Here's another part where the voters made some decisions. Of the 35 people sent to Chronopolis, we split them into five teams, with a leader for each. People then voted on one leader from each team. We separated the other characters from there based on the corresponding leaders. This story more focuses on the preparation of the 35 in Chronopolis and the desire of the 8 to find FATE. From here, expect many battles in the parts to come. Below are listed the teams and leaders for future reference.

Team A:

Viper (Leader)

Greco

Grobyc

Korcha

Poshul

Radius

Van

Team B:

Marcy (Leader)

Irenes

Luccia

Mojo(y)

NeoFio

Pip

Starky

Team C:

Glenn (Leader)

Funguy

Janice

Karsh

Orcha

Pierre

Zoah

Team D:

Fargo (Leader)

Draggy

Leah

Mel

Skelly

Turnip

Zappa

Team E:

Steena (Leader)

Guile

Macha

Nikki

Riddel

Sneff

Sprigg

Ending Part 3

Thirty-five people appeared at the edge of Chronopolis. There were many robots inside and Lynx was in there somewhere. The group knew that they had to go in there to buy time for Leena and her group.

"Like, how are we going to get in?" asked Marcy.

"We fight our way in," answered Steena. "I believe we should divide into teams. It will be easier to infiltrate Chronopolis that way. I will lead a team to fight Lynx. This time, it is I who will emerge victorious."

"I will also be a team leader," said Viper. "I have experience leading the island of El Nido. I also used to fight when I was younger."

"I will be a leader," said Fargo. "I lead a band of pirates, so I am good at fighting, too."

"I wish to be a leader," said Glenn. "My father and brother were leaders and I intend to keep my family's tradition alive."

"Does anyone else volunteer to be a leader?" asked Steena. "Five teams would be best since five teams of seven is thirty-five, which is how many people we have."

"Can I be a leader?" asked Marcy.

"No," replied Glenn. "You are a little brat not fit to be a leader."

"I want to prove to everyone that I am not just a little brat. I want to show everyone that I am capable of doing this," Marcy announced, her voice calmer than usual.

"I think Marcy would make a great leader," said Fargo. "I mean, she is my daughter; leadership runs in the family."

"I too think Marcy should be given a chance," added Riddel. "She had some idea what was going on with Serge, more than most of the people on the island."

"I trust your judgment, Riddel," said Viper. "I would also like to see Marcy have the chance to prove herself."

"Marcy's team will infiltrate the core of Chronopolis," said Steena. "Viper, Fargo, and Glenn, you fight the robots and open us a path to the center. My team will go after Lynx. I would like my team to be magical and have the physical fighters keep the robots away. Marcy's team should consist of those who are swift and can avoid the robots."

"I don't think she is capable of infiltrating the core," said Glenn. "I will take my team to infiltrate the core."

"No," said Steena. "You are needed to fight the robots. Marcy is small and quick so she is better at infiltrating the core."

After some debating the teams were formed. Marcy's team consisted of Mojoy, NeoFio, Irenes, Starky, Luccia, and Pip. Steena's team consisted of Guile, Riddel, Nikki, Macha, Sprigg, and Sneff. Viper's team consisted of Radius, Greco, Poshul, Van, Grobyc, and Korcha. Glenn's team consisted of Karsh, Zoah, Funguy, Janice, Pierre, and Orcha. Fargo's team consisted of Draggy, Leah, Zappa, Mel, Turnip, and Skelly.

"Before we split up, I want each leader to have one of these." Viper held up five badges.

"What are they?" asked Glenn.

"Some communicators that the Porre Army left behind," answered Viper.

"Ah, I recognize them," said Fargo. "You attach it to your clothing and you hit it and talk into it." Fargo held one of them and hit the button. "Can you hear me now?"

Each of the buttons communicated Fargo's voice.

"Like, amazing!" exclaimed Marcy.

Each of the leaders attached the communicator as they entered Chronopolis. Several robots were in the lobby. Lasers were fired in the direction of the group.

