Darkness Triumphant

A/N: So at this point, series one ends. Why? Because this is more then likely going to be a long series. Like Apocalypse Game and Star Wars: Revised, there are points where one has to stop and start with a new part. So that's what I'm going to do. Oh yeah, and I own nothing really, except what I make up.

Chapter Nine: The End of the End.

Marcus had evolved into some demi-demon creature; my omega wave attack had activated him. Now he was absorbing the energy and still morphing. I had two options right now and none of them looked good. I could either attack him with my full power or I could implode this building and hope to mercy that he'd die in the resulting explosion, but both of these options opened up the fact that he'd absorb and still become stronger. So I blinked out and found myself in the field that we'd first came into. The three robots were nowhere to found, but I had a hunch that they were busy doing something.

"We need to unify and attack him all at once," said Gandalf coming out of the trees, "Otherwise we're going to die."

I laughed, "yeah, and he'll just absorb the attack, and we'll all be dead," I said, "No, we need a better plan."

I felt around for the zones which would connect to Justice Gates, which would in turn activate the three Judgment Gates; the Gate of Justice, the Gate of Truth, and the Gate of Eternal Darkness. These three gates when activated could stop anything and send them to the Phantom Zone.

Princess Fiona then came towards me, "Trust me, I tried to find the Cecilian Gate, it's impossible, whatever the creature formally known as Marcus has done, the gates are inactive."

A large boom and the building imploded. All of us turned and looked to see Marcus stand up now as a large giant. Red lines running his entire body, I recognized his form, it was reminiscent of Darikobamarkamon, one of the legendary Dark Grand Masters faced by the second Generation.

All of us, turned and fired. Harry Potter and his friends fired red bolts of energy, which I realized at the time was one of the three, and by one of the three I mean the unforgivable. Gandalf's power staff shot off fireballs, but yet nothing happened. He just absorbed all our energy and laughed.

"GIVE UP HUMANS AND SURRENDER!"

I stood my ground, but his retaliations were fierce and harsh. He struck back at us and we all went down. Then I went down as well.

Three hours later.

I woke up and found myself in the air; I looked around and noticed we were all in the air. Then I looked around saw we were eye level with Marcus or whatever he was. I couldn't move and neither could any of us. He had us in some kind of paralysis, and was waiting til we all woke up so he could absorb our power. The only people he didn't have were the three robots. My guess is that he'd probably destroyed them, which was a shame.

"I have won humans," He said, "You will now all be absorbed and The Darkness shall rule!"

"Then you're going to need lots of tums after this," I said, "Because we're going to give you an ulcer!"

"Laugh all you want to humans," he said, "But I will have the last laugh!"

"Oh really," cried someone, "You forgot about us then!"

I looked to see Siegel, Banpei, and Cat; they were carrying something, it looked like a rather large stone.

"Puny half humans," laughed Marcus, "You will be destroyed first!"

He let loose with an attack, but nothing happened, he tried again, but nothing happened.

"How!" He wailed. "HOW!"

"By the powers that be, activation of the Rosetta Stone!" Cried Banpei.

Immediately a wash of power came over me and we all broke free, Marcus tried swiping at us, but we dodged him.

While they were doing that, I flew down to see what the heck the trio had found.

"This is the Rosetta Stone?" I asked, "But I thought it was destroyed long ago by Napoleon."

"All but one part," said Cat, "apparently if you can recreate most of it and have the one part, then it becomes the Rosetta Stone."

"The text is different," I said, "It does 'upon the powers of the guardians, shall we bestow the Phoenix to fullness and the Gates shall be open!'"

Suddenly power shown all around as the powers of all of us, from Calvin and his friends, from Keichii and the Goddesses, from Gandalf and co, from the three magic users, from Jason and co, from Pet Force, from Archie and his commandos, powers coming all into me and the three robots. The next thing, the robots were forming into something and I was being drawn into the power.

"Phoenix Ascendant……………..Robots……………merge to become…………..Phoenix Megazord!"

I felt weird as I became part robot, but what was weirder was the fact that this felt normal; like the Phoenix gene had done this before. The only people who didn't have power glowing were Sara and Toby, but they apparently had some protective energy cocoon about them because Toby was shooting off big arrows left and right and Marcus was getting pissed. As for the rest of the group, they suddenly transformed as the Rosetta Stone came up into the air around them.

"This ends here and now Marcus," We shouted, "For too long has the Darkness held sway, and now you, the Grand Dark Master will be destroyed and then the final battle can happen!"

"You wish to defeat me child?" Laughed Marcus, "You'll have to do better then that Halfling!"

We smirked, "With pleasure………………..SUPREME BLAST!"

