Hello again, it's time once more for the latest chapter of Omega Legacy. Last chapter we took a look at how the darkness was starting to spread across the worlds. Now we head to the dark planet where the heroes will learn just how powerful Martyr is. The fight continues. Remember, if you have any questions, comments, suggestions, reviews, etc send them to me. Enjoy.


Chapter 6: Scattered

There was only one thing Alex Strife wished as he traversed the dark and barren wasteland. He wished someone would kill him again.

"We should head for higher ground to get a lay of the land." Informed Kain.

"You do not order me! We should look for a water source and follow it to a civilization." Roared Gilgamesh.

"What water source." Snickered Kain.

It had been two hours since they reached the surface of the dark planet. Everyone had become separated, but Alex found himself stuck with Kain and Gilgamesh. The two of them had been arguing ever since about anything and everything much to Alex's displeasure. The fact that they were totally lost and stuck in the middle of a wasteland didn't help out either.

"For the last time would you two shut up!" Alex exclaimed.

"We are obliviously lost. The best thing to do would be to examine this unfamiliar landscape." Urged Kain.

Alex started massaging his temples.

"How about we use this thing?" Alex pulled the Comucite out of his pocket and held it in front of the other two's faces. "The whole reason Chaos gave it to us was to call him incase we needed his help."

"Well use it all ready?" growled Gilgamesh.

Alex examined the comucite before slumping his shoulders.

"I don't know how to use it." He admitted.

Gilgamesh and Kain groaned.

"That's wonderful." Bemoaned Kain.

"It's not my fault. Chaos sent us off in such a rush that he forgot to tell us how to use this stupid thing." Alex defended.

Gilgamesh growled with anger and smacked the comucite out of Alex's hand.

"Forget that piece of junk." Gilgamesh roared.

The comucite flew out of Alex's hand and skid around the ground before coming to an abrupt stop. The three heroes looked down as the comucite started to glow and spin around slowly picking up speed.

"I think it's working." Quipped Alex.

A light began to shine forth from the middle of the comucite. It grew and expanded until it began to form a life sized image of Chaos standing right before them. Alex raised an eyebrow.

"Hello?" he asked.

"Hey." Answered the projection.

"Chaos?" questioned Kain.

"No just a projection. Like my real counterpart said the comucite only carries an imprint of a spirit pattern. Though if you really need him he can take direct control. It's all apart of his master plan stay as far as he can away from this planet while still doing his job." Replied the projection.

"I can see why." Snickered Gilgamesh as his eyes scanned the wasteland.

"Just call me Chaos and treat me the same as the real one. What do you need?" he asked.

"Directions would be a good place to start." Stated Kain.

Chaos quickly surveyed the area.

"The wastelands…..follow me." He called to them.

The projection started walking away with the three heroes following close behind him.

"Keep an eye out for any Mist Creatures." Warned Chaos.

"What are Mist Creatures?" asked Kain.

"Creatures born out of the Black Mist. They take different forms, but are all under the control of Martyr." Chaos explained.

"Wonderful, and here I was afraid that this was going to be too easy." Scoffed Alex.

Gilgamesh joyfully patted Alex on the shoulder.

"I was afraid of that too. But now we shall have a chance to prove our worth." Proclaimed Gilgamesh.

Alex raised an eyebrow at him.

"Is bolstering your honor the only thing you care about? Because you're not very good at it." Remarked Alex.

Gilgamesh growled placing his hands on the hilts of his swords.

"Maybe a taste of my steel will set you straight." Shot back Gilgamesh.

"Okay put those away. We can't be at each other's throats." Stated Chaos.

"He's right. No good can come when Allies fight each other." Added Kain.

"But he started it." Complained Gilgamesh.

"No he didn't. It was you and your hot headiness." Shot back Kain.

"I'm not hot headed!"

"Yes you are."

"No I'm not."

"Yes you are."

"No I'm not!"

Alex and Chaos watched the two bicker back and forth.

"See, this is what I've been dealing with." Alex pointed out to Chaos.

"What do you want me to do?" Chaos shrugged. "I'm a projection, not a guidance counselor."

Alex rolled his eyes.

"CRAM IT!!!!" Shouted out Alex.

Kain and Gilgamesh stopped talking to look at Alex.

