Tales of The Cosmic War EXE Vol: The Secret War Beyond Good and Evil!

by Darth Necron

Five years after Ben Auro saved the universe from Chaos Zannacross Necron he is still helping try to guide the people to a better place alongside his lover Lacus Raystar. However they must reunite with their friends Mario,Cloud Strife, and others as everything they work for is threatened to unravel at the hands of the reality-destroying Incursion at the hands of the Beyonder!

4. Chapter 204: Days of Future Past

Chapter 204: Trekking through Days of Future's Past to find the Malice Beyond the Darkness!

After a flash of light blinded Ben, for many moments the Enji Knight wondered if he was dead. For a few more moments he felt his entire body be twisted and pulled and he nearly felt like his body was going to shatter for a bit, till everything suddenly felt normal again. As the light faded Ben winced a bit before muttering,"What...what was that? Are...are we in Heaven? Did, did we all die?"

Suddenly a bubbly female voice giggled before interrupting with a candid,"Don't worry chosen one you did not die, in fact you guys are the only ones in the entire universe that did not die! You guys really cut it close though, only a few more moments and timing might not exit to go back in!"

Ben winced and opened his eyes. As he did he saw a pretty, young looking female with pinkish-red hair and pink/purple skin in the same kind of robes he saw the Supreme Kai wear.

As Ben coughed violently for a few moments he got on his knees and looked past the woman to see a green sky above, along with a golden metal construct all around the area that nearly looked like a giant bird cage.

Ben then saw a small dome like house to the right, a larger white temple with a giant tree in another direction, and saw that all of those that were around him right before the Beyonder unleashed his last attack, including Beerus, and even the Tri-Edge were all around him.

The brown haired man then blinked to make sure his eyes were working before he blurted out,"What...what happened? Did, we get blasted into, some planet? Was, that Beyonder's attack not as powerful as he thought?"

The pink haired woman crossed her arms before responding with a cheerful,"Oh it was even more powerful Ben Auro. Like I said, all of reality was on the verge of shattering, thankfully we re-winded a bit to a place that's some place more peaceful. I get that your a bit groggy from what you just went to but if its not clear yet, you guys just time traveled thanks to Whis's quick thinking."

Ben winced and grasped himself to make sure he was coherent before Link took a deep breath."Don't worry Ben, she is telling the truth. I know you were focused on that gigantic demon but, right as your efforts failed this Whis fellow empowered my Ocarina of Time, and with his and the other angels help I was able to use the Song of Time to send us all back in time to escape the imminent Armageddon.

I'm just glad it worked, my thanks for your help sir Whis. I do admit, things do seem a tad different this time. This does not look like the Temple of Time, nor where I was three days ago."

Whis saw everyone looking confused before he just laughed and glanced at his wand."I'm just glad Hyrule's hero of time's music skills were not rusty or things might have gotten a tad...dicey.

That being said, your correct that this is not the Temple of Time nor the Sacred Realm. Like I said before...desperate times called for desperate measures so both Vados and I amplified and merged your spell with are own to ensure we all went back in time.

All attendants of God's of Destruction's are given the power to magically cast a"Temporal Do-Over " in case a God of Destruction gets to impulsive. But while we can flow back time, it only lasts about three minutes, clearly not enough to matter in that crises. However, with the help of Q and Zelda we were able to enhance the Song of Time enough to take everyone back seven days."

"Seven days?" Ben blurted out as he looked around."We went back a week in time? But, this place does not look like anything Bajoran. Are...we on the other planet?"

The woman in Kai clothing laughed before leaning forward."Yes silly, but not the one you think! Your on my planet, my home! I know your all still a little um...traumatized but you really should feel privileged because very few in the entire history of the universe get to step foot on the Supreme Kai of time's home, the Time Nest!"

Ben and the others expressed various shocked reactions before the owner of the Star Sword walked up to the pink woman."The...Time Nest? Wait, so your the Supreme Kai of time or the Supreme Kai of Time's secretary? Sorry...its just I don't remember hearing about this before even after all the places we seen in heaven."

As the woman got flustered Vados chuckled."True but the Time Nest is a very isolated place from the rest of heaven Ben Auro. Never the less she is indeed the Kaioshin with the title of Supreme Kai of Time herself, Chronoa. Hero's...this is the place were all time in all of the universe is monitored, where all of history has been monitored.

"Wait, I thought the Axis of Time," X threw out,"the place that Zannacross took over was where all time was stored?"

Chronoa gave a sheepish grin before she pointed at the sky above her."That's not wrong, but I hope you realize that time is a, very big thing to cover, especially when its all the time in existence! The Time Nest here has the Time Vault, where everything that flows through the Axis of Time can be seen as authentically as if you were their.

Because, as the Time Nest is able to link to any moment in time...one can enter any point in time. That's how you guys were able to enter here, Link's Song of Time, combined with Whis and Vados's Eternal Recurrence spell to warp directly across the flow of time to my not so little home. Based on how rapidly things were dying, it seemed the most secure bet."

Hiryuumon widened his eyes before blurting out,"Wait, so we really went back in time? That's awesome! Wait, if you angels could always do that then why wait till now? This seems like something that could have really helped when we were fighting Zannacross. We could have saved a lot of our friends, and missed a lot less snacks!"

Chronoa saw Ben and Lacus were still in a daze before she sighed."See this is why this place is top secret even to most in heaven. Most people have something they wish they could change, but tampering with time is very dangerous even if its done with the purist of intentions!

For the record, if your wondering why I was a no show with everything involving Zannacross well, its because he knew full well about this place. To say the least he had a "administrator" access to here and could have counteracted anything I did with his own magic.

I had the place on lock-down so that he could not kill you all the moment you were born! He was about to assimilate this pocket reality, thankfully you guys stopped him before all of time became his to command.

As a show of my thanks I added to my many duties a never ending diligence on his seal to make sure he never gets a chance to do that again. You see, even without someone like Zannacross wanting to rewrite history, sometimes history needs patching up all by itself.

That's why, time travel and those who glitch history are something me and my elite time patrol unit make sure to over look all matters of history being corrupted."

Sonic raised a eyebrow before reacting with a coy,"Hold the phone here missy. I'm not doubting what you say but going around in time can't be that hard cause I pulled it off before! Back when I busted up Egg-man's operation on Little Planet I went to the future just by running fast! Then there's all the stuff that went on with Sliver and all the time traveling we did in Soleanna!"

Mario stroked his mustache before adding,"Me and my a brother also traveled to the past to team up with are a younger self's to fight those rude Shroobs!"

Link then looked at the Ocarina of Time and closed his eyes."No disrespect Supreme Kai of Time but when I talked with the Six Sages they did not act like going through time was going to "Break" the realm by itself either. And I remember others like Squall and Cless talking about their own adventures through time to confront their foes."

Chronoa saw everyone talking before she got flustered,"I'm not saying people have never gone through time before you know! I'm well aware of how each and every one of you have messed with the timeline! As the Supreme Kai of Time I'm aware of everyone that ever has and ever will alter history!

Look, this is tricky to explain but try and listen. The thing is that not all time errors are created equal ok? If the time anomaly makes a stable loop then it does not threatened to glitch up the flow of time to much.

I'm going to wager most of you are to tired and traumatized to absorb a full debriefing on how Tachyon particles and Chrono Breaks alter history.

