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- "The Unity will ensure a universe reborn. Do not forget this."
- ―Oswald the Destroyer to Annabeth Black[src]
The Unity was a plan devised by Annabeth Black for the future of the NoHeads, in which numerous portals would be placed into alignment to form safe passage between Earth and faraway Vartal. The task of putting the Unity into effect was given to Oswald the Destroyer, a protégé of the marauder. While a more widely spread skirmish occurred near the pinnacle of the volcano, Cardarphen fought his former best friend and master, Baby Intelligence, in the heart of the City Volcano. After gaining knowledge of the kidnapping of President Aaron Clinton, the S.M.S.B. flew to the construction tower where they rescued the President and battled the Dark forces to a stalemate. In the City Volcano, Cardarphen attempted to reason with Baby Intelligence, yet he no longer cared for their friendship, and quickly claimed that Cardarphen was his enemy; the pair then ignited their swords and locked blades, fighting through the City Volcano Facility. The fight progressed on the structures of the massive facility that hovered over the deadly lava of the volcano. Baby Intelligence and Sebiscuits soon found themselves trapped on a structure collection arm connected on the facility when it was separated from the facility by the lava until the brawl descended onto a hot stream. Baby Intelligence managed to fall onto a chunk of rock that had broken away and was now headed in the opposite direction of the fallen collection arm in the stream. Sebiscuits soon followed and jumped onto a boulder where the two continued to fight. Intelligence managed to jump onto a high lava bend slope, and claimed that the duel was over due to his advantage. The NoHead attempted to follow, but Sebiscuits, in his hubris, failed to block Intelligence’s final attack, a triple-segment maneuver, which severed three of Sebiscuits’ limbs, and Sebiscuits rolled down to the edge of the lava bend, bringing the duel to an end.
Then, Baby Intelligence — overcome with remorse over his friend’s transformation — cried out that he had believed that Sebiscuits’ destiny was to destroy the NoHeads, but instead he joined them. Unable, but most likely unwilling, to connect with his former best friend, the NoHead was consumed by the fires of the lava that leaked onto the lava bend; Intelligence retreated and took his fallen apprentice’s sword, but realized he could not leave Sebiscuits to die. He brought Sebiscuits’ injured form back to the MBH to be rebuilt; the suit that Sebiscuits donned there would be one that the latter would wear for the next decade. After this happened, Sebiscuits rejoined the S.M.S.B.
This movement eventually gave rise to Plague Reborn.
History[]
Origins[]
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- "Listen to me, dude. Are you ready to be the Outcast? Are you ready to become the Unity should it come to that? There'll be others you have to call to your side."
- ―Annabeth Black to Oswald the Destroyer[src]
The Unity was a secret plan devised by Annabeth Black.[1]
The first part of the Unity was Tutu Land. During the Unity, many crucial galactic locations would be in alignment. This alignment would cause the dimensional boundaries between each area to become thin, resulting in various physical and hyper dimensional anomalies occurring at random. These phenomena include shifts in gravity, spatial extrusions, and the fabric of reality possibly tearing apart. Perhaps most notably, invisible wormholes that allow matter to move between areas are seemingly born and evaporate at random. As the Unity reaches its apex, several larger, visible wormholes would open in the sky above central locations in each area, with each portal acting as a window through which parts of other areas can be seen.
The second part of the Unity was Oswald the Destroyer.
Somehow, they learned that the S.M.S.B. was on their tail, contradicting Cardarphen's earlier assertion. They set out to an isolated construction tower with their prisoner. There, Pythoman, a boy who admired and yet envied her, approached Annabeth and pledged himself to the NoHeads. Deciding not to take Clinton to the City Volcano quite yet, Black and a reluctant Cardarphen awaited Pythoman's return. He arrived shortly before Baby Intelligence, who freed the President, prompting Black to reveal herself. In the following chaos, Black electrocuted Baby Strength and smashed into the ground mere seconds after the fall of his three friends. Cardarphen and Black worked together to take out the S.M.S.B. members, but were ultimately forced to make an escape.
The new trio learned that the S.M.S.B. had somehow navigated the treacherous lake and was hunting them. Black got Cardarphen to join her at an undisclosed location for a short while. Though Oswald claimed that he was testing the resolve of the NoHeads before a showdown with the Police Grand Army, Oswald secretly intended to carry out the Unity. The Unity involved summoning the NoHead remnants and the Grand Army fleets and sending the two belligerents to Vartal. The Observatory of Tutus contained a gravitational sphere shaped like a globe of the Earth which would allow the Device of Teleportation to bring all the military forces to the Resometh. Black prepared to mind-control Mikhailov and force her to come in person and bring the Device of Teleportation to Tutu Land.
