GAME OVER?
CONTINUE: YES NO
"No."
GAME OVER!
A metal door opens outward from a room glowing with small spots of multicolour light. A female figure comes out, wearing goggles on her forehead, a chest-length, short-sleeve, multi-texture and colour shirt, gloves, and boots.
"What did you do to it?! The training room's all screwed up, that Reptile could have taken my head off if he didn't confront me first!"
There's no response, just her echo. The room is lit by ceiling lights and computer monitors.
"Oh great, I was just talking to myself." She walks off to another door in the room.
A few minutes later, she comes out of the door with wet hair and different cloths. She has long, pinkish hair and is wearing a blue shirt, brown jeans, and black-and-white sneakers. She carries a box with her other cloths inside, her goggles hang out.
She places the box on a messy desk, and then searches the desk's contents. She grabs a sheet of paper and a pen. She writes, 'There's something wrong with the new version, maybe a bug or something. I'll come around to tell you about it later this week. Mugena'.
She exits the room into an apartment-like room. She picks up her back-pack off the floor and goes through the main door. She closes hit making sure that it locks, and then cuts across the lawn.
"You must decide now, Raiden," orders Shinnok. "What will their fate be?" Raiden continues to debate to himself while on hands and knees.
"Sorry, still no luck," says a long-haired, blonde girl. "Rini hasn't turned up at anywhere on the other side of the city."
Another blonde girl with extremely long pigtails cries harder than was previously. She grabs onto a blue-haired girl for comfort. Five teenage girls and two cats stand at a crossroads.
"Sorry, Serena," says a brunette with a ponytail beside the first blonde. "We're running out of places to look."
"And there is no real trail to follow," says the girl with long black hair. "Amy can't determine the last place she was."
"It's almost as if she just disappeared," says Amy, the blue-haired girl. Serena continues to cry and hug her.
"No clues from the sacred fire, Raye?" asks the blonde.
"No, Mina. I've tried several times and there has been nothing."
"And Molly and Melvin are checking the hospitals as we speak," adds Amy.
The female, dark-blue cat sighs, "I wish that there was an easier way."
"It's not like her to leave like that," says the male, white cat. Each cat has crescent moon on their forehead.
"I guess we will have to keep looking," says Mina. "Lita, Artemis, Luna, and I will go back to the North part of Tokyo."
"And maybe you guys can tire consulting the fire spirit again," suggest Lita.
"I could try," replies Raye.
"Okay," says Amy, "We'll meet back at Raye's this evening. This is a serious part of the search, Rini has already been missing almost two weeks."
Serena sniffles, "Maybe, you guys can how Darien's coming long," she says to Mina and Lita.
"Okay," Artemis and Luna reply. Lita, Mina, Artemis, and Luna run down one of the roads.
Raye, Amy, and Serena walk down the opposite way. Amy leads Serena as she continues to sob.
"We checked everywhere, Master Splinter."
The giant, mutant rat give sigh of disappointment. Three large, mutant turtles stand around worried. Each one has a different colour of bandana and pads; Leonardo, blue; Donatello, purple; Raphael, red.
"Where can he be?" asks Donatello to himself.
"I know that this is a hard time for you, my sons," says Splinter, "But I am sure that Michelangelo is among friends."
"Yeah," says Raphael, "this isn't like the first time he has gotten lost."
"Raph!" yells Leonardo.
Suddenly, there a beep coming from Donatello. Donny quickly takes out his turtle communicate and turns it on. "MIKEY?!" asks all three.
"Sorry, guys. It's just me."
Leonardo and Raphael sigh with disappointment. "Hey, April," says Donatello. "No news?"
"No," she replies, "There has been nothing, not even a good news story."
"Uh-huh."
"I'll let you guys keep searching. Bye." The communicator clicks off. Donatello closes it and puts it back.
"If only there was anywhere else to look," says Raphael."
"RAPH!" yells Leonardo.
"WHAT!?"
A tall, teenage boy wearing red, baggy clothes waves at a hovercraft flying overhead, "Bye, Videl." He stops waving as it goes out of sight. He wipes the sweat from his forehead, "Boy, teaching her how to fly is much harder for me than her."
"Hey, Gohan!"
A quick blur moves at him. Gohan stretches his arm to the side and quickly grabs something. "Gotcha, Goten," he says as he holds onto the leg of small boy.
Goten chuckles, "Mom wants to see you."
"Okay. Race ya!" They suddenly fly off into the hills and trees.
Moments later, Gohan touches down in front of a dome-shaped house, Goten lands a second later. "No fair," says Goten, "You're better than I am."
Gohan laughs, "Keep practicing." Before he can open the door, their mother, Chi-Chi, opens it holding a basket.
