Chapter 206: Desperate Assault on the Decree of Madness! Advent of the Secret War!

As Ben, Lacus, and the rest of their group rapidly realized what they were up against…the rest of the group that stayed behind on the airships were hoping their comrades were doing ok. Master Myers had been monitoring Access Ark's movement after Ben and the others descended to go to Spirius Headquarters.

On board his ship the Eldridge, the leader of the Enji Knights was diligently scanning the entire area of space around the planet for any anomalies only to come off with nothing for the moment.

Seeing that no one had contacted him after entering the Spirius HQ caused Myers to get tense, causing him to look at his crew again." Fox…we have not heard in from Ben and the others since they entered the building. I can't sense their magical energy either, can anyone find anything?"

Cecil walked up to respond with a steady," Let's not assume the worst yet Master Myers. We were told that the building itself isolates itself from all types of energy in case one of their experiments visiting another realm turned disastrous. Let's have enough faith to trust them unless the others don't respond for an extended period."

"I suppose we can give them some wiggle room for the moment." Myers uttered as he closed his eyes." But…with the situation as dire as Ben, Lacus, and the angels explained we can't take any chances. If we don't hear from them soon I'll descend to see this Spirius president myself to take part in the publicity shoot. Cecil, ask Cress and the others who would want to be the second wave."

As the Enji Paladin nodded another older male voice cleared his throat." Myers…it's not like you to be willing to discard your own plan so swiftly. You seem on edge."

Myers turned to the remark came from another Enji Master, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto. The man had red eyes, a very long white beard, and long eyebrows. There were many scars on his torso and head, the two most prominent being a pair of long, perpendicular scars above his right eye.

The man who had his Enji haori draped over the rest of his uniform walked over and put his brown wooden staff on the ground before he looked intently at his longtime friend. " It might be a basic question, but are you feeling alright?"

"Thanks for your concern Yamamoto, but I'm fine. I admit it's been a while since we waged such a vital mission and part of me had hoped that after defeating Zannacross this sort of thing would never have happened again.

But it is, and for the sake of everyone in the universe I must do what must be done to fulfill my duty and just had to, recalibrate my nerves in the process. I suppose, fooled myself into thinking are hard work truly created an ever-lasting peace. I think I heard Kira laughing at me in hell."

"A leader should not distrust what he worked for in front of his followers yes?" Yamamoto uttered. As he did the Enji Master's stance softened." Everything we worked for is not a lie. After all we still have brought peace and stability to the universe on a level never see in history.

From what I gather the angels say this current threat, this Beyonder, comes from outside the universe itself. That means we did not fail, but that we were merely confronted with an unexpected challenge."

"True enough old friend. I suppose my age is catching up to me and its harder for me to adjust. I give you credit for being able to handle it so well Yamamoto."

"That's because I did not slack off on my diet just because I thought my warrior days were done Myers."

"Heh…I admit I've had too much surgery meals in my diet for a man my age. When it comes down to it the fact that everything we sacrificed may be destroyed in an instant is overwhelming at times. I…"

Myers suddenly had his face twitch before he begun to cough violently. Cecil and one of Ben's other Enji friends Kyle Dunamis ran up before Kyle shouted out," Grand Master are you alright?"

"Don't over react lads I just swallowed some air the wrong way." Myers uttered after he stopped coughing. While he smiled, it was a weak one, causing Yamamoto to look concerned." Myers…your heart seems to be getting worst. I know you don't want to alarm everyone but it would be best if you don't push yourself to hard and get the others to examine it again. "

"After the mission, Yamamoto…nothing will matter if we fail this. "

Kyle looked at the monitors before he shrugged." That's for sure if the images Ben showed us come true. But, no disrespect Master Myers but so far things have not been so bad right? Maybe Ben and everyone are just in the middle of a demonstration and can't hear us or something? Or…huh?"

Everyone was cut off as a flash of light suddenly came out from Access Ark. The giant sphere like machine had its tentacle like arms come together and start to glow. Cecil tensed up before muttering," Is this the start of their experiment?"

Suddenly a hologram of the Spartan soldier with the title of Master Chief appeared and instantly stated." Grand Master, we are noticing many people fleeing from the Spirius headquarters. They are looking very panicked. We still can't contact the others above, and even the Spirius employees are looking confused."

Myers responded with a solemn,"Don't go in Chief, just keep giving us intel!"

Another hologram image appeared, that of another one of Ben's friend the humanoid fox leader of the flight unit the Star Fox team Fox Mccloud. As soon as Fox appeared he growled out," We got some trouble…not sure just what yet but Slippy, Cid, and the others swear the Access Ark are locking on to us. Not sure just what for yet though."

"If that's so then have all the shields be at full power! Tell, Setsuna, Amuro, and the other Gundam pilots to be on full alert. Ben, Lacus, James, whatever is going on down there, do your best to be on guard. It's become clear this new enemy is quite devious. But for the sake of everything, we must overcome this!"

The elder warrior of light forced himself to keep a calm mind, to prepare to lead the others through whatever unfolds. Despite his hunch, things were even more dire then he realized.

Currently Ben and co were frantically trying to assess how to weather the rapidly escalating threat in front of them.

James saw the Star-Dream still glowing with energy before he calmly readjusted his glasses."Well my good man, after seeing the powers of the enemy firsthand I can see how you found yourself overwhelmed before Ben. I just hope the gap between us is not too much to overcome."

Ben glared at Bisley before he saw all the newly summoned enemies glare at him."The gap between us and are current enemies is easy enough to close James, it's their master that's the problem.

He is not here though, and we better make sure these minions do not summon him no matter what! If he keeps spitting out minions, it's going to get messy real fast. Has anyone dealt with the guys that Star-Dream just created?"

"I have not but I have heard of that Lambda monster before like I said. Asbel and his friends fought him, he was powerful enough to endanger his entire planet and was in the process of absorbing the world's entire energy before he was defeated."

Velvet then eyed Heldalf before she took out her sword."I never encountered the lion like demon before but…he does look like the images of a Lord of Calamity that had the power to break the world itself."

"That's cute..."Doug muttered crassly as he cracked his knuckles,"But breaking world enders like kitty beard as a warm up is kind of are thing girl. Well despite all the hassle it will be fun to be able to punch things seriously again!"

Bisley sneered before he pointed a finger at Doug." So, eager for a real fight are we Enji? Trust me you will get more then you can handle, the powers of are master allows all of us to be far superior to are counter parts from this inferior reality!"

" It does not matter how much more powerful you are then the ones you copied scum,"Ezan interjected coldly as his energy surged into his blade." It will not be enough."

Reed slowly approached Star Dream before he glanced at the Enji." Even if Bisley, Eobard, and Haltmann have authority over Star-Dream, I am still the one who created it. Even if I can't stop all of its features, I should be able to hamper some of its functions."

The leader of the Future-Foundation tried to approach the cosmically altered machine, till Haltmann glared at him and had his golden mecha glow red."You may have one of the highest intellects in the universe Reed Richard's, but that won't help you if your powerless to make use of it!"

The doppelganger of the president of Haltmann Works fired a large red energy beam at his former coworker. Before the blast could hit Reed an invisible wall intercepted the blast and redirected it to the ground.

As Haltmann looked shocked two men and one blond woman, all wearing uniforms like Reed ran in. Reed smiled as he saw the woman walk in." Sue, perfect timing as always darling."

His wife Sue Richards just looked dismayed at all the hostiles."I figured Haltmann was clumsy enough to have his machine misfire, but this looks worst then I thought! Reed what's going on! Did Star-Dream open a portal to a hostile reality?"

"I don't have time for the full story right now my dear." Reed uttered tensely," But it seems that having to attend to Valeria ended up saving my life. Some force attacked Bisley, Haltmann, and the others when they went on the last trip, and now they are not the men we knew.

I'm still missing the details but from how the urgent the Enji are acting I'm rapidly getting the impression that whoever altered these men has hostile intentions. Perhaps, genocidal ones."

His wife's brother Johnny snickered before quipping out a sharp,"Well that would really mess things up with my date with Crystal so we better do something about that! C'mon Grimm let's take down theses fakers!"

Bisley chuckled darkly before he glanced at Jonny."The voyages of the famous Fantastic Four end here fool, all of this realms champions can't stop us!"

He made a gesture before one of the Aleph turned to Jonny. The blond-haired male just narrowed his eyes."Don't think you can scare me down with a bunch of tin cans! Flame on!"

Jonny used his unique power he got from a cosmic accident to become consumed with fire. He also used his unique power to take to the air and unleash a wave of fire at the approaching robot. His friend Ben Grim cracked his neck before muttering," Time to recycle the junk! Its clobbering time!"

Ben winced hearing the other Ben utter a phrase used by one of the people he hated most of all, then redoubled his focus on Bisley.

Reed's friend pressed a button on his watch before his entire body turned to a brick like substance. The man with the nickname of the" Thing" charged at the Aleph and slammed him hard enough to smash it through the wall. Axel saw Jonny cause Julius and Luger to evade some fire balls before he chuckled." I like that dude's style! If they are already gone, then let's just barbecue these freaks! Burn baby!"

The former Dark Enji extended his hands before flames jetted out and too the shape of his preferred weapons, the red and white chakrams, Eternal Flames. The red-haired man threw his weapons at the nearest Aleph, and was shocked to see his target endure the hit.

The Aleph instantly fired a laser blast at the man with the title of "The Flurry of Dancing Flames". Ben flash stepped in front of Axel to slice the blast in half." The robots may not look like anything special but they are no mere cannon folder. If any of you see them launch a sphere destroy it right away. They have the power to lock on to the genes of a species and suck the life out of them."

Cloud had his First Sword split into two blades before he sighed." The enemy seems to want every one of his forces to cause as much death as possible. Tsc…this madness has to be shut down before it gets started."

Cloud swiftly unleashed two blue colored Blade Beam attacks from his swords in the direction of Star-Dream. However, Julius quickly jumped in the way of the Limit Break projectile and slashed them in half with his own blades. The Spirius body guard had his eyes surge with red energy before seething out, "It is futile…all your tricks and talents combined can't stop us Enji!"

Jude saw the raw hate in Julius's eyes before he winced."Julius, you and Luger fought with us against the Zannacross Empire! Whatever force did this to you and Luger you have to fight it!"

Julius just sneered before he charged at Jude. As he did Milla narrowed her eyes before her hands shimmered with light. "Jude don't lose your resolve! They may look like are comrades but they are imposters! For the sake of those that died we must avenge them! Sigil Spear!"

The woman Enji fired an energy blast shaped like a spear at Julius, and while her target slashed the attack in half as he did Alvin charged at him while he did and slam his large sword downward.

Julius blocked the attack but his attacker took out a pistol from his free hand and fired a bullet right at his target's head. The man with glasses was swift enough to avoid getting shot in the brain, and his glasses get knocked off in the process.

Alvin chuckled but had a cold expression in his eye as he pressed down hard with his sword."Think you freaks can wear the skins of are friends and get away with that? You're going to pay for that you, GUH!"

In the blink of an eye Bisley burst at Alvin and slammed his energy infused fist at the Enji's face with an intense uppercut. Alvin was slammed into the ceiling hard enough for it to crack.

As the Enji coughed up blood his attacker had his wings of energy surge."We can do anything we want…those in this reality are merely."

