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<Atuar Sadiares>

*Metax walks off to join HYDRA's ranks, to be seen again someday*

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<Malchior IV, G9 Rigger freighter>

Kuli: I know the feeling.

*Starok turns to Ordak*

Starok: Ordak, take us to the metalworks facility on Fareste.

Ordak: Boss, are you sure that's a good idea? We don't even know if it's still standing... and we know for sure that there aren't any Makuta stationed there anymore.

Starok: I have to see it for myself. Plus, I made Caiaphus here a promise. And I keep my promises.

*Ordak nods and creates a wormhole on the other side of the room*

*Starok thanks him and enters the wormhole, as do Ordak, Kulnak, Kuli, and (presumably) Caiaphus*

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<Fareste>

*The group emerges in a large room that bears all the typical signs of an iron foundry, except with machines designed to handle many more types of minerals than just those found on Earth*

*A network of deactivated conveyor belts can be seen suspended above their heads, as well as many hooks, crane beams, buckets, etc.*

*At ground level, the Makuta are surrounded by furnaces and workbenches littered with the rotting corpses of alien workers, their uniforms and garb still attached*

Starok: This was one of our finest forgeries before the war. We are deep underground the planet Fareste. Now, if what I hope is still here...

*Starok walks to a ladder across the room and climbs up it, disappearing from view*

*He reappears a few moments later, peering over the side of a metal rung*

Starok: It's here. Come, Caiaphus.

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<Black rocky planet>

Adam: So, is it time?

*Dukamu thinks for a moment, but shakes his head*

Dukamu: No. Not yet. We now enter stage seven. Reactivate the portal.

*Adam walks over to the control panel and sets the destination to an unspecified area in the Dark Universe*

*Dukamu smiles and disappears into the portal, followed closely by Adam*

*The portal closes behind them, returning the dead planet to its former state of absolute silence*

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<Malchior IV, streets>

Quolas: I'll take vanilla, please.

*Quolas takes his ice cream and licks it, but then remembers that he lost his sense of taste upon his transformation into a Time Guardian*

Quolas: A blessing and a curse...

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<Nauru, Aiwo, café>

???1: Should we investigate?

???2: No. I trust Quolas will handle the situation... even if his methods take a while to produce results.

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<Teruga Prime, underground city entrance>

Yon: Thanks for doing this, BONES. Your boss's men can handle the battle up above, but down here you don't know anything about this city. Leave that to me.

*He takes out his flintlock pistol and fires at the door's keypad*

*To everyone's surprise, the door actually unlocks itself and creaks open, accompanied by a garbled sound from the keypad*

No Image Guy: I honestly wasn't expecting that to work...

Yon: Me neither. Anyway, the city ahead of us is called Ipomal. It has everything you'd expect a city to have - streets, shops, prisons, that kinda stuff. Vok could be anywhere, but I suggest we start in the prison. He has some kind of obsession with that place.

*Yon looks through the door and sees that it opens onto a long road ahead of him that leads to the underground city*

*The artificial stars in the "sky" (the top of the colossal cavern the city inhabits) start to turn off one by one, which indicates that sunlight hours are almost over*

Yon: DONG SQUAD, EXPAND!

*He runs towards the city, followed by the other Dongers*

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<Mata Nui II>

*Since its liberation from the Shadow Proclamation, the underwater prison formerly known as Impel Down has undergone an impressive transformation from being a dark and depressing holding complex to a colorful home of one of the last known Matoran colonies in the universe*

*The cells that once contained some of the most reprehensible criminals in the galaxy have since been turned into living quarters decorated with fresh paint and furniture*

*The atmosphere in the complex is generally one of hope and tranquility, but one Matoran has kept his cell closed off from his kindred and refuses to cover the scratches and bloodstains on his walls*

*He sits cross-legged on the floor, meditating alone, speaking to a voice that only he can hear...*

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<Kakamu's lab, deep underground a planet far away>

Trantoshen smiled as he turned over the Spear of Fusion in his hand and admired its craftmanship. Better not hold it like this when I'm not using it, though, he thought. I've seen what this can do firsthand, and I'd rather it didn't misfire and split my father into two people, or something. The Spear of Fusion joined the Guardian Fire Spear on his back, the two spears overlapping each other in a cross position. The relative silence of the room was then interrupted by the sound of an alarm emanating from Muta. The robot transformed back into his humanoid form so he had access to all of the features he needed to process the new information.

"Kakamu, Trantoshen, I apologize for the disturbance," he began, "But I just picked up one of the signals you were looking for."

Kakamu looked concerned. "What kind of signal?"

"An energy signature which corresponds with the type you calibrated my systems to receive. The same energy that the Great Beings used to power some of their ships during the Uterio War," The robot replied.

Trantoshen stepped up, sensing a chance to get out of the dull underground enclave and go somewhere new.

"The Great Beings. You think you've located some of their tech? Sounds like it's worth checking out." The Toa looked to his father for approval. Kakamu thought on it for a moment, then nodded. Grinning, Trantoshen tapped the Kanoka of Teleportation strapped to his belt. "I'll see what I can find."

With that, space around the Toa warped until he had disappeared completely from the room.

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<Archon-7>

With a flash, Toa Trantoshen appeared atop a sand dune in the planet's vast wastelands. Enough sand was blowing in the wind to obscure his view somewhat, but he thought he saw what looked like a silhouette of a winged figure perched atop another mound. He decided to make his way to the figure to see if what he thought he saw was real.

"Maybe he knows where I'll find this tech..." Trantoshen muttered to himself. "I just hope the residents here are friendly."

[Archon-7]

That sandstorm was starting to get closer... Even faster than the gryphon had anticipated. However, it wasn't the sandstorm that concerned him the most at that moment. From the corner of his eye, he saw a bright flash... And then there was a... Man? Cyborg? It was hard to tell... Maybe his goggles were a bit dusty.

Getting up from his rock, he took flight and headed towards the mysterious being. Although the color was distorted by the dark red lenses in front of his eyes, Evander could see his armor was some sort of red and black combination.... Certainly not the best choice for the wasteland if you wanted to stay alive longer than a week.

"Howdy stranger! That was... quite the entrance you made." He said, landing rather unceremoniously in front of the stranger. Even though he only caught a brief second if this guy's actually arrival, it still fascinated him; not many people came to Archon-7, and none came via a flash of light.

[Medieval World of Kråvenhold]

As the sun rose over the treetops, the little town of Lavenhagen rose with it to get the day started. The blacksmith's shop rang out with a mighty clang! as the master smith pounded away at iron, while the sweet smell of fresh bread from the bakery weaved it's way through the streets. The ladies talked and gossiped in the square, chattering about the latest fashions and news from the next town over. It was a picturesque little cottage town, and it was the one the gryphon François called home.

With a deep breath as he flew down the road, he couldn't help but let a smile grow across his beak. The feeling of the crisp mountain air was something he'd never forget, even after being away for five years. As the beret wearing gryphon got closer to town, he paused for a moment....

"Ah..... Tout comme je me souviens" he said, taking another deep breath. His mind was on thoughts other than his fellow travelers.

[Liquid-Metallican Pub]

*Raigen regards Akzer with no small amount of curiosity as he pours extremely strong and volatile vodka into two glasses, offering one of them to the newcomer*

Raigen: So... If you're retired, what're you doing here then? I doubt it's for the 'pleasant company'...

*The merc scoots away a bit to maintain distance from the severely-intoxicated Fourteen, who appears to be attempting to cuddle Raigen's tail in his drunken stupor*

~~~

[User HQ]

*User Red merely shakes his head and snatches the ginger ale from MK's grasp, finishing it in one fluid motion that spoke of unparalleled mastery in the twin arts of cyclinder-holding and beverage-drinking*

User Red: If you want KoN, he's behind that door.

*Red points at the door marked "KoN's Room". As he steps aside to allow passage to the door, he almost trips on User JS who is peculiarly just lying on the ground*

User Red: In Soviet Russia,.........GROUND LAYS ON YOU!!

~~~

[Coryza]

*Upon arrival at the facility, the Blackwatch contigent marches out of Mobile HQ vehicle in a defensive formation around the freight vehicle bearing Mazkertis' containment chamber, heading into the open hangar currently guarded by a squad of unidentified soldiers*

<User HQ>

*User Kon pokes his head around the door, wearing an Australian cork hat and sunglasses for no apparent reason*

User Kon: Alright?

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<Archon-7>

Trantoshen stumbled back a few steps in surprise at the appearance of the gryphon, but steadied himself. Evander's impressive wingspan seemed to be shielding him from some of the sand blowing in his direction, though it remained to be seen whether the creature actually intented to do so. Trantoshen held his open hands over his head to show that the weapons he carried remained magnetized to his back.

"Well, I could same the same about you!" Trantoshen smiled. "I'm Toa Trantoshen, here to find a piece of technology that was left here by the 'Great Beings'... you might have heard of them. Is the weather usually this bad?"

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OOS: Waiting for Klak and Nif for their stuff

[Archon-7]

Evander hadn't really meant to shield him with his wings, but with his wingspan, it hard not to. Still, he couldn't keep his wings outstretched forever. With a sigh, he folded his wings before speaking.

"I'm Evander. I've been wandering this hellhole for a while now, but I can't say I've ever come across anything or anyone calling themselves a 'Great Being'. Now, why don't we get out of this sandstorm to somewhere we can chat without the risk of getting ourselves dust pneumonia?" the gryphon replied. He motioned with his head for Trantoshen to follow.

"Come on, now. I know a place not too far from here. And don't get too far behind. I don't want to have to come out here again looking for you only to find a splattered mess next to a sleeping Fallmonger."

<Archon-7>

"Fallmonger?" Trantoshen replied. "Yeah, cover sounds good. I don't want to see if 'Fallmongers' live up to their name."

As Trantoshen followed Evander to cover, he noticed that the wind battering him was increasing in velocity. It was obvious that they didn't have long before the full power of the sandstorm hit would them both head-on. Trantoshen climbed over a dune in front of him and slid down the other side.

Just my luck, I have two tools of great power on my back, and neither of them will help me here. Why couldn't this be a machine world, or at least one with a noticeable civilization? The Toa thought. To his relief, he spotted some kind of  structure on the horizon a few moments later.

"Evander, there!" He called out over the storm, pointing towards the structure. As the two approached it, they found that it was the entrance to a deep, dark cave - the kind that seemed to draw in all light around it. Well, it had to be better than being torn to shreds by the sand when the sandstorm reached full power. Trantoshen removed the Guardian Fire Spear from his back and channelled some of his elemental Fire power into it, igniting a flame on its tip to turn it into a torch.

<Malchior IV, G9 Rigger freighter>

Caiaphus: "It has been a long time since I walked in a Makuta's body."

*He follows Starok*

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<Malchior IV, streets>

Asled: "Wait a sec ru tryin to cheet me?!"

TTT: "no sir he is just usin his time powar"

Asled: "Alright. That'll be 4 credits."

*TTT pulls out his "Big Guy" credit card from "Hte Bank of hte Aeiou Spaic"*

TTT: "I'll pay this for you"

*He pays, and Asled smiles. His daughter could finally get the surgery*

TTT: "*starts licking the ice cream* so sir what time anomalis are you tryign to solve?"

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<Teruga Prime, underground city entrance>

*The DONG squad follows Yon*

See-Man: "SEE!"

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<Coryza>

*The soldiers motion at the vehicle. The prisoner could be released now. The guards' faces were all covered by balaclavas and gear, but even then, they hid their expressions. There was a rumor going around about Mazkertis: he could mess with your head by reading your emotions. One of the guards shivered. He wasn't cold.*

OOS: Waiting on DRJ and Malygos.

<Ailyb-Gypte>

*Blackout sees the truck coming towards them*

Blackout: Ah, good, she's back already. I always liked Cybertronians. They don't mess around.

*Brawl waves at Airachnid*

Brawl: Park it by the ship!


*The fuel depot Airachnid just left suddenly explodes*

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<Malchior IV, prison>

TPK: Your poor relations were with the last government. Uterio controlled that government. Now he is dead, and the Council has been cleared of his supporters. The government you had problems with is gone, ma'am. We wish nothing more than to be friends with our neighbours.

*He takes one of the trackers, and pins it to his wrist*

TPK: We came here looking for the most dangerous criminal in the galaxy, one your government would also be very glad to see gone for good. And you're telling me you won't show me one cell?

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<Malchior IV, NSA facility>

*Aster gasps too, just as shocked as the others*

*She gets into the car*

Aster: Yes, Brad, we can trust him. So, where's the debrief?

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<Malchior IV, Bat-Cave>

*F-Blackout's hologram suddenly appears behind Rahn, arms crossed*

F-Blackout: What seems to be the problem?

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<Malchior IV, site of Ragnarok>

*With his new face now equipped, DU Ultron walks away from the battlefield*

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<Pub on Liquid-Metallicon>

DS: Oh, okay. Just thought you might-might-

*He falls out of his chair again*

*While still on the ground, he starts singing another sea shanty*

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<Wayland space port>

*Turel drags Alda into the Golden Hand, and closes the hatch behind him*

Turel: Listen, lady, I'm just following orders. I don't know who you are either. We'll both know everything soon enough.

*He pushes her into a passenger seat, and takes the controls*

*Restraints pop up out of the chair and lock around Alda's wrists and abdomen*

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OOS: The Dirge plot will be concluded in a story, even though I know no one cares.

<Teruga Prime, Ipomal>
The squad started running through the streets. Somehow, the Terugans thought it normal. Perhaps the ZFT had been patrolling the area at night normally, and the citizens assumed them to be so. The city was darkened by now, and only a few of the Dong Squad could see(See-Man, No Image Guy, Yon, Pumkin).

Yon: I'll be using my telepathic link now. Pumkin, See-Man, provide feed of areas in darkness to the rest of the squad.

Pumkin: Give me the POWAH

Pumkin then relayed telepathic commands of what he was seeing to the rest of the squad, as they moved ahead to the prison in which Vok was possibly staying in.

See-Man then saw a patrol moving out of the prison. Telepathically, he shouted "SEE!" to the whole group. Lights expanding out of the prison, all were able to see the ZFT patrol moving out.

Yon: Everyone hide! We need to neutralize the patrol and take one of them captive.

Billy Mays: Let me handle this. Demopan, come with me.

The two then headed on out, away from the rest of the group. Following a lone wolf of the patrol, Billy Mays instructed Demopan to lead behind, while Billy Mays would run ahead to arrive infront of the ZFT trooper.

The ZFT trooper, however, was quite bored and tired. He was previously watching a prisoner, which was more entertaining than walking around in cavern city at night. Thermal goggles and decked out in full gear, he slumped through his chore. After all, his goggles would detect any lifeform, right?

Bam. As the ZFT Trooper arrived by the side of a building, out jumped Billy Mays infront of him.

"HI, BILLY MAYS HERE, WITH AN ALL NEW TERUGAN SPECIAL! EVER WANTED A SUPER STRONG HAT? EVER WANTED TO BE STYLISH AT THE SAME TIME, EVOKING A DIFFERENT ERA OF FUN? NOW I GOT A DEAL FOR YOU, THIS BRAND NEW, UNUSUAL, BOUNTY HAT, JUST BOUGHT FROM A CRATE!"

"Sir, I'm going to have to ask you to go back to your home or be put out of your misery-"

"BUT WAIT, THAT'S NOT ALL! BUY THIS NOW FOR A LOW PRICE OF $99.99 AND YOU'LL GET A FREE PAIR OF AUTHENTIC SHUTTER SHADES!"

The ZFT trooper was not pleased, even a little intimidated, by this loud mouth human. For one thing, how the hell is human able to survive in these freezing caves without an armor or suit of some sorts? Either way, he started to raise his gun.

"SHAKO!"

Billy Mays began laughing. Demopan had snuck up behind the ZFT trooper and knocked him out with a swift slap of the dreaded demopan on the back of his head. Getting his hat and shades back from Billy Mays, the two then picked his body up and started carrying it back to the prison.

At the same time as this was happening, the rest of the Dong Squad was making a move on the prison. Only one ZFT trooper was on guard on the outside of the prison entrance. Not very wise, but considering their only threat was Terugans; a species with hardly anything notable and a lack of depth perception. Only on a barren rocky rogue planet like this would a one-eyed species be able to make it to the top of the food chain.

Yon then motioned for See-Man and The Hand to move in. See-Man, with his absolute vision of seeing everything, is perfect for headshotting. Well, it's more like Handshotting. You see, See-Man is going to throw The Hand at the guard, on his face.

See-Man lined up the shot. Like a professional Baseball player, winding his arm back and lifting his leg up, he let The Hand lose.

The ZFT trooper, however, was just standing there, sighing and idling his time until his shift was over. He wondered what was going on the surface. Why the hell were they randomly attacked? Why would someone try fighting the god damn ZFT? Whoever they were, they were pounding their forces to the ground. Oddly enough, it was reported that they weren't moving in on the planet. As if something was blocking them(which there wasn't, as the blockade was already put out of alignment and the force field reduced to only the tower).

Then The Hand hit him in the face. Oh god, it was crawling all over. "What the hell was that thing?" he's thinking while squirming around. He stop, dropped, and rolled. Rolled like an idiot so much, he rolled down the steps of the prison. The Hand was still there, walking around. By now the guard had already pissed his pants from fear of a hand. A disembodied hand, of all things. Of course, he hadn't seen it yet.

Deciding to take the chance, The Hand pulled out the handgun that was located on the guard. Taking the handgun by the guy's helmet, he pulled the trigger. An instant knockback for The Hand, the bullet was able to pierce the visor of the guard, freezing him instantly in the cold caves of Ipomal.

Soldier: Hahaha!

Pumkin: Give me the ZFT.

In Pumkin style, he consumed the dead body in one gulp, in the short span of ecstasy and hunger it satisfied. But Pumkin craves. He always craves and hungers for the rewards of battle, for it is in his seeds. The Seeds of Evil.

Yon: Let's go on ahead. However, we'll have to break down the door since Pumkin ate the keys and passcodes.

Pumkin: It wasn't too bad.

Soldier then approached the door. "KEK!" he shouted, then kicked down the door. Immediately seeing a ZFT Trooper, who said "What the-?!" before being blown up by Soldier.

Yon: Move, move, move!

The Dong Squad then moved in on the place. A mass of chaotic confusion to all but themselves, the group hastily made move from the entrance office, with Shrek and Pumkin breaking through the doors. No Image Guy turned into a digital virus and proceeded to hack the security systems to open all doors towards Vok(Not the prisoners, however).

After breaking the doors to the cells, the guards were shocked. One of them ran back to tell Vok and the female sniper.

"It's been a break in! We-we don't know who it is!"

"Well call back the patrols!"

"That's the problem. Our whole system's been hacked!"

"Fugg. Here, use my cellphone."

The guard quickly types in some numbers of the patrol leader to inform them to come back.

Meanwhile, the Dong Squad was going at it in the prison center. Shrek was doing suplexes and other wrestling moves, Pumkin was slapping guards into prison cells, Soldier was rocket jumping and kekkin them, Jesse Ventura was doing some sly conspiracy kung-fu, See-Man and The Hand were rusin, Ainsley Harriott was using his supply of kitchen utensils and bakers hats to cause some damage, Merasmus was casting spells, etc.

Meanwhile, Yon was trying to make his way to Vok. He knew his job he was assigned to do. And this was not just a job, this was personal. He told Pumkin to knock his way through to clear a path, and so he did.

The two, arriving in the room as the guard hangs up, were not happy. The ZFT guard pulled his gun out, and Pumkin slapped him into the wall. The female Terugan tried to pull a sniper up to shoot Pumkin, but he shouted "No! I don't want that!" and knocked her through the wall too.

And then Yon approached Vok.

<Fareste>

Starok: Excellent. Come with me.

*He motions for Caiaphus to climb up the ladder and join him: assuming that he does, Starok guides him over to a complex machine*

*It is a pod-like device that is partially embedded in the wall behind it, but is large enough to accommodate the form of an average-sized Makuta in full armor*

Starok: This is the Armor Fabrication Unit. As the name suggests, it is capable of fabricating whole suits of armor from any materials placed in the chamber.

*Starok walks over to its control panel and enters a series of commands which powers it up*

Starok: Now we just need the materials...

*He leans over the railing to look at Ordak, Kulnak, and Kuli on the floor below*

Starok: We need armor! Check the furnaces!

*The three of them obey and start to check the furnaces for spare or discarded pieces of solid antidermis*

*Once they think they have enough, they climb the ladder and hand their findings to Starok*

*Starok smiles, opens the door to the pod, and places all of the antidermis fragments onto the floor in a neat pile*

*He then enters some final commands into the control panel but pauses before he activates the machine*

Starok: Wait, something's missing...

*He finds a wooden crate which has been stamped with the Matoran word "KANOHI", and smashes it, revealing its contents to be a Kanohi Ultimix*

*Starok places the Ultimix in the Armor Fabrication Unit with the antidermis fragments*

Starok: Perfect.

*At last, he presses the button on the control panel to start the machine*

*Blinding flashes of green-colored energy emanate from within the pod, so the group covers their eyes and looks away*

*When they look back, they see that all of the antidermis fragments have merged and arranged themselves into the body of a perfect Makuta, complete with the Ultimix on top*

Starok: Caiaphus, it's all yours.

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<Malchior IV, streets>

Quolas: I am investigating the disappearance of my masters...

*He seems to stare into space for a while before snapping back to attention*

Quolas: I have lingered here for too long... I apologize, TTT, but we must now part ways. If I ever find the answers I seek, I shall return here to share them with you. Farewell.

*He draws his sword and slices open another spatial tear in the middle of the street; for some reason, wind rushes out of the tear that blows over several passer-bys and Asled's ice cream stand*

*Quolas steps through and the tear seals itself a few moments later*

*An orange alien about the same size as TTT walks up to him with ice cream splattered on his face, likely due to the sudden wind*

Kranxx: Hello. I'm Kranxx. That was rude of that guy, wasn't it?

