Accessing Global Security Satellite System
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Accessing Grimm Horde Approaching Nowhere Kansas
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Accessing Sectors:
13 – Darklands
8 – Wilds
4 – Nowhere
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Estimated Time to Arrival in Nowhere: 5 days, 20 hours, 44 minutes, 36 seconds.
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Evacuation Protocol For Sectors 8 and 4 In Effect
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Logging Off Global Security
Xxx
Water
A man performed a series of a movement that manipulated the water around him.
Earth
Another man took a stance and with a few steps, lifted a large rock out of the ground.
Fire
A young woman performed an elegant dance, conjuring fire from her hands.
Air
A young boy landed on the ground and conjured a gust of wind.
Long ago the Four Nations lived in harmony
A map of the four nations was shown.
Then everything changed from the Fire Nation attack
Soldiers dressed in red and black armor marched onto a beach and fire erupted from their hands.
Only the Avatar, Master of the Four Elements could stop them.
An elderly man with long white hair and a beard, dressed in dark robes stood atop a cliff. He conjured earth, water, fire and in a gust of wind.
But when the world needed him most, he vanished.
The man immediately vanished, gone with the wind.
A hundred years past and my brother and I found the new Avatar. An Airbender named Aang.
A young girl and a boy found a boy close to their age frozen in ice.
He saved the world.
Aang stood before the fallen Fire Lord.
Peace was restored.
Aang stood with his friends before members of the four nations as an era of peace began.
That was what we thought.
The former Fire Lord, now a demon made purely of fire emerged from his prison.
"What happened here?" Aang whispered in shock, seeing the devastation to the Fire Nation capital.
The Fire Lord had become a demon of fire, desiring revenge.
"I am more powerful than I have ever been."
Former Fire Lord and Phoenix King Ozai entered his former palace, burning everything in his wake.
"Now I will finish what I started."
Only Aang can stop him.
Aang fired the fire demon that was once Ozai again, attempting to overpower him with the elements.
But it wasn't working.
"What's the matter, Avatar?" Ozai taunted with a mad cackle. "Can't take away my powers like before?!"
If he cannot…
The Fire Nation burned as Ozai let out a demented laugh. "This world shall burn and be born anew under me!"
The world may never be saved.
Presenting:
AVATAR: REVENGE OF THE PHOENIX KING
"Hey there. You remember this trailer?" TOM asked as the screen closed. "Well, we've covered the butterfly effect this crazy universe had on the universe of our favorite ghost hero. Now we see what happens in the world of those who can bend the elements. So sit tight, because it's going to be up real soon."
Xxx
"Our probes had detected a massive energy spike within Nowhere and weapon fire obvious that Van Kleiss was far more prepared than we realized." Obsidian reported through the transmission to speak with Sammael and other members of his alliance. "If what any of your agents say is true, this is without doubt the work of the World Council to make a military strike."
"It would appear that way. Even I must admit, this was a clever move for him." Sammael agreed with the drone, when he received word of Gelorum's demise, he had expected her to not let her arrogance get the better of her and had now lost the opportunity to gain an advantage using Acceleron technologies and knowledge that could be of use to them in the future. But he was patient and willing to let this slide, perhaps with the generals in charge such as Obsidian could improve the drones while rebuilding their forces. "Perhaps we should be grateful for the Council for doing us a favor."
"I would certainly agree. However we have only seen a portion of his resources and what other secrets he is hiding. I suggest we take a cautious and allow the Huntsmen and the heroes to make the first move while our forces reach their destination."
"You suggest we suggest we let them fight amongst themselves?" Skarr implied to his strategy. "We now the World Council is involved which means their military could attack us as well if it's the work of certain members we know of."
"I would not be so concerned given as who are responsible for this pointless tactic." Obsidian sounded assured, given he had spent time learning of Earth's various military tactics and officers during his time among them. It was clear to him this was the work of certain people who would use waste lives for a military victory. "Although they had indeed earned a seat in the World Council, Steel, Feral, and Foxtail had never learned the first rule of warfare: Never underestimate your opponent."
With such access to certain technologies to open portals to worlds and realities, there's no telling what he would bring back and use against them. This would make him a very dangerous opponent with certain abilities. They had to send out scouts ahead to find anything about the fortress' defenses, but were unfortunately destroyed in the surprise attack.