While Bisley was preparing, a follow up attack Doug suddenly appeared in front of him. Doug slugged his target so fast it was a blur, and while Bisley was fast enough to block the strike the blond-haired man just yelled out a wild, "Just one meeting and I'm keen on serving you a serving of humble pie jackass! Thousand Steel Hurricane Kicks!"

The Enji martial artist directed his magical energy into his feet before unleashing a barrage of lighting fast kicks. Doug's assault was swift enough to land a blow on his target, and Bisley was kicked back.

The armored doppelganger stomped his foot in the ground to stop being knocked back before he cracked his neck." I see you have a lot of spunk to yah Enji. Good, the more you resist the more enjoyable the conquest will be! Death's Head!"

Bisley had his energy explode before he punched the air with enough force to unleash a punch that unleashed enough pressure to push everyone in front of him back, while also unleashing a roaring skull of red energy right at Doug.

The member of Squad 7 was pressed back an inch from the shock-wave his opponent released, but just had a wild grin sprout."I'm going to enjoy making you squirm punk, Fury Aura!"

In a second Doug had energy emerge out of his gauntlets and grieves before he wound back his right fist, and slugged the incoming projectile with enough force to shatter it.

As Doug grinned from the result Bisley prepared to attack again, till Ben suddenly flash stepped above Bisley and unleashed his Shinning Flare Slash. Bisley blocked the slash with his armored right limb, and the blow cracked the floor around him.

Bisley saw Ben was pushing him back and sneered before he wound up his other arm. Before he could try and attack Doug charged at Bisley and smashed him in the head with another punch.

The blow knocked him into the air, and as Bisley stabilized himself Ben looked at Doug and nodded. Doug flashed his trade mark half-lobbed grin before the two went on to both attack Bisley at once.

As they did Reverse-Flash snickered as his hand suddenly vibrated even faster."Hero...does ultimate despair make you stronger, or just break you? Lets find out?"

The man with glowing red eyes prepared to try and dash at Ben with super speed to stab him in the back. But as he did he saw Sonic burst at him with his trademark Sonic Spindash and swerved to see Ben's blue furred friend land back up and wag his finger." Think your fast eh punk? Not nearly fast enough!"

"Bah...ignorant cretin. I'll teach pretenders the price of meddling with true speed!"

Reverse-Flash swiftly moved around so fast that he created after images all around him. Sonic just rubbed his nose before he looked determined."Calling Sonic a slow poke eh? I'll make you eat those words punk! Sonic Wind!"

Sonic spun around to become a miniature blue cyclone, but Reverse-Flash laughed and rotated his hands to create a cyclone of his own from his hands to blast Sonic into the wall. As the hero of Mobius cried out in pain Reverse-Flash crossed his arms." Please... I'm one with the Speed Force...moving like a Sonic Boom might as well make you move as swift as a slug."

"Think your hot stuff eh? I"ll show you!"

Sonic tried his Light-Speed Dash but Reverse-Flash was still one step ahead of him. The two moved all over the area but Sonic found his target was one step ahead of him. Sonic got hit again and again till Reverse-Flash moved fast enough to create a cyclone of his own.

As Sonic was lifted into the air the villain in yellow had his right hand vibrate again."Your to unfocused...you don't have the will power needed to generate true ultimate speed! From where I stand, you all are dead already, you just are to slow to realize it!"

Reverse-Flash prepared to impale Sonic through the heart but before he could go through it, he found his hand was suddenly stopped by Ezan. The sliver haired warrior was glaring at him with his Sharingan before his aura flared up." We are very fast at adapting to the situation, as your going to find out the hard way scum!"

Reverse-Flash snarled before he backed off. He attacked from behind, only for Ezan to swerve around and grasp his hand again with his own."Your fast, but you lack enough punch to make it count. Well, that might be enough to overcome some, but not for a elite like me! Amaterasu!"

Ezan widened his eyes till his left eye suddenly shifted till it transformed to look like a red and black pinwheel, the evolved form of the eyes, the so called heavenly eyes or the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.

He quickly used the power of the Mangekyō Sharingan to have black flames erupt all over the area. Reverse-Flash roared in pain and tried to move out of the fire's path but as he did, Ezan predicted where he would move and sliced him in half.

As the sliver haired warrior saw his target widen his eyes in shock the Enji merley had his purple aura explode. "You seem like the type that moves swiftly, so with the stakes of the mission you would understand the need to not waste any time. Be gone, Light Divider."

To ensure his target stayed down Ezan released his well refined purple energy blast attack to eradicate the man who was posing as Harrison Well's completely. Sonic saw the man who nearly killed him get destroyed and finished gasping for breath before he punched the ground."Man, I really have been slacking off. Hate to say it but he was faster then me."

Ezan saw Sonic's dismay and shrugged."Don't dwell on it to much Sonic. We were lead to believe we could "slack off" a tad. Now that you know terms have changed, just focus best on how to complete the mission."

Sonic nodded, but before Ezan could say more he saw Luger prepared to attack Ben from behind. Before he could strike he felt a surge of energy heading for him before he swerved around and saw Ben's rival coming for him.

The Enji Knight's target swerved just enough to avoid being slashed into, only for Ezan's blade to slice across the right side of his cheek. Ben's arch rival saw Luger glare at him before he glared back." Even if you're an imposter, try and sabotage the mission and you will be terminated without mercy."

Luger just grit his teeth and swung both of his blades at Ezan. The sliver haired man easily parried the slashes, only for Luger to have his left blade transform into a sledge-hammer. Ezan saw his opponent easily swing the hammer with one hand and swerved around to avoid the blow.

Luger revealed that was only part of his attack as the hammer glowed blue while it was swung, and it unleashed a wave of ice in the process.

Ezan swiftly found the entire right side of his body frozen.

Luger struck before his target could react. As he did Link and the others saw Ezan be tripped up before the hero of Hyrule grasped the Master Sword tightly." Even if these men have been possessed by the Beyonder, we must protect are friends! To Ezan's side comrades!"

Mario, Kirby, and a few others around him nodded and prepared to help Ezan from Luger, only for them to hear an energy noise. Link glanced to the right to see a large red energy beam heading his way.

He and the others managed to evade the blast just in time to see that it came from Haltmann. The enemy in the giant golden mecha just sneered at all of the defiant looks." Damn low level life forms, you have no right to defy the great wheel from turning!"

Sonic saw this and merely wagged his finger in his trademark style before quipping out," Sure about that? We kind of have a habit of taking down blowhards that think they are superior to us! Heh…you look more like an egg then Egg-man himself, it's going to be fun running circles around you!"

Sonic, Knuckles, and his friend Shadow all dashed at Haltmann at once, only for their target to smash a button on his control terminal, causing his mecha to have its arms extend and spin around fast enough to knock all three of the hero's from the world of Mobius to the ground.

Haltmann prepared to attack once more before Kirby suddenly flew up high in the air and combined his Stone and Spike powers to transform into a large spikey bolder. Haltmann quickly caught Kirby in his transformed state. As he did Mario ran up and took a Mega Mushroom to grow.

He then took out his enlarged Ultra Hammer and smashed Kirby hard enough to bash Haltmann in his cockpit. The impact cracked the altered president's cockpit a little causing Haltmann to snarl with rage before he fired missiles at Mario.

As the heroic plumber unleashed a barrage of fire balls to shoot down the projectiles Link took out his claw shot to grapple on to the golden mecha, quickly land on his target and stab one of the cracks with the Master Sword.

The crack got bigger and Link quickly unleashed a Bombchu to slide into the crack. Haltmann panicked as he saw the explosive head for the cock pit and tried to press a button only for it to blow up.

Link got hopeful as he saw his attack work, only for the explosion to fade and see that Haltmann looked burnt, but alive. The man in the mecha had his eyes glow red before seething out," You lower level life form's will never stop us!"

Wires form the broken part of the mecha's control unit slithered out like snakes before wrapping around Haltman's arms. The mecha then glowed before it unleashed another laser blast. Sonic and Shadow helped the others get out of the way with their speed, and as Haltmann saw he missed he smashed his fist down." You can't stop are power! Though, it would be helpful if the help did their job!"

Haltmann saw his attackers prepare to close in before they heard a furious roar, and most of them swerved around to see Lambda glaring at them. The doppelganger of the being that nearly destroyed the world of Ephinea extended its wings, before it punched the ground.

One of its tentacles burst through the ground, before the entire ground glowed red, before spikes of energy burst out all over. Sonic and a few others could evade the attacks but many were hit.

As soon as Lambda hear people cry out in pain it narrowed his eyes before unleashing a barrage of purple energy blasts at its wings to try and vaporize everyone.

Before the energy blasts could reach their target Aqua suddenly jumped up and cast a spell to have a barrier form around her. The barrier glowed blue before the barrage of blue energy blasts to be refracted back at Lambda.

The blasts all froze on impact, but Lambda just had a surge of dark energy course through its entire body before the tentacle on his left side lashed out to shatter the ice. Lambda swiftly fired a large red energy beam from its mouth to try and over whelm Aqua.

The blue haired Enji just grasped her Rain-Storm Kanata tightly."Ghost Drive."

Aqua had an ocean blue aura explode out of her body before she in a flash appeared in front of Lambda and slashed him across the face with an energy infused slice.

Her blow was strong enough to cut her target's flesh, and while Lambda instantly roared in outrage and tried to impale Aqua, a moment later she vanished, before appearing at the top of his right wing and slashing into that, only to vanish once again to appear and strike his back a moment after that. Aqua did this a few more times before she appeared right in front of Lambda and poured more energy into her sword.

She prepared to stab his eye only to hear a beastly roar, and glanced above to see that Heldalf had decided to join in and was fast enough to appear above Aqua in an instant. The former teammate of Ben's cousin dashed backwards on instinct to avoid the incoming claw slash.

She avoided being hit by the claw, but as Heldalf struck the air he also unleashed a wave of malevolent purple energy at his target. Aqua was caught off guard and not able to cast a barrier spell in time and was slashed across her right shoulder.

While she had blood pour out she only winced, and Heldalf smirked before he dashed forward to attempt to claw out her heart. Before he could get a chance a wall of fire erupted in between him and Aqua. A moment later Axel yelled out," You're not killing anyone kitty, got it memorized? Magma Impact!"

Axel charged right in Heldalf, and in respond his target growled out,"Lion's Howl!" The demonic lion like creature had dark energy course across his right arm before he thrusted right into Axel's attack. Heldalf was knocked him back a few feet, and yet despite being set ablaze Heldalf just roared hatefully and started to push Axel back.

Before he could attempt to attack the former Dark Enji Squall ran up at Heldalf from behind and had his blue Lion-Heart Gun-Blade surge with energy before he uttered," Taste the fangs of a true lion scum, Blasting Zone!"

Squall promptly slashed at his target with his sword more than four times larger than normal. The slash sliced deep into Heldalf's back, causing him to roar in pain. The pain also eroded his focus enough for Axel to break through the Lion's Howl and hit him, knocking him into the air.

As he did Zidane ran up and unleashed his power to turn in to his Trance State. After having pink glowing fur appear over his body the tailed warrior screamed out," Your out of here demon kitty! Grand Lethal!"

Zidane promptly unleashed a barrage of pink energy blasts to bombard Heldalf enough to cause an explosion. As Zidane landed on the ground he chuckled." So…what to bet if that did him in? Don't know how tough the real one was but I bet that at least got an arm! Oh? Damn, so close."