The most easy way I can explain it is that, in ways the flow of time to the universe can also be seen as the way blood flows through most organisms bodies. Like how a blood clot can kill someone, a " time clot" can break time in theory.

Like, Link your cases of time travel was not to bad because it was a fixed point between the present and the past in a cycled loop across Hyrule's time, with the Temple of Time being a anchor to keep it stable.

I know your friends with Goku and Vegeta, Vegeta's son Trunks also created a semi stable loop when he back to the past in his world to save Goku from a heart virus to help everyone survive those tacky androids...even if it was kind of a sin.

Still, those instances are not as bad as when that gaudy Sorceress Ultimecia tried to cause Time Compression, when you stopped that Solaris deity form merging time Sonic, or when I stopped that blowhard Demigra from taking over this place on behalf of Zannacross. See, those and other cases where time itself would become tangled because of jerks like Vandal Savage, Kang the Conqueror and the rest of the timely troublemakers .

When time goes out of order in a loop, at least its not to messy. Like, what I mean is, see you all traveled seven days back in time, but because the link was stable and done vie here, you don't have alternate versions of you running around.

Sure...I bet a lot of your friends might be confused, but not as confused as their suddenly being two of you. Then again since your here they won't be confused because you guys can return the second you left!

Its not a perfect process but it mostly works. Better then the way Zannacross had it. When he was in charge he would send time wraith demons lead by a arch-demon of time Savitar and his "Black Racer" to bring death to those that broke the taboo.

Still, he was a tad ruthless about what was seen as a taboo and Cosmos wrestled control of policing the time stream away from him. Also, don't ask how their was a force that looked over time before us, its another tricky time thing.

Its not always Zannacross though, sometimes its just someone stumbling into power and not using it correctly. We nearly had a time collapse when a man named Barry Allen caused a " Flashpoint" and rewrote his world's history by going back in time. Trunks...had a headache sorting that mess out, it was so big we came up with code Fifty Two just for it to make sure that never happened again.

Anyway most of theses attempts were one way or another influenced by Zannacross, who wanted to alter things in a way to break his seal. However, even HE would not want time to be destroyed completely.

While he might want to alter the past, even as things stand now, while he could linger on in a shattered universe, even he could not exist in a place where time did not exist altogether.

Welp...I guess I been rambling for a bit eh? The gist of it is that I know you guys would like to go back in time to save someone but it can't happen. Not like I enjoy being a kill joy! Its just that letting you do that would mean more harm then good when you saved the person you cared about only to create a time paradox that would cause you to suffer even more and even maybe cause things to go to hell or for things to outright collapse altogether! So...did you all get that?"

Most of Ben's friends just looked at each other before Yoshi raised his left hand."Um, Yoshi got lost after you started talking about time like it was a heart. Is this all that time Yoshi has one of those heart attacks?"

Chronoa saw Kirby, Hiryuumon, Sonic, and a few of the others nod in agreement before the Supreme Kai of Time then face-palmed."Ugh...I'll just give you all the text book. When you have a lot of time to yourself you have a lot of time to write. At least Cosmos and Trunks and a few others enjoy the books."

The Supreme Kai of Time was about to go on before Lacus suddenly cleared her throat. The winged woman had been silent since the group arrived but she suddenly looked at Chronoa with sorrowful eyes."So...everyone that died...is alive again?"

Everyone saw how traumatized Lacus still looked before Whis smiled."That's right Lacus, everyone from your mother to Champa is right where they were about a week ago."

"But...does that mean that being is going to attack the universe, and kill everyone? I, I felt millions of people screaming out in sudden panic before they died in fear! How did this happen? How did after we worked so hard, in less then a hour everything we were trying to do, everything in existence was shattered? Was, was it our fault? Was, I not trying hard enough?"

Ben saw Lacus quivering before he leaned down to hug her."Lacus...I don't know what's going on, but what I do know is that this was not your fault. We were caught off guard and somehow the forces of evil were still lurking around to cast some very nasty revenge. However they are not going to get away with this.

Its good to have friends in high places, and thanks to them we know they are out their and we are going to stop them, no matter what it takes. I'm sorry that freak the Chaotic Comedian hurt you so bad Lacus, I swear, next time I see him he won't be laughing. Do...you trust me?"

Ben saw how shaken up Lacus looked before she looked in to his eyes, and hugged him hard."I know you will Ben. It nearly broke my heart feeling all of those souls shatter all over, feeling so powerless. But, I can feel them all now, they really are alive. And, we have to make sure whatever drove those monsters to do such a thing are not allowed a take two.

So about that, Supreme Kai of Time I'm very grateful you helped save us all and prevented the absolute destruction of everything. But more then anything I think we really want to know who caused this.

It would take a being as powerful as Zannacross to destroy the entire universe, but this, Rabum Alal, this Beyonder seemed to be able to destroy everything even faster then Zannacross. How, could such a entity just appear out of no where?"

Beerus coughed a bit before he shot Whis a dirty look."I'm rather keen on finding out where a being that could over power a God of Destruction was hiding! I thought you said that Zannacross was sealed for good and he took all the forces of darkness with him? Was that another lie to?"

Chronoa looked troubled before she turned around."Look, we don't know everything but we are not completely clueless about what, or who attacked. But, I think someone else can explain this a lot better."

Before anyone could react a golden owl with a long beard flew out of the building behind her and flew in front of her. As the owl cooed Chronoa smiled."Ah they are ready? Great! Follow me everyone!"

Link looked a the owl intensity before he raised a eyebrow." Is...that owl a relative of Gaebora?"

"Heh...not quite hero of time."Chronoa threw out." This here is my good friend Tokitoki. This is even more special then your owl friend, because he is a celestial life form that can sense disturbances in time, and can act as a natural time machine!

Like...he sensed something was up with this Incursion mess before the bad guys even acted! Sadly...I just thought he was acting up till he was hungry till it was to late. Well...that's all the more reason to fix this so follow me everyone!"

Ben saw Chronoa eagerly march forward before he wearily staggered to his feet. As he saw the others follow the Kaioshin he saw Lacus breathing heavily and struggle to move. The Enji Knight quickly squeezed Lacus's hand."Are you ok? Your wounds from the Dimensional Nihilo General still hurt?"

"I've endure worst Ben, but I do feel, violated on a personal level. Maybe its just the trauma. I do know I used nearly all the energy I had in me to try and stop them, and failed. For all the progress I made, its taking all I can to keep my body together, let alone move."

Before she could move Yoshi saw Lacus in pain and turned around to whimper."Aw...don't feel to bad about what happened Lacus it really was not your fault! Yoshi knows the bad guys were being even more sneaky then usual! Yoshi knows we will stop them once we know what they are up to! So don't worry, rest while Yoshi carries you!"

The green dinosaur licked Lacus lightly across her cheek, causing the woman to smile."Thanks Yoshi, I'm grateful for that."

Lacus slowly got to her feet and nearly fell down before Ben caught her, a action that briefly reminded her of her current state of dress. As she blushed she covered herself with her wings."Oh...with everything I nearly forgot about how damaged we got. Sorry...I don't have the energy to cast a spell at the moment."

"I don't either, but don't worry, thankfully the Tri-Edge is in one piece. I'll get stuff from Moz...once I catch my breath."

Samus saw Lacus looking embarrassed before she smirked."You can if you want kid but don't feel you have to on are account, we all seen how many creatures of the universe are and are not prudes about it."