"A sound strategy, Obsidian and one I had considered. I knew that as soon as our army was spotted Sebben and the others would be scrambling to save anyone in Nowhere. Fortunately, aside from Nowhere Town there is only a handful of settlements and farmhouses so it will not take very long. The army and the Hunters that Sebben called out to help will no doubt remain stationed there until the last civilian has been evacuated to safety." Sammael said, leaning back in his chair. "The appearance of Van Kleiss' fortress and the approaching army must have spooked the Council a great deal for them to order a military strike."
It was also somewhat ironic for certain forces like the Huntsmen Association and the World Council to clash with their ideals when they could have worked together to stop the common threat, but as always, certain agendas and political gains stand in the way. An advantage their enemies can exploit.
"I've worked with General Steel before. He is a patriot as much as he is a war hawk. Him and Specific both believe that if the enemy has a big gun they must have a bigger gun." Skarr remarked. "And Foxtail would not doubt want in, hoping to promote P.O.I.N.T.'s reputation."
"Fools. They allow their fear and ambition to cloud their judgement." Obsidian scoffed.
"Be careful not to fall into that same trap, Obsidian. With Gelorum gone, you and the other Vehicon Generals will have to assume command of what's left of the Racing Drones. And since you were made with the soul of an organic placed in a body of metal, you are in more danger of making the same mistakes as Gelorum and the Council." Sammael reminded the Vehicon general.
"I assure you, Sammael. We will not make the same mistake as Gelorum. Our forces will rebuild and we will have our revenge for this humiliation." Obsidian replied to assure his ally. "However we have another situation."
"Oh?"
"The Silencerz infiltrated our headquarters and Tezla's and they have the Wheel of Power." Obsidian explained.
"Gelorum allowed infiltrators to sneak the Wheel of Power from out under her nose?" Sammael raised an eyebrow. "Perhaps it's a good thing she is not here to be told this."
"So their stealth technology allowed them to fool the Drones." Skarr sneered, not at all impressed. "Meaning they could begin a mass infiltration operation of every rogue, non-aligned county and even us."
"Then I will be counting on you and Hector Con Carne along with Robotnik to make sure that does not happen." Sammael said to the general. "Deliver you report Carne, advise him and Robotnik to be on the lookout for these Silencerz and then join me when we arrive at the Nowhere Mountains."
"Yes, sir." Skarr saluted and then his image vanished.
"Obsidian." Sammael turned to the Vehicon general. "Your reinforcements have met up with us, per Gelorum's instructions. What is your status and the status of the other generals?"
"Non-critical damage. We will be fully up and running by the end of the day." Obsidian answered.
"Good. To cement this new alliance, with you seemingly taking Gelorum's place or at least as the spokesperson for the Racing Drones, I want you and your fellow Generals by my side when the battle begins." Sammael instructed.
"You call upon us?" Obsidian asked, sounding surprised.
"Think of it as insurance, General. The drones you send are replaceable, you are not. I was not blind to Gelorum's ambition; I knew she would try to stop me from assembling the Spiral Gems. If you wish to continue our alliance, I want see your commitment to it." Sammael explained, staring at the general with a hard look. "I know you and the others have your own ambitions and I have no care for them, as long as you don't try to interfere with mine."
Obsidian nodded. "Very well. I and the other drone generals will join you at Nowhere Mountain and you will see our commitment."
The transmission ended, leaving Sammael alone in his quarters. The Fallen King made a gesture with his hand and from the shadows emerged a Seer, stopping right in front of him.
He stared into the sphere as it showed a portal device similar to Van Kleiss, only it was using a Black Pearl as a power source instead of a person like Breach.
"So that's your plan now." He brought a hand to his chin, seeing the image of a little girl dressed in white with black hair and equally black but also blank eyes.
Then the portal stopped dead, as if something willed it stop.
"Oh?" Sammael smirked at this. "Looks like someone decided you're not going home this way."
A sense of divine energy left by the portal being closed told him exactly what had happened.
"Someone from the divine plain of existence has taken interest in what is happening here." Sammael chuckled. "I wonder how you will handle it and what is going to happen next."
He had a very good idea what was coming.
But did she?
Xxx
There she was.
Walking down the aisle, dressed in a bridal gown with a veil over her face but her yellow eyes stared at him from under the veil.