"Gohan, I want you that this to Bulma and her family." She hands the basket to him, "It's a special dinner for them."
"Okay, mom." Gohan looks up into the sky, "FLYING NIMBUS!!!" A small cloud comes down from the sky and stop in front of Gohan. He quickly jumps.
"Can I come, too?" asks Goten.
"No, Goten," says Chi-Chi, "I have something planned for you."
Goten gulps. "See ya later," says Gohan as Nimbus flies into the sky.
"Time's up, Raiden," says Shinnok. "Decide now."
Raiden shakes, "… I… can't decide."
"Then we will sacrifice one until you do." Shinnok looks down at the crowded courtyard. "Hmm, Psycho Shredder." Shredder looks up at him. "You may choose first."
Oh-oh! Thinks Michelangelo.
"Who else," Shredder points at the mutant turtle. Michelangelo sticks to the ground until a couple Barakas grab him from behind and force him out of the group.
"No!" yells a few others including Liu Kang, but they are quickly blocked by Barakas who suddenly appear to block their path.
The Barakas force Michelangelo to his knees. "This is too perfect," says Shredder. He quickly swings his spiked fist at him, but stops mere inches away. "I'll let you suffer first."
"I can stop him," says Shinnok to Raiden, "But you have to decide… now!"
"Raiden is weakening," says the voice of the God of Water, no one hears her. "We must do something."
"We have decided," says the God of Earth. "We shall also pick.
"If Shinnok can do this, then so can we," says the God of Wind.
"Raiden is in a weakened state," says the God of Water. "He even thinks we're dead."
"I bet that Quan Chi has something to do with this," says the God of Fire.
"That may explain how come we can't come to Raiden and why Raiden has seen the Earths with false eyes," says the God of Wind.
"We must act now," says the God of Earth, "We have all selected our chosen."
"Correct," reply the Gods of Wind and Water.
"Then let's go," says the God of Fire.
Mugena yawns as she walks down the sidewalk, the traffic isn't heavy at all. "What a strange day. I wanted to fight, but all I got was a soap opera where the training models were teaming up and fighting with each other instead of me."
She enters a memorial park, some statues and gargoyles stand in certain spots. She looks at a gargoyle and remembers back, "I wouldn't have thought that there could be other versions of Reptile. It has to be a bug."
There's a sound of a rock sliding against another rock, Mugena ignores it.
The sidewalk comes towards a soldier statue, three others meet it as well. Bushes, trees, and lights stand between the sidewalks around the statue. Mugena looks up at the statue, its eyes, as it naturally would, look down at her. Mugena walks around it clockwise to get to the opposing path. Her eyes meet the statue's which seems to stare back at her. She suddenly remembers the monstrous Reptile, and looks away. She quickens her pace and leaves the statue's sight. The head slowly turns towards her as if living.
"I would like to see how that fight turned out though," she says to herself. "It would be like an interactive movie. But they're not real, they're characters from video games, movies, television,… nothing but creative ideas and fictions."
"Fiction?" echoes a deep voice.
Mugena is startled and stops. She carefully looks around, "H-hello?"
A couple seconds pass. "What is fiction?"
"Uh? Fiction?" She searches around her for the source of the voice. "What do mean 'What is fiction'?"
"Fiction is unknown."
"This is getting too weird. Where are you?"
"Your definition of fiction is incorrect," says the voice closer and without the echo.
"What about my definition? Where are you?"
"You will fear me if I show myself."
"I won't."
A gargoyle up ahead begins to shake littler pebbles off itself. The head turns towards her, "Please listen to my words."
Mugena becomes frightened believing that it maybe another Reptile. She turns and sprints back down the path. She runs up to the soldier statue and plans her back against it. She waits for some creature to come at her.
"You continue to fear me," says the soldier with the same voice.
Mugena jumps away from the statue and looks up at it. She slowly backs away with her eyes staring at the statue's.
"I must speak with you."
"First… tell me what you are."
"I am the Elder God of Earth."
"Oh-kay. And why do you want me?"
"You have witness the inter-dimensional war. You know what has happened."
"What are you talking about?"
"You are the one who hides in secret, waiting to ambush others so you may fight them."
Mugena's fear fades away, "Hey, that was in the program? There is no way you can know about this… Unless this is like in one of those movies where the computer virus goes into the person's brain." She quickly grips her head, "Oh, no! The virus is messing with my head!"
"Calm down, there is no computer virus in your head."
"Why should I trust you? You could be the virus."
The soldier sighs. "You said that the fighters you have met today were fictitious, that's incorrect."
"Huh?" Mugena looks back up to its face, "But they are part of a computer program, they're not alive."
