Blade and Jack walked through the great hall of the Hex's palace; the floor is littered with more soldiers "Does no one remember me? Has no one been taught our history?". They look up to the ceiling where there were historical paintings "Look at these lies. Goblets and garden parties. Peace treaties? Striker, so proud to have it, ashamed of how he got it!". Blade hurls swords up at the ceiling breaking through the painting causing it to crumble. A new painting is revealed underneath showing Striker standing in the middle of a circle. Another painting shows Striker in battle with Blade who was riding on the back of a lion like creature "We were unstoppable. I was his weapon in the conquest that built the Hex's empire". A painting showed slaves building the palace in which they stood "One by one, the realms became ours. But then, simply because my ambition outgrew his he banished me, caged me, locked me away like an animal. Before that, Hex's warriors were honoured, their bodies buried as heroes beneath this very palace".
The two enter the weapons vault, Blade walked over to the device holding the magenta ruby as Jack looks around the vault "Striker's treasures" "Fake" Blade pushed the device off the pedestal. She walks past other objects "Most of the stuff in here is fake". She spots the flame of judgement "Or weak". She then spots Iblis' helmet "Smaller than I thought it would be" then the blue Cube "That's not bad. But this". She then walks over to large cauldron holding a white flame. She gasps "But this. The Flame of Solaris" she reaches in and is able to hold the flame in her hand. She makes an axe in her free hand. She smashes it to the ground creating a hole down to a lower level. She turns to Jack "Want to see what true power really looks like?". She jumps down the hole into a dark chamber containing rows and rows of caskets. She walks past them and finds the skeleton of the lion creature "Claw, my darling, what have they done to you? With the Flame of Solaris, you are reborn. She hits her flaming hand to the ground sending out a ring of white fire which spreads through all the bodies. The caskets are suddenly broken through by armoured skeletons with glowing white eyes. Skin reforms around Claw who roars. Blade smiles and holds her hands "I've missed you. I've missed you all".
In the cell Razor was kneeling with his eyes closed "Striker. I bid you take your place in halls of the Spirit Realm where the brave shall live forever. Nor shall we mourn but rejoice for those who have died-" "The glorious death". Razor turns to see Scourge standing behind him with a solemn face. Razor sits down and kneels against the wall of the cell. Scourge nods "Hurts, doesn't it? Being lied to. Being told you're one thing and then learning it's all a fiction". Razor throws a rock at Scourge, and it goes through him. Scourge smirks "You didn't think I'd really come and see you, did you? This place is disgusting". Razor casually throws another rock. Scourge rolls his eyes "Does this mean you don't want my help? Look, I couldn't jeopardize my position with the Naugus. It took me time to win his trust. He's a lunatic, but he can be amenable. What I'm telling you is, you could join me at the Naugus' side". Razor throws another rock which Scourge doesn't acknowledge "Perhaps, in time, an accident befalls the Naugus and then".
Scourge points to himself and then Razor before gesturing for an escape. Razor throws another stone through Scourge's face who frowns "You're not seriously thinking of going back, are you? Our sister destroyed your sword like a piece of glass. She's stronger than you. She's stronger than both of us. You don't stand a chance. Do you understand what I'm saying to you?" he actually sounded concerned. Razor says nothing so Scourge scoffs "Fine. I guess I'll just have to go at it alone. Like I've always done… Would you say something….? Say something!". Razor smiles "What would you like me to say? You faked your own death, you stole the throne, stripped Striker of his power, stranded him on Mobius to die, releasing the Goddess of Death. Have I said enough, or would you like me to go back further than the past two days?". Scourge glances away for a moment "You know, I haven't seen this beloved champion he talks of, but I've heard he is astonishingly savage. I've placed a large wager against you tomorrow. Don't let me down". Razor throws a bottle, but Scourge disappears. Kalus runs over "Piss off, ghost!" he kicks the wall "He's freaking gone".
