The Ancient Ones: Age of Nothingness (IC)

[Kaidou]

Manichean Plane
Realm II
Aincrad, Tóxene
IGSE Headquarters

Thero scrunched his face and clutched his chest.

"You hurt my feelings, dear Hex", he sobbed mockingly, as he sauntered over to where his new prisoners had been tied up. By then, the two guards had stripped Samuel to the skin and, for good measure, had blindfolded him, flanking his operating table with military discipline. "My heart has been broken. Boo hoo hoo..."

"Go fuck yourself", Samuel spat at Thero, his voice hoarse and dry from his screaming.

With a wild, puerile grin, Thero strutted over to where Samuel lay stark naked, strapped to the table. He pulled off the leather glove on his left hand, before holding up three fingers and, forcing the boy's mouth open with his other hand, slowly thrust his fingers down Samuel's mouth.

"My, my, you're a very rude little child", he mocked, driving his fingers deeper down Samuel's throat as he struggled, unable to bite Thero's fingers thanks to the other hand holding his jaw intact. "Using these nasty words."

Samuel gagged horribly and began choking, violently coughing as his face began turning red and tears began rolling down the corners of his eyes. With his fingers, Thero began to tickle the boy's uvula and throat, laughing maniacally as Samuel writhed and spluttered, gagging violently and struggling against his bonds.

About ten seconds later, however, he let up, pulling his glove back on and grinning at Samuel.

"Let's have more fun like this", he wheedled at the boy. "You, me, Ceiji..."

"What do you want?" Wong Tjin-fei growled at Thero. "Why are you doing this?"

Thero laughed.

"A good question for another time", he replied. Then, to his soldiers, he added, "Take them to the detention cells and lock them there till further notice. And don't give the naughty boy his clothes back."

...

Detention Cell

- Samuel IX
- Stephen Strange
- Wong Tjin-fei
- Seishirō Akita
- Yotsuha Ikegami
- Ackerman
- Frederick II
- Hex

In yet another twist of sadism, Thero had ordered his guards to tightly cuff the prisoners with their hands behind their backs; on top of not being able to do basic functions (itches on the face and so on), that left Samuel's male-ness completely open, with no way to cover himself in the bare, completely unfurnished cell. The most he could do was sit in a corner facing away from the rest; Yocchi, at the opposite corner of the room, had shielded poor Yotsuha in the corner.

"Well, aren't we in a big sticky mess", Wong Tjin-fei grunted, shifting uneasily and attempting to maintain circulation in his wrists.

"I hope Ceiji and Jan-ci are alright", Yotsuha whimpered quietly, in her corner.

Samuel remained silent, his face and chest red.

...

[Prusselanden]

Cave
"Don't vorry about me...I'll be fine, I can still fight." Ignis assured Zeta, resisting his attempts to pull her away. "Zhese injuries are nozhing. I've had vorse happen to me." Ignis attempted to laugh lightheartedly in an attempt to calm Zeta down.

"Dont vorry about me."

Manichean Plane

Ackerman writhed around in xer restrainsg, growling and struggling like a wild animal. Frederick merely sat down, staring at the wall. He knew what Thero probably was doing to Ceiji and Jan-Ci. The thought of it made him shudder.

Ackerman bent her neck back at times in an attempt to chew the restraints loose, only managing to fail. Not long after, Xe began to bang Xer cuffs against the wall in a failed attempt to get them loose.

Uska shuffled over to Samuel and pulled a cloth from his pant pocket with his teeth. Uska draped the cloth over Smauel's manhood to give him some covering.

[Aeternabilis]

New York City

"Let's get the hell out of here, then," Marcus said, shakily returning to his feet with a hand over his wound. He looked over in Ivan's direction, but clearly spoke to Secesh when he continued, "Rebel! I'm looking over here so she looks over here too and doesn't see that thing you're making. When I give the word, set that car off. It'll distract her long enough for Alex to get us out of here." "Are you sure that'll work, Marcus?" Sylph asked. "As sure as I can be. Keep her attention for a minute, would ya? I'm gonna check on Alex." "Um. Okay! I'll do my best!" As Sylph started shouting things at their enemy to draw her attention, Marcus ran around behind Ji-Yeong to where Alex was lying and knelt down beside her. "You okay?" He asked, with a concerned look on his face. Alex looked up at him. "Urgh, I got the wind knocked out of me, but I'm fine." "That's good. You hear my plan?" "Yes. You're very loud when you want to be." "Thank you. You're good to teleport us, then?" "Yep. Just give me the word."

Ji-Yeong stood in the street across from the large armored man and watched curiously. Her foes had completely stopped attacking her, and now the boy in the red not-windsock was apparently yelling at the blond Russian for some reason. Probably to stop staring into space and actually help in the fight, since that was really all he had done since she had appeared. Ji-Yeong wasn't sure why that was; maybe he was just stupid. Unfortunately, since she couldn't understand English (or whatever language they were speaking, Ji-Yeong was pretty sure it was English) she had no idea what was actually being said. Then, suddenly, one of the small blue girls started yelling at her. She appeared to be wanting to show off to the Korean, as she started doing a flawless handstand, then a one-handed handstand, then (rather confusingly) a no-handed handstand. Ji-Yeong felt a slight urge to applaud, then realized the first red boy had disappeared. Quickly, she looked around, spotting him behind her with the sword-girl. As she locked eyes on the two, the boy yelled something again, and suddenly something to the right of her exploded into flames.

Ji-Yeong quickly utilized another hardlight shield to protect herself from the explosion, managing to avoid being hit by the shockwave or any debris. She dispelled the shield once more and looked around, but her enemies were nowhere to be found. She stood silent for a moment, then said, "그는 이것에 대해 행복하지 않을거야."

Meanwhile, the ten heroes reappeared instantly back in Alex's apartment. "Well that went awful," Joshua said, collapsing on the couch.