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<The Forest of Lights>

*Back in his home realm, Quolas floats among the distant, stationary lights, using the silence to meditate on Klak's possible whereabouts*

*He will find his answer soon*

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<Teruga Prime, Ipomal>

Vok was taken aback by the sudden, rampant chaos occurring around him, so he climbed to his feet and activated his Travel Glove. He did not yet notice Yon approach him from the other side of the room, so he decided to beat down at least part of the ruckus himself.

He thrust the Travel Glove forward - as its red, vein-like circuits began to glow, a fallen ZFT trooper's rifle flew through the air toward him. Vok caught it like a natural and armed himself, glaring at the enemy targets around him.

"You've messed with the wrong president!"

With that, Vok opened fire on the Dong Squad - specifically Soldier, because he was the closest. Soldier took the hits like a true American patriot, but that didn't stop his HP from going into the red zone. He took a calculated risk by using half of his last remaining health points to rocket jump over Vok; during his ascent, he switched his rocket launcher for a Market Gardener (a melee weapon in TF2 that grants critical hits while rocket-jumping) and swung the shovel into Vok's head. The helmet that covered it was smashed into two parts which rolled across the room. Dazed, Vok stumbled backwards and tripped over the Shell-Shocked Cat, who had snuck up behind him. Soldier landed on the ground face-first and collapsed. He closed his eyes, ready to meet the giant eagles in the heavens; but found that nothing happened. He opened his eyes in suspicion and looked at the health meter at the corner of his vision: to his surprise, it told him that he still had 1hp left.

Across the room, Merasmus had just dispatched the last remaining ZFT trooper with a lethal spell. Still drugged up on steroids, Merasmus was eager to cast even more offensive spells, but as he gazed upon his wounded comrade he realized that something else was now needed of him. Merasmus and Soldier had never been the best of friends - in fact, they had even declared war against each other after Soldier buried the magician's fridge and turned his first castle into a dumping ground - but now they had a common goal. To prevent the HAPPENING. And they needed Soldier.

With a "BEES-BES-BOOS BULLABURRUS!", Merasmus aimed his staff at the wounded Soldier and cast upon him a spell of healing. Thankfully, the spell seemed to pass through the thin spegheti membrane covering his body with ease, and Soldier found his HP all filled up. That wasn't the only thing filled up, though - Ainsley's tear ducts were too. However, the emotional moment was interrupted by a sudden aura of what could only be described as "Oh snap", as the inevitable showdown between Yon and Vok was about to occur.

The Terugan president scrambled across the floor as his vision finally started to recover from the blow to the head he had suffered. Sure enough, knelt over him was his old arch-nemesis: Yon. Vok pulled off his black balaclava for the first time, revealing his cracked purple skin and deep scar that ran across his face. He bared his teeth in anger.

"I should've known you're the one behind all this," Vok spat. "What're you gonna do, Yon? Kill me like you did my father?"

"Yes... but for a different reason this time," Yon sombrely replied.

"That doesn't mean much. I'm not even in power anymore. These ZFT bastards..." Vok paused to cough, "...have got the whole damn planet in their grasp."

"I see you're doing a lot to change that."

Vok's eye flashed. "Oh save me your sarcasm. What could I do? Start a revolution and get myself killed? No, I'd much rather spend my time hunting you down. Both the rabble in the streets and the ZFT would give me the respect I deserve if I returned home with your eye on a pike! Yon, one of the most infamous Terugan criminals of all time!"

"So you think I'm here to make sure that doesn't happen?" Yon paused to think. "I guess I am, in a way. After all, you're not walking out of here alive, but it's not personal this time. We just need your glove. See-Man, show him."

See-Man approached them and laid his giant hand on Vok's head. Suddenly all became clear to Vok now. He could SEE why he had to die - to prevent the HAPPENING. How unfortunate that his death had to come at the hands of his worst enemy. When See-Man removed his hand, Vok spat on the floor and glared at Yon.

"Go on then. Finish it."

OOS: Think of this as you read the next paragraph.

<Ailyb-Gypte>

As the fuel depot burned, a figure appeared at its center. She was a blue-skinned humanoid with giant glowing purple wings, clad in a shredded black outfit. Looking around at the desert around her, she smiled, and walked out of the fuel depot, unfazed by the flames. She took off into the air, and flew off in the direction of Ra's palace.

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<Malchior IV, near the site of Ragnarok>

Ultron walked up to the lake, and stopped. He looked down at it, seemingly baffled by the concept of a large body of water. He then activated his foot jets, and slowly glided across the lake.

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OOS: Klak, you can start shooting at him.

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<Kråvenhold>

On the outskirts of the town, a being walked down the street, clearly attracting all the attention in the world. His skin was bright-yellow, and he wore odd black clothes. He seemed quite ill at ease, and did his best to walk as fast as he could.

If only he could have landed on a more modern planet.....it was just his luck to end up on a Class-3 world.

<Ailyb-Gypte>

*Airachnid parks the truck near the ship, and gets out*

Airachnid: "I'm an assassin, not a truck driver."

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<Malchior IV, prison>

Waller: "*glares at TPK* You are part of the new government. But you also were friends with Blackout. I take it this friendship no longer exists."

Coro: "You remember, me, no? He is on our side."

Waller: "You and I have a radically different concept of what constitutes as 'our side'. But very well."

*She leads the group, while sighing*

Waller: "Careful. There are still parts of the prison that need repairs. That 'Ultron' robot took a portion of our cells and our meeting room, and rebuilding things takes more than a month, you know."

OOS: Lol, lampshades.

*For some reason, the guards in the prison receive a secret message, and begin doubling their activities, and pulling out some of their better weapons*

---

<Malchior IV, former site of Ragnarok>

*One of the last members of the cleanup crew finished packing his bags.*

Guy: "Just one more day, and we're done. This place was a damn bloodbath."

*He sees DU Ultron flying around*

Guy: "What the hell?!"

*He pulls out his pistol, and begins firing at DU Ultron*

*He reaches for a talk radio in his van*

Guy: "CONTACT! CONTACT! UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT FLYING NEAR SITE OF INTEREST CODENAME RAGNAROK! I'M NOT TRAINED FOR THIS! I NEED BACKUP!"

*He continues shooting*

*At the nearest military base, 30 miles away, 2 cargo ships are mobilized. They fly into the distance, carrying a squadron and a humvee. They turn on their "Plot Drive", meaning that they will arrive at the speed of the plot*

*On the other side of the large lake, there is a small town. It was one of the first to be affected by the plague. However, since the cure was provided to all Malchiorians, it has since been re-inhabited. The citizens were still slightly paranoid.*

OOS: So the site of Ragnarok has the forest surrounding the lake, the lake itself, the field in which the battle happened, and a nearby small town. I added the small town recently. If I'm not mistaken, the prison is not that far from where Ragnarok was.

---

<Malchior IV, NSA facility>

Lt. Manning: "Somewhere rather far from here. Get comfy."

*He drives away*

*Half an hour later, they're stuck in traffic*

Rainn: "Fun."

---

<Malchior IV, Bat-Cave>

Rahn: "Explain this!"

---


<Pub on Liquid-Metallicon>

*Fourteen wakes up, and begins singing along with DS*

*Akzer shakes his head, and gets up*

*A human in a suit drops a coin next to Deathsaurus and Raigen. The coin has an all too familiar symbol on it. The human mutters "Hail HYDRA", and walks away*

Akzer: "This bar is the second weirdest I've ever been to. And I've seen what happens if you give Caiaphus milk."

---

<Wayland space port>

Alda: "Let me go, you foul beast! I'll have you arrested!"

---

<Fareste>

*Caiaphus's antidermis emerges from the smuggler's body*

*Its mist quickly is absorbed into the body that Starok and the others had crafted*

*The body writhes, and comes to life*

Caiaphus: "Brilliant."

*The smuggler is now conscious once again, and begins panicking*

Smuggler: "Whu-what?! WHERE AM I?! WHAT HAPPENED?! WHAT WAS IN ME?!"

Caiaphus: "Escort him to whatever prison you have here. I may need him later."

Smuggler: "No, no!"

---

<Malchior IV, streets>

Random Malchiorian: "wot de fok"

TTT: "yes kind of but he is an importent hero like my cousins. mister kranxx can i intereste you in a tour?"

*He doesn't take no for an answer, and drags Kranxx to a nearby car. They both (hopefully) get in, and are seated next to a man wearing a sack above his face. There is another person wearing a sack in the "shotgun" seat*

*The Car Guard turns and glares at both of the people in his back seat*

Car Guard: "Not again! Excuse me, please leave my car! Jesse Ventura teleported my car and I to this planet to escape anime characters! I'm not about to let joke characters hijack my car!"

TTT: "but sir we wont a toor"

Car Guard: "Is that...ice cream?"

TTT: "y-yes"

Car Guard: "Reminds me of my mum."

TTT: "can we go to hte airport"

*The car drives to the airport*

*For some reason, Car Guard begins driving on the field near the landing strip. Somehow, they let him in. Must be his Car Guarding credentials*

*The field is bumpy. Up ahead, they see a man in a blue coat, blue polo shirt, khaki pants, etc. Surrounding him are men in military uniforms. They aren't the standard Malchiorian military wear, so it must be a special occasion.*



*The car arrives in front of him.*

*TTT pulls Kranxx out of the car.*

???: "Dr. Kranxx, I'm CIA."

*Car Guard and the men wearing sacks come out of the car*

CIA: "Woah, woah, you don't get to bring friends."

TTT: "But they know about him, the mercenary. The jetpackeda man"

CIA: "CAIN?"

*TTT nods*

CIA: "Alright, get them all in."

*Car Guard waves at everyone, and gets in his car*

*Everyone else gets in the plane*

---

<Teruga Prime, Ipomal>

*Ross Mandell walks up to Vok, and punches him in the face*

Jesse Ventura: "I asked Ross Mandell to stop by. You guys don't have power over US!"

---

<Ailyb-Gypte>

*Ra's palace guards note an unidentified object flying in their direction. They begin chattering in their native language, wondering what it is.*

OOS: Waiting on Redwolf and Malygos for everything else.

<Fareste>

Starok: Of course.

*He signals his two Makuta allies to put the smuggler to sleep, so Ordak grabs the smuggler's arms and pulls them behind his back while Kulnak puts his hand over the smuggler's head*

Kulnak: Sleeeeep.

*His Kraata power of Sleep takes effect on the smuggler, causing him to fall unconscious*

*Ordak carries the smuggler over to the now-deactivated Armor Fabrication Unit and shuts him inside*

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<Archon-7>

The light from Trantoshen's spear illuminated space a few metres ahead of them. The darkness beyond that seemed almost thick and impenetrable, which created an unsettling atmosphere that was only worsened by the increasing sound of the sandstorm outside.

"Let's see if there's anything worth looking at down here," Trantoshen shouted, "After all, it's not like we can turn back now with the sandstorm outside."

Trantoshen descended further into the tunnel, hoping Evander would follow.

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<Malchior IV, the PLANE?>

*Kranxx grows hungry for cheese, so he thinks about asking one of the guards on the plane if they had any in the cabin, but decides against it*

*Instead, Kranxx wonders what is going to happen to the sack-wearing passengers, because they were obviously in some kind of trouble*

CIA: The flight plan I just filed with the Pirate Lords lists me, my men, and Dr. Kranxx here, but only ONE! OF YOU! First one to talk gets to stay on my aircraft!

*He grabs one of the sack-wearing men while someone opens the hatch on the plane*

*CIA drags the man over to the open hatch, pushes the man's head outside, and pulls out a gun*

CIA: Who paid you to grab Dr. Kranxx?!

*He fires his gun out of the plane*

CIA: He didn't fly so good! Who wants to try next?!

OOS: damn it I forgot to post about Uterio's World sorry Klak

<Ailyb-Gypte>

Blackout: That's nice. Come with me.

*He and Brawl enter the ship*


*The winged woman lands on the roof of the palace, and doesn't move*

-----

<Uterio's World>

*The shuttle flies down towards the surface, as Serecio's ship fires at it*

*It lands in the ruins of a dead city*

Hawkes: Komerak, what's the radiation level out there?

Komerak: 0.9 microsieverts. We'd better suit up.

*All the humans and Toa put on HAZMAT suits, and leave the shuttle*

*They walk towards a mostly intact four-storey building, passing a burnt-out sign that says "-KOON CITY" on it*

-----

<Malchior IV, prison>

*TPK almost trips over a brick someone left on the ground*

TPK: Damn it.

*They arrive at the cell, and TPK turns on his detector, gesturing to the others to turn them on too*

TPK: This is definitely the one. I'm picking up antidermis traces from inside.

-----

<Malchior IV, on the way to the debriefing>

Aster: Okay, this is silly. Let's play a game.

-----

<Malchior IV, Bat-Cave>

F-Blackout: What do you want me to do? I'm 250,000 years old, I can't possibly remember everything that happened way back then.

-----

<Malchior IV, former site of Ragnarok>

*DU Ultron avoids the Guy's shots, and then lands in front of him*

DU Ultron: I am Ultron.

*He fires a missile at the van*

-----

<Pub on Liquid-Metallicon>

DS: -over the silver, silver seeeeeeeeeeeeea! Land of the meeeeeeeeeetal moo-wait, what did you say about milk?

-----

<The Golden Hand>

Turel: THIS IS A SPACESHIP! WE'RE ABOUT TO TAKE OFF! WHO'S GONNA ARREST ME?

*He takes off, blasting past the control tower*

-----

OOS: Waiting on Paws for 153.

<Terugan Prime, Ipomal>
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The ZFT trooper was getting dragged. Dragged by none other than Demopan, with Billy Mays leading behind. Billy Mays didn't really want to carry the guard, and it didn't really matter either. The ZFT Trooper was knocked out cold, he wouldn't be waking up from a couple bumps in the dark.

Billy Mays: DAMN, NEVER DID I THINK CARRYING A MAN WOULD BE SO HARD

Demopan: Shut yo' yap up in this dark, we don't know nuthin 'bout any other guards that could be out here.

BILLY MAYS: WELL I GOT A BUY ONE GET ONE FREE FOR A CAN OF WHOOPASS AND I'M NOT AFRAID TO USE IT

Demopan: Well I got me pan ready for a boppin and a smackin, Hahahaha!

As predicted, two of the ZFT patrol troopers had heard them mumbling. Stopping from a distance away, they took cover and observed the two.
"Who the hell do you think that is?"
"I don't know. That guy looks like the famous advertiser from the 21st century, Billy Mays-"
"Why the hell is a dead guy still alive?"
"Maybe it's his grand child or something, how the hell am I supposed to know?!"
"Ok, what about that other one, the guy with the glasses and hat. Why the hell does he look cel-shaded?"
"Well, maybe it's some new fancy technology. These guys obviously aren't natives."
"Yeah, but that one only has one eye! You know, like the Terugans!"
"They're Cyclops, not just missing one eye. How long have you been here?"
"Well, I was just transferred from the tower last week, you see, I got caught-"
"It was rhetorical, now shut the hell up, they're coming!"

As the two looked up, they found the body laying on the ground, and Demopan and Billy Mays gone.
"What in the?"
Turning to look behind them, Billy Mays was standing inbetween the two.
"HI, BILLY MAYS HERE WITH A SPECIAL TERUGAN OFFER. LET ME WHIP, SMACK, AND THRASH YOUR FAT HACK TRASH a$$ AND PUT BACK IN THE WATER."
Quickly enough while they were distracted, Billy Mays knocked them both in the head by pushing them together, with a can of whoop-a$$. A sealed can with an actual sticker that says "Can of Whoop-a$$." Demopan then comes out, and makes his laugh, then bops them all in the head again. He picks up their handgun, and then proceeds to shoot them both in the head, like some kind of cartoony gorey play thing. Of course, that is what Demopan is.

Demopan: Now let us head back to the prison, it's only up ahead!
Billy Mays: I TOLD YOU I GOT A CAN OF WHOOPASS
And then they went on.

<Terugan Prime, Ipomal, ZFT Prison>
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While the more heavy-hitters were still dispatching guards in the prison room, Yon was in the room with Pumkin, Jesse Ventura, Ross Mandell, See-Man, and Pumkin. Vok was weakened and in shock from the slap of the Pumkin, and the punch of Ross Mandell. He had given in to his defeat, knowing it was the only way to end it.

Vok: Come on Yon, finish it already! Do it! I'm tired of being in presence of your sickening eye.

Yon: I understand how you feel, but you saw the vision from See-Man - We're waiting for a scapegoat.

Vok: Use the guard laying right there! It'll work just as well.

Yon: I'm tired of your yappin! Pumkin, shut him up

Pumkin: Give me the WORDS

Pumkin then goes up to Vok and slaps him gently, from his perspective, from to Vok, it was a slap with the power of a thousands suns. Vok is instantly knocked out, and Pumkin props him up against the wall.

Yon: Ross, Jesse, head to the control room. Try to contact BONES, my receiver isn't working. [Yon proceeds to bang around his headset in hope of getting a signal

Jesse: They won't win, Yon! They won't!

Yon: Pumkin, try to find that Terugan you knocked into the wall. My eye's got a bad sighting about this...

Pumkin: Give me the SNIPAH

Pumkin then began his search for the lone female Terugan, who he had smash mouthed into the wall with a flick of his arm. Scavenging through the rubble, he found nothing, then saw a light at the end of the tunnel. The hole at the end was in the shape of a perfect hole, as if a bullet shot through. Pumkin, ducking and looking through, noticed a red laser staring at his eye. Unphased and unsurprised, he moved his mouth to the hole and ate the bullet that was immediately coming upon his eye looking out the hole. Pumkin let out his warcry: I AM VERY HUNGRY. He busted out of the wall and began running to the laser.

Yon, hearing the loud noise, ran over to the wall and shouted: "PUMKIN! GET OVER HERE! IT'S A TRAP!"

"Well, that wasn't too bad," Pumkin mumbled, then running back to the now-broken prison wall. Super-jumping with his large size back into the suite, Pumkin just stood with his usual smile, staring at Yon.

Yon: Go check if Billy Mays and Demopan are back yet.

Pumkin smiles sinisterly, and then goes back to the prison battle, to walk back to the entrance and see if the two are back with the scapegoat yet.

The prison battle was still going on, due to all ZFT patrols being recalled from the city to help them battle. Shrek had collected a selection of weapons from the dead ZFT troopers, using them for a big then dropping them, and if any troop got too closed. Merasmus was casting magic missiles at various troops, as was Randolph. No Image Guy had locked off the elevator controls for any possible ZFT troopers who attempted coming down, and also sounded off the alarm systems, as to make sure the Spire was not informed of this.

Pumkin, in his towering appearance, smacked the rest of ZFT troopers into the prisons, possibly killing them all with blunt trama. The prisoners were rioting, hoping to break out, but instead, Pumkin gave them his smile. The smile of hunger, and then the ones who had looked him in the eyes, well...they were no longer rioting. They had collapsed from the fear of his consumption. But Pumkin walked, and stopped for no one.

Meanwhile, outside, Billy Mays and Demopan were hurrying as fast as they could. Demopan was not tired, but Billy Mays was huffin and puffin.

"Demopan...stop. [huff] I...gotta tell you something."
"What is it?"
"When I joined this, well- when we went up to the ships, The aliens told me something - I'm diagnosed with terminal super flaming cancer AIDs"
"What? NO!"
"Yeah, and BONES, he gave me a mission. One last mission."
"What's the objective?"
"I-I gotta blow up the prison. All hte meatball bombs, we gotta [huff], use them. [huff x3] I don't think I can do it though, Demopan. But you! [pant] You're a demolitions expert! You-[pant] you and Soldier, you can do it."
"Billy Mays, I'll protect you, Here, I'll carry you with me."
"No, Demopan, I'll walk it off."

And then infront of them, as Billy Mays looked behind the shadowed silhouette of Demopan, he noticed a pumpkin one. And thus was Pumkin, who had come to get the ZFT trooper.

Pumkin: Give me the trooper.
Demopan: Here ya go, Pumkin!

Pumkin then quickly picked up the ZFT Soldier. Grabbing Billy Mays and Demopan by their arms, he slopped them over his own arm and then began to run.
[Song beings to play in Pumkin's head]
♪And I ran, I ran so far away... and I just ran, I ran all night and day...I couldn't get away♪

<Prison>
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Like Mercury at full power, Pumkin zoomed past the nearly ending battle in the facility, in which Merasmus and Randolph were magic missiling the rest of the troopers.
Blasting into the doors of the control room, Ross and Jesse were trying to contact BONES, with No Image Guy diverting most systems to the reception to try and get through the ZFT's blockade channels.

Pumkin: Give me the No Image Guy. It's time.

Ross Mandell: We're trying to get to BONES, damn it! The ZFT soldiers are going to catch onto us eventually, and we need to have his ship pick us up ASAP.

No Image Guy(through the computer monitors): I'll be able to divert all systems to transmission, but the prison cells will all open. Along with that, all technology will be shut off.

Demopan and Billy Mays were still slung over Pumkin's shoulder, but they were just getting off.

Demopan: Aye, just go over the loudspeakers and notify them of their freedom, to make them not attack us.

Billy Mays, now in telepathic connection with Yon, notified him of BONES' sabotage plan. He requested everyone's meatball bombs, and thus the team tossed all their meatball bombs into one large pile in each area they were at.

[Telepathically]

Billy Mays: I'll need the Travel Glove, temporarily.

Yon: And if it explodes with it? Our mission would've failed.

Billy Mays: Connect me with The Hand. He'll be able to [cough] escape with it.

Demopan: You're not up to fit with this! Me and Soldier, we'll do this mate!

Billy Mays: No, I-[hack] You're right, Demopan. You'll need to do set up the bombs....but let me[coughx2] set them off...

Demopan: If you insist. Yon! Give me The Travel Glove!

