//------------------------------// // Case 20: Spectral Truth // Story: SPD Emergency // by cyberlord4444 //------------------------------// Cruger was walking through the Whitetail Woods searching for the source of a strange anomaly. In a small crater, he found a small statue of what looked like a cross between an egg and a seed, as well as a hexagon shaped device. “Is this? Please say it is,” Cruger said as he picked up the device and placed it on his wrist. “Hi, we are Jack and Jen, The Spectrobe Masters. If you are in a position that is too big for you to handle alone, or simply want to talk, just hold this token in the air and call on us and we will come to your aid.” Cruger grinned as he tapped the device, causing it to open up, “Cruger to Spectrobe Masters, you are cleared to verse jump.” A worm hole then appeared above Whitetail Woods before a spaceship exited it and flew by overhead. Cruger summoned a small ball of light in each of his hands and started waving in the direction of a nearby clearing for them to land in. As it turned to land, Cruger grabbed the fossil and went to meet it. He arrived at the clearing just as the vessel powered down its engines and the door opened. “Well Jen, it appears we are in someone's reality. and being I saw someone with some lights guide us in, I can imagine they’ll be able to tell us more about why they needed us.” Said a red haired human male as he walked out of the spaceship. “So we were summoned? But by who?” Said a feminine voice before a human girl with pink hair followed the boy out of the same spaceship. The red Haired boy then looked towards Cruger before saying “I’d guess the guy infront us Jen… maybe it would be better to ask him?” “Jack? I think I know who that is…” Jen said as she stared at Cruger with bugged out eyes. Jack then looked towards Cruger before saying “I’m sorry she going to be fangirling for a while… sorry in advance.” “Not a problem,” Cruger replied, “she won’t be any worse than the last fan I met.” “And now we need to worry about Murphy’s Law” moans jack whist pinching the bridge of his nose. Cruger merely grinned, “The last one was an emo chick who called SPD a cheap knockoff, I don’t think even Murphy could beat that.” “You really are going to wish you hadn’t said that” admitted Jack. “Probably,” said Cruger, “now, mind helping me with this?” Cruger held up his fossil. “Cruger just asked us… to help him…” Jen muttered with a grin that could rival Pinkie Pie’s before fainting. Jack then sighed before picking her up bridal style, “Sorry about that… yes we can help you, follow me.” With that he turns back around gesturing for Cruger to follow him back into the ship. “I can slightly relate,” Cruger replied as he followed, “before this happened to me, I was an engineer. Tinkering helps me keep in touch with my old self, as well as a way to give me and my allies an edge. I wouldn’t mind showing her my private workshop when we’re done here.” Jack then smiles before saying “that it does, and I bet she would be likely to lose it.” “What happened?” Jen asked groggily as she started to wake up from fainting. “You fainted because Cruger asked us to help him with a fossil he found... please don’t say you found it in your universe.” Jack muttered hopefully. “Maybe?” Cruger said sheepishly, “I did find it beside your token, it could have just hitched a ride?” “Let’s hope that’s the case, we don’t want too many people dealing with the Krawl.” admits Jack “Nothing personal,” said Cruger, “but i don’t think they’ll be a match for my giant robots.” “Krawl can assimilate machines… and some can be as big as a megazord if given time to grow…” Jen said while blushing at her current situation, “Jack? you can put me down now, I’m starting to get embarrassed…” Jack then smiled before saying “What? I thought you wanted to spend time with me.” before putting her back on the ground “If you don’t mind me asking,” Cruger interjected, “the relationship between you two is…” “He’s my boyfreind…” Jen said before trying to act as professional as possible, “Sorry about earlier… I’m a huge fan of Power Rangers…” “As am I,” said Cruger, “how do you think I got stuck with this handsome mug?” “I would say muzzle but that would probably end with a bad pun.” Jen giggled, “So you found a fossil? which one?” Cruger held up his fossil, “It's been a long time since I’ve played, but i think it’s call a Seg...something.” Jack then looks at it before saying “I think it’s the fossil for Segu… would you want to take it as your spectrobe?” “I wouldn’t mind,” said Cruger, “I already met someone who’s gonna help me get a Pokemon, why limit myself?” “This displaced thing just gets more and more fascinating!” Jen giggled to herself before hurrying off. “I’ll prep the lab!” She called back from a room she went into. “If you don’t mind me saying,” Cruger said to Jack, “she crazy. That said, I’ve met crazier.” “She may be crazy… but heck she’s the only one I need.” admits Jack “Gah! get back here!” Jen shouted from the lab as explosions and other miscellaneous noises could be heard. Jack then sighs before muttering “we better get in there before she hurts herself… again.” A small chimera like creature then flew out of the lab and past Jack and Cruger’s heads while holding something as it laughed. Cruger frowned, “Hello Discord, long time.” “Hey pally,” Dicord replied, “you’re not still mad about that little joke all those years ago, are ya?” “Yes,” Cruger said, before he punched him so hard that he left a few teeth behind as he went flying out the hatch. Cruger turned to Jack, “Sorry if I scared ya, bad blood, long story.” “I’m not going to question anything in your personal life” admits Jack. “It’s