Sonic wagged his finger and winked."Don't sweat it man your as dressed as I am after all. You guys went through a pounding so just relax for a while till your better and don't sweat the small stuff. C'mon, lets see how we can fix this mess!"

Lacus saw everyone looking in agreement before she just smiled."It is nice to have such understanding friends, I'm so grateful you are all with us for this. Ok, lets go."

Tails then looked like he forgot something before he went up to Ben."Its not much but I saw this fall while you guys were fighting that Beyonder guy! Its the medal King Atem gave you, guess the joker guy knocked it off you right? Well, not sure if it will come back when we go back in time but seemed like something to not lose."

Ben saw the two tailed fox hold up the Ultimate Champion of Light medal before he winced."Thanks Tails, I own you one. This medal, I failed to live up to what it stands for, but no matter how powerful this Beyonder is, I'm not going to let him get away with, with what he plans to do!"

Beerus heard him and rolled his eyes."If you plan to do it stop talking about it and do it already! Don't make me even more in a bad mood then I 'm already in savior!"

Ben winced and walked with Yoshi as his dino pal carried Lacus into the temple with the tree on top. As they followed the Supreme Kai of Time inside they saw a floor made of golden crystalline structure in a wide round chamber that looked like a temple, with the pillars looking like golden and platinum hourglasses with energy flowing through them.

Ben and the others saw a giant white crystal with smaller crystals acting like arms of a clock, slowly moving. As all the crystals in the room shimmered with light Chronoa saw all the awed faces and looked proud."This is where all of the history of the universe is stored, if you look long enough you can find any moment in time!

Alright, the abridged version is that the storage of time itself is the Akashic Record, the crystal matrix like construct that contains all data of the past, present, and future. I control it with my magic using the Astrolabe feature of the Akasha Stratum.

The members of my Time Patrol can use it to encase they spot something looking fishy, and can correct a time aberration before it gets out of hand.

We got two whole cities full of time agents,Gallifrey and Conton City. Might sound big but, since heaven has all the good people across time its still rather small. The Akashic Record uses the cosmic or, stellar memory in ways, remember that from that Castle Oblivion?

A long time ago celestial ones worked with humans on being able to understand time,using that "Center-point" crystal. In fact Metron and a few of the other angles you met helped them.

It was not the only place, places like the Temple of time and the Kingdom of Zeal were such places that celestial ones and humans interacted with.

However, the place that those under Xemnas called Castle Oblivion was one of the many exterminated by Zannacross's forces because they were seen as threats to his rule. As a example, say, here is you passing the exam to get into the Enji Knights Ben!"

Chronoa had her eyes glow, before the smaller roundish crystal in front of her, the Astrolabe glowed and one segment of the room had a thread of energy go into the roundish one.

A large image appeared in front of the Supreme Kai of Time, showing Ben tricking a mono-eyed Gear Golem machine to falling into lava to past the physical part of the entrance exam.

Ben and Lacus squeezed hands before the brown haired male cleared his throat. "Its cool that this really is a place to see all of history and all, but with all due respect I'm still confused. If all of this can really see all of history, how were you not aware of the Beyonder?"

Before Chronoa could answer the light in the room suddenly got much brighter before another female voice, filled with compassion and sorrow responded."Its a complex answer Ben, but to put it bluntly... the Akashic Records indeed sees all of the history of the universe, but it can not see what happens outside of it. Therefore, at this point of time we have concluded that this threat is from outside our universe."

A golden light shined out of the room before a woman with long blonde hair and light blue eyes. She wore a form-fitting full-length white dress with an ornate golden crest and blue stones around the waist.

The design rose to her collar where it split and went around her neck as the clasp on her dress, then going down her back to loop around her waist back to the circular crest.

She had bracelets, armlets, earrings and a tiara but no shoes. She carried a light yellow shawl around her arms, and wore a veil extending from her tiara with the same design scheme as her shawl. Everyone eased up as the woman descended, for she was Cosmos, the supreme being of light and the official ruler of heaven.

As the holy being landed she gave a soft smile."My children, I'm so glad your alright. I'm so sorry you had to endure such sorrow."

Lacus smiled back as she got off Yoshi."Cosmos...I'm glad to see your alright as well. If the universe was really dying then you were dying as well?"

"I was."Cosmos responded somberly,"But thanks to the actions of Chronoa my existence did not unravel. Still, make no mistake...not just the physical realm but all realms were on the verge of total collapse."

Ben grasped the Star Sword tightly before he stepped forward."Its was...traumatic to say the least. After five years of peace I admit we were a little rusty. Still...I should have known Zannacross would have attempted something so demented for revenge. Whatever he has done, he is not going to get away with it!"

Cosmos looked dismayed, before suddenly a firm male voice cut in with."I know its hard to accept Ben, but trust us. We made sure but this Incursion was not the work of Zannacross."

Ben saw a few more portals of light open before a angel he knew well,Gabriel Celeste walk forward. A few more angels he knew, a angel with gold hair named Adam Warlock, a angel Metron with blue armor, and a angel with curly white hair and a very pale complexion.

He was squinting, giving him a sleepy appearance and white make-up/eyelashes around his eyes. He had a red and black striped shirt with a frilled undershirt.

The curly haired man Ben did not know, but he did get happy seeing a older man with a top hat enter, causing him to get excited."Gasper! Glad you been doing well since we last talked."

The deceased soul that was the former Guru of Zeal nodded before responding with a polite,"For as much time I spent frozen in the Darkness Beyond Time, it is much more enjoyable helping keep time stable. I'm glad the Supreme Kai of Time would let me and Spekkio assist her in her ventures."

Ben smiled before he looked around."Well, that's all well and good but, are you all sure that this is not caused by Zannacross?"

Cosmos waved her hand before a screen showed a image of a golden crystal, the crystal where Chaos Zannacross Necron, the embodiment of darkness himself was sealed.

Ben could see that more angels, the half Digimon half angel Royal knights, were all hovering around the crystal along with dozens of other holy beings.

Cosmos then looked more confident before she closed her eyes."I know its hard to believe but we checked in every possible way, and as far as we can tell Zannacross has not moved form his seal, his aura has not seeped through a inch. Aside from that, as far as we could tell, the way the universe was being destroyed was being done in a way that would kill even him.

Remember, he wanted to merge all of existence into himself, but this time everything was just being erased, even if he would survive, it would be in a even more fractured state then when he tried to cause the realms to collapse after you destroyed his fused body.

While I would not deny the depths of his madness might have pushed him to even greater lengths, there is another reason I don't think its him. While we indeed did not sense this enemy till he attacked, when he did, while altered, it was a aura I knew, from very long time ago, at a time where the universe was not finalized."

Everyone looked shocked before X blurted out,"Wait, you know of this Beyonder Cosmos?"

"At one point a time Megaman X. Its rather simple deduction really, the only logical being with power naturally on par with me and Zannacross, aside from the Supreme Being, is the Beyonder.

This Beyonder has many names, U-DO, Rabum Alal...Zeno...and others but the one I know him best as is as my son, my pure son, the first true off spring between me and Zannacross."

Everyone looked shocked before Lacus reacted with a puzzled,"Your, first child Cosmos? But, are we all not your children?"

"It would help to be more precise. You see, when I mean my first son, I mean before both the humans and the angels, before we even finalized existence, before we learned how to diffuses are power properly.

Existence itself was still in a raw state, me and Zannacross both were still learning a great many things, and we just wanted to experiment with having someone else to talk to. Thus...we both divided our power and essence, to make in essence, our child.