Yon: Report back with Pumkin in the suite, along with the KO'd trooper and No Image Guy.

Demopan: Affirmative.

No Image Guy then took control of the speakers of the prison/ZFT outpost. Jesse Ventura then took the hand of the speaker and announced, to the whole city:

"Prisoners, the ZFT have kept you for too long. They have kept the oppression of the Terugans too long. This is the time for REVOLUTION! Tonight, as me and our resistance allies broke into the prison tonight to rescue our brethern, and the ZFT have killed Vok! They stole his travel glove, and killed his guards! The ZFT are trying to silence us, fellow Terugans! Let no two eyes give you the fist, for now, our rules shall be an eye for an eye! The curfew is off, the lights are off, the systems are down, and we must rise as one! For Vok, for Terugan Prime!"

Shutting off the speaker, No Image Guy then diverted all power of the city into the transmission signal. He materialized and the headed off with Demopan & Pumkin. Ross Mandell and Jesse Ventura then immediately started trying to contact BONES' ship, or at least Lord Zrintch fleet.

<Prisoner Suite>
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The trio arrives in the suite, and nod at Yon. Vok had awoken, stunned that he wasn't dead yet, and he wasn't in Heaven.

"Is it time to finish it?"

Yon replies, stoically: "Yes Vok. But this time, it isn't personal."

No Image Guy possesses the armor of the ZFT trooper. The ZFT Trooper is slightly awake, wondering if he is in some shadowzone for the crimes he committed after joining the ZFT. He sees a large demonic Pumkin, a yellow cyclops from Davey Jones' Locker, and a stylish black scottish man, seemingly out of place in a line-up of what looked like demons. To top it off, he couldn't control his body, and felt an electromagnetic pulse affecting him. Random flashes of demons, the ZFT organizations, and other things.

Then, appeared an image of David Robert Jones.

"You must kill Vok, Jeff. It is your duty to the ZFT."

Highlighting his vision towards Vok in the center of it, and random glitching around, and in the upper right corner of his visor, the picture of DRJ.

"Do it."

Jeff held up his gun. He wasn't sure why he was telling him, but he knew it was right-he felt it was right. He knew the ZFT had to end this. Had to end this Terugan figurehead, and any hope these people knew of freedom. They needed to know the ZFT were here, and here to stay. He hesitated for a second, knowing the consequences. But squeezed the trigger.

*BAM!*

Straight through the eye of Vok, it was an instant death, with a gorey aftermath. Blood was all over the wall, in a big splat. The eye was a bloodied mess, and his brains too. "What a god damn mess this will be to clean up..." thought Jeff. The image of DRJ then spoke to him:

"You did good, Jeff. Now it's time for a break. Take a rest at the bed in the suite, Jeff. You deserve it."

Jeff, of course, listened to him. Suddenly, the image of DRJ disappeared, along with the strange EM power he was feeling. And thus, No Image Guy left the guy's armor, materialized, then knocked Jeff out over the bed.

Yon: A job well done, if I do say so myself.

No Image Guy: Indeed. We should go meet up in the control room and see if the two contacted BONES yet.

Demopan: Aye, I'll get the Travel Glove and meet up with the rest to get their bombs.

Yon: Yes, it'll be best for us to go there. The most secure location in this prison, and an elevator up the spire. We won't be able to make it back to the sea with the riots outside.

Demopan: Then off I'll go, and help set-up the meatball bombs.

Demopan left to the prison room, while the other three(Yon, No Image Guy, and Pumkin) headed to the control room

<Control Room, earlier>[Happens immediately after Pumkin, No Image Guy and Demopan leave the room]
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Ross Mandell punched in the coordinates and channel that BONES ship was on. With all the power in the city diverted to the control prison, and all energy in there put to use in the communications array, he finally got a message through-but not who he expected.

?: Who's this? We don't have any agents who landed yet, did we?

Ross Mandell: This is Ross Mandell of BONES' Suicide Squadron. Who the hell is this? You're not BONES!

?: No, I'm not. This is the one of the soldier of Lord Zrintch, and I know who BONES is. You're the whole reason we're fighting this war, you know.

Ross Mandell: I know, now forward me to Zrintch! We need to contact BONES to come in for retrieval ASAP. Our mission is complete.

?: Forwarding comms now.

Immediately, Zrintch responds.

Zrintch: I heard what you said. I'm contacting BONES immediately and putting him on this line. I presume you've retrieved the Travel Glove?

Ross Mandell: Damn well we have. Vok is about to die by the hands of a ZFT trooper here.

Zrintch: Good. We'll focus 50% of our resources on the tower now to give you covering fire. Forwarding to BONES on the channel now

BONES: What's happening, Ross?

Ross Mandell: Our mission's done, the city's rioting, the prisoners are lose, and they think the ZFT killed Vok.

BONES: Good. Can you make it back to the methane sea?

Ross Mandell: Negative. The city riots are going to crazy. We wouldn't be able to escaped unnoticed. We have access to an elevator up to the Spire, however.

BONES: We've been making rounds around the Low Spire for a while now. Some ZFT patrols have picked us on up but we are able to throw them off or destroy them. We'll swoop around to the Western Low Spire in 20 minutes to pick you up. One Punch Man will break a hole in the Spire to let you all out.

[Billy Mays gets on the line]: BONES [cough] I don't think I'll be making it out of here. [hack] I've caught some disease here or something, and we both know how my immune system is going. [cough x2]

BONES: I presume you told them of the plan, then.

Billy Mays: DAMN RIGHT I DID. YOU KNOW DEMOPAN AND SOLDIER WOULD BE BETTER AT PLACING EXPLOSIVES THAN[intense cough] ME.

BONES: We both know what you signed up for. You're not going to make it out of there, Mays.

Billy Mays: I know. [cough] Just informing you.

BONES: You got 20. BONES out.

Billy Mays collapsed on the floor after the call, hacking and coughing violently.

Jesse Venture: You ain't doin very well, Mays. You can't die on us now!

Ross Mandell: Yeah, you signed on for this. You took that mission, and damn it, you'll do it right!

Billy Mays: Yeah, you're right...Demopan is surely setting up the bombs now. And you two, can set up some in here...

The two then take their meatball bombs and set them up around the room and immediate corridor leading to the room.

Heading into the room at that moment was Pumkin, Yon, and No Image Guy.

Billy Mays: Yon, I need you to send a telepathic message.

Yon nodded his head and began communication with Billy.

Billy Mays: To all you all, as you already heard my plan of the bombing, I need Merasmus and Randolph to set up a spell that links all the bombs together with something. A simply spark rune imbued on them all, to be triggered remotely.

Merasmus: We don't get enough mana left. If we do, you'll have to be in close proximity to trigger the bombs.

Billy Mays: I guess it'll be my final special...One Billy Mays for the bombing of the Spire.

Randolph: Now, that's the craziest thing I've ever heard! You'll die with respect in my head, old Billy.

Billy Mays: Thanks...I think. Command off, Yon

And thus Yon ceased the communication.

Yon: You know if you do this...You'll be the first Dong to be gone.

Billy Mays: I know [cough] Yon, I know...But those damn ZFT...They killed my son on my homeworld. They banned my commercials. They took me out of a job...[cough]. It'll be the final payback.

Yon nods and looks at Pumkin and No Image Guy.

<Prison Room>
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Demopan was sorting out the meatballs in various places in the facility with the help of the Travel Glove, while leading the rest of the Dong Squad back to control room. The prisoners, who early all escaped, did nothing to disrupt The Dong Squad, instead leaving the prison immediately, back into Ipomal.

After the prisoners left, Shrek had shut down the door, and Randolph sealed it shut with magic. The Shell Shocked Cat broke the controls with his huge blue dolphin jelly thing, then smacked a ZFT trooper who was getting up with it.

Shrek: Laddehs...I tell you now, it's no easy thing being an Ogrelord! Ever since I got that title from those random worshippers...it ain't been easy to keep up with what used to do, ya know?

Shell-Shocked Cat: You know, I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.

Shrek: Oh

The two then proceeded to catch up with the rest of the group. They noticed all the meatball bombs along the way, along with even some Soldier rockets, or ZFT grenades.

Demopan, using The Hand to help, continued placing bombs around the prison, while the rest moved onto the control room. Finally complete, he enters the control room too.

<Control Room>
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When Demopan enters, he sees Merasmus mumbling to Billy Mays, giving him a gun handle, whom Shrek had smashed up, to use as a trigger to set off the bombs. Soldier And Shrek were handing Billy Mays all the guns he collected, to use incase anybody tried to break in and kill him before the rest of them escaped.

The group then stood around, contemplating what to do next.

No Image Guy: You know, with the power still all off, we can't use this elevator.

Merasmus: We don't need to. [Looks at Pumkin, who has grown larger since the beginning of this mission.] Me and Randolph will use our magic to blast our ways up the elevator shaft, and use Pumkin as our stepping stone for all of us to be in.

Randolph: I like it! This squad just gets crazier and crazier, you know? My favorite! And killing people!

Yon: Let's do it.

Pumkin then opened his top up, seemingly magically(But Randolph and Merasmus both concluded he was, in no way, a magically gifted being). The whole crew climbed in, with Soldier and Demopan loading up remaining explosives to spread across the lower floors of the spire. When they were all in, Pumkin ripped off the door to the elevator shaft. As it was happening, Merasmus and Randolph prepared the spells. Pumkin climbed into the elevator shaft(This was the lowest possible floor, and thus a bottom was there), tried his hardest to make a jumpstart, and at the height, the two wizards let out their mana in a magical ascent to the Spire.

On the way up, Soldier and Demopan were throwing random meatball bombs out on the side(The meatball bombs stick on nearly any surface, working like C4).

As they neared the top, they were hearing alarms and began bickering that there'll be resistance on top, and they won't make it out.

Yon: You damn well all know what this was. But if at least one of us doesn't make it out, then we'll have lost it all. The Travel Glove won't be given to them, and we'll be one step closer to the destruction of our universe.

The group stayed silent, Shrek let out an agreeing statement of "Ay! The cyclops is right, ya' know." And thus the ascension continued.

<Prison Complex>
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At the complex, ZFT trooper were attempting to break in. The Terugans were throwing torches at them, rocks, and other junk. The riots were getting too insane for any of the patrolmen to do anything. After 5 minutes, they were able to break a door open, finding the outpost completely destroyed from the Dong Squad, from dead troopers to all the prison cells opened up, and spagetti sauce from the bombs everywhere. A living nightmare, but they picked up some of the weapons and began blasting open doors to the control room.

<Lower Spire>
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Riot ZFT Troopers were ganged up by the Elevator Shaft. They had lost contact with the Ipomal Outpost below them, and their last message that was sent through was a laughing donger, after seeing camera feed of the Control Room keeper being shocked and neutralized. The ZFT only expected the worse, assuming the Terugans had finally began rioting, or one of the prisoners had broken lose. Two ZFT troopers were working on burning the elevator shaft open with welders, burning open an entry. Behind them, a whole group of Jetpack troopers with ropes, to ascend down and retake the outpost if necessary. They were some of the most heavily armored and best trained troops the ZFT could spare without repercussions.

But none of them were expecting this.

In an instant, a giant pumpkin has smashed it's way through the elevator shaft door, blasting open the doors with brute strength and magic. The two ZFT engineers who were burning open the door were smashed behind the force of the doors slamming into the walls. Some of the Jetpack troopers were even knocked down, but immediately regained ground, by flying off the ground into the air.

The giant Pumpkin was Pumkin, and he pulled off his top to reveal the Dong Squad. Climbing out of it, Yon jumped out and shouted "DONG SQUAD, EXPAND!" They began attacking immediately.

Shrek was throwing onionades, Merasmus was blasting force spells, Randolp was going on an insane rampage, Soldier started picking everyone to death or keking them. Ross Mandell and Jesse Ventura were simply shooting some of them, using stolen ZFT pistols. See-Man had begun throwing The Hand around and staring down some of the troops into submission, by 'seeing' into their souls. No Image Guy was glitching HUDs or jamming guns. Ainsley was bopping them left and right with frying pans, throwing spatullas, or other cooking things. Demopan, however, speeded through the confusion to began planting explosives. The Dong Squad was completely destroying this well-trained army, and just from sheer randomness and chaotic instinct.

They held out for quite a while, with war cries of memetic nature, that spread from donger to donger. In that course of time, they battle was interrupted by One-Punch Man

One-Punch Man: GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE NOW!

BONES' ship started firing on the trooper inside, with a side hangar opened up, full of LGAM firing spagheti rays, vaporizing everyone into finely roasted spaghetti sauce. A turret ontop the ship was providing covering fire so no Dong Squad member would get hurt. As the room cleared out, the ship expanded a bridge for the members to begin going on.

First on were Ross Mandell and Jesse Venture, as humans, they were at a severe disadvantage compared to the rest. Next off was See-Man and The Hand, relatively powerless beings. Merasmus climbed on with Soldier, followed by a crazed Randolph, who was clearly enjoying this battle too much. Second to last was Shrek, who's tankness and onionades made him a force to be rekt with. At the very end, was of course, Pumkin, who's immediate stepping onto the platform almost made every tip out, but the ship quickly made railing to catch them.

As the door was about to close, Soldier shouted out: "WHERE THE HELL IS DEMOPAN?"

Yon: "That son of a female dog! He was the one with the Travel Glove too!"

Shrek: We have to go back! Little ayyliens, get back there and provide covering fire.

BONES, walking into the hangar, was furious. "We can't. The ZFT now know some third party is here, got a clear image of the ship, and will be after us any minute! We have to just trust he'll get out by using the Travel Glove to home in on our ship."

<Lower Spire>
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Demopan, with the Travel Glove, was trapped in a room with troop. He smacked them left and right, but he couldn't make it in time. Looking down on the Travel Glove, in fine print he read a switch between "Positive" and "Negative." IT was at that moment he realized he could use the Travel Glove to pull himself towards things, instead of bringing them towards him, by simply switching the switch. An idea hatched in his mind, and he pulled himself towards the elevator shaft.

<Prison Complex/Outpost>
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The ZFT troopers had gathered riot gear from the armory by using a crowbar to pull open the door.  Holding off the rioting prisoners with tear gas and other things, others went to the generator. They were able to reactivate an emergency generator to power the prison, activating the turrets to begin mowing down Terugan citizens. An announcement was made over the intercom. "Go back to your homes! Whatever was happening in here was the work of a third party, President Vok is currently being treated by our finest doctors here! We're not sure what happened, but please, go back to your homes, and we will not assault you! Troopers will be sent out to collect the freed prisoners, do not harbor them, they are danger to Terugan Prime and the ZFT! Go back to your homes now!"
The Terugans were not pleased. They were in an ecstasy of rage, caused by the freedom announcement of Jesse Ventura. Absolutely insane, with no reasoning. The turrets began firing low-impact bullets to stun them, and knockout gas was being using on them. The freezing tunnels of Ipomal made them use not tear gas, but some other strange conncotion that a Terugan scientist invented long ago.
Meanwhile, the riot troopers inside were making way for the control room.

<Control Room>
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Billy Mays was on his deathbed. He heard the riot troopers outside the door, using crowbars to try and break in. Before the Dong Squad left, Randolph welded the door shut with a fire spell, and Shrek placed furniture and ripped up panels to block the door, giving Billy Mays as much time as necessary. He readied a rifle to begin shooting at them, laying by the elevator, directly confronting the door. And that's when he heard it.

Demopan dropped into the room.

Billy Mays: DEMOPAN! YOU SHOULD BE GONE RIGHT NOW, I'LL BE ATTACKED AT ANY MOMENT!

Demopan: A joke is never forgotten, Billy. And neither is a salesman like you!

Demopan began removing the cancer cells from Billy's body with the Travel Glove. While it did put Mr. Mays into a shock, it also meant he wouldn't die now. He removed the Travel Glove after it, and put it on Billy Mays' hand.

Billy Mays: But...how will I escape?

Demopan: Think of the ship, Billy. Think of the ship.

And that's what he did. Oh, did he think of the ship. The Travel glove began glowing blue, in opposition to the former red, his arm raised up, and Billy was dragged extremely fast up the elevator shaft. Already in shock, Billy Mays shrugged off any bullets from the ZFT, and then made his way out the hole in the Lower Spire.

Back down in the control room, the ZFT had broke open the door. Troops in the clear back began opening fire on Demopan.

Demopan: Now, you bastard ZFTs, let's see how you like the pan! [Demopan ran towards them, and began bonking them, and running around rapidly, TF2 style]

<BONES' SHIP>
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The group was still sighing and hoping Demopan would come knocking on the door. BONES' instructed the Pilot to fly over the flatlands around the Spire, and attempt to avoid fire. Some of the Dong Squad took to using turrets and shoot down from ZFT spaceships.

LGAM A: We got a rapidly approaching target behind us, BONES, and it's not a spaceship.

Shell-Shocked Cat was sitting in the hangar still, in, no surprise, a shock of Billy May's death.

[A loud CLANG is heard by the hull of where Shell-Shocked Cat is sitting]

Opening the hangar door, it was Billy Mays! The Travel Glove had guided him all the way to ship, but Billy Mays was out cold and in shock.

Shrek: Aye, Cat, what was that noise? Was that the target

[Over the intercom]Shell-Shocked Cat: It's him! It's Billy!

A large rejoice was heard over the coms, everyone happy knowing Billy lived. But Billy wasn't looking too good, having of went out cold from shock.

Ross Mandell: We need medical examination ASAP! LGAM, get over here and take him to the Medical Bay!

A group of LGAM then come through the Hangar Bay doors with a stretcher, and take him to the Medical Bay immediately.

Soldier: And what about Demopan?

Just as the statement was said, an extremely loud explosion is heard from a distance as the ship is leaving. The crew look out the window, and see that the whole lower floor the Spire was blown out. The ground below it was also exploded and crumbling, meaning the lower bombs went off too. The Spire was falling inwards, down to the city.

Shrek: Oh my golly...

BONES proceeds to do his Skelly Bones dance, while the rest of the team mourns for the loss of Demopan.

<BONES' ship>

Yon grabbed onto a pipe to prevent himself from being sucked out before the ship's hanger bay doors closed. It was dangerous but he just had to see the chaos for himself. As the initial fire of the explosion dissipated in the distance, Yon was reminded of a plan he came up with in college to do exactly the same thing - destroy Ipomal's prison using explosives with a team of his friends. It was a ridiculous plan that would never have succeeded if he and his friends tried to do it, though - the only reason a similar plan worked now was because of the ridiculous supernatural abilities of the Dong Squad. Yon shook his head in awe and returned to his team.

"I admit I had my doubts upon joining..." Yon began. "I'd lived on the same Stouttish Islands as the rest of this team, and I wasn't sure that you'd be capable of even going to the toilet by yourselves. But today you've proved me wrong. You are heroes!"

Most of the Dongers cheered, with the exception of Pumkin, who made a "boop" sound as if he'd just scored a point at something.

"Yes, this is our time, friends!" Ross Mandell cheered.

"I think it's safe to say that you've earned a rest," Yon continued. "Use it while you can. Today we have lost a great Donger, but he did us proud, and thanks to him Billy Mays is still with us".

Jesse Ventura smiled. "That makes Jesse Ventura feel pretty good."

Yon then left to the medical bay to see how Mays was doing. The LGAMs were spoon-feeding him spagheti.

"when u dong com home and eat hte spagheti," one LGAM said.

"maybe," another replied.

Yon walked over to Mays's side. "How are you doing, Mays?"

Mays groaned and rubbed his head. He tried to sit up, but soon fell back on his pillow. Yon thought he should do something to make Mays feel better, so he looked around and noticed a small TV on one of the shelves on the wall behind him. Yon thought that Mays might appreciate having something to watch while he recovered, so he switched the TV on. Unsurprisingly, the channel he landed on was on a commercial break already. ComCast Galactic™ liked their commercial breaks.

This particular commercial was presented by a skinny human man who was advertising some kind of sponge. "Hi it's Vince with ShamWow!" he said. "You'll be saying "wow" every time you use this towel! It's like a shammy, it's like a towel, it's like a sponge-"

Yon looked back at Mays to see if he was enjoying the TV, but the opposite seemed true: he had gone red with rage and started spasming in his bed. His heart rate accelerated, which alerted a machine that monitored his heart rate, so it made a beeping sound. Upon hearing the beeping, the LGAMs rushed back into the room to spoonfeed him some more spagheti and meatballs in an attempt to calm him down. This had seemingly no effect until Yon turned off the TV, which somehow caused May's condition to stabilize almost instantly. Yon wiped the sweat off his brow in relief and made to leave the room, but his exit was blocked by Ainsley Harriott.

"Shockin', mate. Just shockin'."

The British chef turned his back to Yon and walked away.

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<Unknown location>

*A random worker rushes over to Breen and Zhao*

Worker: The subject's been captured, sir! What shall we do?

Breen: What?!

*Breen runs over to a microphone at the worker's station, flicks a few switches, and speaks into it*

Breen: Jericho Eggnog!

Zhao: NO! You'll destroy everything!

Breen: You know what would happen if the authorities got a hold of that clone! They'd trace it right back to us!

Zhao: But... all of our research... our finest technologies went into that clone!

Breen: I am not having my involvement in this project discovered! Make a new damn clone if you want, but this one's already dead unless the killswitch malfunctions.

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<Atuar Sadiares, floor X>

*Y?n, the clone of Yon, hears the words "Jericho Eggnog" inside his head and is overcome with a sudden strong urge to isolate himself from everyone else*

Y?n: I have to... no, get out of my way!

*Y?n wrestles out of his captors' grip and runs into the closet that the Caged Lion was formerly trapped in, slamming the door behind him*

*A few moments later, the muffled sound of an explosion can be heard from behind the door, and a large dent appears in it*

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<Atuar Sadiares, floor Y>

*Civilians are gathered around a large viewscreen in a public area that is playing a news report*

News reporter: All interplanetary flights to Teruga Prime have been cancelled due to an attack on ZFT forces by a fleet of ships belonging to an unknown party. Riots between the Terugan people and the ZFT administration have broken out worldwide. The de facto president, Vok, is rumored dead.