[Naval Monte]

Manichean Plane
Realm II
Aincrad, Tóxene
IGSE Headquarters

Hex scrunched her at Thero's eye rolling performance of mock hurt. Hex struggle to break through the straps and while she does have one way of doing so she couldn't as her only method of possibility doing so would leave her at a great disadvantage later on. As the man shoved his fingers inside the mouth of the now nude bard the occult warfare expert kept giving the man her most heated glare, hoping that someway that maybe the stories of the evil eye would come true and bring calamity to Thero.

Once they were brought to the detention cell Hex began to think of what to do. Her chances of breaking the cuffs were small and she had no way of picking at the lock. Just as it seem hopeless Hex was soon reminded of an incident back in a contaminate site that was used to hold cultists and rogue thaumaturges, an incident in which one clever thaumaturge found a way to make a magic circle for a ritual while her arms were bound.

Hex looked at the others and she saw that with Strange he was slouching against the wall as whatever drugs they forced into his system has yet to wear off. Strange was barely able to process much on what is happening in the room as not only was he very tired but the world seem so blurry to him. Hex looked at the cell and noted something was wrong. "Looks like Cain is with Ceiji and Jan-ci because I don't see him." That was only if he was lucky as knowing Thero he could have done something worse to the old man.

Hex moved to the center of the cell, ordering everyone to move close to the walls. Once at the center Hex stick out her tongue and began to lick on the floor. Hex was glad the cell had no furniture to get in the way of work. Hex only spat out whatever bit of dust got on her tongue but afterwards went back to licking on the floor, using her own saliva to make a magic circle.

As the group were trapped in their cell a dark presence glide through the halls and corridors of the facility, unseen by most in the building as it no longer had to maintain it's mortal facade in this occasion. Jahvi was glad to now be himself after being stuck in his mortal form for so long. As much as he wants to leave the party to find the weapon himself he rather have them around to weaken or at least distract the IGSE while he takes the super weapons for himself. The Nepharite was now looking for the area where the detention cells were since not only was he planning on freeing the party but every prisoner in the base to throw the facility into a state of anarchy.

[The Palmetto]

Alex's Apartment

The confederate cyborg had set the car bomb off, the the Korean woman had been distracted long enough for them to escape. They were teleported back to Alex's apartment, and Secesh immediately crashed into the floor headfirst. He groaned slightly before righting himself, and sitting down on the floor. His gun was to the side of him, but not on safety. He felt too tired to try and take any possible countermeasures. He was breathing heavily, and drenched in sweat.
"What in Dixie happened back there?" He called out, his body tired but his spirit still riled up.
"I haven't been given a run for my cotton like that in years! What was with that belle?" He added, not having met anyone more powerful then him since Ignis. He probably would've spent more time thinking about her right now, but he was drained after that. Physically, he would recover in a few minutes or an hour at most. But he was still stressed out from all that fighting, which for him, and usually just been firing a few rounds before entire batallion either exploded or surrendered.

[Osnil Returns]

Mantoran Cave Battle
Vulpix smacked against the wall thanks to the crabhammer, but was back on it's feet in moments. Gyrados was still fighting, but was slightly weaker thanks to Delcatty's Play Rough. Primeape was hurting itself from it's confusion. Pachirisu and Stantler were still relatively untouched, but they were getting quickly overwhelmed by the sheer amount of power.

Gyrados roared at the Shiny Delcatty. "I will feast on your living flesh!"

"Pachirisu!" "We can't do this much longer!" Pachirisu shouted, giving a Thunderbolt to one of the Starmies tormenting Primeape.

"Vulpix!" "You haven't even been touched yet!" Vulpix shouted back.

"Stantler!" "Let's not argue! But Destiny needs to lead us."

Skitty peeked out from behind Destiny's leg. Her friends were valiantly fighting, but they needed Destiny. Destiny was frozen in terror, murmuring, "It's all a dream." over and over. Skitty tapped Destiny with her paw, causing her to scream at the top of her lungs with enough power to shatter glass. Skitty ducked behind a rock and covered her ears.

Destiny's focus was now concentrated on the battle thanks to Skitty's method of awakening her. She also had a plan. "Pachirisu, come back here!" she called out through her telepathic link. [i]"Vulpix, help out Primeape! Use Dark Pulse! Sawsbuck, use Solar Beam! Gyrados, that Delcatty hurt you. It's Payback Time!" Pachirisu came running back while Vulpix ran forward and fired a beam of black and purple circles in the direction of the Starmies. Sawsbuck began to absorb energy in it's horns to unleash it's powerful attack. Gyrados smashed into the Shiny Delcatty with it's strongest force in retaliation for earlier events.

[Wheatley Laboratories]

Matoran
"No! You're not fine!" shouted Zeta. "I don't care how strong you are, you have to... you have to... huh, deja-vu. Oh no, not ag-"
He would collapse suddenly, twitching.

He pulled at the sleeve of the fox in front of him, brilliantly bright light spilling from his fingers. He was... somehow... still going. "Come on!" Zeta yelled at him. The fox glanced back at him as he carelessly took out another group of enemies. "I'm fine. I'm strong enough to keep going. It's just a scratch," The scratch in question was in fact, a large, jagged peice of metal deeply embedded in his leg. Blood was pooling around his foot and his ruined clothing was covered in gore. Zeta couldn't understand how he was still concious, let alone in battle!

[Prusselanden]

Cave
"It's fine...." Ignis insisted stubbornly, when Zeta collapsed on the ground. She immediately bent down and shook him. "Zeta? Zeta!" Ignis held Zeta closely as he went through another flashback. "Zeta? Vere you triggered? Oh no...."

She clutched her injury as it started to hurt again. She dodged some attacks that were coming at them and lifted Zeta up with much effort. Ignis ran behind a large rock to avoid the attacks. She knew that she was losing more and more blood by the minute, but it was a small matter. Her demon heritage gave her a much larger stamina than a normal human.

[The New Earth Federation]

Multiverse Restaurant

"Fuck this shit is getting weirder and weirder" spoke Victoria as she quicky peeked over the hip high pile of chairs that formed somewhat of a cover at the commotion that was happening between the two groups of people. It seems they the psychotic one had no organs so.....what the hell is going on? As they finished checking their gear and weapons a box appeared right next to them, the two looked at each other then back at the box, it was several seconds before they decided to pick up the box and throw it across the room, and Chris was the one that got picked for the job.

