The Hybrid Squad: Invasion

Hour 1 - The Hybrid Academy

A Super-portal stood high in the sky, the dark blue aura gleaming miles away from where it stands. Bloodrayne stood at the doorsteps of the academy, shocked to see something so haunting like that. The ground began to shake, it seemed only to be mild for the first few minutes, but it only grew larger as time passed by. A sudden surge of electrical energy coursed through a seemingly endless distance, causing a power outage.

The students inside were in complete shock, most of them hiding under desks, except others who staring at the Super-portal.

Hendrik, a rather tall Xenonian-Human hybrid glared at the portals opening throughout the universe, before walking out of the classroom.

His transponder beeped to life. "Attention, you are needed at the Hybrid Academy."

"Yes, I know," Hendrik responded, walking down to his locker. "Now, what's the current situation?"

"Invasion is imminent, Hendrik," it said, as he jogged down the stairs. "Otherwise, report to Bloodrayne as soon as you can."

"Affirmative."

Hendrik ran down the hallways over to his locker, aggressively tearing it open with his hands. He grasped into his backpack, going off to the academy armoury.

By the time he got there, most of the people in his class were already there, getting themselves ready for war. Hendrik grasped onto his rifle on the wall and ran back out into the hallways.

He reconnected with Bloodrayne, who was still sitting down on the front doorsteps of the academy.

"Bloodrayne," Hendrik calmly said to her, sitting down on the stairs.

"It's my fault," Bloodrayne said, staring down at the ground.

"No, it's not, Bloodrayne."

"You don't get it, Hendrik!" She yelled, shoving him a few meters back.

"Look, you need to listen to me. There are ancient invaders with weapons powerful enough to kill everyone you and I love, and I know that you or anyone never wants that fate." Hendrik pointed at the Super-portal. "And this time, we need to stop it. Hundreds of thousands are already dying as we speak."

"Hendrik, I get your point," Bloodrayne said, getting up from the stairway. "Follow me, I'll need your help."

"Hey, where are we going?"

"Down to Max's little hideout, and also," she handed Hendrik a small metal cube with a button on top. "Welcome to the Hybrid Squad."

"Oh, what's this?"

"Your battle armour, you'll need it."

A small period of time passes, as Hendrik and Bloodrayne walk down to the basement. As the two jogged down the steps into Max's lab, Bloodrayne was thrown her battle armour cube.

"Agh--!" She screamed, grasping it before it fell onto the ground. "Could've warned me beforehand."

"Oh what, you take the power of the fucking universe, but you nearly fall when you get hit with a cube?" Max said, with a grin on his face. "Well, anyway," he stands up and walks over to a chalkboard. "I've found dozens of more portals the Combine are using against us, and it seems like they've been planning this for years."

"Your point?" Hendrik asks.

"It's that the uh-- to say the least, this isn't an isolated incident. They're deliberately trying to weaken us to the point of surrender. But oh boy, they don't know what they're going up against."

"Uh, alright. That's a fuckton to digest, but whatever." Bloodrayne says.

"But here's the thing, just like the Infinity Incident, it is mainly isolated to some timelines, and most dimensions, and most importantly, the Zombie, Infinity, and Inside-Down timelines are not affected by this attack."

Bloodrayne and Hendrik look at each other and give a slight nod.

"DIRT, do you know how many Infinity Sets there are in the arsenal?"

"Maxwell, there are 10 in safe storage, 2 are being used by Bloodrayne and Nick."

"Nick?" Max said in confusion, and he visibly began to shake. "DIRT, what is Nick's status, tell me now!"

"Boss, he is stable, but currently in active combat."

Max grasped his chest, finally able to breathe normally. "Thank goodness. Last time I saw him try to use any stone, he nearly dropped dead."

"Well, anything else you needed to tell us?" Hendrik asked. "Like, the status of the eleven cities?"

"By now, most of the cities are in the middle of being evacuated, this is the first wave of Combine after all," Max said while going back to his desk. "I'm sending out a notification to Shenerus about the invasion." He began typing on his keyboard, sending out messages to neighbouring armies about the situation. "Well, you two, round up the elite pilots and go to Vancouver and help out the rest of the Squad."

"The elite pilots? Are you sure, Max?" Bloodrayne asked.

"Yes, I'm very sure, now you two have to go."

"Oh, alright then. See you."

Bloodrayne and Hendrik ran out of the room and into the courtyard. "TG?" Hendrik asked into his transponder.

"I am ready for deployment, Hendrik, just show me where." TG, his xenamech responded.

He kneeled down and took a smoke grenade from his backpack. After he threw the grenade into the field, the transponder beeped three times, with three second intervals.

"Spot is clear of any debris; deploying," TG said.

The Xenamech was dropped from the ship orbiting the Academy. After a short silence, it landed. Once again, it opened its cockpit, kneeling down.

"TG, is it okay if you stay here at the Academy? Bloodrayne and I need to contact Xenia."

"That is fine, Pilot Hendrik. I will stay here until you need me."

"Good to know, stay safe."

"I will say the same to you: stay safe, Hendrik."

Hendrik turned to look at Bloodrayne, as TG's cockpit closed and armed itself. "Let's go."

Bloodrayne nodded in response, taking a portal star from her pocket. "Portal star destination: Downtown Sensa, Shenerus."

DT, the AI of the Academy responded: "Destination acknowledged. Portal star is ready, Bloodrayne."

She threw the star onto the concrete, the portal opening soon after. The two rushed inside, as the portal began to close.