"We should split up," advised Viper. "Someone needs to distract the robots to let everyone through."

"Glenn's and Marcy's teams, go through the right door. My team and Fargo's team, go through the left door. Viper, your team fights the robots in this hall to let us pass," Steena ordered.

"Why do I have to follow Marcy?" whined Glenn.

"Glenn, do as Steena says," said Viper. "Time is of the essence."

"Oh, okay..." Glenn said reluctantly as the teams split up.

Viper and Radius charged at one of the robots. It fell into a pile of rubble.

"Just like the old days," said Radius.

Greco and Grobyc pounded the robots with their gloves, each of them taking out more robots than the other's combined.

"Let my amigos pass!" yelled Greco.

"My-friends-will-pass," said Grobyc.

Poshul dug at the ground and managed to kick up some sand into the robots' optical sensors. While the robots were blinded, Van threw his boomerang at them and knocked them to the ground.

"I can't letCHA win!" exclaimed Korcha as he attacked the robots on the ground with his fishing lure, hitting them on the head so that they would be disoriented.

Viper and Radius swung their weapons at the remaining robots until they all fell apart into scraps.

"Well, we took out all the robots guarding the entrance," explained Viper, tapping his communicator. "I will keep my team here to guard the entrance. I am unsure if reinforcements are coming."

"There are many robots ahead," noted Steena, tapping her communicator. "I believe this is where Lynx is. Viper, guard the entrance; do not let anyone else in."

"I will fight this set of robots. Steena, go find Lynx," said Fargo. "Leah, can you throw the robots at me?"

"Um... sure. Why?" asked Leah.

"Just do it," ordered Fargo, who unsheathed his sword.

Leah ran up to the robots and threw them at Fargo. Fargo began slashing the robots. One robot was cleaved and then another one. Leah threw the third one at Fargo, then said, "Four comes after three!" and threw a fourth robot at Fargo. Fargo stopped slashing, his technique finished.

"So you finally learned to count, Leah. Good for you. Now Steena's team can get through and we can finish fighting the rest of the robots," Fargo praised.

"Leah, hop on my back," said Draggy.

"Um... okay." Leah hopped on Draggy's back as they began to attack the rest of the robots. Leah swung her axe at the robots while Draggy breathed fire at them.

"I can't let the bad guys win," said Zappa, who swung his massive hammer like a golf club at the nearest robot and smashed it with his great strength. The robot flew into the wall and exploded. Luckily, nobody was hurt.

Turnip and Skelly took turns smacking the last robot with their weapons. Mel noticed what they were doing and threw her boomerang at that robot causing it to fall apart. Mel grinned as Skelly and Turnip started to chase her around the room. Leah and Draggy soon joined in the chase.

"Well, at least we are done here," remarked Fargo, tapping his communicator. "It looks like Steena made it through. But it appears that Draggy's fire breath has melted the door shut. Make sure Marcy's group reaches the core."

"Yeah, yeah, I will," replied Glenn, tapping his communicator. "But we just found some robots on this side of the building too."

"I can't dodge them all, Glenn," said Marcy. "You need to fight so my group can reach the core of this place to shut it down. Can we call a truce?"

"Oh, okay, Marcy. Since our mission does come first," conceded Glenn, as he pulled out two swords from their sheaths.

"I'll try to get through. You just kill the robots," Marcy instructed as she started to head for a small doorway in the back.

"In the name of Garai, I will punish you!" yelled Glenn as he swiped his swords at the nearest robot.

"Zoah, lets rock!" exclaimed Karsh.

"RIGHT," agreed Zoah.

Karsh then ran up to a robot smacking it with his axe. The robot flew right to Zoah, who performed a spike on the robot, slamming it into the ground and breaking it into pieces.

Janice banged on her drum with her carrot. The robots stopped to listen to the music, which sounded suspiciously like the song "Beat It". Funguy and Orcha then smacked them around with their axe and frying pan. Pierre laughed as the robots started doing the Moonwalk.