nothing too terrible, let’s just say that he’s one of the few being that can get me truly mad.” Cruger grinned, “Now, let’s see what he did to your girl.” “That's probably a good idea” replies Jack before walking into the lab. “Can someone get me the number of that chimera so I can beat the stuffing out of him?” Said a pissed looking pink mare that was sprawled on the ground in the lab as it tried to keep on some cloths that Jen had been wearing. Cruger chuckled, “Uh dude, question, it wasn’t Jen’s body that you’re interested in, was it?” Jack then glared angrily at Cruger then shouted “You ever even think that's all I care about her and you will regret it!” “Jack, he’s joking. Though I would appreciate being turned back now.” Jen deadpanned. “Standby,” Cruger said as he opened a portal, reaching in and pulling out a bruised looking Discord. “Now, what did we say about changing people into whatever you want?” Discord humphed, “Well I see no reason to turn her back, she looks cuter this way.” Cruger frowned, “I’m giving you one chance to change your mind on this subject.” Discord grinned, “Or what, you gonna put me in one of those card thingees? I could use a vacation.” Cruger grinned too, “No, I’m gonna let her figure out how to change herself back, by examining you,” Cruger turned to Jen, “think you’re up to being the first scientist in the Multiverse to figure out how this guy ticks?” “I never dissected a living thing before… But I think it would be interesting to find out how that jerk ticks.” Jen replied with an evil grin of her own. Jack then ginns sadisticly before saying “I bet Swift would love to help.” “Oh yes~” Jen purred before she tapped her prizmod, bringing out the sword shaped spectrobe. “Last chance,” Cruger said as Discord litterally turned white, “turn the mad scientist back, and leave in one piece. or become her new project, and leave in several pieces. either way, no one will notice the difference.” Discord just screamed, “UNCLE!!!” as he snapped his fingers, changing Jen back and disappearing. “Shame, I wanted to try firing him out of a cannon,” admitted Jack. “I’m just glad to be human again… I will never part with my hands and legs!” Jen said as she hugged herself, before noticing that some of her cloths were on her the wrong way… “I’ll be right back...” She said while blushing before running off to another part of the ship to reorient herself. Cruger just sighed, “Vengeance feels good. By the way, didn’t anyone warn you about the lord of chaos?” “The lord of what now? Never came across him back home.” admitted Jack with a shrug. “Lucky duck,” Cruger pouted, “well, we might as well hatch this thing, assuming of course there are no further interruptions.” “I’m back… Sorry about that…” Jen chuckled nervously as she ran back into the lab, “Now let's revive that spectrobe!” “Finally,” Cruger said as he handed Jen the fossil, “well, you’re the mad scientist, where do we start?” “Well, first we awaken it.” Jen said as she put the fossil into the computer through the liquid screen as if it was a portal to a pocket dimension. “I remember this bit, just didn’t know which machine it was.” Cruger said, “Now assuming we follow the method in Beyond the Portals, I have to do this.” Cruger started whistling a steady note. “Yep… you’ve got the idea,” agrees Jack. As Cruger whistled, the fossil started glowing. Once it was a bright as it could get, it burst open, revealing a green seed looking creature with little wheels for feet. As it leapt out of the screen, it started wheeling around, trying to stay between Cruger and Jack and Jen. Cruger chuckled, “Stand down, they’re friendlies.” The Segu stopped moving, but it kept on giving Jack the gimlet eye. “Protective little guy, isn’t he?” Cruger said as he picked it up, “think I’ll call you Bunker.”   “The defence classes usually are.” Jen giggled before she reached over and patted Bunker, “You want to keep him as a child form? or would you like to evolve him?” “Well, he is useful for finding things right now, and cute in an armored badass kind of way, but I think he’ll be even more useful when he’s a bit more grown up.” As Cruger said that, Bunker spun his wheels, apparently in agreement. Jack then walks towards a nearby desk before picking up four minerals and saying “you may need these to evolve him to his adult form.” Before passing the minerals over to Cruger. Cruger set Bunker on the ground, “I know how this works, ready for some munchies Bunker?” Bunker spun around, which Cruger took as a yes. One at a time, he gently tossed the minerals to Bunker, who snapped them up. After eating the last one, Bunker started sparkling. “Mind giving me a hand triggering this?” Cruger asked. Jack then smiled before flipping a small pen like object in his hands before passing it to Cruger and saying “just put him in the incubator system in the computer and then it’s the same process as in the games.” Cruger nodded, “Got ya, ready to grow up Bunker?” Bunker simply leapt into the screen. Cruger chuckled as he used the pen to trigger his evolution, turning him into a much larger being, looking like a floating wooden ball with a pair of shields attached by branches. As Bunker floated out, Cruger rapped one of his shields with a knuckle, “Ready for some action buddy?” Bunker just did a one-two punch with his shields in the air. Cruger nodded and turned to Jack, “So, why don’t we continue this at my base? I’m pretty sure we can fit this on one of the airship docks.” Jack then laughed before saying “Well, if that's where you feel the most comfortable, Jen is there anything else you want to sort first?” “NO! SPD BASE! NOW!” Jen said with a crazed look like she had just