A black VTOL aircraft soared across the night sky as it made its way towards the Bavarian Alps. It was reminiscent of a cargo plane, just smaller, and with rotating thrusters on the wings. Its body was completely black except for the blue lightning bolt that ran along each side. The craft was known by its team as the Nachtvogel.

At the controls, sat Erika Schlödder, keeping her eyes dead ahead on the horizon whilst monitoring its many screens. "Contact ahead, 5 kilometers." She said into her headset.

"How close can you get us?" Andreus Schmidt, the team leader replied.

"There's a clearing 3 kilometers from the site; we'll have to go the rest on foot."

"A midnight walk through a Bavarian forest. Either the recipe for a good time or a trash time." Emma Jaye said, slinging her rifle over her shoulder.

"We're not here to have a good time Emma. We need to find what's making these pulses." Hans Hilton said.

"Lighten up a bit Hans. It could be nice." Dutch Tudyk said, trying to reattach his scope.

"Yes. Think about it, walk under the trees. Emma telling us nonsense stories. Maybe you could even get Erika to hold your hand Dutch." Wess Haber, the last member of the team said. Dutch went red and Emma chuckled.

"Alright everyone, hang, we're going in." Erika said over the comms as the Nachtvogel entered a tight turn.

One on the ground the team disembarked and readied their weapons and shovels. Andreus pulled out a device which measured electronic pulses and fired it up. Immediately an anomaly appeared ahead. He motioned to the team to move out, and they began the long track through the forest. "Eyes open everyone. If we've found this thing, I'm sure Krieger knows it's here too." Andreus said.

"Great, last thing we want is that madman crashing our party." Emma interjected.

They continued until they were on top of the anomaly. "Contact below. Now to start digging." Wess said.

"You ladies sit back and relax. I'm sure we can handle this." Dutch said to Erika and Emma, causing them both to chuckle.

"How gentlemanly, what'd Emma? Should we sit back and let the boys do the work?" Erika smirked.

"Sounds like a good idea. How long do you think... Oh, shoot!" She swung her rifle forwards as something large and metal began moving through the trees.

"Automatons! Guns up, stay sharp, strike fast!" Wess said., drawing his own rifle.

A blast of energy ripped through the trees and struck the ground causing an explosion. The team immediately ducked for cover as the large metal humanoids moved closer. "Hope Krieger didn't anticipate for moving in small places." Dutch say, readying a grenade. "Fire in the hole!" He threw it, and it landed near the closest Automaton. Before it could react, the grenade went off, blowing it to pieces. The others darted from their cover and opened fire. Their ammunition struck the metal hunks, puncturing armour and snapping wires. The Automatons soon returned fire, beams of energy firing from their hands. The team dodged and ducked away from each attack before firing back. Finally, two Automatons fell to the ground.

"I count another three; Emma, do you think you can handle them?" Andreus asked.

Emma smirked. "Luckily I come ready for such an occasion." She reached back to the quiver on her back, pulling out a rod with an explosive charge. She armed it, then threw it at the nearest Automaton. It pierced the machine's body before detonating, blowing it to pieces. "Covering fire!" Hans yelled, firing at the last two. They slowly turned his way as Emma darted out, arming two more charges."That's one." She impaled one into the closest foot. "And two." She impaled the last in its leg. Then she stopped and pulled out a detonator. "And boom!" She triggered it taking both down. The first seized function, but the second still moved, though struggling. Wess stopped it with a few bullets in its CPU.

"Do you really have to say that every time?" Hans said.

"It's my trademark." She replied.

"Good news, those things seemed to have blasted the whatever-it-is out of the ground. Seems like you chaps won't be doing any digging. Sorry Emma, guess we didn't get to sit back and relax." Erika said.

Wess put a glove on before reaching for the device. It looked like a metal tablet, with strange carvings on it. On the back was a sort of connect point. Dutch came over to him with a case and opened it. Wess put it in and then locked the case. "What is it?" Dutch asked.

"Seemed like a control panel of sorts. Let's get back to Nachtvogel before more of Krieger's abominations show up." Wess said.

"Agreed, let's move out." Andreus called.

The journey back seemed much quicker, though this time everyone was on high alert. One blast from those Automatons could reduce a human to a puddle of flesh. Then they broke into the clearing, the Nachtvogel just across it. However, opposite the craft was a helicopter. The team didn't notice it at first until they were well into the clearing.

"Going somewhere?" a woman said, stepping off. The team turned to see her pointing an unknown type of weapon at them with a smirk on her face. Wess blinked then rubbed his eyes upon seeing her.