*The news reporter pauses for a moment to listen to some new information received through his earpiece*

*He nods at someone offscreen and turns back to face the camera*

News reporter: This just in. We have just acquired audio of a broadcast which was transmitted through most of Teruga Prime's most densely populated areas, shortly after the unknown fleet of ships arrived to attack the Spire of Conquest. It plays as follows:

"Prisoners, the ZFT have kept you for too long. They have kept the oppression of the Terugans too long. This is the time for REVOLUTION! Tonight, as me and our resistance allies broke into the prison tonight to rescue our brethren, and the ZFT have killed Vok! They stole his travel glove, and killed his guards! The ZFT are trying to silence us, fellow Terugans! Let no two eyes give you the fist, for now, our rules shall be an eye for an eye! The curfew is off, the lights are off, the systems are down, and we must rise as one! For Vok, for Teruga Prime!"

*One of the civilians watching the report says "Huh, that sounds like ex-governor Ventura", but shrugs and continues to watch*

News reporter: Again, everyone who owns their own means of space travel are strongly advised not to visit Teruga Prime until the situation improves. This is Rog Rogerson, reporting to you from GGNews.

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<Unknown location>

*Breen angrily grabs his coat and walks towards the elevator at the other side of the room*

*He is followed by Zhao, who seems to be pleading with him to reconsider something*

Zhao: But we've only just started! We can clone somebody else for testing!

*Breen ignores her and presses the call button on the elevator*

Zhao: Please, Wallace! We need you!

Breen: Cadmus is in shambles. There's splinter factions left and right, and I can't even talk to the project lead without having to go through a whole network of "representatives" first!

*The elevator doors open and Breen steps into it*

Zhao: You might be able to quit Cadmus, but you can't quit the Illuminati. We will come for you.

Breen: I look forward to it. No, seriously, I want a job where I can have a public face again. A representative to the people. I've missed that ever since Black Mesa shut down.

Zhao: We'll be in touch.

*Breen sneers and presses the button on the elevator, closing the doors and disappearing from view*

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<Under Ipomal>

The female sniper that was previously seen with Vok winced with pain. Her right arm was broken... she must have landed on it following the fall. In fact, how far did she fall? And where the hell was she? She rolled over onto her back to see her surroundings, hoping to find an answer to those questions. She appeared to be at the bottom of a black chasm. At the very roof of the chasm was a crack, through which a glimpse of the other side could be seen: the burnt orange skies of Teruga Prime. Gathering her thoughts, she remembered where she was last: Ipomal's prison, just beneath the Spire of Conquest, where she was attacked by a spherical orange creature and slapped through a wall. It dawned on her that she must have been slapped with such force that she flew straight through the walls of the prison and into an underground chasm outside. But if she was unconscious during all that, then that must mean that Vok was dead, and she failed to protect him.

The sniper dragged herself up the bank of the shallow ammonia river she was laying in and rested there for a moment. If anyone was still alive up there, she doubted they'd know where she was. She slowly got to her feet - at least both her legs were still working - and started to walk along the bank.

OOS: Waiting on Malygos and Redwolf for Ulduar and Coryza.

<Fareste>

*Caiaphus grins as he slowly walks around in his new body*

Caiaphus: "Glorious. Tell me, Starok, who else knows that I live?"

---

<Malchior IV, the PLANE?>

*TTT puts a sack on his head and walks up to CIA*

*CIA grabs him while someone opens the hatch on the plane. CIA holds him out of the hatch*

CIA: "Tell me about Cain! Why does he wear the jetpack?

*TTT says nothing*

CIA: "A lot of loyalty for a hired gun!"

???: "Or perhaps he's wondering why someone would shoot a man before throwing him out of a plane!"

*A soldier closes the hatch, and CIA throws TTT to the ground*

CIA: "At least you can talk. Who are you?"

???: "It doesn't matter who I am. What matters is my plan."

*Someone takes off this mysterious hotheaded big guy's sack, revealing it to be...LALLI CAIN!*

Lalli Cain: "No one cared who I was until I put on the jetpack."

CIA: "If I shut you up, will you die?"

Lalli Cain: "It would be extremely painful..."

CIA: "You're kind of a big guy."

*Lalli Cain was medium build, but strong. Also, the fact that he made Tiff Ramson disappear, along with all of the things he did as a mercenary beforehand, made him a big guy*

Lalli: "FOR YOU."

---

OOS: No worries, Dee Are Jay.

<Ailyb-Gypte>

*Airachnid follows them*

*The palace guards slowly approached the winged woman, pointing their guns at her*

*They ask her to state her business in their native language*

---

<Uterio's World>

*Nadle emerges wearing a hazmat suit*

Nadle: "There's no telling what this will do to my new body, so my best bet is to take precautions."

((lolol, more lampshades))

---

<Malchior IV, prison>

*Waller puts her hand up to her ear, and her eyes widen*

Waller: "Hurry up, we're on high alert!"

Axalara: "What is it?"

Waller: "An unidentified object near the lake. Hostile. Not far from here."

Axalara: "We will help you in the event that it attacks us."

---

<Malchior IV, on the way to the debriefing>

Rainn: "Hmm, punch buggy?"

Lt. Manning: "Nervous? Wait, we don't have cards."

Rainn: "Wait, isn't there some way we can get out of traffic?"

Lt. Manning: "This isn't 'Bruce Almighty'."

Rainn: "I preferred 'Evan Almighty' myself."

*The traffic starts to move, and soon, Lt. Manning is driving at normal speeds*

Lt. Manning: "Just a few more minutes."

---

<Malchior IV, Bat-Cave>

Rahn: "Yet you were precise enough to send us to this time in particular?! Wait, is it normal that a Makuta suddenly starts spasming and has smoke escape from his mouth?"

Julio: "Maybe he needs to be recharged."

---

<Malchior IV, former site of Ragnarok>

*The van explodes, and the crewman is killed*

*The cargo planes arrive, dispatching the soldiers and the humvee*

*They all begin firing at DU Ultron*

---

<Pub on Liquid-Metallicon>

*Akzer smiles, and sits down*

Akzer: "So, once, we were on a mission in the Herq system. I stopped by a cantina for drinks. Caiaphus, in his newly possessed avian body, wanted milk. He drank it, and well...."

Fourteen: "Well what?"

Akzer: "Let's just say there's a reason why they call that one crater "Herq's Reckoning. I have no idea how he could juggle so many pins."

---

<The Golden Hand>

Alda: "Just you wait! Once we arrive, you'll find yourself handcuffed to a railing! And I am armed!"  

---

<BONES' ship>

*Everywhere on BONES' ship, a holographic screen appeared. All of the DONG Squad members began to watch intently*

*It was Tyrone!!! He was making an inspirational broadcast LIVE from the Stouttish Islands!*



Tyrone: ""*clapping* Congratulations! Congratuuulations! CONGRAAATULATIONS! CongratulAtions! I tip my fedora to you, Dong Squad. You have successfully xxXREKTXxx Vok, the ZFT, and their forces of evil scrub lords. It is sad to hear that Demopan is no longer with you. May he rest in peace. But the battle has not ended yet. I know you can do it, Yon and Skelly Bones. Lead your friends to victory, m8. Drink some Mountain Dew, avoid the ZFT janitors, and enjoy the greatest ride of adventure you might ever know. Stop the Happening, just like Dr. Ron Paul would want us to. Do not let Demopan's sacrifice be in vain. Thank you, and rest in pepperoni mate! *laugh*""

*The transmission ends*

<Ailyb-Gypte>

*Blackout, Brawl, and Airachnid walk through almost-finished corridors. All around, Rahkshi and Ailyb-Gyptian workers are putting the finishing touches on the fearsome warship.*

Blackout: It's beautiful, isn't it? It'll be even better when it's finished. I just need a name for it.


*The woman responds in perfect Ailyb-Gyptian*

???: Relax, boys. I'm here to pay a visit to the friend of a friend.

*Three more figures appear on the roof*

???: Oh, and so are they.

*An invisible force pushes the guards off the roof, and they fall to their deaths*

*The other figures approach the woman*

???2: Was that really necessary, Entropy?

???/Entropy: Since when do you mind unnecessary bloodshed, Kranz?

???3: Shut up, both of you. ATTACK!

*They jump off the roof, and fly towards the ship*

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<Uterio's World>

DRJ: Clever boy.

*They knock on the building's door*

*The letter flap opens, and a gun immediately comes out*

????: Password!

Hawkes: Infestissumam! *turns to the others* These guys are so intense.....

*The door opens, and two Ta'har holding beat-up shotguns step aside to let the team through*

Komerak: You guys really don't need to shove the guns in everyone's face.

Ta'har 1: Yeah, yeah.

*They go upstairs, into a board room*

*Yon, an old white man petting a cat, and http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/e/ed/HawkAmongTheSparrows-Thundercracker.jpg are sitting around the table*

Yon: You guys sure took your time.

Ferox: Well, I couldn't exactly just bust them out whenever I felt like it. Anyway, friends, meet David Robert Jones and Nadle. They're here to help, apparently. Nadle, David, meet Yon, Zbigniew, Amelia, and Thundercracker.

DRJ: Well, well, well. This is exactly the motley crew of hangers-on I thought it'd be.

-----

<Malchior IV, prison>

TPK: The traces lead upstairs. What's above? The roof?

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<Malchior, on the way to the debriefing>

Aster: I hate this. *points at Rainn* He can teleport, you know. That's how he got here in the first place.

-----

<Malchior, battle against DU Ultron>

*DU Ultron is damaged by the shots, but not disabled*

DU Ultron: You pose no threat to me! I am ULTRON!

*He fires several smoke grenades near the Humvee, then jumps into the air*

-----

<Malchior IV, Bat-Cave>

F-Blackout: Silence, Julio. We don't recharge. Anyway, it sounds like someone's disrupting the molecular bonds of his antidermis. Now, unless you people have been monumental idiots and revealed the location of your base, it's probably targeted against Makuta in general. You should get him out of the city and see if he recovers there.

-----

<Pub on Liquid-Metallicon>

DS: Doggammit, I wanted to hear the whole story! Not this.....bloody again.....

*He makes a vague motion as if to punch someone, but misses completely, and ends up falling off his stool again*

DS: I'm just gonna stay on the ground this time.....

-----

<The Golden Hand>

Turel: Okay. First of all, I'm a gigantic robot. I could probably kill you with one finger.....are those really fingers? Well, I could probably kill you with one of those. Besides, why do you think where I'm taking you will be even slightly inclined to listen to you?

-----

<Teruga Prime, the Governor's residence>

*TBP is sitting at his desk, holding his head in his hands*

*Shockwave and Krika suddenly enter the room*
'
Shockwave: Having problems, Governor?

TBP: Shockwave! Where have you been?

Shockwave: Taking care of my problems, and yours, incidentally. And I see you've ruined everything.

TBP: I didn't do anything. We were attacked. Someone invaded Ipomal, took out half our fleet, killed Vok, and blew up the Spire.

Krika: I think that's the point. You did nothing.

TBP: Oh, since when do you care?

Shockwave: Since we got an order from the central government to remove you as governor. It seems the powers that be are no longer happy with your performance.

*Two guards run in, and cuff TBP*

Shockwave: Oh, and you've been sentenced to death too. Just a friendly notice.

*The guards drag away a sobbing TBP, and Shockwave sits down in TBP's surprisingly strong chair*

Shockwave: Good thing I didn't tell him they gave me his job. Probably would've made the guy even more depressed. Poor TBP.

*Gunshots ring out in the distance*

-----

OOS: Still waiting on Paws.....

OOS: Hope I didn't miss anybody.

~ ~ ~

[ Meanwhile, Back Where Things Make Sense! (Beach Planet): ]

Zev: *Suddenly has one of those possession-looking spasms, the kind where you shake all over and your eyes cross* How long was I out?

Asabana: About five seconds, master! ♥ *Turns back to Shaern* Indeed! First, let's try something to practice your Propagation abilities!

*She proceeds to conjure some kind of bulky metal ring, with what appears to be a layer of purple rubber stretched within it*

Asabana: By channeling your Cloud Flames and your own natural abilities into this device, you will begin to inflate the balloon away from yourself - preferably, while it's held towards the sea! When it reaches critical inflation, it will explode violently away from your body, and you will have passed this first test! ♥

*The ring is handed off to Shaern, and Asabana sits back, tail wagging side to side*

*Meanwhile, Zev is describing his earlier sensation to Namah*

Namah: A classic case of weird plot and/or time ####. Don't worry, hun.

*She gives him a peck on the cheek, and returns to reading on the porch*

Zev: *Smiles, and turns back to observe Shaern's attempt*

~ ~ ~

[ Atuar Sadiares: ]

HIM: Heh heh heh. Looks like Botan will be quite busy in the near future. And I will have several new chew toys for the girls. C'mon Harmony.

*As he clicks his pincer and summons a fiery portal, Harmony follows him through...*

*...But not without a last forlorn look at the Caged Lion*

~ ~ ~

[ Archon-7: ]

17: You know, 18, this might -

18: No. We're getting the tech out once that sandstorm dies down, and then we are going to get a new pair of boots for me, and then we are going back to the Fleet.

17: ...Maybe we could make our way into the sandstorm easier if we had a car?

13: He does have a point, ma'am. I reckon I could tune up some junk we detected earlier, and make a mighty decent means a' transportation out of it.

18: *Massages the bridge of her nose* Fine. Fine. Then I expect boots and rings for this.

17: Yeowch! Vi didn't give us enough money for all of that!

18: *Smirk* She also didn't say we had to only use the money. Catch my drift?

*This idea puts a very dark smile on both 17's and 13's faces*

*They then walk off to look for a ride*

<Malchior IV, the PLANE?>

*Kranxx rummages under his seat in search of something to defend himself with*

*To his surprise, he finds a fully-loaded AK-47, which he decides to hold on to in case violence breaks out*

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<Fareste>

Starok: I wouldn't know the answer to that question. I didn't even know that you were still alive until I located your mind with the thought transmitter earlier today.

Caiaphus (inevitably): Thought transmitter?

Starok: Ordak, a wormhole please. I want to show Caiaphus how we found him.

Ordak: Coming right up...

*Ordak creates a wormhole that leads back to Stelta-Stal that they all enter*

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<Stelta-Stal>

*Starok, Caiaphus, Ordak, Kulnak, and Kuli re-emerge in Starok's throne room*

*To reiterate: the brick-built throne room contains nothing but a meek throne and the makeshift conference table that Starok created earlier*

Starok: I once ruled our entire organization from this room, Caiaphus. I know it doesn't look like much, but I've never been one for flashiness. Plus, why decorate when your only visitors are in your mind?

*He taps his head and points up at the plain brick ceiling above him*

Starok: Somewhere above us, on the roof of this complex, is a large device that connects to the mind of any Makuta who enters this base and links them to the minds of every other Makuta in the universe. The true name of this device has been lost, as was the name of the Makuta who built it, so we just call it the "thought transmitter". Just by standing in this room, the device has already connected to your mind, but fear not: your thoughts will remain private unless you make a mental decision to share them with your kin, just like regular telepathy. The device is also one-way, so the Makuta you contact will not be able to transmit their thoughts back to you unless you remain mentally connected to their minds. To use the device, simply clear your mind of all unnecessary thoughts and focus on contacting the mind of the Makuta you want to find. The thought transmitter will gather that mental energy and transmit it across space into the mind of the Makuta you are thinking about. You can also use the device to touch the minds of every Makuta in existence instead of one specific individual. Allow me to demonstrate.

*Starok meditates for a moment and uses the thought transmitter to touch the minds of all known Makuta in existence*

Starok: I now have a mental image of all of the remaining Makuta that I'm aware of in the known universe. There are just as many as the last time I checked earlier today. Oh, and I forgot to mention: none of the Makuta whose minds you connect to will notice your presence unless you choose to communicate with them. And of course, the telepathic connection to other minds is broken whenever you mentally decide to sever it or whenever you leave the input range of the thought transmitter, which is about the length of this complex.

*Starok smiles at Caiaphus, but his eyes suddenly widen and he stumbles back against the wall as if he had just witnessed something shocking*

Starok: What...

*Ordak rushes over to hold him up - Starok shakes him off, but continues staring agape*

Starok: I don't believe it...

Kuli: What is it, Starok?

Starok: There is... a new Makuta. A new Makuta has just been created!

Kulnak: What? Are you sure?

Starok: I can feel a new consciousness somewhere out there in the cosmos. It is a new Makuta.

Kulnak: What does that mean?

Starok: It means we have someone else to recruit. We must leave at once!

*Starok telepathically transmits the location of this new Makuta to Ordak, so Ordak creates a wormhole with that location in mind*

*All four Makuta plus Kuli enter the wormhole*

OOS: Sorry for rushing ahead, but I want to get this down...

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<Mata Nui II>

*The antisocial Matoran I mentioned a few posts back continues to meditate in his room*

*It is none other than Vultraz, who has been reverted to a Ta-Matoran, likely in order to gain access to the Mata Nui II*

*In front of Vultraz is a freshly-created cloud of antidermis which seems to be exploring the surroundings of its cell*

*Vultraz looks down at his open hands in shock*

Vultraz: So... this is what they did to me. I can do anything with this power! I can build my own Brotherhood! My own Legion!

Starok: Maybe you will, with us.

*Vultraz turns around to see four fully-armored Makuta standing behind him, accompanied by a blue Matoran he'd never seen before*

*Vultraz's eyes rest on Ordak, the only one of them he recognizes*

Vultraz: I remember you. From the experiments.

Ordak: We meet again, Vultraz. I see your ability has manifested.

*Starok steps forward, eyeing Vultraz with curiosity*

Starok: Fascinating... the trials actually succeeded! We've created a Matoran who can birth our young...

Vultraz: Is... is that what this is?

*Vultraz gestures at the antidermis cloud in front of him, which continues to float around the room, exploring all of the cracks in the wall*

Starok: We'll see once we give it a body on Fareste. I remember the moment of my own creation. A confusing, overwhelming experience as I felt light, heat, air for the first time...

*Suddenly, Starok's reminiscing is interrupted by a piercing scream*

*The Makuta turn around to face its source, which is a female Ta-Matoran who stares at them in terror for a moment before running away*

*Starok grimaces and the Makuta draw their weapons*

Ordak: Incoming target practice...

*An alarm sounds over the station's speakers and the Makuta step out of Vultraz's cell to investigate their surroundings*

*They find themselves in what obviously used to be a prison block, with a windowed security center in front of them*

*Inside it, several Matoran can be seen retrieving a case full of Toa Stones that is inscribed with the words "FOR USE ONLY IN EMERGENCIES" in the Matoran language*

*In a matter of seconds, what were once a group of four brightly-colored Matoran with protosteel axes are now a fully-armed squad of Toa, each with a large elemental weapon that corresponds to their element*

*The newly-created Toa of Gravity, Lightning, Earth, and Psionics exit the security center and charge at the Makuta*

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<The Forest of Lights>

Quolas: I must have missed something.

*He opens a spatial tear back to the street on Malchior IV and enters it*

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<Malchior IV, streets>

*Quolas emerges from the tear on the same street he met TTT*
 
*He notices that Asled's ice cream stand has been flipped over, so he lifts it up and puts it back on its wheels*

Quolas: Hmm... now what to do...

*The military are fighting DU Ultron on the horizon behind Quolas, but he doesn't notice*

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<BONES's ship>

*Yon takes the praise from Big Man Tyrone to heart, and a single tear falls from his eye*

*The moment is interrupted when Yon's EyePhone rings in his pocket, so he walks over to the cargo bay to answer it*

Yon: This is Yon.

???: Yes, I know who you are! This is Gangly Gus, assistant to Lord Zrintch. I'm here to tell you about your next mission! His majesty is occupied now so he's asked me to give you the details.

*Yon activates his x-ray vision to look through the hull of the ship, and sees Zrintch's flagship struggling behind them*

*It is being chased by a ZFT ship which looks like this, with the words "Jet-Ball II" on its hull*

Gus: Lord Zrintch wants you to know that the next item you and your Dongers must collect is THE MASK. We don't really know where it is, so ask if See-Man knows. If he does, you might be able to pull it straight to you with the Travel Glove. More later, as you can see we're kind of busy here!

<Ailyb-Gypte>

Airachnid: "Yes, it's beautiful, master. What ideas for names did you have?"

*The guards are killed*

*More guards begin firing on Entropy. The alarm is raised*

*Meanwhile, inside the palace, Ra rolls his eyes*

Ra: "I hope my guards can handle it. I don't feel like getting up."

*Figlio is outside, watching the occurrence.*

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<Uterio's World>

Nadle: "I remember some of you. How are things?"

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<Malchior IV, prison>

Waller: "No, several floors of prisons."

Coro: "Didn't Blackout get on the roof at one point during the battle?"

Waller: "There's no time for speculation!"

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<Malchior, on the way to the debriefing>

Rainn: "She's right, you know."

Lt. Manning: "Gee, patience is a rare thing in this universe."

*They arrive at an abandoned warehouse*

Rainn: "Kind of cliché."

Lt. Manning: "Which is why no one expects it from the government."

*Manning, Rainn, and (hopefully) Aster get to the door. Manning blinks his eyes*

Robot voice: "Match. Lt. Bradley Alduous Manning, ID: B99012"

*They go inside the dark warehouse. Suddenly, several screens come to life. Images are projected on the south wall of the house, and Lt. Manning stands in between them*

Lt. Manning: "You probably have all figured out by now that I am not a Lieutenant in the army."

Rainn: "You're a spy."

Lt. Manning: "That's right, I'm part of Malchiorian intelligence."

Rainn: "Which agency?"