The third part of the Unity involved Oswald and Black's elect — a select number of "worthy" NoHead officers and personnel, which Oswald expanded upon — to flee to Uranus, where he had several useful contacts of his own.[1]
To the City Volcano[]
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After the fight with Brute Gunray and Mean King, the S.M.S.B. thought they had won. But then they learned the Lunch Money Bandit had escaped, and flew to his base for a rematch. The crook battled them, but was eventually knocked unconscious. Thinking that he was dead, the babies went back home. Everything in their routine went back to normal for the next month. But then Baby Intelligence found an article in the newspaper about Sebiscuits kidnapping the President. They went after the last remnant of the NoHead army in their Pinewood Derby, and engaged him in a frenzied dogfight. Although they deployed missiles and laser blasts, Sebiscuits proved able to backfire the attacks and knock them out of their ship and onto a construction site. The Mayor was jettisoned before Sebiscuits went to face them, and landed on the platform with the babies.
Dropping from the catwalk above the hangar, Sebiscuits engaged all 5 babies at once. He slashed Force Baby, but then the others proved able to block his lightning. Turning to his sword, he snarled as he lunged at the 4 remaining babies. He scraped Lindsay and briefly dueled Baby Strength and Baby Intelligence before knocking out Baby Strength. Baby Intelligence exchanged a few blows with Sebiscuits before Sebiscuits stepped back. Drawing two swords, he then spun them rapidly in a buzzsaw motion and advanced on Intelligence. However, Intelligence slowly retreated before thrusting his sword into the swirling blades, engaging Sebiscuits in a spectacular display of swordsmanship. Sebiscuits unleashed a flurry of unpredictable attacks and blows, ramping up the attack. However, he remained unable to penetrate Baby Intelligence’s defense, so he ramped up his attacks even further. Intelligence, his defense finally beginning to get overloaded, altered the angle of one of his parries. Intelligence’s blade, instead of intercepting Sebiscuits’ blade, would have sliced his left lower wrist had he not retreated to the ledge he had come from. Baby Intelligence followed. Sebiscuits saw he was in range and attempted to hurl his sword at him. However, Intelligence dodged it, and the sword broke in two. Staring in surprise at the broken sword, Sebiscuits lunged in another attack. After another brief bout of fencing, Sebiscuits began to feel overwhelmed. Baby Intelligence prepared to resume the duel, advancing on his opponent. However, Sebiscuits pushed the baby aside. As Intelligence plummeted to the hangar floor, a half-armed Sebiscuits ran to his wheel bike and mounted it, speeding out of the hangar and dropping to the lower levels of the site, racing towards the docking platform where his private ship waited.
In his Pinewood Derby, Baby Intelligence pursued Sebiscuits in a furious chase across the ledge overlooking the construction site, leading both infants to a different landing platform. While they were thrown off, the bike skidded off the platform and fell into the pit below. The babies engaged in combat. However, Sebiscuits remained in control and eventually pushed Baby Intelligence into the melting pit. The baby clung for his life on a power node and watched as Sebiscuits left for his fighter on the other side of the site. A moment later, the other babies (who were now conscious) came to his rescue. But then the platform began to drop, sinking in the toxic mist. The president toggled with the controls and brought the platform back up. Then Baby Strength pulled everyone out, and they all rushed for the Pinewood Derby. They chased Sebiscuits, who responded with electric beams and speed glitches. Although Lindsay proved able to deflect most of the blasts, and the glitches were anticipated, the babies were eventually slammed into a volcano. They landed on the pinnacle and were quickly joined by Sebiscuits.[1]
NoHead apocalypse[]
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Oswald the Destroyer kept the Unity a secret from even his own subordinates.
On June 4, 2030, Oswald the Destroyer put the Unity into motion by setting the stage for a massive battle with the Police Grand Army.
Lewis managed to stop Oswald's plan to bring the entire Grand Army directly to Genesis as well as much of the NoHead fleet, although many of the NoHeads' assets successfully found their way to Vartal. Despite perishing in the ensuing battle, Oswald succeeded in fulfilling his mistress' orders to bring about the collapse of the "Old Order". Having received wind of what was going on, Baby Intelligence followed them to the pinnacle of a volcano. By the time the two groups arrived in the City Volcano, the Unity was already nearing its peak. Enormous portals to each of the major galactic areas had opened above the volcanic peak, slowly coming into alignment.