"The people you have seen are as real as you have seen them. For all matter of fiction are true. Therefore there is no such thing as fiction."
"You're starting to lose me. What are talking about?"
"A while ago, Onslaught and Shinnok have joined forces to conquer Raiden to win their prize. Each side has selected fighters to aid them as you have already witness. But the odds are against us and we require help. I have selected you."
"Hmph! Yeah, right."
"This is serious, Raiden requires our assistance now. Time does not wait."
Mugena thinks to herself for a second then looks back at the statue. "I can go there using the program, so I guess I can come and help you guys."
Raye prays in front of a large fire in her grandfather's temple. Serena and Amy sit beside her hoping for something to come out of this. Raye concentrates loudly. After a few seconds, she relaxes with an unset expression. Serena hopes for anything. "I'm sorry," says Raye, "there's still nothing."
Serena begins to cry loudly again, Amy comforts her. Raye looks down at the floor, disappointed.
Serena calms down for a second, "Raye, can you do it one more time?"
Raye looks at Serena. She pauses for a second, "I can. That won't bother me." She goes back to praying and says some silent chants.
Several seconds pass with nothing, the fire burns silently. There is a sudden loud crack from the firewood. Raye snaps out of her trance.
Serena gets excited, "See anything?!"
"I… I don't. I saw something."
The fire begins to shrink, Raye becomes shocked. Everyone gasps.
"This has never happened before," says Raye as she watches it unblinkingly.
The fire shortens to an inch or two, and then a hill in the centre begins to grow. The hill becomes more like a bubble or a ball, the three girls stand up ready to back away. The bubble modes and unfolds itself, creating a figure of fire. The fire has distinct arms, figures, chest, head, and a face with bright white eyes.
The fire being turns its head towards each one of them, "Three of five famous original Sailor Scouts, with a future of fourteen. I have not come in response to your prayers, but ask for your help. But I will still give you the information you seek."
"But what you?" asks Amy.
"And what help?" adds Raye.
"And what do you know about Rini?" adds Serena.
"I am the Elder God of Fire, this is my spiritual form. I will show you what happened to Rini and the other question maybe answered on its own."
The three girls move in closer to the flame and the God morphs back into the large fire. In the flames come coloured images, the first is Sailor Mini Moon. Raiden's voice is heard in background, "Sailor Mini Moon from the Sailor Moon dimension." "Hi!" she says.
The three show signs of happiness, Serena inches closer. A new view comes up showing Rini, Roll, and Pikachu playing together. Kirby comes near the end and plays along. The three girls are relieved to see that she's with friends.
The next screens were Rini in her normal clothes talking to the others. Then screens from her battles are shown including her battle with Baraka and when she called Pegasus to give the power-up to MegaMan. Then she's facing straight at them as a Sailor Scout, "Raiden is a good leader. If he was here, he would show you the same thing. We all have our own strength and weaknesses… I admit I was scared when I first came here… But now, it's not about being strong or smart, it's hope, teamwork, and individuality. I'm still glad I chose to come, because I too will be one of Raiden's followers who will defeat you all."
"Oh, Rini," says Serena.
"KILL HER!" yells the image of Shredder.
The three girls suddenly gasp. Rain appears as he throws his electric-ball. Then a zoomed-up image of Sailor Mini Moon's frightened expression. There's a flash, then the image of Roll exploding appears. The head is in her arms, "Roll, no!" The girls look on in confusion.
"The war is ending," says the Fire God as images of Raiden's men getting beaten by Onslaught's, "Raiden is being misled by Shinnok. He must make a decision that has no good outcome. At this point, it seems hopeless for them. But if we don't act soon, then they're all dead… including her," an image of Sailor Mini Moon's sad face appears then fades away.
In the flames, Shinnok stands with his superior smirk as he looks down at Raiden, "What is your decision, Thunder God?" The fires melt down to the inch high flames and the fiery figure returns.
"I must ask you the same question. Will you help us save them?"
Donatello works on his computer through the keyboard. Leonardo watches television while Raphael just twirls his sais. Splinter meditates in his private room.
Splinters concentration is broken when he hears something. Donatello then hears it. Splinter enters the living room first followed by Donatello. "Do you guys hear that?"
"Hear what?" asks Raphael.
Leonardo turns the volume down on the TV. There is a quiet swooshing sound. They look around for it. Small, narrow, inactive pipes begin to leak water into the room. The turtles scramble to get buckets to capture the water. They manage to get to most of them.
Then suddenly, through the entrance to the open sewer comes a large amount of water. The turtle curse softly and quickly go to get something to stop it.