"I'm sorry for insulting you." Alex pointed at Gilgamesh. "And you shouldn't be so critical." He pointed at Kain. "And I'll try to be less sarcastic. Now can we please continue? We got a bat-sh*t manic in a position to destroy everything we care about and I'll be dammed if I'm going to let him!"

Gilgamesh and Kain nodded their heads. They continued on in silence for a while before Kain decided to speak up.

"This mission truly troubles you. You must have a lot to lose." Kain commented.

"I do." Alex sighed.

"I…..usually travel alone. Most of the time it's only me and sometimes my dog. I really don't have much to lose in this." Grumbled Gilgamesh.

"That almost sounds like an apology." Smirked Alex.

"Take it as what you like." Replied Gilgamesh.

"So…..you going to answer my question?" inquired Alex.

"I have traveled to many places each time I must…….establish my rep. There have been notable successes and……failures. If I could only find a truly invincible weapon or defeat a great warrior I can finally prove myself across all time and space." Declared Gilgamesh.

"A man of high expectations." Remarked Kain.

"There's nothing wrong with setting the bar high." Smiled Alex.

"Have you had any such lofty goals?" asked Kain.

"Naww, I've always been a simple man. I have everything I could need…..or had at least. Being dead right now….who knows if I'll be able to go back home." Answered Alex.

"I used to have something of a family…and friends." Kain sighed.

"What happened?" asked Alex.

"I betrayed them." Kain replied.

Alex raised an eyebrow.

"Why?"

"Reasons…but I have since tried to do enough good to wipe my slate clean."

"How's that going?"

"You tell me after this."

"Admirable, a man of such high expectations, to make up for the evil he had created." Chuckled Gilgamesh.

"There's nothing wrong with setting the bar high." Smiled Kain.

Meanwhile in another part of the wastelands Rekks and Vivi were making their way to the Dark City.

"Which way did that projection say to go?" asked Vivi looking up at Rekks.

"Over that hill then straight on till we reach the city." Responded Rekks.

"Why did you turn it off?" asked Vivi.

"So it's easier for us to travel unnoticed. The less of us there are the better. Besides we can still talk to him through the comucite and you're so small that they won't notice you anyways, we should sneak in to that city no problem." Replied Rekks.

"Really?" asked Vivi wide eyed.

"Trust me." Rekks smiled.

Rekks and Vivi began their trek up the steep and rocky hill.

"Remember when we were talking…..and you said that…..your dad was a dream?" Vivi impishly asked.

"Something like that. Why do ask?" Rekks responded.

"What did you mean by that? Can a dream really exist out in real life?"

"It's complicated."

"Does that make you a dream too?"

"Kinda, sorta."

"If you and your dad are dreams, then are you really real?"

Rekks stopped moving to turn around and stare at Vivi.

"What's with all the questions?" Rekks questioned.

"I….I…I'm just curious. Sometimes, I wonder about my own existence. It just seemed nice to talk to someone who has sort of the same problem." Vivi answered.

Rekks let out a sigh and took a seat on the slope motion to Vivi to do the same.

"Sorry little man." Smiled Rekks.

"Please don't call me that." Replied Vivi as he took a seat.

"Okay. Now, where do I start? You see in my world there were these people called the Fayth. They all sacrificed themselves to sleep forever. And when they slept they had the power to make their dreams turn into reality."

"So their dreams were real?"

"Kind of. And certain people could channel those dreams and summon creatures. They were called summoners. My mother was one, the best one EVER. And my dad came from the Fayth's dream world. They fell in love, but the Fayth woke up, went to the Farplane and my dad disappeared."

"Disappeared…..Then how were you born?"

"The Fayth brought him back."

"Was he….real?"

"Pretty much. My mom told me in the early going they were always afraid he'd disappear at any moment. But he's still around."

"Were you ever afraid of the same thing?"

"Not really. If anything I'm only half dream. That problem never came up until…..Mifune."

"What's that?"

"It's a village on my world. There I learned that I'm…….a waking Fayth, a Day Dreamer of sorts. Or that's what they say……"

"And you don't believe that?"

"Makes as much sense as any of the other crap I deal with. But what I really am is a scum bag."

"Why would you say that?"

"You know I've been wanting to talk about for a whole year, but I just could bring myself to tell the people I care about. But, I'm dead, I'm here and I like you short round."

"Hey." Laughed Vivi.

Rekks smiled at the tiny black mage. It was nice having some so innocent and easy going to talk to. Rekks' smile slowly began to fade as he took a deep breathe.

