Chapter 8

Awaken the New Threat

Gray Mann is talking with Princess Veronica who has 2 heroes from a different FE world and he comes across a certain partnership. "So let me get this straight Mr. Mann… You want to create a partnership with me in order to defeat your enemies who forged an alliance with heroes from the Fates world?" asked Princess Veronica, "Think about it your highness… I come from a world with technology far more advanced than you can ever imagine. With my robot army and your magic capabilities we could rule more than just Askr. We could rule both the Fire Emblem worlds and my world" replied Gray Mann. She gave it some thought and after a few minutes she agreed to make an alliance with him.

"Excellent choice milady… Now before we begin who are these two and where are they from?" asked Gray Mann, "The woman to my right is Princess Lucina of Ylisse, A hero and daughter to Chrom from a future with a terrible fate. To my left is Robin, Chrom's best friend and Ylisse's greatest tactician", replied Princess Veronica. They both chose not to answer as they don't trust Gray Mann's motives to befriending their contractor. A Spybot came to Gray Mann and informed him about that the rogue Spybot destroyed the recons and is planning to strike at the Emblem team. He slams his fist on his desk. "God damn that bastard for betraying my trust!" yelled Gray Mann, "I'm sorry your highness but a certain "commander" of mine has to be taught a lesson about disobeying my orders. Spybot if you could kindly take our lovely guests back to Askr so they can proceed with their invasion."

Back with the Emblem team they were doing their best to distract the robots as the Soldiers were blasting through to make a path so the Order of Heroes can save Askr from the Emblian Empire. Just then one of the portals glow up and out comes a new hero with a legendary blade in his hand. He struck through the bots and managed to help out Xander and Ryoma against the rogue Spybot. "Ah a 3 on 1 eh fellas?" asked the Spybot, "Looks like I'll have to pull out my favorite toy." He pulls out a dagger looking blade that one of the spies recognized it to be Your Eternal Reward; a Spy melee that upon successful backstabbing and their instantly disguised as the target they just killed. He disappeared and was going to strike at the new coming hero. The Blue Demoman pushed him out of the way and he got backstabbed. All the mercenaries stopped to see that the Blue Demoman was the first mercenary that they would lose while in this world.

Furious the other Demoman charged right at the Spybot before Ryoma rescued him from having the same fate before attacking the enemy. The Soldiers with the help of Effie managed to clear a path and ordered everyone to full back and retreat before the hero yelled out not to go that way as his allies are wiping out the Emblian troops that were attacking. "Everyone head into the portal leading to my home of Ylisse!" yelled the hero as he struck down more robots that were blocking the way.

The path Effie and the Soldiers just got blocked once again and they had no other choice but to enter that portal. The Spybot was gonna chase after them but chose not to as he felt a shotgun pointed at his back by a Soldierbot. "How many times must I tell you to listen to our agreement?!" Gray Mann asked very angrily, "I have told you time and time again to listen to me! I have saved you from becoming nothing but scrap metal. We have agreed that I would help you yet you have never given me your word you useless piece of—" The rogue Spybot grabs his hand stopping him from hitting him. "I NEVER NEEDED SAVING!" said the rogue Spybot, "You still are nothing but an old crazy fool with a dream of taking over your brothers' parts of the land and win over Mann Co. You do not deserve to be in my true master's new world." "True master?" asked Gray Mann confused. Suddenly rockets fire from 4 different directions as the Soldierbots guard Gray Mann with their lives. One of the Heavybots come in and grab Gray Mann while the other robots with him make sure they can escape.

One highly advanced Soldierbot appears from the shadows as he drops the rocket launcher and summons one of his own. The rogue Spybot gets on one knee as he bows to him. "Take that ugly disguise off you Rogue. It no longer serves a purpose", said the highly advanced Soldierbot. Rogue takes off the disguise and has his true highly advanced look as they see Gray Mann's robots and they prepare for battle.

Back with the Emblem team entering a new Fire Emblem world they follow this hero who helped them from Rogue and his robots to another castle. They are still mourning over the loss of the Blu Demoman who gave his life to save the new hero. "I'm really sorry about your ally. I may not have known him but I thank him for saving my life from that odd looking assassin. He must have been a great friend to these unknown soldiers traveling with you. My name is Chrom, Prince of Ylisse and I will make sure that your friend did not die in vain. My sister Princess Lissa should be done with fighting the Emblian forces and can hopefully sneak past those soldiers who were made of metal", Chrom said to the whole Emblem team.

Everyone is still mourning over Blu Demoman who gave his life to keep Chrom safe. Red Demoman walked back to where the portal was and he knelt down with his sword dug into the ground and he left a bottle of scrumpy infront of the portal. He gets up and leaves his sword with the scrumpy as he walks away back to the Ylissean castle. Lissa and the others managed to arrive back from the world of Heroes and everyone heads for the meeting hall. "So then soldier… How was it that you managed to know where we were?" asked Red Soldier, "Well before Robin and my daughter fell ill to Veronica's binding magic he told me that if he hadn't returned he was under her control. Anna from the Order of Heroes sent a scout over to me with word that she had both him and my daughter and she was planning to use them against the Askran kingdom for invasion. Once I entered in I noticed that you guys needed my help so I offered my assistance", said Chrom.

"Well ladies and gentlemen we are now faced off with not only this enemy but our mercenary friends' enemy Gray Mann. There is also this Spybot who is always trying to get the upper hand on us. He is a formidable opponent for taking on 3 of us at once. We are gonna have to figure out what to do for Gray Mann will soon know of our presence in this world", said Xander, "Then that is why we will be aiding you in your fight against this Gray Mann person", said Chrom a knight got up next to Chrom who had dark brown hair. "Milord I don't think we should trust them just yet. You may have helped them out with their problem but I don't think we should just help them willingly", said the knight, "You mean you want to put them all to the test Frederick?" asked Chrom, "He always does this for people he doesn't trust. My name's Lissa, Princess of Ylisse and it's very nice to meet you all", said Lissa.

The Emblem team are curious as to what this test is that Frederick is planning for them but they most likely will find out pretty soon.