Since we were still learning things, we were far from ready to raise a child, especially a child that had both the power to create and destroy on such a grand scale. To put it mildly, it was not a family that was in harmony."

Cosmos then waved her hand before a glimmer of light shined in the corner of the room, and shot into the center. Moments later a new image played, and everyone saw stars being vaporized in a instant by a giant orb of purple light. As the light fired on stars of white and red, everyone saw cracks in space itself. Cosmos's eyes then hardened as she looked at the angels around her."

The Beyonder was beyond me and Zannacross in ways, he had are power, and since the concept of children and parent was new he thought reality should be molded to how he saw fit, and so we fought for dominance over all their was. But, since he had our power, we could not kill him, not without destroying everything. However, we found a loophole.

We created lesser beings, the first angels, to attack him while we distracted him. Even if they were weaker then us, they were so small that the Beyonder thought they were just more creations, till they attacked.

In a complex way, they distracted him so that we did the equivalent of a lobotomy, we destroyed his consciousness and exiled his body to a isolated reality. Ben...Lacus...you recall the realm Zannacross sent you to beyond hell, the Darkness Beyond time?

We cast the Beyonder in a realm like that, a realm completely isolated from anything, even time itself. Its a state like where Zannacross is sealed currently, but the Beyonder was brain dead as well. The ordeal we went through with the Beyonder was what first got us to think about giving are creations limited life spans. "

Ben took another look as he saw the recollection of a large purple humanoid shape being forced in to a white vortex before he raised a eyebrow."

"So let me get this straight, your saying that this Beyonder has been brain dead since before the universe was even finalized, and has been sealed in his own dimension since?

Well, I can't say for sure but something seemed to happen since he was very alive and conscious when he was destroying all of existence like it was nothing! Besides that, what was with all of his henchmen? Did, some part of the forces of darkness not die when we destroyed Zannacross in his final form? On top of that, some of them looked like people we knew!

One guy looked like Goku, another looked like a younger, more bratty version of Kal-El, others looked like people I never heard of while some, seemed a lot more familiar."

Metron cupped his hands before responding with a collected,"Its been puzzling to us as well but we do have some theories. All in history who had more darkness in their hearts then light did indeed die with Zannacross, that did not change. However, you must understand the full scope of the Beyonder's powers.

Its well within his capacity to create his own life forms, worlds, even entire realms. Are theory is that something, possibly Zannacross's defeat, caused him to awake. Perhaps he was not at full power yet, its unclear how long he observed the universe. One theory is that he found a way to access cosmic or stellar memory, and create copies of people by feeding on thoughts, dreams, and memories of the universe.

The fact that he had agents indicated he was, is not omnipotent. He needed his servants to hide their actions, indicating that as devastating as his attack was, it was not something he could unleash on a whim."

Adam Warlock nodded before he walked up."While we had limited time to research the replaying of a future we are trying to undo, we deduced that the " Incursion ritual" was not mere theatrics.

The Beyonder may have had enough power to push his agents, human sized individuals and objects into the mortal realm, but did not have the power to do so, to attack from the outside.

So vie his proxies, the Black Swans and Dimensional Nihilo Generals, he had bombs go off that eroded the very boundaries of time and space, and tore a hole in the realm itself to interject his realm with our universe. They did not seem to attack the Bajoran planet randomly.

Somehow it must have been a singularity with the Beyonder's own realm, a anchor of sorts. When the Beyonder himself broke through to you, its because he opened a direct link to his essence, one where he could bound all the realms and attack them at once, causing them to collide and shatter."

Ben remained calm as the angels described what they knew. After Adam Warlock finished sharing his part the owner of the Star Sword grasped his blade tightly."So, from what I''m hearing, there is still time, and that he can be beaten? Well if he waited till a week from now to attack, then lets gather everyone and hit him right now to finish this before he gets the chance to go through with his!"

Ben saw the angels look conflicted before Gabriel turned around."Trust me Ben, their would be nothing more I would like to do then have all of heaven descend to put a stop to his madness. The problem is, we know where he will be seven days from now but we have no idea where he is at the present time.

After all, he is completely out side the universe. Not just the mortal realm, but all of the various dimensions that makes up all there is. Well...most of what is existence at least."

Cosmos nodded before waving her hand to showing a picture of pure whiteness." The realm were Zannacross and I sealed the comatose Beyonder was like the void, total nothingness. Some how when he awoke he was able to detach himself from that reality, and must have moved somewhere in the white space between dimensions, some where that I can't sense."

Lacus looked dismayed before she walked up."Wait, your telling me we can't do anything till he strikes? I thought this place has the entire history of existence stored within? With the stakes so high we can't use all of this to find him?"

"Well...as I said before Lacus, time can be tricky." Chronoa responded as she gave a uneasy burst of laughter."See, things from outside the flow of time in the universe, and things related to it may not always be recorded.

Aberrations in time don't always get recorded to, because like, they are glitches and all. That's why all those bad futures guys like Sonic, Link, and others like your friend Squall went through were the future, but also not the future.

Sometimes these, lets say, parallel timelines can keep existing as their own separate parallel dimensions, it depends on how sturdy the "branch" of time is. So, the point is that the Beyonder being awake might itself be a aberration in time.

Not sure if it was some after effect that Zannacross caused when he fell but well, it is a rather big problem."

Cosmos saw Ben and the others dismay before she smiled."Don't despair everyone, we do have some ideas on what to do. Its not the Beyonder itself but we did notice a oddity that did not make sense, till now."

The image above then changed to a new planet, a blue one. The image closed in before it showed a large corporation with a device that looked like a giant high tech mirror."After Zannacross was defeated, on the world of Rieze Maxia the CEO of the Spirius Corporation, President Bisley Karcsy Bakur, has been working with President Max Profitt Haltmann of the Haltmann Works Corporation and Reed Richards of the Future Foundation to collaborate on a machine called the Access Ark, a machine meant to be able to travel through dimensions.

Their attentions all seemed pure so we assisted them with their research, and made sure they would not cause a rift between heaven or hell or something of the sort."

Metron then pressed a few buttons on his mobius chair before he added,"They in-fact used the Kingdom Hearts machine that organization lead by Xemnas as a blue print and attempted to make a, less malevolent version. We did not follow the first few who entered their trial run.

They seemed to come back from the " Phantom" zone without any problems, but maybe that's not the case. You were not aware of this but the Bajoran world was not the only world linked to this Incursion ritual.

The capital of the Lylat System, Corneria, Rieze Maxia, and a few other planets across the mortal realm acted as a universal constellation to open the portal for the Beyonder to descend.

Yet another reason that it might be best to begin the search in the Spirius headquarters."

Zero was one of the many who had raw determination burn in his eyes."So you think they made contact with this Beyond psycho and that's what started this? Well, sounds like its the best place to start. If we find anything we can end the party before it starts!"

"I'd recommend the Enji Knights try and expose the link first." Cosmos said as she put her hands together."If the Beyonder senses my aura, he might get enraged and cause devastation. We were lucky that the Beyonder does not have a full understanding of his power.

When we sealed him away he did not even have a firm grasp on the concept of time. As Chronoa said before, turning back time would not have worked with Zannacross for he would be aware and counter act it. As of now, the Beyonder does not have as firm a grasp on the flow of time. However, that could change."

