The next day, everything, and everyone that Payne rid the Earth from, had reappeared. Payne hadn't noticed; because he was crossing the Great Plains, looking for the strongest power source he had felt since the day before, were he lightly felt the presence of a formidable power on some other world flash for a few minutes in his power sense. However, he wasn't focused on aliens, he was interested in a much smaller, but closer power level pulsing somewhere ahead. The power turned out to be three people. One was a small elderly man, floating in a meditative position. Another was a calm looking muscle-bound man. The other was a 21-year-old woman with blond hair. All of them were raising their power levels as high as possible. The elderly man was called Psyche. The muscle-bound man's name was Pecs. Moreover, the Blond girl was Magnum.

Pecs: "Master Psyche, are you sure this will work?"

Psyche: "The warrior can sense our energy. I feel him coming now. Do not take for granted that we were the strongest fighters until this being rose. We should be the greatest power, and the greatest threat that he has seen outside himself. He will come to eliminate us, and in this unoccupied environment, we can fight without worrying for safety of other citizens."

Magnum: "You need to respect sensei's judgment Pecs, he has never steered us wrong."

There was a small figure on the horizon.

Pecs: "Is this the warrior master?"

Psyche: "Yes, he is stronger than I have imagined."

Magnum: "But master, his power is miniscule, nothing at all."

Psyche: "Do not be deceived, for I have the power of inner sight. He is hiding his power well. Do not let your guard down at any moment."

Max Payne arrived at blinding speed and stopped 20 feet in front of them. He looked down at the ground. Then he pointed at them, and laughed maniacally.

Psyche: "Wait for him to make the first move."

Pecs: "But master, if what you're saying about him is true, he could wipe us all out before we had a chance."

Psyche: "Do not question me apprentice!"

Pecs: "We need to take him out NOW!"

Magnum: "WAIT!"

Pecs charged at Max, but as he swung his fist at him, Payne had vanished and left an after image. He reappeared next to him, and Pec's hurled a volley of punches at him, but Payne easily dodged every one. Payne grabbed Pecs's arm after another punch, and twisted it. Pecs hollered with agony. Then Max chambered his leg, and side-kicked Pec's three times, and then released him. He charged an energy beam and launched it. Pecs helplessly rode the beam until it hit the ground and dissipated. He lay, barely conscious on the cold earth. Psyche floated down to him.

Pecs: "Master Psyche, I'm regretful of my haste, please forgive me."

Psyche: "No more talk, just recover strength."

Pecs: "Yes master."

Psyche flew back to the fighting area. He seems deeply annoyed.

Psyche: "Now you know his strength. Outsmart him."

Magnum: "Yes sensei!"

Magnum flew her hands forward, and eight crystal shaped balls of energy surrounded them all. She created another one in front of her.

Magnum: "SPECTRUM BEAM!"

She launched a small ray of energy into the energy crystal in front of her. The ray passes through the crystal, straight towards Payne. Payne dodged it, and the beam kept going. Then one of the border crystals passed in front of the beam, and deflected it back at Payne, but this time the beam had split into two beams just as powerful as the first. Payne, who had never seen an attack like this, muttered a "HUH?" before one of the beams hit him in the face. The second beam continued to copy itself every time Max Payne dodged it. Every once in a while, Payne would take a hit. Eventually, there were so many beams in the air that every time he dodged one, he ran into the path of another. Soon, all that could be seen was a massively intense glow. Then, Magnum put down her hands, and all of the beams dispersed. All that was left was a dark cloud of dust.

Magnum: "Hah. He was no match for the Spectrum Beam. Let's see if what's left merits an open casket."

Pecs: "(Cough) Heh heh, way to go."

Psyche had a focused, concerned look on his face.

Magnum: "Master, he is, dead right?"

Psyche: "As educated as I am in Inner Sight, this is the first time I have felt a perplexity. There is no presence of one living being, but there are two. However, the being that we have fought is alone. Therefore, this cannot make sense. Besides this, I cannot determine if the warrior is alive or not. For all beings alive and dead still shine with an aura of life, even if it is very weak."

Then, Payne's silhouette was carved through the smoke. His eyes quickly shined an evil red, and from his eyes spawned two laser-like rays. Magnum made a large gasp, and fell to the ground.

Max Payne: "You gave me a bad itch."

Pecs: "MAGNUM!"

Psyche darted for the ground, and floated next to Magnum, who was still alive but barely breathing.

Psyche: "Magnum san, you must stay focused. Relax your body and tighten your mind…"

Psyche held his hands over the wound, and rays of light recreated the charred skin, leaving a scar.

Psyche: "You and Pecs must find safe place to heal. I must do my part to restore peace to this Earth."

Psyche floated back to his battle position. This time Payne pointed his finger and begins to fire countless energy beams. Psyche, still in his meditative position, dodged each one with vanishing speed. He reappeared above Max, and his eyes glowed blue. Then, a gigantic piece of rock lifted, and broke itself from the ground, lifted above Psyche. Psyche put his hands upward, and broke it into a few hundred pieces of 5x5 foot rock. He sent the stones hurling like cannon balls at Payne. Max Didn't move. The balls hit him perfectly. A rocky explosion sent shrapnel hurtling in all directions. Then Max appeared seemingly unhurt behind Psyche.

Max Payne: "Nothing I know will break my bones, but stones will never hurt me. Heh, heh heh."

Psyche darted to a safer place. When he was outside 30 feet from him, he turned around. Psyche sent a torrent of energy beams from his hands. Payne formed a large shield of energy around him. The beams exploded on top of the shield, but no damage was done to Payne. Payne stopped making the shield, and instead put one hand in the air. He charged a red energy ball, which grew to the size of a truck. He laughed through a closed mouth.

Max Payne: "I'll crush you like a cockroach in the night!"

He launched the ball forward, and at surprising speed. It almost met its mark when there was a whooshing, and shattering like noise. The ball that Payne had sent was destroyed. Payne, and the other three warriors, looked stunned as they searched the horizon for the disturbance. Then, they all saw three figures floating about a half mile away.