Sprx had been running for his life for untold amounts of time when he came upon a door. Without taking the time to think about what could be on the other side, he opened it, jumped through, and slammed it shut. He immediately began to search for a lock, but there was none. Otto burst through, knocking the red monkey onto his back. He sealed the door with dark energy, then activated a saw and was about to strike, when he saw what was in the room. Or rather who, as he was looking at Frus, who was dodging strikes from three huge snakes.

"It's just a matter of time before we catch you," hissed one. Frus responded by hurling a blob of liquid metal at its face. The serpent was able to shake it off before it could harden, and seemed not to care about the intense heat.

'Otto, forget this insignificant piece of filth. I have a plan,' came Eganrac's voice in Otto's head. The green monkey grinned.

'Frus, do you want to know how to defeat these creatures?'

'Yes; what do I have to do?'

'Serve me.'

'And who are you?'

'I am the darkness.'

"Get away!" Frus yelled his answer and struck out at the nearest serpent. He slashed through its body, which stopped it for a second, but it was like waving his hand through a mist. The snake was instantly whole again.

Otto jumped from bookshelf to bookshelf, watching the fight. Then, he noticed something else.

'Frus.'

'I told you to go away!'

'What if I said that I could help you protect Ivy?'

'Ivy is safe where she is!'

'Do you really think that your meager hiding place will save her?' Otto silently jumped down to where Ivy was and shook her awake. He then jumped back up to where he had been.

"That scent. The smell of fear, I smell it again!" said one snake. He darted straight towards where Ivy was hiding.

"Okay, I give up," whispered Frus. Suddenly, dark energy began to fill him. His fur began to lose its color and turned a dark, sickly gray. Frus summoned his Phoenix Talons instantly, and they, too, were tainted. Frus struck at the snakes, striking them all in under a second, even though they were in different parts of the room. They faded away.

Meanwhile, Vrust had been pounding on the door, creating as many weapons as he could control at once and using them as well as his version of the Phoenix Talons. Eventually, he broke through.

In world of the living, Saga was messing with wires in the Super Robot. Having decided to take matters into his own hands, he knew that he needed to try and find out exactly what had happened. After a good bit of time, and doing partial transformations of his body so that he would have the tools he needed, Saga had gotten control of every surveillance camera. He ran through everything that had happened since an hour before he had sensed a problem.

Once he found out what had happened, Saga simply vanished, leaving everything in disarray. He appeared on top of a large building. Just as he prepared to leave and try to find someone who could trace where portals had gone, he saw a familiar shape. It was a huge man wearing all black.

"You!" said Saga. Before he could say anything more, he noticed something different about Morgue. On his back were wings of purest white.

"Hello again," said Morgue. He then charged his palm with energy and rushed over to Saga, placing his hand on Saga's face. Saga started to lash out in an attempt to defend himself and saw that Morgue was gone. Saga looked around and saw that he was in a very strange, very dark place.