Nothing.
Nothing stood alive in the barren universe.
Humans were wiped out. Species upon species of animals were driven extinct. All plant life, even the weeds, were withered into dust.
The Lookout was in ruins.
Adventure bay was now nothing more than a pile of rubble. Skeletons scattered among the ruins.
The Universe was dead. Not a single soul was to be seen.
And it was all HIS fault.
HE did this.
HE killed them all.
There is no one else to blame. This was all HIS Fault.
This was all SILVEX'S Fault.
"Come on Silvex, open the door." A gray anthro husky said in a tired strained voice, knocking on the door. He and his brother were living somewhere else, far from any life or civilization. On the very edge of the Multi-verse. A small cabin on a floating island, surrounded by a small bubble, keeping the void out.
Not that he or Silvex would die from exposure to the Void. They'd been in the harsh emptiness countless times.
"Go away." A depressed and full of despair voice answered. The Husky, Shadex, groaned in frustration.
"Silvex, you cannot lock away yourself forever. While I won't deny what happened, it was not your fault! That demon took advantage of your emotions and exploited them to use your powers to carry out his desire!" Shadex said.
No reply.
"For fucks sake…" Shadex muttered. He would've simple walked through the door with his powers as a Shadow, but Silvex had an active seal on the door and walls so it was almost impenetrable.
Shadex huffed. Fifty years.
Fifty goddamn years of suicide attempts and emotional breakdowns. And he had to make sure Silvex didn't go do something reckless.
The things he does for that crazy son of a bitch…
Then again, that bitch was his brother after all. Even though he harmed the only family Silvex had, the demi-god still forgave him and accepted him into a part of his life, even going as far as calling him his own brother. Shadex did bad for he was lost. He envied Silvex for actually having someone in his life. But him? What family did a Shadow have?
The isolation drove him mad and insane, before he almost gave up. But that's when Silvex approached him, and saved him from the darkness within him.
And now, he had to save Silvex from the same darkness as well. But how?
Figuring this out was like trying to solve a puzzle. Silvex blamed himself and therefore did not WANT to be helped when it was the doing of a darker being.
Shadex thought to himself leaning against the door. Where did this demon come from anyway?
Shadex was so lost in though he didn't hear the groans and strains of the door hinges, and when he did realize what was going on, the door fell, and so did he since he was leaning against nothing.
Getting up and brushing the dust off of him, he looked around and spotted Silvex on the bed looking out the window. There was nothing else in the room.
"Alright lazybones, we're getting out for some fresh air whether you like it or not," Shadex said grabbing Silvex by the arm and dragged him out of the room, much to the demi-god's displeasure.
"NOOOO! I DON'T WANNA GO!" The white, or rather light gray husky, yelled. His fur was once a brilliant pure snow white, but years of no care for it left it caked in dust, dirt, blood, and matted as well.
"It won't kill ya! Jeez," Shadex said dragging Silvex out of the house. The Demi-god desperately tried to break free, but with having spent all his energy on a powerful shield to keep his shadow out for fifty straight years (To ironically fail from keeping the door from falling down due to old rusty hinges) had left him with barely enough to stay awake. Shadex opened a portal, not really caring where it went, and tossed Silvex in it. The lighter colored husky screamed as Shadex followed shortly after.
The base shook. The screen blinked with a message.
Commander Dusk has ended the connection.
Leonard worked furiously, he had to activate the project now. The Shadowhawk corporation was on their way, and with Silvex and Shadex in the siege, there would be no way they'd win.
Leonard turns to what he's been working on for the past year. He isn't head of the project, but he is one of the head technicians with wiring it.
PROJECT - Z.I.L.V.E.X
The Pup-droid was going to kill off Silvex and Shadex as well as the last of the Shadowhawks. He had everything they didn't, teleportation, Energy shield, A mini-gun with bullets made of condensed Electricity, A fusion core that would last for ten thousand years at maximum consumption, Anti-hellhound tactics and methods, EMP grenades, Highly encrypted data banks, the list goes on.