consumed a mountain of caffeine before running off to the spaceship’s cockpit. “Okay then, Cruger would you like to join us in the cockpit?” Asked Jack calmly. “Don’t see why not,” Cruger said, “you’ll need me to get landing clearance anyway.” “That we do... come on, we best get moving.” Jack says as he walks towards the Cockpit. “oh, and keep a close eye on Jen when we're in your base.” “Don’t worry,” Cruger replied, “I can deal with Pinkie Pie, Jen will be easy in comparison.” “I’ll hold you to that” laughs Jack as he continues to walk to the pilot's seat. “COME ON, COME ON, COME ON!!! YOU TWO ARE GOING TOO SLOW!” Jen said as she bounced around the cockpit. Jack them sighed before saying “we’re coming Jen, we’re coming.” Cruger chuckled as he punched some coordinates into the computer, “Delta Command, course laid in, we may depart whenever you’re ready.” “Ok then… You may want to get seated, this may be a bumpy ride… i’m still new to this” admits Jack before preparing the ship for take off. “Well, this should be interesting,” said Cruger as he took his seat. Bunker nodded before going into Anubis’s Prizmod. “Okay then heading towards Delta Command” announces Jack before the ship begins to head towards the pre-entered coordinates. As they arrived at one of the airship docks, Cruger beamed with pride at the opportunity to show off his hard work. A crew of technicians awaited them, even if they were unsure how to service the vessel. When the ship touched down, Cruger simply said, “Welcome, to Space Patrol Delta.” Jack slowly got up from his seat before saying “I will admit this place looks amazing… and if the ride here was a bit bumpy I apologize.” “Not a problem,” Cruger said, pointing at Jen, “though you may want to open the hatch before she pops.” Jack then laughed before saying “yeah… probably a good idea” as the doors slowly began to open. “When does the tour start?” Jen asked eagerly, barely containing her excitement. “That depends... if you want the public tour, there's one every half hour. but if you’d prefer, the Displaced Special starts as soon as your friend here opens the hatch.” Jack then laughs before saying “I’d better get the hatch open faster then.” as the hatch hits the floor of the hanger. “Well, follow me,” Cruger said, “where do you want to start? The gym? Short term holding? R&D?” “Did you say, R&D?” Jen asked with a twinkle in her eye. “That I did,” Cruger replied as they approached an elevator, “so, Runner Bay, central lab, or my personal workshop?” “Let's go in that order.” Jen said, internally fangirling. “Sounds like a plan,” Cruger said, “Runner Bay.” With a lurch, the elevator started downwards. After a minute, the doors opened to a large, dark, cavernous room. With a mighty thunk, the lights turned on, revealing something that caused Jen to immediately start salivating. “Oh… My… GOD! THE SPD ZORDS!” Jen squealed with all the enthusiasm of a legion of pink party ponies hyped up on sugar before running off in their direction. “Um, you might wanna,” before Cruger could finish, a beam of light hit Jen, encasing her in a bubble of energy and rendering her immobile. Cruger chuckled as he walked towards her, “Sorry, you didn’t give me a chance to mention our security systems.” “Fascinating…” Jen muttered as she observed the technological wonders around her. “Told you I could keep her out of trouble,” Cruger said as he pressed a button on a console, releasing Jen, “now, no more running off.” Jack then smiled before saying “I guess I was wrong… you can handle her” “You know it,” Cruger said before turning to Jen, “so, want a look under the hood of one of these?” “YES! YES! YES!” Jen cheered as she bounced in place. Cruger grinned as he brought them towards Delta Runner 4, which was in a minor state of disassembly. “What do you think? We’re in the middle of upgrading them from a mark 4 mana reactor to a mark 5, but the primary drive system’s intact.” “Whats a mana reactor? and why aren't you using fusion reactors?” Jen asked as she started rummaging through the zord and analyzing its systems. Cruger grinned, “Mana reactors tap into the planet’s natural magical field to generate energy. While admittedly they don’t generate quite as much power as a fusion reactor of the same size, they’re cleaner, safer, cheaper to build, and you don’t have to worry about running out of fuel.” “If you say so.” Jen said as she finished examining the zords mechanisms, “Also, I can make a list of things you can do to improve its performance and durability.” Cruger passed her a tablet, “Here, put your ideas on this, I’ll take it back before you leave.” “Thanks.” Jen said before grabbing the tablet and starting to jot down notes upon notes for Cruger to use. “So,” Cruger continued, “ready for our next stop?” “Yup!” Jen said as she followed Cruger while still jotting down notes. They re entered the elevator, arriving at a good sized laboratory, with various scientists and engineers working on various projects. “So,” Cruger said, “see anything that strikes your fancy?” Jen then wandered in and started looking around like a kid in a candy store. “I’m going to look around for a bit…” Jen said before disappearing from view. Jack then looked at Jen as she disappeared before saying “She really is one in a million.” Cruger shrugged, “She’s your girlfriend. By the way, mind if I ask what other Displaced you’ve met?” “We met a guy called Sun who was displaced as Sun Wukong from RWBY and we met two Kamen Riders called Natsumi and Haruka.” said Jack. Cruger nodded, “I’ve met a Kamen Rider myself, I’m working on something for him that I’ll show ya when we get to my lab. I’ve also met a female Overlord named Umbra, a female Majin