"Mercy?!" he exclaimed, a bit confused. Mercy Braun just chuckled. "I'm just as surprised to see you Wesley."

Next time: Blitz faces off against Mercy Braun. And Doctor Blitzkrieg puts his plan into action.

Mercy turned a dial on her weapon, and it hummed to life. "Look at you. Are these your friends, making sure you don't fall in the mud all the time?" She remarked.

"That was one time, and you know my name is not Wesley." Wess said.

"Wait, you two know each other? What is she, deranged girlfriend, hateful ex?" Emma asked

"Read the room Emma, know is not the time." Hans said.

"Look, this doesn't have to be messy. Just hand it over peacefully and let me go. No-one has to get hurt." Mercy said, lowering her weapon slightly.

"Listen here. You don't know what this is, neither do we. It needs to be safely locked away." Andreus said.

"I know what it is. A means of salvation to this planet. You have five seconds to drop your weapons. Four. Three. Two. One!" She raised the weapon and it charged with energy. The team scattered as she pulled the trigger. A blast like a sound wave rippled through the area, kicking up dirt as it did. With a smirk, Mercy stepped forwards. Dutch, Erika and Andreus broke cover and fired at her, but missed. She fired back, the blasts ripping the trees from the ground, but the three got away. Hans ran at her from the flank. She turned, striking him with her weapon. He stumbled, then punched her straight in the face. The force knocked her back, and she dropped the weapon. Then looked him dead in the eye and charged. She struck him in the gut then the face. He staggered back. "Not so tough are you; soldier boy?" she said, thrust kicking him over.

"Drop it Mercy!" Wess yelled aiming his gun at her. But she smiled. "I know you Wess, you won't pull the trigger on a former friend." With that she grabbed her weapon and fired at him. The blast hit him square on, knocking him off his feet and into the dirt. But it left no damage at all. She then turned to Dutch, who was making a run to the Nachtvogel. Behind him was Erika. Mercy took aim and fired on them. The blast hit Erika first, knocking her into Dutch and they both hit the ground.

Mercy dropped her weapon, pulled out a side arm and ran towards them. Andreus fired at her, but she ruthlessly fired back, causing him to duck behind cover. "Hey crazy!" Emma yelled from behind. Mercy turned only to be met by Emma's first. Mercy stumbled and smiled. "You saw me beat up your friend there, don't think I'll go easy on you because you're a girl." she said.

"I wouldn't expect anything else lady." Emma said before charging forwards. She swung at Mercy's face again, but this time she dodged. Mercy grabbed her by the shoulders before thrusting her knee into Emma's stomach. Behind her, Andreus came running in. Mercy, still holding Emma, spun around and pushed her back, sending her stumbling into the oncoming Andreus; who didn't have time to stop before colliding with her.

Mercy simply whipped her hands before heading over to Dutch and Erika. They had just gotten to their feet and raised their hands to fight. Mercy stopped and gestured for them to come at her. They did. Erika swung a wide hook. But at the last moment Mercy ducked, causing her to punch Dutch in the face. He fell backwards and Mercy kicked Erika back. Then she pointed her side arm at Dutch, stepped on his arm and pried the case with the alien tech from his hands. "Thanks Blitz. And here I thought I'd have to get my hands dirty." she said.

She ran for her helicopter, grabbing her alien weapon on the way. "Mercy stop!" Wess yelled, lunging in from the side and tackling her down. She landed on her back and he pinned her down. "Mercy I know you and this isn't you." he said.

"Wrong Wess. You thought you knew me." With that, she kicked him in the stomach, forcing him off her. Then got to her feet, gathered the case and weapon before boarding the helicopter. "So long Blitz! You don't yet realise it, but this is for the greater good! Until we meet again!" she called as the helicopter took off and vanished.

The team got up, battered and bruised. Dutch's noses was bleeding from when Erika accidentally punched him. "Who in the world was that Wess?" Andreus asked.

"Mercy Braun. She was in military intelligence when I was a cadet in the army. We were friends, and she taught me a lot." Wess replied.

"Where'd she learn to fight like that. We all just got our butts handed to us." Dutch said, wiping his bleeding nose.

"She's done a lot of fighting styles, even mastered some. She's also skilled with computers, weapons, planning, almost everything."

"Sounds like a real character this girlfriend of yours." Emma said.

"Let's get this straight, Mercy is not my girlfriend, never was, never will be."