"One year ago, I killed my cousin." Rekks revealed. "I grew up with him. I knew him well…..and he died because of me."

"What happened?"

"He was about to do something really bad. About to hurt a lot of people. I saw to it that he didn't. I arranged to distract him so that he could be shot by a murderous pirate."

"Then you didn't do it yourself?"

"No….but I was just as involved in his death. It wouldn't have happened if I hadn't set it up. If I hadn't decided that he should die. I think about this and I think about me. I don't know what I am really; Rekks the Blitzballer, Rekks son of Yuna and Tidus, Rekks the hero, Rekks the trickster, Rekks the sly player, Rekks the Waking Fayth. All my life I've just been taking it easy and never really worrying about much, but now I'm worried about everything. Now I can't get this feeling out of my head that I'm nothing more than an asshole."

"That is a lot to worry about. I did a lot of worrying too. I was created by Kuja. A poor little soulless black mage created as nothing more than an instrument for war. It made me scared to think that I wasn't even a real person."

"I can see what you mean. What kind of real person would kill a family member?"

"That's not really what I meant. In the end my friends helped me realize that I may have had a bum start, but that I had become a real person simply by being me and by rising above what I was created to be, what I thought I was."

"It's good to have friends."

"It sure is."

"You're smart Vivi. Insightful. You're a better person that some of the people I know."

"Thanks."

Rekks mussed up Vivi's hat then stood up to take a look around.

"We should keep going." Rekks suggested.

"Are you going to be okay?' asked Vivi.

"I'll be fine. We have our demons to deal with. I'll get around to mine soon." Rekks smiled.

Rekks and Vivi reached the top of the hill to see a group of mist creatures at the bottom of the other side. 5 ogres each holding on to the leashes of voracious hell hounds. Each of the creatures were black as night with red glowing eyes. Rekks and Vivi took cover behind the ridge to avoid being noticed.

"Mist creatures! Should we attack them?" whispered Vivi.

"Yeah, but we got to come at them fast. If any get away then everyone will know we're here." Replied Rekks.

Rekks drew his sword.

"Let me hit them with my magic. Then you can clean up whatever is left." Stated Vivi.

One of the dogs started sniffing the ridge. Catching Vivi and Rekks' scent it craned its head upward at let out a howl. The ogre's looked up to see the top of Vivi's hat poking out over the ridge. Rekks' head looked over the ridge to see the mist creatures angrily rushing toward them. One of them pulled out a glowing piece of comucite and held it up to its mouth.

"Intruders!!!!" the creature yelled.

"Why can't plans ever go the way they're supposed to?" groaned Rekks. "Come on Vivi!"

Rekks jumped over the ridge with Vivi close behind him.

"VIVI ORUNITIA!!!!" Vivi exclaimed as he powered up Blizzaga magic in his hands.

In another part of the wastelands Brandon and Balthier where hiding under a rock formation as hundreds of Mist Ogres and other Mist creatures marched overhead.

"I'm really glad you spotted these guys in time." Brandon leaned back against the rock doing his best to stay away from the sides and be seen.

"Right, direction confrontation isn't the way to go right now. Wouldn't be too good to let the cat out of the bag too early." Replied Balthier.

Over head one of the mist creatures, resembling an empty suit of knight armor, pulled out a piece of comucite.

"Intruders!!!!!" came a voice from the comucite.

"All troops move toward the south quadrant!" ordered the mist knight.

The mist creatures began trudging off in the direction of the alert. Balthier and Brandon poked their heads carefully over the side of the ridge to watch them move.

"Great they're going in the direction we were supposed to." Whispered Brandon.

"Someone spilled the beans. No matter, we'll just have to find another way there." Replied Balthier.

"That's going to take us longer. All we can do is wait for these guys to pass before heading off."

Balthier nodded in agreement. The two of them moved back, away from the sides of the ridge to take cover. Brandon sat down on a rock and let out a sigh.

"Can I ask you a question?" Brandon looked up at Balthier.

"What about?"

"Women." Brandon smiled.

Balthier raised an eyebrow and chuckled at Brandon.

"That's a tough subject."

"You're telling me. There's this woman, she's my commanding officer….."

"Commanding officer? She ranks above you?"

"Technically?"

"Already a barrel of trouble there."

"Yeah, but I'm still crazy about her. The thing is the last thing we did before I bit the big one was have a fight. She says I'm not that open with her."

