Whoa, a lot of time has passed! Eek! Uhm, well. Pokemon and Batman Arkham Origins... All I have to say.

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"We... I don't understand." Roland responded.

"It is simple. I will send you into the other dimension and you must face Icebringer-"

"You can't be serious." Mordecai shook his head, "We have to kill the embodiment of darkness? Won't Leesa be harmed?! What about her?!"

"Mordecai... I am serious. Icebringer cannot be allowed to live any longer than she has. Darkness will be released upon her death and all will be well with the dimensions. Icebringer and Iceslayer should never have had minds of their own. It's too dangerous."

"What. About. Leesa?" Mordecai spat out slowly.

Nora gazed at Mordecai, her eyes saddening at the words trapped inside of her head. She took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, "If Leesa is too far gone and Icebringer has control of her... Leesa will not be retrievable."

Maya gasped lightly, "No..."

"Can we separate the two and then kill Icebringer?" Lilith asked.

"No. The only way to split Leesa from Icebringer is for her to use Phase Send which will kill her. There are only two options. One is you kill Icebringer and hope Leesa awakens in place. The second is to completely merge Leesa and Icebringer as one... The consequences would be dire, however. Dying would be more fitting." Nora explained solemnly.

"What would happen?" Karima asked while scribbling notes all over her papers.

"Leesa and Icebringer's thoughts would merge completely. There would be nothing that makes Leesa, Leesa. It would always be her and Icebringer. At least her normal self has been separate from Icebringer. Her powers would also cause great pain and she would become immortal. Being immortal is a curse that I have to deal with until I can be released. It would be unfortunate if Leesa had to go through such a thing."

Roland shook his head, "We can't kill her. If we can save Leesa for sure, we will... But we-"

Nora's entire body suddenly lit up in flames and her voice altered to a more ferocious tone, "You would rather let your friend suffer than allow a peaceful end?"

"I-Iceslayer?" Lilith stepped forward slightly as the heat in the room intensified from the fires.

"Answer."

"Of course we don't want Leesa to suffer!" Mordecai yelled out, "But we want her back! We haven't been searching for her for nothing!"

"Obviously your friend trusts you with her fate if she would go out of her way to message you. I've been to the other dimension. She has her hands full and to take the time to speak with you is impressive. I am tired of watching from inside of Nora, waiting for action to be done to end Icebringer and her tyranny. As long as she is in wake, she is a terror that must be dealt with." Iceslayer glared through Nora's eyes, "Will you be my soldiers in this everlasting war? Will you end the host?"

Mordecai stepped forward threateningly, "You've got a lot of nerve-"

Roland grabbed onto Mordecai's arm, "Let's talk this out-"

Mordecai ripped his arm from Roland's grasp, "Who the hell do you think you are?! You can't decide the fate of my girlfriend just because she was dealt a rotten card! I am not killing her!"

Roland sighed, "I'm not agreeing with Iceslayer, Mordecai. I just want to make a compromise."

Mordecai clenched his jaw, but remained quiet so Roland could speak.

Roland turned his attention towards the entity of fire, "If you could be face to face with Icebringer, could you destroy her?"

The flames around Nora's body died down, "If the playing field was even, yes."

"Could you do so without harming Leesa?" Roland clarified.

"I see where you're getting at and all I can assure you is that I can kill Icebringer without destroying Leesa's mortal form. I cannot guarantee if Leesa awakens afterwards though."

"If we bring Icebringer here, will that even the playing field?" Zero asked.

Iceslayer nodded, "You must weaken her though." Iceslayer stepped to the side to show off the Eridian Cannon behind her, "Weaken her with this weapon and force her to use Phase Walk... When she does, have the soldier grab onto her while wearing this..." Iceslayer stretched out her hand with the flames dancing across her fingertips. The fire took form into a flat golden medallion as bright as the sun. A chain burst from two sides of the medallion and melted together from the fire.

Zero shielded Maya from the burn of the medallion while Karima, Salvador, Mordecai, and Lilith covered their eyes with their arms. Roland squinted his eyes and hesitantly stepped forward until he stood before Iceslayer. He reached forward and placed his hand above the flames to grab the medallion. The light dimmed when Roland touched its surface and pulled it from the fire which didn't burn him. Roland placed the medallion around his neck and shoved it under his shirt.