*Lt. Manning laughs*

Lt. Manning: "Anyway, the base that we were at was a surveillance facility, codenamed "NSA". It was in charge of spying on all Malchiorians with phones and similar devices in a 50 mile radius. The attack was the only flaw. It was largely successful, and we are planning on expanding it all throughout the planet. The reason behind this..."

*On the projections behind Manning, several images appear. One is footage of Uterio giving a speech to his soldiers, the other is a video of Caiaphus holding The Norman hostage. A third image is a photo of David Robert Jones in the airport. The voices of the videos filled the quiet room*

Lt. Manning: "For centuries, Malchior IV has been able to hold an important place in the galaxy, either through the Protectorate, or through other means. Us opening the doors to refugees only made people respect us, same with our military. The universe generally acknowledged that you do not mess around too much with Malchior IV, or the other planets that banded together with it under the alliance called the Protectorate. Sure, we had threats, but we handled them well. Blackout and his enemies stayed well away from our system. Until Caiaphus showed up *points at Caiaphus's footage* Coincidentally after that, a lot of people began to have interest in our planet. The Six Rings Dungeon and some of our artefacts were pillaged by Zev. Pirates started appearing, yadda yadda."

*Caiaphus's footage switches to an image of Zev*

Lt. Manning: "Then, we got dragged into a war. *points to Uterio's video* So many of our own killed, and so many of those in the Protectorate killed. We suddenly put ourselves on the intergalactic stage as major power players. That is both a good thing, and a bad thing. It attracts undue attention from other power players."

*A picture of Blackout and RacKoon City zombies are projected on the wall, replacing Zev's picture and Uterio's video.*

Lt. Manning: "Sure, Uterio was killed, but the universe did not stop being dangerous. Things got worse. We had a plague of unknown origin, and many more threats. We needed action. So we quickly expanded our military surveillance program to include all citizens, just in case. Then things got worse."

*The picture of David Robert Jones appears once again, along with a picture of the aftermath of Ragnarok. Both replace the images of Blackout and the zombies.*

Lt. Manning: "ZFT was found to have activities. Terrorist attacks suddenly started happening in random locations, including our base. Klak disappears in a massive battle with hostiles both known and unknown. Neo-Uterian groups on the rise. Malygos returns."

*A projection of the HYDRA logo is projected on the wall, covering Manning's face. It is then replaced with a picture of Malygos.*

Lt. Manning: "And this is just the icing on the cake. We can barely trust anyone. I'm going to need all of your help in stopping the terrorists."

Rainn: "*whispers* Cadmus..."

*The images all disappear, and a light turns on, illuminating the room. It is filled with a bunch of white desks with old-looking computers.*

Lt. Manning: "If you have any questions, let me know. I'll let you two know if I find more information we can pursue. Be on the lookout. It's getting more dangerous out there."

Rainn: "Right. Aster, there's a café nearby. Want some coffee or tea? I'll be outside."

*Rainn walks out, muttering to himself*

*Manning trips on his shoelace*

Lt. Manning: "Guh, Aster, help please. By the way, need my keys?"

*He silently motions for Aster to get closer, as if trying to tell her a secret.*

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<Malchior, battle against DU Ultron>

*The Humvee swerves*

Soldier on turret: "Give it a minute!"

*One of the other soldiers fires a bazooka at DU Ultron*

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<Malchior IV, Bat-Cave>

*Rahn has a flashback to the NSA base*

Rahn: "*to a hostage* This gig is so cool. I'm alive again, I get to blow stuff up, AND I get to stay in the Bat-cave!"

*Flashback ends*

Rahn: "Yeah! Good thing we're not idiots! Hmm, there's a city about 30 minutes away from the NSA base."

Julio: "Yes, that's where we do most of our attacks. This all may be nearly 100 miles from the prison I was in, but I know these things."

Rahn: "Dang, Shadow Blade is a fast driver."

OOS: Exposition+lampshades.

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<Pub on Liquid-Metallicon>

Akzer: "Thing is, I don't remember most of it. He swung his fist into me while screaming 'IT'S WHY THERE ARE COWS' over and over. I was knocked out for half of it, then I woke up and saw more chaos."

*Fourteen starts crying*

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<The Golden Hand>

*Alda raises her finger as if to make a point, but stays silent.*

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<Malchior IV, the PLANE?>

CIA Guy: "Was getting caught part of your master plan?"

Lalli Cain: "OF COURSH! We needed to know what Dr. Kranxx was going to tell you."

*CIA was confused, something was off*

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<Mata Nui II>

*Caiaphus grins, and shoots several blasts of shadow at the Toa*

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<Malchior IV, streets of the town near the lake near DU Ultron>

Asled: "Oh wow, a battle far away! Ice cream is now 10% off for those who want to watch it!"

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<BONES' ship>

Jesse Ventura: "That was a real inspiring speech. I think its time we go on another mission."

*'Conspiracy Theory' theme plays*

*Ross Mandell is inspired by Big Man Tyrone's speech. He grows in strength*

*See-Man walks up to a hte spagheti LGAM, and points at it*

See-Man: "OAHAHAHAAA! SEE!"

OOS: I hope I am not missing anyone. Waiting on Redwolf for Coryza and Malygos for Ulduar.

<Malchior IV, the PLANE?>

Kranxx: Nothing! I said nothing!

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<Malchior IV, streets>

*Quolas ignores Asled and leaves through another spatial tear*

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<Nauru, café>

*Quolas emerges from the tear into the cafe where the hooded figures met, causing a waitress to drops some glasses in shock*

*He apologizes to her and moves over to the hooded figures' table*

*Upon seeing Quolas, each of the hooded figures bows their heads*

Hooded Figures: Quolas.

Quolas: Hello, my brothers.

HF1: How goes the search?

Quolas: Not well. I fear Klak may be beyond my reach.

HF3: You may have to wait until another temporal breach occurs which you can track. None of us have any other means of tracking someone across space...

Quolas: I'll think on it. Until then, let's talk.

*The hooded figures nod at him, and Quolas pulls up a chair to sit next to them*

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<BONES' ship>

The LGAM which See-Man pointed to was confused. It responded in a squeaky tone.

"Ayy?"

Meanwhile, Yon walked back to where the rest of the Dongers were. With his enhanced vision, he saw that each of them were still wearing their spaghetti suits.

"Uhh, team? You can take off the spagheti suits now."

To their surprise, the rest of the team found that each of them were still wearing the full-body suits made out of the thin spagheti sauce membrane. In the chaos, they had completely forgotten that they were still wearing them. Randolph immediately ripped his off and inspected it, but remained baffled at the alien technology. Meanwhile, Pumkin's sad expression turned into one of disturbing delight as he snatched the remains of the suit from Randolph's hands.

"Give me the saaaaauce," Pumkin moaned.

The living fruit held the suit up in front of its mouth. With a whooshing sound, the suit was sucked straight into the black void within, and Pumkin's eyes rolled back in ecstasy. The suit was consumed with an unnecessary guttural chewing sound and Pumkin turned his attention back to the others, smiling. The other members of the team stared at him in horror, but he seemed to be totally unfazed, simply saying "Well, that wasn't too bad."

"Uhh... okay, I think I speak on behalf of everyone here when I say that I don't want to see that again," Yon said. "So, if you all put your suits on the floor just there..."

The Terugan pointed to a spot on the metal floor in the middle of the group. After the other members of the Dong Squad had torn off their spaghetti suits, they threw them onto a pile which was Yon then incinerated with an optic blast, much to Pumkin's annoyance. Ross Mandell attempted to comfort the orange creature by saying "Don't worry friend, your time will come!", but he was just met with an empty stare instead. Yon switched to x-ray vision and looked out into space, where he saw that around Zrintch's flagship was still being hounded by the ZFT ship Jet-Ball II.

"Alright, who's up for a mini-mission?"

The Hand jumped off of Merasmus's hat and gave Yon a thumbs-up. Yon looked at Merasmus, but found that the wizard had drifted off to sleep. Yon was about to allow him some rest, but the Hand was not so kind, propelling itself into the wizard's face and slapping him awake.

"AIIIEEEIIAAA... eee?" The wizard babbled as he came to his senses.

"Merasmus, I have a mission for you!" Yon began. "It looks like Zrintch's crew are having some trouble dealing with that little Jet-Ball ship, and the rest of his fleet are busy fighting off the other ZFT ships that they just launched from the planet. So maybe you could use your magic to teleport me and a couple others onto the ship and we could take them out?"

"FACK you, Yon!" The wizard replied. He instantly fell asleep again and began to snore loudly, but was promptly woken up by The Hand, which began tickling his sides. Unable to stop laughing or shake the Hand off, Merasmus eventually gave in.

Yon grimaced. "Alright, so it's me, the crack-snorting wizard and a disembodied hand. Anyone else?"

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<Atuar Sadiares>

*The surviving members of the security team who were responsible for the arrest of Y?n look inside his mysterious cardboard box to find that it is empty, because Vea has since been abducted by Adam*

*They shrug and throw the empty box into an incinerator*

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<Mata Nui II>

*The Toa of Lightning deflects Caiaphus's shadow blasts into the roof with her battleaxe as she charges toward the Makuta*

*The Toa of Psionics attempts to launch a mental assault on Caiaphus, but quickly withdraws after glimpsing some of the horrors in his mind*

<Skelly BONES' ship>
Merasmus, Yon, and The Hand arrived by the hangar side. They put on their spagheti suits, freshly squeezed and created from the Mothership. The Hand technically didn't need one, but hey, you never know when hte spaghetti noodles would be needed.

Yon motioned Merasmus to begin the teleportation spell. Still disgruntled over being awoke, he began his chant: "AIIIEEEIIAAA," and a glow began from his staff. Yon's eye was making random colors from the magical power, and the Hand was being blown away, holding onto Yon's shoulder. A sphere was created around them as the spell continued. His chant slowly became a humming, then he banged his stick on the ground and they were gone.
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Meanwhile, on the bridge of the ship(which was in fact, placed in the center of the spaceship), the main LGAM, known simply as A, sat in the front controlling the ship. Infront of him was See-Man, who's finger was pointing towards wherever The Mask was. Normally, he'd think this ridiculous, but See-Man's uncanny searching ability wasn't a laughing matter. A had seen his fair share of ridiculousness, but this set of missions topped them all.

Sometimes he wished to go back to how things were, staying on his planet, working at the meatball factory, then going to his Mom's house for dinner every night, eating her homemade spaghetti. The LGAM's homeworld was considered the best known spaghetti and pasta exports in the Hoag's Object Galaxy. Their species were amazing cooks, and created the bio-organic food technology and weapons, doubling effectiveness of their exports. The bio-organic food items made sure that, if necessary, you would be able to eat your items in times of great needs. Of course, it also meant all food factories and kitchens would double as armories. Quite an achievement.

The Little Green Alien Men's real species name was Ayy-Lmaliums. They were an offshoot of the legendary Grey Aliens, who were well-known to infiltrate and abduct individuals for their experiments. The LGAM were distinct from them, creating a civilization of peace and advancing the fine arts. They enlisted in the Cooperative for protection from their Grey brethern, who wished to destroy their peace loving and culinary created society. While their Dam'si agents had protected them for quite a while, The Greys eventually pierced their defenses. They bombarded their homeworld, destroying every food factory in site, and enslaving the Ayy-Lmaliums. The Greys had set-up a self-replicating defense network to prevent the Cooperative from intervening and genociding The Greys.

This all changed when Lord Zrintch came. While not a member of the Cooperative, he was allowed through on the fact he was considered a legendary Sith Lord, never having of lost a galactic battle. Lord Zrintch's forces were able to nullify the self-replicator defense drones with the help of a Cooperative Maker(a device that was a molecule rearrangement device that allows one to make anything, basically, a futuristic 3-D Printer). Zrintch and the Cooperative forces annihilated the rest of the Greys, who were ruled to be Genocided from Spaghetti World.

Afterwards, Cooperative freed the Ayy-Lmalium slaves. A had been one of them, treated cruelly and was not allowed any pasta or other fine foods. Zrintch's race joined The Cooperative afterwards, becoming defenders and manhunters in society. Zrintch gave an offer for any LGAM to join his group to prevent further things like this, and A(full name A. Le-Mao) signed up, along with the others who are currently on this ship. Further down the line, they were reassigned for Skelly Bones' Suicide Squadron, due to their advanced technology, culinary creation, and Cooperative membership.

And somedays, A still missed the way things used to be. But like everyone else on the ship, he knows what he signed up for, and he knows what he's preventing. He's preventing another Spaghetti World destruction, another LGAM enslavement, and putting an end to imperialists like The Greys and Reptillians.

Thus, See-Man continued pointing and A continued following.
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Shrek sat in his cabin, laying in his ragged bed created from The Maker, to resemble his home in his swamp. He sighed, staring at a picture of Fiona with his 3 kids, and another photo of him with Donkey. A love forgoned ages ago, he wished they could've came too. But it would've been too dangerous. He would've been trying to protect them the whole time, instead of doing the mission. He rolled over and proceeded to go to bed, forever alone and depressed in this artificial swamp cabin.
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<Zrintch's Fleet>
Lord Zrintch's fleet was at a huge disadvantage. The destruction of the Terugan Prime tower was not foreseen to anger them so much. The ZFT deployed all of their space fleet from the falling rumble, hellbent on destroying Zrintch. The pirates he had hired weren't having much luck either, most of their ships getting picked off. Zrintch had hoped Skelly Bones' ship would be able to pick them off, being one of the most advanced ships with an onboard Maker.

Then, a communication went through to Zrintch, from his cabin. Zrintch appointed one of the others are temporary general, retreating to his cabin. He turned on his hologram communication to receive the message. The messenger was unknown, with static blurring out an image.

???: I presume the Dong Squad is doing well

Zrintch: Yes, we've put a huge dent into the ZFT and were able to retrieve the Travel Glove. Like you said, their next objective is The Mask, which they're heading to now.

???: And how soon will my escape be? What of Flesh-Eater?

Zrintch: We lost contact with Flesh-Eater months ago. The Dekan Warlords were killed, by his last transmission was of a ZFT soldier tracking him.

???: Attempt to recommunicate with him. I can't be stuck in this Hell forever. We don't know how long we have left until the incursion begins

Zrintch: Will do sir. The ZFT fleet is on our tails, Zrintch out.

Zrintch turned off the communicator and went back to the bridge, assuming direct control. The ZFT were getting picked off slowly, but the Jet-Ball ship seemed unhampered.
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<Dekan>

It had been 9 months since The Visitor came to Dekan. Flesh-Eater had eliminated all Dekan Warlords he was tasked with. Any means of escape, however, had been destroyed by The Visitor. Eir's communication device ceased functioning, and components had not been found yet. The Visitor had been on his trail, along with natives, for quite a while now. Nothing e couldn't handle, though. Some of the villages had taken a liking to em, killing their oppressive warlords. Eir's exotic nature had even had em portrayed as a deity to some. Not that e cared.

Flesh-Eater continued to walk through the swamps, scavenging for minerals to forge together to get e's communication back up to contact Zrintch.
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[Beach Planet]

*Shaern goes on a montage of trial and error with the ring before getting the hang of it, pointing it at the ground and flying into the air*

Shaern: WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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[Cabana, Phyrexian Orbit]

Ynot: There was a time when Blackout and I saw eye to eye. There was a time when Your Father ruled the Brotherhood. There was a time that I wasn't top dog, and had to fake my death to get peace.

Sasuken: Where's this leading?

Ynot: Times change, but some sentiments linger. Blackout and I are at odds with each other, but we still have a respect for one another. Neither of us is tolerant of the man who sits by when they have the chance to affect change. Our opinions differ as to what needs changing, but we still respect that the other makes things move. I hate how he operates, and he I, but we can trust that we will continue to operate how we do.

Sasuken: So you are saying you trust him not to stab you in the back with a Trojan horse?

Ynot: Of course not. I checked this thing ten times over before I came out here. Trust but verify.

*Ynot tosses the Mask to Sasuken*

Ynot: Besides, this means that for some unknown amount of time, there will be two of these masks in the universe. Something we can take advantage of later.

*Sasuken exhales and sighs*

Sasuken: Sorry, man. I should have known you'd never do something like that to me.

Ynot: I recognize that the council has made an apology, but seeing as it's a stupid a$$ apology, I've chosen to ignore it. Teridax put you here to be the check to my mate. Don't you forget that. I ever get out of hand, it's you that needs to put me down.
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[Phyrexia Surface]

After much running and shenanigans, Vultran, Kurenitsu, Sonia, Sreda, and Hokagetsu arrive in the Iron pits

Sreda: Are we theeeeeeeere yet?

Sonia: According to the intel Trixitin relayed, this is the general area.

Kurenitsu: So, what now?

Sonia: He didn't say exactly. The Source was incredibly vague. We're looking for 'The Forge of Endless Slag'.

Dominaria:

Malygos grinned wickedly, as he saw the black ship arrive in the cargo bay on his screen. All was coming together nicely. His red eyes glinted as he conjured up a hologram of his head researcher.

"Lynvara, in actuality, I need you here. Our cargo from the clandestine operation has arrived, finally."

"Understood, milord. Will we be..." She glanced back nervously at Sumire. "Commencing?"

A subtle nod.

"Very well. I will be there soon."

The transmission ended. He sat back in his throne, surveying around him the lands of beautiful metal, that he had worked so hard to secure. Soon, surely, all would be so prosperous. The thought brought a smile to the being's smooth, androgynous face.

A tall, shapely woman, clad head to toe in black, unless it was her skin that was black and she merely wore rags of the same color, with long, violet hair, wearing a white masked fashioned into the shape of a skull stepped out of the shadows. Her voice was smooth, soft, measured in tone. "My lord. Ynot has landed on Phyrexia, and seeks to contact their leader. It is not my place to make such deductions, but..."

She paused, and the magus nodded his head, indicating she should continue.

"Now is the best time you could possibly have to enact your plan. Blackout and Figlio are busy at the negotiating table. Zev is on some backwater planet training a friend of his. Klak and Ynot are busy dealing with threats that you intended them to." Though her mask betrayed no emotion, one could get the hint of a smile behind it, from the subtle inflections in her voice. "We cannot allow this chance to slip us by, my lord."

He dismissed her with a wave. "I have accepted your counsel...and I have been planning this for some time. Blackout and Zev might be lucky accidents, but this was a gamble, having Klak and Ynot sent off at the same time...and it worked. Thank you, Hassan, and you are right. It is time."

The woman faded into the shadows, yet again, as if nothing was ever there. Malygos stood up, weaving spells to contact all those closest to him. "It is time. We are now in the final phase of the Ascension Project, and, if you will forgive an old man's sentimentality, I want all of you to be there to bear witness."

He snapped his fingers...and he vanished.

The Legacy Ship landed, and Lynvara stepped out, clad in her violet Imperial uniform. "I-I'm s-sorry that I-I have t-to go so soon, S-Sumire...u-um," She felt her face flushing. "W-would it be alright, i-if, maybe...w-we could...g-get together, sometime?"

Before Sumire could respond, the black-winged angel shouted something. "Come on, Lynvara. We're going to be late."

She mumbled a farewell, before running to catch up with him, flashing him an icy glare. "I-I was..."

"You can go on a date with her later. You've got an important job to do, remember?" His voice was dark, as if he had much on his mind.

"R-right..." An Imperial shuttle, painted the violet-and- picked the pair up, and flew them to the top of the grand, imposing metal structure that was the Imperial palace. They spoke little while on the trip, each knowing the gravity and significance of what was about to take place.

They stepped off, onto the flat roof of the palace. Malygos was already waiting for them, as were Hydraxis, Doppler, Loki, Tyri, Solokhoff, and a grey-skinned, stone-faced dwarf. All were clad in Imperial purple.

Lynvara blinked. "Steelshadow? I-I didn't know you had made it up here..."

The dwarf let out a "harrumph" of annoyance. "I'm Imperial, same as you lot, and I'm damn good at my job, so Malygos let me up here." His voice was rough, hard as the stone his face seemed so similar to.

Lynvara dropped the subject, taking her place in the ring. "And w-where is Hassan?"

"Here, milady." She appeared just behind Lynvara, causing her to squeak in surprise. She caught a snigger from Loki, who was quickly quelled by Tyri's stern glance. God, why did she have to always do that...

Malygos silenced them all with a wave of his hand. "Our final guests will be arriving shortly, and they are the most crucial to our...Ah, there they are."

A final shuttle arrived, dropping off Lady Aluren, and the prisoner she had been sent to capture. She had been cleaned up and dressed in the finest of robes, for this occasion, though her eyes kept darting around, as if searching for escape routes. Malygos turned around, smiling on all of them. "Then all of us are here. Good- for it is time." A grand gesture, indicating the beautiful, magitek city of Augustgrad around him. "Here, you all see what I have created. This empire I have constructed is a place of unprecedented peace in a sea of hatred and violence, unending because of fools who wish for power, fools who would exploit others to get that power. Fools who see the small picture, rather than the large."

He looked down on the prisoner. "What is your name, child."

She shuddered and looked away. "I don't have one."

He frowned, putting his hand on her shoulder. "You have suffered so much, for one so young...ripped from those who cared for you by greedy monsters, transformed into a living battery for their magical energies, constantly dissected and filled with magic, and never allowed even the mercy of death..." He smiled. "No longer, young one. I am here to grant you salvation, and to ensure men such as those monsters who called themselves the Sun Magi never can harm another again. But first...a name." He pondered for a second. "How about...Iris?"

"Iris.." She thought for a moment, rolling around the name, as if feeling the taste of it on her tongue. Then, slightly, for perhaps the first time in her life...she smiled. "Yes. Iris...I like it."

And the woman who now had a name frowned yet again. "But you brought me up to this tower...you have something you want to use my abilities for, don't you."