"Turtles," says Splinter to stop them. They look at what Splinters looking at, the water is emptying from the previous room and is unnaturally going uphill to a corner of the room.
The buckets tip over by an unknown force and collects with the rest. It builds upon itself and grows taller. It changes into a female figure from the waist up, the waist down remains as water, her eyes glow bright white. "Don't fear me," she says in a heavenly voice, "I am the Elder God of Water."
Splinter steps forward, "Why did you come to us?"
"I have come for your aid. I also have information on the one you call Michelangelo."
"What?! Mikey?!" says almost all three turtles simultaneously.
"Yes."
"Well, where is he?" asks Raphael.
"He has been selected by Raiden, the Elder God of Thunder and Lightning and protector of the Realm of Earth in the realities we overrule. He came willingly, we required his immediate services, as I do you."
"What do you mean?" asks Leonardo.
"Michelangelo was one of many who were selected to go defend all realities as we know it. We have been evenly matched for the past several days, but the opposing forces, lead by two named Onslaught and Shinnok, have been given the greater advantage."
"Wait a minute," says Donatello. "Realities? Realms? We already know what dimensions are, but you make it sound so complex and different."
"You will learn about them later. We have more important matters at hand, your brother's life hangs in the balance."
"WHAT!?" all three yell at once. "What's happening to Mikey?" asks Leonardo.
"The cause of their greatened advantage is the introduction of three, one of which is the one you call Shredder."
"He's fighting Shredder by himself!" says Raphael.
"Not exactly by himself. But your foe has been given extraordinary power, making him into Psycho Shredder. Moments ago started the possible downfall of Raiden's forces and worse yet, your brother is the first execution."
"WHAT!?" questions all three turtles and Splinter.
"At the hands of Shredder. So you must understand that we have to go now, will you come back with me?"
"Of course," says Donatello.
"Let's go, turtles!" says Leonardo as he draws his sword.
Gohan flies back home from delivering the basket to Bulma. He sits cross-legged on Nimbus and stares at the darkening horizon as he goes home. The wind blows against Gohan but he pushes forward.
The wind suddenly changes direction. Gohan pays little attention to it.
The wind whispers, "Saiyaman."
Gohan breaks from his trance of staring forward, but he doesn't know why or how.
"Gohan…"
Nimbus slides to the side a little. Gohan thinks he heard something but it was so quiet that it could have been nothing.
"Gohan, listen to my words…"
Gohan definitely heard it this time. He searches around the Earth below for a possible source.
"I am here, Gohan."
Gohan looks around more but the voice could have come from anywhere around it, "Where are you? I cannot see you."
"You cannot see me, for I am the Elder God of Wind."
"What?!" Gohan searches mostly in front of him. Nimbus swerves around against the wind.
"I must speak with you…"
Gohan looks down at Nimbus under him, "Stop, Nimbus." Nimbus slows down and comes to a stop, the wind stops flowing past them. "It would help if you told me where you are."
A pair of glowing white eyes appear in the empty space in front of Gohan and Nimbus, a ripple of visible air outlines the body and head. "We require your help, Great Saiyaman."
"Why would you need my help? It looks like you can do a lot more than I can do."
"There lies a dimension which is accessible by all others. In that dimension for the past several days, a war has been fought. But on this day, our side has taken a turn for the worse. To aid the fallen forces, the remaining Elder Gods including myself are recruiting new warriors. I have selected you, Gohan."
"Me?" he says with a little shock. "Sure, I guess."
"You cannot guess. Your services maybe required for days or weeks if not even months or years."
"Are you sure you know me? I have trained with my dad when I was younger for weeks on end. Not to mention stuff like the trip to Namek and the Cell Games."
"That brings up another point. If you do go, you must go as the Great Saiyaman, not Gohan, your identity must remain hidden until a time."
"Okay. But may I ask why? If they are from different dimensions and this war has been a secret so far, why do I have to keep my secret from them?"
"Most are from different realties, as they may have different laws of time and space. Some even come from the same dimensions and timelines. You will the first to meet some from your same reality but from a different dimension."
"What do you mean? That I will meet someone I know, but they are not who I do know?"
"Correct," replies the Elder God with a nod. "But I must ask you to refrain from telling them anything about yourself for now. It may make complications."
"Okay." Gohan stands up on Nimbus and floats off it. "Go home, Nimbus." The cloud shoots in the horizon out of sight. Gohan looks and presses a button on his wristwatch. In a flash, Gohan transforms into the Great Saiyaman, complete with his metal helmet. "But I would like to be back in a few days. The World Tournament is coming up and my dad is coming to fight. He's been granted a day pass from the AfterWorld."
"We will see," replies the Wind God. "I see that Goku means a lot to you."