Zidane's remark was caused as he and the others saw the smoke clear, and saw that Heldalf had emerged with half of his right arm vaporized. The sight of all the defiant eyes just caused Heldalf to unleash a deafening roar as his eyes glowed red." The unpure…will be cleansed…every last one of them!"

Heldalf unleashed a surge of dark energy to push everyone back before he swiftly transformed into a half dragon half lion monster. As Zidane saw Heldalf roar yet again, and feel some spit hit him he winced."Dragon lion…well at least this is a new one."

Aqua saw Axel shrug at her before she smirked."They are no push overs but we have to hold the line everyone!"

Aqua swiftly unleashed a small sphere of ice at her transformed foe, and while Heldalf swatted the sphere with his massive claw, the moment he did the sphere exploded, freezing his entire limb.

Bisley had just blocked Doug's punch and unleashed a wave of dark energy to try and attack Ben. He saw Heldalf and Lambda both be attacked before he snickered." The current reinforcements are not enough. Star-Dream…do it again! Then keep doing it till are enemies are overwhelmed!"

The large machine begun to glow and as it begun to go with the process the Thing smashed another Aleph before he saw Reed working with Cisco, Rick, and the other scientists and grimaced." Get a move on the genius stuff stretches that eyeball tower looks like it's going to throw another curve ball at us!"

The leader of the Future Foundation whipped some sweat off his brow before he looked up." I'm afraid that even if we created it, Bisley and Haltmann installed security measures that are no simple matter to override. That being said, I can't disable Star-Dream directly yet, but I can alter enough to change its instructions."

Everyone got tense as Star Dream shimmered with light before booming out,"Administer command acknowledged Processing recent files, executing tyrant dragon Xorgoth the…error…priority command request acknowledged. File selected, executing Grande Fudge Melon replication."

Everyone got tense as Star-Dream unleashed another beam of light, only to get baffled as what came out was a giant chocolate covered melon. As the large fruit landed near Yoshi the green dinosaur looked in aw."Wow Yoshi could use a break!"

Yoshi opened his mouth only for Luigi to tackle him." Mamma Mia Yoshi don't eat that! That machine is trying to blow up everything it could be poison!"

"Aw come on Luigi it smells so good!"

"I said no!"

Reed saw both Bisley and Haltmann glare at him and smirked, also causing his wife to smile."Great job Reed its working! Whatever theses copies are we can out smart them!"

"The employment handbook is quite clear about punishment for in subornation Richards! Your brain may be as good as it gets but it won't do you any good when its carved from your body!"

Reed and those around him glanced above to see Rideaux suddenly above them, charging his knives with energy. The long-haired man prepared to throw the knives when suddenly an energy ribbon latched on to his arms to bind his limbs.

He then glanced down to see Lacus looking at him sorrowfully before the elegant woman ran up."I'd ask if you have any heart but at this point I just wonder if your master is just creating soulless beings."

"Insolent woman, we are no mere robots." Rideaux slithered out,"Rabum Alal merely shares his grand enlightenment with us, to open our eyes to see what truly matters, and what is just in the way! Your magic can't save you! Dark Punishment!"

Rideaux had his knives glow with even more energy before they floated out of his hands and all dived at Lacus from all directions.

Lacus instantly slashed the nearest knife in half with the Oath Keeper and as she somersaulted out of the way of two more knives she cast the Radiant Storm spell to have a flurry of Flower Funnels arisen to blast the knives.

Rideaux saw Lacus keep evading her attacks and merely licked his lips."You can struggle as elegantly as you want Enji, it will make it far more enjoyable when I at last slit your throat!"

"I have better things to do then to get harassed by creeps like you." Lacus uttered as she rolled her eyes." The least I can do for you for the sake of your original is put an end to your delusion!"

Lacus charged at Rideaux and dodged another stabbing attempt before she unleashed a kick. Her target went to stab her foot before she suddenly broke out of her attack and jumped up to grasp her opponent's arm with her legs.

She then threw him to the ground with her legs, and as he was smashed into the ground she landed down and stabber the man's left hand with her white sword. Rideaux winced before he glared at her."

"Don't mock me girl! You may be special but I have a power far greater than yours! The curtain is closing not just for you, but for your universe! Spike Whip!"

Rideaux had his energy surge before he had his free hand lash his knives out, before they all formed a large spikey whip of red energy. Lacus jumped out of its path and saw a new spike of energy shoot out for her.

Lacus blocked the stab with her sword, and as she was pushed back a few feet she saw Ben getting punched by Bisley, Ezan evading Luger's attacks while still partly frozen and seeing Cloud have a blade lock with Julius before she just took a deep breath."Sorry…I just don't have time...or frankly the patience to entertain you."

Lacus tugged her free hand to have her energy ribbon go active once more and lash at Rideaux from behind. Her target dodged but Lacus used that distraction to dash at him with a burst of speed and attacked with an open palm strike before her foe could react.

Her blow hit Rideaux right on his throat, cutting off his air and making him be unable to talk. As he gasped for air he glared at Lacus and frantically had energy form in his hands. Lacus just sighed before she jumped up and had her aura blaze out."Take a hint already and get lost! Burst Stream of Destruction!"

She promptly fired her preferred energy beam at Rideaux at hit him before he could recover, causing him to scream in pain and be blasted through the ground.

Lacus saw her target vaporize as he was blasted through Spirius headquarters before she sighed."Don't want to jinx us but, at least these guys don't seem as powerful as the ones before. Just…got to take them out before those guys have a chance to arrive."

The woman warrior flicked her hair out of her eye as she looked to see which of her comrades needed her help the most. She saw Terra being surrounded by Aleph and saw one of them were preparing to unleash another gene splicer sphere before she dashed over to help her former squad commander. As she did she glanced to the right and saw Cloud unleash a barrage of lighting fast parries to match Julius.

The blond haired swordsmen blocked another thrust from his enemy before he dashed back and unleashed his Finishing Touch Limit Break attack. As the magical cyclone headed his way Julius narrowed his eyes and unleashed an energy sword wave to shatter it. Before the attack was finished being broken Julius warped behind Cloud with the intent to stab him in the back.

Before he could Gaius blocked his blows with his own long blade. Julius winced as he tried to overpower Gaius. Cloud swerved around and nodded at Gaius before he attempted to slash at Julius form his back.

His target had a burst of dark energy explode out of him to block both swordsmen at once and seethed out a cold,"It's no use…all of you will be swept away by our masters overwhelming power! His rule is absolute!"

"A true ruler does not merely assert his rule out of fear of his or her power, but because he understands all within the realm!" Gaius uttered as he pressed back harder. Julius just looked at Gaius with a cold stare." Gaius of the Out way tribe…your indeed a strong king who managed to win over everyone on Rieze Maxia. However, even great kings like you and Atem Lyalt fail to realize that in the end, all that matters is power. "

Julius suddenly jumped up before he put his blades together." And the one we serve's power is beyond anyone in the universe! And that's why all the weak ones that will defy him must be destroyed! It's his will! Ritual of Devastation! "

The former Spirius employee unleashed a massive blue X shaped energy wave at Cloud, Julius and those around him but Gaius showed his own resolve as his energy exploded." Maybe that mantra's branded into your head but I refuse to accept that! Not everyone can be the strongest…but a leader's duty is to protect the weak so that they can become strong! And if you intend to kill my people I will crush you! Absolute Domination!

Gaius had a miniature sun form around his blade before he flung it at Julius's attack. The two energy attacks collided, but after a few moments Julius pushed Gaius back."Your will is impressive, but no man, not even a king, can stop us!"

Julius was about to put more energy into his attack before suddenly Cloud appeared to his right. Thankfully, he is not alone. Omnislash Ver.5!"

Swords suddenly popped out of Cloud's blades and Julius only had time to swore before Cloud slashed at him with a barrage of blue light, moving fast enough to slash with all of his blades in an instant.

Cloud attacked from above with all of his might to end his combo and slash him across the face. As Julius coughed up blood the pain he felt allowed Gaius to push his attack through. As he saw the attack coming he merely smiled bitterly." What a shame…I sure wish I could have had one last pasta margarita. Good luck…Enji."

The blast collided into Julius, causing an explosion. Cloud landed on the ground and wondered what the outcome was from the explosion before he saw an arm fall on the ground and sighed grimly.

He saw Gaius nod before he looked around." Well…at least they don't seem to be able to regenerate. Julius…sorry we were too late for you but we will make sure this does not happen to anyone else!"

As Julius was defeated Ezan was still evading Luger's strikes. Luger had attacked Ezan so rapidly that he did not give him time to strike back. As Ezan was pushed to the wall he smirked." Trying to pin me? I'll give you enough credit for using thought out tactics. However…your fatal mistake was not understanding the full extent of your opponent. And with all that's on the line I don't have room to be…sporting. Amaterasu!"

The sliver haired man's aura surged before suddenly pitch black flames erupted around the ice on him, and on Luger's arms. The heat was powerful enough to cause Luger to scream in pain in less than a moment. Ezan grasped his unfrozen hand tightly before he pointed his blade at Luger." This ends now, Blaze Release: Kagutsuchi !"

Ezan's Sharingan suddenly transformed again to take a crystal-like shape before all of the black flames he summoned surged into his sword. Luger tried to repress the pain and gave a wild yell before he charged at the Enji. In respond Ezan coldly uttered,"Inferno Style, Delta Ray Slash!"

As Luger attacked him Ezan seemed to vanish, only to appear right in front of his opponent and in the blink of an eye unleashed a triple triangle like slash to cut deeply across Luger's chest, torching him with black flames in the process. Ezan observed Luger screaming in pain before he glanced around."You may mimic those of this world but your just invaders that will be cut down."

Ezan then heard a yell and glanced up to see Cloud and Gaius finish off Julius." Maybe Ben's fears were overblown, your falling one after another and…"

Ezan was cut off before Luger suddenly gave a scream of outrage and had his aura explode."NO! Julius! You will pay…for killing my brother!"

The super elite warrior got on guard as Luger unleashed enough power to endure the pain he was feeling. Ezan then powered up in responds as he got back on guard." I see you still have enough emotion in you to care about your brother, but it won't save you, Chidori Stream!"

Lighting crackled around the sliver haired man's hand before it streamed into Luger's body. But even while being burnt and electrocuted at once Luger just roared in fury before he had a large lance form in his hand and spin it rapidly, and somehow directed all of the fire and lighting into it. Just as Ezan reacted Luger suddenly hurled the lance at Ezan.

While his target easily sliced the hurled lance, it suddenly exploded. As flames burst out Luger summoned more lances."Form Destroyer!"

Luger then threw the lances in his hands before they exploded, and kept throwing lance after lance to pile on in hopes of overwhelming and overwhelming Ezan. Luger landed on the ground and looked to see if Ezan would come out of the flames, only to hear his target utter,"Backlash Mirror-Force Flare!"

Luger saw all of the explosions suddenly get sucked up into the Nu-Epyon before it surged with energy. Luger quickly tried to throw another lance but as he did Ezan pointed his blade at the man and unleashed a massive purple energy blast.

The blast instantly vaporized the lance and Luger tried to block the blast, but was swiftly blasted backwards. Luger realized he could not over power the blast and grit his teeth before he formed more lances in his hand and blasted the ground behind him.

This allowed him to jump down to the next level and avoid the blast. Ezan cursed as he sensed Luger was dashing around below him to try and ambush him. The sliver haired man promptly jumped into the air, only to hear a crumbling sound above him.

He glanced up to see Luger had crashed down from the ceiling just in time for him to yell out,"Eternal Waltz!"

