+America: Meeting Room+

"Edd, Matt... You guys are fine." Tom sighs in relief as he sees them through the camera input into the Tv he had in his office that the Red soldiers set up for him earlier.

"Tom your eyes..." Matt says as he sees the VR set over his eyes. The one he saw future Tom wearing way back when.

Tom nervously laughs, "Yeah, about that. The Eye Cancer thing became real." He taps the side of his goggles a few times. "Tord made these for me."

Edd notices Tom's clothes as well. They were changed up from his usual blue hoodie, black pants and shoes. All adding up to appear as his future self. "Where are you?"

"I'm in-"

Everyone in the room didn't hear where Tom is located because Tord had cut the volume off. Tom was there talking voicelessly until he finished.

"Pardon me, I rather not share where my secretary is at the moment." Tord sighs with a roll of his eye. He really should talk to Tom about not giving away his location so easily like that. Tord turns the volume back on and acted like he didn't just turn it off.

Tom crosses his arms and looks at Tord with a frown. "You cut the volume on me, didn't you?"

"A location such as yourself is meant to be classified Thomas." Tord shakes his head as he looks back up at the man standing next to him.

"So you work for Tord now?" Matt asks sadly.

Tom looks back at Matt with his usual boarded expression. "I'm actually being forced to work for this idiot. It's not like I want to do this on purpose, but I'll humor him for awhile until this war is over or- at least when I️ get the chance to escape with my soldiers."

"Humor me? Sounds like you just came for a show Witness." Tord found it was funny how Tom thought he could ever escape too.

"Shut it Commie."

The president cleared his throat to bring the four men's attention to him as well as his generals. "So you all know each other Red Leader?"

Tord cringes a little, forgetting that they're at a meeting. "Personally yes, but we do not all think the same. Thomas, introduce yourself shortly if you will."

Tom give the men in a room a short mocking bow. "Thomas Thompson everyone. I used to work for the Rebellion alongside Edd and Matt as a leader before I got captured by this asshole." He jerked his thumb in Tord's direction. "Now I work with Red Leader as his second command and secretary." He stands back upright, surveying the room with his digital eyes. Some of the Generals catch attention to the device strapped to his face with curious expressions.

"All of you must be wondering why Thomas has that VR set over his eyes, reason because Tom here became blind due to eye cancer. I took it upon myself to make this little helping tool to give his sight back. Can't have him helping me blind after all." Tord could see all their questions, but he wanted to get this meeting over asap. He didn't want to stay here any longer just in case Edd and Matt decide to use him to track him back to Tom.

So the meeting started with better progress than the last few days. Tord handled speaking with them respectfully with little to no outbursts. Tom, standing next to him, took notes quietly with comments here and there during the meeting.

Paul and Patryk waited patiently for the meeting to finish up. They would even handout papers to their boss or collect papers from the Generals and the president for Tord to look over later.

"Blue!"

Tom's hologram looks off behind him whereas the other people can't see from the camera's point of view since it's only focused on the Blue Leader. "Reggie, what is it? I'm at a meeting."

"Umm..." Reggie walks over to Tom and whispers else in the room can only see the other's fingers over Tom's ear.

"They did what!?" Tom did not look very happy.

"Some of their soldiers tried to stop them and we tried to stop some of ours, but they were still fighting over you-know-what from earlier this afternoon. So they did that to each other." Reggie explains with a sorry look. It seems the Dad and Mom thing didn't settle down like they hoped.

Tom groans and pinches the bridge of his nose. "I guess Tomi has some new toys then. Reggie, just stand here and take notes for me until I get back. If they end the meeting before I come back, just head to the front yard. I doubt Zack can handle Tomi alone if he gets out of control." Tom and Reggie switch places with each other. Instead of Tom, there stood a man in a blue and black uniform with a black bandana wrapped around his upper left arm. His messy blond hair sticking out in different directions.

