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Tales of the Multiverse Bit 86

I'm alive? Vision found himself alive inside of the laboratories of the Starks Industries, Tony Stark and Steve Rogers arrives and the two men were glad to see him back.

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It was a cold evening in Xyndar located somewhere in Neo-Earth as we head towards the main base of the Grand Empire. Inside the main building, we head inside the conference hall with numerous people gathered around which includes Kyouhei Doujima, Bubbles, Drake Mallard, Dib Membrane, Golem Head, Hinomaru Izumo, Johnny Test, Mahoro Andou, Popplio, Tadakuni, Zoe Orimoto, Mercy the Immortal, Shiro the Beast Human, Brian the Apprentice Magician, Gex, Ragnar, Ristar, Jack Cayman, Little Mac, William "Bill" Overbeck, Francis the Biker, Rick Grimes, Zoey the College Student, Zeya and Ran the Warrior.

And on stage, we see Brian Griffin and Stewie Griffin standing before everyone with a large whiteboard projector screen behind them with an image of Antonio Cueto and Matanza Cueto are presented on-screen.

"As you all know... the manhunt for these two..." Brian stated while gesturing a hand at Antonio and Matanza, "... has been put to temporary on-hold due to a certain incident caused by our leader that raised some concerns." he declared with an explanation.

Ristar clenched his fists, "Damn it!" he cursed with Ragnar placing a hand on his head in reassurance.

"The decision had been carefully evaluated." Stewie said, "It was deem reckless to declare a manhunt for these two without proper planning and a clear mindset." he explained.

"As much as I want these two to get what's coming to them..." Brian admitted, "... but like what Stewie just said, we can't do such procedures without proper planning and a clouded mindset is not gonna do things better." he explained.

"So, what do you propose we should do now?" Jack questioned.

"For the time being... everyone will go back on doing various tasks and missions." Stewie answered, "The bulletin board in the main hall is filled with various tasks, so feel free to choose one." he advised.

"Meanwhile, the rest of us will continue on doing our investigations in regards of Antonio and Matanza." Brian shared, "We'll resume the manhunt once we gathered enough information about these two." he stated.

"Ugh!" Ristar growled, "If only Grand didn't lose his cool." he complained.

"You're getting reckless too, Ristar." Gex pointed out, "I understand that you're angry about what happened to Woody and the rest but you'll just end up getting yourself hurt." he stated, "Look what happened to Grand..." he exampled, "... his anger got the best of him and nearly did something that he might regret for the rest of his life." concluded.

"Gex is right." Ragnar said in agreement, "We want to avenge Woody and the others as well but we can't do that if you're getting reckless and hasty in our search." he stated, "You need to calm down first and keep your emotions in check." he advised, "We can't have you leading us when your emotions are highly unstable." he reasoned.

Ristar wanted to argue but realized that his friends are right, he let his anger and desire to get revenge got the best of him, thinking that if this goes on, he might hurt himself and his friends on the process.

Ristar sighed, "I guess you're right." he relented.

"Where's Grand right now?" Kyouhei asked.

"He is currently getting treated in the infirmary." Brian answered, "His fight with Vincent wasn't pretty." he described with a cringe.

"Is that bad?" Zeya questioned.

"Well... the fight involves a lot of knife slashing, so the end results will be always be bad." Stewie stated.

"Grand's recent actions may be reckless but at the same time, I can't blame him." Rick admitted.

Bubbles then spoke up, "By the way... where is Kanna?" she asked.

Stewie jabbed a finger to his right, "She's currently in the infirmary where Grand is resting, scolding and chastising him non-stop ever since bringing him back." he explained with a blank look.

Johnny shivered at the though, "Oh... I sure don't want to be in his position right now." he uttered.

Brian then clapped his hands, "Welp! That's it for today, you're all dismissed." he announced.

As the rest left the conference hall, we see Stewie and Brian gathered Bubbles, Drake, Dib, Golem Head, Hinomaru, Johnny, Mahoro, Popplio, Tadakuni, Zoe and Ran at the side of the stage.