Ezan saw Luger have his lances explode with dark energy before he threw out a fierce,"XIII Chidori Blitz!"

The man with Sharingan eyes had his energy surge before in a flash he attacked Luger fast enough to leave after images in his wake. Ezan kept slashing in a pentagram formation but he saw Luger's Eternal Waltz move made him move fast enough to parry Ezan's blows.

As he saw Luger intercept him he narrowed his eyes." This man is stubborn, but I can't waste too much time on him. Well…since he does not appear to be to troublesome, might as well test some new things out while I have the chance."

Ezan jumped above Luger to prepare the final part of his XIII Chidori Blitz move. As he did Luger saw Ezan pause for a second he threw his right lance at Ezan. His target saw that he was grasping the lance still in his hand tightly."Amenotejikara!"

A moment later Ezan's right eye unleashed a purple light. At the moment Luger, had just unleashed his lance, preparing to try and impale Ezan the moment he took out the one he threw. However, in less than an instant Ezan switched places with the lance Luger threw.

By the time Luger realized what happened Ezan had already stabbed him through the heart. Luger saw that Ezan's right eye was purple, before his attacker coldly uttered,"Checkmate."

As he felt black flames course through his body his eye twitched."I…Luger has a cat named Rollo. If…if this reality does not die, no one will be left to take care of him. Make sure…someone takes care of him."

Ezan saw Luger looked serious before he nodded. Luger smiled, before the flames consumed his body and he exploded. Ezan looked around before he cleaned the blood off his blade." This Beyonder…he will pay for turning good men into his pawns."

Ezan casually demolished a few more Aleph robots in an instant to help thin the enemy ranks. The heroes were making progress but as the enemies got destroyed those that remained got more volatile.

Lambda saw Aqua block more of his attacks with her barriers before his eyes glowed red." Tremble to the final night of this universe! Disaster Flash!"

Lambda had his energy surge before he unleashed a massive red energy sword at Aqua. The blue haired Enji was able to repel it with her barrier but Lambda suddenly unleashed dozens more energy blades at her in an instant. As Aqua tensed up, James suddenly jumped up."Licht Regen!"

James had his energy explode before he took out his cross shaped bow of energy that looked like the style of his family clan the Quincy. He then unleashed a barrage of energy arrows that overwhelmed Lambda's attack.

As his enemy's attack faded James saw an orange crystal like substance in the center of the large monster's chest glow each time it attacked before he glanced at the others."Its forehead seems to be where it starts charging its energy! Keep it busy so I can hit its weak spot!"

Alvin nodded before he charged at the monster and jumped up."Open wide freak it's time to take your medicine! Terminus Pride!"

Alvin fired a barrage of blasts from his gun to hit Lambda in his eyes, causing him to flinch. Alvin used that distraction to jump up high in the air and have his broadsword surge with red energy before he plunged it down.

Lambda blocked the strike with his wing, and before he could strike back Renji and others jumped up at Lambda to pin the monster down. James focused his aim as they did." Seems safe enough to wager that's a weak-spot. Steele-Schneider!"

James unleashed a blue arrow shaped like a chain-saw and hit Lambda squarely in its chest. As the crystal was cracked Lambda roared in pain and had rays of red energy lash out in all directions to frantically kill everyone in its sight.

James saw all the explosions breaking out before he winced."He's unstable, now everyone hit it with all you got to take him out! Final Eraser Arrow! "

James unleashed his full power to enter the Letz Stile state to have a wing of energy appear around his left shoulder. He then released a massive blue energy blast as X, Megaman, and others fired full power attacks as well. Lambda unleashed a defiant burst of energy to try and knock the combined blast only for it to be in vain as he is consumed, and then destroyed.

As he did Heldalf had tried to pound Aqua with his tail after she evaded Lambda 's attack. However, he was repelled when Milla and Velvet both unleashed spells to push him back.

While the pain made the creation of Star-Dream wince, he suddenly pounced at his attackers. Aqua saw Heldalf was moving faster than the two-woman figured before she winced." Now's not meal time demon! Magnetic Frost!"

Aqua swiftly unleashed a sparkling frosty arm in the direction of the monster lion. The spell unleashed enough magnetic force to redirect Heldalf 's strike. As the demonic creature struck the orb it exploded and coated his entire limb with ice that also had magnetic properties.

Velvet saw Aqua's move had distracted her foe once more before she grasped her blade tightly. "Lord of Calamity…as immense as your rage is I'll devour it without mercy! Annihilating Crash!"

Velvet then unleashed her power to have her free hand become a large demonic red claw. She swiftly dashed at Heldalf's chest and stabbed him with her sword. She the thrust her claw at him and unleashed a red energy blast at point blank range.

Velvet's attack was powerful enough to push her target back. At the same time that she did Milla floated upwards before powering up herself. She then showed off her magical talent by having Heldalf get attacked by powerful fire, ice, wind and earth spells at once before shouting out,"Elemental Mastery!"

The Enji then had a large magical glyph form around her before it fired four large energy blasts at once and unleashed a massive energy blast. Being hit by both Velvet and Milla 's blasts pushed Heldalf up in to the air.

Before he could regain his balance, Jude ran up to the monster while yelling,"We don't have time to waste, we have to save our world before it's too late! Fatale Fury!"

Jude punched the left lower leg with all of his might, and at the same time Leia had her battle staff shimmer with energy before shouting out,"Jude's right! I'm not going to let an army of freaks get in the way of the story of the year! Soul Stoke Celebration!"

Leia struck with all the power she could muster, and with a few others attacking like Ezan's other former teammate Senel Coolidge, used their attacks to hit the half dragon half lion enemy with enough force for him to topple over.

As he did Axel jumped up and became consumed with flames. "Time to deep fry this freak! Hades Aegis!"

The former Dark Enji suddenly was consumed with flames. Moments later he was covered in what seemed like an almost samurai like armor composed of molten lava completely covering him, even giving him fiery claw extensions. In his powered-up state, Axel dove down for Helmdalf's head.

In response, his target roared and unleashed a massive purple energy blast. But this just caused Axel to have a wild look in his eye."Please, if you can't be hot enough to play on my level get out of here! Erupting, Volcanic, Crusher!"

Axel had his weapon form an ax of pure magma before he charged to bring his attack down on his target's neck. The mouth blast kept him back for a bit but Zero and a few others stabbed Heldalf in the stomach, causing him to be weakened. As a result Axel managed to burst through and successfully behead Heldalf.

Haltmann saw his manufactured helpers falling one by one and yelled in outrage before glaring at his attackers."Damn it all…Star-Dream must have been faulty for it to produce such lack luster support!"

Shadow sneered before muttering a collected,"You really thought such meager beings could make a difference when you're dealing with the ultimate life form, the ultimate warrior and others? "

"Bah…you lot will learn one way or another that your messing with the true ultimate life forms! Meager cretins from an inferior dimension are just delaying the inevitable!"

Yoshi saw the man in the golden mecha unleash a barrage of missiles in every direction before he looked determined." Yoshi won't let egg face talk to his friends that way! We won't let any bully push us around cause the harder they push the harder we push back!"

Yoshi saw the long haired mage Jade the Necromancer blast another Aleph with a powerful lighting spell before he suddenly struck it with his tongue and swallowed it while it was disabled.

To everyone's shock Yoshi was able to successfully devour the robot, and vie his unique body functions, quickly transformed it into a bolder sized metal egg. Haltmann winced as he saw Yoshi pick up the egg." What…Yoshi's can turn organisms to eggs but they are not supposed to get that big!"

"Yoshi has fought with Ben, Mario, Luigi, and all the other great hero's! Yoshi can break the limits of all other Yoshi's to make sure guys like you don't wreck things!"

Yoshi then hurled his giant metal egg at Haltmann, and while his target unleashed another barrage of missiles, the rolling metal projectile was sturdy enough to endure being hit.

Haltmann panicked and caught the metal egg with his mecha 's left arm. While he succeeded in catching the egg at the same time Kirby once more transformed in to a large spikey bolder to come crashing in to Haltmann on the other side.

The doppelganger of the CEO of Haltmann Works caught Kirby as well, and as he saw the forces coming at him from both sides his eyebrows twitched." No matter how much pressure you put on this machine it's not going to break!"

Mario suddenly turned giant once more and struck the glass over Haltmann with his Ultra Hammer. His target tried to repel the three hero's at once before snarling out a defiant, "Still not enough to break me!"

Sonic saw the strain on the mech before he grinned."Maybe not enough to break it tubby, but I busted enough machines to know when they are cracking! Time to and another one to my list!"

Sonic quickly unleashed a fully charged Sonic Spin dash to collide at a small crack where Link previously bombed the cockpit. Haltmann already had been putting his machine under stress from blocking three attacks, and he noticed Sonic just as the blue blur of a hero burst through the cracked glass, and smashed right into his pudgy target.

Just as Sonic flew out from the golden machine Samus transformed into her morph ball state and jumped in. She unleashed a Power Bomb and burst out just as her target noticed.

As Haltmann screamed and desperately tried to throw the bomb out in blew up in his face. Shadow smirked as he saw an explosion break out with enough force to shatter their enemies machine from the inside out." So far you guys seemed to be overreacting Sonic. These guys may not be push overs but we overcome far worst."

Knuckles saw the Star-Dream still glowing before he shrugged." These guys are not that bad Shadow, but it's a whole other story if the guys from well…a week from now show up."

Shadow nodded before the two saw Haltmann land on the ground with a thud. Everyone saw the blistering body of their enemy land with a thud, before Haltmann twitched for a few moments.

As the group wondered if Haltmann was trying to trick them they got their answer when the remains of the mecha landed on his head, causing him to stop twitching. Sonic and Kirby both poked him to make sure he was out before they heard a tremor and glanced up to see that it was caused after Bisley punched the ground in an attempt to kill Ben.

As Sonic saw Ben and Doug still fight Bisley he tensed up."Seems these guys will go down soon enough, let's just hope this is fast enough to matter!"

Bisley had just caught Doug's most recent punch and slammed him into Ben before he saw his co-conspirator fall. As he looked around he howled with rage." Damn it, Richard's was able to slow down Star-Dream that much? Did the others lose their resolve?"

"Hell if I know man but sounds like you guys conned yourselves into thinking your something you're not! All that talk and your just punks, so better get ready to get owned like punks!"

"I'm going to beat you with your own limb punk!" Bisley roared out as his energy exploded." I'll kill all of you myself if I have to! End Bringer!"

Bisley suddenly unleashed a large red lance shaped energy blast from his hand. While Ben and Doug were fast enough to evade it, as they did it split into smaller energy beams that spread out in all directions.

Ben deflected the blast heading his way but while Doug blocked one another beam blazed past his left leg, causing him to wince in pain.

Bisley saw Doug falter and grasped his fist tightly before his energy exploded. He then burst at Doug like a rocket as his body became a comet of demonic energy." Everyone in this reality can try and stop it but your still powerless from stopping the great wheel's turn! Absolute Fist!"

Bisley prepared to try and punch a hole through Doug but despite being wounded it did not slow the blond man at all. The moment Bisley charged at him Doug's energy exploded before he yelled out a wild," I don't get in line with any one's plan but my own yah hear freak!? If you keep trying to get me to buy your con I'm going to blow it out of my way! Final, Shoryuken, Heaven!"

Doug's right fist surged with red energy and the moment before Bisley collided into him his target struck back in an instant, with enough force to keep Bisley at bay.