In a holding area outside the arena Razor sees a body getting dragged back in. He was standing by a weapon rack with other warriors around him. Kalus picks up a stick and he looks disgusted "Uh, yuck. There's still someone's blood and hair on this. Guys, can you clean up the weapons once you finish your fight? Disgusting slobs". He then picks up a stick with three wooden stakes "Hey, Razor, wanna use a big wooden fork?" "No" "Yeah, not really useful. Unless you're fighting off three vampires that were huddled together". Razor picked up a hammer "You know, I really wish I had my sword" "Sword?" "Quite unique. It was made from this special metal from the heart of a dying star. And it gave me the ability to fly". Kalus was curious about this "You rode a sword?" "No, I didn't ride the sword" "The sword rode you on your back?". Razor shook his head "No. I would point it where I wanted to go, and it would pull me off the-". Kalus looked disgusted "Oh, my God. A sword pulled you off?" "The ground. It would pull me off the ground, up into the air and I would fly away. Every time I threw it, it would always come back to me". Kalus leaned on the stick "Sounds like you had a pretty special and intimate relationship with this hammer and that losing it was almost comparable to losing a loved one".
Razor thought on this for a moment "That's a nice way of putting it". He then spots 124 on the other end of the laser barrier. He scowled "See her? That's the one that put me in here" "Oh, yeah. Scrapper 124. Gotta watch out for those Hexians, man. They are hard to perish". Razor was surprised by this "Hexian?". He walks over to the laser fence "Hey. Hey". 124 finishes her drink before taking out her remote "Hey". Razor stopped "Do not zap me with that thing. I just wanna talk. Lost Hex is in danger". She takes another drink and sees a symbol tattooed on her arm "You're an elite guard". She stopped drinking and frowned. Razor laughed "I used to wanna be in the Elite Guard when I was younger, but my father said it was beneath a prince". He quickly shook his head "Not that I think that. I think you guys are great" he gives a supportive thumbs up. She went over to a robot and took more drinks "Are you finished?" "Lord of Thunder, you're up!" the warden yelled. Razor sighed "Please, help me. I need your help" "Bye" "Fine, then you must be a traitor or a coward. Because the Elite Guard is sworn to protect the throne". This clearly hit a nerve as she walked right up to the fence "Listen closely, your majesty. This is Suguna, not Lost Hex. My name is Echo and I'm a Scrapper, not an Elite guard". Guards surround Razor, he tries to fight but they overpower him, and he is shocked. Echo leaned down mockingly "And no one escapes this place. So, you're gonna die anyway".
Razor is put in a chair and his arms are restrained "Take out his piercings. They might be worth something". An Asian man in glasses walked over to him holding a magnet "Now, don't you move. It'll just hurt more" "By Striker's antenna, you shall not remove my piercings lest you feel the wrath of the mighty Razor". The man begins activating the magnet and Razor started to look afraid "Please. Please, kind sir, don't take them. Please! No!".
In the massive round arena spectators were watching on different levels with hips flying overhead one of which was Echo. A hologram of Naugus appeared in the middle of an arena "Wow! Look at all of you. What a show! What a night! Who's having fun". Everyone cheered "Please, I'm your host. Big round of applause for all our undercard competitors who today died so gruesomely. Good sports. This is what you've come for, and so have I". Kalus and the other gladiators watch from a slot in the wall. Scourge watched from a lounge bar high above the arena. He took a drink and sat on a couch with his feet up. Naugus continued "And now, without further ado, it's main event time. Making his first appearance though he looks quite promising, got a few tricks up his sleeve. I'll say no more, see what you think". Large doors opened and Razor walked out. His fins were now missing his piercings and there was dry blood from where they were pulled out "Ladies and gentlemen, I give you. Lord of Thunder". Everyone booed him, he was carrying a shield in one hand and a hammer in the other "Watch out for his fingers. They make sparks. Okay, this is it. Let's get ready to welcome this guy. Here he comes". Red fireworks went off all around the arena. Doors started to open on the other end "He is a creature… What can we say about him? Well, he's unique. There's none like him. I feel a special connection with him". Whatever it was began smashing against the door trying to make it open faster. Razor prepared for the fight of his life "He's undefeated. He's the reigning. He's the defending. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you your Knight of the Sun". The doors were smashed open by a red echidna armed with axe like swords and wearing redwood coloured armour. He roars out to the crowd. Razor's eyes opened wide, he recognised that roar anywhere "YES!".