Here's the sequel to Forgotten? Never! Hope you like it! I put about 5 hours in it, and watched Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 episode Unite and Strike five times to get this all together. This story is completely different from the episode.

Play 'The Humbling River' by Puscifer, I think it goes really good with this chapter. Play it if you want.

Disclaimer: Krytus is red, Sage is blue, I don't own anything so please don't sue!

Now, on with the story!

Nature, nurture, heaven and home.

Sum of all, and by them, driven.

To conquer every mountain shown.

But I've never crossed the river.

Braved the forest, braved the stone.

Braved the icy, wind and fire.

Braved and beat them on my own.

Yet I'm helpless by the river.

Angel, angel, what have I done?

I've faced the quakes, the wind, the fire.

I've conquered country, crown and throne.

Why can't I cross this river?

~The Humbling River~

Earth has experienced many things in its young life, circling so innocently in our solar system.

But it's not so innocent, is it?

It has felt the wrath of war.

It has faced extermination.

But it has never faced anything like this.

Six years ago…

A cloaked being walked through the streets of the Red Sentient Homeworld, gazing at each frozen face of the Sentients that littered the city.

The person stopped when the presence of 5 other figures came from behind her. They looked up at the large red wave coming towards the planet.

"In a few more minutes the wave will hit our planet and free out people." Krytus said with a shark-like smirk.

"The Red masses didn't believe that Sage and the Blue Sentients were planning to attack us." Kyburi inquired and raised a clenched fist.

"True," Krytus paused and looked at his team. "What's important is that they'll finally see the truth and will crush Sage!" He clenched his raised fists and snarled.

"And take over the Multiverse…"

The hooded figure raised an unseen eyebrow at the unheard 'but' in that sentence and faced the Red Sentient. "But?"

Krylox crossed his arms. "Wait, but?" His confusion plastered his face. The other Sentients copied his expression.

Krytus smirked at this and replied, "we need a slave force to help-"

"Help? When do we need help? We're the strongest beings in all the Multiverse!" Krylox yelled in his deep voice.

Krytus sneered and retorted, "we need help to keep order in the Multiverse once it is ours."

"We don't want any rebellions do we?" The cloaked figure smirked.

"We will conquer Earth and use it's people as our slaves to rebuild the Multiverse in our image!" Krytus laughed and a fiery blaze shone in his ruby eyes.

"But Battle Force Five!" Kytren exclaimed.

"We don't have to worry about them any longer." Krytus laughed.

"They are no more…" the unmasked figure whispered and griped the sides of their cloak. But the Reds paid no mind to it.

"And Sage?" Kyrosys asked, they hadn't forgotten her. No, but set aside. Sage is left unprotected, and will stay that way.

"Once the Red masses are free, we will destroy her!" At this, the figure tightened the grip they had on their cloak, but otherwise didn't express any type of emotion.

The sound of the wave was drawing closer. It sounded like a large fire popping and sizzling.

They climbed into their vehicles and watched.

Kyburi made a noise in the back of her throat. "The moment of truth!" She clenched her teeth and her eyes became slits.

Suddenly, the waved ran over the planet. Touching everything in its path. Making a whizzing noise as it passed through. Afterwards, they waited for something, anything.

The hooded figure, who was sitting in their own vehicle, was leaning on their seat when a golden aura came from the frozen Red Sentient's chests.

"It's working!" Kyburi exclaimed.

"Victory is close!" Krytus growled, clenching his fist.

"Estimated time before release," Kyburi looked down at the screen before her. "thirty minutes."

"That's too long! I can't wait much longer! I wanna pummel Earth!" Krylox half whined before smashing his left fist into his right hand.

"Patience is a virtue." They turned to the hooded figure, who was leaned back in their vehicle.

Krylox grumbled and bared his teeth before pausing and scratching his head. "What is a virtue?" He ignored Kyburi's face palm in the back ground.

"Virtue is a quality that is morally good." The figure deadpanned.

"Red Sentient Five…not morally good." Kytren spoke gruffly in short fragments.

Krytus ignored the argument and only watched the golden glow shine brighter with each passing minute. 'Soon you will be awake, my people, and lead us to victory.'

Suddenly, a swirling blue vortex brought Krytus out of his thoughts.

The cloaked figure gasped and their mouth was left agape. 'Battle Force Five…?'

The vehicle that drove out of the vortex did not belong to the Battle Force Five, it was Rawkus and his Grindstone.

"Rawkus!" Kyburi growled in surprise.

He turned and stopped at Krytus' vehicle. "I am not here to fight, Krytus"

"Then speak!"

"I am here to tell you important information regarding the Battle Force Five," Rawkus paused and looked at all of them in the eyes, or at least tried to with the cloaked figure. "They are stronger than you think, not only that but they have allies everywhere."

"They are dead!" Kyrosys inquired sharply.

Krytus held up and hand to stop him from further interruption. "How is that possible?"

"They didn't know but, numerous civilizations have heard of the Battle Force 5 and their heroics."

"So what?" Krylox spoke up, stepping forward.

Rawkus shrugged and replied, "just thought I would provide you with that little hint."

That left the Red Sentients confused and it clearly showed on their faces. Rawkus smiled and revved his large bike, then drove towards the cloaked figure, who was climbing out of their vehicle.

"I hope you revel in your choice," Rawkus said as he climbed off his bike and watched the Red Sentients loose interest in them and resume watching the other Sentients unfreeze.

The hooded figure looked up at him and smirked. "You should know that I do, otherwise I wouldn't be here."

Rawkus raised a stony eyebrow. "Oh? Is that so?"

"Of course, you should've seen it coming."

Rawkus' glowing green eyes brightened. "A matter of fact, I did," he hesitated. "I just wish I could have warned them, and you of course."

The figure made a 'humph' sound and retorted, "warned us what?"

"The tricks and lies." His rough voice was more softer at that.

"What are you talking about?" The figure grumbled.

"That," he climbed upon his Grindstone and revved it. "Is for me to know, and for you to find out."

The person growled and pulled back the red hood that was covering their head and face. "Why can't you tell me now?"

Rawkus only smiled and revved the Grindstone harder. "I apologize, but it is not my place to tell you, Kerstin." Then he drove off into the vortex.

Kerstin grit her teeth in annoyance. That hunk of rocks didn't even tell her what she needed to find out! She huffed and turned away as the vortex closed behind the Eternal Equalizer.

"Five minutes remaining!" Kyburi exclaimed in her harsh voice.

Kerstin smiled as she stood beside Krytus with his hand on her shoulder.

"Soon, the entire Red Sentient civilization will awaken, and I want to show them who helped with their reawakening." Kerstin beamed at that. She was appreciated here, unlike back on Earth. She was brought out of her safe haven when she was only six. She was happy and innocent until she was yanked from her mothers warm embrace and taken to a fighting ring, where she lived for the next 15 years.

She couldn't help but replay those words by Rawkus in her head.

'What tricks and lies was he talking about?'

The extermination part in the beginning refers to genocide if you didn't get it.

The next chapter will follow with the flashback.

I'm gonna try to update quicker. I'm gonna update 'School' soon so watch out! Chapter 4- First Day: Agura