Bu named Eriba, a half Salamance named Zinnia, a Monkey D Luffy Displaced named Sean and his wife Ashley, there’s Black Alice, she’s that emo fangirl I mentioned earlier, oh and I almost forgot this guy called Aaron, he’s an interdimensional salesman. Oh, and that Kamen Rider I met is named Katsuo.” “you’ve met a pretty large variety of us, although we’ve only been around for a few days… although during my last displacement Jen was injured and time worked differently so a few hours turned into a week for her.” explained Jack “Yeah, that happens sometimes,” Cruger said sagely, “by the way, watch out if you meet Zinnia, the only reason she won’t want to sleep with you, is if she wants to have a threesome with you and your girl. She’ll understand if you say no, but still.” “So in short if we meet her be prepared for a bit of ‘fun’” Jack replied cheekily. “When you’re not fighting evil mind controlled pokemon, yeah.” “sound’s like we’d have a ton of fun if that happened.” Cruger shrugged, “To each his own, I like a good spar, but I’m the kind of guy who doesn’t like starting fights, ending them on the other hand...” Jack then sighed before saying “Sometimes though you can’t avoid starting a fight… when that happens you need to accept whatever happens.” “Wise words,” Cruger said, “now, what has your girlfriend been up...” Before he could continue, he was interrupted by an explosion. “I dread to think what she’s just done.” Jack admits before a small bird appears beside him and he says “Go see if Jen’s okay would you Aoi?” with that the bird began to fly around the room. “To be honest, this shouldn’t be too bad,” said Cruger, “it came from the direction of the weapons lab, and the alarms haven’t gone off.” “apart from the fact that she loves to mess around with any technology… as helpful as it is, she has caused damage in the past,” admit Jack. “Good thing the firing range is about as durable as a Vault then,” Cruger said as they arrived, “what’s the damage Fetch?” “Good morning sir,” said Fetch, the head of research, “Good news, that Displaced you brought us managed to fix the bugs we’ve been having with the sonic breach charges.” “And the bad news?” asked Cruger. “We’re going to need a new firing range,” Fetch admitted sheepishly. “I’m ok!” Jen called from inside the ruins of the firing range. Cruger starred, “Remember how I said I met a Majin Bu Displaced?” “yeah,” replied Jack. “Your girlfriend’s scarier,” Cruger deadpanned. “well, I did warn you.” Jack replied whilst rubbing the back of his neck. “That you did,” said Cruger before crying out to Jen, “hey, ready to see my personal workshop?” a second after he said that she was standing next to him. “Sure!” Jen replied, “Hey Fetch, thanks for sharing some of your designs with me. Let me know if you have any bugs you need fixed in the future.” “No problem,” said Fetch, “just try not to destroy the testing facilities next time.” “Hey! It’s not my fault that the testing facility was so weak!” Jen defended, puffing her cheeks and crossing her arms. Jack then sighs before saying “Jen, manners.” He then looks towards Fetch before saying “I’m sorry about her.” “Don’t be, she helped us figure out something faster than any of us projected it would take, we can replace the range with the remaining budget,” Fetch replied offhandedly. “Well, why don’t we go before she completes another weapon project shall we?” said Cruger. “Oh, and I think that combination weapon you wanted to test for the rangers should be in working order now.” Jen said to Fetch before pulling back out the tablet from earlier and proceeding to make more notes, this time on things that could be done to improve the base. “OK, moving on,” Cruger said as they moved to the elevator. A while later they arrived at a rather thick looking door, “Watch your step when entering, there is a time dilation field in effect.” Jack then sighs before saying “why is that not a surprise?” “Because you know me.” Jen teased as she followed cruger into the room. “Hey,” Cruger said, “I’m a master of Dimensional Magic, and the Runner Bay we were in earlier was actually in a pocket dimension, slowing down time in a relatively small area is child’s play. So, want to indulge in a second fandom?” “Which one would that be?” Jen asked. Cruger just picked up a grey and white can from a workbench, “Tell, have you ever watched Kamen Rider OOO?” “Not really… I usually tried to avoid Kamen Rider… Too many bugs…” Jen shuddered. “And I never heard of it until I was summoned to a Kamen Rider Displaced’s world,” admits Jack. “Well, I think you’ll like this,” Cruger said. As he popped the top, the can transformed into a rhino with tank treads instead of feet, “Meet the Sai Candroid.” “That's from Kamen Rider!? I didn't know they had cool non bug related tech!” Jen said as she stared at the Candroid. “If you think this is cool,” Cruger said, “in Kamen Rider Fourze, they had little robots that transformed into fast food. Hey, got something I can load video files onto?” “Wait… Food? seriously?” Jen asked with an unamused look as she handed the commander an object that looked like an Iphone. “In other word Power rangers beat them to the normal choices” Jokes Jack. “You’d be surprised,” Cruger said as he started transferring files to the device, “there’s this one season of Super Sentai, which is actually what Power Rangers was based on and is basically Kamen Rider’s brother, that has a camera that turns into a gun, and a pair of binoculars that turns into a sword.” With a beep, the files finished downloading, “Here, Kamen Rider Drive, my personal favorite, and reasonably bug free.” “Thanks,” Jen said as Cruger handed her device back to her, “I’m going