Chapter Thirty-Six

"Am I happy with what?"

"Your decisions. I know that Gigadis was partially the start of you holding Twisted Metal contests, as he was a demolition derby fan and doing this was to save yourself for the most part. But is all this destruction what you want?" Neptune asked, still struggling.

Calypso only laughed. "Of course it's what I want you stupid girl!" Glaring at him, Neptune transformed into Purple Heart, only to let out a scream of pain. "Doing that will only make this machine try an disable you back to human form… My, you have a strong will-power though!" He was ready to activate the draining process, until the CPU cried out.

"William! You can't do this! I'm pregnant! And Mr. Grimm is the…" Purple Heart's words trailed off from there.

He stopped and turned to her. "My name is Calyps-… What?! Don't lie to me! That's physically impossible! He's a grim reaper!" Looking at one of her cuffed wrists, Calypso saw the ring on her finger. "You… Married him?! E-even if it is true w-why does that matter?!"

Purple Heart was silent, watching Calypso's worried expression. "Grimm told me that you had a daughter... Parents, a wife, and a younger sister. You killed them all, didn't you? The last one being an accident, and starting your path to darkness. He also told me that before those events, you were quite the bully to other kids." His shock increased.

"No… No. That's not all of it entirely. The bullying part is true. I took pleasure in picking on Amanda, Carl Roberts, James, Axel, Grimm, and Kane as children! But my daughter? I didn't want to kill her, it was the voices in my head from my wife! Both were accidents, I… I only wanted to kill myself! But every time I tried to, everyone else around me died instead, while I continued to walk in the world!

"It wasn't until both me and Krista, my daughter, died from smashing into a brick wall… I wanted to live! Not be chased by damn Minion! So Gigadis, who… Look a lot different than he does now, he was bald and called himself 'Satan' even though he wasn't, maybe I was still drunk! Whatever! I was given the deal to-"

She nodded. "You got the power to grant wishes as long as you hold those Twisted Metal competitions. I'm just asking what would you do if your sister or daughter were in grave danger? Because that's how Mr. Grimm is most likely feeling with me and my child here, about to be used by the Lord of Games." While Purple Heart was speaking, Calypso pulled a rotting doll out of his shirt.

All he did was stare at. "What do you say sis? Should we talk to L.O.G about this?… What?! Yes? If you say so, dear sister... Just do not try to make an escape attempt! Not only because I'll be quite angry with you Neppy, but… Fudoushi is outside, willing to attack intruders." The name made Purple Heart gasp. "What's wrong? Do you know him?"

Changing back into human form, Neptune shivered. "Brrr! You got that guy's help too?! I don't wanna talk about that ol' necromancer. Cause there's a reason he isn't in any Puyo games and just sticks to the original RPGs! Though I can't decide who's more insane, you or him." Although Calypso wanted to ignore that comment, he was now curious.

But bothering Fudoushi on what his background was would have to come later, Calypso wanted to ask the Lord of Games a few questions and see if Neptune was telling him the truth.

They all spotted a purple colored planet after traveling far enough in space. "There is it! Future Fun-Land! What's that behind it though?" Diddy Kong pointed to an unusual warp-hole that was colored with a dark green.

"I bet you that's where L.O.G is, because the tracking device is pointing towards it." Fisher replied over the communication. "Wait, something's coming out of that warp-hole! It looks like… An angel? And some sort of phantom-demon?" Konngara stood before them all, Sariel only floating in front.

She had either a spike or a horn stuck in her head, holding a sake dish in one hand, samurai sword in the other, and red mist where legs should've been. "I assume the Hakurei maiden is with one of you... If you're there, miko, then you shall perish for the fate of my old friend!"

Reimu was surprised to see two of her oldest foes. "Her and the Makai angel? That's really weird. What friend is she talking about though?" Pondering the thought, she shook it off. "Well, whatever then… I killed them both off before danmaku was a thing, so we should all be able to take her down with the fire on this, right?" She was in Glacius' ship along with Frinnia, Jack Walters, Gunstringer, and assorted Microsoft characters.