He looked at the one that threw them the chair and saw that he was speaking to another one in his group, out of reflex he waved his arms and spoke to him. "What do you want us to do?"

Victoria looked at him and shook her head. "What you think that is going to accomplish?"

"It's better then sitting her and doing nothing"

"Well anything is better then sitting here and doing nothing......ugh I could really use something to drink.....preferably liquor."

"I know that feeling....maybe after this we could do something."

"Let's get through this first" she said in a flirty tone, punching him in the shoulder.

[Naval Monte]

Ruined Coruscant- Sith Shrine

"Huh? I guess she mellowed out after becoming a parent." Marie said to the claim that Elizabeth wasn't temperamental during Cinder's time. "Well if she is still snarky than she couldn't have been so different than. Well I suppose being a trickster would have to be one of the better things to pick up from that one. I shudder to think what would happen if you picked up her temper or her flirtatious attitude." Marie was silent for a while. "Does she still flirt with people in the future?"

When Jacob suggested on talking later she nodded in agreement, that question can be answered later. Marie along with Victoria enter the sith shrine and while Jacob making the accidental reference made Victoria chuckle she still felt the ominous feeling that clung to the ancient structure. The Daeva ignored the demi god and turn his attention to Serena.

"That is if this universe is following the rules made by old George and Disney, for all you know we might be in Legends where the sith there can cheat death." The daeva replied back. Marie and Victoria both prayed that they were not in that version of the Star Wars verse to avoid encounter sith ghost. "I always wonder why the jedi couldn't sense Palpatine was a sith lord. I guess that along with him being clever and skilled enough in the force to hide himself both work out along with this place. But i still think stupidity played a role as well." Marie told Serena.

When Damian walked besides Victoria she grimace. "You would have a fun time fighting against ghosts what with magic and all while I will have to find out a way to even touch them, let alone fight against them." The spear would soon point forward to the temple as James felt the sword pieces vibrating in his pockets, each one sensing their wayward kin.

As the group walk forward Draigo would feel something trying to implant suggestions into his mind, telling him to kill the group for being either heretics or xenos. To revel in the anger the group was making him feel and to take the sword pieces himself. Meanwhile Jephet floated close to Serena and whispered to her. "Something about this place feels off and I'm not talking about the dark side of the force. I think something else is in this place."

---

Matoran Universe: Heroes

"WELL IN THIS OCCASION WHEN WE SAY GOD IS EVIL WE ACTUALLY MEAN IT. WE EVEN HAVE EVIDENCE TO PROVE IT!" Papyrus shouted back as he fought against the skeletons as most began to turn into dust. Most of the attacks by the bone brothers only knocked out the cultist and their pokemon but they ironically spared none of the skeletons save for Papyrus who still felt bad for the magically controlled corpses.

The brothers saw the new skeleton warriors and just before the ground bones can hit them Sans teleport himself and his brother up in the air. The two now riding on a gaster blaster as it and many others fired powerful beams at the skeletal warriors. The one that leapt at Frisk only saw a small crack emerge on the field but soon a barrage of fireballs and missiles send from the two Deemurrs and Aphys along with water spears coming from underground thanks to Undyne shown the warrior the error on attacking the child. Frisk pointed her wand at the skeleton and a burst of emerald flames jet out to consume the skeleton.

Frisk soon began to tell the neko that she has the choice to stop fighting and if she did no one will harm her, the child promising that they will ensure that everyone kept their word. The monsters along with Snake and Reaper were firing off their projectiles against the bone projectiles. However Alphys robot would fall once she ran out of projectiles, the destroyed robot falling down. The other monsters were injured but can still keep on fighting. Papyrus used his power to release a duel bust of emotional energy. The first gave everyone the burst of determination to keep on fighting while the second would increase fear for the cultists and make them loss the will to fight.

The beasts and abominations that made up the ranks of the Army of Darkness took the full brunt of the attack but only the weakest members of the army fell to the bones, the rest remain embedded to the beasts but they shown no reaction to them piercing their shadowy flesh. The beasts charged towards the army of reanimated servants and began to destroy them with their jaws, claws, tendrils and whatever natural weapons their bodies gave them. The bones flew past Alexandria thanks to the slphys that flew around her as she kept singing.

The few slyphs not making the wind barrier began to alter sound vibrations to make other cultists still fighting to hear the witch's song. With Cade the cambion took a step back at the sight of his allies either dead or were close to death as he turn to his sister, wondering where the crow was. "Aja! What the hell happened to the monsters? There is no way these people can defeat them so easily nor should Serena be down on the ground bleeding?" It didn't make any sense for Cade for this to happen since he heard how they have dealt with threats far worse than a group of morons who believe that a deranged being like Infinity can help solve all of their problems.

Aja saw the attacks coming and instead of defending she instead warp away from the attacks and appeared close to where her brother was. Cade felt the magical arrival and when he saw that it was the crow he got his blade ready for an attack but as he stayed on the defensive to protect not only himself and who he sees as his sister he saw that the crow briefly looked like his sister. The cambion looked at the crow with confusion as he turn to his sister. "You saw that?" he asked her. As she responded back he saw her change into the crow, Cade knew something was up.

Aja can tell something was wrong as her brother was protecting the crow from her. Before she can say a word she was surrounded by conjured weapons that belong to Cade. "So you came back to the fight huh?" she heard her brother say as he walked behind the crow. "I saw you try to look like my sister but your illusion failed, I can see right through it." Cade was reached out and hugged the crow. Aja was going to say something but stopped when she saw her twin wink at her, she understood now that her brother was up to something.

"Even if your illusion worked I know my sister enough that I can tell the difference between her and a fake. For all of the bickering we do me and her are still close." he said as he looked at the Aja around his arms with a smile. Just as the crow would think it was safe it would feel Cade's arms tighten around the Crow and soon it would be lifted off the ground and rolling them over as Cade slammed the crow down at the ground. Cade still smile at the down crow. "I did told you that I can tell the difference between the real one and a fake right? Maybe you should have cast that illusion while you were hiding instead of doing it while standing close to where you were."