The armored man sneered at disgust at Doug pushing him back and unleashed everything he had, only for Doug to not move an inch. As Doug saw cracks in his opponent's armor his eyes narrowed." For all your barking, you can't back it up so take your defeat like a man already!"

Doug unleashed a surge of power that was strong enough to shatter Bisley's fist entirely and smash him in the chest hard enough to dent his armor. Bisley went flying like a speeding bullet, but Doug was still fast enough to appear behind Bisley and unleash the second part of his combo attack with enough force to unleash a shock-wave. Bisley screamed in pain, and as he got smashed to the ground he saw his shattered fist and winced.

He seemed like he was about to yell before Ben suddenly flash stepped in front of him and had his power surge."I can't take any chances with all that's on the line, this ends now Bisley! Shinryukenha!"

While not in his Bankai state, Ben fired at Bisley at his weakened state with everything he had. The doppelganger of the CEO of Spirius frantically tried to repel Ben's spinning energy wave but realized he did not have enough power as his fist started to vaporize.

As the blast consumed him he glanced at Star Dream again."Damn it, are plans were flawless! How, how did you catch on to us? It does not matter, even if Star-Dream has only a fragment of our master's power, just a glimmer of Rabum Alal 's might is enough to break you all! Nothing can stop the great wheel's turn, your only…RAHH!"

Bisley's outburst was cut off as Ben's energy beam at last consumed him, causing him to promptly blow up. At the same time, Geno-Wyrmmon had ripped apart what seemed to be the last Aleph in the area before he looked around." Alright we cleaned house! Did…we really win?"

Ben caught his breath as he and the others looked around." I don't sense any hostile energies around the area. Though, they were hiding last time till they struck so we can't be sure till we checked the entire, huh?"

The owner of the Star Sword was cut off as Star Dream suddenly glowed blood red."Emergency protocols activated. Canceling replication of Sephiroth and Brad Fowltror test subjects, redistributing all power of Access Ark to emergency portal opening."

James was one of the many who tensed up seeing the Star Dream get even brighter before he looked around."Damn, figured they would have some sort of fail safe. Seems like it's going to try and open a portal to its master no matter what."

Ezan had his energy explode before he shouted out a driven,"Then it must be erased no matter what!"

Ben's rival tried to slice right in to Star-Dream's eye, only for an energy barrier to repel him. Cloud saw the barrier flicker before he grimaced." Guess we will have to go all out to stop it."

"Wait, don't get so hastily Cloud." Lacus uttered as she glanced around."If we destroy that machine outright, we might lose the one lead we have to find where the Beyonder is!"

Ben notice the entire building was shaking before he grasped the Star Sword tightly."I get what you mean Lacus, but as bad as it is to lose are shot at finding the enemy before they make their move, if they strike first won't that be just as bad? "

Reed looked again at the Star-Dream before he looked at his computer." Hold on I might have an option C! If you all can just crack its energy barrier up even an inch, I can shut it down if I can get inside of it!

The barrier may be of the strongest class but, if I can pin down its wave length, those of you that can cast barriers of your own can cast your own right next to it, and fracture its power! Sue…get ready to act swiftly."

Reed's wife nodded before Lacus, Aqua, and Tear Grants ran up to the Star-Dream. Reed checked his gear for a few moments before he nodded." Sue…go to frequency Nine Six One!"

The female member of the Fantastic Four looked at the others around her."Please try and match my level to have are barriers align, there is little margin for error here."

Lacus and the others nodded before Sue used her unique powers to raise a barrier without casting a spell. After a few seconds Lacus cast her own barrier to collide with Sue's, and Tear and Aqua cast their own barriers.

The four woman's barriers pushed against each other, causing the barrier around the Star-Dream to ripple. The four-woman kept having their barrier spells collide till more cracks appeared. Lacus saw the cracks and looked hopeful," Its working…quickly before it's too late!"

Ben had memories of the Beyonder's actions in the future before his energy exploded."On it! Bankai, Divine Flare Edge!"

Ben quickly unleashed the full power of the Star Sword and unleashed an energy infused slash at Star Dream.

To his relief Reed's plot worked, as the barrier was bent enough for Ben to slash across Star Dream and cut through the metal. Reed saw this and took a deep breath." Now's my chance, lets prey Bisley and Haltmann did not alter this too much."

Reed then used his unique powers he got after being hit with cosmic radiation to have his body become elastic. He quickly extended his left arm to stretch and extend to where Ben slashed Star Dream, and extended his body further to have a few of his fingers seep into the machine.

Ben and the others became consumed with dread as it looked like Star-Dream was about to fire something, before suddenly sparks flew out of its eye and all the light faded from it.

As everyone looked on in confusion Reed chuckled." It may be one of the most advanced machines in the universe, but it's still a machine and with the right wires unplugged it loses its power. They may have backup systems installed, but now we have enough time to disable them."

Kirby saw everyone looking tense before he shrugged."So…does this mean we won?"

Ben saw all the dead bodies around the area, and saw his comrades were still in one piece before he put the Star Sword back in his sheath." Sort of Kirby. We stopped them from alerting their heavy hitters, but this is just the first inning so to speak.

We managed to change the future, now we got to make sure we can keep changing it till the ending. At least with Star Dream intact, hopefully we will have a chance."

As everyone looked around the area to make sure no one else was hiding to prolong the battle an explosion sound outside made them realize fighting was going out above before. After Myers and the others saw Access Ark start to move they deployed the fleet.

While they tried to contact Spirius staff their only responds was the giant sphere like space station firing purple lasers from its ports. At the moment while they still did not know what Ben was up to, as they saw Access Ark aim to fire something they knew it could not be allowed to go on.

At the moment ace Gundam pilot of the celestial being unit, Setsuna F. Seiei in the powerful GNT-0000 00 Qan Full Saber. Setsuna had his Gundam evade a large energy blast before he uttered." We cannot let this weapon wreck the future! Fire everything you have if that's what it takes to stop it! Trans-Am!"

The Lylat Gundam pilot had his machine utilize all the energy that the solar reactors could produce before it turned bright red. He then had the GN Sword V weapon in its left hand convert to rifle mode, before it combined with GN Sword Bits into Buster Rifle mode and unleashed a massive purple energy blast that was able to pierce Access Ark's shield.

Gundam pilot Bellri then had his Gundam G-Self fire a barrage of condensed Proton Torpedo's to damage the section of the Access Ark that had fired on his comrades. Gundam pilot and leader of the London Bell unit Amuro Ray then saw his squad mate Mikazuki ram one of the ports Access Ark had with his upgraded ASW-G-08 Gundam Barbatos Lupus Rex to use the unique tail on his Gundam to plug a gun turret before it could fire, causing more of the massive space ship to blow up.

Amuro then checked the readings he was getting on the computer of the Hi-Nu Gundam before he opened a com."Keep up the pressure, it might take all we got but we can break through it! With the help of the Enji we can…huh? Io...anyone else picking up this massive energy spike?"

Before anyone could respond they saw the Access Ark suddenly stop firing, before a green and white energy beam came from Star Dream and connected with it. The headquarters of Haltmann Works suddenly glowed white, before it split in to segments.

Everyone got on guard, but were surprised to see from the discarded pieces emerge a gigantic humanoid face with a cat like mouth. Myers saw the face was motionless before he raised an eyebrow."Well…I knew this day would be bizarre. As we all know by now, the more harmless it looks the more harmful it can be so get ready for anything."

Cecil, Yamamoto and the others around him nodded, but suddenly Kyle blurted out an eager,"The jamming's stopped Grand Master! Ben and the others must have made progress!"

"Heh…glad this turn of events seems to be a good one."

As the two groups quickly caught each other up to speed Ben's group noticed the sudden transformation Access Ark went through before Doug raised an eyebrow." The hell is that? Is that the Beyonder dude?"

Kirby eyed the giant head before he gasped."Hey I remember that guy! Well, guess it's a comet and not a man but, that's Nova! He could grant wishes, but I had to blow him up when that nasty two faced Marx wished for him to destroy Pop Star! Wait, how these guys use him when he was in pieces?"

"Ah yes that's right." Reed muttered as he walked up,"Nova came from your planet Kirby. Don't be alarmed everyone, that's the true core of Access Ark. I worked with Haltmann to reverse engineer its remains to utilize its power to help breech the gap between dimensions. He built the Access Ark space station around Nova as a power source.

Star-Dream utilized that power to open the portal and, with the programming erased Access Ark must have reverted to its original state as a safety protocol. Well, at least this means we truly stopped them. I'm still missing the details but it sounds like we adverted something rather dire."

Ben looked solemnly at the remains of Luger, and the others that the Beyonder made copies of before he nodded."Sorry to have given you a scare Mister Richard's but the situation is rather bad. To be blunt things are nearly as bad as when Zannacross was released five years ago."

"What? How is that possible?"

Ben saw that Reed and the rest of the Fantastic Four, and the few mortified Spirius members who walked in were all looking at Ben in horror. But before he could explain another voice interjected with a firm,"My apologies Reed Richards but to be blunt there is little time to waste, every second counts."

Everyone saw a portal of light before Gabriel and a dozen other angels stepped out of it. Doug just raised an eyebrow before spitting out a brash,"Thanks for showing up for mop up duty dudes."

"Sorry for not assisting, we did not want to chance the Beyonder becoming aware that Cosmos was on to him or everything could have been at risk." Gabriel uttered." But we sensed the entire area and for one reason or another, the Beyonder does not seem to be watching his minions at the moment. So…for now at least we are safe."

Milla and the others native to the planet could not help but look in awe as Ben casually nodded to the angels." Are theses they celestial ones that out rank even Maxwell? Things must truly be dire. I…huh? Muzét, is that you? What are you doing here?"

Everyone heard a giggle before a woman hovered out of the pack of angels. She had long, blue-green hair, green eyes, and pointy ears. She wore a slightly revealing blue and white outfit, as well as white gloves adorned with blue, green, and purple rings on each of her arms.

She possessed intricate light-blue wings, and used them to fly over to Milla before throwing out a sultry."Milla you're ok! Oh come now you think your sister was not going to see if you're ok? I was having fun in the spirit world when I saw everyone running around all panic like saying that what was going on in your world could affect the fate of everything! How could you do something so dangerous without telling me?"

"Don't blame me Muzét, time was of the essence."

Muzét just hugged the blond woman, and Alvin saw Ben, Lacus and the others looked confused before he chuckled."That's Milla's sister. She, can be a tad eccentric but she helped us out, after we calmed her down and got her to see destroying half the planet was not a good idea."

Gabriel glanced at Star Dream before he sighed." I'm glad you were able to disable this machine without destroying it, this will smooth things over. Mister Richards I know you have a lot of questions but for now I must ask if you and the other scientists can repair Star-Dream and have it open a portal to the precise place that your comrades went through?"

Reed looked at the damaged and disabled Star-Dream, and then saw Rick pushing a traumatized Morty out of the way before looking at one of the computer screens and giving an eager thumbs up before he closed his eyes." It will take an hour to repair at best, we want to make sure all the, hostile programming is purged before we reboot it. "

"We will help you in any way we can to speed up the process. For now, I must ask, did any of you see just what the world was like that those that the others stepped through? Did any of you see what the realm they looked into was like or were the ones the Beyonder took over the only ones who really saw the world?"