"Pierre, go beat them up!" yelled Janice, as she continued to play "Beat It" on her drum.

Pierre pulled out his hero blade but looked clueless. Just then, Zoah spiked a robot onto the end of Pierre's sword, destroying the robot.

"Moi has defeated the robots," declared Pierre.

"Yeah, sure Pierre..." humored Glenn, who had just finished killing the most robots of the group with his Einlanzers. "We are done here. But we cannot follow Marcy's group. The door is too small for some of us to fit through. No offense Orcha, but you need to lose weight. I'm sorry about the bra thing, though."

"It's okay Glenn, I'm not mad atCHA," said Orcha.

"I wonder if Steena's group is okay?" pondered Glenn.

The party of eight champions floated away from the disappearing rift and into the darkness of the space beyond reality. All around them was a sea of black, yet they were able to see each other as if illuminated by an inner light. Scattered around them in every direction were dim stars, their light swallowed up by the darkness. The scenery resembled diamonds in a pool of ink.

"Where do we need to go?" wondered Miki as she gazed at the patterns of stars.

Before Leena could open her mouth to answer, Razzly's scream rang in their ears. All heads turned to the fairy to see her flailing her arms. Her face was scrunched in panic and tears were falling from her eyes. "Get it off! It won't let go of me!"

Orlha stared at Razzly but could not find her assailant. "I don't see anything, Razzly. Where is it?"

"I see it," Norris stated as he pulled out his gun. "Razzly, don't move!" The fairy obeyed as Norris raised his gun and aimed carefully at the space in front of her. A small yellow ball of energy accelerated out of the gun and collided with Razzly's hidden assailant, revealing a monster latched onto her body. It disintegrated into nothing and left behind a cluster of green orbs that took flight into the distant stars.

The sprite relaxed her arms and let out a sigh of relief. "That monster was absorbing my energy-hee!" she cried.

Doc tended to Razzly while the others took in what just happened.

"Those green orbs were the absorbed energy from Razzly," observed Schala "Kid" Zeal.

"Where did the orbs go?" wondered Norris, putting his gun away.

"I'm sure they went to wherever the monster came from," Miki speculated.

"FATE," Harle explained. "FATE iz ze dominant being outside of reality. Zat monster must be one of itz minions under itz control. Ze monster travelz through space abzorbing energy for itz master."

"That makes sense," Orlha noted.

"You seem to be quite familiar with the space beyond reality, Harle," Schala observed.

Harle nodded in affirmation. "Oui. Like vous, I waz a traveler of ze vastness of ze ot'er zide. Alt'ough I am not az familiar with zis world az vous."

"Yeah...I doubt anyone has spent as much time here as me," Schala sighed.

"My apologiez, Mademoiselle Schala," the jester said while bowing. "It waz not my intention to bring up unpleazant memoriez."

"That's alright, Harle. We're not leaving this space until FATE is eliminated and Serge is safe, so I have no reason to dwell on the past."

Doc finished his examination of Razzly and found no injuries, just a spooked out, drained sprite. The physician easily restored her energy with a spare Tablet. However, as soon as his job was done, another scream pierced the air. This scream was followed by several more. Startled, Doc turned to his friends but felt something icy cold touch his back when he did so. He then had the unsettling feeling of his life being sucked out from him and frantically waved his arms in a vain attempt to detach the monster from his back.

Orlha had an easier time ridding herself of her shadow monster, as it had attached itself to her arm. She merely punched it until it vaporized, blue orbs erupting out of its transient form. Realizing what the orbs were, she quickly reached out and touched them. They disappeared upon contact and the barmaid was rejuvenated.

