"After Ahri... Danny... went into the space-time storm...!" Kuri stares ahead blankly. "I'm going after him! I'm going into the space-time storm too!"
"Kuri!?" Clockwork says. "No! It's too dangerous! You can't even tell where you're going!"
"If he went, I'm following him! I'm going to get him back! Danny!"
"We don't know where he went, or how far he's gotten," Clockwork says. "Dark holes in time and space can open up anywhere. It's impossible to find anything in this storm!"
"I'm going, Clockwork."
The wind blows heavily.
"No matter how far you go," says Sam, "it looks like everywhere's the same." She looks forward at a wave in the distance. "Where does this way lead?"
"I don't know," says Clockwork. "Nobody's gone through there before. It's not allowed. It goes deep into space-time. From here, it's much darker, and the storm is stronger. It supposedly sucks in everything, and makes it vanish. Here, if you want to know the point you're at, you must have a space-time key. Without one, in this place beyond the flow of time, you'll be left to wander aimlessly forever... That shockwave, and storm... I feel the Fledgling may have run into something. It pulled her along somewhere..."
"Well," says Tucker. "That must be where Danny went!"
"Then they're not together..." says Kuri.
"No," says Sam. "He has a strong sense of responsibility. He keeps his promises. He's definitely with Ahri."
"Kuri," says Tucker. "Do you know why Ahri's so important to him? It's because Ahri is your sister. That's what he's thinking about. He went after her because we're with you. That sister of yours is so important to him. He's doing everything he can to protect her."
"I know..." Kuri says. "If only he thought of me like that... I want to be with him... Why is this happening? Finally... I thought I could finally be with him... But we've been torn apart again..."
A swirl appears in the air.
"What..." says Clockwork. "I'm getting some reaction. Who's there!?" In a flash of light, a black ball appears. "Moggle!?" Static fills its eyes, and it beeps erratically. Clockwork picks it up. "It's broken."
"Ahri must have sent it here," says Sam.
"She takes Moggle with her everywhere," says Clockwork. "What's happened? Fledgling!? Where are you!?"
Kuri suddenly loses consciousness and falls over.
"Kuri!?"
Xxx
Dan and Fright Knight lie on the ground in total darkness. Dan sits up. "Where am I?"
"Uhh..." moans Fright Knight. "My friend..." Fright Knight looks around and sees that they're in a black cavern, with rocky walls. "Oh no... The underground prison?"
He hears a voice. "This is at the foot of the Darkness's reactor. It was dangerous above ground, so you were brought here." The woman with red hair appears in the shadows in a black dress. "The reactor was beginning to meltdown."
"It what?"
"The power of the Ultimate Power triggered it, speeding up the fusion reactions. So with the crystal, and the recent explosion, fires started on the planet's surface with the fusion reactions. Unbelievable energy was released. It's because of you, Fright Knight. You were using the reactor to get the power of the Darkness, and that brought about the reactions. The planet grew. Now, this planet Dominion is matchless."
Dan looks at her forehead. "The Dominion mark... Who are you?"
She smiles. "The Xar will tell you. Come, follow me." The woman leads them ahead, soaring through the darkness.
"Are we falling inside Dominion?" Fright Knight asks.
"The core is the heart of the fusion reactions, where it's dark, cold, and quiet. Twisted space created by the negative power of the Darkness. The end of space-time, from which the Xar rules."
They approach a glowing dark crystalline structure. "That will be your new castle, the Xar's Dark Castle."
"The Xar's castle..." thinks Dan. "Has he always been appearing from this twisted space...?" He looks at the woman, who resembles Kuri. "She looks like..."
"Just who are you?" he asks.
They set down on the ground. The Xar sits before them. "Welcome to our castle," he says.
"You've been hiding this place from us, Xar," says Dan.
"Prince Dan, Fright Knight, have you been introduced to my pretty Fledgling?"
"The Fledgling!?" Dan thinks. "It can't be! That's the Fledgling!? But how!?" he stammers. "That body...!"