"So, why did you gathered us here for?" Zoe asked.

"You all remembered Ran's quest of searching for the eight Peace Crystals?" Brian reminded with everyone nodding in confirmation, "This team were supposed to assist Miss Ran in her quest but was put aside because of the manhunt." he explained, "However with that postponed, we can finally start this mission of aiding Miss Ran in her quest." he declared.

Ran smiled brightly at this, "R-Really?" she asked in joy.

Stewie nodding in confirmation, "It's not jest." he said.

"That's great news!" Bubbles cheered.

"But I still feel bad that we had to set aside Ran's quest at first." Dib admitted.

"It's cool." Ran reassured, "I pretty much understood what you guys had been through." she stated.

Golem Head crosses his arms, "So, when do we start this mission?" he questioned.

Brian checks his tablet, "Mission starts tomorrow." he answered, "But we'll discuss the details of your mission tomorrow as well." he added, "So for the time being, I suggest that all of you get yourselves ready and at the same time get some rest." he advised.

Drake nodded, "Will do." he complied, "Let's go everyone." he beckoned.

And with that, Team B left the conference hall while Brian and Stewie stayed behind to have another discussion, the discussion then ended up into an argument and the two started to beat up each other.

Walking down the halls of their main base, Team B had a discussion about their upcoming mission.

"So, what do you think we should look forward to in this mission?" Bubbles questioned.

"Lots and lots of danger." Tadakuni answered with a blank look.

"The Peace Crystals are a very powerful artifacts in my dimension." Ran answered, "The priestess even told me that a lot of people seeks these crystals for power, so I suspect that we'll encounter some of those people along the way." she assumed.

"I suppose." Mahoro uttered in agreement.

"Don't worry, we'll do everything we can to help you." Dib declared with a smile.

Ran smiled back, "Thanks." she said.

Meanwhile inside an infirmary somewhere in the base, we see Grand sitting on a bed while being treated by a girl, Kanna Artemis stood by the sides with a stern look on her face.

The girl had a rather buxom appearance and had a large breast, she has a long teal-colored hair with purple highlights which is tied in two long twintails by teal-colored scrunchies, and has a teal-colored eyes. She wears a rather daring attire which is a white long-sleeved one-piece dress with a yellow, black and teal armored-like design, the collar is low it had a great view of cleavage and had folded cuffs, she wears a purple-colored tights with a gray-colored gamepad-crosses designs on the left side and she wears a white-colored, zipped-up boots with a pink soles. She wears a white & purple-colored arm gloves, black & purple x-shaped belt with a grey-colored circle-shaped buckle strapped across her midsection, a black & purple bands strapped across her collar line and a teal & black-colored armbands. She is also wears a white-colored nurse cap with a purple bands and gamepad-like cross pin. This is Medico.

Nursing Student

Medico

Medico smiled after finishing patching up Grand, "There! It's all done." she said.

"Thank you very much, Medico." Grand said in gratitude.

"It's no big deal." Medico reassured, "I advised taking things slow for now, you're body is greatly battered due to overwork, but since you're body is accustomed to such overexertion, you're allowed to do some light exercise." she advised.

Grand nodded, "Will do." he complied.

"I really hope that you've learned something from this experience." Kanna reminded.

Grand sighed, "Keep my emotions in check, don't let my anger get the best of me and avoid acting recklessly, so I won't hurt myself on the process." he listed off, "You've hammered that to my brain several times, so I get it." he stated.

Kanna nodded, "I'm just making sure." she justified, "Now... we've decided to put the manhunt towards the Cuetos on-hold as we've been doing nothing but that lately." she shared, "That doesn't mean that we're stopping." she said, "We've tasked some people to do more research about the Cuetos and our hunt for them will resume once we've got enough information." she explained.

Grand nodded, "I guess... that's for the best." he accepted, "Sorry again for being such an ass for a while." he apologized.

Kanna sighed, "Just... just don't be reckless from now own." she advised.

Grand smiled, "Yeah." he replied.