Ben looked resolute before he nodded."So in other-words we should not expect to just go back in time every time the clock strikes doomsday? Fair enough, we will just have to make every moment count. No matter where the Beyonder and his minions are hiding, we are going to expose them!"

The angel with wavy long hair smiled before he walked forward."Shinning Ones, we have not met before but I'm the celestial one Alcor. I have been impressed with how you evolved both physicality and mentally to overcome your struggles. I know you fulfilled your destiny and saved the universe from Zannacross, but we must ask you uphold your title once more."

"No problem"Ben responded with a thumbs up."I admit I did not expect a crises of this magnitude to pop up again. But now that it has, I'm not just going to run away from it because its difficult! Like I keep saying, I'm not going to let anyone erase the better tomorrow we are trying to build, even if that person has the power to destroy the entire universe!

That being said...their was no denying how strong he was before. Even if we were all tired, everything we had hardly made him flinch. If, if we are going to stand a chance, I need to be at the same level of power as when we fought Zannacross! That's why, is their anyway to get the Divine Mugen Nova and the Imperia Golden Crystal back?"

Cosmos looked conflicted before she paused for a few seconds."I understand you wanting to have the best chance of victory Ben, but please understand how difficult that request is. Don't forget, those items are still being used to keep Zannacross sealed. And any disturbance might risk him breaking free."

The image once more shifted to show the golden crystal that had Zannacross sealed. It then zoomed in to show a golden broadsword, the other half of the sacred blade that held the rest of Ben's power. Lacus winced as memories of how much pain she endured sealing the emperor of the Zannacross Empire.

She then grasped the crystalline necklace before she walked over and grasped Ben's hand."Even if Zannacross really is not behind this Beyonder's actions, I don't doubt for a second he will try the act the moment he senses he has a chance to escape. But, if we don't do something, everything will be destroyed anyway."

Cosmos saw how dismayed the couple looked before she smiled."Don't worry, we are working on alternate ways to be able to restore your full power, but it would take time.

For now, just try and uncover what the Beyonder is up to. By the time the moment of confrontation arises we will have something ready. Just, please be so very careful."

"We will Cosmos."Ben answered confidently."Just one more question, what about the Supreme Being? He seemed to be on a level higher then both you and Zannacross, is he really unable to do anything to counter act the Beyonder?"

"You must understand how seldom the"One Above All" appears Ben."Cosmos responded."We only talked a few times in the history of existence. I feel that like with Zannacross, the Beyonder is a part of him as well and can not be dispatched so easily."

"Maybe, but we will find a way to stop him." Lacus responded as she smiled confidently. Mario saw the determination in his friends eyes before he smiled."Don't worry guys. No matter how a strong the bad guys are we have your back!"

Luigi gulped before he looked around."Well, you always been more confident about this stuff then me bro. But sounds like there is really only one shot at everything not falling apart so might as well make sure we do all we can.

Well, speaking of that um, its a true honor being here and all Cosmos but, are we just going to get warped back to where we were with a snap of a finger? Are we going to remember any of this?"

Chronoa giggled before reacting with a amused."Don't worry, it will be a perfect time transfer, it will be just like how it was just with all the memories you had!"

Ben saw the rest of the Justice Force nod before he grasped his fist."Alright, if that's the case then sorry we can't get the full tour of this place but, seems we have work to do. Alright everyone, as soon as we are back I"m going to contact Master Myers and King Atem and the rest of the Enji for a emergency meeting. Lets make sure we are not caught by surprise again."

The other hero's nodded before Gabriel walked up to Ben."I'll meet with Atem as soon as your settled. The angels will help warp the Enji to the meeting place so that we take action as fast as possible."

"Thanks Gabriel, Cosmos, everyone. I promise we will make this work!"

Beerus yawned, and showed he had rebound from his fight with the Beyonder by throwing out a grouchy,"Enough talk, just do it! Even if Champa is no longer dead, this bastard made a fool out of me and he is going to pay!

I admit I don't have much patience for detective stuff so I'll let you and your Enji friends root out this punk so I and all the other God's of Destruction can give him hell! I do have one thing to tell you though before you go. I don't know about those other toadies but, I did recognize that guy posing as Goku."

"Wait so he isn't Goku?" Ben uttered as he looked confused."Not even a brainwashed version or a clone?"

"Well maybe a clone, but without a doubt it only looks like that fight obsessed Saiyan on the surface. However its another who took over his body, a fallen Kaioshin named Zamasu.

At this point Goku was already dead, but Zamasu was envious that a mere mortal, even a Saiyan could match the power of a celestial one. For a Kai he was lacking in humidity, and he was enticed by Zannacross to fight to make a new existence where inferior beings did not have power they did not deserve.

His teacher Gowasu, was to slow to notice how obsessed his prized pupil was getting, and he was one of the first to die when Zamasu helped Zannacross during his war to take full control of the universe. As a reward for his loyalty Zannacross fused Zamasu's mind with a enhanced copy of Goku's body and skill. Tsc...he chose Goku because he wanted to wield the body of the greatest sinner as some sort of twisted revenge.

Zamasu was one of the most fanatical servants of Zannacross aside from the seven Demon Lords, he was willing to do anything to help Zannacross create a reality without humans, beings who he thought were to sinful to exist.

Bah...punk was a melodramatic glory hog from day one in my eyes, but he was strong enough that it took your predecessor Seyia and all of his pal's combined power to stop him.

I think that was right before the showdown with Zannacross himself. Now of course he should have been gone with everyone else that was loyal to Zannacross. And that means, somehow the Beyonder was able to recreate him. When I was fighting I taunted him but he did not seem to remember me. That means he was not a perfect clone of the true Zamasu.

Not sure what it means for the others but it does seem that the Beyonder has not recreated the dead, just copied the memory of people throughout history to serve him."

Ben gulped before he looked down."So like the others fear, the Beyonder somehow has seen the history of existence and was able to recreate people merely out of memories? And you say he was strong enough to give Seyia, Siegfried, Serenity, and Kamina a hard fight? And, I don't even have the Divine Nova to rely on."

Lacus winked before retorting with a playful."Don't worry Ben, we will just have to find a way around it if we can't get our full power back by the time we confront him. Heh...for all his power he had quite a ego, at this point I think we know how to exploit upright villains like him right?"

Beerus saw how confident Lacus looked and chuckled."I see who is the real optimistic of you two it seems. Glad your not the type that sulks around for days, you have a deadline savior! Alright, don't fail to live up to my expectations again or I'll make the beating that jester freak gave you look like a massage!"

Ben looked troubled as he thought again about the face behind the Chaotic Comedian's mask, before he nodded. He then looked at his friends and grinned." Alright guys see you soon. Chronoa, thanks again."

The Supreme Kai of Time nodded before her hands began to glow."Oh its what I do and all. I'd say hope we can see each other soon but for me, soon is a tricky term. Alright hero's, time for a trip to where you were a week ago!"

Pillars of golden energy covered all the members of the Justice Force, and as the pillars glowed brighter Mario waved to everyone."Hope we all can meet up safely! Just remember to a...what? Mamma Mia...a week ago was right when Peach and I were having s..."

Suddenly a flash blinded everyone, and when the light faded Ben and Lacus saw they were back inside the Tri-Edge next to Hiryuumon and Moz. Lacus nearly tripped over Hiryuumon before Ben caught her. As she smiled Ben looked around and muttered,"Everyone remember what just happened right?"