"I've heard that one before." Laughed Balthier.

"I tell her lots of things."

"Just not the important stuff."

"Apparently. I just don't know what she wants."

"Then you probably don't have much experience with women."

"And you do?"

Balthier smiled at Brandon then peered over the side of the ridge.

"They're gone." He informed.

Balthier began heading up the ridge motioning for Rekks to follow him.

"That wasn't an answer." Brandon chuckled.

"I know." Smirked Balthier.

When they reached the top of the ridge they surveyed the area before Balthier reached into his pocket to pull out the comucite. He tossed it a few feet away from them. It began to glow and spin until the projection of Chaos emerged.

"Chaos here at your service." The projection joked.

"Charming. Directions please." Balthier replied.

The projection looked around.

"Go in that direction for a few miles until you find this rocky path. It will lead you to a short cliff that will allow you overlook the city." Explained Chaos.

"We can plan our way in from there. Thanks." Stated Brandon.

"Right then. Best to travel light." Balthier added.

"I got you." The projection began to glow again until it disappeared back into the comucite.

Balthier picked it up and brought it up to his mouth.

"Chaos. Warn the others that they're on to us." Balthier spoke into the comucite.

"I think they already know. Don't worry about them and get yourself to the city." Came the reply from the comucite.

"Come on we got to hurry." Brandon urged.

"Right." Balthier nodded.

Balthier pocketed the comucite as the two of them continued on their way.

"There is one piece of advice I can give you." Balthier called out to Brandon.

"What?" Brandon raised an eyebrow.

"If you really love her then you'll learn it's not about letting your guard down, it's about letting her in." Balthier answered.

"What?"

"Think about it."

The two of them continued of until the reach the rocky path. They saw four mist creatures guarding the area, two ogres and two knights. The ogres wielded battle axes while the knights were equipped with large broadswords. Brandon and Balthier ducked behind a large rock to scout them out.

"I'll take the knights. Pick off the ugly ones with your gun." Brandon suggested.

"Right then." Balthier agreed.

Brandon hopped over the rock and charged toward the mist creatures. Balthier popped up from behind the rock and gave Brandon cover by opening fire on the ogres. With two quick swipes of his gunblade Brandon brought the knights to the ground along with the ogres.

"Too easy." Laughed Brandon.

To his shock the mist creatures sprang back up to their feet and attacked him. Brandon leaped back to avoid their initial attack. Using some quick think he rolled under the ogres' axe strikes then put some distance between him and the knight. One of the ogres pulled out a piece of comucite. Balthier leapt on the rock and shot it out of its hand.

"There'll be none of that now." He smirked.

The Ogres charged forward. He opened fire, but they seemed to shrug it off. Balthier leapt back as one of the ogres slammed his axe in to the rock destroying it. Balthier hit the ground then rolled over quickly to shoot the creature in the eye. It screamed in pain as the second ogre attempted to slice Balthier in half. Balthier rolled out of the way again then pushed himself up. The ogre raised its axe up. Balthier smiled and snapped his fingers.

"Technick: 1000 Needles!" Balthier shone brightly for a second as 1000 needles flew through the air in to the ogre.

Balthier finished the ogre off with a shot through heart. The creature screamed in pain bursting into shadows and fading away. The second ogre angrily charged forward. Balthier smirked again and aimed his gun at the creature.

"Tri-shot." Balthier shone again as he fired three powered up bullets into the ogre.

Two bullets pierced the creature's knee caps bringing it down to the ground as the third one went right into his skull causing him to burst into shadows.

Brandon fended off the sword strikes from the two knights while Balthier was busy. One of the knights backed off to cast a Firaga spell. Brandon jumped out of the way again.

"Thanks I was running low on magic. DRAW!" Brandon shone a bright red as he drew magic from the knight.

One of the knights swung its sword at Brandon's head. Brandon side stepped the attack and quickly countered with a fury of strikes from his gunblade, pulling the trigger on the last one. The knight screamed in pain as it burst into shadows. The second knight ran toward Brandon thrusting his sword forward. Brandon stuck his hand out shoot a blast of fire straight into the face of the knight stopping it dead in its tracks. Brandon slashed the knight across the chest twice before driving his gunblade into its chest and pulling the trigger turning it to wisps of shadows. Balthier holstered his gun then dusted himself off.

