+Red Army Base: Norway+

Tord laid on his bed shirtless while holding a fat cigar between his fingers. Smoke escaping his mouth as he blows out the drag he took in.

A feminine hand lightly places itself on his abs before coming up to lightly lay on his chest.

"Morning Red Leader~"

Tord smirks and looks over at the beautiful woman by his side. "Morning beautiful." The woman laying topless next to him is his fiancée, Emilia Valentine. He runs his free hand trough her long blond hair gently.

She giggles as her fiancé playfully plays with her hair. "You're up early, something keeping you awake?"

"Nothing much, I'm just thinking about the resistance leaders. I have yet to find and lock them up." Tord tells her as he kills his cigar on the ash tray on the bed side table. He turns over and sits up on the side of the bed to get redressed.

Emilia laughs lightly as she moves over to her lover's side of the bed to hug him from behind, her naked cleavage pressing against his back. "Stay a little longer dear~ Let's have some more fun before you go back to work." She whispers in his ear before giving it a playful kiss.

"Emilia, please." Tord chuckles at his fiancée's playfulness. He picks up his pants and slips them on in one go. He stands up and gets his tank top and red hoodie next. "We'll have all the time later." Tord turns around and places a kiss on her lips.

"Boo." The woman pouts in a way that Tord sees Tom for a moment. She made an expression that he remembers Tom making, her tongue stuck out like his with their eyes closed.

Tord shakes his head, 'I shouldn't even be relating him to my fiancée.' He thinks to himself. Red Leader gets his jacket and boots next to out on. "Make sure you get back to work too Emilia."

"Yeah, yeah."

Tord gets up and leaves the room in a good mood. If all goes well today, maybe fate may reward him with something.

~+Meanwhile+~

Tom watches as his Jeep gets closer to Red Army Territory for their main base. It was his team's turn to scot out the main base and scoop the situation.

He brought his spies along to get inventory for Red Supplies and see if they can gather data plans. Although, data collecting is mainly Tom and Tomi's job since they work in sync when Tomi possesses the blue resistance leader.

They park in the usual hiding area that the red soldiers overlook to patrol as usual. Although, if a red soldier were to stumble upon their little location and tell the base, then the plan would be to retreat for those left at the cars.

This was so the other soldiers would be left unsuspicious of those left back on their territory. They would retreat/leave the base at their own pace to avoid being caught.

As the Jeep came to a stop, Tom hops out of the vehicle to get a good look at the base.

"Mom?"

The brunet turns around to see Tomi peeking at him from his seat in the car. Tom holds his arms out to the boy, "Come on love, it's safe." Tomi jumps into his mom's arms and snuggles his face into the crook of the man's neck.

"Blue."

Tom turns his attention to two of the soldiers coming up to him. Zack and Reggie are two of his best soldiers in the blue group of the resistance. His right and left hand men.

"The spies are ready to infiltrate the base and collect weapon data." Reggie says as he lets down his salute.

Tom nods, "Have them move out. Tomi and I will be leaving shortly as well." He and his little demon have to make use of the time around the base to collect information. "You guys remember the plan if they spot our little hiding spot."

"Yes Blue." Zack respond even if he gives a little worried vibe.

The leader sees his worry so he gives him assuring pat on the shoulder. "Hey, we'll come back. Don't look so down Zack."

Reggie smiles as he looks to his partner, "You heard the man." Zack smiles when he is cheered up by the two men.

"Mom, we should go?" Tomi says questionably as he looks at the Red Army Base. Tom agreed as he starts walking into the words.

"Remember what I said you two." He reminds over his shoulder.

The two soldiers watch their leader disappear into the woods to deal with his own job before setting the spies out.

Tom hugs his son tightly in his arms just like Tomi is doing to him. "Come on Tomi... It's time to get to work."

Tomi focuses on his powers and turns himself into purple smoke. His smokey form circling around the brunet before taking possession inside the man.

Tom closes his eyes and feels the little demon powering his body. From here on out, Tomi and Tom are working together, the Little Demon controls the amount of power used by Tom while the man himself has control of what powers to use.

The blue resistance leader runs over to a nearby shadow and jumps in.

He finds himself back in a familiar black abyss that he has free control to swim through. He lets the shadow openings pass overhead as he goes over to the base. He can glance up to see soldier walking over the openings without noticing him.

"Tomi, are you okay?"

"I'm fine Mom."

Tom occasionally checked in with Tomi just in case they lose connection. It happened one time and Tom freaked out to only find out a hour later that Tomi had been taking a nap.