"Sure, sure." Emma replied, not convinced.

"We need to get back to base and let Richter know things went sideways." Andreus said as the group began boarding the Nachtvogel.

Kilometers away, the helicopter came towards a facility hidden in the mountains. Mercy pulled out a phone and pressed dial. "Yes Agent Braun?" a voice said on the other side.

"For the last time don't call me that. And you'll be glad to know that I have the device." she replied.

"Excellent. Soon we'll be ready to construct our device and first Germany, then Europe and the world will bow to Doctor Blitzkrieg." the voice replied.

Next time: Blitz has to race against time to stop Doctor Blitzkrieg and Mercy Braun from completing their master weapon.

The device hummed as it was placed into a slot on the machine. Once connecting, it lit up, sending a pulse through the device. It looked like a sort of satellite. "Perfect, soon my Satellite of Doom will be completed, and we'll take over not just Europe but the entire world." Doctor Blitzkrieg said, stepping away from the mechanical claw he used to assemble the contraction with.

"How do you know this device will even work Doctor?" Mercy asked, stepping up to it.

"Blitz had me work on some of their captured tech back in the day. I began to understand it and I learned how to manipulate it." he snarled, turning to face her.

"And let me guess, you experimented with it which led to you losing your arm and your disfigured face?" Mercy said dryly.

"You dare disrespect me woman! Nothing is stopping me from cutting our deal." he snarled, his mechanical eye flashing. The right side of his face looked burnt, and his right arm had been replaced by a mechanical one.

"Alright relax. In other news, the radar has picked up something new. Energy readings unlike anything seen before."

"Good. And I trust this won't be a problem for you."

Mercy smirked. "Not at all Doctor. Not at all."

Blitz headquarters (just outside Berlin)

The team all sat in the loading bay. Erika was fixing something on Nachtvogel, Emma and Hans were sparring, Andreus cleaning his rifle and Wess and Dutch were checking the scanners.

"What doesn't make sense to me is why Mercy would want that tech? She claimed to understand it, but nobody understands it, right?" Wess said.

"Heinz Krieger is probably the only one who does. He worked with M.U.L.F-1 (Mechanical Unidentified Life Form-1) and everything else Blitz has in the Vault. Took a bunch of it with him after his accident. That's when he started this whole 'Doctor Blitzkrieg' nonsense." Andreus added.

"You think Wess's girlfriend is working with Krieger?" Emma said, blocking one of Hans punches before leg sweeping him. He grabbed her arms as he fell, pulling her down as well.

"For the tenth time today, Mercy is not my girlfriend." Wess added.

"Sure, keep telling yourself that. I remember that time I saw you two together back when you joined the army." Erika added, not looking away from her work.

"Erika, that was one time."

"Hate to break up the conversation, but we just got something." Dutch said. "Storage site and a massive one. Some sort of electronic pulse coming from beneath."

All but Hans and Emma, who had now broken into an intense grappling match, gathered around the scanner. "Alright let's move. If we're picking it up, Krieger probably is too. Get your gear and be ready to move out. That includes you two love birds." Andreus said looking towards Hans and Emma.

"Excuse me? Love birds!" They said at the same time.

In no time at all the team was geared up and ready to go. Nachtvogel's engine's roared to life, and it taxied out of the hanger. "Buckle up every one. Let's go!" Erika called over the radio as the engines turned vertical and lifted the craft off the ground at a high speed; pushing everyone down in their seats. Then the engines turned horizontal and blasted the craft forward full throttle. As the craft flew, the engines quietened down, last thing they wanted was to be spotted as some "UFO". Its armour blended into the night sky, becoming practically invisible. Soon the storage facility came into view and the Nachtvogel touched down outside the facility. The team exited the craft.

"I see no sign of your ex yet Wess." Emma said.

"For the last time... Forget it." he grumbled. They made their way up to the facility and cut the fence, allowing them to enter. Erika started up a device attached to her sleeve. The screen lit up and after a moment she gasped. "That cannot be right." she said.

"What is it?" Andreus asked.

"According to the scanner, the facility is teeming with life forms... And I mean big life forms." She said. She looked down again. "Worse news, two are heading this way."

The sound of metal feet echoed towards them as two damaged Automatons rounded a set of storage lockers. They scanned the team before letting out a mechanical growl and heading straight for them.

"Guns up, stay sharp, strike fast." Andreus said as they prepared their weapons.

Next time: Blitz faces off rogue Automatons whilst trying to reach whatever brought them online; before Mercy can get it.