to look into this and see if I can use any of it for my designs.” she then stuffed the device in her pocket. “As long as you show me the results,” said Cruger, “that’s the only project I’m currently working on, how about we grab some lunch?” “Sure, and maybe we can meet the rangers?” Jen said hopefully. “It is lunchtime,” Cruger said shrugging. “I’m with you on that one, I could use a bite to eat.” agrees Jack. “Well, what are we waiting for then? lead the way!” Jen said. “Nothing really,” Cruger said as they headed back towards the library, “I think it’s tacos in the cafeteria today.” “Nothing like good old Taco Tuesday’s back home” Jack said whilst laughed uncontrollably. “Today’s Thursday actually,” Cruger chuckled as they entered the elevator. After a bit, the elevator opened to reveal a modest sized cafeteria. “Hey Dash.” “How ya doing boss,” said Rainbow Dash, “Who’re the guests, more Displaced?” “Yep, meet Jack and Jen,” Cruger replied, “Jack, Jen, meet my SPD, Pearl Spark, Hammer Fist, Evil Breaker, Night Stalker, and you probably recognize Rainbow Dash.” As Cruger said their names, each of the Rangers either nodded or waved in greeting. “Nice to meet you all.” Jen said. “And what do you mean by recognize Rainbow Dash?” She said specifically to Cruger. Cruger raised an eyebrow, “Really? OK, I’m going to list off a few names, you let me know if they sound familiar, Rarity.” “Not ringing a bell.” admits Jack. “Applejack?” “Nope.” Jen shrugged. “Fluttershy?” “Whats a fluttershy? It sounds adorable.” Jen said. “Pinkamena Diane Pie? She also goes by Pinkie” Jack then looked up before saying “That does sound familiar, but I haven't met anybody by that name.” “Twilight Sparkle?” “Professor Sparkle? She’s a unicorn that is the head scientist of the PPP back in our dimension.” Jen commented raising an eyebrow herself. Cruger sighed, “Man oh man, you guys have a problem. Dash, I’m gonna grab a bite for me and our guests, mind explaining to these guys why they should find the rest of the girls?” “No problem boss,” Dash replied, giving a mock salute as Cruger walked off. “I don't get it… What's going on? Is there some kind of reason he mentioned You, Twilight, and four other people’s names?” Jen asked Dash. “Well, it looks like good old Rainbow Dash needs to educate ya on the pure awesomeness of the Elements of Harmony,” Rainbow said proudly. “Okay, there’s these magic jewel type things called the Elements of Harmony, each one chooses their own wielder, and together they can do some pretty awesome stuff. I’m the bearer of the Element of Loyalty, at least I was until some stupid stuff that Discord did came to bite us in the butt and we had to give them up, but that’s not important. Anyway, AJ’s Honesty, Rarity’s Generosity, Fluttershy’s Kindness, Pinkie’s Laughter, and Twilight’s Magic, together we’ve saved Equestria at least a dozen times, with and without the Elements. Pretty cool huh?” Jen just sat there, her eye twitching before she began to massage her temples. “I’m going to see if my communicator works…” She said before messing with something and a holographic screen appeared above her palm, “Sweetie Drops? you there?” “Jen? Is that you? whats going on?” Came a reply as the image of sweetie drops head appeared on the screen. “Cool! The communicators work across dimensions! Anyway, I need to ask you something.” Jen said, “Can you check for any records on some ponies named Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Rarity, Applejack, and Pinkamena Diane Pie? As well as for anything called the Elements of Harmony?” “Sure, just give me a minute… Lyra! Get away from that!” Sweetie Drops replied before the communicator cut off. “Man, how did those two get so important?” Rainbow asked, “Here they’re just a musician and a candymaker, good ones, but still. “I don't know about Lyra, besides the fact that she’s Sweetie's girlfriend, But Sweetie Drops is actually one of the patrol officers of the PPP. She’s also the one who found us when we appeared in their solar system.” Jen said with a shrug. “Wait, solar system?” Rainbow asked, “as in, you go to other planets?” “Yeah, why?” Jen replied. “What else would we have our massive spaceship for?” asks Jack. “That’s, so, awesome,” Rainbow squeaked, before Night Stalker stuffed a taco in her face to calm her down. “I don't get it, SPD stands for Space Patrol Delta… Dont you go into space to deal with alien criminals?” Jen asked. “You didn’t,” Cruger said as he returned, tacos in hand, “did you just invoke Murphy?” “I… Crap…” Jen said facepalming, “Well, at least you won't have to deal with the Krawl.” Jack then sighs before saying “we better get out Spectrobes ready Jen because I bet you’ve just screwed us all over.” “What’s a Spectrobe?” asked Pearl Spark. Jack then turns to Jen before saying “do you want to show them or should I?” “Let's start with just the child forms unless a fight breaks out…” Jen groaned, “Swift, come meet some new friends.” A moment later a ball of light came out of the pink hexagon on Jen’s arm before forming into a half fish half sword like creature that floated by her shoulder. “Everyone, meet Swift.” Jen said as the spectrobe flew around for a bit before returning to hovering by her shoulder. Jack then smiled before a similar light appeared from his Prizmod and a red, yellow, and blue bird appeared on his shoulder before he said “And this is Aoi.” “Huh, I bet Flutters would love to see those,” Rainbow Dash commented. Jen’s communicator then came back on and Sweetie Drops head appeared on the screen again. “Hey Jen, I looked into what you asked and those five ponies and these ‘Elements of Harmony’ don't exist in our solar system.” Sweetie