They near the main office to find the leader at his desk, hunched over doing paperwork.

"Looks like we can't go in yet."

"Hmm..."

Tom looks at Tord, they guy seems happy today unlike the other times he's got a gimpse of him. Tomi felt his mom's ting of familiar feelings reach him.

"Mom?"

Tom shakes his head, "Sorry Tomi... Let's just head for the lab and see what he's been working on." He moves pass the office shadow entrance to go for the lab instead.

They got there in no time flat, decided to head to the experiment room. Edd reported to him last time that they could hear some struggles over in the room last time it was his turn to infiltrate the area. Being concerned, Tom wanted to see if there was a possibly someone is being held hostage.

He swims his way over to the shadow lab opening made by a table. Tom pokes his head out half way to see the lab is clearly empty. His body is pushed out from the inky abyss so he could get a better inspection of the room.

The lab area is where Tom would usually first start his investigation to find any experiments that need to be marked down as important. His black boots lightly sound against the floor making some experiments look his way.

Experiments were either indifferent about him or curious. Tom didn't find any of them to be dangerous at the moment, they were more of the low level monster in game terms.

"Mom... take a left around the corner..."

Tom pauses in his steps hearing his little demon say that. "Tomi?"

"Please Mom... I sense something, can't you feel it too?" Tomi's monster senses were leading him to something in the room. It's tugging at his core, the feeling is very familiar.

He blue resistance leader trusted his son and took the turn to the left once he walks to the point. Just around the corner he's greeted with caution tape covering entrance to a little spaced off area.

Tom brought his hand up and cut through the tape after bringing his monster turned hand into sharp claws. He reverts it back to his normal hand when he's done. There, as he steps further into the room, is a cage with thick metal bars to contain something within.

Unknowingly to Tom, he didn't notice the alert sensory that his boot passed through.

He comes closer to the cage trying to see what's inside. "Hello?"

Surprisingly, Tom's greeted with glowing red eyes in the darkness.

"Who are you?"

There's a mixed accent in the experiment's voice, around an English and Norwegian accent, not to mention he was surprised they sound so young too.

"I'm Thomas Thompson... But I preferred to be called Tom." He speaks to Tomi in his head for the boy to some show himself too. 'Come our Tomi, show yourself to him too.'

In the darkness of it's cage, the experiment watches a dark purple smoke unhooked itself from the young man's body. Then forming into a young human child shape next to the light haired brunet trying to get a good look at him.

"Hi..." Tomi says shyly once he reforms into his child like appearance of Tom.

Tomi's appearance makes the experiment in the cage finally step out into the dim lighting for them to see. Tomi's eyes widen at the figure across from them, another monster child, better yet of a young looking Red Leader.

"You're from the AMC series... They lost you that day you went out on a rampage." Tom watches as the experiment, who seems to have devil like monster appendages, go closer to Tomi from the other side of the bars. "Little Demon."

Tomi blinks in as he's coming to remembering a bit of his past. "And you're.... The Little Devil experiment... I remember you a little bit." He feels his mom pick him up and hold him close.

Tom looks at the Devil experiment once he focuses on him. "Do you have a name?" He gets a shake of the head from the young child. "Would you like one? I gave Tomi here a name and he really like it instead of being called Little Demon."

The Little Devil thinks about it for a moment, looking to Tomi for a moment, who nods to let Tom give him a name. "It would be nice." His red eyes fade to a silver color that the blue resistance leader is familiar with, the ones reminding him of the enemy.

"Storm."

The devil tilts his head in wonder. "Why that name?"

Tom smiles a bit, "You're eyes remind me of a changing storm from dangerous to calm." The red before meaning danger, while the silver grey stands for calmness to him.

Storm smiles, "Well Tom, thanks for giving me the name Storm." He really appreciates the name as he copies the small similar smile Tom had shown before. "But please call me Torm, I consider you an alley now because of the Little Demon."

Tomi giggles as he hugs him mom with a content him at the end. "It's nice to meet you again Tormy."

"Likewise Tomi."

"Aww well isn't that cute~"

The three of them felt a cold shiver go up their spine. They knew that voice anywhere.

"It's been awhile, hasn't it, old friend?"

Tom slowly turns around with Tomi still held in his arms. Right across the room blocking the doorway is Tord and his soldiers.

"It's been years..." Tom replies dropping his emotions from earlier. His tone cold as ice against his enemy's fire.

Tomi could feel his mom's grip around him get a little more tighter. He worries about Tom knowing Tord associated with the brunet in the past. He was there after all when it happened, the End.