He watched as she walked up to him and a familiar triangle appeared between. "We are gathered here on this most weirdest of occasions, to watch the unholy enslavement of my little girl and her boy toy. Pacifica, do you take Dipper Pines to leash and whip, to rip out his beating heart and hold in your hand forevermore, until the party ends…Which is never."
"I do." Pacifica answered with a chilling smile.
"And do you, Dipper, take my little girl to be her little stool, to forever kneel to her, do as she commands and let her slowly ripe your mind apart piece by piece…So help you, me?" Bill asked.
Dipper, dressed in a tuxedo with a hole in his forehead, looked at Pacifica with white blank eyes. "I do."
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!" That was when Dipper Pines woke up and screamed.
"Mornin', Dipper, guess who!"
Dipper looked up and saw Mabel leaning over him with a face drawing on her chin that was upside down but the way she was leaning over him made it look like her real face was the one upside down.
"Oh, what joy. If it isn't Mr. Upside-Downington. How long's it been? Third grade, maybe?" Dipper asked with a nostalgic smile.
"That's right. And I'm here to deliver you an upside-downington-tastic message!"
"Is it the message that we're getting too old for this sort of thing?" Dipper rolled his eyes.
"Um, kinda, actually. It's that we are exactly one week away from our 13th birthday!" Mabel said in her normal voice as she hopped over to the calendar on her side of the room and pointed at the marked date: August 31st.
"Whoa! Our birthday's coming up already?" Dipper gasped. "Soon we're gonna be actual teenagers!"
"Finally! I can stop reading preteen magazines and start reading post-preteen magazines." Mabel cheeed.
"PG-13 movies, here I come!" Dipper pumped a fist in the air.
"And just one more year until high school. High school, Dipper! Where girls become women and they teach us stuff about..." Mabel turned Dipper around and whispered. "You know what."
"Trigonometry?" Dipper guessed.
"Oh yeah, baby!"
Stan Pines and Soos Ramirez entered the room. "That's not the only good news coming up! In one week my senior citizen's ponytail kit is coming in the mail. I'm...I'm kinda going through some things. And I finally got everyone to shut up about the massive Grimm army heading to Nowhere."
"In one week, my grandma is finally letting me eat crackers on my bed! The future is coming for us all, dudes." Soos spoke.
"The future." Stan said with a smile.
"The future!" Dipper echoed.
"The future!" Mabel cheered.
Dipper laughed at the drawing on his sister's chin. "I'm sorry, I can't take you seriously with that face on your chin."
Mabel then once again spoke as Mr. Upside-Downington. "What face, Dipper?"
Dipper stifled a laugh. "You're-You're doing the voice so you obviously know what I'm talking about-"
"Bi bon't bnow bhat bou're balking about."
Dipper and Mabel just laughed carefree, enjoying the moment.
"There is something wrong with you." Dipper could only say.
"There's something wrong with both of us."
Well, his sister wasn't wrong about that.
Xxx
Stan Pines had been a very busy man the last couple of days.
He hadn't even had time to go out and prank his competitors since taking over as Mayor of Gravity Falls.
First he had to reassure everyone that the massive Grimm army heading to Nowhere wouldn't come anywhere close to the town.
Then he had to draw up ideas to better protect the town.
Pachita, his daughter and granddaughters had helped in that regard, setting up dozens of traps in the woods for dealing with Grimm, installing dozens of cameras that he could use from the mayor's office and he had a Huntsmen's Hotline now that allowed him to directly call the Hunter's Association.
Heck, he could probably call Sebben and give him a splitting headache for all the missions he had sent Stan on.
Then on top of that, his granddaughters had used all the unicorn hair they had…'found' and used it to help Bill proof the mayor's office, the Mystery Shack and most of the town.
Wasn't he just a good mayor by having such smart grandchildren?
His musings were cut off by a gust of wind and overhead he could see a large plane hovering overhead with a familiar duck shaped logo on it…
Stan paled. "Oh no."
"STAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNN PIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!"
From out of the jet jumped none other than Scrooge McDuck himself, landing perfectly on the ground before the frightened mayor and the look he was giving was none too friendly.
"Scrooge!" Stan said in an obviously fake happy tone. "How good to see you! It's been a dog's age since we last talked to each other! Weren't you running Skyfall Academy when I saw you last-GACK!"
Scrooge skipped the pleasantries by hooking his cane around Stan's neck and pulled him in close. "Speaking of talking, I'd like to talk about some investments you seemingly took off with…And never returned them!"