The magus sighed, yet again. "Iris, my child. You are forsaken, rightly suspicious of everyone around you. I promise you, I will grant you a life of your own, a life you can rightly say is yours, beholden to no one save yourself. Look me in the eyes, and tell me if I am lying."

Her eyes met his, and she had to admit, he truly did seem honest. "Okay...but then, what do you need me for?"

He did not answer - he merely nodded to Lynvara. "It's time."

She nodded, pressing a panel on the interface displayed on her arm. Slowly, a huge, steel spire unfolded from the centre of the building. Violet veins of magic pulsed along its length, an aura of power evident with its very being. "It is ready, my lord."

He turned to Iris. "My child...this is your part of the plan. I need you to step inside this device. You were bred as part of a depraved program to create a perfect focus for magic...and, though I cannot condone what those monsters did, I cannot deny their success...and why I need you." He smiled. "This machine gathers all the energy of the magical leylines scattered across the universe, that I have redirected to this single point. It is capable of near limitless power...yet it is nothing without a focus. You, Iris...you will be this focus. The power will move through you - worry not, it will be painless."

He smiled. "Because you are not the recipient - you are but the focus. It will hurt me, but not you."

She looked at the opening inside the metal spire, on the being who had bestowed her with a name. She was shaking, terrified...but he could stop people doing what they did to her?

Yes. This was right.

She took a deep breath, steeling herself. "I am ready."

Malygos smiled. "Good. Step inside."

She did so, and Malygos began incanting a ritual. "Magic of the world, throughout the stars. Heed my words." Each syllable resonated with power...

Throughout the universe, all worlds shook.

Magic which had been in the air, ambient, inert, suddenly flared to life. Beams of violet light fired from points, drawing magic away from its environment, shooting it all throughout space.

All these beams converged on one point.

The light struck the spire.

The others all shielded their eyes from the glare, as the arcane runes on the tower flared to life, trapping the power within, growing brighter, and brighter. All aimed on that one girl. Though unhurt, she was afraid, she felt the power surging through her, and feared she could not take so much.

No.

She must. This had to work. Else how could she repay the man who had given her a name, given her reason to live?

Malygos extended his hand forward...and the power flooded into him. All the magic of the universe, extending into the body of one man. His red eyes glowed with arcane might, his long, silver hair flapping around her, the currents of magic threatening to tear all apart, this magus keeping them under complete control.

As it went on, the magic began to flare across his own skin, as he began to lift off the ground, circles of light wrapping around him as his own small body was not enough to contain this much ancient, primal magic. All of it, flooding, enveloping, and pain with it. For no body, even one as his, was meant to contain this much magic. His own body was being torn apart by this magic.

And instead of buckling under it, Malygos laughed. Even as it destroyed his body, he still made it his master, forced it to become his. This was not the primal, formless energy of natural magic; these were the practiced, disciplined, focused magics of a master of his craft.

Malygos's body flared with light, and the top of the tower cracked.

A flash of pure energy.

And when it faded, Malygos was no more, his body shattered by the energies he himself had beckoned.

Anzu's usual stoic mask dropped, and he rushed over to the tatters of Malygos's robe. "My lord! Malygos, damn it, you can't...not here!" Tears streamed down his face. This wasn't supposed to happen, he wasn't supposed to die. "My love, answer me!"

A chuckling on the air.

Anzu, and the others looked up.

Though Malygos's body was no longer there, the arcane energies still hung in the air, as if some force was keeping them from dispersing. "Do not worry, Anzu." It spoke. The voice was Malygos's, though greater, stronger, more reverberating. "I am not gone yet." The magic began to descend, the form of their emperor forming out of the cloud of energy, dressed in violet finery.

"Malygos!" Anzu flew to greet the formless blob of energy, embracing the solid image he'd created.

"The project is complete. It is time for the next stage." His body began glowing, a malicious, almost demonic smile taking his face. "Conquest."

<The Jet-Ball II>

Yon squeezed his eyelid tightly shut as he felt the magic from Merasmus' teleportation spell ripple throughout his body. This method of using spells and chants to transport them from one place to another was ancient and primitive compared to modern teleportation techchnology, but it seemed to work well enough as he was instantly hit with the smell of gasoline. When he opened his eye he found that he was standing in some sort of cargo bay sole-deep in a puddle of oil. Looking around, it looked like an oil drum was knocked over by a hit on the outer hull of the ship, likely return firepower from Zrintch's forces, which would explain the spillage.

However, something wasn't right. The Hand's grip on Yon's shoulder was much tighter than usual, and when the Terugan looked over to his wizard ally, he appeared frail, as if the life was suddenly drained out of his body. His ghostly green aura was gone and his size decreased to make him the same height as a normal - or Terugan - man. Indeed, he now appeared to be nothing more than a middle-aged human man dressed in black rags and a skull hat. Merasmus hobbled forward past the oil puddle and collapsed, prompting The Hand to jump off of Yon and onto the wizard's chest, pounding on it to get him breathing again.

"How can this be?" Yon wondered. "He's been ghostly and wizard-like since I first ran into him on the Stouttish Islands. I know he usually acts up, but I have a strong feeling this 'act' has nothing to do with drugs". With that, he cricked his knuckles, stretched his arms, and moved the empty oil drum out of his way.

"Hand, make sure you look after Merasmus. It looks like I'll be doing this mission alone, and it's only a matter of time before they hear me down here, or pick up a heat signature on their scanners. I know what I'm doing: This ship is of Terugan design... much bigger than the Unifeyed, but smaller than the one I had a good look round on a school trip once. I'll be fine." The Terugan said confidently as he approached the doors that would lead into the ship's hallways. The door was made of solid Teruganium, which means he would have trouble breaking through it with optic blasts... he'd probably better luck with the keypad on the wall next to it. He examined the keypad - it was secure with a three-digit combination. "Damn  . . ." Yon thought to himself, "I wish No Image Guy was here right now. Still, no time to lose and all that".

So without further ado, Yon began to punch random three-digit numbers into the keypad. 153 was no success, and 553 reaped no rewards either. Fourteen or so attempts later, 282 did the trick and the door slid open with a woosh... revealing a squad of armed ZFT soldiers behind it with their weapons raised.

"Put the weapon on the ground NOW!" The squad leader shouted through his grated helmet with his rifle pointed at Yon, his free hand pointing at the flintlock pistol inside the cyclopean's holster. Yon sighed and took it out, gently placing the antique on the metal ground, and sliding it across the floor to the soldier at the back.

"I have my own squad, you know." He muttered as the ZFT soldiers approached him with caution, their weapons still raised. "You ZFT guys also kept me prisoner and experimented on me. Do you know what the higher-ups were doing to members of my species?"

A few of the soldiers appear unfazed, but a couple look to each other with confused expressions, then back to Yon. "I'm willing to bet at least some of you know. Probably the one in front, in charge, right there. In which case, you should know by now that when dealing with me... you've gotta keep both eyes open." The Terugan replied before charging up his iris.

The soldiers barely had time to open fire or even run away, as the optic blast ravaged everything in its path, leaving the soldiers' charred remains a vertical black smear across the floor of the corridor ahead. Yon quickly grabbed his flintlock pistol and holstered it, running out into the corridor and looking left and right. Switching to x-ray vision, he looked through the ship until its bridge was in his sights. Surprisingly, there appeared to be little military presence on board - only one more small squad of ZFT soldiers, and the rest were Terugan personnel. Well, it was only a scout ship, after all... the ZFT were probably only on board to keep the crew in line, as they were the ones with the weapons. He pauses for a moment to allow his eye to "cool down" before taking off down the corridor. He pushed past a Terugan engineer on the way and ripped the head off an android to prevent it from sounding the alarm. Finally, he ran through the sliding doors leading to the bridge and blasted a control panel to get everyone's attention. A turquoise-coloured middle-aged Terugan woman with robotic arms rose from the captain's seat, complete with a fiery expression.

"Who the bloody hell are you and what are you doing on my ship?" She shouted before pressing a button on her console. Yon put his arms up again - this time not to signify a surrender, but rather to show his frustration.

"Nooooo! You're supposed to wait for a stupid answer, then press the button!" He said, exasperated. "Look, I was going to kill you anyway, and I really feel like doing so now since you pressed that damn button, but as it happens I need someone left alive to drive this ship."

"And what makes you I'll do that?" The captain hissed. 

"Because I'm Yon. You might have seen me on the news... or maybe not yet, as it's only just happened. I'm the one who just saved Teruga Prime from the ZFT on my way to save the universe." He then opened his telepathic link with all the members of the Dong Squad, so they could see what he sees. "You getting this, guys? We're about to make history." He then taps on the side of his head and gives the captain a knowing stare.

The captain met Yon's gaze for a long moment before breaking away when she realized he was right. It felt like the ZFT had just launched their whole Teruga Prime-centred armada into space against Lord Zrintch's fleet. Whatever Yon did, it must have pissed them off pretty badly, and she couldn't deny that deep down, she approved. When the doors on the other side of the room opened, revealing the second squad of ZFT troops, the captain ran forward. She punched the squad leader in the face with her robotic arm, cracking his visor, before knocking him out cold with a fire extinguisher. Yon gave a helping hand by whipping out his flintlock pistol and firing into the other troops. They returned fire, hitting and killing some of the Terugan crew, but the soldiers eventually fell. The captain turned to Yon and gave him a nod.

"Captain Ade. Do what you must, but quickly."

Yon nodded. "Thank you. So, rest of the crew, my ship is that big black one hovering over there." He pointed to BONES's grand ship on the viewscreen. "My squad is on there, and I need to get back to them. Any ideas?"

A teenage Terugan navigator piped up. "I think I have one... but it's not safe."

"Cool, let's hear it!" Yon replied with a disturbing level of excitement.

The teenager raised an eyebrow. "I think I have a name for your squad..."

"Oh, what's that?"

"Well, if you like the sound of danger, the Suicide Squad."

Yon shrugged the suggestion off. "Eh, maybe later. You must be fun at parties. Anyway, give me the idea."

"Alright. Well, we can take out most of the incoming ZFT ships on our asses... but it involves dumping the warp core. We'd all be killed in the explosion. It might not extend as far as your ship, but we'll all die."

"I think I can get around that problem. I have a friend who's an AI. Maybe he can drive this ship past the range of the explosion after you dump the warp core."

Ade rubbed her metal hands. "Alright. Let's do it."

<Ailyb-Gypte>

Blackout: I was thinking of the Valiant. Or maybe, the Pale Fire.



*Entropy dramatically veers out of the way, avoiding the guards' fire*

*She telekinetically lifts one of them into the air, and uses him as a shield against the others' shots*

*She then hurls his corpse through Ra's window*

*They all land on top of the ship*

Kranz: Weisung, can you smell antidermis?

*One member of the group, a green-skinned reptilian, speaks up*

Weisung: Everywhere. They're everywhere. I can feel it beneath us.

Entropy: Good place to start.

*She blasts a hole in the hull, and jumps through*



*The Golden Hand lands nearby*

*Turel sends a message to Figlio*

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<Uterio's World>

Zbigniew: They are bad, Nadle. They are bad. The cell in Victoria just got busted. They say Rahksha himself was involved.

Yon: At least we have you now.

Thundercracker: Yes, but we also lack a lot of things now. Like a spy up in the Nakamura, like we used to.

Ferox: Hey, I had to leave to get them out.

Thundercracker: I don't blame you. I blame you. *looks at Hawkes* I told you that mission was going to be a failure, but you wouldn't listen.

Hawkes: It wasn't a total failure. *he takes off his shoe, then pulls out a small data disc* We got what we came for.



*Serecio kneels before a hologram of Uterio*

Serecio: Generalissimo, there was no way to stop the-

Uterio: Enough. You had a spy in your inner circle for a year, and you did nothing to stop him freeing Nadle. Who, by the way, was dead.

Serecio: I couldn't have done anything without knowing-

*Uterio lifts a finger*

Uterio: No, you couldn't have. Which is why I will grant you another chance. We will find Nadle, together.

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<Malchior, the prison>

TPK: Enough of this. He went up to the roof. So should we.

*He walks up the stairs, to the roof*

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<Malchior, the debriefing>

Aster: That was.....overwhelming.

Aster: *to Rainn* Yeah, sure. Give me a sec though.

*She walks over to Manning*

Aster: *quietly* Yes, what is it?

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<Malchior, battle against DU Ultron>

*DU Ultron is hit head-on by the blast*

*He drops to the ground, and doesn't move*

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<Malchior, the Bat-Cave>

*553 drags SB into the Bat-Mobile, and drives off*

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<Pub on Liquid-Metallicon>

*DS starts crying with laughter*

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OOS: I believe that this is basically everyone I need to respond to.

~ ~ ~

[ Beach Planet: ]

At that moment, Asabana and Zev shared a look, then gazed skyward. Namah also left the shack in order to gaze up at the sky, her eyes wide open in an unusual expression of surprise. They were all visibly troubled by something out there in the cosmos.

Soon, Zev turned his gaze back to Shaern. "It took a little while, but that was good," he commented with that usual calm smile. "Listen...Something big is happening. Something which will probably require you to be more well-trained in your Dying Will Flames in order to defend yourself. I'm going to have to compress about three or four tests into one. I'm sorry." He then bobbed his head toward Asabana, who sprang to respond.

The extra-foxy maiden summoned some kind of three boxes, then combined them together into three layers of walls. She explained, "This exterior, with its glassy veneer, is designed to break when you strike it whilst enhancing your blows with the Sun Flames; they are difficult to use in combat, but you can deal impressive melee attacks, and enhance other kinds of offensive maneuvers! The next layer will require you to inflate a balloon inside of a lock, in order to break it. You will meet incredible pressure, so it may help to enhance your Cloud Flames using your Sun Flames! Lastly, you need to use your Sun Flames to charge up a special Flame-receptive device at the center, and send up an almighty flare! Begin when ready!" She summoned a gong, and have it a good wham to signal that the test was underway.

~ ~ ~

[ Dominaria: ]

With an awed expression upon her face, Sumire observed Malygos's transformation. Seeing the part that Lynvara had played disturbed her visibly, as she wrapped her arms around herself for a semblance of comfort. "Wh, what is this vision of transmogrification," she stammered. "This is a transformation hitherto unknown to any magical or scientific field I have ever encountered!" She adjusted her glasses, fumbling slightly and leaving a fingerprint.

<Malchior IV, the PLANE?>

CIA Guy: "Well, you got yourself caught! Now what's the next step in your MASTER PLAN?!"

Lalli Cain: "Crashing this plane....*gets out of his restraints, sending pieces of the handcuffs flying at a guard. The guard is knocked out* WITH survivors!"

*CIA Guy was mentally panicking. No, this is not how the scene goes! This can't be happening, he thought, I'M IN CHARGE HERE!*

*Lalli Cain punched CIA*



*A fight breaks out, and Lalli Cain begins knocking out soldiers*

*They ignore the light show outside.*

*TTT fights the soldiers as well*

*A chant of DESHI BASARA is heard in the background*

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<Mata Nui II>

*Caiaphus feels strange because of the mental assault. The Toa withdrew, but that did not mean he wouldn't get a short headache. The headache heals.*

Caiaphus: "My dear Toa of Psionics, you cannot.....ugh...."

*Something else causes Caiaphus to feel strange*

Caiaphus: "How strange. It's as if someone pulled magic of this entire sector, of nearly the entire universe."

*He walks up to the Toa of Psionics, and punches her in the face*

Caiaphus: "Not many are capable of this. Let us hope they put it to chaotic use. If not, we will simply have to correct that error. *smiles*"

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<The Jet Ball II>

*Merasmus was drained. Someone took his magic. He saw lights coming from a nearby planet*

Merasmus: "Noooo! Who told you to do that! I...feel...DOOOOOM!!!!"

*He fell asleep*

---

<BONES' Ship>

*See-Man patted the head of the LGAM, then pointed to the lights coming from a nearby planet*

See-Man: "SEE! What just 'appened?"

One Punch Man: "What is the meaning of this, BONES?"

Jesse Ventura: "Things are getting freaky, man."

---

<Ailyb-Gypte>

Airachnid: "If I may, he Pale Fire sounds excellent, my lord."

*Figlio sees the lights leave from Aylib-Gypte*

Figlio: "What the?!"

*He receives the message from Turel*

*Figlio silently made his way to the Golden Hand. One of his plans had to change. Something was happening.*

*Meanwhile, Ra freaks out at the soldier crashing through his window*

Ra: "What the duat?!"

*The lights show commences*

Ra: "What....that can....that's...that's impossible. Few in this universe can accomplish such a task. It cannot be what I think it is."

*Ra is silently thankful that his power comes from the sun. He grabs a notepad, and begins writing down possible suspects*

*The rest of the planet was slowly plunging into chaos*

---

<Uterio's World>

Nadle: "What's that? Intelligence?"

---

<Malchior IV, the debriefing>

Lt. Manning: "*ties his shoe quickly* Watch out. You can't trust Rainn. During our car ride, I did some research on a special device. There's little to no records on him. You're going to tell me that all of a sudden a guy claiming to be the clone of a hero neither of us have heard about gets to hang out with a Major General? Isn't it also a coincidence that Klak disappeared, but Rainn didn't? Then there's Cadmus. He keeps saying that word. The few files my agency has on the program are all classified so far above my pay grade I'll probably never see them. I know you and him are...close, but seriously. Be careful. I'm going to see what I can dig up, maybe a few of my contacts know something about him."

---

<Malchior IV, outside the warehouse>

*Rainn sees the lights*

Rainn: "Hmm. Interesting."

---

<Malchior, battle against DU Ultron>

A Soldier: "Huh."

*The lights show happens*

A Soldier: "HUH?!"

---

<Malchior, the Bat-Cave>

Rahn: "*looks at F-Blackout* HEY! He left me!"

---

<Malchior IV, the Prison>

*Everyone follows TPK*

*The Malygos thing happens*

*Amanda Waller's eyes open. She walks away from the others, and whispers into a walkie-talkie*

Waller: "Prepare for Code M."

*She walks back to the others*

Waller: "Well?"

*Coro sees that the fight against DU Ultron has calmed down*

Coro: "That was quick."

*Axalara and the Knights scan the area*

Spotter: "Blackout was definitely here. But there was also a massive presence of Makuta over there. *points to the field in front of the prison* What did this battle consist of, Coro?"

Coro: "*He remains staring at the general direction of the lake, to where the battle was occuring. It was not close, but visible from the roof of the prison* The other Makuta were combined, and they betrayed Blackout, but do not remember the reason behind it."

---

<Pub on Liquid-Metallicon>

Akzer: "Yep, that's why we...*pauses* Oh crap."

Fourteen: "Whas, cat gohd yol tung? *cries of laughter*"

*Meanwhile, people are all astonished at the lights show that just happened*

<Ailyb-Gypte>

*Entropy and co. see the lights leave Ailyb-Gypte, and smile*

Entropy: We'll have to investigate this later. Now, let's go, gang.

*She and Weisung jump through the hole, arriving just behind Blackout*

*Kranz and the fourth member blast another hole, and jump in, arriving in front of Blackout and Airachnid*

Brawl: The hell?

Entropy: You're surrounded. Blackout, you're coming with us.

Blackout: Like hell.


*Turel releases Alda from her restraints, then immediately grabs her by the arm*

Turel: Prepare to meet my master.

*He drags her off the ship*

-----

<Uterio's World>

Komerak: Something better than that. It's Serecio's control codes for the Omnidroids. We could shut them down.

Yon: Yeah, if only we had a communications satellite to broadcast it across the planet. Oh, wait!

Jones: A planet-wide transmitter, you say?

Komerak: Well, yes.

Jones: I have an idea. Ferox, come with me.

*Jones and a very confused Ferox leave the room*

Hawkes: So, Nadle. I have to ask. How did you survive?

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<Malchior, the prison>

TPK: *also staring off into the distance* They were compelled to do it. So, yes, Blackout was here. Then he went to fight the beast, I presume. We have to figure out where he went after the battle.

*The light show happens*

TPK: What in Spherus Magna's name.....

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<Malchior, the debriefing>

Aster: Good to know. I'll be careful.

*She goes back to Rainn*

Aster: So, shall we go?

-----

<Malchior, battle against DU Ultron>

*DU Ultron briefly looks up at the light show*

*He makes a strange face, then immediately goes back to his usual bland expression*

*His eyes go dark*

-----

<Malchior, the Bat-Cave>

F-Blackout: If I were involved in every battle, I'd be long dead from exhaustion. Take that advice.

*The hologram fades*

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<Malchior, a village near the capital>

*553 stops alongside a field*

*In the back seat, Shadow Blade gasps*

SB: Wha-what happened?

-----

<Pub on Liquid-Metallicon>

*DS points at the light show and laughs*

DS: Hey, hey.....who showed up with fireworks?

-----

<Nauru>

*The three hooded figures' and Quolas's eyes glow bright yellow simultaneously*

All: Something is wrong.

HF1: There has been... a development.

HF3: The natural course of events has been greatly accelerated.

*They look out of the window overlooking the ocean, and see bright lights of every color of the spectrum leave the Earth and fly into space*

Quolas: The ascension is too soon. Time is being tampered with on a grander scale than we predicted. I fear the worst for our masters, if they are still out there somewhere.

*Quolas stands up and stretches his hand out towards the magic*

*He closes his eyes to concentrate, and the runes on his skin start to glow*

Quolas: I will follow this trail. Perhaps it will grant me answers. Only time will tell...

HFs: Time will tell.

HF2: Farewell, Quolas.

*Quolas nods at them and leaves through another spatial tear*

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<Ulduar>

*Quolas emerges from the spatial tear next to Klak, which visibly confuses him*

Quolas: You are Klak... this is strange. I was not following a temporal trail to you, but a magical one. That means... the mage must have been here not too long ago. Malygos.

*He extends a hand in an offer of a handshake*

Quolas: My name is Quolas. I am a guardian of time and one of the servants of the Living Stars. We have much to discuss.