"Pardon me," the woman says. "The Xar's will is absolute. This form has the true will. So instead of being misled, you can follow the right path. You should know that. Have you forgotten?"
"So... The Xar has been somewhere else... Xar! Who are you!? Show me your true form! What on earth are you planning to do!?"
The Xar's eyes glow from under his hood. Light shines out from his body, filling the room. Waves surround Dan and Fright Knight. "My will is absolute," he says. "You will do as I say. Carry out my intentions."
"Yes, Xar," they say. "We will carry out your intentions."
The Fledgling holds out a black earring. "Take this stronger earring of the Darkness, a mark of your sworn loyalty to Dominion, a symbol of the power of the Darkness."
A crystal floats in the Xar's hand. "The Ultimate Power. With the Fledgling, I have finally gotten it. But why isn't it sending out light? Where is the power it showed before!?"
"If you aren't the Ancestor," the Fledgling says, "you can't use it. That power belongs to Kuri."
"I see," says the Xar. "But the power from before... was from the crystal carried by the Kuri of the past. In which case, we will have to get Clockwork and Kuri. We will get the two Ultimate Powers of the future and the past! You should be able to do that easily."
"I will, Xar," says the Fledgling. She brings his hand to her face. "I will present the two to you immediately. A simple task."
Dan crosses his arms. "the Manor is not easily penetrated. Besides, we don't even know if the power the Fledgling brought is the real thing. You trust her rather easily, Xar."
The woman looks angrily at him. "You'll see when I capture the Charmed Ones. I've put another Darkness monolith into the planet Earth. That will make Kuri herself appear, and she will kneel before me."
"If you do that," says Fright Knight, "the planet will be destroyed."
"It doesn't matter, if we get the two Ultimate Powers, and the bodies of the Charmed Ones and Kuri. I already have what I want." She gestures to the man in a tuxedo beside her. "The man I love, Dan." She hugs him tightly. "Prince Dan, Fright Knight, with that earring, you can transport freely. Prepare for the attack on Earth!"
"Look, Fright Knight!" says Dan. He looks up in the sky. "Dominion is glowing so brightly... It's such a huge planet."
The Fledgling stares into Dan's blue eyes. "I have you. Finally. Nobody can come between us. You'll be mine forever." She reaches up and kisses him deeply.
Xxx
Two people appear in the distance. A man with dark hair embraces a woman with red hair.
"Dan?"
The woman looks back.
"Ahri?"
Kuri stares ahead. "Darkness everywhere... Where is that?"
Xxx
She sees the four girls leaning over her. "Everyone?"
Tucker walks into the room. "You're awake?" she asks. "Are you all right? I heard you were exercising, and fell from the horizontal bar. Did you get a concussion?"
Kuri jumps out of bed. "Tucker!?"
"Everyone's here having tea." Kuri looks around. "This is... my room," she thinks. Moggle lies on the floor. She picks it up and tosses it into the air. "Moggle!?"
"Lady..." it says. "Lady..."
"We had Tucker fix it," says Sam. "Kuri-chan, you overused your power, and you collapsed. Remember? Once we returned from the future, we came back here."
"You glad to be home?" Sam asks.
"Kuri, you were snoring," says Tucker.
"I was not!"
"You were, you were! We had to hold your nose."
Ahri runs into the room. "Hey! You're all here to play!"
Kuri pauses. Her imagination.
"Kuri?"
"I... I can hardly believe this... We're all back together again. I'm so happy!"
She smiles sadly.
"I'm happy, but that's selfish... Without Ahri here... this house is so empty..."
"Kuri! Kuri! Hey! I brought Moggle to school! Everyone wanted it! Hehe!"
"Oh, you're hopeless," says Tucker. "We're all trying to cheer you up."
"You're starting to talk like a true sister, Kuri," says Tucker.
"I will find those two somehow," says Kuri, "and get them back safely. Just like all of you, they're so precious to me. I want to borrow your strength."