The twin soon let go of his sister and got on top of the crow as he began to punch the crow at it's face. Aja looked at the scene and sighed as she shrug. "Younger brothers." was all she said as she began to fire arrows at the cultist, taking care not to hit anywhere vital. As more Starmies fired jet of water at her she warp around the attacks and cast down bolts of lightning at them once she was at the other side where the Starmies were.

Elizabeth simply responded with hmmm at the news of the cult, they were a enemy type she had dealt with numerous times before and with beings like Infinity she wasn't all that surprised that one would form around him. As one cultist tried to stab her Elizabeth surprisingly grabbed it and took out her own knife and stabbed the cultist several times on the gut before letting him go, letting the cultist drop on the ground in agony as they hold on to their bleeding stomach.

"You actually want these guys alive? Normally cults who worship beings like him are better off dead in my world but I have a feeling it was Serena who gave that order right? She is charge so I will respect her wish of letting these manics live. But I can still brutally maim the living hell out of them." as one cultist tried to sneak attack her a black shadowy tentacle shot out and grabbed them, bashing their head on the ceiling before dropping them on the ground, large gashes can be seen on the head and the skull had cracks but the cultist was still alive though they may suffer brain damage unless healing magic or advance medical technology and techniques aren't used to repair them.

"Alright fellas here is the plan. You guys stay with Batman while I go out and see my kids and mother." the shadowy beings agreed with her orders as black silhouettes flew off Elizabeth's shadow to hunt down for anymore cultists. Elizabeth took out a saber that had a sword knot tied at the hilt of the blade.

Waving her hand in a circle she shouted the words Hell's Gate and a gateway made of dark magic form. "Now do play nice with my friends batsy, they don't like being called demons and do keep the bright flashes to a minim cause they aren't fans of bright lights." she told the lego human right before she stepped through the gate.

At the other side Elizabeth would see what was going on with the others. Elizabeth saw that a kitsune was going to punch Clairus and deciding at at that moment she was needed the witch would vanish before the eyes of the cultists. Elizabeth would appear close to the two kitsunes, magic circle forming before her but failing to protect the person she attended to defend.

Elizabeth was on her knees, holding on the hilt of her saber as she stabbed the blade through the ground. Whenever Elizabeth uses the wanderer spell all distance and spatial dimension flow into one direction, becoming a two dimensional plane of existence were depth cease to exist. All it took for her to be in her location was a few steps as space itself folded around her but seeing the alien perception of space being twisted was to surreal and sickening for her, especially since she has rarely used the wanderer spell before and as such her senses were not yet use to the effects the spell would cause on her. The witch looked down at the ground as she tried to keep her breakfast inside her stomach.

[Kaidou]

Manichean Plane
Realm II
Aincrad, Tóxene
IGSE Headquarters


Detention Cell

"Wait, what are you-"

"No."

Wong Tjin-fei nudged Yocchi back to the wall, keeping the centre of the cell open for Hex to draw her circle uninterrupted. He knew exactly what it was she was planning to do.

"Let her do it. This could be our chance to make our escape."

...

Thero's Office

With two cigars taped together end-to-end to form one long cigar, one end lit up to release the foul smoke, Thero reclined in his chair, pensively watching the screen that played live footage of his prisoners' activities in the room, accompanied by fellow Tshno Aulfbua and one other soldier, who was quite clearly trembling in his boots from being in the presence of two of the IGSE's powerhouses.

"If I were you, I'd give them a good thrashing neh", bawled Aulfbua, scratching his crotch very conspicuously. "They look like they're up to no good neh."

"That's not a great concern, Lord Aulfbua", Thero replied, smiling to himself and puffing on his long cigar. "I know everything they're doing. I see everything. They think that they can get away, but in reality, they're just like little insects trying to get out of a hermetically sealed terrarium."

Aulfbua snorted.

"You see, there's only so far they can go. Even with their resident demon-posing-as-a-human, they're all still trapped within Level G. Any further, and they'll have to deal... with the Eyes." The first cigar burned away completely, leaving the second one smouldering. Reaching for a lighter, Thero continued watching the screen.

"You're tangling with a very powerful force, Lord Thero neh", the other Tshno cautioned, continuing to scratch his crotch incessantly. "The Eyes cannot be controlled forever neh."

"I don't need to control them forever. I just need to rein them in long enough for me to complete my goals. After all, I have an alternative source of power, one that neither Director Harakiri Haikarakainen nor General Juzun Nebra have the power to foresee."

Thero chuckled and turned his head to look at the soldier who stood guard. Briefly, they made eye contact.

Then one of Thero's pupils, initially a malicious viridian, glinted in the harsh light of the room, and turned a fierce pink. The man shuddered; a pair of tiny maroon lines had arced across Thero's pink pupil, shining a malevolent shade of red, completely different from the rest of the eye.

"You there", he said to the guard.

"Y-Yes, my Lord?"

Thero smiled.

"Die."

The guard stood still for a moment.

Then, without a second word, he dropped his rifle on the ground, drew his knife, and slashed himself above the Adam's Apple. A spurt of blood squirted out, staining Thero's maniacal face, and the guard collapsed face down on the ground, the contents of his throat spilling out onto the carpet.

Aulfbua squirmed, but otherwise remained unaffected.

"That, my friend, is only the tip of the iceberg", he chuckled, turning his attention back to the screen as his pink pupil reverted to its original green. By then, Hex had drawn more than half the circle.

"Continue drawing your pretty little circles, Little Miss Housewife", he snickered. From an adjacent room, the sound of one of Ceiji's muffled grunts could be heard. "Enjoy life while it lasts."

...

[The Dark Brotherhood of Deros]

MU - Heroes
Infinity giggled at Ignis and said nothing else to her. Meanwhile Clairus looked at Kadoor as she came to help her. "Thank you Kadoor." She said, her heart racing as she looked back at the enemies. We've got to win this, but these people... I don't want to hurt them. The kitsune thought. Suddenly Yoko attacked with a flaming fox punch. The attack connected with Clairus's side, scorching her as the fangs dug into her skin. She screamed in pain, then dug her fingernails into Yoko's face, scratching her.