"Are you hinting that my dad is going to be there?"
"That… and so many more." The God looks directly into Saiyaman's eyes, "This may feel weird."
Saiyaman feels something under him. He looks down and sees a dragon-symbol floating in midair just below his feet. He quickly looks at Fujin again who looks back with the same stare.
Meanwhile, Super Sailor Moon, Sailor Mercury, and Sailor Mars stand in front of the Fire God. They too have the dragon-symbols below their feet. Sailor Moon has a small tear in her eye.
And, Leonardo, Donatello, and Raphael have their weapons drawn. The dragon-symbols line under their two-toed feet.
Saiyaman hovers as many grains of dust fly upward from the symbol. The Wind God evaporates as the dust creates a miniature whirlwind. In a second, the whirlwind stops, Gohan and, soon after, the dust are gone.
"Seconds away from death," says Shredder to Michelangelo.
"Choose now, Raiden," commands Shinnok.
Raiden doesn't respond. Everyone looks back at Shinnok.
Shinnok growls. "His response is 'no'. Kill them all now!" Raiden's head suddenly looks at Shinnok.
Everyone charges at the opposing team, except for Sailor Mini Moon who's still stun and Michelangelo and Shredder who stare at each other. The warriors yell as they attack, all Barakas have their blades extended.
CRASH! The clouds overhead, that have given rise to an early darkness, created a lightning bolt. Then another, almost everyone looks at the sight of blue lightning striking back each cloud from another. The frequency of bolts increases rapidly to dozens a second.
"What is this?" asks Xavier.
"I have never witness an event such as this," says Quan Chi.
Shinnok gets an angry expression. He draws a sword from the air and goes to strike Raiden. He stops when he see that Raiden appears to be as confused as they are. Shinnok turns around, "Quan Chi, what is this sorcery?"
"This is not sorcery, my lord."
All of a sudden, the lightning pours from the sky and hits the ground about a mile away from the castle. The strikes concentrate to one point, until it suddenly stops after several seconds.
Everyone waits for something to happen. A yell is heard as something flies down from the sky and hits the castle wall, almost directly under where Shinnok is standing. The entire courtyard shakes as the wall crumbles.
A few seconds pass, from the pile of debris rises an arm. Then a head, Frieza is badly bruised and beaten.
"WHAT?!" yells Shinnok. He quickly turns to Raiden, and standing in front of him is Piccolo, protecting Raiden. Shinnok growls.
"Go, Raiden. Run," says Piccolo. "I didn't fight all this time so you can say 'I quit'. Go!"
"Fool! You both shall die!" Shinnok brings down his sword to slice both of them. The sword hits the bricked roof, Piccolo is gone from sight, and Raiden is back on his feet. Shinnok growls louder as he pulls his sword out.
"He's right," says Raiden. "I have chosen them because they're the best of those I have seen. They would die for their worlds before giving it up. And I should do the same."
"Fine." Shinnok lowers his sword. Then he uses it to point into the courtyard, "Then he will the first. Finish him!"
Shredder raises his arm into the air, people howler, "NO!" Michelangelo gives a scared look as the spiked armour comes down at his face.
A sai suddenly flies out and hits Shredder it the shoulder blade. Shredder stops the attack and grabs his wound as he yells in pain. Michelangelo has his eyes closed, still waiting for the end.
"Hey, Mikey!"
Michelangelo opens his eyes to look were the voices had come from. On a corner along the castle wall stands his brothers Leonardo, Donatello, and Raphael. Michelangelo knocks the Barakas off and stands up. He waves at them, "Yo, dudes. Most excellent timing."
Almost everyone turns at the three new arrivals. "Three more turtles?" asks Cyclops.
"Yeah, dude," replies Michelangelo, "they're my bros." All three jump and flip to the ground near him, the Barakas back away confused. "What are you guys doing here?"
"Come to save your sorry butt," replies Donatello as he places a hand on Michelangelo's shoulder.
"And kick his," adds Raphael. "Hey, Shredder. Can I that back when you're done with it?" Shredder quickly yanks the sai out and throws it at him. Raphael, with a quick hand, grabs it inches from his face. "Thanks."
"Great, an even sweeter deal," says Shredder. "I can finish you all off now."
"You have through us first, pal," says Leonardo clinging his swords together.
"Psst!" says Michelangelo. "Uh, you haven't this Shredder yet, guys. He's stronger, meaner, and faster than before."
"He's right," says Shredder. "Have a taste of my new powers." He begins to gather electrical energy from around him, creating bolts of electricity.
"Uh, did I forget to mention the electricity part?" says Michelangelo.
Raphael quickly turns at him with an angered and confused expression, "Yeah, you did!"