Reggie nods his head at Tord, "Hey Red, sorry about interrupting your meeting." They hear the door slamming close from the hologram making it known Tom left.

"What happened?" Tord asks quiet curious.

Reggie debated mentally if he should tell Tord about the Mom and Dad thing, but maybe he shouldn't talk about it in front of all these people. Or maybe just not the Dad thing. "The Blue and Red soldiers were fighting earlier about calling Blue, Mom. Our group was getting mad when your soldiers starting referring him to mom as well. Let's just say there was a lot of children complaining and then threats of being Tomi's new toy." Tord hums with a little curved up smirk. Just another use for blackmail and teasing purposes.

The meeting comes to a conclusion an hour later with Tom still not back from the interruption. "You're dismissed, make sure Thomas isn't overdoing anything over there."

Reggie salutes the Red Leader with a grin. "No promises Red." His hologram disappears in a blink of an eye once Tord clicks the hologram projector off.

He turns to his two soldiers and nods, "Now let's get out of here. Set all planes to head for the front lines." He pulls his soldiers down closer to whisper to them. "Do a head count and check the perimeter of each plane. I don't want any government or rebellion soldier tracking us. I importantly don't want any spies coming about our planes."

The two soldiers nod firmly to make sure to follow his orders. Paul radios the soldiers in the White House to head out of the building and back to the planes. Patryk walks beside him while keeping small glances back at Tord as he looks to be in a better mood now.

Tord just wants to get all of this done and return to the main base for some rest.

Actually, he just wants to see Tom again.

+Norway: With Tom+

Tom had all the soldiers, who were responsible for what happened in the front yard, rounded up and sitting on the back of their legs. "What did I tell all of you." He says, not as a question, but in a demanding mad mother tone that had the soldiers keeping their eyes down to their lap. No one could even answer him. "I told you guys earlier to stop, then I let all of you off easy with ten laps around the base."

The Blue soldiers look down guilty for their childish behavior as the Red soldiers felt they disobeyed orders from their Red Leader.

"And what do I see when I'm informed?" He sticks his arm out to gesture to the two soldiers clinging to their pants tightly. Tears streaming down their face as they sniffle. "One Red and Blue soldier strung up by their underwear on the top of the flag poles!"

"We're sorry Blue."

"We're sorry too Blue Leader."

Tom shakes his head, "Don't apologize to me, apologize to them! Then we'll talk." He huffs with crossed arms as he turns away from them.

The Blue soldiers went to the Red soldier and apologized for letting their fighting getting out of hand. Also for stringing him up on the flagpole by his underwear which the Red soldier accepted their apology. The Red soldiers did the same with guilt-ridden faces to the Blue soldier who was kind to understand that they fight was getting out of control.

"Now that you guys have apologized, your punishment will be to keep Tomi entertained."

"Tomi sir?" A Red soldier voiced out their confusion.

A Blue soldier helped explained Tom's situation with his monster. "Blue here has a special condition. You guys saw how Tom half shifted when he tried to protect us during the Luis Randel escape." There were murmurs of agreement with the Red soldiers. "Tomi is the name of Tom's monster side."

"I can introduce myself, Nick." Tomi cuts in with a giggle.The Blue soldiers smiling awkwardly knowing they were soon going to have to keep this monster entertained. Tomi bows slightly to the Red soldiers present. "I'm Tomi, Tom and I share a body, but we have different minds. It's pleasure to meet most of Tordy's soldiers~"

"You can definitely tell the difference with their tone." Lucy shivers at the odd feeling she's getting from the monster wearing Blue Leader's skin.

Tomi let himself lose just a bit to let his monster features appear. The long dark tail appears from behind and waves back and forth in a slow motion as his hands turn into large, sharp claws. Horns grew on top of his hairline, displayed proudly for everyone to see. Purple smoke leaks from the corner of the goggles as the green digital eyes become fizzles of purple. An 'X' taking appearance on the screen.