With a mighty tug, Scrooge sent Stan flying across the property and sent him crashing into the door of the Mystery Shack, prompting Soos to run out, follow Dipper and Mabel.
"We saw the big plane! Grunkle Stan, what's going on?" Dipper asked his grand uncle before looking at Scrooge and gaped. "HOLY COW!"
"I'm a duck!" Scrooge barked.
Ford was the next to come out. "What's with all the racket? Stanley, did you lure the government to this house again?"
"Grunkle Ford, that's Scrooge McDuck!" Dipper pointed at the duck Mobian with an excited look on his face. "The headmaster of Skyfall Academy!"
"Former headmaster." Scrooge corrected as he walked forward. "I retired from that role over ten years ago."
Ford looked at the duck Mobian, seeing he was lot more sophisticated than being just a mere old Mobian. "Former or not, what's the headmaster of a Huntsmen Academy doing here?"
"Ask him." Scrooge pointed his cane at Stan who just got up. "Your new mayor and I went into a little business some time ago…and then he took off with the money I had invested into it!"
"I see." Ford sighed. "I guess this shouldn't be surprising."
"Hey!" Stan grunted as he stood up straight. "In my defense I had several business partners at the time."
"Yes and if I know where to find you, so do they." Scrooge pointed his cane at Stan. "So where's the money?"
Stan gulped. "Look, Scrooge. I promise I can get you the money back. I'm a mayor now and I know a few accounts that the former mayors all kept hidden-OW!"
Scrooge simply whacked Stan over the head. "I don't want your dirty money, Stan. I want the money you stole from me!"
"You gave it to me!" Stan retorted, rubbing his head. "And I saw the signs our little deal was about to crash so I got out and cashed out. You and the others were all trying to swindle me too, I just did it first!"
"Why you-"
As they argued, Frida and Zoe came out and froze at the sight of Scrooge McDuck.
The retired headmaster of Skyfall Academy.
Only he didn't look retired in the slightest.
"You feel that, Zoey?" Frida asked, staring at the cranky Mobian.
"Yeah." Zoey nodded. "He may look old and senile…But I can't see any openings on him."
As the daughters of villains Zoey and Frida were trained to fight against Hunters and Heroes, including headmasters of the academies that produced them. They had also been trained to recognize how dangerous an enemy is.
And right now, their senses were telling them that Scrooge McDuck was extremely dangerous.
He looked completely unguarded but left no openings to exploit.
He looked old but he wasn't weak by any means at all.
In fact, he gave off the feeling he was stronger than the both of them and could give their mother, grandmother and grandfather a run for their money.
'Just what kind of person can make me feel this way?' Frida gulped. 'I have the best high tech battle armor and weapons Mom and Grandma could have and…'
'I feel like it wouldn't be enough against this…duck.' Zoey echoed Frida's thoughts.
They just watched as Scrooge McDuck and Stan continued arguing.
Xxx
"This is not good." Bill Cipher narrowed his eye. "Things just got complicated."
Klarion raised an eyebrow. "How? He's just one duck."
"That duck is Scrooge McDuck. He's lived long harder than almost any other Mobian, with those Yetis and a few others perhaps being the only ones to live as long as him. He's amassed not just a fortune but also a great deal of magical and arcane knowledge." Cipher replied. "The kind of knowledge that can prove dangerous even to the likes of us."
Klarion now understood what Cipher was worried about. It was after all the same with him and Vandal Savage in his universe.
Both long lived beings who had amassed a great deal of knowledge with the skills and resources to potentially harm magical beings.
Even Lords of Chaos.
"Not just that he was a headmaster of a Huntsmen Academy and it's likely he's retained some form of his skills and training." Cipher continued. "We can't kick of Weirdmageddon with him close by. He'll see our pawn coming before they reach the rift."
"So how do we get him away?" Klarion questioned. "Nyx?"
"She won't be much against him. She lost to that badger with the magical boomerang. Pathetically, I might add." Cipher refused.
"Well, it's not like we have a lot of pawns left since your Blind Eye stooges got caught and you disposed of Ivan." Klarion pointed out.
"Yeah, this may be the one time I admit I shouldn't have sent someone whose failed me to oblivion but I stand by what I did. He failed too many times for me to let it go." Bill rubbed his 'chin'. "We need another method to get them out of the way and fast before GOLB, golden boy or Sammy makes their moves."
