Operation Azure Bridge

**Operation Azure Bridge** was the codename for a science project conducted by Ned Armstrong, a student at George Washington Carver High School, in a different fictional universe known as the Beta Verse. The project was meant to prove that the multiverse exists, but through a series of freak accidents that culminated in a massive explosion at GWC High School, the multiverse ruptured and proceeded to pull people and from other universes into the Beta Universe, as well as resurrected specimens of formerly extinct animals. The Rogue Universe was one of the dimensions affected by Operation Azure Bridge.

## Background

Towards the end of the spring 2022 semester at George Washington High School in Washington, Missouri, Ned Armstrong, a senior, was obsessed with discovering whether the multiverse was real, despite being ridiculed by his classmates about it. Obsessed with proving them wrong, Neil set about finding a way to prove the multiverse was real by any means necessary.

On April 30, 2022, Ned found a mysterious book at the Washington Library, the Book of Portals. He scoured the book for evidence that the multiverse was real and how to summon portals leading to it. Unfortunately, he accidentally read the wrong spell, known as the Supernova, which initially opened a portal to the multiverse, thus proving that Neil was right about the multiverse.

Unfortunately, the spell also caused the multiverse to rupture, which pulled numerous different people from a variety of different fictional realms, as well as resurrected specimens of formerly extinct animals from prehistoric times, into the Beta Universe.

In addition to pulling numerous people and entities from different universes into the Beta verse, it also pulled people and entities from the Beta Universe and into other realms as well.

One of the affected universes was the Rogue Universe, which saw its own share of multiverse incursions from people and animals.

## Effects of Operation Azure Bridge

### The Rogue Universe

Surprisingly, the Rogue Universe saw the most incursions from beings hailing from other realms and dimensions. While the initial population was unaware of these incursions, the world suddenly woke up to the realization that something had gone very wrong when "strange figures" were sighted across the globe.

It also saw the most extinct non-human animal displacements. For example, two Basilosaurus from the Eocene epoch were pulled into the Rogue Universe, mere minutes after finishing a mating ritual. The two mammals arrived in the modern day Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Turkey. They were spotted by a tour boat, which initially mistook the two whales for abnormally large baleen whales, before someone noticed the two animals had teeth, prompting them to realize they'd seen a creature thought to have gone extinct millions of years ago. In addition, a herd of Embolotherium and three *Andrewsarchus* (two females and one male) were pulled from Eocene-era Pakistan and into the modern day Great Plains, specifically the rural area of Central Missouri, USA.

The Embolotherium responded to their arrival into this strange new world by stampeding through an abandoned farm. One of the *Andrewsarchus* was documented on video devouring a deer.

In Utah, a herd of Columbian Mammoths and four Elasmotherium arrived from the Pleistocene epoch, stunning zoologists and residents alike. The Columbian mammoths did not seem to react at all to their new world at first, until they did not recognize their setting as their native land. This sparked a state of panic among both animals.

In Texas, eight Megatherium were seen lumbering along a highway and two hikers in Germany documented the arrival of four Arctodus Simus-giant short-faced bears-sparking a mass panic among both residents and tourists. Germany announced that it would conduct a thorough investigation as to why the formerly extinct animals had appeared alive and well seemingly out of the blue.

In addition to prehistoric mammals, dinosaurs and their marine and airborne counterparts were also pulled into the Rogue Universe from various time periods of the Mesozoic Era.

In Scotland, several Marine reptiles-Hydrotherosaurus, two Cryptoclidus and a Liopleurodon-were pulled from the Mesozoic era and into Loch Ness, reigniting the craze over the fabled cryptid known as the Loch Ness Monster. The Liopleurodon eventually left Loch Ness and escaped into the ocean, though the Plesiosaurs stayed in Loch Ness. In addition, a flock of Pterandons had been pulled from the Cretaceous era and arrived in the state of Hawaii.

Four Utahraptors, two Pyroraptors, and a herd of Camarasaurus were also pulled from the Mesozoic era and into the Dolomites of Italy, where they terrorized and killed at least four hikers and a policeman in a violent rampage.

In Louisiana, a *Thanatotheristes* was spotted in the Bayou Corne sinkhole, and a family of Tyrannosaurus Rex had been spotted in the wilderness near Houston, Texas. Two baby Tyrannosaurs, in particular, were seen squabbling over a dead Mountain Lion. Another family of Tyrannosaurus Rexes arrived in the state of Idaho, where they had a confrontation with a Grizzly bear after one of her cubs wandered off and accidentally ran into the T-rex family, which proceeded to terrorize the cub until his mother came to his rescue.

Unfortunately, due to being unfamiliar with a formerly extinct reptile, the Grizzly bear mother lost the fight easily and was eventually killed and eaten by the adult T-rexes, along with her cubs.

In the Redwood Forests of California, a group of hikers got the scare of their lives when they witnessed a brutal battle between a herd of Stegosaurus and a pack of Mountain lions after one of them tried to kill a baby Stegosaurus that fell behind from the rest of the herd.

In Colorado, another pair of Stegosaurus was seen arriving at a watering hole to drink. Unfortunately, they got stuck in thick mud and were trapped, attracting the attention of a family of Black Bears and a pack of Coyotes.