The wind howled on the vast checkered plains of the skaia. Four kids stood side by side casting tungsten shadows on the ivory and obsidian checkered ground. Above the usually blue skies were as dark as the fur of the demon standing in front of our four heroes. Bec Noir, the unbeatable beast himself, was cornered. Though he towered above the four kids, eyes glowing ominously white, brow furrowed, shining teeth bared, he knew there was simply no way out of this particular predicament.

Though the four heroes had waited so long for this moment they didn't know exactly what to do. The great beast relaxed, he could smell the fear rolling of the four children like great waves of salty ocean water on a hot day. Just as the beast lunged, mighty jaws open, revealing rows of gleaming teeth, a young boy shook awake. He cried out for his father, only to realize he wasn't there anymore. He rubbed he eyes, red and puffy from crying the in dark, only to see the only light source was a glowing green "you win" scrawled across the sky. He looked around, to his horror noticing the checkered ground was stained red, three sizable lumps, and one much larger were strewn across the surface of the chess board planet …..