"That medallion is a part of me and once it gets close to Icebringer, I will be able to see her. When she is in Phase Walk with you, I will have enough access into the other dimension to bring you all back here with Icebringer."

"You can't be considering doing this, Roland. I won't help unless we know for a fact that Leesa is alright." Mordecai argued.

Roland turned and walked up to Mordecai, "This is the closest chance we have to bringing Leesa back. Don't you want to see her?"

"You know I do, but I can't face her knowing she may not live. I can't do this." Mordecai shook his head slowly.

Lilith placed a hand on Mordecai's shoulder and gripped it tightly, "Leesa will come back to us after Icebringer is gone, I can feel it. If we can bring Leesa out of Icebringer like in the past, she will have a better chance... There's only one person who can help Leesa survive and that's you, Mordecai."

Mordecai moved his attention to Iceslayer, "What will Icebringer do if we can't kill her?"

"I want to be able to say that she will destroy everything, but that isn't her. She doesn't destroy... She tortures. She will make everyone suffer and if she can keep the pain spreading, she will. Ultimately, Icebringer may end everything with darkness, but she will make everyone suffer long beforehand. Icebringer must be stopped."

"What will happen to the Eridians on the other side once we bring Icebringer here?" Karima questioned.

"They must reside there for all eternity. No good will come from them being back here. Eridians and humans will always bring pain to one another."

"Aren't they in trouble, too?" Maya asked with tears in her eyes, "What if Leesa isn't the only one hurting?"

"I admire you humans and your compassion. It is uplifting to say the least. The Eridians have been away from here for many years. They are all used to the other dimension by now... I wish I could tell you more about what you could face, but it has been many millennium since I have stepped inside of Icebringer's dimension."

Lilith crossed her arms and looked at the ground, "What'll... What will happen to Sirens?"

Maya pulled from Zero to watch Lilith, "Y-Yeah... Will our powers go away?"

"No. The cycle will continue... Just without Icebringer in the mix." Iceslayer moved her focus to Karima, "I will bestow the power to speak and understand the verbal Eridian language to you if you all go."

Karima's eyes widened, "You'd do that for me?"

"I will do it so you can translate, but it will be your own personal reward if you do this task."

Karima closed her notebook, "I... I don't know what to say..."

Iceslayer breathed out harshly, releasing small flames from within her mouth, "Although you will not deal a deadly blow, Icebringer will die by all of our hands. I may not be anywhere near human or Eridian, but I do understand why you hesitate... Please... Reassure my desire to fight Icebringer. Tell me you will go and bring her here."

Roland looked around the group, taking in their faces besides Zero's. He turned to Mordecai, "This is it. There's no other way to Leesa, Mordecai. I know you agree when Iceslayer says Icebringer is dangerous."

Mordecai pulled Glacier off his shoulder to tuck into his arms. He stroked Glacier's feathers gently, "We're not attacking Icebringer until we know Leesa can be saved, alright?"

Roland nodded and walked back towards Iceslayer.

Iceslayer floated to the side to allow Roland to grip onto the Eridian cannon.

"Come, Karima."

Karima hesitantly walked to Iceslayer while hugging her notebook close to her chest. Iceslayer lowered herself down until she was face to face with Karima. The fires on Iceslayer's hands bounced to her wrists, leaving Nora's skin untouched by the flames. Iceslayer gently placed her hands on both sides of Karima's face. Karima felt her skin heat up at Iceslayer's naturally high body temperature.

Iceslayer leaned forward and breathed out against Karima's face. From Iceslayer's mouth, an airy wave of light blue flames brushed across Karima's face and vanished when it went past her skin.

Karima breathed in deeply, feeling a heavy weight against her chest and lungs. Over time, the weight vanished.

"Loch yve tull'r de?"

Karima smiled, "Yes! It did work! Tull'r de!"

Iceslayer released Karima's face, "Good. May this gift prove useful to you." She pulled away from Karima and turned to face the empty pedestal, "Now that you are all prepared for the task, are you ready to travel?"