Shredder gathers energy to the point where it starts to flow all over him. He then backs up to sprint at them.
"Stop right there!" orders a female voice.
Everyone looks up to the other side of the courtyard. On the other corner are the three Sailor Scouts.
"How dare you threaten the lives of many and attempt to kill our little partner down there. And for that, you will be punished…"
"It's them!" says Sailor Mini Moon.
"… We stand for love and justice."
"And in the name of Mars…" says Sailor Mars.
"… and the name of Mercury…" adds Sailor Mercury.
"… and the name of the Moon…" adds Sailor Moon.
"We shall punish you!" yells all three in a small dance of their hands.
"It about time you guys got here!" yells Sailor Mini Moon.
"We will talk to you later," says Sailor Moon, "but first…"
"Mercury Bubble…" Sailor Mercury creates a small bubble in front of her. "… Blast!" She forces it forward, which creates a cold fog around the courtyard.
"Evil spirits disperse!" Sailor Mars throws numerous paper slips written Japanese. Each villain is slapped in the forehead with one, but nothing happens to most of them. The sorcerer Reptile and the ninja Reptile yell in pain as their souls are ripped away from the bodies they used which turn back to rumble. Shinnok, Quan Chi, Shin Bison, and Shin Magneto quickly grab their slips from midair and crumble them. Xavier though ignores it until he realises what it truly is and it slaps him on the head.
Xavier yells in pain as he splits into two; Xavier in his first cloths and the red-blue Onslaught with the metallic head. The two shriek and move identically, the cape previously on Xavier's back flies away.
"It's Professor Xavier!" yells Cyclops.
"But he's not home free yet," says Liu Kang. "Attack the metal-face one!"
"Right!" replies Sailor Moon, "You know what to do, Mini Moon."
"Okay," she replies. Sailor Mini Moon gently lays Roll's head on the ground. She then goes into her kneeling stance, "Please, Pegasus. Protect people's dreams." She raises her bell, "Crystal Twinkle Yell!"
Pegasus appears overhead in a flash of light. Onslaught and Xavier moan as they move identically, each one raises their hands to their head. Pegasus shines a light from his horn to Sailor Moon.
When the light fades away within a second, Sailor Moon is holding her wand-like sword. Xavier and Onslaught each touch their temples. "Moon Gorgeous Meditation!" she yells as her sword glows and releases a strong beam of light and energy.
At the last second to impact, the slip disintegrates and Xavier and Onslaught merge back into Xavier's form. He swings an arm forward and touches the blast. The energy flows into a grow sphere in the palm of his hand. All the Earth fighters are shocked to see him unhurt.
"You were careless, Onslaught," says Shinnok.
Xavier's expression grows angrier, he absorbs the energy sphere into his hand. His body becomes engulfed in black light. His body warps and grows, then morphs into Onslaught with a red helmet and red-blue armour.
"What the—?!" says Sailor Moon.
"The dream is dead!" Onslaught's eyes gather the energy from within his body and let's loose an identical beam of energy at the corner tower on which the Scouts stand. The tower breaks on impact and Sailor Scouts can't help but fall and scream.
"Hang on!" yells Spiderman. He, IronMan, and WarMachine come flying in. IronMan catches Sailor Mars and WarMachine catches Sailor Mercury. Spiderman dives in from a strong leap, catches Sailor Moon, and lands on a wall.
"Raiden's gone!" yells Quan Chi. Onslaught and Shinnok turn to where he was and, sure enough, he is gone.
Shinnok growls in anger. "Finish them all now!"
Goro steps forward from all the other villains. "Finally, a real fight. Who will be the first to challenge me."
"Okay," says Donatello as he rubs his staff like a pool cue. "This guy is mine." He jogs up to Goro.
"What are you doing?!" yells Liu Kang.
Donatello holds his staff like a baseball bat, "All right, you four-armed… uh, freak." He swings the staff and hits Goro in the arm. The staff ricochets off and vibrates uncontrollably, as does Donatello.
Everyone moans. The three turtle brothers say, "Oh-oh," simultaneously.
The vibrating fades away, Goro looks down at Donatello with a smile. Donatello moves up beside Goro, with his left arm around Goro and his staff in the other. "Hey, buddy." He sweeps the arm where he hit, "I hope you won't worry about that bruise. It should be gone in a day or two."
Goro gives a quick chuckle, then he knocks Donatello's staff out of his hand. Donatello turns around to run away, but Goro grabs him but the top of the shell. Donatello hollers as he is thrown into the air, and then crashes through a roof on the other side of the one Shinnok stands on.
A few seconds pass. "I'm alright," says Donatello's voice.