"Okay so maybe that was tougher than I thought, but still nothing we couldn't handle." Brandon chuckled putting away his gunblade.

"Quite. We should be on the move before more show up." Warned Balthier.

Brandon nodded in agreement. Together they ran off as fast as they could down the rocky path.

Meanwhile Alex, Gilgamesh and Kain were surrounded by a score of ogres, knights and mist hounds. They stood back to back as the mist creatures formed a circle around them.

"Well we're screwed." Chuckled Alex.

"Now is a good time for battle!" roared Gilgamesh drawing his swords.

"I must say I agree with you this time. I'll go high you two go low." Responded Kain.

"Fine with me. Let's clear a path." Alex rushed forward Strife Caliber drawn.

Alex brought down his Caliber upon one of the ogres destroying it. The mist hounds rushed toward him baring their fangs. Alex dug his Caliber into the ground then released a hollow blade and serrated blade from his caliber. Taking a sword in each hand he began to slash away at each of the hounds as they jumped up at him.

One of the ogres brought down his axe upon Gilgamesh's head. Using two of his swords Gilgamesh blocked the strike while using his other arms to drive two swords into his body destroying him. Gilgamesh then spun around and in a fury slashed away at anything that came near him.

Kain used his jump ability to leap high into the air and came crashing down driving his spear through the head of one of the knights. Kain then side stepped a sword swipe from another knight and jammed his spear into the knight's throat causing him to burst into shadows. A knight and an Ogre charged toward him full speed. Kain jumped up again and black flipped in mid air to land behind the knight. Kain drove his spear through the knight's back into his heart destroying him. The Ogre swung his axe at Kain, but Kain leapt into the air again landing on the ogre for a split second to drive his spear in before jumping away leaving a trail of puff of shadows behind him.

The mist creatures drove the heroes back toward a large rock formation. The three of them held their ground against the horde when a series of thunderbolts rained down from overhead striking the mist creatures and knocking them back. The three heroes looked up to see Rekks and Vivi standing over them smiling. Rekks jumped down casting Hastega on the entire party.

"What would you guys do without me?" Smirked Rekks.

"Kick twice as much ass." Snickered Alex as he reformed his full Strife Caliber.

"Enough talk, FORWARD!!!!!!!!" Gilgamesh exclaimed.

Gilgamesh rushed forward at top speed crashing into his enemies. In a whirlwind of sword strikes he began knocking back enemy after enemy. The others were right behind him. Kain jumped into the air holding on to Vivi, soaring over the heads of the mist creatures and landed right behind the enemy catching them off guard. Together the tiny black mage and Dragoon warrior flanked the enemy from behind as Rekks, Gilgamesh and Alex moved forward taking down all the enemies in their way.

Wisps of black smoke started to fill the area as one mist creature after another fell to the heroes. After clearing away a considerable number of mist creatures the team used their speed to put some distance between them and the mist creatures by running off in the opposite direction. The mist creatures were hot on their heels chasing behind the fleeing heroes. One of them held on to a piece of comucite which transmitted to a giant crystal on which Martyr watched everything from his throne.

Vivi spun around and unleashed a blast of fire on their pursuers unintentionally cutting the transmission between Martyr and the comucite. Martyr growled and with a wave of his had forced the crystal to disappear in a flash of purple light. Martyr began nervously rubbing his temples and stroking his hands through his hair

"Chaos damn you. I can't let him have a chance to stop me. I have to speed things up. I can't lose, I can't lose, I can't…." Martyr clenched his fist an audible crack coming from his knuckles. "Okay Chaos, I made my move and you made yours. No mercy old friend, no mercy."

Martyr stood up, outstretching his hands and craning his head upwards. He surrounded himself in a bright, fiery purple aura.

"All forces deployed on the mortal worlds, begin the destruction! And to all my forces on the dark planet return to my city and prepare for guests." A smile slowly creped its way across Martyr's face. "What now Chaos, what now? How much are you willing to sacrifice you….coward."

A few hours later the heroes had finally lost the mist creatures that had been following them. Tired and weary they found their way on to a small rocky path. Vivi was about to collapse when a gunshot nearly blew a hole in his foot causing him to jump back with fright. The heroes readies for battle, but eased up when they heard a familiar voice.

"Halt." Balthier stepped out from behind a rock and smiled when he realized who it was. "Oh, it's you. Well then, what took you so long?" he chuckled.