His Digimon partner shrugged before throwing out,"Well Boss if you mean the sky falling and some Beyond jerk destroying the universe before we got bailed out and sent back a week in time so Cosmos could tell us her first son may want to destroy everything? Well I wish that was a dream because it sucked, but if its not a dream guess we can't ignore like most of my nightmares right?"

Lacus pet Hiryuumon fondly on the head as she smiled."Guess it worked like they said. Well...at least that part worked at least."

Ben kissed Lacus again before he looked at his portable home to make sure everything was still in order."Guess between Cosmos and the Supreme Kai of Time's powers it was as flawless as they said. Now we got to make sure we don't miss a beat. Moz...Donatello...you guys alright? You remember everything that happened?"

Moz flew up looking woozy."I've been here Kupo! Sorry for not coming out before. I wanted to see heaven but, all the bouncing around made me loose my lunch. I did come in to hear what Cosmos had to say though, after I ran away from that owl."

Max's former droid assistant then chipped in with,"I was online throughout the entire ordeal. Miraculously the data the Tri-Edge recorded during the attack is still here even though we clearly went back in time. This will be helpful in-case anyone wants proof of the crises that's to come.

I was doubtful at first, but it seems the Supreme Kai of Time is indeed able to preform flawless time travel. As a reminder we are a hour away from landing on planet Thanagar. I suppose I should send a notification that there is a change of plans along with the others like Marvados and Faykreed?"

Lacus nodded as she walked forward."Tell them we are sorry but there is something we must attend to. Hopefully the angels will handle the star on Faykreed. Well...so much for a relaxing party right?"

"Hopefully we will have a chance to have a proper party at Deep Space Nine, but for now we got to make sure everyone can have a party by the end of the week." Ben said as he grasped the Star Sword and his badge and put them on the couch."I admit, I wondered from time to time if we had any shot of making a lasting universal peace a reality.

I feared the people would hate me or something like that, I never thought things would fall apart so quickly. Maybe Beerus was right, I was getting cocky."

Lacus saw Ben's dismay and stroked Ben's back softly to give him a small massage."Come on now Ben, don't start doubting yourself. It was not like we were doing things incorrectly in guiding the universe to a better tomorrow, it was a hostile from outside the universe that messed everything up.

From what it seems we have not screwed up yet, just like everyone else, we got caught off guard by a enemy we did not know existed. But now we do, so now we just have to stop him in time."

"Well...its the most powerful enemy we faced besides Zannacross himself. Still...at the very least Cosmos made it clear that this Beyonder is not as experienced with his power. More or less we have to fight smarter rather then harder. Well...hopefully James and the others can think of something."

Before he could go on he heard his stomach growl. Hiryuumon then winced before he walked up."I hope so to boss. Still...I know we don't have to much time but we still have enough time to eat right? Its just...I think better when I'm not starving Ben and all the fighting and world ending stuff made me really hungry!"

The couple laughed before Lacus winked."Well I suppose we have to be able to focus as much as we can so, sure Hiryuumon. I'll call Master Myers and mother, then we will get lunch out. Might as well shower and get a little rest before all of this starts."

Ben playfully flicked back his girlfriend's hair as he leaned in."Makes sense. Heh...I remember we were in the shower just about now. I know we can't waste to much time but, think that at least some of what happened before is worth repeating?"

"Heh...guess you were impressive. Lets see how fast we can take care of things and take it from their ok?"

"Sounds good to me. Despite all that's happened...I'm not going to let this Beyonder freak me out. For all of his power, we can over come it as long as we all work together. As, long as we are all together on this. Lacus...when the Chaotic Comedian's mask came off, did it look like what I thought it looked like or was I just seeing things?"

"No...I saw his face to Ben, I could hear his voice."Lacus responded as she squeezed his hands softly."But...lets not jump to conclusions yet ok? After what Cosmos and Beerus both said their could be many explanations. Maybe, it was some crazy clone or something right?

Their are a lot of possible answers so don't worry. Despite our differences, I highly doubt he would willingly be on board to do something so horrible, no matter what happened in the past few years. Still...hopefully he will respond like all the other Enji. I thought we were going to have a big reunion at Deep Space Nine but, guess that's just a warm up."

"Heh...seems so. I have to admit despite the circumstances, I am happy to see everyone again. Just...got to make sure this is not our last meeting! First thing's first, might as well freshen up first. Er...if that's ok with you. I know you got hurt a lot by those psychos so if you just want to relax that's fine."

"Thanks for being understanding, but I would rather do something to take my mind off the pain anyway. Heh...always helps to remember what you cherish to fight to protect it right?"

The two quickly kissed passionately and allowed themselves to forget the impending crises for a few moments. But as soon as they felt rested they went to work contacting the Enji.

The angels kept to their word, and by the time Ben had contacted James he had learned Gabriel had already spoke to King Atem. After a few more calls the Tri-Edge changed course to return to Ben's home world, Corneria.

Despite the urgency Ben wanted to give everyone enough time to adjust, and so three hours later Ben's ship had descended to a place that had a extremely strong impact on Ben and Lacus 's life, the headquarters of the Enji Knights, the Hallowed Bastion.

Ben could not help but get nostalgic as he saw the large golden white blue and purple castle sitting around trees, a decent football stadium sized lake to its right, and a hanger bay in its back get closer and closer by the second. As Ben saw many airships descend he grinned."That's the Invincible and the, Albiore, and, the Neo Highwind! Did not think so many ships would show up this fast!"

Lacus could not help but giggle before responding with a playful,"You can't be that surprised can you? Your the one that told everyone a crises suddenly risks everything there is. Since are friends are mostly kind heroic guys and gals that care about stuff like that, its only natural they would respond right?

Besides, the angels are helping warp everyone to save time. Oh, I think I saw the Sliver Surfer near the Neo-Highwind."

"Well...glad everyone's taking this seriously even after so many years. Oh? Ah...looks like even as urgent as things are they want to roll out the welcoming mat."

Ben saw as the Tri-Edge was descending to its designated spot that Master Myers, James, and a handful of other Enji Knights like the pink haired warrior woman with the title of" Lighting" former PSICOM commando Claire Farron. As Ben, Lacus, Hiryuumon, and Moz descended from the landing plank the leader of the Enji Knights reacted with a firm salute."Ben, Lacus, Hiryuumon, welcome back."

"Its good to be back Grand Master. Glad your doing well."

"Oh I'm doing as well as my age allows me to Ben. Still, I've been proud of hearing of what you and Lacus have been accomplishing."

Ben then forsake formalities and gave the older man a hug."We been trying our best Rodimus, and just hoping its been the best we could do."

James casually rearranged his glasses before throwing out a wry."Even after saving all of existence you still doubt yourself eh Ben? Relax, your ventures have been quite the success. Even the late night talk show hosts are positive about your efforts. Well, as positive as feedback as you can get for one who's existence is putting down others and all."

Ben chuckled before he eagerly shook one of his best friends hands."Glad to see your still as thoughtful as ever James, hope you been well."

"Despite it being peace time...their always seems to be one puzzle or another to decipher. I succeeded in making the Crime Coefficients for the Sibyl System more flexible so there are less misunderstandings. "

"Heh...I know the feeling man. Still, great work, glad we are getting closer to cracking the puzzle on true progress. That being said...I got a puzzle that needs to be solved faster then the others to say the least. How's the response coming along?"

Before James could answer a calm male voice responded with,"Well you said it was urgent so it did not seem to be the time to dilly daily."