"So don't send someone to fight them, send them somewhere else." Klarion suggested.
Bill paused at that. "That might be the best idea you've ever had. There is just a place to send them."
"The train?"
"The train."
"Just a reminder, you know what that train used to hold. If you force them in there, it's a matter of time before someone on Sammy's side senses what lies beyond the doors." Klarion reminded. "Heart might be on his mind now, but he won't pass up a shot at Creation either."
Xxx
Within Van Kleiss' fortress, Pardus, Tassin, and several new recruits for the living units of Van Kleiss's army from the Black Vipers and the Red Caps were standing in a room in front of a glass window where three living unsuspecting recruits were sitting at a table drinking coffee. Pardus was already given the position of general of Van Kleiss' armies, not to mention given a new set of clothing, including gray plates of armor that covered his shoulders and knees, resembling roaring leopards. A purple White Fan logo on his chest, a black and red cape with a purple Satyra Logo in the middle of it, and black leather boots with red spikes on them. As the three Black Vipers were sipping coffee, Tassin eyed Pardus.
"You sure my men aren't going to get hurt... Right?" Asked Tassin.
"Yeah, sure, whatever..." Responded Pardus as he turned back to the three recruits that were behind the glass as he pressed a button that allowed him to speak though a microphone.
"I appreciate you guys volunteering for this next phase of training. Which will address how to deal with crazed or even drugged opponents in battle." Said Pardus.
"Umm... Alright sir, but I don't understand what we're supposed to do in here." Said the recruit sitting in the middle of the table.
"See that coffee you're drinking? Well, I have without your knowing added a large amount of CPC to one of those cups of coffee. I won't say which one but in a few seconds, one of you will completely lose your mind... Good luck." Said Pardus taking his finger off the button."Oh no..." Said the one in the middle.
"Uncool..." Said the one on the left.
"This is NOT good." Said the one on the right.
"Okay! Okay! Let's just all try to relax here, alright?" Said the one in the middle.
"Oh man... I don't think I feel so good..." Said the one on the right.
"Oh god it's Tom! It's him! It's him!" Said the one in the middle pointing to the one on the right.
"Shut up! Maybe it's you!" Yelled back Tom.
"Wait a second... How did all this skin get on my arm?" Asked the one on the left as both the recruits on the outside of the glass and behind the glass cringed and screamed while Pardus had no reaction and Tassin grew a face of surprise. As they all heard a sickening ripping sound.
Rip!
"AHHHHHH!" Screamed Tom and the middle recruit as they backed up against the wall.
"Alex, put your skin back on! One of us is about to freak out!" Yelled the middle man.
"Well, I'd say this was a complete success." Said Pardus smiling and brushing his hands off as Tassin looked over at him furiously, as Tassin grabbed the back of Pardus' head and smashed it into the window they were all looking through, cracking it as Tassin threw Pardus back into the wall. Tassin marched over to him as he grabbed Pardus by the collar and pinned him against the wall.
"Do you think this is a game!?... I really don't care about others... But those who saved my life once, I OWE them a debt, and if Alex in there dies from your little experiment... I will introduce you to a world of pain, freak!" Yelled Tassin as Pardus just giggled and shoved Tassin off him.
"Hehehe... Whatever you say scales, don't worry. With the amount of CPC I put in that cup, it's just temporally make him lose his mind... He'll be alright in a few days. Besides, don't wanna kill off man power, do I?" Asked Pardus as Tassin walked up to him and stared him straight in the eyes.
"You need to watch your step cat... Or else I'm gonna get a new skin rug..." Threatened Tassin.
"Oh, I'm so scared, I'm shaking in my custom baby seal leather boots." Laughed Pardus as he nudged Tassin out of the way.
"I'm just training them... I'm sure they can handle a couple of boo-boos in the process." Said Pardus walking away.
"I still don't understand how you were able to get so high up in rank... Maybe Van Kleiss just pities you..." Said Tassin as Pardus turned around furious.
"Why you-"
"Enough..." But before a potential fight could've broken out, a loud growl interrupted them as they looked over to see Biowulf standing in front of the open door way as he walked forward.
"Discord among the ranks will not be tolerated..." The EVO growled.
"Biowulf... I thought you kicked the bucket." Said Tassin as he and Pardus walked up to Sam. "That flood came out nowhere….No pun intended."
"It takes more than some water to kill me." Biowulf growled.