Tomi giggles as he flexes his claws open and close. Eyes on the pitiful soldiers who are going to be his toys for the time being.

"Time to play~~"

+America: Front Lines+

Tord arrived at the front lines in an hour or two, safely landing out of firing range. All security around the Red claimed territory had been tightened since they were informed their Leader would be coming to join them for a while.

One of his soldiers came over with a clipboard at hand, ready to report their status. "Welcome back to the front lines sir." He salutes and Tord dismisses the action. "Every Soldier here is honored to have you with us for a few days. Our stocks were just about to run out too."

"Yes, well all of you don't need to worry about reserving ammunition. We have the best transportation system to get everything to specifics locations quickly who are in need of quick supply. Just make sure you contact the main base ahead of time." Tord tells the soldier with a soothed tone. He raises his hand to signal the soldiers who came with him to bring out the supplies and back up soldiers. "What's the status report for the injured and casualties?"

"No casualties as of yet Red Leader, as for injuries we have about 100 soldiers in need of medical attention. The medical station here can hardly treat them due to the unsanitary conditions and dust flying around."

"How severe are the injuries?"

The soldier flips through some papers. "Most of the injured here have second-degree burns, 2 percent have third-degree burns... Hmmm" Flipping through more pages he nods. "The rest suffer from bullet wounds or have come in contact with a blade."

"They haven't been using gases?"

"No sir, not even tear gas."

Tord taps his chin as he ponders a moment on the situation. No gases were being used, so he should pull back the gases created for battle. If possible he would like to not have as many casualties as possible, especially with his own soldiers. "Make it prohibited to use the gases we brought. No soldier is allowed to use them until the other side starts to fire gases too."

The soldier makes a note on his clipboard, noting to pass it down to the other generals. "What about the back lines Red Leader?"

"Backlines are fine from what I heard over the radio call on the plane. I had the second group go over to restock them seeing as there is no major threat looming on them." Tord brings up his robotic arm and types in a few codes on the screen. "Have General Karen see me in the strategy tent. I wish to speak with her about future battle plans. Finally, keep the injured stable until I return the main base. We will be taking them back with us to have their injuries treated properly." The soldier nods as he writes all this down. "Dismissed."

"Yes, sir." The soldier salutes once more before leaving Tord with Paul and Patryk coming up behind him.

"Red Leader, you have a call." Paul holds a phone out to him.

Tord takes the phone and presses it against his ear. "Red Leader speaking, who is this?"

"Red!" Zack shouts through the phone, Tord had to quickly pull the phone away from his ear.

"What the heck?" He recognizes that voice, one of Tom's close soldiers. "Zack?"

"Nice that you remember me, but Reggie and I have a huge favor to ask you that you need to do through the phone!" The man on the other side sounds like he's breathing in and out too fast.

"What's the problem?"

The speakers on the phone switch, Reggie left to explain. "It's about Tomi- He's out of control!"

"What do you mean he's out of control?" Tord felt himself worry, was he wreaking the base? Is he hurting the soldiers? Is Tom okay?

"You know how Blue left earlier- Yeah, he caught all the soldiers who were fighting earlier and decided they needed to be punished again. This time he's punishing them by letting Tomi have 'Play Time'!"

"I don't understand. If Tom let Tomi out, then what's the problem?"

"The problem is Tomi getting way too into his 'Play Time'! Tomi is only supposed to out for a short while during his little session before he goes out of control. Now he won't listen to what Zack and I are trying to tell him. We need him to stop and let Blue come back out."

"Tom doesn't have control..." Tom and Tomi shared a body, Tom should at least be the dominant one since he owns his body.

"Come on Red, I put the phone on speaker! You're a gamble since we don't know if he will listen to you. Please just tell Tomi to stop!" Reggie hands the phone over to Zack when it his turn to try and push Tomi to the ground, along with a few blue and red soldiers who came to see what all the commotion was about. However, Tomi's monstrous strength seems to put them at an unfair advantage.