Drops said. “Thanks Sweetie, talk to you when we get back.” Jen said before turning her communicator back off. “I don’t exist?” Rainbow said, a look of disbelief, “but that’s…” Cruger held up a hand, “In their solar system Dash.” “At least it just makes you that much more unique?” Jen offered. Cruger frowned, “Well, this could be a potential problem, if your travels take you to other systems, which they probably will, trying to locate them should be one of your highest priorities, they will come in handy, even if they don’t seem like it at first.” “I doubt we will find them, they sound as fictional as that Discord thing from when we first got here. I say fictional because I know he doesn't exist back where we come from.” Jen said shaking her head in frustration. Cruger chuckled, “Fictional you say, and I just suppose gaining the abilities of characters from a fictional game, and being sent to a world based on a fictional TV show, is impossible as well?” “I… Um… Uh…” Jen stuttered as steam began to come out of her ears and her eyes started to gloss over. “Wait back up a second…. Fictional TV show… did I hear that right?” asked Jack in disbelief. “That’s right,” Cruger said, pulling up a video on his tablet, “take a look.” “Uh,” said Rainbow Dash, “I’m leaving before I have another, what did Twilight call it, essential crisis.” “Existential,” corrected Cruger, “I was gonna ask you to leave anyway.” “What did we do wrong?” asked Jack in confusion. Cruger chuckled as he shook Jen awake, “Just watch the video, you’ll see.” “Wha?” Jen said as her mind rebooted. As soon as jen got her bearings they started the video, and after it finished the two Spectrobe Masters just sat there stunned, until Jen asked a specific question. “There are princesses?” Jen said with slight confusion. “Well I understand about the Princesses, I met a Twilight from another reality who was a Princess for crying out loud,” admits Jack. “I can't imagine Twi being a princess.” Jen said. “well it exists and she was well… a royal pain.” admits Jack. “That pun was bad and you should feel bad,” Cruger deadpanned, “besides, she just needs some experience.” “But seriously, who is this Celestia and Luna!?” Jen asked, “There are no princesses back where we come from.” Cruger sighed, “Well, I’ll say this much, you two have earned the title of ‘Most Divergent Universe’.” “I still don't get it…” Jen grumbled, not liking that her question was being left unanswered. “Let’s just say they’re basically demigods and leave it at that,” Cruger responded. “That's quite the simple answer for such a complicated question,” joked a voice that seemed to come from out of nowhere. “I try,” said Cruger, “now, come on out before I show you why one of my nicknames back in the day was ‘The Blue Wolf’.” “What fun would that be?” The voice asked as Jen froze before her eye began to twitch. “No… No, no, no… That's not possible… How is HE here!?” Jen said as she started looking all around her, even checking above and below her. “I warned you,” said Cruger. With a flourish, he surrounded his hand with a blue glow, then reached out and grabbed something in midair, “The reason I was called ‘The Blue Wolf’, was that I always got my prey.” “Do you even know what you just grabbed kid?” The voice asked. Cruger frowned, “You just pulled a substitution, didn’t you?” “Woop~ Woop, Woop, Woop, Woop~” The voice said, imitating a certain alien lobster from Futurama. Cruger opened his hand to reveal a note that said ‘Nice Try’, “Been a long time since I’ve had a challenge.” Jack then sighs before saying “So i’m going to ask you the same thing as last time we heard you… who are you.” “You can call me Crux.” Said the voice as a mysterious being wearing a blue cloak materialized next to Cruger. “Pleasure to meet you,” replied Cruger, “mind explaining why your dimensional signature is so complex?” “Dimensional signature? I still have one?” Crux said with mock astonishment, “Just kidding, it’s from my Displaced’s universes. Two of whom are here with you.” “Really, you’re a Displacer, that changes things,” Cruger said as he dropped the paper, “I have a question for you, and a proposition depending on your answer.” “Go ahead.” Crux laughed. Cruger pointed at Jen and Jack, “Did you give them a choice?” “Kinda? It was more of an offer.” Crux said with a shrug. It took Jen a moment to get over the shock of what just transpired, but once she did she had to vouch to the guy, he did keep his promise… even if it hasn't happened yet. “He offered to reunite Jack with his relatives and I got dragged along…” She said, explaining what happened. “But my words at the time were prove it and instead he pulled us into our reality.” admits Jack Cruger sighed “Well, at least you are relatively decent. Now my proposition actually is for all three of you, if you’re interested of course.” “Proposition?” Jen asked. “Nothing too crazy,” Cruger said, “it’s more like an invitation. I’m creating a group with the goal of discovering everything there is to know about Displacement, and I’d like you three in it.” Jack then looks towards Cruger before saying “wait back up, you want us to help you with a subject we know so little about ourselves?” “Well, that’s the whole point,” Cruger said, “no one Displaced knows a whole lot about Displacement, but if a lot of Displaced from a lot of different universes with a lot of different skills all work together, we can figure out the truth.” Cruger looked thoughtful for a second, “Truth, catchy, looks like I figured out what to call this little group.” “Well, it sounds interesting… though, how would I be of help? and how could this benefit me and my displaced?” Crux asked. “Well,” Cruger