Goro looks around for another fighter. He glances at all the Earth warriors' faces, and pauses on the Mortal Kombat fighters. Frieza, Cell, and Reptile rejoin with the rest of their group.
There is a sudden yell. Then two balls of light fly across the sky along with a dark green one, hitting each other. The Saiyans and the Namek battle over the castle then move away from where they came, just missing Pegasus by a few feet.
Goro chuckles at a thought, the others become uneasy. He points at Pegasus, "Doctors." Dr. Doom hops into the air and his rockets on the soul of his metallic boots ignite. He ascends towards Pegasus.
"Watch out, Pegasus," yells Sailor Mini Moon.
Just then, Dr. Octopus launches his metal-octopus arms at Sailor Moon and grabs all four limbs.
"Rini!" yells Sailor Moon as Mini Moon is pulled back. Sailor Mini Moon becomes wrapped in the metal arms and is held up into the air by only one.
"No, Rini," says Pegasus. Dr. Doom approaches him with his arms ready to grab and his cape fluttering.
"Don't even think about touching that winged horse!" orders a man's voice.
Everyone searches the air for the source. A figure hovers behind Pegasus. "Another one!?" says Onslaught.
"And who are you?" asks Dr. Doom.
"You should fear me, villain," the figure replies. He begins to perform an awkward dance, "For I am the protector for the innocent, champion for the weak, and warrior for all forms of life, even inter-dimensionally. I am… the Great… Saiyaman."
"Who?" asks Sakura.
Saiyaman loses his concentration for a second and tilts slightly. He quickly recovers himself. He floats up, over, and in front of Pegasus. He turns around to Pegasus, "You must flee."
"Go!" Sailor Mini Moon struggles to yell.
Pegasus nods in reply. He is covered in a bright light, then flashes as he disappears from the sky.
"What the Hell?!" asks Dr. Doom as he unshields his eyes.
"Evil doer, leave now and I may show mercy," orders Saiyaman.
"Yeah, right." Dr. Doom's gauntlets glow with electricity. "Have a taste of my Proton Blast." He whips his hands forward, large jolts of electricity fly through the air at Saiyaman.
Saiyaman quickly moves out of way by moving to the other side of Dr. Doom. "I warned you." Saiyaman rushes in at him, but it suddenly blocked by Cell when he materializes right in front of him.
"Why don't you fight me when you know that you can easily beat him," says Cell inches from his face.
Saiyaman suddenly has a surprised expression. Cell!, he thinks to himself. But h-how…
"No, you're mine," yells Gohan. Gohan charges up into his Super Saiyan form, then into the next phase of Saiyan. He then bolts up and delivers a super strong blow to Cell causing him to fly back higher into the air. Gohan stops in front of Saiyaman, "I'll handle Cell. You go help them."
Saiyaman has an even more shocked expression. "B-b-but you're—."
"I know I'm just a kid, but don't underestimate me." Gohan shoots up into the air, following Cell's path.
Who's underestimating who? Saiyaman thinks to himself. That's me! But not me!
He is grabbed from behind. "Did you forget about me?" asks Dr. Doom. He grabs Saiyaman's side and throws him downward, "He's yours, Frieza."
"FRIEZA!"
"That's right!" says Frieza as he turns Saiyaman around to punch him in the gut. As Saiyaman gasps for air, Frieza grabs his neck, choking him.
He's here too, thinks Saiyaman. He's stronger than before. But how could have he gotten more powerful, he feels as strong as Cell did.
"Is that fear that I smell?" asks Frieza.
Saiyaman forces Frieza's hand to loosen its grip, "Unhand me."
"Or what?"
Saiyaman brings his hand back and creates a fireball. He stretches his open palm at Frieza's face and unleashes it. A continuous flow of energy hits Frieza in the head and upper chest, making fly back a fair distance. The attack ends in a couple of seconds.
Dr. Doom comes in for another attack, but Saiyaman hits him also with a fireball. Dr. Doom slams into the ground and hits Dr. Octopus, knocking him back but not letting go of Sailor Mini Moon.
"Who's up next?" asks Onslaught.
"I am," says Kintaro as he steps forward.
Goro raises his right hands out to stop him, "No, I still haven't have my fight yet."
Kintaro bows, "As you wish, sire."
Goro clenches all of his fists, cracking each knuckle. "It's time for you see what I can do. I can take you all on."
Goro, warns Shinnok telepathically. The Shokan prince looks up at him with an evil smile, then turns back.
"I don't like this," says Ken.
"What's to be liked?" says Chun Li.
Goro clenches up and begins to moan in concentration. He lets out a quiet roar at some points. And slowly, he begins to grow taller and bigger. Everyone backs up, even the Dark warriors do so, as Goro begins to take up more space.