Clairus stumbled backward and clutched her burned side, groaning and fighting back tears of pain. That hurt... I can't lose this though! She thought, new determination rising up within her. Clairus ran at Yoko and fired several more aura blasts at her, all while trying to ignore the severe pain in her side.

Meanwhile as more skeletal warriors formed, Hana glared at them. "Don't let up guys; we've got this!" She said to the group, firing on the giant skeletons. Hanzo sent a smaller skeleton's head flying with a well placed palm-heel strike, then kicked another one down to it's knees by hitting its gut, then finishing it with a point-blank arrow to the skull. "I fail to see how we've 'got this' at this rate." Hanzo said.

Just then, a roar like thunder shook the ground, and lightning rained from the sky onto skeletons. Then a large black dragon landed behind the group, carrying two figures on its back. The first was a short and black fox-like creature, and the other was a young human man wearing mostly white clothes and a hat. "Enough of this!" The man shouted.

Ruined Coruscant
Cinder thought back to her Godmother's actions, and then nodded. "Yeah, a little bit. Not as much around me though." She said to Marie. As Jephet pointed out that something else seemed wrong with this place, Jacob couldn't help but agree. "You're right about that; something is very wrong here." He said. Then he looked at his daughter. "Can you feel anything Cinder?" He asked her. Cinder reached out around her with her aura abilities, and suddenly recoiled.

"Oh yeah... Yeah I can feel things here. It might just be all the Dark Side stuff though, but I really don't like it here." She said. Cinder knew that her aura abilities were nowhere near as strong as her mother's (or any other natural kitsune's for that matter) but there was something unmistakably wrong with this place.

[Kaidou]

Manichean Plane
Realm II
Aincrad, Tóxene
IGSE Headquarters

A few hundred kilometres away from the IGSE Headquarters, a massive fleet had assembled.

It was the fleet of the Japanese Republic, commanded by General Tōru Nagakawa, the most senior general of the fleet, on a mission sanctioned by President Kensaku Tsuji himself. Several generations of battleships and soldiers had been amassed for this one operation, including Nagakawa's personal flagship, the Taiyō Daiō XVIII.

Just one hour earlier, General Shirō Matsushita was executed by General Takekai Sangū. The final swing of the katana that severed Matsushita's life force was broadcasted live to all the territories of Japan, whether under Emperor Kōhei, President Tsuji, or Generalissimo Hōjō.

With that one moment, negotiations between the Japanese Republic and Hōjō's regime were halted completely. And the first Executive Order put forth by Kensaku Tsuji was a simple one.

Rescue the mercenaries hired by Shirō Matsushita.

...

This is General Tōru Nagakawa. In 15 minutes, commence Operation Limitless. We will storm Aincrad with the combined fleet of the Japanese Republic and the Chinese Resistance Force.

Colonel Kirō Makino will lead our offensive. Divisions A, B, and C, and D are to follow him; Divisions E, F, and G are to take orders from Generals Huang Jing, Hu Jue, and Li Xuan-peng of the Chinese Army respectively. Division H is to remain behind with my flagship till further orders are given.

...

Greater Multiverse
Dimension 552
Hirabayashi | 平林
Capital City of the People's Socialist Republic of Japan | 共産大日本民主国の首都

Generalissimo Atsushi Hōjō had established a communist state.

Through an intricate series of political manoeuvres, he'd had Hisashi Kurōmasu entangled in scandal after scandal, till at last, the greatest yakuza boss in all of Japan was brought to his knees and, finally, assassinated. In the wake of his death, the rest of the Kurōmasu family, ranging from an 11-year old boy to a 106-year-old woman, were brutally executed on live television, branded as opponents of the State.

These public deaths were perpetrated by a secret force formed by Hōjō from the remnants of the yakuza military. They eventually became known as the Yamigenpeitai; the Shadow Police, the hand of Supreme Leader Hōjō.

From then on, anybody who dared to speak up against Hōjō's authority was immediately branded an enemy of Communism and an enemy of the People. The courts were placed under the control of the Yamigenpeitai, and the Yamigenpeitai was placed under the control of Atsushi Hōjō alone, along with the entire military of the nine warlords who had joined the ranks of Japanese Communism.

The first order of business was simple.

Both Kensaku Tsuji and Emperor Kōhei were to be assassinated.

...

[Naval Monte]

Manichean Plane
Realm II
Aincrad, Tóxene
IGSE Headquarters


Detention Cell

Hex ignored the boy's attempt on trying to stop her as she tried to finish the circle. Hex was grateful that everyone understood what her plan was and stayed as close to the walls as possible as she made the circle. Hex stopped for a moment when a bit of dust manage to get in the back of her throat and she force herself up to cough to remove it.

After coughing out a big wad of spit Hex took a few deep breaths as she return back to her job, moving around to make sure each side was done. Once the circle of saliva was complete. Hex ordered Strange to come close to her and for him not to disturb the circle. The tired sorcerer walked over to Hex and to everyone's shock she lunged forward and bite down on the man's cheek, hard enough to draw blood. Hex kept her teeth sink onto his cheek until she felt she had enough of his blood in her mouth and let him go.

"What the hell is wrong with you!?" Strange shouted as he lost his balance and fell down on his back, his cheek bleeding. Hex soon spat out the blood on the center of the circle. Hex a small trail of blood flowing down from her lips to her chin as she began to recite a chant. Speaking the alien language known as Aklo the words were as difficult to pronounce as they sound yet she still forced herself to say each word correctly.

Hex made several gestures with her cuffed hands as she kept chanting, walking around the circle as she made each specific gesture and recited the right words while in her spot. Eventually she return back to the spot where she started and shouting out the last passage she can feel in her very being that the spell worked. "We can leave here now. Just step into the circle and we will all leave this place."