A silver grey eye trains on to the Little Demon in his rival's arms. "I see my experiment somehow found it's way to you." Tomi hugs his Mom's arm in comfort when he gets a familiar feeling from the man. He felt it before but ignored it due to overthinking about the thought.

"Tomi, we need to leave." Tom quietly mumbles as he takes a step back when Tord takes a step forward. He stops when he hears growling from behind him.

That's right, Torm's still here and cage for Jehovah knows why. "Think you can get me and Torm out of here?"

Tomi nods, he shifts into his smokey form and possess Tom as quick as he could. Tord watches with fascination at the possession trick he allowed the Little Demon to have. Tom's eyes glow a light purple before they settle down back to black.

Tord runs forward towards Tom, only to be dogged in a quick motion away from the Red Leader. From what Tom could analyze, the only shadow opening here is the table shadow caused by the dim lighting in the room. So far it's their only option of escape.

Tom still needed to get Torm out of his cage while escaping the soldiers and Tord.

"You can't run Thomas, even if you do and hide..."

Red Leader holds his hand up, signaling his soldiers to comes running to subdue Tom.

"I'll find you."

Tom had to fall back to running away. They both knew it was the right decision at the moment given they were very outnumbered. Tomi and Tom could always come back quietly to rescue Torm when things have settled down.

He runs over to the shadow entrance and jumps back into the dark abysss, successfully fleeing the scene.

"Search the base for any other spies! Catch them alive if you find any, I want answers."

"Yes sir!" The soldiers reply as they file out of the desperate lab room running. The leave their leader with the Little Devil experiment who didn't seem pleased one bit.

"Stay away from them!"

Tord looks to the Little Devil experiment with a dropped grin he held before when confronting Tom could not hide forever. "Worried about them Little Devil?"

His tail flicks back and forth sharply behind the young experiment as he glares at Tord with narrowed eyes that had changed back to red. "My name's Torm now." He bares his sharp canines to intimidate the man, yet he's not phased.

"Oh, so Thomas gave you a name I suppose."

Torm turns his back to his creator with crossed arms, "At least it's a better name than numbers or Little Devil like you and the scientist call me by." He didn't like the title he was given awhile after his mind started understanding the words being said around him. "What's the point of creating me anyways? All you ever do with me is a couple of tests, but other than that you just leave me locked up in this pitiful lab."

Tord chuckles, "You're a connection just like... Tomi, was it?"

The devil looks back at the man finding curiosity running through his mind of what was just said.

"What do you-"

"Red Leader- We managed to capture a soldier in mid escape. What would you like us to do?"

Looks like time for conversation is over. Tord picks up his radio to answer. "Take them to the cells below, I'll be there in a bit for questioning."

"Yes sir."

Tord looks to Torm who was still waiting for more information. He smirks, "Looks like our conversation is over Little Devil." Red Leader walks pass the cage with Torm still holding a familiar expression he once used to show when he was younger.

"It's Torm."

It's Tom

The familiarity with the one line made Tord sigh as he closes the door behind him. This was the connection he was talking about, but Torm didn't need to know.

What use is there for the child to know he's the only one keeping him sane anyways?

"Torm, huh..." A smile worked its way onto Tord's lips as his good eye softens.

~+Back at a far away campsite+~

Tom sat in the planning tent listening to his Plan Department discussing recent activity and flaws with today's infiltration plan. He was just waiting for a soldier to come in to relay the head count so they could get going back to base.

"Blue, do you think today's infiltration was okay?" Cody, head of the planning department, asks turning around to look at his Leader. The man himself is a brunet, about an inch shorter than Tom, but he chose him specifically for head because of his detailed work.

"Not this time Cody, I didn't get to download any information from the Commie's computer. However I did find an experiment I've never seen before. So I'm hoping you could make a plan around the lab area like escape routes." Tom says as he stands up from his seat on a crate.

"Escape routes? Are you planning on taking the experiment Blue?" Cody asks while some of his fellow planning soldiers wonder why the sudden interest to steal something from Red Leader's lab. All they ever took is information at the most.

Tomi, standing on the crate behind Tom, peeks out from behind him. "Mom found another experiment like me. He's a little bit older than me, but we have a connection."

Tom nods, "We apparently learned Tomi can from the Red Army Base as well. He was an experiment made by Red Leader too." Cody and his team look st the young boy with pity. "I'm planning on bringing the other experiment to come with us back to base at a later date."

