[h2]Saber - The Council Tower[/h2]

"'Vamp loli' is a pretty rude way to refer to royalty..." Queen Tepes frowned, putting her hands on her hips, her crimson eyes giving Gintoki a rather stern glare. It ended with yet another huff, before she turned to address the assembled agents at large once again. She smiled, which quickly grew into a wide, cheery grin. Naturally, this showed the full extent of her fangs, the razor sharp, pointed teeth clearly visible. "It's settled, then! I'm taking you home with me!"

Tadroth let out another small sigh before speaking again. "We apologize for the short notice, but it's possible that Shadow Eternity is already moving in an attempt to capture the Eye. We can't miss this chance."

Saber nodded, calmly. Of course, she was both a knight and an agent of the UMMA, so serving in her duty was of the utmost importance. In addition, it would be rather easy to request any supplies that that could be transported, as the UMMA was happy to teleport anything an agent required to them provided there was a safe uplink. Given that they had transported the Queen here, there likely was a safe uplink to her home.

Still grinning, the vampire queen snapped her fingers. A cloud of bats flew from behind her, and fluttered about for a few moments before forming a ring in the air. An inky black haze formed in the center of the circle, before finally reaching the edges, looking as if it was a doorway into pitch blackness. Well, if doorways were made out of bats. With a short giggle, she beckoned to the other agents before stepping through.

The white-haired form of Monument smiled, her head tilting to the side slightly. "Good luck."

Without hesitation, Saber followed.

There was a brief moment of darkness, accompanied by strange cackles and the howl of a wolf for whatever reason, before she stepped out onto solid ground.

It was night here. Clouds filled the sky, but the pale, hooked shape of the moon was framed in them, the only natural form of light at all visible. Ahead, an iron gate was lit with torches, and adorned with a bat decoration at the top of the metal, and wolves carved into the stone supports. Craggy rocks and twisted, leafless trees dotted the landscape. A much more healthy-looking forest was visible down the slope was visible down the slope, but it seemed as if it would be rather foreboding to anyone easily-frightened. The road that lead to the gate also seemed to emerge from the forest.

Of course, the real eye-catcher was what lay beyond the iron gate. Lit by the moonlight, it was a massive gothic mansion, spired rooftops and elegantly carved stone walls looming up from the hill. From here, Saber guessed that it was perched upon a cliff. Below seemed slightly brighter, as if there was a town beneath the gigantic castle.

Standing at the gate, the slight, pale, childish form of the Queen Tepes looked rather pleased.

"Welcome... to Castle Tepes," she said, gesturing beyond the gate.

[h2]Kirisame Marisa – Battle Frontier[/h2]

Well, now was the time! Marisa watched with excitement as Misaka tossed out some kind of device, and then... something happened and there was a hole in the air. That was quite a bit different then her method of dimensional transport, which was 'shoot holes in things until you got to a new place', but it was still pretty nifty! Grinning under the suit's helmet, the Perfectly Ordinary Witch acted with little hesitation. She rocketed through the portal after Misaka.

After all, going to this new place... it had to be pretty awesome, right?

[h2]Black Rock Shooter - Client World 576143290-B[/h2]

Black Rock Shooter cocked her head to one side for a moment as the ground seemed to deform, and they started to rise above the rest of the landscape. It was mildly surprising that Suwako could control that much at once, but it was swiftly shaken off. This was to be their path to escape, wasn't it? As the boats formed, she stepped into one without any hesitation, sitting down on the leafy surface and awaiting their departure.

The little blonde girl smiled. "I [i]knew[/i] it! It's just, with those kind of powers, you had to be one!"

She didn't take a moment to question exactly why she immediately knew what Mikoto was, nor why she felt that this kind of landscape alteration was to be expected from someone like Suwako. However, the creation of what was absolutely a waterslide immediately sparked excitement inside of her. That looked like so much fun! Her eyes shown as Mikoto helped her into one of the leaf-boats.

"Haaah~ This looks amazing! So much better than sitting in that pod... I'm glad you woke me up, now!" she said cheerfully.