"You've become strong, Kuri-chan," thinks Sam.
Sam walks over to Tucker.
"Sam?" he says. "What are you staring at, just standing there in a daze?"
"Oh, Tucker," she says. "It's Kuri... Suddenly, she looks older somehow... I was a bit startled."
"She's different now."
Xxx
Danny approaches the center of the Manor, and the graves of his family.
"Kuri... Bring peace here. Please. Your sister... the fledging was... You saved Kuri with your power. I felt your effect on her. My family couldn't use their power in the future. The past. Was it you that released its power? My Ancestors...I need your strength. As I am, I can't do anything. This planet keeps decaying. Ahri and Dan are lost... And... ancestors, why can't you bring us peace?"
"You're still obsessing about what happened, Danny."
He looks down and sees Boggle, the mirror to Moggle. "Boggle...?"
"If we're ever really in a crisis," she says, "The Ancestor will surely come to save us, just like they helped Kuri. Right now, Kuri's injured body is being healed in the past. She's storing her power for when that time comes. That Kuri hasn't returned is a sign that she's really okay. Clockwork is worried for you. Cheer up."
"Clockwork?"
"Danny," Clockwork says. "Soon the day when the Kuri becomes your wife will arrive. No matter what, you must give her your protection. Kuri is important to me. She's our only Ultimate Power. I want to do everything I can to protect her. I want to give her my love."
"We'll rescue Ahri safely for sure," says Boggle. "Then we'll restore this planet to its former state, a planet of peace."
Danny pats her. "Thanks, Boggle."
Xxx
Kuri waves as the others leave her house.
Sam looks into the sky. "The red glow of the sunset..." she says. "Like blood..."
Kuri stares at the sun. "Danny... Ahri...! I hope you're safe..." A key falls to the ground. "The space-time key..." A bright burst of light flashes. The space around Kuri distorts. "What's going on!?" she says. Buildings in the distance waver. The street moves under her feet. She holds her shoulders. "My body's being ripped apart!" She falls down.
"Are you all right!?" the others call. "What's happening!?"
The key glows. She picks it up.
"Kuri!"
"The space-time key..." she thinks. "Is it Clockwork calling? Oh no! Is there some emergency in the future!?" She raises her arm into the air and her power glows around her.
Along with her, the group gathered.
Xxx
"Clockwork!" Kuri calls.
"Kuri!"
"What happened? There was a shock all the way in our dimension."
"Kuri," Clockwork says. "It's serious..."
The wooden space-time door slowly opens, revealing the landscape of the future Earth. Kuri gasps as she sees a pair of black monoliths in the wasted planet's surface.
"There's... a second Darkness!? The Dominion struck again!?"
The Fledgling enters the shining Manor. She approaches the graves. "Ultimate Power," she says. "Sister. Wake up. It's me."
Danny rushes into the room. "Who's there!?"
She turns and looks at him. He gasps as he sees her face.
"It's me," she says. "Ahri."
"Ahri...!? It can't be...! But... Only those of the Fenton Family can enter Fentonworks... But that body!"
"I changed." A crystal hangs from a chain in her hand. She holds her hand to his face.
The Moggle ball beeps in alarm.
Kuri runs into Fentonworks. "Danny!" She stops abruptly. "Who are you?" She remembers the woman in the darkness with Dan. "You're..."
"Have you forgotten me?" the Fledgling asks. She grabs Kuri's arm and reaches for her heart.
Her chest glows brightly. The Fledgling quickly fades out of the room.
She reappears and falls to the ground. "You can't keep me out of here," she says. "I do have the ability to enter this palace. You treat me like an invader, trying to remove me from this place."
"Fledgling...!?"
She stands up. "Once that name suited my appearance. But, I'm no longer the one of before. Xar."
The Xar appears behind her.
"I am the queen of darkness. I was chosen by the ruler of darkness, the Xar. I have been reborn as the queen of Dominion, the planet of darkness."