As Baby Intelligence attempted a vicious overhand, Sebiscuits unleashed a flurry of electrokinetic attacks and rapidly gained ground on Baby Intelligence, driving him to the edge of the platform. Intelligence attempted to rally, doing an overhead jump over Sebiscuits’ head and away from the brink. But then he was again driven back by Sebiscuits’ vicious frenzy.
Fighting along the catwalks and corridors within the facility, Baby Intelligence entered the small antechamber outside the control room. From the other side of the corridor, Cardarphen fired lightning, but Baby Intelligence blocked it with a mutated shield. As he came rushing forward, Baby Intelligence attempted to take advantage of an opening in Sebiscuits’ subsequent offense, seizing the Dark mutant’s left hand and pulling him into an arm-lock before slashing at the back of his neck. Sebiscuits managed to bring his blade up to defend himself, and quickly wrestled free, renewing his attack. Intelligence then telekinetically summoned Sebiscuits’ sword to his hand. However, Sebiscuits was unfazed, and he grabbed Intelligence’s wrists, squeezing on the hand that held his sword until Intelligence was forced to drop it. Within the conference room, their duel degenerated into a brawl.
Sebiscuits kept hold of Baby Intelligence’s sword hand with his left while clamping down on the baby’s throat with his other and began bending him back, simultaneously throttling him and forcing Intelligence’s sword closer to his face. Intelligence narrowly managed to kick Sebiscuits off of him, though Sebiscuits quickly retaliated in kind, disarming Intelligence. Sebiscuits charged again, though Intelligence responded by sidestepping and kicking Sebiscuits in the chest. Sebiscuits flipped over and landed heavily on his back, and Intelligence telekinetically reclaimed his sword and moved to finish his prone enemy, though Sebiscuits managed to retrieve his own weapon and defend himself.
The duel progressed back into the control room, where Baby Intelligence attempted to rally, remaining toe-to-toe with Sebiscuits as they engaged in a swift flurry of swordplay. The bout ended with the two engaged in a blade-lock, which Intelligence attempted to break with a telekinetic shove, though Sebiscuits managed to counter with one of his own, beginning a vicious power-struggle. Eventually the air-pocket compressed by the combined shoves ruptured and exploded, flinging both duelists against opposite walls. Sebiscuits recovered first, leaping across the control room at Intelligence, who narrowly managed to evade the attack and pin Sebiscuits’ blade against a console. However, their misdirected weapons accidentally destroyed the power controls for the facility’s shields, exposing the exterior of the facility to the intense heat of the volcano’s lava flows. Because of the shields being deactivated and the facility becoming vulnerable to the heat and flying lava, alarms were also activated both in the interior and exterior of the facility.
Sebiscuits renewed his attack, though Intelligence managed to direct one of his blows into the door controls behind him, kicking Sebiscuits back to give himself a moment to regain his composure as he retreated through the open portal. Sebiscuits came on again, driving Intelligence out onto the exterior balcony, loosing a flurry of attacks before kicking the S.M.S.B. Grandmaster hard in the face. Intelligence gave ground and was driven to the end of the balcony. Then he leaped backward onto a thick tightrope; retreating along it with Sebiscuits in close pursuit. Leaping onto one of the collection arms below them, Intelligence again attacked, though Sebiscuits easily fended off his blows before knocking him aside with a heavy backhand. Sebiscuits again seized the offense, in the alternate reality killing him on the spot, but in the current reality viciously driving Baby Intelligence back along the arm, despite Intelligence’s staunch resistance.
While Baby Intelligence was dealing with Cardarphen, Lindsay Kellerman and her friends used devices created by Telekinibabe and his alternate reality crew to deal with Annabeth Black and Pythoman. The devices manipulated the gravitational anomalies created by the Unity, allowing them to be used as teleportation devices. The devices scattered their assailants, but failed to lessen their resolve at all.
As the duel continued, a massive spurt of lava erupted onto the collection arm and began to melt the metal. Retreating to the relative safety of the structure at the end of the arm, the two watched as the heat and weight of the lava melted the arm’s superstructure. As it became clear that the arm was going to break off of the complex, the combatants fled up along its length only to both fall into a portal as the arm plummeted into the river of lava below without them.
