Living life to its fullest is never easy. A lesson Mewtwo learns the hard way after sustaining an injury that even his abilities cannot heal without help. With his new friends, he embarks on a journey that will define not only his place in the world, but that of his entire species.

"Tonight, gentlemen and ladies, heretics and faithful, sump dwellers and upper hive, bonded mechanoids and slag rats, tonight we bid you welcome. Tonight we bring you an epic tale of loyalists and the damned, of Chaos Warbands and Imperial Chapters, and of war. Endless burning war. Tonight, gathered scum, we bring the tales of Fulgrims scattered sons. Tonight, we bring the Noise."

Twenty years after the Aether incident, Angseth, the sole survivor, is now a battle cruiser captain on the verge of retirement. A routine mission uncovers evidence of an intergalactic conspiracy that only Samus Aran can unravel. But the Hunter is missing, and Angseth will risk everything she holds dear to find Aran and set the galaxy right.

During his escape from City 17, Gordon Freeman encounters many resistance fighters, including a strange woman known to him only as Red Cap.

Deputy Rosa Gurveras is called to investigate the appearance of a strange little girl at the local elementary school, and is drawn into the hunt for an elusive man known only as "grandpa."