"Oh... You mean like how you were defeated in battle by a mere mortal man with no Aura or Semblance while going up against a little kid in your world. Hehehe... Now I think I know why Van Kleiss chose me to lead his army." Said Pardus turning around and walking away.
"Are you trying to peeve me off pussycat? Because I can, and will kill you if you make me angry enough... I heard from the doctor himself that all you got from that formula was just new healing powers, and nothing else, you know why that's so good? Because I can kill you over and over, and you'll just come back to life... So I can kill you again..." Biowulf threatened.
"Say whatever you want, but that's still not going to change where you and I stand on the totem pole freak show- AGH!" But he wasn't able to finish as Biowulf grabbed the leopard Faunus by his throat and picked him off the ground.
"Frankly... I don't give a damn what command position you're in... I can lift buildings and survive being hit with a freight train... And I will have no problem killing you..." Biowulf growled while holding Pardus off the ground with a vice like grip.
That's when Biowulf's voice started to change into a more monstrous voice. But before the situation could escalate any further, the door was kicked open by a new arrival.
Bam!
The recruits, Tassin, Biowulf, and Pardus looked over as they all saw the muscular multi-legged form of Grodd enter the room, followed by Valerie Gray.
"Hello gentlemen..." Grodd said as he walked into the light.
"You're late... Grodd." Said Pardus as the woman enters the room as one of the Black Viper recruits leans over to another one and whispered.
"Who's the hot chick?" Asked the first Black Viper, looking at Valerie.
"You don't know?" Asked the second Black Viper. "She's our ghost huntress and the ape is Grodd, the venomous spider ape. He's a supervillain from another reality." The recruit whispered to the other as Grodd shot a smirking glare at both of them, making the first recruit jump into the second recruits arms out of fear before turning his head back to the three bosses.
"Hmm... So those are the new recruits for Van Kleiss's army? Look kinda dim to be soldiers." Said Grodd.
"So you think my men are weak?" Hissed Tassin as Grodd walked over to him and placed a hand on his cheek.
"Oh my dear Neanderthal, I said they're dim, not weak. Try to pay attention every once and a while. Van Kleiss didn't recruit me for nothing." The spider/ape hybrid said as he brushed his hand off of the primordial snake Faunus' face and walked over to the nervous recruits, eying them all. "You know what, if you're really that confident in them... How about you let dear Valerie try one of them out?"
"Go ahead... Probably good training anyway." Said Pardus as Grodd's smirk grew in response as he kept pacing.
"How about…YOU?" Grodd turned around to face the smallest and weakest recruit who cowered in fear and faced one of the bigger Black Viper members.
"Carl! You said training wouldn't be that bad!" Said the small recruit as Grodd walked closer.
"Enough talk! Let's play!" Yelled Grodd as Valerie got into her fighting position.
The small soldier pulled out a hunting knife as his only weapon as he shook while getting into his battle position. Both of them stood there a little while longer, until the young recruit let out a little war cry as he charged forward and swung his knife. But Grodd merely smirked as Valerie quickly disarmed the recruit, used her legs to swipe the recruits feet out from under him as he fell on the ground. But Valerie wasn't done as she grabbed the young man by the collar and threw him towards the ceiling before Grodd sprayed him with webbing from his mouth, sticking the young man to the wall with webbing.
"Hehehe! Your toy soldiers aren't really that fun." Said Grodd as he spread out his spider legs again and jumped up on the ceiling and crawled towards him like a bug trapped in a spider's web.
But before the hybrid could grab him with his claws, a hand grabbed his legs and he was thrown off the ceiling and thrown on the ground. Grodd looked back up with murder in her eyes and saw Biowulf standing right over him.
"You're NOT going to waste any more men, bug..." Biowulf threatened as Grodd quickly picked himself back up and glared up at him.
"Oh, and you think you can just order me around like that, wolf boy?" Grodd hissed as Biowulf just glared down at her with a cold, hateful glare but, he just turned around and flicked his hand. "Very well. I say that you should go with more soldiers."
But before anyone else could say anything else, a voice interrupted them.
"I got those papers you need to sign, General Pardus." Said Jeff, a recruit as he walked up to Pardus with papers in his hands.
"... Get out of my face, Jeff." Pardus quickly said.
"Fine I'll freakin' do the paperwork myself." Jeff sighed as he started to walk away.