The brunet nods in understanding the situation. "I'll try my best to give you all the best possible escape routes Blue. My crew and I'll will go over the layout the base again before we give you the results."

"Alright then-"

"Blue!" Reggie explains as he barges into the tent space looking panicked. "We did a headcount for the people who went out to work, and we're missing one person!"

Tom clicks his tongue and goes over to Reggie, "Who are we missing?"

Reggie looks down at Tomi in his leader's arm because he could not stand to meet eyes with him. "We're missing Julie. She was part of Victor and Alley's Group to get information for the ammunition stock."

Tomi hums remembering the young woman, she was quite quiet when she came into their group. She shows away most of the time, but he found the woman very nice. Sometimes they would make cakes together in the kitchen given he has a sweet tooth.

"Are we going to go back for her?"

"We have took, I'm not leaving anyone behind." Tom walks pass Reggie, the soldier following after him as they go outside. Soldiers around them talking in hush tones. "Reggie, you and Zack are in charge of the group until Tomi and I get back with Julie."

"Are you sure you don't want any back up Blue?"

"With Tomi's stealth in his monster powers, I think the two of us will be fine. We're only going to get Julie and pull her out. Once we get out, this whole group has to move out to the planes to fly back to base."

Tomi snuggles himself close to his mom's chest again. He waits for him to finish talking before he starts possessing the blue resistance leader again.

Tom leaves the campsite where Zack and Reggie are ordering soldiers to start cleaning up the area.

~+Meanwhile+~

BANG!

Julie flinched back in her seat, squeezing her eyes shut tightly. She peeks her eye open to look at the fearsome Red Leader right across from her. The only thing in between them is the metal table which the man had slammed his fist upon. She felt scared seeing the dent of what his robot hand had done to the table.

"If you value your life, I ask that you to answer all my questions." Tord sternly says to let the young woman know he's serious even if he puts a sweet smile on his face.

"I-I-" She tries to speak, but her words die out before coming out. Julie tries to speak the best she could to protect her precious leader. "I refuse..."

"Are you sure about that Blue bird?" Tord questions as if asking if this woman really wanted to become a tortured prisoner for the rest of her life. See there was a thing for Tord when ever it came to blue resistant soldiers.

If it were any Green or Purple resistance soldier, he would have questioned them and killed them on the spot if they refused to cooperate with him quickly at first chance. However, with Blue resistance soldiers, he give them so many chances until he feels bored of them with is rarely. He had fun seeing the way they fought and struggled to protect his old blue hoodie wearing friend and rival.

Julie trembles in her seat, she wants to see her leader so badly. She promised herself to protect him because this is what she had signed up for when she entered the Blue resistance and this department.

"I'm positive." She responds in the bravest voice she could muster.

Torm hums while tapping at his cheek in thought. During the time of thinking, Julie felt something tap at her ankle. She hesitantly glances down without catching Red Leader's attention.

Internally she felt happy and relieved to see it is her leader's hand that had appeared from the shadow under the table where the two soldiers and enemy leader could not see. 'Blue.'

"Come on Blue Bird, I'm sure you could change your mind. We had space available if you wish to change sides, you could even become our inside spy within the resistance." Tord bargains in a sweet tone that Tom and Julie found sickening with poison.

"Forgive me Red Leader, but I refuse to ever side with you. My loyalty will forever and always remain with my leader in the resistance." Julie clearly states as she gains the confidence to refuse the powerful man. She felt her leader grab onto her ankles taking it as a sign she is finally getting out of this cell and away from this danger. "Goodbye Red Leader."

"Wha-?"

The two soldiers standing behind Tord gasp in surprise when she is pulling a downwards direction. Tord comes around the table to see her head disappear into the shadowy entrance of the table like Tom had done earlier.

He tried to follow after but the ripples of the shadow had settled before he could stick his hand through the shadow entrance. Tord snakes his fist against the floor before quickly looking back to his two soldiers by the door. "Search for them! Now!"

"Yes sir!" The soldiers reply as thirty quickly head out while pulling out their radios to inform the others.

Tom, meanwhile, held Julie in his arms with care after being untied from the chair she had been secured to. Thankfully enough for him she had no physical injures either.

"Blue, thank goodness you're okay!" She wraps her arms around his neck giving him a hug.

"I should be saying that to you Julie." He hugs her back with comfort. Tom pulls back but not letting her go since she can't float in the shadow abyss without Tomi or him. "Rest now, I'll bring us back to the group."