To Orlha's left Leena had just swung her frying pan like a golf club against the monster secured to her legs. The remaining orbs shone of every color like soap bubbles. She also touched them. A second later Leena flinched as another dark fiend attacked her, this time on her back. Orlha, seeing this, raced to her champion's aid, pulled her fist back, and killed the beast with a devastating punch. She nudged Leena backwards so that she would reabsorb her lost energy.

"Orlha, thank you!" Leena said with a sigh of relief. "We cannot afford to stick around here; we must find FATE as soon as possible!"

"Yes, you're right, but where is FATE?" Orlha asked.

Harle teleported a few feet away from her original position and threw her darts at the fiend that had tapped her energy.

"Leena, do vous recall Serge'z last wordz?" Harle questioned.

The champion killed the shadow on Doc's back and replied, "Yes. He said, 'Where stars cross fate.'"

"Zat iz w'ere we will find FATE."

"So...at the intersection of two stars, we will find FATE?" asked Orlha after assisting Miki in killing her attacker.

"Yes," Leena verified. "That was the meaning of Serge's clue."

"Dude, we figured it out! Awesome!" rejoiced Doc.

Norris shot the remaining shadows. "Now we have to find those two intersecting stars from a whole sky of stars. How the hell are we supposed to do that?"

"Aahhh!" Miki screamed. Another wave of shadow monsters had reached the group and one was presently lapping up the dancer's vitality. Before any of the other shadows could attack, Leena unleashed an element. The beasts were not easily seen in the darkness of space, but they were not invisible. They were solid beings that could vaguely be seen by the stars they blocked from view. The black monsters, Miki's assailant included, were all pulled into an equally black mass where they disappeared forever. In front of Miki, all that remained of the beast was a couple of red orbs. The dancer reached out to touch them but Schala held her arm still. The orbs floated away into the distance.

"What did you do that for?!" Miki demanded, upset at losing her energy.

"Don't lose sight of the orbs! Everybody, follow me!" Schala "Kid" Zeal called as she took off after the red orbs with the others right behind. "Remember, those monsters are FATE's minions. These energy orbs should lead us straight to the crossed stars and FATE!"

"That's a clever idea-hee!" Razzly commented.

"Ah, I see," Miki realized as Doc gave her a Tablet. "I'm sorry for my outburst. Just warn me next time?"

"Sure thing, Miki. Sorry about that," Schala laughed.

Soon enough, a light brighter than the surrounding starlight came into sight. The light steadily grew brighter as the party floated closer to the source. They were not using physical force to drift toward the light; their will was guiding them there. It quickly became apparent that the light actually had two sources.

"There they are," Leena discerned. The two stars shone brightly ahead, their light crossing each other in the shape of an "X."

"Yeah! We know where FATE is now! Let's get it!" Miki enthused.

"Hold on!" Norris interrupted. "This is the final battle, so we can't rush heedlessly into the fray. We must be prepared for what awaits us."

"Equip your elements wisely," Leena advised. "Remember that we need to play the Chrono Cross melody to free Serge." The rest agreed and began selecting their elements.

Harle found the element Guile had given her. 'Monsieur Guile gave zis zealing element to moi becauze 'e believez it will be uzeful. I t'ink it will come in 'andy,' thought the jester as she equipped the element.

"This is it: the final battle," Leena began. "Our actions here will determine the future of the universe. We have the means to stop this oppressor from attaining true power and we cannot lose this opportunity. Our strategy is to use Harle's sealing element to prevent FATE from interfering with our melody. You all know the order of elements. Schala will then use the Chrono Cross to separate Serge from FATE. This must be done before it crosses over to reality. Any questions?"

"I cannot uze zis element at ze start of battle," Harle added. "FATE must be weakened first or it will break t'rough ze zeal."

"Right," Leena agreed. "Give it all you got but leave at least one element of your affinity for the melody."

"This is so exciting-hee!" Razzly exclaimed.

"I can already feel the adrenaline pumping. We're ready, Miss Champion, and waiting for your order," Norris said anxiously.

"Then let's go save the universe!"

By: Alanna82 and TenkoStar17