Ben swerved around to see Cloud walking up, with his friends like the gun armed man Barret Wallace , the talking red furred canine like being ,Nanaki other-words known as Red XIII, the ninja woman from Wutai, Yuffie Kisaragi, the former member of the Turk agents and the man who had the essence of the Chaos demon inside him, Vincent Valentine, the former member of Deep-ground, Shelke, and others.

The owner of the Star Sword got excited at seeing his former team leader and eagerly ran up."Cloud Sensei you made it! Its great to see you all! Hope you been doing well."

As the blond haired swordsmen shook his friends hand he nodded."We all been fine thanks. Tifa sends her regards but she stayed back home to watch over Tiffany. She wanted to come see where her parents were hero's but...something tells me this is not the best time for a tour."

Lacus walked over before adding,"Hope Tiffany is growing well Cloud, send my regards to Tifa. Sorry she can't make it, but this sadly is not the time for anyone who's not at their best."

Cloud eyed Ben carefully before looking concerned."I figured it was not a social call but, its that bad eh?"

"Well...don't want to freak anyone out but...lets just say the situation is as serious as it gets. I know a lot of people have lets say, softened their edge in the past five years. That's perfectly fine, but this is something only those who are not rusty are..."

Before Ben can finish he sensed a shift in the air, and in a flash swerved around to see a blur coming for him. Everyone saw Ben move his hands to catch a blur, before everyone saw that the blur came from Ezan, and his Katana Nu-Epyon.

Ben saw his sliver haired rival staring at him coldly."You should make sure your not to rusty yourself...Ben Auro. If your unable to see things clearly, then your going to make a costly mistake."

"Good to see you to Ezan. Guess you missed me more then I assumed, but don't worry, despite what you think my edge's not rusty, not today."

Lacus just sighed before throwing out,"Ezan...I know your eager to show how much you recovered but don't you think that trying to kill Ben is a rather impolite way of saying hello?"

"From my understanding Ben and you have evolved to the point where a cut by normal means won't produce fatal results in most cases yes?" Ezan answered bluntly."Besides, I did strike with the blunt side."

"How thoughtful of you Ezan. Still...I am glad you recovered from that operation and have gotten your strength back, trust me we are going to need it."

Ezan produced a small grin before he put his sword back in his sheath. Aeris then walked up and smiled at everyone."Just like old times right everyone? Ben, Lacus, good to see you again."

"Glad your looking as radiant as always to Aeris."Lacus uttered as the two woman hugged."Hope Ezan has not given you to much trouble."

"Oh he was a bit grouchy at times during his recovery but, we got to know new sides to each other so it was a rewarding experience." The flower girl said as she winked."Hope you guys have been able to deal with your mission despite how massive its been."

"Thanks. Its been ok since we been pacing ourselves one step at a time. I suppose their have been a few issues. To be blunt this meeting is one of those issues."

Ben nodded before he put a reassuring hand on the love of his life's shoulder."Indeed. Sorry, don't mean to hold anything back, just there is a lot to explain so might as well do it all at once you know? How many more people are we waiting for?"

Master Myers looked around as he saw more Enji depart from airships and spells and stroked his beard."More answered the call then I assumed, just about everyone should be hear by the end of the hour."

Ben nodded and looked around before he cleared his throat."Glad to hear it. Just wondering...has anyone seen Doug? Been a while since we had a proper Squad 7 reunion."

James looked around before he winced."Sorry Ben I have not heard from neither him or Aqua. To be honest, its been over a year since Doug has contacted the Enji in any official capacity."

"Tsc...that clown has been to obsessed with redefining his new self, to the point where he seems keen on forgetting his old self."

Ben got more troubled before he grasped his fist."I noticed myself Doug was set on making sure he defined the next phase of his life. But, this is not just business as usual, its something really important. Even if Doug likes to take things casually, when the stakes are this high he would not turn his back on something like this."

Vincent Valentine saw the tension in Ben's eyes before he saw a glimmer of light and looked upward. He then crossed his arms."It would seem your worries were unjustified Ben. After all, that ship behind you is Doug's is it not?"

Ben swerved around and saw a brown spaceship that was a frigate class ship for the former United Federation of Zeon. As he saw the white red and blue stripes painted on the sides he grinned as he recognized the ship."That's...the Zodiac Pinion! I knew he would not turn his back on everything."

Ben eagerly went to where the Zodiac Pinion was landing and he and the others got up to its entrance by the time it landed. Ben tried not to look anxious as the doors to the ship opened, but could not help but gulp as someone walked out. The person who walked out had blue eyes and blue hair, now to her shoulders.

She wore a black and blue, high-collared halter top, two pink, intersecting belts over her chest, and black shorts. She had a sliver badge on her shoulder, and on her arms their was white bell-sleeves and tan, fingerless gloves.

She also wears a small, segmented piece of armor on each of her upper arms. She had black stockings or socks on her legs which reach to about halfway up her thighs, leaving a small area of bare skin on her upper thighs.

She also bore two strips of blue cloth that drape over either side of her hips, along with a smaller, white strip of cloth tied around her waist, draped in the same manner. Finally, she had pointed, armored, silver boots with a sharp "hook" on the outer side of each.

The blue haired woman blinked a bit before she flicked her hair out of her eyes."Hey everyone, thanks for the welcome. Sorry...just did not think I'd be a VIP with how urgent things seemed."

Ben laughed at how casual the woman that was a teammate of his cousin Max, Aqua Trian. He then waved."Oh, just figured their was enough timing to be friendly. How have you been Aqua?"

The blue haired woman paused for a moment before she looked down."Oh, just riding the waves of life and all. Been better...been worst. Just trying to stay on top of life and all."

James was one of the many who saw that the blue haired Enji looked like she was putting up a front before he got closer."How has the business been doing with you guys? Its been, a long time since Doug talked about the business side of things."

Aqua looked conflicted again and was about to answer before a cocky male voice threw out."Well...if nothing else business is coming along nicely, at least, for a business about doing anything for a price."

Ben was caught off guard as he saw a man with long red hair and emerald green eyes walk out along side Aqua. The man had on a sleeveless red jacket with a white, sleeveless shirt underneath, and tan, baggy pants with red and white sneakers and black socks. The man saw all the shocked faces before he chuckled."What's with all the shocked faces? Man can get a feeling he's not welcomed."

Ben blinked and gathered his composure, for while at one point the red haired man was a intense enemy, one of the elite members of the Organization of Dark Enji with the title of the Assassin of the Flurry of Dancing Flames. However near the end of the war the man found out that Xemnas had lied about what he was fighting for and turned against his own best friend Saix to fight for what was right.

Ben then looked at the man, Axel, and smirked."Sorry about that man. Guess to be honest I'm just so use to you wearing all black anything else raises a flag in my head you know?"

"Heh, got my look memorized eh? Well as stylish as the old uniform was I can afford to have a wardrobe theses days yah hear? To say the least it was not the best look to have clients feel confident. I'd say it worked since again, business is doing good. Well...we have enough cash to pay off the monthly fees and be able to have bonus cash for stuff eh? Anyway enough about me, what's such a big deal that you all said we had to drop a job to come here?"

"Well...I rather wait till everyone is here. Where is Doug? Is he changing or something?"

Aqua and Axel looked at each other before the blue haired Enji Knight steeled herself."To be honest Ben, Doug's not here at the moment."

"What? He really turned down the call?"