"By the way, where is the coffee?" Pardus asked as Jeff turned back around confused.
"Huh, it's my job to get coffee?" Jeff asked confused.
"It's always been your job." Tassin and Pardus said as the same time.
"Screw your coffee!" Jeff yelled as he threw the papers in his hands on the ground.
"...You always bring us the worst coffee, Jeff." Pardus said simply.
"You know what? Call somebody who cares!" Jeff yelled as he tossed his tablet at Pardus as he caught it in mid air.
"... Is that a Tablet? Did he just throw me a Tablet?..." Pardus asked as Jeff walked away.
All the while Tassin got a call on his Tablet as he pulled it out and walked out of the room as he pressed the answer button on his Scroll and answered it. "What is it?"
"Yes sir, we found something that you may like." Said the Black Viper member on the other side.
"It better be good..." Tassin said in a threatening tone.
"Well, it's umm... I think we found acceleration Dust." The Black Viper member said as Tassin immediately stopped walking and looked back and all around him to see if someone was around hearing range.
Luckily for him, nobody was.
"Hahahahaha! Are you sure that's it? From the book of all known forms of Dust?" Asked Tassin.
"Yes sir, we actually checked it and it is definitely acceleration Dust. We found it after one of our moles in the Fulbright Corporation company mining team found it."
"Great! A shard like that hasn't been discovered in over twenty years! Not only will I become stronger, but faster... MUCH, MUCH, faster..." Tassin whispered, smiling to himself. "Make sure nobody else knows about this! I don't want Van Kleiss getting all the glory from that! Bring it to me as fast as you can! Do you understand?"
"Yes sir, right away sir!" The Black Fang member said before he hung up along with Tassin.
The primordial snake Faunus giggled while walking down the dark hallways of the fortress.
Xxx
Sebben had to suppress the savage glee he felt from having told the Council off, telling them in no uncertain terms to do what they are supposed to do within the guidelines of the very laws they are supposed to uphold and like it. With Sammael on the move, Van Kleiss possibly beginning his insane plan, the likely chance of forces like Bill Cipher and GOLB making their move soon, he needed to get everyone focused on dealing with these problems with all the world's best warriors and heroes were they needed to be to counter this threat without interference from the Council that would always be inevitable after he told them and those idiots Feral, Foxtail and Steel. He knew that they would try something sooner or later and he would have to be on the lookout for agents and spies that the World Council would likely send.
But that was an issue for another day.
Sebben stepped into the meeting room of the Hall of Heroes and was pleased to see the Justice Friends and their 'temporary' recruits were waiting for him.
"Mr. Sebben," Major Glory stood up. "We heard about the army massacre in Nowhere. Is it true the council ordered it without consulting you?"
"It is and I just told them they are to step down from oversight for the war effort against Van Kleiss and Sammael. This gives us a free hand in doing what we need to do to handle this as best as possible." Sebben answered. "Though we'll need to increase internal security immediately and start recruiting for more personnel to help us without Council's resources."
"What exactly happened, may I ask?" One of the 'recruits' Omnimon asked.
"The World Council, an international group of politicians from major and the most powerful countries that are meant to function as oversight for the Huntsmen Association and few other organizations like WHOOP and Global Security, making sure it doesn't conflict with military and civilian functions. Though to be honest, a few of them don't like me." Sebben stated. "Some were of the opinion, such as General Steel, that Huntsmen should have been registered during the Golden Age."
"The Military Huntsmen Draft." Valhallen remarked, playing a few strings on his guitar. "That was real dumb move."
"Yes. Anyways, the Council has felt that the Huntsmen Association has always had too much freedom but after their draft attempt failed in the early eighties they had no choice but to comply with the idea that was set up, allowing for Huntsmen to remain independent. Only those have been real Hunters have the right to oversee other Hunters, understanding their motives, means and skills and how best to work with them rather than control them." Sebben continued.
"So they sent that whole army to attack Van Kleiss? Did they even understand what was happening?" Capital G asked.
"Reports had it that Van Kleiss was experiencing internal conflict and the Council in their infinite wisdom ordered an immediate strike, believing they could catch him off guard. The problem was said internal conflict didn't last long enough for the army to attack once it had been deployed. It seems that atop that fortress is a series of an advanced ion fusion cannons that easily wiped out the entire army in one shot." Sebben said, regret and sadness for the lives lost. "No one survived."
