND NEVER AGAIN WILL ANOTHER INNOCENT SOUL BE BORN UNDER THE OPPRESSION OF SLAVERY EVER AGAIN!" He yelled as he finished his speech and the crowd cheered louder than they ever have before.
He bowed his head to the masses before he turned around and left. As he did he noticed something strange.
Those dark creatures…
The Grimm.
He could see them off in the distance, staring at him for some reason.
In fact when he made his intentions clear to save the people from Sidorak the Grimm…They fought against Sidorak's forces but refused to harm those he deemed innocent.
Almost as if they were obeying his wishes.
He has long since been taught that the Grimm were evil and he has defended the innocent from them.
And yet, there was something about them that seemed to call out to him.
"Excellent speech, sir. You really know how to motivate a crowd!"
Shaking his head he cleared his mind of these thoughts and turned to his right hand, a beautiful woman who had chosen to follow him into battle against Sidorak and his allies. "Thank you, Eve. Those people deserve better than what was provided to then, they deserve to know what freedom and equality are like, to be treated like everyone else and totally abolishing the immoral act of slavery. To know what true happiness is like."
"Yes, they do." Eve said, looking out to the people who were being treated.
Many of them were malnourished and desperately needed food and water. She was going to have her hands full making sure they were treated.
"Greetings, Adam."
The two stopped in their tracks as three figures in intimidating armor stood before them.
"We were the administrators for this arena before you liberated it and the people from Sidorak's control. We heard your speech and our hearts are moved by your words and your spirit." The middle dark figure said.
Adam smiled and bowed. "Well, I'm glad you enjoyed. I meant every word I said back there and the fact that you three seem to have chosen to leave Sidorak's employment. It's truly an honor."
"Of course." The armored man on the right said.
"Yes, though many are still with him." The one on the left pointed out.
"Yes…And I believe the Demon Lords that back him, Hades, Lucifer, Angra Mainyu, Yama, Thoth and Q'uq'umataz are no doubt annoyed by us dismantling their work as they could care less about our plights." Adam said, becoming peeved at the mere thought of those who rose up take over the land and its people.
"Yes. We believe they are no doubt summoning every bit of demon and dark entity that crawled out of the Nightosphere and the Pit of Hate in the land to their side." The armored man on the left said. "Before today we would not have believed it possible that King Ozric could stop them. But with warriors like you at his side…We might have a chance."
"Thank you again. And when we succeed, never again will anyone, Human, Faunus, Mobian or even a demon will feel an incalculable amount of pain and misery that I have seen and experienced…Never again." Adam said with a good wholesome smile as Eve softly clasped his hand…
And looked at him with beautiful golden eyes.
His eyes opened and he found himself back in the waking world. He was leaning against the wall of his room, having seemingly dozed off, one knee propped up for an arm to rest on while the other remained at the side.
He had actually fallen asleep.
This was not usual as he rarely ever slept.
His…condition had eliminated the need for sleep but he could indulge himself at times when he felt like it.
He had not intended to but he did and remembered dreaming of…
A better time.
'Why did I have that dream?' Sammael frowned as he held up a hand and clenched it. 'Has a strange form of nostalgia come over me?'
He immediately squashed that thought that had dared to pop up in his head.
'No. I am Sammael. That idealistic fool Adam Arclight died from the betrayal of his family, mind, body and soul…And his corpse was reborn as me.' Sammael stood up and looked out the window, seeing the Hydra screeching to the sky as dark stormy clouds gathered and spread out over the Darklands. 'And I am not bound by his regrets or the regrets of Ozric or anyone else from a bygone age.'
"Master…"
Turning to the door, Sammael watched as the person who spoke entered.
Only it wasn't a person.
It was a Grimm.
A Terra-Claw.
It had an upper humanoid torso that was about as muscular as Boris with the signature glowing red eyes and was covered in white bone armor with a white bone helmet over its with horns sticking out of the top and its shoulders. It wore spiked gauntlets on its and as for its legs…
It had no legs.
At the bottom of the torso was a crystalline glowing sphere that resembled much like that of a Seer with the signature orange glow to go with it. If that wasn't enough from its back sprouted giant hand shaped wings with claws at the end of the 'fingers' making it even more intimidating.
This was no ordinary Grimm.
This was an elite Grimm.
Designed with the sphere of a Seer and the body of a humanoid they are capable of communication as seen for when it just spoke. If that wasn't enough the Seer orb that allows it to hover can act as both communication and can even project the image of anything it sees to its own kind, Seers or even to other Fallen.
This Terra-Claw was an experiment into new elite types of Grimm that could potentially rival even the strongest of heroes.
"What is it?" Sammael asked after standing up straight.
"The Faunus known as Pardus has broken out from prison as you wished. Dark Kat has sent him to GrimmFall." The Terra-Claw answered, bowing its head slightly.
"Excellent." Sammael said as he approached the door.
The Terra-Claw moved aside and bowed as the Fallen walked past it.
"Soon enough the Satyra and the Red Caps will be properly distracted and thrown into disarray thanks to the bloodlust and anger of Pardus. That should keep them from doing anything noteworthy until after we are done." Sammael continued, walking through the dark hall. "And the others?"
"They are moving, Master."
"Good. Then it has begun."
Xxx
NEW GRIMM SIGHTED
Name: Terra-Claw
Species: Humanoid
Description: Fierce creatures indeed, these guys are the supreme elites of Sammael's Grimm minions and can be very hard to stop. These guys are practically little brothers of the Fallen, despite their different look and attacks. They have the abilities of a Seer, the strength of a Beringel, the ability to fly and can display above average intelligence making them more dangerous than most known Grimm. These Grimm are to be treated with EXTREME caution.
Abilities: Unknown
Note: Pardus and Team BATL are OCs from the MisEdventures of RWBY and Ed, Edd'n Eddy by Roth Prime who has given me his blessing to use his characters in this story.