"Yeah, let's hit it!" Lilith smiled while walking to Roland, "I've missed our good ol' adventures!"

"I have a feeling this one will be a lot tougher." Salvador mumbled while following Mordecai and Lilith.

Zero looked down at Maya, "I won't argue with you about going, but you better not leave my sight."

Maya smiled, "I wasn't planning on it."

"Vamonos!" Salvador called out to Maya and Zero.

Maya gripped onto Zero's upper arm as he led her to Salvador. They all stood together in front of Iceslayer.

"Remember, Icebringer may be darkness, but so long as she grows, light will too. Don't let her get the best of you and you will be able to get the upper hand. Don't trust anyone or anything there... This territory is uncharted and unforgiving." Iceslayer warned while she stretched out her arms towards the group and then out to her sides. With the motion, a sphere of red and orange surrounded them all. It resembled Phase Walk but with different colors.

"Icebringer will not have influence over you Roland. You are the key so stay ever vigilant."

"The... Key?" Roland repeated while gripping onto the cannon.

"Farewell and... Good luck."

A bright light pierced through the sphere and blinded the group. Iceslayer vanished completely, leaving the group to hurtle throughout Icebringer's dimension.

Roland felt his body lift up off the ground. He reached an arm out, trying to feel for Lilith. His eyes shot open when his hand touched nothing. Roland winced and shut his eyes tightly as they watered from the bright light. Soon, it faded and Roland was sent tumbling through the purple sky of Icebringer's dimension.

"Lilith!" Roland called out while spinning around in the darkness cast by the purple surrounding him. Roland's eyes scanned the area around him to no avail. Everyone was missing. Roland was alone.

From somewhere deep in the sky, Roland heard a deep ferocious voice hiss, "You'll never have her."

Roland shot upwards from his place on the rocky ground. Lilith sat next to him on her knees, "Are you okay?"

Roland shook his head and rubbed his forehead, "What happened?"

"Nothing...? There was a bright light and we all were here. Did you see something?" Lilith responded while showing Roland that everyone was nearby.

Roland slowly stood up, "N-No. I just felt like I was floati-" Roland stopped talking when he saw the horizon before him.

Spread out before the group was an expansive rocky field. Dark green twisted plants covered in thorns covered a large surface area of the rocky terrain. Salvador was sitting next to some of these plants, pulling thorns out of his arm while Karima took them out of his neck and shoulders.

Far beyond the rocks were tall mountains that were covered in ash that fell about like snow. Travelling up the mountains was a forest of trees with dark gray bark and dark blue spiky leaves.

The sky was a permanent canvas of different shades of purple with white and black swirling through the colors. The purple sky illuminated the world around them though it lacked a light source. The entirety of the dimension felt mystical and rules from the normal dimension didn't matter here.

Roland sighed, "I can't believe this is the other dimension..."

"It's scarily beautiful." Lilith added, awestruck at the sky.

Out past the mountains between two ridges, a small red light shined in the shape of an oval.

"What's that?" Karima asked while helping Salvador stand up on his sore legs.

Zero pulled out his sniper and zoomed in as much as he could in his scope. After he discovered what the light was, he lowered his sniper.

"What is it hun?" Maya asked, looking up at Zero as he stared off into the distance.

"Those mountains look to be about twenty thousand feet tall..." Zero started before pausing, "That light..."

"Hun...?" Maya grabbed onto Zero's hand.

Zero turned slightly so he could look at Roland, Lilith, and Mordecai. "That light is from a window in a tower. It's taller than the mountains."

"Wow. Maybe the Eridians are there?" Mordecai deduced.

"There was a figure in the window... I think it saw us." Zero added.

"Wait, what? How could it have seen us?" Karima asked in a panicky voice.

Roland shook his head, "I don't think anything knows we're out here."

Mordecai agreed, "Yeah, unless they have a sniper-"

The low drone of a horn entered the area, bouncing past the mountains from the tower. More red lights turned on, dotting across the sky above and around the mountains with hundreds of specks.

Zero looked through his sniper, "There's more towers and figures!"

Mordecai cursed under his breath, "Shit."

Yay! We're finally in the other dimension! More of it will be shown. This place is pretty crazy with how I imagine it.