The blast didn't go at him, so it was no surprise that he flinched, but instead it hit the stone, which then sent radiant light out towards all of the group, like a wheel, with Marcus in the middle.

Us, as a robot, we were around the height of maybe…..15 feet, while Marcus was somewhere in the vicinity of 100 feet. So the wheel around him was large.

"What is this?" roared Marcus, "What is this!"

We smirked, "This is Judgment Gate, the Ultimate Gate!"

"That is impossible," roared Marcus, "The Ultimate Gate is the Grave Gate!"

We smirked, "You have yet to see full power of anything, Harald," drawing a bead on him with a spirit blast, "You'll have time to learn in purgatory, why it's wrong to challenge the light."

"This is preposterous," roared Marcus, "There is no way for escape for me!"

We smiled, and were about to respond when a strange red light appeared from somewhere else and hit the gate. It looked like it came from the remains of the building. Then we saw that other lights had joined it as well, all of Marcus' people were corrupting the gate so he could use it. I….We lifted a hand to fire bomb, but it was too late, Judgment Gate had been corrupted, to the point of where no purification would fix it. Marcus had activated Traitor's Gate.

"Now," he roared in happiness, "Witness the power of the Destruction!"

He harnessed the Gate, and it disappeared, reappearing as a red circle on his left arm. His eyes were now golden color and power rippled through the air as he let off steam. I looked toward Jeremy and his people, and they had already started running towards the jungle. Garzooka and co, and Harry and his friends were making a stand from the forest. Peter Fox was looking at a manual on something, while Jason was constructing a giant laser…….A laser? Okay. Sara and Toby were still in their cocoon. I reached out, but couldn't feel anything. Gandalf and company had run for it, they were in the forest. Susie, Calvin, Hobbes, and Mrs. Whiskers were providing support for Jason, and as far as I could see, Archie and Co had vacated the area.

Suddenly I felt a telepathic twinge; it was Sara trying to reach me.

"There is still a way to defeat the Dark one," she said, "But it involves The Grave Gate and Ultimate Sacrifice."

"How?" I mused, "We don't have enough power as the robot to make a sacrificial pentagram."

"Jason and his brother are using magic laser," she said, "once activated with the correct setting, the pentagram will be made.

It made sense now, the laser looked a bit weird, but I understood now why Sara was in the cocoon; it was to make Marcus not notice us. He saw me as a Halfling and not as a robot, which also meant he didn't see the laser.

"It is ready." She said

The pentagram took 3 seconds to complete and it was all correct. We split up, because I needed to be in the circle completely in the flesh to make The Grave Gate active.

I felt the program parameters running, and now I understood how Bell or any other of the Goddesses or Demons felt when using a pentagram. Soon I was completely hooked up, and the pentagram glowed.

"Operational parameters required," stated a spiritish voice

I made the connections mentally, "Gate activation, full complete takeover."

"Gate requirements active," stated the voice, "State prep name."

The Grave Gate was now active to me, the password would be simple.

"Step ladder to cannon fodder."

I almost thought it coughed, but it answered, "prep complete, full activation……..now."

I felt the power flow through me, and I was no longer Phoenix, but The Grave Gate. We merged with the remaining power of the Judgment Gate which was not yet destroyed and which with was still holding Marcus in it's remaining vestiges.

"WHAT IS THIS!" Marcus roared in pain as he felt the restrictions in place again, "WHY THE PAIN!"

Voices of eons of ages, from the past of usage of The Grave Gate answered. "We Are Judgment Final, We are The Grave Gate, behold the judgment that has been passed on you Harald of Darkness!"

Soon a shimmering and the gate was opening, power seeped through, pulling both me and him into its maw. But Marcus was still resisting, and the only way to stop that was to activate the Grave part's power.

"Eon's of Age, Darkness resists the power which judges, help thy servant with the task at hand."

Explosions could be heard around the gate as Marcus suddenly felt his power crumbling, all around the area things were blowing up. Everybody else, who hadn't run to the forest, was running. Sara and Toby didn't, they moved up higher into the air to escape the power.

Finally, it was done. Marcus let go and was pulled in. We were being pulled in as well.

Epilogue.

Everybody watched as we were pulled in. I stopped long enough to look, then I said these last words; "Gracious that it was, I have done the task at hand, the first part of the darkness has been destroyed, and you are safe for the moment; now I surrender my leadership to Sara and Toby, may you live long and prosper."

Then I was gone.

Everyone looked and cried, the whole island was gone to ruin, but for the moment the world was safe; all the worlds would be for a while till the darker powers that be learned of the destruction of the Harald.

The End of the First Series.