Almost to prove her point Hex took a few steps to the circle and once she reached the center she vanished before the group. Strange can feel the magical energy and as he manage to get himself up he walked to the circle and he too vanished. Both looked around and saw that they all appeared inside the familiar sight of the occult library, they were back in the Aquila. "We need to find something to break these cuffs and find the crew and find out how much tech Thero's goons manage to learn." Hex said as she began to search through the library to find anything that can help her pick at the lock of the cuffs.

[Kaidou]

Manichean Plane
Realm II
Aincrad, Tóxene
IGSE Headquarters

One by one, the others in the cell slowly filed across the magic circle back into the Aquila, the last one being Samuel, who was crawling in an attempt to hide his uncovered manhood hidden from the female members of the crew (none of the others were in any position to help him, anyway).

By the time they made it into the ship, however, only one thing hit them; there was not a single person left inside the ship. Nor was there any trace of battle or massacre; the walls and floors were spotlessly clean. A little bit too clean for anybody's comfort, thought Samuel frustratedly, scurrying to a sofa and furiously draping a blanket across his naked nether-region.

Cruelly, none of them had any time to communicate to each other when the screens of the ship went live on their own, displaying first static, and then the malevolently beautiful face of Thero, one side splattered in blood, one pupil green and the other bright pink with a pair of eerie magenta wings criss-crossing the pupil.

"Welcome home, my little bunnies!" He bawled out in laughter. Something seemed off about his face (more than usual); it was either the eye or the bloodstains on his face, or both. "I see you escaped from the cell; well, fret not. As a reward, I'll let you enjoy the comfort of your little ship.

"Remember, though, none of you will be able to leave. Thanks to this thing here..." He pointed to his glowing pink pupil. "And thanks... to that thing, in there."

It was then that everybody noticed it.

Henry Saladass, sitting at the back of the room the recently partially liberated crew had all congregated in.

"Henry, you glorious bastard", Samuel rasped, his throat still damaged. "Help unchain us; we need to get moving."

Henry smiled back, but said nothing. He remained in his sitting position.

"Henry. What's wrong."

Henry smiled back. His mouth opened, but in a manner horrifically un-humanlike, as if his body was controlled by a puppeteer who was skilled at imitating human movements, yet unable to get that last touch of realism. Something that was almost human, yet in its almost-humanness, plunged straight to the depths of the uncanny valley.

The Un-man.

"Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani."

...

[Naval Monte]

Manichean Plane
Realm II
Aincrad, Tóxene
IGSE Headquarters

Once the group was inside the Aquila the captain of the ship moved away from the group, reciting the same chant for when she was strapped on to the metal table on Thero's ship the cuffs would open on their own. Hex walked back and saw everyone was trying to relax as she spin the cuff with her finger, giving everyone a smug smirk on how she manage to break free. "No matter how superior Thero will feel he will never find a way to keep me as his prisoner." she boasted.

Soon the holographic screens all turn on to show the even more manic Thero. As he pointed at his pink eye Hex was going to make a joke on his expense but stopped when she saw Henry in the ship. "You son of a bitch. Not only did you manage to find us here you even found the ship before us. I don't know whether to punch you for being so lucky or kiss you." Hex was silent for a moment. "Actually a shake would more than suffice." the last thing she needed was to be the main star of his perverted fantasies.

However as everyone told him to help Hex felt the hair on the back of her neck stand on end as a cold chill ran down her spine, something felt wrong. The answer was clear as Henry was revealed to be possessed. "Shit! We need to leave now." she shouted as Hex ran away from Henry. If she was lucky than the secret vault in the armory was not discovered and they can still use the weapons in there to fight against Henry.

[Prusselanden]

Manichean Plane
Ackerman felt xer hackles rising as xe heard Henry speak with the Un-man's voice. Xe began to nudge Samuel and the others to run in Hex's direction. Frederick didn't need to be told twice. He immediately bolted after Hex.
"So what kinds of weapons do you think will be effective against him? In the worst case scenario, physical weapons cannot hurt him..."

Uska looked back at Ackerman and stayed, waiting for xer to come along.

[Mundeo]

Jedi Temple

Damian stifled a chuckle. "Well, if it comes to that, I wish you the best of luck" He said to Victoria.

Meanwhile, James continued to follow the spear deeper into the shrine. He felt the pieces of the sword began to vibrate—they were close. He then heard Jephet, Jacob, and Cinder all remark that they felt something else here besides the dark power of the force. James decided to give his own two cents. "Obviously there's something else here, lurking in the shadows..." As if his own voice were a cue, the Halfblood caught sight of something in the darkness. He wasn't sure if his minds were just playing force tricks on him, but he swore that he saw movement, and felt some sort of presence... but when he focused, he saw nothing.

"Yeah... I agree, Jacob. I have a pretty bad feeling, too"

[Slenderman The CreepyPasta King]

Flames Rekindled
Act I-the Relics
Chapter 1-the Box

Sine
Sine was so angry that she completely forgot about the box and ignored Lightspeed's comment about Utozai having the box. She was more concerned with Omni completely ignoring her. Torture was all well and good, but she asked him to let her down. And in addition, he was burning everyone, which could spread to the box. And then. . . marshmallows? "I am going to rip out his intestines and force-feed them to his mother."

In anger, Sine raised her hand and formed a cup shape, restricting the air exiting Omni's lungs. "If you don't let us down, you will die of suffocation," she growled.

Utozai
The couple nearby thanked Utozai for the chair. Utozai only wished he could save everyone. Almost everyone normal was on fire. His heart was practically melted by the screams made by the element he could bend. He wanted to help them.

Codex made a comment about leaving, with McCree agreeing. Duty was calling, and morals conflicted.

"Don't you remember what I taught you?" a voice spoke into his head. It was General Iroh's son: Lu Ten.
"Lu Ten? How are you doing this?" Utozai thought.
"Your father's power carried over into the Spirit World, but there is not much time. All I can tell you is to remember what I taught you." The voice faded away.
"Wait, Lu Ten!" shouted Utozai aloud, but Lu Ten was gone. His thoughts transferred to what Lu Ten said: Remember what I taught you.