"We're all counting on you," Leonard said inserting his keycard into the monitor of the pup-droid and typing in the activation code. The robot slowly whirred to life.
[Booting up… 26%... 82%... All systems online.]
The pup-droid slowly lifted up it's head.
"Alright… Zilvex, your mission is to eliminate Silvex, Shadex, and the ShadowHawk Corporation. I repeat, your mission is to eliminate Silvex, Shadex, and the ShadowHawk Corporation." Leonard said.
[Mission Accepted. Eliminate Silvex the Gatekeeper, Shadex, and the ShadowHawk Corporation.]
Leonard was about to insert the data Zilvex would need when…
An explosion rocked the facility. The research wing began collapsing, debris falling on Leonard and killing him. Some hit Zilvex too, Causing him to glitch out for a moment.
[Coordinates received. Dimension teleport initiated.]
With that, a brilliant flash of blue and white flood the room before the pup-droid disappeared, as the building collapsed completely.
"Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeello Adventure Bay!"
The crowd cheered as the announcer greeted them.
"Are you guys ready for THE collab of the century?!" HE yelled into his mike. The crowd responded back just as loudly.
"Our first artist is a fabulous woman with sass that has been UNDEFEATED, with a sense of fashion to DIE for, and a love of all think pink, ladies and gents, give it up for the rockstar, PEDZ!"
The crowd cheered as the mentioned rockstar back flipped her way onto the stage, in an outfit of dazzling pink, purple, red hair, and pink. Did I mention the pink? Before the announcer could continue, she swiped the mike from him, and made the infamous war cry from Xena.
After that, she spoke. "WHATUP ADVENTURE BAY?!" The crowed roared their approval at the pink rockstar. She had her hands up smiling widely as the announcer took his mike back.
"Alright! Now our second artist is a whiz with electronica music, making remixes as cool as Michael Jackson himself doing the moonwalk, please welcome the talented SilverWolf, SILVEX KNYGHT!"
The crowd roars once more as a blonde teen walks onto the stage in a grey hoodie, black pants, and blue and black sneakers. "How are you Adventure bay?!" He yelled out as best as he could. The crowd heard him as they roared again in response.
The announcer gave Silvex the mike. "Alright now! How's ready to rock?!"
Another roar.
"Wicked! Silvex, what says you that we start off with something classy?" Pedz asked.
"Hell yea! How about Elton John's Don't Go Breaking My Heart?" Silvex asked. The crowded cheered loudly at this.
Silvex started it off with a grin as Pedz had the same grin on her face.
[Disclaimer, I do not own Elton John's 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart']
"Don't go breaking my heart,"
"I couldn't if I tried!"
"Honey if I get restless…"
"Baby you're not that kind."
"Don't go breaking my heart,"
"You take the weight off of me!"
"Honey, when you knocked on my door…"
"I gave you my key!"
"When I was down,"
"I was your clown,"
"Right from the start,"
"I gave you my heart. Oh, I gave you my heart!"
"So don't go breaking my heart,"
"I won't go breaking your heart!"
The crowd was going while as the two signers turned to each other and sang the next line.
"Don't go breaking my heart!"
This probably would've continued, had they not been interrupted. A huge flash of blue and white erupted from the entrance to the stadium, and before anyone could wonder what it was, four rockets shot out of nowhere and flew towards the stage.
"Look out!"
The impact created an explosion that rocked the stage, the crowd quickly becoming a panicked mob, scrambling to flee the scene.
It was Chaos as Pedz and Silvex stumble blindly on the stage, smoke making it hard to see, and more explosions creating debris.
"Take my hand!" Silvex said as he reached out to Pedz. The girl did so, and the two slowly made their way through the debris, off the stage, and towards safety.
"That was a close one, you okay?" He asked.
"I'm fine, thank you," She replied with a warm smile.
The two singers turned back to look at the smoldering ruins of the stage, where they were was just performing seconds ago. The entire structure collapsed as Firefighters, Paramedics, and policemen arrived on the scene, alongside with none other than Adventure bay's very own rescue team, the PAW Patrol.