"Expect no mercy then." Radec took aim, firing at the angel first. "If I have to shoot down those from the heavens just to stop a maniac in the way of Helghan's reconstruction from Noire, then so be it. Die you filthy creatures!" He shouted, as Sariel shot lasers from a staff.

Captain Blasto followed up using a powerful rays from his space-shuttle to hurt Konngara. "Shame I have to do this, but this babe doesn't have legs to begin with!" She attempted to block it with her dish, throwing it like a frisbee.

Just as Master Chief was ready to start up his cannons, a figure approached from behind. "I know my sister was with you people… And I'm guessing you are headed where my maid was captured?" She whispered, making him turn around. Remilia stood there. "I had to play as a stowaway, but it was worth the wait."

He didn't respond, and just assisting in attacking the two roadblocks. "Not the first time we've gone up against something like a devil. Taste the tooth!" Needles Kane began using machine guns on Konngara, who was more focused on Samus.

"Crud! I could use some help here!" Samus grunted, trying to shake off the yaksha. Sariel began taking more of the hits from Sweet Tooth and Blasto, all while lasers began going everywhere.

Ratchet and Jak were having troubling dodging the messes as well, until Reimu thought aloud. "If only we had some bombs… Wait, does anyone here have that?! That could really help us out!" Neither Meta-Knight or Glacius had anything of the sort.

Fox however, did. "Bombs? Plenty over here!" Locking onto Sariel, he fired one directly at the six-winged angel, making the lasers and bullets stop. "Perfect shot!"

"Ack, alay, defeat, oh nooo…" Sariel exploded into misty particles, much to Konngara's anger.

"W-what the hell was that just now?! Sariel! You do better than this dammit, and I would know!" She seemed a bit more vicious now. "Great, my meat-shield is gone! I can kill you all myself, and then… I'll make sure I meet Mima again, Hakurei!"

"Mima?" Reimu wondered. "That explains this yaksha. But the angel makes me think…" Glacius' spaceship was then hit by more quick firing by Konngara. "Ugh! Hopefully Fox has more bombs, because spellcards won't work here!" That was Ratchet's cue.

Taking a good enough aim and making sure Konngara was distracted, he fired a round of missiles at her. "Time to go commando, Clank!" In response, the robot chuckled. Before long everyone took their shot on the astral knight.

Finally, her sake dish broke into pieces, unable to use it as a reflector anymore. "Damn… Too strong! You freaks! I'll have my revenge yet… Back at the base! You can take over, jester. That way, Sariel and I can prepare for a real battle with them!"

"Oh, so I'm your clean-up person?" Marx then noticed the familiar pink blob, who was shocked to see him revived again. "Kirby was it? It's been years! This time it won't be me who's being cut in half though. I would like to see you scream in pain the same way I did!" He cackled, firing lasers at everyone that was notably more agressive.

All Flandre could was stare. "He has wings kind of like I do, colorful…" Despite having even more caution, everyone continued their attacks, this time on Marx.

Heihachi finished his bowl of noodles. Despite being trapped by several annoyingly loud characters, he and Kuma attempted to ignore it. There was even some characters he recognized upon eyeing the place that weren't All-Stars, such as Pac-Man and Dante.

"My, my! Look who it is~ The King of the Iron Fist~" He cringed upon the familiar scottish voice, turning around Heihachi saw Morrigan just standing there. "Not a surprise, but I haven't seen you since the Project X Zone events. Where have you been exactly?"

Grunting, he got up. "With the Playstation All-Stars, so I don't have to put up with my pathetic family other than Kuma. Plus I've met quite the relatable characters! There's Zeus, Radec, and Evil Co…" His words stopped. "Oh… Right. He left. But you get the point!" Heihachi then kicked his bowl away.

After a bit of thinking, Morrigan then smiled. "Of course, we should team up then~ Especially once we get out of here, it just sounds perfect, doesn't it? King of the Iron Fist, and Queen of the Night~" Giving a few seconds to process that, Heihachi then laughed greatly.