Suddenly, three persons entered the room, two males and one female, with one male getting carried around their shoulders.

The first male is a tall man with a short dark-brown hair and dark-brown eyes. He wears a dirty white bomber jacket with furred hood and shoulder pad over a black tight shirt with goggles wrapped around his neck, a ammo-strapped suspenders are attacked to his black pants with dark-gray cowboy-like camouflage pants, a silver-colored circular buckled brown belt with holsters attached on each sides, metal kneepads, campouflage-colored boots and brown gloves. This is Wayne Holden.

Snow Pirate

Wayne Holden

The second male is a young man with a mid-length pale blond hair styled into a pompadour, he has light tan eyes and he wears small silver stud earrings. His attire consists of a light blue shirt with fur around the collar and black elbow length gloves. He wears black pants, a white belt with white pouches hanging on each side and black boots. This is Ringabel.

Casanova Wannabee

Ringabel

The female is a teenage girl with a waist-length blonde hair and has a red eyes, she has a very voluptuous figure and plump chest. She wears a white long-sleeved thigh-length dress with frilled trims and white corset around her waist and red necktie, white stockings and black laced shoes. This is Chloe, also known as Phantom Thief Chloe.

Phantom Thief

Chloe

"Medico, we need assistance!" Wayne exclaimed.

Wayne and Chloe then proceeds to toss Ringabel on a nearby bed which is situated next to Grand's bed. Grand, Kanna and Medico noticed the rather dazed expression Ringabel is sporting which made them winced.

"What the hell happened to him?" Kanna questioned.

"We were doing some training exercise until Ringabel got a dumbbell struck at the back of his head." Chloe explained.

"Who would do something like that?" Medico questioned in disbelief.

"Ringabel." Wayne answered with a blank look.

Grand snorted, "I should have known." he uttered in amusement.

"Medico?" Kanna uttered.

Medico nodded, "Hai!" she complied before running towards a nearby cabinet and pulled out a few syringes, she turns around and is greeted by the sight of Ringabel sitting on his bed, arms stretched forward and his lips puckered up, "Kyaa!" she yelped, "W-What are you doing?!" she questioned in shock.

"You're about to heal me, so how about healing me while using your lips?" Ringabel replied.

"Eeeek..." Medico meep in response.

Chloe then slugs Ringabel on the face, "Knock it off you retard!" she exclaimed.

Grand and Kanna chuckled at the sight, the latter then turns to the former with a serious expression.

"By the way... we've also discussed of forming an alliance with at least one of the other heroes organizations out there." Kanna shared.

Grand frowned, "Kanna, you know how much I don't trust the Multiversal Government." he pointed out.

"I know." Kanna said, "But we're not going to form an alliance with the ALL-STAR JUSTICE, the Royal Maidens Frontiers, the Honorary Darkness or any other organizations working in favor of the Council of High Authority but with the least respected organizations under the Multiversal Government." she stated.

"The Heroes Coalitions and the Dimensional Defense Union?" Grand uttered.

Kanna nodded in confirmation, "Yes." she replied, "Unlike those favored by the Council of High Authority, the Heroes Coalitions and the Dimensional Defense Union had a far more better agenda and are more public than the others." she explained.

Grand thought about it, both the Heroes Coalitions and the Dimensional Defense Union for some reason are often looked down upon by the Council of High Authority which he assumes is a result of conflicting beliefs and work methods. And like Kanna said, the Heroes Coalitions and the Dimensional Defense Union had a far more better agenda, more accepting to others and are genuinely helping other people without any sort of evil intentions.

Grand nodded, "I see..." he uttered in understanding, "So... when do we go meet any of them?" he asked.

"Once you rested enough, we'll head towards Neo-City." Kanna answered, "When comes to forming an alliance, Neo-City's Heroes Coalitions is the best place to start." she declared.

A/N: Inspired from someonestupED, damnlastwords, Jamesdean5842, Hope the Victor and Ace Neptune. All OCs and concepts not created by moi were given permission for me to use by it's respected creators.