Kutaragi entered the secret bunker underneath SCE Japan HQ. He ran towards the energy encased in the capsule. How much did he have left? Not a lot, but it would suffice for the time being. Kuatargi covered himself in the blue energy. Hoping it would work. He tried to concentrate. Trying to ignore that the world as everyone knew it was coming to an end. No more Earth. He was the only human. The last man standing. The fate of the world rested on his shoulders. He opened his eyes. The time was right. The world was breaking up around him. Rock, slowly replaced by fragments of an otherworldly realm. Kuatargi was in the PSR.
"Face it Crash, I have you this time!" Dr. Neo Cortex chortled. Crash spun past the Cortex Commandos, but there always seemed to be more coming. Crash kept on punching his way through. But man, there was something, weird today. Like something was helping Cortex. Aku Aku had to be nearby, he just had to be. Crash needed him now more than ever. He had to keep fighting though, he couldn't give Cortex the satisfaction of watching him keel over, like a sick dog Cortex made him out to be. But neither of the two could deny it. Cortex had won, just a matter of time separated Crash and exhaustion. Wheezing and panting, Crash still punched. Punching, punching...punching...punching...no more. "YES!" Cortex did a little dance "I've won, I've won! I've beaten Crash Bandi-" Cortex stared wide eyed and jaw dropped as a light blue portal opened up beneath Crash's exhausted body. Crash disappeared along with the portal. Cortex fainted. Then another portal, this time, purple, opened up beneath Cortex, and sucked him up.
"We can't hold out much longer!" Taterazay yelled over the roaring wind and giants that tore through Earthend. The Patapon tribe had to stay though. It was their sworn duty to protect "It". The Earth Egg. But numbers were running thin, and Taterazay himself was beginning to lose hope. "Don't give up, Tate!" Ton yelled "Yeah, we're right behind you Chin yelled "We'll fight to the very end!" Kan added. Taterazay smiled. Not that you could see that, without a mouth. "Well, well" Taterazay gasped "Look who we have here, having a pep talk, Uberhero?" Ragewolf taunted. "But, you should-" "Things don't always go the way you want them to! Now, are you going to fight me or sit on your ass like a dope?" Ragewolf readied his claws. Taterazay felt his grip on sword and shield tighten. Clash! Ragewolf's claws bounced off Taterazay's shield. Taterazay opted to go in strong, with a sword slash to the thigh, he'd never see it coming. Taterazay swung with all his might, and the wind behind him, lodging the sword in the thigh of Ragewolf. Ragewolf hissed in pain. "Damn you! Uberhero!" Ragewolf launched himself at the Patapon leader. Taterazay had his shield up. But then he saw Ragewolf. Glowing a dark purple aura, nightmarish colour. Taterazay and his shield were blown through a home, collapsing down on Taterazay. Ton, Chin and Kan all rushed in to help. Ton swung a club at Ragewolf, Chin fired flaming arrows, and Kan rushed in, ready to impale the beast on horse back. Ragewolf jumped over the club and brought down his claws on Ton, then rolled out of the way of the flaming arrows. One of them pierced Kan's horse, causing Kan to fall off. Ragewolf caught a flaming arrow, straight out of the air. Chin gasped. Ragewolf threw it back. Whoosh! The arrow flew like a bullet, straight through Chin's right arm, not even slowing down. Ragewolf cracked his knuckles. Walking, slowly over to the rubble where Taterazay lay unconscious. His claws glistened in the wind. "I've been looking forward to this". Then a blue rock hit him on the head. Seriously, a blue rock. Taterazay woke up just in time to catch the rock and return to his fighting stance. "Thought I would let you have the satisfaction, eh wolfy?" Taterazay mocked. "I'm still going to kill you and all your pathetic soldiers!" Ragewolf yelled, flying back into battle. A blue portal opened up. It wanted Taterazay too. Badly, sucking him and his soldiers up, out of sight. "Well I'll be" Ragewolf muttered, not even caring to notice as a similar portal sucked him up too.
Poseidon bellowed "Face it Kratos! Mortals like you don't belong in Olympus!" Kratos gritted his teeth. "Such cowards don't deserve to be Gods either!" He retorted. "Feeling strong then? Let's see how you like this!" Kraots immediately felt a tidal wave sweep over him. But not any ordinary tidal wave, no this wasn't. Even by Olympus' standards, this was powerful, powerful enough to sweep Kratos away. The God of War was drowning. Every time he swam up, the wave moved higher. Kratos was determined, he swam faster and faster. But air became thinner and thinner. Kratos...blacked out.