said, taking out a Candroid he had in his pocket, “I was thinking of expanding Truth’s mission from just exchanging information to support as well, for example I’m developing equipment for one Displaced that his base has but he doesn’t, and I’m helping another with accessing a plane of existence that hold equipment she needs to save her verse but is unable to access normally, just waiting for the right alignment on that last one.” “Sounds interesting, You piqued my interest so I guess I could hang around for that… Besides, I could use some new entertainment.” Crux said, “Well, I don't want to destabilize your dimension, so ta-ta for now!” He then disappeared in a puff of smoke. “Did he just call us entertainment?” Jen asked. “yes he did and I am not pleased about it.” admits Jack. “We’re gonna be doing crazy stuff anyway by dint of our situation,” Cruger said, “it doesn’t make too much difference whether or not he’s watching.” “Oh, and you have aliens incoming!” Crux said, popping back just to say that before disappearing again. Cruger sighed, “Case in point.” Cruger opened a portal and grabbed his sword, “Red Alert, Authorization Sierra Romeo Delta Montreal Dash One Zero Zero.” As he said that, alarms started blaring and people started running to their posts. “Jack?” Jen said turning to her boyfriend. “Jen, what's wrong?” asked Jack calmly “Your plan?” jen deadpanned. Jack then smiled before saying “Well… i’d say we let Cruger decide where he needs us and help them repel the aliens.” “A wise decision,” Cruger said as he opened his Morpher, “what we got Rush?” “Sir, we’ve got incoming,” a voice sounded from the Morpher, “we don’t know what they are,  but they’re big. We’ve determined three main variants: one looks like a green spider with black stripes, the second is a blue humanoid with black stripes and two heads, the third is a red blob with arm like tentacles and black stripes. Standard defenses are having minimal effect.” Jack then looks towards Jen before saying “Krawl… they are in this universe as well.” “Hopefully they just piggybacked off your arrival,” Cruger said, “have all units stand down Rush, I’ll take care of it with the aid of two specialists.” ‘Understood sir, good hunting,” Rush replied before communications ended with a click. “Cruger, Do you want us to help you stop them?” asks Jack “I think that's what he meant by two specialists.” Jen sighed. “Rule of Leadership 32,” Cruger said as he opened a portal to the battle, “nothing trumps experience.” “He’s right, you can’t beat an expert at his own game… unless you cheat that is.” Jen said as she returned Swift to her pink prizmod. “True enough,” Cruger said as they walked through the portal, “well, looks like it’s time for some fun, eh Bunker?” Cruger tapped his Prismod, allowing Bunker to emerge. “Time to deal with some nuances Tank.” Jen said before a red Spectrobe that looked like a cross between a samurai and a rhinoceros beetle appeared next to her. Jack then nodded his head before he said “When you're ready get everyone that's being deployed to our ship.” “Everyone who’s being deployed is already here,” Cruger said, “by the way, got any Flash?” “I’m prepped for that” replied Jack as a Spectrobe that looked like a samurai appeared beside him and said “I’ve got Samurite by my side.” “Good,” Cruger said, “I’ll get the blue ones, you get the red ones, Jen, you get the green ones, got it?” “Ok and if either of you get overwhelmed i’ve got a backup of each type of Spectrobe.” replied Jack calmly. “Good,” Cruger said, “let’s roll.”  “See you guys in a bit then.” Jen said while jumping on her spectrobes back before he charged off towards where the green Krawl were. “Time to roll Bunker,” Cruger said as he ran towards the blue Krawl, Bunker floating close behind. Jack then shouted “good luck both you!” with that he jumped onto the back of Samurite as they charged towards the group of red Krawl. *Jen* As soon as Jen and her spectrobe arrived near the Vizepi she hopped off his back. “Ok Tank, Smash them!” Jen said as she drew her sword before charging into the fray. A moment later her spectrobe followed her as it smashed Krawl left and right with it’s horn. Seconds later Jen looked behind her to see that she was slowly being surrounded by a small group of Vizepi with Tank being held back from reaching her by the rest of them. “Not good, Grilden! I need backup!” Jen shouted, calling out her second adult form spectrobe. As soon as she said that a spectrobe that looked like a blue two headed dragon appeared next to her, causing the Krawl to begin slowly backing away. Seconds later Grilden fires off three blasts of energy the destroyed three of the Vizepi instantly before it turned around firing continuously at them at intervals. “Great job Grilden, Now let's go give Tank some backup!” Jen said before she and Grilden charged to Tank’s side while annihilating a few Krawl along the way. While this was happening Jens pulse began to race causing bits of white stuff with black stripes to form on the back of her left shoulder.  