"Don't be ridiculous! That's stupid, and Kuma is always my partner! Isn't that right?" Kuma then gave a roar in reply.

"Honestly, a team-up wouldn't be so bad." A man with a blue hood and green eyes said, next to him was another male with white hair wearing a black tunic. "Pardon me. I'm Xavier Pendragon. This is Schezo Wegey. I'm an alchemist, he is a dark wizard. We have both agreed that such a situation is where certain measures should be taken if we are released."

"Such as, we would find the one who brought us here, and make him surrender! But that is my idea, Xavier does not agree with it." Schezo followed up. "Those two All-Stars, your friends, yes? They seem to have a similar plan in the makes." He directed toward Kat and Cole, who were both wondering about the direction this would go in.

"We saw Neptune get taken out of this place. It's clear to me that they're all after CPUs Kat, and not us." Cole said.

"I figured that, but what happens to us then?" Kat held onto Dusty in fear. "Actually, not related, but how was it you were able to bond with that young vampire girl? Yet not be afraid of being blown up like Nariko and I were?"

There was a small pause. "Dunno, I guess something vampire-related just clicked and made me wanna help control Flan's powers. Like there was another part of myself, similar to my evil half. I'm sure he would know, but since the other Cole left…"

Demitri Maximoff listened from a distance. Being one of the many 'Lords of Vampires', it was concerning that he had never met someone like Cole. Of course, Dante then snapped him out of it, as they were both discussing the issue of the invaders also.

Pac-Man ran into Bomberman and T.T., waving to them. "Interesting to see so many of us got caught here, Wizpig did have help after all… Huh? Oh! It's Pac! Hi there!" The stop watch greeted. "Bomberman and I were discussing the issues of what just happened like everyone else here. Possibly what we'll do if we get out. After all, I can't use my time-manipulation here."

"Uhh…" Bomberman then looked up, shivering.

"Since the entirety of Timber Island's inhabitants were sent here, Taj said that I should go have a look see if anyone here was dangerous. So far it's been old friends however!" T.T. smiled, but then Pac-Man saw what Bomber was pointing at.

He froze up as well, trying to grab T.T.'s attention. "U-uh… T.T.?" Bomberman stuttered, Pac hiding behind him.

"What is it? You two look pale, is something wrong?… Hm? Behind me?" Looking over, T.T. then cringed as well.

Looming over him was the silver-haired maid, Sakuya. Except this time her eyes were a deep scarlet. "Hey, english-sounding stopwatch… Did you said, 'time-manipulating' abilities?" A wide and devilish grin formed, while holding her pocket-watch.

"Y-yes… Why do you…?"

"Then you're to be of my assistance."

Marx then withdrew. "Forget it! You're all too crazy! I'll be waiting inside also, that way we can have a much more fair battle, Kirby!" Laughing maniacally, he flew into the warp-hole. All the ships followed after.

Upon entering was a dull base of operations. Frinnia exited Glacius' ship first thing, desperate to save her friends. "Now calm down Frinnia, I understand that this makes you want to rush in and attack, but we cannot let emotions get the better of us." Solaire calmly stated.

There were multiple paths however, as if the place was a maze. "It's best of we split-up. Not the safest decision, but if something comes up, send a call." Sho said, taking the far right path. "I'll be going this way, who wants to follow me?"

"No one shall go anywhere!" Reimu and Flandre recognized that voice, the latter becoming excited. "I had to wait in the green-armored man's ship before I could see… Flan! There you are!" Remilia glared at them, stamping her feet.

She had a big smile on her face. "Big sis Remi!~ Remiliaaaaa!~" Flandre chirped. "Big sis! These people-"

Before another word came out, a harsh slap went against Flandre's face.

((We see Calypso's true colors a bit here. Plus Xavier and Schezo because… Eternal Champions and Puyo are awesome. :T

Second time we've had an older sister being less than pleasant to younger in my fics. I don't think Sweet Tooth is gonna be pleasant about it...))