"Say something Red!" Zack holds the phone out into the air towards Tomi who's wrestling with the other soldiers.

Tord took a deep breath and yelled into the mic of the phone. "TOMI, STOP!" He put every ounce of his authoritative tone in his voice that had the soldiers around him shiver in fear.

~Switch Sides: In Norway~

All the way in Norway, at the Red Army Base, Tomi froze on the spot. He dropped the soldiers in his arms down to the ground as he lets out a low, deep purr. "Tordy?~"

Tord hears Tomi purring after questioning who he was. "Back off from the soldiers and let Tom back out Tomi." His tone still commanding, but tone down just a bit.

Tomi giggles happily as he clasps his hands together. He lets out more purring sounds with delight. "Anything for you Tordy~"

The screen of the VR fizzes for a moment between green and purple. The green lines coming back into position, opening and closing a couple of times.

Tom looks around him at the leftover mess Tomi made. He presses the bottom of his hand against his forehead. "Tomi..." He groans out the monster's name. His monster side merely keeps purring in their mindset from Tord's earlier outburst.

Zack jogs over to Tom after turning off the phone quickly, cutting the call off. He totally forgot who was on the other end of the phone since he was more worried about his leader. "We'll handle the mess Blue. Reggie and I could tell Tomi put a lot of strain on your body after getting out of control."

"Sorry guys," Tom apologizes with a tired groan. "Apologize to the others for me as well."

Zack nods, "Just get some rest in the medical ward. I'll radio Lizzie to check on you when you get there."

Tom nods back as he starts making his way back inside the base. He puts one arm out to the wall to lean on for support as he walks.

His vision begins to blur, his mind spinning into a daze. "Dammit, Tomi... you overdid it..."

Tom feels someone tap his shoulder lightly. He turns his head to look over his shoulder. He could make out the Red Army uniform, but not the face since his headache is getting worse.

"You..."

The soldier didn't say a word to Tom. He just caught the blue leader in his arms once the man finally passed out.

Tom could think there was something familiar about the silent soldier wearing a white hat.

+Back in America: Front Lines+

Tord stares at the phone in his hand with narrowed eyes.

"They hung up on me!"

Patryk chuckles lightly behind his hand while Paul rolls his eyes.

"I'm sure they got everything handled now Red Leader."

"Yeah, where's your trust in your second in command?"

Tord places a hand on his hip and scoffs. Turning the phone off and tossing it over to Paul who caught it with ease.

He won't admit it loud, but he was very worried about Tom now.

+Back to Norway: With Tom+

"He has a few scratches and sore muscles, but other than that he's going to be fine."

"..."

Lizzie awkwardly stands in her place seeing as the young looking Red soldier won't speak back to her. She had tried speaking to him earlier, but it was met with the same silence like now.

"T-Then excuse me. I have to go see to one of the blue soldiers who's on bed rest in their room." She makes her way out of the medical ward leaving the soldier with her unconscious leader. Mentally apologizing to Tom for leaving him with the silent fellow.

The young soldier took a seat next to Tom's temporary bed in the medical ward. He keeps himself busy by sucking on a circular lollipop candy that is provided to him by Red Leader.

Ever since he was found and taken in, he had always wondered what had happened to this man. Now he's surprised he finally came in contact with Tom after all this time.

He could see the slight changes in the man's features, but other than that he didn't look like he changed at all. Still, a blue wearing man with black bottoms and the checkered theme moved up to the circles on his shoulders instead of his shoes.

"Mmhm.." Tom moves his hand to his head and sits up. "What happened?" He looks to his right when he senses he's not alone. "You are..."

The soldier waves at Tom shortly with a small smile as he continues to suck on his candy.

"The kid from ASDF Land."

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New chapter so early huh? ^^ Anyways more fanart :)

Hope you enjoy,
-DipperCipher0

This amazingly cute drawing was done by none other than @Blood_Mays

Thanks for the cute fanart soldier! XD