Everyone was silent, offering silent condolences for the soldiers that didn't have to die but did as a result of a foolish decision.
"I have made it clear that Council will not interfere again, especially since our first team is already on its way to infiltrating that fortress." Sebben spoke up after a moment of silence had passed. "Nowhere is being evacuated, with the population being only a mere hundred but enough to take time. I have ordered shelters be built around the city to be ready for the incoming evacuees. I will do my best to keep them calm and safe while you all do your jobs."
"Sir, is it wise that you are pulling me and Phan-Tone from the mission in Gravity Falls? What about Cipher?" Miss Spell spoke up.
Sebben managed a small smile. "The good news is, Cipher will have his hands full." He could see the heroes were confused. "An old friend, Scrooge McDuck, the former headmaster of Skyfall Academy is in Gravity Falls."
Those that knew of Scrooge McDuck were absolutely floored to hear he was in Gravity Falls.
"What is Scrooge doing in Gravity Falls?" Living Bullet spoke for his friends when he asked.
"Visiting an old friend, Stan Pines." Sebben answered. "Him and Scrooge were partners but Scrooge didn't realize that Stan had set up a series of dummy corporations to scam him and anyone else they had partnered with for their money. By the time they realized what had happened, Stan had fled off into the wilderness and the money was placed in some offshore account."
"Oh, so Scrooge wants to shake down the new mayor of Gravity Falls for the money he stole." Valhallen chuckled while rolling his eyes.
"I knew Stan's scams would catch up to him one day." Tiki-Torch chuckled.
"Who is this guy?" Kazemon asked.
"Oh, Stan Pines is a former Huntsman, an unofficial one. I recruited him after he was caught selling counterfeits here in GrimmFall." Sebben explained. "Rather than throw him in jail, I offered him a deal to act as a double agent of sorts in the criminal underworld. In exchange for his help, I would wipe his record clean."
"Stan traveled from county to country, getting banned more times than I could count, while getting himself mixed up with plenty of criminals. Sometime he would have to go to prison to give him a form of credibility with certain targets. He then supplied that information, covertly to us of course and allowed us to take down the targets criminals and their organizations swiftly." Major Glory picked up. "He was our best agent at the time and he even had a Huntress, Lydia Gilligan train him to be as skilled as any other Huntsman so he could look after himself. Though eventually, he asked to be retired from his service and he was reaching the end of his term. By that time, he had made dozens of enemies from both the law and various criminals he had ticked off, sent to prison or just plain swindled."
"And now he's the mayor of a small town?" Lowemon asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Well, I did expunge his previous criminal record as promised and made sure the ones committed through his various false identities were sealed away." Sebben admitted. "A month later, it had been reported he had died in a car crash. It's been recently discovered he had taken his twin brother's identity and had been living out in his house that he had turned into a gift ship for the last twenty years."
"So he's been committing identity theft for the last twenty years? How'd he get elected as mayor?" Kazemon questioned.
Sebben shrugged. "He was the only viable candidate left and they officially charged him with identity theft."
"Glob bless democracy." Major Glory said and saluted.
"Anyways, Scrooge McDuck is not only a former headmaster of a Huntsmen Academy but he is also one of the most skilled and long lived Huntsmen on the planet. He's even slightly older than me." Sebben admitted. "He's dealt with the weird mysteries that populate Gravity Falls and has been to every corner of the planet. If anyone can help deal with that town's problems, it's him."
"In the meantime, we need to get back to the issue of dealing with Van Kleiss once and for all." Major Glory stated, getting everyone back on track. "Scotty's team is the advance team. They're taking point and they'll open the way for the rest of us to get in. Kazemon, Lowemon, Agunimon and Omnimon, you four will be next to enter that fortress the second Scotty opens a portal here. I and the Justice Friends will remain in reserve until you need help or Sammael's army arrives before the mission is complete."
"It'll be imperative to keep the heavy hitters away from the battle until the last possible second. If they are wounded or exhausted by the time the Grimm army arrives, it'll run the risk of everyone being killed before you can be evacuated to safety." Sebben clarified. "Once inside, your objectives to help Scotty neutralize the enemy as best as possible, free any prisoners there and secure the portal machine. Hopefully, we'll be able to stop Van Kleiss from carrying out his insane plans, save as many as we can and stop Sammael before he can reach the Gem of Heart. Good luck to all of you. I think we will all need it."