As the collection arm was dragged along the river, Sebiscuits suddenly materialized onto a portal from it, as Baby Intelligence materialized on the top of it. As Sebiscuits watched, several planes emerged from a huge portal in the distance and immediately fired on the arm. As the river continued flowing with the collection arm, which began taking heavy fire, Intelligence leaped onto one of the severed support cables. Sebiscuits manipulated the heat in the planes' jet engines to veer sideways and off-course, disappearing into a portal, allowing Sebiscuits to pursue Baby Intelligence. However, a portal took both of them into an oxygen-rich chamber on Neptune, where Baby Intelligence telekinetically hurled Might into Cardarphen's chest, only for the blade to fall through a portal halfway to its target.
The rogue child proceeded to take full advantage of his nemesis losing his main weapon, knocking him back with the full force of his lightning before standing over the injured Baby Intelligence as they both then fell through another portal, crash landing onto Chrysler Building when they returned to Earth with some force. While falling off the side of the office building, Baby Intelligence then attempted to draw a small steel cable to his hand, but he was too late as he fell through another portal while he was still fighting Cardarphen. The two had then landed on Mars, where they were both immediately almost killed by a Beast which launched out of a cage and destroyed the section of the building they were stood on, prompting Cardarphen to speak with the animal and soothe it into leaving. He then turned to an alarmed Baby Intelligence, causing them to fall through yet another portal with several pieces of the cage, which clattered down on Earth where they fell onto Pythoman, conveniently clobbering him while he had been restraining a helpless Optica, with Black managing to teleport away just in time. Pythoman was bound and their skirmish effectively ended, with Kellerman declaring it was time to deal with Cardarphen.[1]
Sebiscuits Cardarphen's redemption[]
Baby Intelligence and Sebiscuits Cardarphen were soon separated by another portal, sending Baby Intelligence at the exterior base of the City Volcano and Cardarphen to a public bus stop, having taken a moment to briefly insult Baby Intelligence with a gesture before hitting the bottom of the "470" sign. Cardarphen quickly asked the very confused bus how to get back to the battle, who awkwardly gave him directions to the City Volcano. He began searching and found a Skater lying against a house, flying it to the volcano and, hovering above the almost circular peak, jumped inside and landing so he was hovering above the lava.
Having been teleported into the volcano by Lindsay Kellerman, Baby Intelligence briefly spoke with the others before they all watched several portals now fully opened above the volcano. Baby Intelligence jumped onto a large piece of rock floating in the volcano. At that moment, he was cut off from the shore by Cardarphen, who was flying towards him. Slashing at Sebiscuits, Intelligence began another bout of bladework with the NoHead before breaking off. Intelligence tried again to reason with Sebiscuits one last time, only to receive more threats and Dark rhetoric. Suddenly, as if out of nowhere, Force Baby began wrapping bands of pure Kraft energy around Cardarphen as he shouted that he was lost, nearly strangling him, finally unleashing his power in an organized and not unruly fashion. Baby Intelligence attempted to take advantage of this and attacked, but Cardarphen managed to pull Force Baby off of him, recover, and counter, beginning another flurry of swordplay. As they locked blades, the platform neared a shore, allowing Intelligence to disengage and leap to the higher ground.
Perched on a rise above the lava river, Baby Intelligence realized that Baby Strength had just teleported to their position with Lindsay Kellerman. Knowing what would otherwise happen, he warned Sebiscuits that he had the high ground and attacking him would be useless. Sebiscuits angrily accused Intelligence of underestimating him, who pleaded for him not to attack. Blinded by rage, Sebiscuits leaped at Intelligence, blade angled for the kill. However, he left himself open, and Baby Strength drew his sword and threw it at him. When it hit, he threw it back at Baby Strength and it effectively severed his left arm.
Whirling around, Cardarphen managed to cleave open a huge gash in Baby Intelligence's chest. He leaped to safety, with Lindsay Kellerman and Force Baby in hot pursuit, but then a pilot -- one of several -- appeared out of a portal, releasing a seismic charge to the ground. Realizing too late, Cardarphen attempted to evade, but his body burst into flames, having ignited from the radiant heat of the flow, and his lungs were scorched by the hot gases he inhaled, which included high concentrations of undulatium gasses. The defeated Cardarphen fell onto the edge of a balcony, and slid helplessly to the edge of a simulcrum of a lava river. As the flames slowly started to calm down from the immolation, Cardarphen kept himself alive with the Darkness, his rage, and his unbreakable will, clawing his way back up the bank, struggling against his extreme injuries. Baby Strength's sword rolled into the lava and exploded, making Baby Intelligence realize there were several explosives under a blanket of molten rock, under the volcano.