Tears welled up in Utozai's eyes as he recalled that particular lesson: the last one he ever learned from Lu Ten. He, Lu Ten, and three Archers were assigned to take out a group of Earthbenders. The Earthbenders were walking right into their trap-it was perfect. As the archers drew back their bows, a lost Earth Nation girl wandered into the line of fire. "Tell them to stop," Lu Ten whispered, "there's a girl there."

"But we have a mission!" Utozai whispered back.

"Any mission that conflicts with your conscience is not a worthwhile mission," Lu Ten replied.

Just as the archers were about to fire, Lu waved at them to stop. They didn't see him. He hissed, "Stop!" They didn't hear him. Finally, he shouted, "STOP!" They stopped. He swung down from the ruined tower and reached the girl, but not before the Earthbenders saw them in the tower.

A group of archers nearby took aim. Lu Ten grabbed the girl and threw her to safety, just before three arrows hit him in the chest. "LU TEN!" shouted Utozai. But it was too late. . .

Utozai stiffened, now reminded of his lesson. He turned to Codex. "No, we're not leaving. I will not allow this madness to proceed any further. Not while innocents are being harmed in the process."

As sine said that Jackie shook off his exhaustion as Jane came-to. Jackie just stood back, not seeing what he could do in this particular situation as it looked to him like sine had it under control.

Jane in the meantime was talking with the angelus while she was out. And doing what the primordial goddess being of light suggested, she minipulating led the light around them to slowly scoot the box over to her.

[Wheatley Laboratories]

Zeta's mind

Lambda was still resisting his pull, continuing to fire bolts of pure light at the guards. This... was a disaster. A foolish mistake from Beta had triggered the alarm, smashing their plans for a surprise attack completly. Guards, armed with some kind of high-powered energy cannons, had flooded out from everywhere, leading to now. Lambda's death.
He knew it was pointless, but he tried anyway.
"Come on!" Zeta repeated. "You'll survive this if you just-"
Lambda slapped him in the face. "No. You listen. I will die whatever... Best to go out fighting."
Zeta could feel tears trickling down his cheeks now, knowing that nothing he could do would stop his friend agreeing to death. Here, now.
"NO!" He screamed at him.
"I will cover."
Walls of light appeared on either side of Lambda. They rushed outwards, going through the foxes, but hitting the guards with the force of a speeding car.
With a heavy heart, Zeta charged towards the blast doors, away from his clone.

He didn't look back.

[Prusselanden]

Zeta's mind

Lambda was still resisting his pull, continuing to fire bolts of pure light at the guards. This... was a disaster. A foolish mistake from Beta had triggered the alarm, smashing their plans for a surprise attack completly. Guards, armed with some kind of high-powered energy cannons, had flooded out from everywhere, leading to now. Lambda's death.
He knew it was pointless, but he tried anyway.
"Come on!" Zeta repeated. "You'll survive this if you just-"
Lambda slapped him in the face. "No. You listen. I will die whatever... Best to go out fighting."
Zeta could feel tears trickling down his cheeks now, knowing that nothing he could do would stop his friend agreeing to death. Here, now.
"NO!" He screamed at him.
"I will cover."
Walls of light appeared on either side of Lambda. They rushed outwards, going through the foxes, but hitting the guards with the force of a speeding car.
With a heavy heart, Zeta charged towards the blast doors, away from his clone.

He didn't look back.

Ignis started to gently nudge Zeta in an attempt to get him to wake up.
"Zeta....Zeta, It's ok....I got you...you..you need to wake up..."
I vonder vhat happened....he's probably remembering the death of a close friend. Poor guy. He must have suffered so much.
Ignis continued to try and wake the fox. "Zeta, please..."

Meanwhile, Possibility was still in the other side of the cave. "Alright, Chell, what should I do?"
Quetz sensed that something might have happened to Ignis and Zeta, and decided to go over to the fight to make sure they were ok.

[Kaidou]

Manichean Plane
Realm II
Aincrad, Tóxene
IGSE Headquarters

On board the Aquila

"Where do you think you're going?"

With just a flick of his eyes, Henry (or rather, the Un-man) had shut the door through which the remnants of the Aquila's crew was attempting to escape. Samuel, having tied a small blanket round his waist to protect his dignity, made a run for another door, but that, too, was futile; the Un-man had shut off every last door in the room, leaving them alone in the room with him and with Thero's image on all the screens.

"What have you done to Henry?" Samuel gurgled at Thero, his larynx on the verge of tearing.

Thero laughed.

"Don't worry too much about him", he sniggered, lifting up a long cigar made from taping three normal-sized cigars together. "He's in a better place now; plus, his body is being put to good use."

"What have you done to him?" Wong Tjin-fei repeated, on Samuel's behalf.

In response to their question, Thero leaned closer to the camera on his end, using his fingers to peel the eyelid of his magenta eye open.

"Do you see this?" He asked. The pupil continued to glow a fiery pink. "Within this eye is the power to dominate all of the Universe. All that needs to be done is to play it correctly."

"What the hell is that thing?"

"I'll answer your question another day", Thero replied cryptically, as the Un-man sat quietly in one corner.

"What exactly do you want, Thero?" Yocchi spat, on the verge of tears.

"I told you all already... I want Super Peace. Stop asking me the same old questions."

"And..."

"And I want", added Thero, cryptically, "to destroy God."

...

[The Intergalactic Russian Empire]

Alex's Apartment

When the group teleported back, Eric sighed and rubbed the back of his head, once more showing a small bit of blood "Agh, I'm gonna need an ice pack for this. I think I'm going to be feeling this for a while. Yeah, that went pretty badly, but we stopped the wholesale slaughter of tons of innocent people, so I'd say it's a win." He walked over and took a seat on the couch. At the same time, Pobeda mumbled something and turned to Ivan and saying "Ivan, I'm guessing you used your powers on the girl, right? That's why you were frozen during the battle, no?"

Sith Shrine

As the group walked through the ancient shrine Draigo felt something, not a normal feeling but a psychic feeling. An unknown entity communed with him, telling the Knight to slay the others; the unsolicited psychic presence brushing against his mind was irritating him. Draigo then sent a psychic pulse back to whoever was sending these messages to him Your petty tricks will not work on me. before turning to the others "Something is certainly here, it's psychically contacting me right now."