... Of course, their destination would be... more desert, except even more barren then it was before. However, any attempt Mikoto made at sensing their exit would immediately lead her to locating a massive amount of metal directly beneath them.

[h2]Dlanor A. Knox – The Museum World[/h2]

Dlanor didn't miss a step. As the armored man adjusted his footing ant attempted to cut her in half, she responded by swinging the Red Key to meet his blade, a flurry of rose petals erupting from the spot in which they clashed. Dlanor's plan was simple, really. She would hit him. Over and over again. Until he gave way and she cut him apart. It didn't matter how long it would take, not to Heaven's Executioner. No, all that mattered was his death. Among the disciples of Heaven, Dlanor herself was considered to be a Death Sentence. Though working with the UMMA had lead to her deployment in less assuredly-lethal missions, she still had that lingering feel.

The feel of someone whose duty was to kill those who had been judged irredeemable. The feel of someone who, when pushed, fought to kill without remorse.

Dlanor moved to force the blade aside, and strike again.

[h2]The Leader - Shadow Eternity Headquarters[/h2]

The Leader took a deep breath. She prepared the viewscreen, she opened the communications channel. Naturally, those on an active mission would only receive this message in full upon their return, though they would receive a brief rundown of the immediately-important portions of it in text as she spoke, which they could access when they were not actively fighting.

Now was the time.

"As you may know," she spoke, addressing Shadow Eternity at large, "There are those who have betrayed our organization, flying under the mantle of 'Shocker+'. They have actively assaulted a currently-ongoing mission, and it is likely that they will again. I have compiled a list of their suspected members based on the original transmission of their secession, as well as my own viewings of their attacks on the mission in progress. This list has been deployed to your communications systems for review. Be wary of these people. I will reward those who apprehend any known members of Shocker+."

She paused for a moment. That was merely a necessary announcement. However, the next part was where she felt excitement well up in her heart.

"The next matter of business, however..."

Those on active duty would only, of course, be able to see the images later. For all others, the view of an immense machine came into view. It was serpentine, its body composed of interlinked circular chambers. Scale was difficult to know, but it appeared truly enormous compared it its pristine metal surroundings. It was dark gray, and its head seemed incomplete. It had a single, empty socket at the front of the head, and the 'skull' was open to reveal a series of inner chambers.

"This... is Nidhogg," she began, grinning under her mask, "The Serpent that Gnaws the Roots of Yggdrasil. I apologize for withholding its nature from you for so long, but I had to be certain it would be impossible to sabotage. I cannot pretend to know for what reasons that its original creators created it, nor why they dismantled it and cast its pieces across the multiverse. But my analysis, and the analysis of our top scientific operatives, has confirmed that it is a weapon of incredible power. Enough power to utterly eradicate the restrictive forces of the UMMA by destroying their tower."

She paused a moment, before finishing.

"I hope this answers some questions you may have had about the direction of our organization."

The transmission ceased. The location of Nidhogg was still hidden, but now the entirety of Shadow Eternity would know of its existence. It was about then that she had noticed Arragoz had returned.

"I'm sending a map to your communicator. The Eye's location is at the mansion's lowest point," she began. Sure enough, the map would soon be fully accessible, showing just how enormous the structure truly was. Navigating it would be a challenge, to say the least. Along with it would be a picture of a single blood red gem, perfectly circular... and judging by the measurements given, large enough that it would require being manually linked to a teleporter in order to transport it. "As for security, it seems mostly magic-based, difficult to disable but not impossible. There are a large amount of guards, but ideally your attack will be fast enough that there will be little time for them to respond. Hopefully the ruler of this world has not gained assistance from the UMMA. Finally, the enemies you can expect to face are... I will send you the data."

Once again, further data streamed through. The Leader would have preferred manually explaining it, mostly because the Ork did not seem to be the type to patiently read, but perhaps she underestimated that aspect of him. Regardless, there was a synthesized vocal version as well. The various beings located on this world fell under a variety of, well, horror cliches. Vampires, ghosts, revenants, some variants of zombies... And that was only a fraction of them, and only in the country that the mansion was located in. "Also... be wary of the former operatives on the list I sent you. I imagine you'd hate it if one of them tried to take you by surprise."