Axel shrugged before throwing in a casual,"Can't really say man. He was not with us when we got the call."

Ben tensed up before he walked forward."What happened to Doug?"

Axel and Aqua exchanged tense looks, but before they could speak a rowdy chuckle cut them off."Damn dude, after all theses years of this peace your still wound up? Guess that anxiety really is grilled into your core bro!"

Ben and Lacus both tensed up as they and most of the others swerved around to see a lone man casually walk up. The man was clad entirely in black, and had cowboy boots with spikes on the end that had long, well-fitting pants above them with a large gunslinger-style belt worn diagonally. He had a long collared trench coat, left unbuttoned to show a black leather vest.

Ben was shocked as he saw that it was a blond man like he expected, but with a thick beard that covered his face. A black cowboy-style hat and a pair of dark sunglasses complete his outfit, and as the man threw out a wide lopsided grin Ben paused for a moment before uttering a cautious,"Is that you...Doug?"

The former member of Squad 7 chuckled as he tipped his hat."Yo Ben, long time no see eh? What's wrong dude, been so long that you forget your bro's face? Seeing so many faces that you forgot what your friend looked like already?"

"Course not Doug. Its just...I seen you grew a beard."

"Damn you got me! And I went to so much effort to hide it! Its been a while Ben, men grow beards and I felt like being a man with a beard."

Ben remembered the last moments he saw the Chaotic Comedian, and remembered that he looked bald before he grinned."True enough. Guess, just noticed you had hair and all."

"Heh...damn man it may have been a while but I'm not that old already Ben!" Doug threw out brashly as he walked up."Think I was going to go bald already dude? Just because I don't have a fancy immortal body like you and Lacus don't mean I'm going to fall apart man. I thought you were working on being a diplomat and you greet me by dissing me Ben?"

"Sorry, its just I was worried when Aqua said you were not with them."

Doug just chuckled as he tipped his hat."Yah I was not with them, they told you I'm working right? Was in the middle of a job for a client. To be honest was mighty busy but then the Supreme Kai shows up and tells me I have to come right away so figured might as well go along to skip on the drama.

Don't get me wrong Ben, good to see you all again but I was in the middle of a job so to be honest I'm going to be angry if you dragged me out of a paycheck just to gather everyone to brag about you and Lacus thinking of some great idea that your sure will bring about universal peace for real."

Lacus winced before she walked forward."I'm sorry you might have lost your pay check Doug, but I assure you this is no trivial matter. To be honest we and the angels asked to call everyone because time is urgent. We don't want to alarm the public, but something horrible happened."

Doug just eyed Lacus carefully before Lighting raised a eyebrow."I know you guys would not be messing with us but, how big a deal can it really be? I heard you guys were fixing anomalies all over the universe. Is, this something like that?"

Ben looked in the distance and saw Mario, Sonic, Link, and the other members of the Justice Force walking up. He saw X walk up with the original Megaman and Protoman behind him before X nodded at him and he nodded back.

He then grew solemn."Its true the past few months me and Lacus have been fixing things like stars and other things that have been corrupted, the very fabric of the universe that glitched after being restored after Zannacross nearly destroyed everything.

However this is not just a natural disaster, as hard as it is to believe this is a threat that someone plans to unleash. Its so horrible that we only escaped it by going back in time, to be honest me Lacus and Hiryuumon are back form the future, from a week from now. "

Myers eyed Ben carefully before responding with a wary,"Back from the future? Ben, I know this is confidential but now that we are all gathered some clarity would be good for the situation. How can their be such a crises after Zannacross and all the forces of darkness have been vanquished? Was are victory not as complete as we thought?"

Ben took a deep breath before responding with,"Not quite Master Myers. But its not from Zannacross, its, something that no one, not even Cosmos expected. But the threat is so massive and sudden that it caught us off guard so badly that the only way to escape the total destruction was that Cosmos and the angels were deprecate enough to risk everything and turn back time itself to give us a second chance. I know its a lot to take in but I promise you, this is a threat that's nearly as big as Zannacross."

Doug saw how stressed Ben and Lacus looked before he whistled."Damn, you guys are serious eh? Well, figured it was a big joke that their would never be any bad guys to bash again but even I did not reckon things would get as crazy as this for as long as I lived. Well, if this is legit then guess we better stop it eh? Much as a pain as it is to lose a paycheck I guess its even more of a pain if things go to hell so much you can't cash it! Welp, if its going to be a party then I'm on board."

Ben looked relived before he smiled."Thanks man."

"C'mon dude, even if we have are own things going on now when its a big deal I always got your back."

Ben grinned as Doug took off his sunglasses before the two fist bumped."Thanks Doug."

"Really this shocked dude? How about spilling what's gotten you so messed up anyway?"

"I will, but not here. I can't risk the public hearing about this, it will cause a panic. We kept King Atem and the others inside waiting long enough so, now that everyone's here lets get started eh?"

Ezan chuckled before throwing out a dead-panned."A crises that requires all of us, and is on the level of risk that Zannacross posed? Well...at least a super elite warrior is not obsolete yet."

Doug snickered and was about to respond before he saw Aqua glancing at him, and just grumbled before spitting on the ground and walking forward. Ben saw Doug, Aqua, and Axel exchange tense looks as they all walked into the castle headquarters before he saw more of his friends like Luke Fon Fabre, Zidane Tribel, Megaman, Lloyd Irvine, and more walk up to him to say hello he tried to be polite as he responded to everyone."Well...he may have a beard now and be a bit abrasive, but that's nothing really different then usual with Doug. I knew it, things may not be perfect but I knew, things would not be bad enough for him to have gone mad and be willing to side with something so horrible.

Well that's good, now I only have to worry about one thing, making sure that this Beyonder does not have his way! This time...I'm going to make sure there is enough time to save the day!"

Ben saw Lacus, before the two nodded and got ready to inform everyone just how despite how things seemed, how dire things truly were.

Authors Notes: Firstly as you might have guessed the Supreme Kai of Time is from Dragon Ball Xenoverse. Its mostly the same aside from me having some of the ways she monitored time were from the game Shin Megami Tensei Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker. Alcor was also from that game, as the " Anguished One"He was a rather cool guy in that game.

I know the Beyonder's origins were different in the Marvel verse but I made a few changes, and among other things he has some things in common from Zeno, the being above all others in Dragon Ball Z Super, and someone who I find is a horrible person to be in charge of everything their is, but felt it would help for my, unique take in things to come.

As for giving "Goku Black" different origins...since GT is still cannon in Cosmic Wars I figured I would go a different path, besides...poor Future Trunks could use a break lol.

For those that are not aware without giving things away Spirius Corporation and President Bisley are from Tales of Xillia 2 while President Max Profitt Haltmann of the Haltmann Works Corporation are from the most as of now recent Kirby game Kirby Planet Robotech, at least unlike Mario Kirby is still trying new things lol.

I know Time Travel stuff can be confusing, I tried to avoid it in the previous trilogy because of all the head-aces and plot-holes it can open up, but I figured it would fit well for this story so, hope my explanations were not to confusing. Well, this chapter might not have been as intense but hope it was satisfying, I was not sure to have more happen or have the next chapter be uneven.

Well, we will see but hope at least some of you like it enough to review and tune in next time when Ben and Lacus show the Enji Knights just what horrors are in store before they head to confront Presidents Bisely and Haltmann to find the truth about what Access Ark uncovered! Till next time!