"What happened?" Both Pedz and Silvex asked.
"Sabotage?" Silvex suggested. Both he and Pedz had their fair share of haters.
"No, nobody would go THIS far," Pedz said.
"Either way, we'd better go let them know we're okay," Silvex said. Pedz nodded and the two ran off to the scene to find their managers, unaware two robotic green eyes were watching them go.
Zilvex was hurling through the Void towards the coordinated it received, a powerful green energy shield protecting him from the void's effects. AS he grew near the Universe, his radar picked up the energy signature of two other beings traveling through the void.
Both were on his 'Kill' list.
Locking onto them, his missile pods popped out of his back, and he armed them with Hydra Rocket pods, powerful enough to cause severe damage.
But then he hit the barrier of the Universe he was hurling towards.
He materialized on some wall, and shot off his rockets, only to find out he was no longer locked onto his target, and instead, blindly fired off his deadly weapon.
"Look out!"
As Zilvex scanned his surroundings, he observed his rockets hit some structure, creating an explosion which was then followed by more. A crowd of people ran as smoke and debris filled the air.
Determining the situation at hand too dangerous, Zilvex teleported away into a clearing next to the stadium he had materialized in. He scanned his surroundings once again and spotted two people fleeing from the burning stadium, emergency responders rushing to the structure. He deemed them unimportant and began running scans on the universe.
[Searching… Target not found. Scanning Universe dictionary… Error, path not found.]
This was frustrating. Somehow, his dictionary of the Universes was missing. Surely, his creator would've given him such vital information to help him track down the targets? They were clearly not here, so where else could they be?!
The robot watched the two 'unimportant people' head back to the stadium. Why they were doing so was irrelevant to him. He had a mission to carry out.
He would not fail his creators.
… Scratch that, he COULD NOT fail them. Failure was not an option. He will succeed, or be destroyed doing so. A panel on his back opened up and out came his jetpack and off he took into the skies.
However, it was only a few minutes before his radar picked up something.
Someone was drawing in mass amounts of energy near his location.
Locking onto this person, he flew towards them. His nightvision activated as it was dark, and he scanned the landscape ahead.
There they were, the two anthropomorphized huskies he was designed to kill. He flew faster towards them, and activated his shock absorbers as he landed roughly in front of the two, creating a small shockwave. After the recoil wore off, he slow arose to scan the two more closely.'
[Scanning… Target found.]
"What the hell are you?!" The darker gray one screeched as Zilvex charged towards the lighter gray one, powering up his offensive systems.
[Initiate source code; ELIMINATE]
"Why are we here…?"
Silvex asked this as Shadex landed next to him after materializing out of the portal, which closed behind the two.
"You need to get out some more, you look terrible!" Shadex said. "I figured this anthro furry universe would do some good to visit," He said. THe Shadow had indeed taken them to a universe where Anthropomorphic animals existed on the earth alongside with humans, but did not take into consideration which Universe it exactly was.
"Fine," Silvex grumbled getting up. Shadex felt hope surge in his heart seeing Silvex at least willing to try now.
"Good! Now let's go find a town," Shadex said taking Silvex's arm and dragging him.
"I can walk on my own, thank you!" Silvex protested, jerking away before walking ahead. Shadex just rolled his eyes as Silvex glowed faintly blue. It was nighttime, and the moon was out. Silvex was taking advantage of this opportunity to recharge his energy. Living on the edge of the multi-verse meant there was no moon, or moonlight to charge off of.
As they made their way to a small town in the distance, Silvex was unaware that drawing in energy was attracting unwanted attention.
Shadex noticed something in the night sky. Before he could make out what it was, it made a rough landing in front of the two, both he and Silvex stumbling back from the impact.
The thing then arose, as green eyes lit up and stared at Silvex, who seemed a bit shocked.
"What the hell are you?!" Shadex yelled as it charged at the demi-god.
To be continued.