Matoran Universe: Heroes

Kadoor rushed forward at Yoko, sending a punch at the evil Kitsune's face before jumping back next to Clairus. She quickly put her hand on the Half-Blood's shoulder, healing the wound Yoko had given her "There, all better now." once more taking a defensive position at Clairus' side.

[Prusselanden]

Aquila
"You...he didn't....is Henry...oh no...." Ackerman stuttered, xer voice cracking. "Gott...you killed him....h-Hes dead....isn't he?"

"Don't listen to him! He just wants to let your emotions take control of you! He's lying! He has to be!" Frederick snapped, though, in vain.

"You bastard! You killed him! You no good for nothing have ghoul scum!" Ackerman screamed at the screen, running forward to punch it before Uska restrained xer.

"This won't help anything..."

Ackerman continued to scream, struggling against his grip. Xe foamed at the mouth with anger, picking up xer handgun and aiming it at the screen.

[Legokiller]

Matoran Universe: Heroes

During the middle of chaos, the Crow spoke in bird language that he fuck up, and Yoko getting annoyed from Clairus scratching her skin a little, the survivors turned their attention to Zeta. “This is ridiculous.” Yoko slapped the first energy blast away to Elizabeth. “Why did yo bring a veteran who suffers from vietnam flashbacks?” The kitsune was knocked back by the troll’s punch and next set of blasts, rolling back away. However, she quickly deflected the last two back at Kadoor and Clairus by her magical reflector shield. She stood up, sick of this garbage. “Besides, I can’t believe you people are with that evil god.”

Yoko pointed to Quetz. “How does it feel working with a blood god who demanded his people to commit human sacrifice, countless wars, and then lied to them? Quetzalcoatl promised his return to the Aztecs, but didn’t and the Spanish destroyed their civilization. Not to mention, Quetzalcoatl had rampage across the multiverse and was responsible for the destruction of my Master’s world, Unova. Quetz is the reason why this cult exist, and I lost many friends into this madness.”

One of the cultists snapped out of the fighting for a moment, and under the hood, Touko gasped who it was. It was her mom. No, it can’t be, it’s clearly another version of her mom and it was clear that she was pretty bad at Pokemon battles. “Touko… you’re alive! I thought the worst have happened with you and N facing off Quetz before… he… What am I doing here honey?!” Touko’s mom started to stammer in disbelief about how she ended up here. Even the super skeletons were either falling apart, or continue to fight the shadow monsters now.

“See, I wasn’t lying.” Yoko was interrupted when Touko glared down at her, her fist ready to punched the kitsune and Reshiram stared down at the kitsune. Not to mention, the other powerful Dragon over there. “Let these people go, now!” Touko demanded

“Ugh, fine.” Yoko snapped her finger, causing the surviving cultists to awaken from mind control and other charming aspect for easier acceptance of the messages of Infinity. Well most of them, since a few were truly into it, but having a crisis of faith. “There, you can have these weak new recruits to the cult. They pretty much failed Infinity. But you aren’t going to like what comes next. But give me five minutes to think about this.”

“What you mean I failed?! My world is destroyed and my hope lies on the coming paradise…” The male cultist stared at Infinity, the twins, and the rest of the heroes. “No… it's all over.”

The battlefield returned to its original environment as the fighting stopped for the moment. The Shiny Delcatty cursed Gyarados as she collapsed from its awesome power, landing right besides the shellshocked cultist trainer. The Starmies were zapped into submission, fainted and the rest of the Pokemon was confused to what to do without their trainers. The horde was broken, defeated, and the skeletons now disassembled. All that stands in their way was Yoko and her Neko.

“Star, you better set up the warp pad now. These people need help, and don’t desired to die in this madness. ” Serena ordered the AI. The ones who were savagely maimed shocked Serena on how unnecessary and simply a cruel way to go down. Serena waved for the man to approach the heroes. “It’s okay, we’re going to get you out of this universe.”

The cultist quietly nodded away, grumbling a little, and the neko soldiers took action. Soon the medical team and the ship’s soldiers exist the warp pad to take the injured to the medical bay. Yoko paced in front of the group, following by the neko servant who walked next to her, staring at the Ashwood family. The kitsune knew the master is coming soon, and the moment of truth. Serena had to wait for Quetz to address this… well strange claim of him being a blood god and human sacrifice? Wait, when did Quetz went on a rampage across the multiverse?

Iris, baffled, walked up to Quetz and crossed her arms. “Hey Quetz! Are you the same one who destroyed another Unova out there in the multiverse? I heard some out there claims about you as of late. Plus that one from Yoko there.”

Touko paused when she turned to the man who flew into the battlefield on the dragon of ideals, stunned about how in the world he appeared. “Okay, um, Serena.” She nudged the pregnant Kalos Champion on the shoulder. “I need some love advice. I mean, I’m not sure what to tell to N about another mom and that.” Touko anxiously gestured to Quetz. “Not to mention, everything that happened lately.”

Serena huddled up besides Touko while Yoko ear dropped into the conversation. “Okay Touko, calm down and breath slowly. We’re in a awful spot, but I know you two can work it out. Just take it slow, and don’t tell the fox get under your nose. Also, don’t go dumping all of this multiverse stuff down N’s throat. It’s a lot to handle.” Touko nodded.

"I'm scared Serena, but at the same time... so... furious about how that kitsune and Quetz destroyed my mom's life in another universe! It's messed up." Touko told Serena. Serena carefully hugged the bewildered Touko.

Space!

“I received reports about the fate of your previous ship, the Ockham's Razor.” Star found herself confused and used her scanners on the new ship. “Where’s Miku, and who is this new AI Commander Petit? Also, this Soviet invasion, what was it about?”

Star shook her head and decided to change the subject. “Regardless, Commander Baker has embark in a new campaign with the Forerunners and Zodiacs to eliminate Infinity who had returned to threaten the multiverse once again.” Star informed Tadayoshi how Jacob was possessed by Infinity, Infinity’s survival, and how the journey ended up right to this point.