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<Malchior IV, the PLANE?>

*Kranxx is knocked backwards into a chair, dropping his AK-47*

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<BONES's ship>

"By the gods, Yon and Merasmus are stuck on that ship!" Randolph shouted, pointing to the Jet-Ball II through a window. The others gathered around him to watch as the ship that was previously darting around and firing at Zrintch's ship had now ground to a halt. Suddenly, No Image Guy received a transmission from the squad leader over there.

"No Image Guy, can you hear me? I need your help!" Yon's voice panted inside the AI's head. 

"Yes, Yon, what are you thinking?" He thought back.

"Well, I've allied with the remaining Terugan crew on board and one of them's come up with a plan to take out the ZFT ships on our asses. However, it involves dumping the warp core, and after that all the ship's controls will shut down. We need you to fly over here and power it up again after we do so so we won't get caught in the explosion that follows."

No Image Guy nodded to himself. "Alright, sounds simple enough. I can't say I've flown a spaceship before but there's a first time for everything. I'll be right over."

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<Jet-Ball II>

About a minute after Yon sent the telepathic message, No Image Guy materialized in front of him. The Terugan crew were surprised, but they went back to work, recognizing him as an ally. One of them started tapping away on a console and a message came up on the viewscreen saying "Warp Core dump. Captain confirm?"

Captain Ade sat back down in her chair. "Confirm."

"Confirmed. Warning: Warp Core dump in progress." The whole ship shook immediately after the warning played on the viewscreen, so the crew grabbed onto pieces of equipment to stop themselves from being flung across the room. No Image Guy got to work by turning into a flying virus, which entered the ship's systems through a control panel. The Jet-Ball II's auxiliary engines began to fire up slowly but surely, and the ship lurched forward.

Behind them, the cylindrical warp core was separated from the main ship and drifted off into the midst of the Terugan/ZFT fleet behind them. But something was wrong - it wasn't detonating on its own. The explosion had to be triggered by an attack, and the Jet-Ball II's weaponry was all fixed on the front of the ship. At it's bridge, Yon realized what had to be done. There was only one solution on his mind as he ran back through the ship to the shuttle docking bay.

When he got there, he charged up his iris and blasted the control panel holding the docking bay airlock shut. The doors began to open straight away, sucking various pieces of equipment out into space. Yon grabbed onto a grounded shuttle and held on for dear life while he charged up his iris again. He concentrated on the warp core in the midst of the fleet. He HAD to hit it.

After a few more tense moments, his eyebeam was ready to launch and he let it loose. A single powerful laser came forth from his iris and travelled through the void. It ploughed through the hull of a tiny ZFT shuttle which was unfortunate enough to cross its path, and it continued on the other side to make contact with the warp core.

Then, the explosion. An immense wave of blue energy washed over the ZFT fleet close behind them, ripping apart the warships in front, a few of Zrintch's included. "No Image Guy, NOW!" Yon telepathically screamed at his friend's consciousness, still inside the ship's systems. Instantly everything kicked into gear and the Jet-Ball II shot its way forward past the explosion. Realizing the peril his boss was in, No Image Guy also forced the hangar bay doors to close, and Yon fell on the ground, gasping for air. It worked.

Getting to his feet, he gave the Donger one last order. "Alright, No Image Guy, set this ship a course for BONES's ship's hangar. It's ogre now."

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<Mata Nui II>

*The Toa of Psionics stumbles backwards, prompting a laugh from Starok*

Starok: Foolish Matoran. Matoran in Toa bodies. You have no idea who you're up against.

*He hits the Toa of Gravity in the chest with a charged blast of chain lightning, which scorches his armour and electrifies his body underneath, causing him to drop to the floor in agony*

*Meanwhile, Kuli grabs Vultraz and pulls him out of the line of fire*

*The Toa of Earth uses his Kanohi Kakama to rush forward at Ordak, punching him and cracking his mask*

*Ordak responds by using his Kraata power of Slowness to grind the Toa's speed to an absolute zero, and then punches him in the neck while activating his power of Disintegration: the unfortunate Toa's neck is turned to dust, and his head rolls away from his body*

*The Toa of Lightning screams upon witnessing the murder of her friend and attempts to fry Caiaphus with lightning*

OOS: Hope I'm not missing anyone. Waiting on Redwolf for Coryza.

<Ailyb-Gypte>

*Airachnid fires web at Entropy*

*Figlio smiles as he meets Alda*

Figlio: "Alda di Armechio. Such a pleasure to see you."

---

<Uterio's World>

Nadle: "I am still attempting to figure the answer to that question myself. I have a knack for narrowly escaping death, I suppose. Still....that battle was horrible."

*He couldn't tell him. Not yet anyway.*

---

<Malchior, the prison>

Waller: "What in the world was that?"

Coro: "I don't know for sure. It seems to be magic related. I am not familiar with that sort of thing. We should speed up our investigation."

*Coro realizes that it was similar to his vision. He begins muttering to himself*

---

<Malchior, the debriefing>

*Rainn grins*

Rainn: "Yep!"

*Soon, they are (hopefully) at a café. Rainn is talking to Aster about the details of his recent adventure with Poe*

*Suddenly, Aster receives 2 text messages. It's from Lt. Manning! She (hopefully) checks her phone, if DRJ wills it*

Text: "GET OUT OF THE CAFE"

Text: "RAINN IS HYDRA"

---

<Malchior, battle against DU Ultron>

*The soldiers slowly approach DU Ultron's body, and surround it, pointing their weapons at it.*

---

<Malchior, the Bat-Cave>

*Rahn shrugs, and goes to the kitchen*

*He opens the freezer, and sees that all the burritos are gone. He closes it, and sees a Post it note. It reads: "No more of these, you idiot!"-553*

*Rahn frowns*

---

<Pub on Liquid-Metallicon>

Akzer: "Those aren't fireworks."

---

<Ulduar>

Me: Wuh, what? Guardian of Time? Uh oh. We have much to discuss then.

*He turns to Tezzeret and Tae'thalan*

Me: Guys, it was a pleasure. I'll be leaving Bob with you to help. We'll hang out soon, Tezzy! It was great reuniting with you, old friend.

*Klak turns to Quolas, and nods at him. Something was familiar about this White Robed Being, though.*

---

<Malchior IV, the PLANE?>

*The battle continues. Lalli Cain shoots at the pilot, who was a robot all along, and was checking the situation. The plane gets out of control, and begins to nosedive.*

*CIA Guy and his men crash onto part of the PLANE. Lalli Cain, TTT, and the other sack wearing guys grab onto chairs to not fall*

*Kranxx begins panicking*

Kranxx: "Uuuuughh aaaaagh aaaah!"

*Lalli turns on his jetpack and grabs both him and TTT*

Lalli: "Now is not the time for fear, Dr. Kranxx. That comes later!"

*The guy who had a sack on his head tries to grab Lalli's arm*

Lalli: "No, they expect one of us in the wreckage, brother!"

Sacketta Man: "Have we started the fire?"

Lalli: "Yes! The fire RISES!"

*He turns on his jetpack and flies away, carrying both TTT and Kranxx.*

*The PLANE crashes*

---

<Mata Nui II>

*Caiaphus collects the lightning in a ball, Yoda-style and throws it back at the Toa*

---

<BONES' Ship>

*A LGAM gets up. He was so happy. The trees were nice out there in the universe, and the missions were successful, Yon was getting more people to add to the squad. There even was a nice light show outside. He had to sing*

LGAM 9: "Aaaayyyyyyyyy lmaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaooooo!!! hteeeeee spaaah aaaaah spaaaaaaaagheeeeetiiiiiiiiiii!!!!"

*He sits down, and is joyous.*

Ross Mandell: "That was beautiful. I'd pillage more ZFT people just to hear that again, alien!"

Soldier: "What are we sittin' around for? Move up! Move this ship up!"

<Ulduar>

*Quolas notices a look of recognition in Klak's eyes*

*A few moments pass until Klak realizes where he has seen Quolas before: the Battle of Mordor*

*Both beings calmly place their hands on their sheathes, regarding each other with apprehension*

Quolas: Yes, I am the white-robed being who fought against your forces in the Battle of Mordor. But believe me, I did so only to protect the natural flow of time as a Time Guardian. Now time requires that you help me.

*He watches Klak intently, wary of any sudden movements*

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<Mata Nui II>

*The Toa of Lightning who cast the lightning at Caiaphus simply absorbs the lightning ball into herself*

*She switches places with the Toa of Psionics, who hesitantly inches towards Caiaphus with her weapon*

*Meanwhile, the Toa of Lightning goes after Kuli and Vultraz, and activates her mask, a Mask of Charisma, in an attempt to change the allegiances of both Matoran*

ToL: These are Makuta... the sworn enemy of the Matoran, your kind! Our kind! Whatever they have promised you, they are lying and are using you for their own purposes! You belong here, with the children of Mata Nui!

*Vultraz is unaffected by the mask's memetic properties thanks to the mental shielding he gained as a Shadow Matoran, but Kuli starts to have second thoughts*

*Across the room, Kulnak side-sweeps the Toa of Gravity just as he activates his power, so the Toa crashes through the floor and into the level below*

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<Malchior IV>

Kranxx: *screams* I told you, I said nothing! What do you want with me?

*He looks down to see the PLANE hit the ground and explode*

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<Orbit of Teruga Prime>

No Image Guy's voice transmitted his voice throughout the ship to announce its takeoff. The Jet-Ball II was steered into the hangar of BONES's mighty ship and docked successfully. Although the ship had been saved, it was missing an engine, and No Image Guy's status as a Donger meant that his abilities were required for other uses in the field. Captain Ade and the surviving Terugan crew disembarked the ship, taking their belongings with them. A couple of them were carrying a woozy Merasmus, who's condition had stabilized thanks to The Hand's CPR efforts. Ade walked up to one of the LGAMs and shook its tiny hand.

"Thank you for everything you've done for our world. All of the Terugan people shall know of the bravery of your Dong Squad not only on the surface, but in our space too.. I'm sorry that you're burdened with me and my crew now, but your ship is big enough for us to keep out of your way until you can drop us off at a safe location. In addition, feel free to help yourselves to whatever's left of my ship," Ade said, taking a deep breath. With that, she signalled to the thirty or so Terugans to follow her to another part of the ship. Merasmus was taken to the medical bay, so the Hand jumped off him and scuttled over to the other Dongers.

Yon made a slime pizza from the Matter Converter and then headed to the bridge of the ship, where another LGAM was driving it in the direction of where See-Man was pointing. Yon nodded at See-Man, who grinned at him and shouted "SEE!" as though he expected Yon to see what he saw. Granted, Yon's iris had been given a big upgrade, but nobody could see as well or as far as See-Man. As Yon took a bite out of the pizza, he gave his next order: "Onwards we go."

<Ailyb-Gypte>

*Entropy blocks the web with a strange shield*

*She then fires a freeze ray at Airachnid*

*Weisung leaps towards Blackout, breathing fire at him*

Blackout: What the blazes?

*Blackout suddenly punches Weisung to the ground*

Blackout: Huh. Blazes. See what I did there? Blazes, you're breathing fire.....

*He grabs Weisung by the collar and throws him into Kranz*


Turel: Alda.....di Armechio? Generalissimo?

-----

<Uterio's World>

*Hawkes smiles*

*Jones and Ferox return to the room*

Jones: It didn't work. But I have another idea. Thundercracker, you're a mechanoid.

Thundercracker: Well, yes.

Jones: We're going to download the disc into your brain.

-----

<Malchior, the prison>

TPK: Aye.

*TPK suddenly jumps off the roof*

-----

<Malchior, the cafe>

*Aster looks at her phone under the table, and furrows her brow*

Aster: Do you mind? I need to call someone back.

*She walks out of the cafe, and, once she's a safe distance away, texts Manning back*

Aster: "I'M OUT. WHAT IS HYDRA"

-----

<Malchior, battle against DU Ultron>

*DU Ultron gets up very slowly*

DU Ultron: I surrender.

-----

<Malchior, outside the capital>

553: Huh. Blackout was right.

SB: Good to know. What happened?

553: You.....er.....you blacked out and smoke came out of your mouth.

*SB looks around*

SB: So you felt the need to drive me into a field?

553: Yes.

-----

<Pub on Liquid-Metallicon>

*DS falls asleep*

-----

<Ulduar>

Me: I won't fall for that. How do I know you won't stab me in the back?

*Only Quolas could see the particles of the Keyblade slowly forming in Klak's hand.*

Me: No. You'll have to explain things to me. En garde.

*Klak charges at Quolas, his Keyblade forming in his hand and slashing at the Time Guardian's head*

---

<Mata Nui II>

*Caiaphus turns to the Toa of Psionics*

Caiaphus: "Let us see what I can pry from that pretty little mind of yours."

*Caiaphus inches closer to the Toa as she feels him entering her mind*

---

<Malchior IV>

*Lalli Cain lands on a roof, and lets TTT and Kranxx go*

*He pats Kranxx on the shoulder, leans in, and whispers*

Lalli Cain: "Hail Hydra."

*He flies away*

*MEANWHILE, at the wreckage, all of CIA's men and CIA are okay, just with bruises and injuries. CIA dusts himself, and walks out, calling Ozar on the phone. The Big Guy got away. This wasn't a day for CIA.*

---

<DONG Squad>

*Merasmus wakes up, and begins shouting incomprehensibly*

*Soldier walks by the Medical Bay*

Soldier: "Damn it, Merasmus! Stop taking DRUHGS!"

Merasmus: "FAK you, Soldier!"

*See-Man smiles at Yon*

---

<Ailyb-Gypte>

*Airachnid leaps into the air, barely dodging the freeze ray. She transforms into a helicopter, and charges at Entropy, firing lasers at her head*

Figlio: "Turel, this is my sister."

Alda: "We're only related by blood, you maniac."

---

<Uterio's World>

Nadle: "Brilliant! Now, how far is our target?"

---

<Malchior, the prison>

*Axalara flies off the roof*

Coro: "Well then."

---

<Malchior, the cafe>

Rainn: "O-okay."

*Aster receives another text*

Manning: "OUR INTEL SAYS THEY'RE A REVOLUTIONARY GROUP WITH UTERIAN LEANINGS. UTERIO'S SON IS HEAVILY INVOLVED, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHO THE LEADER IS."

---

<Malchior, battle against DU Ultron>

*The soldiers aim their weapons as another one puts DU Ultron's arms in special handcuffs that prevent his escape. They begin leading him to one of the humvees that has a special containment box for prisoners like him*

---

<Pub on Liquid-Metallicon>

*Fourteen gets up, and stumbles*

Fourteen: "I'm *hiccup* going home."

Akzer: "You do that."

*Fourteen leaves*

OOS: Hope I'm not missing anyone. Waiting on Redwolf for Coryza.

[Archon-7]

The sandstorm would have given the two the business if they hadn't found that cave. Looking back out the entrance for a moment, Evander could only see a wall of blowing sand. I'm glad we got out of that S**t.... he thought, turning once again to face his new acquaintance... Only to see him bring out an oddly shaped staff and watch as the staff burst into flames at the head. It caused a bit of unease in the gryphon's mind; first this guy shows up in a flash of light, and then lights up the end of his staff like a torch. It made his feathers stand like a row of soldiers. Still, it was wrong to be suspicious of such a friendly seeming fellow.

"Ah, yep. This is the cave I mentioned earlier. I can tell because my box of knickknacks is still here," the gryphon said, walking ahead of the armored being. Reaching behind a small outcropping, he tugged a large, rectangular metal box out, walking backwards on his hind legs to get it into view before setting it down on the dusty cave floor.

"Now, if you would mind standing back a little, I can show you a few things I keep in this here trunk," Evander quipped, revealing a little bit more of a small town drawl in his voice than before. The box's rusty lid clattered to the floor as the gryphon lifted it off, revealing a few small glowing oddities and other bits of old miscellany. With a slight grin, he reached into the box, and after some rummaging around, produced a metallic disk with dim blue glow in the center; on its surface was engraved a series of flower-like markings that Evander never bothered to try and decipher.

"This was something I found not too far from here, although I'm not too sure what it does. If it weren't for the fact that there is a sandstorm blowing, and that I almost lost my tail to an over-territorial farmer, I'd show you where I found it," the gryphon explained, handing the disk off to Trantoshen so he could get a better look at it.

[Dominaria, Augustgrad]

A maniacal grin. "Begin the next stage of the plan. Drathir, I want you hacking into every single terminal in the universe, broadcast our message everywhere."

The tech-mage looked at him in surprise. "But...sir, that's impossible, there's no way I could have enough power to-"

"I will give you enough power to." He raised his hand, a beam of arcane energy firing into Drathir's console, widening, expanding its influence, granting it greater and greater power....

Everywhere, Malygos's form flickered into view on electronic devices, everywhere, his great power channeled to showing his face on all channels. "Do not bother to adjust your sets. I am Malygos. No doubt many of you have seen the massive gathering of arcane energy at the Imperial Seat of Dominaria." He raised his arms, theatrically. "I am the recipient, nay, the controller of all the universe's magic. You will all lay down your arms and bow down to me, as I hereby declare myself Emperor of the Universe." He paused dramatically, then lowered his hands, as if silencing a crowd. "Disbelieving, are you? Well, no matter. I will put to rest all suspicions...with my next act!"

He smirked, temporarily cutting off the feed. "Hassan. What are Blackout's current coordinates?"

She whispered a string of numbers. "Good." He opened a dimension door, and stepped through. "Turn the feed towards the gate, and let them bear witness to the defeat of he who terrorized the galaxy, the foolish one..."

He stepped through.

"That is, you, Makuta Blackout."

---

[Ulduar]

The archaeologist gazed up, and at the broadcast. He laughed a low, wicked laugh. "How wonderful. This diversion was perfect...and you fell completely for it!" Another laugh. "Now it is too late for you. These were an ancient territory of Malygos's, and you couldn't even tell when his statue was there! How..." He paused. "Droll. Loken!"

The golem's eyes flared to life.

"Destroy these imbeciles, in the name of the Emperor!"

He raised his hand, and vanished through a portal. The golem stood up. "In the name of the Emperor, you will fall!" A bolt of lightning struck the two remaining.

---

[Dominaria, Augustgrad.]

Lynvara, her part in this done, walked over to Sumire. "I...um..." She fidgeted a bit. "I'm sorry that I-I couldn't tell you about o-our plan...I r-really, really wanted to..." Her face brightened a bit, and her voice turned hopeful. "B-but, um, about th-that...um, d-d-d-date, I wanted to a-ask you on?"

<Ulduar>

*Quolas draws his sword in a flash and charges it with elemental energy, blocking the Keyblade swing, then kicks Klak backwards into a chair that may or may not have been there before*

Quolas: It seems we have a more pressing matter at hand!

*Quolas raises his sword in a defensive motion that absorbs the brunt of the golem's lightning blast, however, the force of the blast blows him into a wall*

*Quolas recovers quickly, rising to his feet and pointing his sword at the golem*

*A thin layer of frost forms over his patchwork skin as he channels an ice blast through his sword and fires it at the golem's head*

Quolas: GLACIATION!

---------------------------

<Mata Nui II>

*The Toa of Psionics cries out and clutches onto her head in agony as Caiaphus invades her mind*

*She attempts to activate her Kanohi in defense, but Kulnak rips it off and tosses it aside as Caiaphus starts to see glimpses of her life in his mind's eye*

*Meanwhile, Ordak opens a wormhole between the Toa of Lightning and the two Matoran, and kicks the unfortunate Toa into it*

*Ordak closes the wormhole immediately afterwards and dusts his fingers*

Vultraz: Where did you-

Ordak: You really don't want to know.

*The last remaining Toa, the Toa of Psionics, falls unconscious and collapses*

Starok: Pathetic. Ordak, I think it's time we left.

*Ordak nods and opens a wormhole in the middle of the room*

Vultraz: Where are you going?

*Starok turns back to him and grins*

Starok: We're going to give your friend a voice.

*Starok reaches out to the cloud of antidermis that Vultraz created; in response, it flies over to Starok and seems to rest in the palm of his hand*

*Starok turns to face the portal, but before he steps in, he notices that something is off*

Kuli: I... I'm not sure that we should continue like this... it isn't good, it isn't right...

*Starok turns to Kuli and remembers that the Toa of Lightning had used her Mask of Charisma on him, changing his perspective on the world to that of hers*

*Barely able to contain his anger, Starok marches over to Kuli, standing high above him*

Starok: What did you say?

Kuli: ...You're evil! You've always been evil! I can't let you spread your darkness any further!

Starok: Understand this, Matoran. You live only because I allow you to. If it were not for the trust you have earned with us over the years, I would not have allowed you to enter stasis with us in the first place. You would have become a casualty of the Uterio War along with everyone else. Will you continue to serve the men you owe your life to, or allow some Toa you've never met to gain control of your mind?

*Kuli bows his head*

Kuli: I... understand...

Starok: Good.

*He motions for Caiaphus to follow him, and assuming he does so, they walk into the wormhole created by Ordak and end up back inside the foundry on Fareste*

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<Fareste>

*Once Ordak and Vultraz emerge from the wormhole, Ordak closes it behind him*

*He turns back to the group but freezes in horror as he notices what is floating above them; in turn, Starok and Kulnak follow Ordak's gaze and similiarly back away in fear*

Starok: Of course... our brothers stationed here never contacted us during the Uterio War... this is why. This is how they died.

*Above them is a giant ball of Parasitic Fluff, with some fluffy tendrils still connected to some of the many corpses laid strewn about the foundry*

*It senses one of its favourite foods, antidermis, and descends on the group*

Kuli: No. My loyalty is absolute, Starok, and I will prove it!

*Before the cloud can encompass the Makuta, Kuli activates his Matoran-level teleportation power to appear in the center of the fluff cloud*

*The cloud stops its descent as it focuses instead on digesting the struggling Matoran within, whose muffled screaming can be heard as the fluff devours him from the inside-out*

Starok: I don't believe it...