Cisco looked at the computer for a moment before he raised an eyebrow."You know, Bisley, or at least evil clone Bisley did bring a portable camera on his suit for any possible first contact when his team on the Red Sprite survey shuttle. He said the bigger probe satellites would come later but, he only shared with us the first few seconds of what he found. He said he put the entire recording on his personal server.

Well…since I don't have to worry about being fired anymore might as well give it a shot. Alright…give me a second, got it! I'll display it on the main screen for everyone. Huh…the footage is over an hour long, sure as hell longer than a few minutes I got from Commander Gore like Bisley said it was!"

Everyone remained on edge as the scientist had a holographic image of the recording Bisley took show up in front of Star-Dream. They saw six men, the real Bisley, Julius, Luger, Rideaux, Wells, and Haltmann walk through a portal, before entering a rocky area that had a green sky.

For a few moments everyone was looking around before they saw a flash of light. Everyone then looked up, and the group, even the angels were shocked to see that a large red planet was hovering right above the planet's sky, and seemed to be perfectly still.

The group saw that a sun was very close, and nearly looked like a crystal. One of the group, everyone was in space suits with helmets, walked forward. Suddenly two clouds above them turned to giant yellow eyes. For a moment the eyes were motionless, but after one in the group stepped back the eyes unleashed giant beams of light.

A moment later the camera dropped, and Ben's group saw the camera fall to show Bisley and those around him were paralyzed, and a few moments later their paralyzed bodies were herded to the sun, before in a flash of light they were gone, leaving the camera to record nothing continued to happen Cisco had the footage fast forward, only for nothing to change till the footage ended.

As the recorded footage ended Reed winced."So, the footage he talked about was a lie, this is worst then I thought. Were the eyes supposed to be the Beyonder you were talking about? It was brief but it seemed like that planet was aligned nearly like a moon, the rules of physics seem to be vastly different in this dimension."

"Trust me with what I saw the Beyonder do I would not put anything past him." Ben uttered dryly as he walked up to the head of the Future Foundation,"Glad fate or whatever else caused you to not go with them Reed Richards or the entire universe might have been destroyed...again. Well, you went through all this you all have the right to know what's at stake and what we have to do."

Ben, Gabriel, and a few others quickly explained to Reed what happened, and he and the other scientists quickly worked to repair Star-Dream to help the heroes with the next phase of their operation. A hour later everyone had finished healing from the injuries they obtained during the fight, and prepared themselves the best they could till they were told to gather at Elympio's port.

As Doug saw all the air ships ready to take off he raised an eyebrow."Yo Grand Master what's going on? The game plan changed or something?"

The leader of the Enji grinned before responding with a composed," The plan's still the same as before Doug, we have just been taking in all the data to make sure its preformed properly. As bad as things got, you all did well to make sure the situation did not escalate. Now at least, we can confront the enemy on the best terms possible given the situation."

"Does that mean we really know where this Beyonder jerk is hiding?" Hiryuumon blurted out anxiously as he wagged his tail." Do we know what that jerk plans to do yet?"

"Sadly we don't have enough information to grasp everything but we have some idea at least." Reed walked up with the other scientists and members of the Fantastic Four." Bisley did not leave a list of orders from his master or something that complete, but between what the angels told me and the information we did uncover we are at least a little more enlightened on what we are dealing with.

Thankfully the recorder Bisley brought with him was a probe as well. It seems this Beyonder is not absolute in his cunning, he did not destroy it and thus we got some data on the planet Bisley and the others landed on.

We did find out that Bisley and Haltmann both ordered ZONE devices, large spherical spatial bombs of sorts that were part of the process used to open portals to other dimensions before Star Dream was completed.

My guess, based on what you told me about how the enemy would open portals to other planets in the future, is that the ZONE spheres would be transferred to the enemies forces and be used to create "anchor" points so that the Beyonder could go through with this Incursion that he plans to unleash. It's entirely possible that the enemy will go to other parts of the universe if they find out we are waiting for them, but with the angels on the watch we should be able to be alert now.

As for the Beyonder's realm, we were able to find out one interesting tidbit. The planet that Bisley and the others saw before what seemed to be the Beyonder found them, upon closer look not only is it a planet in our universe, it would seem to be two planets fused together."

Lacus was one of the many shocked by that before she blurted out,"A planet from our universe? You mean the Beyonder has taken entire worlds into his own reality?"

"Not quite Lacus." Myers answered." We checked, the worlds are still in our universe. They would be the world of Eos and the world of Orience. Both worlds wear near the quadrant near Lighting's world of Grand Pulse and were at one point guided by the l'Cie and the angel Eltro but otherwise have little in common.

Yet from what we have been told the Beyonder seemed to have replicated two worlds and fused them together, we can even identify continents form both planets like what is known as Kingdom of Concordia on Orience and the city of Insomnia from Eos. It is a bit baffling to me why someone so keen on eradiating all there is would be casually copying planets."

"I'm not for sure Grand Master but I might have some idea." Gabriel put out."Perhaps with all that he missed the Beyonder desired to see what he missed out in his long slumber? Some of you said those you fought said something about a "Battle-World", it nearly sounds like he is treating this as a game."

Ben looked at the damaged Spirius Headquarters in the distance before he sighed." He may be deranged enough to think it's a game, but it's the kind of game that can't be allowed to go on! So give it to me straight, are our hopes of stopping him any higher then when we started?"

"I'd be lying if I would not say the stakes are still high Ben." Gabriel answered."But I will say we are in a better state then before. We are using are magic to seal off the entire region of space around the planet from outside detection to minimize the chances of the Beyonder detecting our movements.

With our help Richards and the others will soon have Star-Dream open a portal to the Beyonder's realm, and this one will be large enough for your forces to enter. This time we will be the ones to catch the enemy by surprise, we will cast a spell to mask everyone's presence."

Cloud looked at the steady look the angels had before he walked up."Even if we are able to travel through the Beyonder's reality long undetected, what are we supposed to do when we find him?"

"Cloud's right, is the Divine Nova ready to be used yet?" Ben uttered anxiously." Alas the process needs more time Ben." The angel answered." That's why we strongly advise you just investigate just what the Beyonder is truly up to in order to properly stop it. Then, once that happens things should be ready for you to have the means to stop him."

As Doug heard that he cracked his neck before he threw out a dry," That's the best you got? Finding out what the bad guys are up to is all well and good but if this dude is in the same ball park as Zannacross then seems like your plan has a few holes in it! We saw that this guy could scoop up those suckers in the blink of an eye! All its going to take is one second of bad luck and this plan is sunk."

Aqua saw the angels all looked uneasy before she sighed." Doug…I doubt the angels are being heartless about this. But, the fact is this is the best shot we have at the moment so despite the risks we have to do with what we got or we are all doomed."

As Doug glowered at Aqua, Ezan suddenly chuckled."What's wrong Fitter? Forget it's our duty to do what must be done to protect the innocent? Besides, even if Ben and Lacus don't have their full power restored it does not mean we are powerless. After all…some of us have managed to learn new tricks since the war's end."

Lacus saw Ezan grasp his right eye before she leaned forward." Ezan…I noticed your eye was glowing purple for a moment when you were fighting Luger and at the same time your energy felt different. Is…this the result of your illness?"

Ezan looked confident before he looked down." Not in the way you might expect Lacus. The truth of the matter is that, the one advantage of being put in a near death experience is that it forced my right eye to evolve form a Sharingan, to a Rinnegan."

Everyone saw Ezan's right eye transform once more into a purple ripple like state before James blurted out."Wait a second, the Rinnegan was the same kind of eyes that Xemnas had!"

"Indeed he did James." Ezan retorted calmly," But don't forget that both Xemnas and I were beings that were experimented on to be the true ultimate soldier, the desired successor to Seyia Leingod. It would seem that after enough time had passed my eyes evolved to their true potential. Or at least one did since I was not a pure a clone as Xemnas was."

Zidane raised an eye brow as he looked at Ezan intently." Hold the phone hear Ezan what is going on? You went nearly killed dozens of times during the war! Hell, you legit killed yourself taking down that crazy demon lord Dahak in the final battle and your Sharingan still did not turn purple! C'mon admit it you got bored and got someone to jack up your eye for fun eh?"

Aeris giggled before throwing out a playful," I assure you Ezan's not lying about his eye evolving naturally. I like to think that what mattered was the extra power he had at the point of time. After all the first time, I saw the Rinnegan was when we first had…"

Ezan wince and quickly cleared his throat." What Aeris means is that I think it's that my body had to be at a precise point for the Rinnegan to awaken. I'm glad I have more to use its power for then winning tournaments."

As Zidane, Doug, and a few others snickered Squall cleared his throat." I'm glad even your step father's efforts to sabotage you had a few positive side effects to it Ezan. Does this mean you now can do all that Xemnas could do?"

"Not quite Squall." The sliver haired man answered to his former team leader." Like with the Sharingan each bearing of the Rinnegan has access to his own unique skills, plus I'm more limited since I only have one eye. Still, my control over the elements are vastly improved, including the elements of the divine. I only had limited means to test my new powers over the past year.

One such new skill I can perform is the Amenotejikara, which allows me to warp places with my target in less than an instant. I'm not sure if I have the power over life that Xemnas had, but I would prefer not to use such dark spells unless it was absolutely vital for some reason or another.

The Rinnegan is powerful enough to see through dimensional distortions, so in theory I should be able to see the Beyonder if he would try to hide to surprise us. Its not much but even so it's enough to give us more of an edge on are foe's."

Doug saw the sliver haired man's confidence before he rolled his eyes. God damn it you get power ups just from nearly dying even after the war's over? Not all of us get a golden hand Ezan, but don't think even with that new eye of yours you can look down on me! Sometimes all the talents and unique skills can't stop raw skill yah hear!"

"Heh…all the more reason we have to save all reality Fitter, I'm all too eager just who truly has the superior skill, yet again."

Doug had his eyebrow twitch but Aqua got in front him and looked sternly."Enough Doug this is not the time for petty things like that!"

The blond haired man saw everyone was looking at him before he just tipped his hat lower."So, that's the word eh? Fine…guess it's only a big deal to yours truly but whatever."

Ezan shrugged before he looked back at the airships."So then…are we waiting for reinforcements or anything?"

Myers closed his eyes before he turned around." Numbers won't mean much in a battle like this, to be frank we have the people hear that stand at least some chance of surviving this battle. Your group will deploy into the Beyonder's reality, I'll direct our forces on this side just in case the worst happens. As unlikely as it may be, we need forces here for one last stand if need be."

Ben raised an eyebrow before he walked up to the older Enji." You're not going with us Master Myers? I get what you're saying but we will need your strength with an enemy as powerful as the Beyonder."

"I'm sorry Ben but I must stay on this side. Not only for my power but to coordinate things and keep people calm. We are already working on trying to not keep the people in the corporations from descending into chaos after the deaths of their leaders.

Thankfully Susie is able to take control of Haltmann Works for the time being while a Miss Vera will be the intern president of Spirius. That's just some of the work we have to go over with King Atem, Ansem and the others. That's why, I want to save my energy for the moment of truth, to save everything for when it will matter most."

Ben saw Myers was hiding his right hand in his cape before Yamamoto suddenly walked forward."I'll be going in the mission. I'm arguably the strongest Enji Master under the Grand Master so the gap won't be to wide."

Ben tried to pull out a confident smirk as he threw out,"Ah I see. Thanks, the more Enji Masters having my back the better."