She nods and stays quiet when her leader moves through the abyss pass multiple shadow entrances. They sometimes glance at the openings to see what the red soldiers are doing or hear what they are saying,

"Look for them!"

"All soldiers spread out in the field, check pass the forest if you have too!"

Tom clicks his tongue hearing one of the generals say that. "Julie, contact the group. Tell them to start moving to the cargo plane to get out fast."

The female soldier did as she was told, grabbing Tom's radio on his belt contacting he soldiers.

"Mom, I'm scared."

'Hang in there love, be strong. We'll get out of here.'

Tomi whimpers in their shared mindset, "What about Tormy?"

Tom looks up as they're about to pass the lab holding Torm. It was a hard deciding but they're in a hurry, not to mention his soldiers were timed on leaving with Red Soldiers chasing after their tail.

'We'll rescue him next time we come here Tomi, I promise.' Tom mentally says to his little demon. He felt sadness run through him and he felt bad. They just make time. 'Don't worry, he's strong, he will survive.'

They eventually pass the lab where Tom makes a slight glance at the cage to see Torm looking down through the shadow entrance. He may not see them but he has a feeling, more like a connection to know they're there.

'We'll definitely come back for you.'

~Meanwhile~

"Sir! We have news!" A soldier says as Tord comes out the front entrance of the base. There are jeeps running and leaving the area quickly while men get in their vehicle.

"Report now." Tord said walking up to the soldier.

The Red Soldier clears their throat, "The watch post around the perimeter spotted unidentified jeeps leave our base territory. We believe they're part of the resistance that infiltrated earlier." The soldier looks over to the gates were the jeeps are still leaving to go chase after them.

"Continue chasing after them, they might have stolen important information." Tord orders sternly. He looks of to the side to see a large jeep about to pass them. "Order all soldiers if you have too, we cannot have them disappear to where ever their base is located."

Tord gets a nod from the general soldier, he then holds his robot hand out to grab onto the large jeep in time to hop on. The soldiers surprised by his sudden addition to their car. He moves pass them to open the small back window in between the driver and passenger seat.

"Hit the gas as hard as it can, full throttle!"

"Ah! Sir!" The driver exclaims in surprise while his partner next to him is startled by the sudden voice of his leader. Never the less he refocuses in driving full force on the path the rest of the jeeps are heading.

While they continue the chase, the blue soldiers are already to the take off site with the cargo plane. Everyone loading on as quick as they can with the jeeps to strap them down. All of them board now, keeping the bay door open they wait anxiously for any sign of their leader, the monster child, and fellow soldier.

They are just in time to see Tom carrying Tomi in his arms and Julie running towards them. The blue soldier waving her arms about frantically.

"Run the plane!"

"They're gaining on us!"

Just a distance away from their leader and friends is jeeps racing towards them full throttle.

All dead set to capture them.

The pilots quickly jump the plane into drive, moving forward. Blue soldiers watching from the open bay door for their leader and fellow soldier and friend to get on.

"Blue, Julie! Come on!"

Tom looks at Julie, "Hurry! Jump on!"

Julie pushes her legs to their limits and jumps onto the bay where soldiers help her up onto the plane. Tom then focuses on the child in their arms tightly holding onto the fabric on his chest.

"Love, hurry now. You need to get on the plane."

Tomi could hear his mother's racing heart against his ear like the words the man had just spoke.

Care

Comfort

Fear

"I don't-"

Tom pulls Tomi away from him, "We need to hurry!" He looks up at the plane which is gaining speed. "Catch!" He literally tosses Tomi into the opening of the plane, perfectly being catcher by Julie, who has her soldier partner James support her from behind.

"Mommy!" Tomi shout reaching out for his mother.

Tom fumbles pulling out his grappeling from his side belt, but thankfully get it out.

"THOMAS!!!"

The British man knows that voice, he can't look back or else he'll fail. He just knows it. With a resounding click to Tom's ears, he aims at the leverage of the bay door opening.

"I'm not gonna leave you behind!" He shoots his grappling hook at the leverage of the bay door, successfully hanging on as he gets pulled into the air as the plane starts flying.

BANG

"BLUE!"

"MOMMY!"

Tom falls back to the ground when the bullet cut through the line of his hook. All without breaking any bones due to the low height distance, but he is slowly losing consciousness.

His hearing is muddled as Red Army jeeps surround him. Their engines roaring and footsteps of soldiers jumping out to secure him.

One in particular gaining his focus as it approaches him, taking a knee to be close enough to say those dreadful words by his long time enemy.

"I finally caught you, Thomas."