Overwhelmed, Baby Intelligence took Sebiscuits’ sword while tearfully expressing his regrets, shame, and disappointment. Horribly burned and disfigured, Sebiscuits screamed his hatred for his defeater before he slid too close to the lava and burst into flames. Despite Sebiscuits’ obvious pain, Intelligence refused to kill the Dark mutant.
Eventually, Baby Intelligence came back for him and took him to the MBH along with the other members. Lindsay, Baby Strength, Force Baby, and Telekinibabe oversaw the installation of his cybernetic implants, prosthetic limbs, and synthetic lungs and Baby Intelligence performed numerous blood transfusions and stabilized the terrible damage done to Sebiscuits’ eyes, vocal cords, scalp, face, arms, legs, and especially his lungs. All five members spent much time connecting Sebiscuits’ severed nerve endings to his new robotic parts. The process included 3 hours to supply artificial implants to his internal organs, one of which were dedicated to implementing the linkages. Budgetary limitations and lack of effective equipment also acted as a factor to the shoddy attempts at repair. As a result of the shortcuts they were forced to implement during the surgery, Sebiscuits had no mask, just a mouthpiece. His scarred face would show until it healed. In addition, the blackened and dead flesh on Sebiscuits’ scalp that was exposed to the heat of the volcano was surgically removed, although the scarring itself penetrated to his bones.
When Sebiscuits rose, he said he was willing to join them, as the NoHeads had betrayed him, and the S.M.S.B. hadn’t, and he was the traitor there. Baby Intelligence welcomed him with open arms. Despite Lewis hugely damaging Oswald's plot, the attrition afflicted by the Unity helped bring about the NoHeads' defeat during the concurrent events in the City Volcano.[1]
Legacy[]
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Graffiti of the NoHead Sign could be found in some American cities.
The NoHeads were dealt a crippling blow, as Aaron Clinton announced that the NoHeads were eradicated.[1] Despite all those losses, the NoHeads' ideology continued to live, evidenced by the graffiti found in some American cities.[2] They continued to hold out in the months following the end of the Second NoHead War, although they were few in number as a result of Annabeth Black's Unity. Meanwhile, the S.M.S.B. and townspeople celebrated with a party in town, complete with overflights by police skyfighters, as they had accomplished their main goals. Through Black's contingency, the NoHeads were extinct, and through Baby Intelligence's remarkable insight and incredible mercy, Sebiscuits had returned to the Light. In this glorious celebration, Baby Intelligence revealed why Sebiscuits, who had been allowed to attend due to his incredible cooperation with the law, was wearing a life suit. The celebration continued into the nighttime, and the babies rendezvoused at a playground afterwards. However, the battle was not over. There were several supervillains that needed to be dealt with, and to this end the S.M.S.B. lived in a mobile home for quite some time as they embarked on their quest to purge the world of evil — the American Purge. Eventually, they succeeded and returned to New York.[1]
An aristocrat named Monroe saw an opportunity to rebuild the NoHeads, deeming it their "plague knights." This movement birthed the Knights of Plague, which sought to reclaim the lost NoHead cause and glory. Hence, the ascension of the Gladiator was seen as unexpected by the last of the old NoHead leadership. Years later, as the Knights of Plague bombarded the U.S. Government, the Gladiator reflected on the Unity, recalling how Annabeth Black had arranged for various assets and materials to be sent to Vartal beforehand.[3]
In 2031, Henry inadvertently caused an Element Innovator to explode and seemingly kill him and three others. The explosion caused a portal to another world to briefly open, through which Henry was transported. Henry became "stuck" between two worlds and he was able to traverse between them, seemingly a ghost to those around him on Earth, since he would teleport as well as materialize and become visible, and then vanish. Two scientists deduced Henry's situation after discussing the recent events of the Unity and the portals it opened between the universe, stating that the borders between worlds are not completely closed.[citation needed]
Though the Gladiator initially maintained an iron grip on the zealous military junta, his reign was cut short during the conflict between the Resometh and the Final Alliance.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
- While the events during the Unity conclude The Super Babies Saga, it did not end the whole story. D. Isaac Thomas, who had constantly denied any possibility of any future books, had affirmed his belief that the series ends with the redemption of Sebiscuits and the fall of darkness, since that was the solution to the central conflict. However, a few users introduced new post-volcano stories, including American Purge and Baby Intelligence’s death, as well as the NoHeads’ possible resurgence, and the conflicts and challenges facing them. The series’ continuity led to the unexpected release of The X-Children: Where Are You Now? to continue the saga as well as begin Part Four: Truth Eternal, to provide the new canonical account of the story past the Unity.