"Forget I'm a Enji Master now to Ben?" James uttered as he repositioned his glasses." I'm not quite on the level of Master Yamamoto or some of the others but my assets will be vital for this going as smoothly as can be."

Ben winced before unleashing an uneasy chuckle." Sorry about that James with all the stuff going on I forgot how much has changed. Your right though, guess we have what is needed to pull this off now and we just got to make sure we do it right."

Gabriel turned around before he pointed in that direction."We can't unleash all of heaven's army at the Beyonder, it would alert him to say the least. But we will give you some support.

Chronoa provided us some of her Time Patrol agents. You have not met him before but you have met his father. He's the son of Vegeta, Trunks."

Gabriel pointed to the right where Ben and co saw a man around Ben's height with short purple hair, blue armor partly covered by a black coat walk forward. The purple haired man saw Ben and the others and just smiled."Ben Auro, it's an honor to meet you. I'm Trunks Briefs…son of Vegeta and one of the Supreme Kai of time's Time Patrollers. It's an honor to meet you in person, thanks again for saving the universe."

"Thanks…let's just hope we can do it again." Ben uttered as he and Trunks shook hands."I've been updated about the situation Enji. I've spent a very long time tracking down time anomalies, and those that cause them. It may not be precisely the same with this Beyonder but if there is any weak spot in his reality, or in his power, I can help find it.

I'm not quite as strong as my father or Goku, I still have yet to master God Kai even after all this time. But let's say, with how the mission is I'm more focused then they are for the moment. We really can't afford for them to challenge anyone to a fight before we have a clear situation."

"Heh…trust me I know what you mean Trunks. Well, glad we will have your specialty for this. Seems like we will have as good as odds as we can manage. I just hope the Beyonder won't attack while we are in his realm."

Before Trunks or anyone could answer a new male voice uttered a composed." He can try and pull a fast one Ben Auro…but I assure you he will have a hell of a welcoming party."

Ben gasped and swerved around before he saw Beerus and Champa, along with Whis and Valdos descend from the sky. Ben also noticed ten others with garb like the two God's of Destruction, one that looked like a humanoid fox, one that looked like a green man with a red beard, one that looked like a humanoid pink elephant, another that looked like a humanoid clown, one that looked like a grey merman, another that looked like a humanoid brown eel, another that looked like a yellow mouse, another that looked like a tall green robot, another that looked like a tall woman in Egyptian garb, and lastly a round man with elf like ears and a beard that covered his face.

Ben saw Beerus looked amused before he cleared his throat."Ah good to see you Beerus, did you come for the party?"

"I wish…but Cosmos insisted I guard the portal just in case. All of the God's of Destruction have been gathered as part of the last line of defense."

Beerus uttered as he motioned to those behind him." Hell, if nothing else it's the first time all of the God's of Destruction have been allowed to be active in quite a while so should be a party. This world better have some damn good food."

Doug saw Hiryuumon, Yoshi, and a few of the others looking anxious before muttering,"God's of Destruction? The hell is this bro you dug up some robots that quack Wily planned as a backup plan or something? They sure look goofy enough."

Ben saw Beerus, and all the others look annoyed before he winced and quickly went up to Doug."They may look…unorthodox Doug but these guys are some of the most powerful angels in existence, they are even more powerful than the Royal Knights. To be honest I can't beat them without my full power."

As Doug raised an eyebrow, Ezan eyed Beerus intently."Well, I can sense unique energy with the Rinnegan but still…your saying no mortal can match their power Auro? Times have changed and such a theory should…"

Ben winced and quickly got in front of his rival before throwing out a panicked,"Ezan trust me this is not the time for more problems! Just take my word for it ok?"

Beerus laughed before he leaned forward." Glad you're looking at things more clearly now Enji. Well…enough so that you're on the ball dragging out this Beyonder punk's little scheme out of the shadows. Just don't get cocky."

Whis nodded before adding,"Indeed…I'm one of the fastest teleporters in existence but the Beyonder would interfere with my power as long as you're in his own dimension so don't count on me being able to reverse time again to bail you out."

"Don't worry Whis." Ben retorted as he gave an thumbs up." We managed to win the cosmic war and beat Zannacross himself without time traveling so, now that we know what's going on we are going to make the impossible possible."

Beerus rolled his eyes before throwing out a deadpanned,"Well if you are going to pull that off then you better stop talking about it and do it! Or do I have to kick you all they're for a head start?"

Doug chuckled at the God of Destruction's bravado before he tipped his hat." Don't have all the details on you yet dude but you sound like a dude cool enough to drink with."

"A gutsy one, are we?" Beerus said with a snicker." Well I admire your bravado, prove to me your strong enough to be on the same table as me and I'll think it over. So, go on and make sure there is still a table already!"

Ben cleared his throat as he looked around." Well…are we waiting for anything else or are we good to go?"

"It seems Mister Richards and the others have Star-Dream ready so we are good to go. We don't want to send the entire fleet, just enough ships to give you all a chance to be spread out in case one group encounters a disastrous surprise.

The Neo-Highwind will go, with the Tri-Edge, the Waverider lead by Captain Rip Hunter, another will go with the "Star Lord" Peter Quill along side Fox McCloud in the Great Fox, and Doug will go with his ship the Zodiac Pinion. Ladies and gentlemen…if there is nothing else then its time to begin the mission.

Once again, the fate of all that there is rests on your shoulders. I hope this is not the last time I see any of you, but with the stakes this high we must be willing to give up everything to save reality itself. Just, do what you must, nothing more, nothing less."

Lacus put her hands together before responding with a warm,"I promise we will be careful Grand Master."

"That's all I can ask of you all. Well then comrades, may the force of light be with you all."

Ben nodded before retorting with a solemn,"Same to you Master Myers."

Trunks then went over to Lacus before he nodded."Miss Raystar…if you don't mind could you go over with me the precise details of the things like the "glitches in space" that you dealt with before now as we descend into the Beyonder 's realm?"

Lacus blinked for a few moments and looked at Ben before he shrugged. She then smiled back."Sure I'll be happy to."

"Thank you. I'm going on the Waverider…Rip Hunter has worked with my group in the past so he has specialized gear. Ah yes, would you mind if your Digimon partner comes along as well? Just have a few tests I want to do. Everyone, looking forward fighting alongside you. Just hope the first impression I give you is not the last."

As everyone began to go to their ship Muzét nudged Milla on her shoulder before throwing out a playful,"Even if the stakes are high sister, at least we can be together again Milla!"

"Even you have to take this seriously Muzét,"The blond Enji Knight retorted as she struggled to keep her composure."This is far bigger then what any one besides Ben Auro himself has done before. When we cross the Temporal Crossroads we won't be just going between our formerly fractured world, it's to a whole new universe, a universe that if I heard right was created on a whim of our enemy."

Gaius shrugged before throwing out an assertive,"Regardless of how powerful the threat is, as a king I must do my duty to protect my domain, I'm sure the rest of the Enji feel the same."

Jude nodded before adding an eager,"Don't worry Milla, fighting alongside the savior we can't fail!"

Doug paused before rolling his eyes."Man Ben…only been a few years and people forgot you're not a god."

Ben saw Doug was mostly playful in his eyes before he responded with an uneasy chuckle."I guess it's hard to give a modest reputation when you saved the universe. That being said...right now I have to live up to my reputation Doug. Maybe not a god, but whatever it takes to save everything I care about! This time, I will live up to my legacy!"

Doug was about to respond before Lacus grasped Ben's hand and squeezed it warmly."Don't feel like you have to carry the burden by yourself sweetheart. You have all of us, if not everyone in the universe having your back. Even if you're the one with the strongest power level this time it's not your destiny, this time it's something we will all work to overcome together."

Ben looked Lacus in the eye before he smirked."Thanks Lacus, I admit I've been feeling like I failed my job and all that but I guess no one really saw this coming. I feel better now."

"No problem, trust me I know all about feeling like the weight of the world, if not the weight of a dimension is on your shoulders. Alright, better meet up with Terra and the others on the Waverider to talk with Trunks. I know it's been a while but don't get to anxious just because I'm not besides you as we go through ok?"

"I'll just have to be extra careful not to get hurt with you not close by. Just…keep in touch so that we are ready the second a threat happens, we can't let this Beyonder get another chance to take everything away from us."

"He won't my love, I promise."

The two then kissed passionately, before Lacus parted and waved before going with Hiryuumon to meet Rip Hunter, Velvet and her team, another Enji, Sara Lance, and Trunks. Doug saw how passionate Ben looked, saw Aqua looking worried in the distance and cracked his neck." Stop star gazing bro, we got work to do am I right?"

"Of course, see you on the other side Doug. Just be careful."

"Same to you man."

The two-fist bumped before getting on their respected ships. In a few minutes the ships were ready to go, and Reed and the others prepared Star-Dream to open a portal to the Beyonder's dimension. This time the machine was attached to the Nova Comet itself.

Like before Star-Dream started to glow, and this time pillars that formed a mirror formed out of the Nova Comet. Reed, with Master Myers, the rest of the Fantastic Four, and Gabriel looked at all the monitors before the leader of the Future Foundation took a deep breath. "The frequency is matched, the harmonics are constant, the uncertainty engine is primed, as far as I can see we are ready. Get ready Enji, the Schwarzwelt portal is opening."

"Schwarzwelt?"

"Oh my apologizes Schwarzwelt is what we are naming the class of portal. The name Schwarzwelt comes from the human culture once called German.

Schwarz, meaning black, and Welt, meaning world. A antithesis to are reality, its a..."

"Reed lecturing them its precise meaning won't have any value if everyone is to dead to remember it!"

"Fair enough Sue. Alright everyone get ready."

Gabriel nodded before his wings extended." We are indeed ready Mister Richards. This time we will be the one's masking are true intentions till we are ready to strike."

He, along with other angels like Alcor, Adam Warlock, and more all cast beams of light to form a golden cage of light around the entire region of space.

The Supreme Kai looked at the airships intently before he nodded." The spell worked, you all, along with all of your equipment are now endowed with Cosmos's blessing, so you in theory should be unable to be detected by anyone that does not have her detection. We will see who's power is superior I suppose."

Reed nodded before having Star-Dream go through the final phase. The machine promptly fired a red energy beam that hit the mirror like ring in front of it. The beam got three to four times larger after going through the mirror like object, and became wide enough for the Neo-Highwind and the other ships to fit through. Cid checked his ship's scanners before he chuckled." The hole seems stable. Alright boys…better hold on because this is going to be one hell of a ride!"

Ben saw the hole of purple energy, saw those around him like X, Zero, Master Yamamoto, Renji, and the others that went with his team before he put on the most confident face he could muster. Alright guys, it's now or nothing, time to be heroes."

The Tri-Edge burst at full speed for the portal, with the Neo-Highwind and the others right behind it. Master Myers saw the ships go through the portal, and after a few tense seconds Reed checked his monitor and nodded."They made it through intact. Far as the data shows they will enter successfully."

Myers struggled to not look worried as he grasped his sword tightly."Ben…Lacus…everyone, it's in your hands now."

The leader of the Enji felt a pain in his chest, grasped it and saw the others were looking at him before he shrugged." Good work everyone, I suppose while the situation is dire we must do what we can to keep our wits. There for I propose a dinner for the occasion?"

Gabriel nodded before he looked down and saw Beerus, Champa, and the other God's of Destruction below."A fine idea Myers, but let's make sure that the God's of Destruction have their own table. They are a lot that…are very picky about how they eat. Well, Alphamon, Thor, and the others will watch over the portal, we will be ready just in case the worst happens."