*Meanwhile, the antidermis cloud created by Vultraz flies past the Fluff and to the Armor Fabrication Unit at the other end of the room*

*Somehow, the cloud opens the pod door, so that the Malchiorian smuggler Caiaphus briefly possessed falls out of it*

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<Archon-7>

In order to illuminate the cave while keeping both hands free, Trantoshen held his Guardian Fire Spear upright on the ground of the cave while taking his other spear, the Spear of Fusion, off his back. He used the power of that artefact to temporarily fuse the fire spear to the ground so that it wouldn't fall over during his examination of the contents of Evander's box. He strapped the Spear of Fusion to his back again and walked forward, taking the disk in his hands so that he could examine it more closely. After a few moments of solid thought, turning it over and humming, he realized something significant about the disk.

"Hmm... wait a second. There are three hollow lines on the underside of this disk, each one away from the other... of course! This might be what my father sent me here for!"

He tapped his metal finger on the disk in excitement, and it suddenly lit up with green energy, as if he had activated it somehow. Trantoshen raised an eyebrow and looked back over to Evander.

"Of course, I don't actually know what this is or what it does, if anything. Mind if I take a look at the rest of the stuff in that box of yours? It could give us some clues."

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<Malchior IV>

*Kranxx shakes his head in bewilderment and slides down the building's fire escape ladder*

---------------------------

<Atuar Sadiares>

On all floors and in all rooms, public and private, Malygos's announcement to the universe was broadcast. Many of the viewers were frightened, especially the magically-attuned ones. Some of the muggles of the space station believed that the signal hijacking was just a hoax, but they remained affixed to the screens to see how Malygos would prove to them that he was indeed, from this moment on, the Emperor of the Universe. Etende tried to contact Kensa but he did not respond. Lan rocked back in his chair, nervously biting his fingernails. Metax was deep in thought as he left the station in the ship of the HYDRA devotee and the transmission played over its radio...

---------------------------

<Faraway planet>

*Kakamu appears in his underground laboratory carrying a conical piece of machinery*

*As he sits down at his desk to tinker with it like he does with everything else these days, Muta activates and speaks to him with a concerned tone*

Muta: Kakamu, there is a transmission currently being broadcast on every wavelength throughout the entire universe.

Kakamu: Oh? What is it?

Muta: Given the recent alteration of the universe's leylines, many authorities believe that this transmission is likely serious, and not a hoax.

Kakamu: Alright, let me hear it.

*Malygos's transmission plays, and Kakamu puts his finger on his mouth in stunned silence*

Kakamu: So... Malygos is behind all this? I haven't heard from him in a very, very long time. I assumed he was dead, but I suppose I should have known better...

Muta: What shall we do, sir?

Kakamu: We... I... I don't know. Maybe we should just let the rest of the universe handle it. After what happened with the Uterio War... I think I'll just stay here. But whatever you do, keep me informed.

Muta: Affirmative.

<Ailyb-Gypte>

*Entropy ducks, and prepares to fire back, when the portal opens*

*Everyone stops what they're doing and stares at it*

Blackout: Hello, Malygos. I'm sorry, but I'm a bit busy right now. Can you come back later?

*He suddenly turns around and punches Kranz in the gut*



Turel: Shall I leave now, Generalissimo?

-----

<Uterio's World>

Hawkes: We need to get into orbit. That's the only way we can hit them all at once.

*Yon looks out the window*

Yon: Um, lads.....

*Thirty Omnidroids are rolling towards the building*

-----

<Malchior, prison>

TPK: Ugh.....can't pick up anything. Pilot, scan the area for antidermis.

Pilot: You got it. There's a trail going from where you are into the atmosphere.....then another, newer trail leading to a forest a few miles away.

*TPK turns to Coro and Axalara*

TPK: We have another lead!

-----

<Malchior, the cafe>

Aster: "WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT. WHY DID YOU ASK ME TO LEAVE"

-----

<Malchior, the Humvee>

*DU Ultron's eyes flash as he is led into the Humvee*

-----

<Malchior, outside the capital>

553: Okay then. Let's go.

*553 turns around and drives back towards the capital*

*A few minutes later, SB starts screaming again*

553: God DAMN it!

*He turns around again*

-----

<Pub on Liquid-Metallicon>

*DS tries to move closer to Raigen*

*He seems to be muttering something in an alien language*

<Ulduar>

*Bob uses a slab of earth to block the lightning. It explodes, knocking him down.*

*Klak stands up from the chair*

Me: *sardonically* Oh woe is me, I have been suddenly yet inevitably betrayed by Malygos, whatever shall I do? *non-sardonically* What is it with Imperial elves and gloating?

Bob: "Must be a height thing."

*Klak nods at Quolas, and charges at the golem. He shoots several light blasts at its knees*

*Bob nods at Tezzeret, and raises a hand out of the Earth. He planned to grab him and launch him at the golem's face to attack it head on after Quolas's ice attack would work its magic*

---

<Fareste>

Caiaphus: "*eyes widen*Parasitic Fluff?! I thought they were extinct!!"

*The smuggler screams in horror*

Smuggler: "wuh, what's that?! What is that what is that what is that?! No, no, no, not the fluff! The fluff!"

*The fluff slowly begins to eat him*

Smuggler: "My eyes! My eyes!"

Caiaphus: "I have never faced the fluff in battle. Starok, what is their weakness?"

---

<Malchior IV>

*TTT follows Kranxx*

TTT: "mister what is next"

*He sees Malygos's transmission on TV*

TTT: "uh oh"

---

<Atuar Sadiares>

*The first Devotee gasps at the radio transmission as he flies away*

*Meanwhile, inside the station*

Devotee II: "He will not do anything to HYDRA! He is just another oppressor! *raises fist*"

---

<Liquid-Metallican Pub>

Akzer: "No reason. I just wanted to celebrate my third life after death. *smiles* Unless you're interested in a job offer. The pay will take a while, but it will be worth it. I assume that Ozar hired you for your talents, correct?"

*Some people in the bar react with confusion at Malygos's transmission, while others laugh it off*

---

<Coryza>

*A tall bipedal alien walks out of the facility, and stares at the Blackwatch soldiers*

*It is bipedal, and some sort of mix between a wolf-like creature and a robot*

Lycos: "Hoc facite."

Soldier: "You heard him. Bring it out."

*Malygos's transmission is heard playing on an electronic device inside the facility*

---

<Ailyb-Gypte>

Airachnid: "What."

*The kind old man that had patted Zev on the back appears, and walks up to Malygos*

*He pats Malygos on the shoulder, and smiles*

Kind Old Man: "Ya did good, kid. Ya did good."

*He walks away while whistling a nice tune*

Figlio: "Prepare the ship, Turel. Now."

Alda: "What? No! Take me back to Wayland this instant!"

Figlio: "SHUT UP! Turel, prepare everything and get my men before I stab someone."

---

<Uterio's World>

*Nadle's gasps*

Nadle: "I'll hold them off as long as I can!"

*He runs out of the building, and fires plasma at the Omnidroids*

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<Malchior IV, prison>

*Coro sighs and jumps off the building, leaving a small crater in the ground*

*Axalara and the other Knights rush over to TPK*

*Amanda Waller mutters to herself, and goes back inside. The guards are now fully prepared for an invasion. The transmission plays in many televisions, and the prisoners get rowdy. Waller rushes to a conference room near her office with guards following her.*

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<Malchior IV, the cafe>

*Aster hears someone approaching nearby*

*If she looks up, she will see Lt. Manning with a finger to his mouth, telling her to 'shush'*

*He slowly makes his way to the café, and pulls out his pistol*

*Two Malchiorian policemen follow him*

*They enter the café, and cautiously approach Rainn*

Lt. Manning: "Mr. Sulrai, you are under arrest for the murder of Klak."

*The other café attendees gasp in shock. They were already horrified at the transmission that Malygos had just made. This put the icing on the cake. Rainn calmly stands up, and gives himself over to the police. They handcuff him, and emerge the building*

Lt. Manning: "We'll take it from here, Aster. Where do we meet afterwards?"

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<Malchior IV, the Humvee>

*One of the soldiers panics and points his gun at DU Ultron*

Another soldier: "Calm down."

*They lead him into the Humvee, and shut the doors. The vehicle prepares to drive away*

*Malygos's transmission plays on the radio*

Soldier: "Huh, damn tin-foil hat nut jobs hacking our radio interface."

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<Malchior IV, the Batcave>

Rahn: "I'm bored. What's taking them so long?"

*Malygos's transmission plays on the television near Rahn. He looks at it, and widens his eyes*

Rahn: "Yet another thing F-Blackout didn't warn us about. Great. Just great."

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OOS: I hope I am not missing anyone.

<Teruga Prime, beneath the ruins of Ipomal>

After about an hour of solid walking, the sniper finally stopped as she noticed something behind the black rock of the canyon wall. Ignoring the aching of her feet, she took off her backpack and rummaged around in it to find a small Terugan military-grade explosive device. She armed it, placed it on the wall and jumped back down onto the river bank. The device exploded, spewing debris over her head. Satisfied that the device had worked, she put on her backpack and climbed back up to inspect the hole in the wall. Inside it, there was a maintenance tunnel that with a single metal ladder that lead back up to Ipomal - or at least, what was left of it. Though the city was probably in ruins, going there had to yield more results than staying at the bottom of a chasm. The Terugan grabbed onto the ladder and began to climb.

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<User HQ>

*User Kon splutters as the door knocks over his carefully-placed card tower*

User Kon: Oh come on, Red! I was nearly finished with that... 

*He then rubs his chin for a while, which seems to give him an idea*

User Kon: Hey, you need a new computer, right? I know just the place!

*He grabs User Red and teleports them both to Space Poland*

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<Archon-7>

Trantoshen and Evander felt the ground shake as the mysterious ship crashed near the cave entrance.

"Wait, what was that?" Trantoshen wondered aloud. "Maybe one of us should go and check it out..."

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<Malchior IV>

*Kranxx also sees the transmission*

Kranxx: Blimey. Well, you know what? I've got a craving for cheddar.

*He starts sniffing the air and walks away to follow the scent*

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<Fareste>

Starok: I... uh, I think pure shadow energy is supposed to have an effect. I've never come this close to a fluff swarm!

*Starok continues to fire shadow blasts at the fluff - though it recoils slightly with each blast, it continues to advance*

*Kulnak fires poison bubbles that burst upon impact with the fluff cloud, but his attacks do seemingly no damage*

*Meanwhile, the antidermis cloud returns to Vultraz and hovers around his ear*

*After a moment, Vultraz nods, and runs over to the other side of the room*

Starok: You foolish Matoran, stay behind us! You'll get yourself killed!

*The fluff cloud then whips one of its tendrils at Kulnak and attaches itself to his armor*

*Kulnak screams in agony as the fluff eats its way inside his armor and absorbs some of his antidermis, but he teleports the rest of his body away before it can spread further, leaving his fluff-covered arm behind*

*Vultraz runs behind the fluff cloud, having gathered more chunks of solid antidermis that were scattered around the foundry, and climbs the ladder that leads to the Armor Fabrication Unit*

*Now on the second level, Vultraz places the antidermis chunks in the Armor Fabrication Unit and activates the machine just as a fluffy tendril flies over his head*

*Starok and Ordak work together to blast the writhing tendrils with shadow energy, which cause them to recoil more than before*

Starok: Caiaphus, help us!

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<Atuar Sadiares>

*A white woman with long, dirty-blonde hair sits at a table next to the HYDRA devotee*

Etende: HYDRA? What's that then? Sounds ominous. Almost as ominous as this nutter on TV!

*She laughs*

[ Beach Planet: ]

It did not take very long for Shaern's training to reach completion. In fact, the amount of time it took seemed absurdly short, in retrospect. However, equipped with ever-stronger Dying Will Flames of the Cloud and of the Sun, it was with confidence that she stood before Zev.

And then Malygos's telepathic message resounded through their minds with great volume. Zev had a certain look of calm about him, although it was quite obvious that he was quickly running any chances of winning a fight or avoiding conflict. By the dropping look on his face, those chances were slim. Namah had framed her face with her hands, trying desperately to think of something. Asabana, meanwhile, was only reaching elevated states of alarm as the seconds passed.

Then, a curious thing happened. It got bright, bright as day, although the sun had just finished setting. A shaft of light was falling on the group, and a wide variety of lights had appeared in lieu of starshine. Then, mechanical shapes of varied providence appeared, and became clear. Zev began to get a big smile, like a child whose entire family had unexpectedly shown up for his birthday. Namah was rubbing at her eyes, trying to make sense of it. Asabana was prancing around with absolute glee: for now, they had a chance.

It was an entire fleet of ships - the Desperado, Ryo-Ohki, Soja, In Amber-Clad! They all looked improved, expanded, sleeker and and more potent. Countless other ships were present, including Juraian Treeships, and a Ctarl battleship. Then, it was without much warning that four individuals were beamed down.

It was Makoto, Ryoko, Pitoh, and Vi, all looking like they'd seen their fair share of battles since Zev last saw them. He opened his mouth to speak, but was interrupted by Vi loping up to him. She then proceeded to wind back, then snap her leg forward to kick his crotch. Zev gained a look of stunned agony, his eyes rolled back, his mouth tautly open. Rigid like a statue, he collapsed. After that, he looked kind of like a Zev-shaped bag of pain and despair. Namah shouted, "Right in the plums! What did he do to you, Vi?" The sheer spasmodic rage in the gaze that Vi leveled at her made Namah spring back a few feet.

"IT'S BEEN EIGHT MONTHS, YOU JACKASSES!!" Ah, that's right. Time differences over vast distances in space + Making Vi worry about someone she cares about = A COMPLETE DISASTER.

Thus, Asabana tearfully hefted Zev, and Namah got tugged by the horn, as Vi led them towards some kind of glowing circle on the ground. Vi beckoned Shaern over, looking a bit more relaxed - although her grip on Namah's horn was still unbreakable.

~ ~ ~

[ Dominaria: ]

Sumire stared, aghast at the events coming to pass on this world. However, when Lynvara spoke to her, she focused all of her attention on the elven woman. It was too difficult for her to speak, just then, but she gave a very noticeable and present nod of her head. In spite of how the current state of affairs made her pale and frightened, it was easy to smile for Lynvara.

<Ailyp-Gypte>

Malygos frowned, raising his arm, a wall of white-hot flame burning Blackout's assailants alive....and trapping Blackout with him.  "I do not take kindly to interruptions." The broadcast he had created followed him through the rift.  "Witness, all of you, the complete, and final defeat of Lord Blackout."  Golden light gathered itself around the magus, as the energies of a thousand worlds seared upon the Makuta.  "I have waited a thousand years, for this moment.  Hundreds spent a slave, a subordinate to this tyrant's will."

A low, malicious chuckle.  "No longer.  Now, Blackout...now you will burn."  A runic circle in gold appeared around blackout, just as Malygos extended his gloved hand.  A single word: "Holy," and Blackout was plunged into a bolt of purest light.

<Ulduar>

Loken grinned, his great, bronze hand risen, as frost formed on his arms, which shattered as he moved them.  A bolt of lightning struck between Tezzeret and Bob, striking both of them to the ground.  "Do you truly think that I am such a fool as to be destroyed by that?"  His metallic face twisted into a smirk as the ground around him began to pulse with energy.  "I have witnessed the rise and fall of empires.  The birth and extinction of entire species."  Pulses of lightning came from his feet, increasing in intensity as it traveled farther away from him.  "And the foolishness of mortals has been the only constant."  A hand reached down to grab Klak, and attempt to crush his form...

<Phyrexia>

Phyrexian creatures came forth, greeting them. Their skin was like rusty, brown metal, and most of them carried a deep internal forge, lighting their forms with molten slag. Instead of attacking, however...they merely watched. A squat, masked being with burning red eyes walked up to them. "So..." Its voice was slow, like metal grating on rust. "You...you are the not-us that has come here...welcome. Welcome to the Quiet Furnace."

<Ailyb-Gypte>

*Blackout screams as the bolt sears his antidermis*

*As it dissipates, he is crouching, looking down at the ground*

Blackout: What have you done to yourself.....

*He roars in rage, and shoots a huge, but somewhat smaller, bolt of shadow at Malygos*



*Weisung and the fourth assassin scream as Malygos' wall burns them alive*

*Kranz and Entropy were standing a bit further away, and so remain unharmed*

*They teleport away*


Turel: Yes, my lord.

*He walks off to find Figlio's men*

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<Uterio's World>

*One of the Omnidroids gets hit by Nadle's plasma barrage, and collapses*

*Three others form a triangle around Nadle, and simultaneously fire laser beams at him*


*Yon, Hawkes and the two Ta'har guards fire out of the windows at the Omnidroids*

DRJ: Keep them at bay until we finish uploading!

*He inserts the disc into a slot on Thundercracker's lower back*

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<Malchior, prison>

*TPK, Coro, Axalara and the other Knights are teleported back up to the ship*

*From there, they are teleported to the forest*

TPK: Whoo.

*There are signs of battle everywhere, and a curious hole in the ground*

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<Malchior, the cafe>

*Aster looks on in shock as Rainn is dragged away*

Aster: Er, er.....I need to talk to someone. Let's meet here in three hours.

*She gets into a nearby taxi*

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<Malchior, the Humvee>

*DU Ultron backs into the wall, touching it with his fingers*

*The wall starts glowing slightly*

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<Malchior, outside the capital>

553: So it is just the city. Lovely. I'll call Rahn.

*He pulls out his phone, and sends Rahn a text message*

553: "CAN'T TAKE SB BACK INTO THE CITY. TRIED TO COME BACK AND HE STARTED SCREAMING AGAIN."

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<Pub on Liquid-Metallicon>

*DS opens one of his eyes, and looks at Akzer oddly*

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<User HQ>

*User MK swims to Space Poland*

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<Malchior IV>

TTT: "and I want hte spagheti"

*He, too, walks away*

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<Fareste>

*Caiaphus nods, and fires an intensely powerful blast of shadow at the fluff*

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<Atuar Sadiares>

Devotee II: "*shivers while reading a small pamphlet in his hands* H-HYDRA is an organization that will bring revolution and prosperity for all the oppressed. F-for too long, u-gh..y-you too."

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<Ailyp-Gypte>

*Airachnid coughs*

Airachnid: "Blackout, my lord, I believe it is time for me to abscond. But I wish you the best! Defend your honor, and all that."

*She transforms into a helicopter and flies away*


*Figlio's men see Turel, and nod. They all leave the palace and quickly get into his ship.*

*Figlio drags Alda to the ship*

Alda: "Unhand me!"

Figlio: "Not yet, my dear. We have work to do."

*He enters the ship*

Figlio: "TUREL! Where is Turel?!"

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<Ulduar>

*Klak repelled the hands away from him using his Crast, and ran from them*

Me: Right, right, you're old. I've met older. Anyway, what are you made of, golem?

*Bob gets up, and sputters. He hears Klak ask his question, and smiles*

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<Uterio's World>

*Nadle blocks two of the laser beams using a small stasis field. However, in the brief millisecond he stopped using it, another laser smashes into his back. Nadle crashes into one of the Omnidroids, and falls to the ground. He stands up.*

Nadle: "Boy, you pack a punch. But luckily, I've found a way to keep my Makuta powers in any body I occupy."

*He fires heat vision out of his eyes at one of the Omnidroids*

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<Malchior, prison>

*Cutter points to the hole*

Cutter: "What's that?"

Coro: "Good question. Might be a crater."

Spotter: "Yes, it could be. But what could have caused it?"

Coro: "I did not know the battle extended to the forest."

*Meanwhile, Waller presses a button on the conference room. The guards leave, and several holograms appear on the chairs surrounding her. They are the leaders of Cadmus*

Richtofen: "Ach, I thought we were in hiding! Vhat is it?"

??? 1: "Yes, why have you reconvened us?"

Waller: "I have called this emergency meeting because of the transmission that was just broadcasted."

??? 1: "Just as I feared. I assume we will have to assemble some of our experiments."

Waller: "I propose we get all of them out there, or at least most."

??? 2: "I agree."

Richtofen: "I do too. But it will take some time."

Dr. Hikari: "Indeed."

Waller: "Very well, we will do what we must. This 'Malygos' is just what we have been preparing for."

*Richtofen nods, and his transmission ends*

??? 2: "We can't trust him."

Waller: "We can't afford not to. It's in his best interest to work with us."

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<Malchior, the cafe>

*Lt. Manning nods. He looks at the other police officers*

Lt. Manning: "I'll take it from here."

*He takes Rainn to the warehouse, but presses a button on the console. They enter the same room. This time, it has a small prison-like machine. It is a glass cylinder attached to a strange silver machine*

*Lt. Manning opens a door on the cylinder, and shoves Rainn into it. He shuts the door. The machine surrounding the cylinder whirs to life. Rainn struggles to free himself, but he cannot.*

Rainn: "What are you doing?!"

Lt. Manning: "Apologies, Rainn. You are a valuable asset to my organization, and we have let you run around for far too long. I just received orders to capture you from the higher ups."

Rainn: "You're...CADMUS!"

Lt. Manning: "Exactly."

Rainn: "So, Cadmus is a Malchiorian operation?"

Lt. Manning: "No, not at all. Some figures in the government of Malchior IV were interested in it, however. A small portion of it is involved, and even the Protectorate has some involvement. Few people know we exist, and it's better that way."

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<Malchior, the Humvee>

*The guards do not notice what DU Ultron is doing*

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<Malchior, outside the capital>

Rahn: "*in a text* RIGHT, MUST BE SOMETHING IN THE CITY. ALSO, THERE WAS A TRANSMISSION. SOMEONE NAMED MALYGOS WANTS TO TAKE OVER. I REMEMBER CAIAPHUS TALKING ABOUT HIM ONCE."

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OOS: Waiting on Red for the rest. I hope I am not missing anyone.