"This going to turn into the Apocalypse battle again," says Captain America.
"Can we stand a better chance against him?" asks B.B.Hood to Liu Kang.
"I don't know," he replies, "but not with all his henchmen around."
Goro relaxes his body and stand upright. He stand about thirty feet tall, a single hand can hold a whole fighter.
"Did you go this before?" asks Leonardo to Michelangelo as he holds his swords defensively.
"Gee, thanks for reminding me," he replies.
"This should put him on ice," says Sub-Zero. He creates an ice-ball in his hands and throws it at Goro. It hits his bottom left fist which becomes covered in ice. Goro clenches it tighter causing the layer of ice to shatter.
They become worried and take another few steps back. Goro lifts his arms up and roars, and then brings down his fists. His fists missed the fighters, but the tremor make all of them lose their balance but not fall.
As the giant starts to stand up again, something lands on his head. "Hey there, Shokan prince," says someone in a sing-song tone of voice.
Everyone looks up to the top of Goro's head, and all are shocked to see Chun Li on top of Goro's bald head, except this one has pink hair instead of brown, but the same outfit. The Earth fighters turn to the other Chun Li who shows the most shocked face of them all.
"I'm up here, come and get me," taunts the pinked-haired Chun Li, her voice is different from the real Chun Li's as well. Goro swings and tries to snatch her with his two upper arms. He is unsuccessful due to her high jumps and dodges. She moves to the back of Goro's head and grabs his ponytail. She runs forward and leaps off. While continuing to hold onto the ponytail, she ends up right in Goro's face. "Hello," she says with a wave, Goro grows frustrated and angry with her carefree way. The Chun Li gives a combo of mighty kicks around Goro's nose. She swings to Goro's left eye and fires Kikoken. She lets go off the ponytail as Goro reaches up to confront his eye. She lands on the ground without any strain. She makes a peace-sign with her right hand and shows it to the Earth fighters, "Do I make a good Chun Li or what?" With a flash, the pink-haired Chun Li changes into Mugena, still in the same stance.
Everybody is still shocked. There is a pause. "… And who are you?" asks Chun Li.
"I am—." She stops when she notices Goro's foot lifting from the ground. She turns around as the foot comes down on her.
Sonic zooms up to her. "Hang on," he says as he grabs her hand and pulls her to safety. When they stop, she is lying on the ground due to Sonic's height. Everyone looks at her.
Ken suddenly goes wide-eyed, "Hey, I know you!"
"That's right. We met earlier today… in the woods."
"What are you doing here?" asks Ryu as he helps her up.
She dusts herself off, "Well (cough), I came here to help you guys."
"Who said we needed help?" asks Ken with a small tone of anger.
"I was sent here by an Elder God, the Elder God of Earth."
"What!?" says Sailor Mars. "But we sent here by the God of Fire."
"And the God of Water," adds Leonardo.
"And the God of Wind," adds Saiyaman as he comes down lower towards them.
"WHAT!?" yells Shinnok. "The other Gods are contributing to this war as well."
"Correct," echoes Raiden's voice in the air. Lightning suddenly strikes the ground to an adjacent castle wall, and Raiden stands in where it struck. He raises his staff to the heavens, and dozens of lightning bolts move through the sky. Then in quick succession, each Baraka is struck and disappears.
Raiden and Shinnok stare at each other, each with an anger gaze. In the sky above, two balls of water and fire fall like meteors. They crash on each side of Raiden and mode into human-like figures. The water morphs into a brown-haired woman wearing a robe of glimmering blue. The fire morphs into an elderly old man wearing a robe of bright red and orange.
Then, small pebbles and chunks of clay begin to move and mount each other. A figure of clay forms which then changes into another elderly man with a robe of earthly brown. Then a gust of wind forms and creates a whirlwind. A figure grows from its centre. As the wind fades, Fujin stands in its place. Each god wears the Mortal Kombat medallion around their waste like a buckle and has glowing white eyes. From left to right, they stand as the Elder Gods of Water, Wind, Lightning, Earth, and Fire.
The Elder Gods stare at Shinnok, Quan Chi, and Onslaught who do the same. Each side prepares for a war from each side. But who will make the first move?
"Are they all there?"
"Yes. But the DragonBall fighters are still in the air. Frieza is the only one with Onslaught and Shinnok."
"We will join them soon. Is everything ready?"
"Just a little dizzy from trip. What about you?"
"I'll be fine. But we can't stay here too long, the battle is about to continue."
"Well," the figure in shadow withdraws a sword from his back, "I'm ready."
The other cocks his gun, his bionic eye shines. "Okay. Let's go."