"Team B" went down to do what they could to keep calm as "Team A" braced themselves for anything. For a few tense minutes, Ben and co saw nothing but a purple light as they traveled to an entire new dimension.

Everyone held their breath as a flash of light blinded them for a moment, till to Ben's relief they saw what looked like relatively normal space once more. Ben looked around the window and saw what seemed to be a large star before he looked around."Well everyone, this looks like neither heaven or hell so guess we made it eh? Donny how's it looking?"

The long-time copilot of the Tri-Edge paused for a few moments before swerving his head around." The odds that we successfully entered the targeted destination are eighty percent Master."

"You sure we did not just go some were else in the universe?" Megaman muttered with curiously." Positive Megaman. For one the data fragments resemble the unique samples we managed to analyze from the Beyonder's minions. But more importantly, just look in front of you."

The blue bomber, and those around him did just that. As they did they saw the planet that Bisley took before, and gasped as they saw that not only was that planet still close to a planet, but that four other planets were hovering in orbit relatively close to each other, nearly like a ring of planets that were all revolving around the crystal-like sun in between them. "Well…this really is beyond what the norm is in our universe, guess the laws of time and space are whatever the Beyonder says they are."

X looked around before he narrowed his eyes." I don't see any other stars; this ring of planets might very well be the only part of his reality."

"Well we better check out what differences these planets have and figure out where is the safest place to land if any. Hey that red planet looks."

Before Zero could respond everyone saw a light, before to their shock the red planet in the area suddenly blew up in one massive explosion. Everyone tensed up as they saw only star dust float where that planet was before Yamamoto narrowed his eyes." Has the enemy found out about us?"

Ben quickly opened a com link to the others before blurting out,"Anyone detect anything coming for us?"

"Not heading for us per say Ben."James uttered in an analytical tone." But we are starting to see warships in the distance. It's odd though, the enemy fleet is, chaotic."

"What you mean? Are his warships super bizarre or something?"

"By the country, it's how familiar they are that's, perplexing. On first glance the nearest ship matches that of an Imperial Star Destroyer from the era of the Galactic Alliance.

I can even see from the markings that it's the ship Anakin Solo the ship commanded by the Sith Lord Darth Caedus. But what's baffling, is that they are fighting Tie Fighters that have the markings of the First Order."

"What's the big deal dude?" Doug pitched in." They from different parts of time or something? They said the Beyonder was recreating things and people all over history right?"

"True Doug but this is even more bizarre. The First Order was not a real group, in was a fictional retelling of the era after the legendary Luke Skywalker. Real Stealth X ships are fighting more or less "Fictional Retellings". Yes…I even recall the story that this ship the "Finalizer' was part of the records of the " Fictional retelling of history. Or...wait was that the other way around?"

Ben looked at the data James was presenting and indeed saw many eye ball like black colored TIE fighters fighting other fighters, and even machines that while not quite Gundam's looked close to mobile suits. Ben made sure none of them were coming for him before he raised an eyebrow. "Why would the Beyonder have his men fight each other?"

" I'm not sure yet but, I'm seeing some samples of the fighting going on in theses planets, from what we see it seems like individuals that strongly look like hero's are fighting ones that traditionally look like "bad guys". On top of that, I noticed that many of the planets look like they are parts of planets we known and fused together. One world even looks a lot like Hyrule."

"What the hell is going on here? Are some of them not loyal to the Beyonder or or…"

Before he could finish another light blinded the sky. As everyone wondered if another planet was about to blow up the star itself had purple eyes form out of it before booming out."ATTENTION MY SUBJECTS, THE NEXT PHASE OF THE BATTLE WORLD HAS CONCLUDED!"

Ben felt a chill go down his spine before he stepped back." That voice, it's the Beyonder!"

Yamamoto grasped his staff tightly before grinding out,"So…this is the villain who destroyed the universe?"

"Without a doubt Master Yamamoto," X uttered." The booming voice, the energy, this is the maverick we have to stop. So…Battle World really is a game then?"

Everyone noticed that the ships and fighters had all stop fighting the moment the Beyonder stopped talking, and after a few more moments the Beyonder continued." ZAMASU HAS CLAIMED VICTORY OVER ALL WHO OPPOSED HIM, HE HAS CLAMED THE RIGHT TO BE MY DIMENSIONAL NIHLIO GENERAL! HIS VICTORY RESULTED IN THE DESTRUCTION OF THE PLANET HOSNIAN PRIME BUT IT IS A SMALL PRICE TO PAY TO PROVE HIS WORTHYNESS TO ENFORCE MY WILL!

THE NEXT PHASE OF BATTLE-WORLD WILL BE THE LAST FOR MY PATIENCE IS ENDING! NO MATTER WHAT LAYS AHEAD OF YOU MY PAWNS, SLAY YOUR ENEMIES, AND PROVE YOU CAN HELP ME DESTROY ALL THAT OPPOSES ME AND ALL YOU DESIRE WILL BE YOURS WHEN I ERASE THAT WHICH IS IN MY WAY! YES…THE INCURSION…WILL BEGAN AFTER BATTLE WORLD IS FINISHED! SO GO FORTH AND PROVE WHO IS MOST WORTHY! "

Ben grasped his fist tightly before muttering," Damn it...so this really is a giant game to him? He is making his minions fight to the death just to prove themselves to him?"

"Don't get emotional when it's not needed Ben." Yamamoto uttered gravely," Don't forget, every single life dying in this game of his is not a living soul, they are all fragments of his will, puppets dancing for his delight.

It's no doubt impressive that he has the power to create so many various life forms in such a short time. However, this gives us one advantage, he is so focused on running this game of his that we can sneak around while his attention is divided."

"Sounds like the best way to try and kick this off eh? James…Cid…you and the others figure out which planet seems like the safest one to land on?"

Before he could get an answer the Beyonder had his energy surge once again." WHAT IS THIS? I SENSE A DISTURBENCE IN MY SPACE. SOMEONE IS TRYING TO ESCAPE MY GAME? I GIVE CREDIT TO MY CREATIONS BEING ABLE TO ELUDE MY SIGHT! BUT EVEN IF I CAN"T SENSE YOU I CAN SENSE THE MOVEMENT IN MY SPACE! I WLL NOT HAVE ANYONE ESCAPE ALL MUST PROVE THEIR WORTH!"

Ben turned pale as the light from the star got more intense before he looked around. "Damn it all don't tell me the Beyonder already has."

Ben's cut off as a massive purple light burst out to hit the Tri-Edge and the other ships, and freeze them all in their tracks. Ben saw his cousin's ship get dragged in, and noticed the other airships were being pulled to." He is dragging us to him! We have to do something!"

"My apogizes sir, but the controls are unresponsive. We seem to be caught in a magical variation of a tractor beam, and it's too overwhelming to break out of."

Ben saw the Neo-Highwind, the Great Fox, The Waverider, and the Phoenix Pinion all get pulled in the direction of the Beyonder, and to his dread saw them all get dragged to different planets as the Tri-Edge got dragged to the planet that looked the most like Corneria. Ben tried to move but the pressure the Beyonder was unleashing was strong enough to keep him and the others pinned to the ground.

As Ben used all of his strength just to keep his head up he saw the Beyonder get closer and closer before he grit his teeth." Damn it…he does not seem to know who we are, but does it really matter if he can crush us in an instant? After all of this, did we turn back time just to be powerless again?"

As the champions of the universe got dragged to the Beyonder's planets the deranged deity laughed loud enough to shake his entire reality."THERE IS NO ESCAPE! ALL WILL EITHER PROVE THEY ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO BE WORTHY TO SERVE ME OR DIE!"

Ben saw the Tri-Edge was about to be thrown through the incoming planet's atmosphere, and wondered if his mission to save all he cared about was over before it begun.

Authors Notes: Just wanted everyone to be aware that the next arc will be the five groups going through their adventures at the same time. I will be covering each arc separately so, one group at a time more or less.

Since it might take a while here is what each group will be dealing with. Ben's group will be the next arc and will be in Metropolis, as he encounters both the Justice League and the Avengers, who are fighting each other to survive the Beyonder's game to live, even if the price is forsaking what made them hero's in the first place.

Ben struggles to figure a way to help them while also being able to get a lead on the Beyonder, while also helping Mighty Number Nine prove his plan to save everyone can work while also facing the wrath of the demented version of Superman, Super Boy Prime.

Doug's group will head to Lorule, and help the Joestar family fight the forces of Dio Brando, along with his servants including Yuga and Demise from Zelda, Bedman from Guilty Gear and others. On top of that Doug and Aqua struggled dealing with personal demons that their enemies gladly bring to the surface.

James's group will head to the world of Shuigang the planet of the hero's of the Freedom Planet Indie Game, where James, Sonic and others must help hero's Sash Lilac and Carol Tea fight not only their enemy Lord Brevon but also figure out a way to get out of the battle between Jacen Solo and Kylo Ren, two men who both vow they are the true son of Han Solo.

Lacus, Hiryuumon, Trunks, and her group will wind up in the deadly Gourmet World, a world merged with the Honnouji Academy, where she must figure out how to deal with the vicious Midora and the deadly Ragyo Kiryuin.

Ezan and Cloud's group will head to Eos and help Noctus Lucis Caelum and "Class Zero" overcome an...altered retelling of a merged story of Final Fantasy Type Zero and Final Fantasy 15 as they fight to over come the manipulations not only of the ominous Ardyn, the vengeful Caius Ballad, and the bitter Imperial Marshal Cid Aulstyne, but the malevolent manipulation from a altered Yūki Terumi.

All five groups will deal with how things have changed since the end of the Cosmic War and where they stand, while also trying to stop the efforts of the Black Swans to ensure that the Beyonder and his forces have a path to attack the universe.

Well, just wanted to give everyone a taste of what's in store. Hope you liked how things unfolded, this is my take at the Secret Wars Marvel event with more then a few twists.

Ah, for a minor note the Schwarzwelt portal was based off of the similar portal in the Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey RPG in where the cast in that game was transformed into a alternate world.

In the 2015/16 Neo Secret Wars event Doctor Doom had taken fragmented remains of universes of everything form the main Marvel reality, to the Ultimate reality to the Zombie reality and made a world out of those remains where Doom ruled over it all as god.

Lets see...a more detailed version is after the numerous incursions the Beyonders unleashed destroyed the Multiverse. The remains of several realities were all merged to form a new Battleworld with the planet having a roundish shape.

This new Battleworld was created by its ruler Doctor Doom (who is worshipped as its deity God Emperor Doom) after he and Doctor Strange went to the Beyonders to stop an incursion of their reality.

Although Doctor Strange didn't kill the Beyonders during the confrontation, Doctor Doom appears to do so by using a secret weapon, actually thousands of Molecule Man, that allowed Doom to take the Beyonders' power as his own and incorporated the remnants of the realities destroyed by the incursions, or more precisely, their incursions points, to create his own image of Battleworld with Strange unable to do anything else but to follow his words.

That stories Battleworld would eventually collapse after God Emperor Doom's Beyonders' power was transferred to Reed Richards, who was considered by Doom himself and Molecule Man to be more worthy, and rectified the artificial reality. Once more though, I have a different idea in mine for my version.

Any who, I more or less did something like that for my story only made it a bunch of planets so I could still have some space ship battles in the coming arcs.

Hope some of you liked things enough for a review and till next time everyone.