As soon as the remainder of the Krawl she was tasked with stopping were destroyed Jen looked around to see that she was alone before recalling Tank and Grilden. Seconds later Jen vision began to drift as she began to fall towards the ground, however she managed to regain her composure. “Crap… It’s happening faster than I thought…” She said before stumbling back over to the others while covering her shoulder with her right hand. *Cruger* “Well, Bunker,” Cruger asked, “ready to go?” Bunker clashed his shields together in agreement. Cruger nodded while making an adjustment to his morpher, “Got it, I’ll call the targets, hunker down and watch my back.” Cruger pushed a button, causing his battle music to play. Cruger and Bunker then started mowing through the Krawl, though each in their own way. Cruger used hit and run tactics to to hit stragglers and draw them in close, where Bunker used his heavy shields to knock down large groups of foes while blocking their attacks. Eventually, all the Krawl were grouped up around them. “Ready to end this Bunker?” Bunker clashed his shields together again. Cruger placed his hands on one of Bunker’s shields, causing both of them to glow. Bunker then started spinning, tearing through the remaining Krawl as electricity arced across his surface. “Well, that’s what I call serving Judgement,” Cruger said as explosions flared up behind him and Bunker. *Jack* As Jack approached the group of Krawl he realised that they all consisted of Swar, causing him to smile before saying, “Swar seriously, man I drew the short straw.”  Seconds later a large golden beetle appeared beside him before he said “Vilakroma, Covering fire.” Within second of him ordering the command a bright white burst of energy erupted from its cannon slamming into a large group of Swar instantly obliterating them whilst causing some of the others Swar to turn and look towards him before they began charging the Spectrobes. Jack then looked towards Vilakroma before saying, “keep eliminating any large groups once you're charged, Samurite you focus keep them off of Vilakroma.” Seconds later another group of them were destroyed by Vilakroma whilst Samurite sliced any Swar that got close. However seconds later a blast from Vilakroma changed direction and fired two vollies of energy off into the distance, before turning back towards the remaining Krawl. Seconds later both him and Samurite began to glow causing before Jack smiled before shouting “combination attack” before what appeared to be meteorite began to appear to fall towards the remaining Krawl before obliterating them. As soon as the flames began to die down Jack looked around to see that there was no Krawl left as he recalled Samurite and Vilakroma before Leo appeared beside him before he said “Let's find the others Leo” Within seconds Leo lowered its head before Jack jumped on before the began to head towards the others. “So how did you do for your first fight?” Jen asked Cruger as she limped over to the two other displaced already waiting at the rondevu point. “You think this was my first fight?” Cruger asked. “Against Krawl, and using a spectrobe.” Jen clarified as she leaned against a tree for support. “Not, bad, Bunker’s pretty good for someone born today,” Cruger said while dodging a swing from Bunker, “by the way, you feeling alright?” “Spectrobes are creatures of light that exist to fight against the shadows of evil like the Krawl.” Jen chuckled, “And I’m just exhausted, it’s nothing for you to worry about.” Jack then sighs before saying “Jen you're holding your shoulder, what happened?” “Like I said, nothing for you to worry about.” Jen grumbled. “Jen… I know you better than anyone, you know you can’t lie to me… what happened.” Jack asked clearly worried. “I can’t tell you.” Jen replied before wincing. “Jen… you realise how worried I was when you were injured before… I don’t want to lose you.” “And that's why I can't tell you, I can't let you worry over something like this… You wouldn't be able to do your job if I did.” Jen snapped before wincing again. “I’d be less able to if i wasn’t focusing on trying to understand what’s wrong… Jen, please let me help you.” Jack asked clearly scared for her. “Jack, I love you… But you can't handle the truth of what's going on!” Jen shouted. “Jen, I’ve stood by you through every mistake we’ve ever made… i’m sure this can’t be as bad as all the experiments that went wrong.” “The accident is nothing compared to the implications of what's going on, please don't force my hand here.” Jen pleaded. “Jen… you already know my answer… don’t make me worry, about you… not again, you know what i’d be like.” “Can we just save it for when we get back to our dimension?” Jen asked. Jack then sighed before saying “As long as you promise that you will explain once we’re home.” “Fine…” Jen said sadly. “Not to get in between a couple with problems,” Cruger said, turning to Jen “but there’s something that I need to talk to you about.” “What do you need?” Jen asked with a weary smile. Cruger lightly smacked her on the head, “That’s for bringing down the wrath of Murphy on us.” “Sorry…” Jen chuckled as she rubbed her head with her left hand. “Just don’t do it again,” Cruger said as he opened a portal back to Jack’s ship. “Well, It's been nice meeting you Cruger. And maybe next time it can be a simple, stress free, get together.” Jen chuckled dryly before she wobbled through the portal and went to the ship's lab. Jack the sighed before saying “well Cruger… thank you for everything… do you want anything before we head back” Cruger shook his head, “Nothing off the top of my head, but here,” Cruger tossed him a copy of his token, “It comes with communication capabilities, and it’ll spread to the rest of your tokens.” Jack then smiled as he caught the token before saying “thank you, If you ever need help again don’t hesitate to give us a call.” Cruger smiled back, “No problem, I’ll need to call anyway when Bunker’s ready to evolve,” Cruger stuck out his hand, “seek the truth my friend.” “You too my friend” replied Jack as he shook Cruger’s hand before slowly walking towards the portal. Jack the turned around before saluting him and walking through the portal to the ship. “Our contract is complete, tell your Dash when you find her that I said hi,” Cruger said before closing the portal.