Brandon came out from behind the rock as well to greet his comrades.

"You guys look like hell what happened?" Brandon asked.

"We ran into some trouble." Replied Rekks.

"Us as well. But looking at you all it seems like we got off a bit easier." Balthier remarked.

"Do you know where to go from here?" Alex asked.

"We just follow this path up to a cliff that over looks the city. We can find a way in from there." Brandon answered.

"Good." Smiled Kain.

The group followed the path up to the cliff and carefully scaled it to peer over the edge at the Dark City. It was surrounded by legions of mist creatures circling the borders of the city. Massive black skyscrapers, empty streets formed the city's landscape. Inside the city the spied an army of mist soldiers formed out of giant moving gears patrolling the streets.

"Today is a good day to die." Laughed Gilgamesh.

"Hold off on that one buddy, I wanna get in there and do my job without being blasted to the depths of the void." Replied Alex.

"I think that makes all of us. So how do we get in?" asked Brandon.

"Let's ask this guy." Kain held up his comucite and tossed it to form the Chaos projection once more.

"What's the problem guys?" the projection asked.

Rekks motioned toward the city. The projection took one look and his eyes popped wide open.

"One minute please." The projection responded.

The projection closed its eyes and became encased in a glowing ball of green energy. When the energy dissipated the projection opened its eyes again.

"Okay I've taken full control of the projection." Chaos headed up to the edge of the cliff to get a better look at the city. "So much for the element of surprise. They definitely know you're here."

"We already know that." Gilgamesh grumbled.

"Okay then." Chaos' eyes scanned the area until he located a small chasm that ran nearby. "Over there that chasm leads to leads to a sewer entrance that runs under the city you guys can sneak inside from there."

"How do you know these things?" asked Rekks.

"I know Martyr and I've spent a lot of time staring at this place. With those two things I know every move he's going to make." Chaos replied.

"Then why didn't you stop him before all this started?" grumbled Gilgamesh.

Chaos fidgeted.

"I'm not on trial here. I told you guys I'm not a fighter. Now, we better head down to the chasm and wait. The best time to head in is early dawn. So you can take the night to rest we still have time." He replied.

"There's a dawn in this place?" Rekks questioned?

"Kind of. Time doesn't move in the way you mortals are traditionally used to, especially on this planet, but there is a point where Martyr will be recouping himself allowing us a brief window where his troops and everyone else won't be paying attention as much. We can use it to our advantage." Answered Chaos.

The heroes nodded in agreement and followed Chaos down to the chasm. They quickly located the sewer entrance and set up a small fire nearby using the sparse amount of dried brush they could find. Everyone took a seat around the fire and began to relax. Alex laid his Strife Caliber be his side and slumped down against a rock.

"I must admit you fight like a warrior with no fear of death. A true force on the battlefield." Laughed Gilgamesh.

"I fear death…or at least I did before I died. I kinda still do. The thing is I've always believed that it doesn't matter what happens to me as long as I protect what matters. Even if I don't make it back to them as long as I save my family from Martyr's plans I've done my job." Alex replied.

"Nice way to live your life, not really caring about other people's feelings." Chaos remarked.

"What'd you mean by that?" Alex sat up eying him.

Chaos innocently pointed at himself.

"Me? I'm just a little ol' projection." He smiled.

Alex kicked the dirt around him with his heel then settled back against the rock. Chaos kept watched as the heroes rested. After many hours the clouds overhead began to shift. Anyone else wouldn't have noticed the slight shift, but Chaos' watchful eyes knew that was the signal for them to move.

Chaos woke up the heroes one-by-one and brought them to the entrance of the sewer pipe. Gilgamesh pushed everyone out of the way and attempted to remove the cover himself. After 3 failed attempts Rekks, Brandon and Alex rolled their eyes and effortlessly pulled it off together. The team ventured into the sewer following Chaos for a few miles before ending up at a ladder way leading to the surface.

"What did I tell you, no fuss, no muss. We waltzed right in without a single fight." Chaos motioned to the ladder.

Gilgamesh headed up first pushing aside the manhole cover with each of the heroes right behind him. Chaos brought up the rear and headed up the ladder and through the manhole to find that they were completely surrounded by the vast army of Martyr's mist creatures. Chaos looked up to see Rufus, Marco and Lee standing on top of one of the smaller buildings looking down at the group.

"Welcome to the Dark City." Smirked Rufus.