Poseidon laughed. Kratos Hadn't since surfaced, and never would. He didn't know where this new found power had come from, but boy was it useful! But a single speck of light appeared in thin air. Out of the waters, Kratos rose. The portal sucked him through it and disappeared. Poseidon was shocked "What sorcery is this?!" He demanded to no one in particular. A purple portal appeared and sucked Poseidon through it.
Cloud panted. On his last legs. Everyone was dead. Aerith, Cid, Tifa, Barrett, all dead. Burning ruins surrounded the area where Sephiroth walked towards him. Cloud was gutted. He was so close to defeating Sephiroth, only to fall flat on his face, he didn't know what Sephiroth did, but it had to be the same power he had used to survive the meteor impact. Maybe that was the next step for Sephiroth. King of the world, by default. The man himself grabbed Cloud's arms and gently helped him up. Ever so gently and then, Cloud keeled over as he was kneed in the gut by Sephiroth. "Look at you! Pitiful!" Sephiroth laughed as Cloud reached for the Buster sword. "You really thought you could stop me? What made you think that?" Cloud crawled desperate to get to the Buster sword. "I wouldn't. It's that kind of idiotic thinking, that got your friends killed! All of them! It's all your fault! Everyone on the face of the damned planet, dead because of you!" Sephiroth berated him. "Go..To...Hell" Cloud spat weakly. "Aren't you tough?" Sephiroth taunted "Let's see how tough you are when I do this!" Sephiroth plunged his sword through Cloud's back, pinning him to the ground. Cloud gritted his teeth, trying to pull the sword out. "Please stop" Sephiroth sighed "This is just sad" Sephiroth turned away to gloat, when he heard a familiar sound. The Buster sword. "Still trying? Are we?" No answer. Sephiroth turned around. "Clou-" The Buster sword flew through the air. Then, the unthinkable happened. The Buster Sword, like a hot knife through butter, separating Cloud's right hand from the rest of his body. Time slowed down. Sephiroth stared in shock at the incomplete arm. His whole body trembling. He didn't even care as the Purple portal opened up and took him away. Cloud collected his Buster Sword and passed out. It was all too much for him to take. he blacked out and was whisked away quickly by the blue portal.
"Having fun, X?" Sigma laughed as the X buster fired harmless swats at him. "Come on, Come on" X kept on firing. "Why do you defend such a pathetic race? Your weapon is only a symbol of how weak they are" He laughed. However, his laughter was cut short when something hit him hard in the back. Sigma turned around to see Zero with the Z-Blade. "Cheap Shot!" Sigma yelled before firing at him. Zero sliced the shots in half and proceeded to land another deadly blow on Sigma, sending him flying. "This isn't over! Sigma yelled, before a purple portal teleported him away. X and Zero scratched their heads. What was that? "Hey wait, another one!" Zero pointed to the blue portal that had opened up. "Not good" X answered and fired Shotgun Ice at the portal. Swallowed. The portal then proceeded to suck up X and Zero.
The Egg Carrier towered over a city. Burning in the night sky, it looked kinda pretty. But not for Shadow. A mystery person had defeated everyone. Sonic. Knuckles. Eggman. Tails. Silver. Chaotix. Amy. Rouge. No one stood a chance. He seemed to move at the speed of light, but now, not moving at all, Shadow was at his mercy. His face still concealed by an unseen force, maybe that was the way he looked, but unlikely. "Even with all your friends, you still couldn't stop me" The voice spoke "I didn't expect the ultimate life form to be such a pushover" Shadow gritted his teeth "I'm..not done..yet" The voice laughed "Oh, really, what's your plan? I'm dying to know" It mocked. "ANNIHILATE!" A in incredible barrage of bombs flew towards the mystery powerhouse. He certainly wasn't expecting that, as one by one, they found their target. "GAH!" The voice sounded pained. Shadow wasted no time in getting a homing attack on the attacker. He fell off the egg carrier. Shadow looked over the edge and saw nothing but flames. He was gone alright. "Target Neutralized" The saviour of Shadow put away his guns. "Thanks, Omega" Shadow answered. The robot walked over to Shadow. "I have checked for the others. No life found on board" Shadow closed his eyes. "Who the hell was this guy?" He asked. "Scanners indicate the commander of the operation is none other than-" A strange beam of light smashed into Shadow's back, sending him sprawling. "Consider that a warning, Shadow." The hedgehog lay unconscious. "I will settle my dispute with you later, Omega" The person disappeared. Omega picked up Shadow. Omega then saw a blue dot on the Egg Carrier's landing deck. His scanners showed him lots of information. Enough to show that it was a portal, and enough to show that him and Shadow were being sucked in.
One by one, portals appeared in different worlds, hours after the mass destruction of civilisation. Where were they leading? Who knew? Why did they go there? Someone controlling them?