Chapter 243: Zero Hour on the Doomsday Clock!
The sudden arrival of the apparent apocalypse rattled the majority of the sane people in the entire universe, the Supreme Queen of all light was no exemption to this feeling.
Despite knowing full well that the Beyonder was still out there, seeing that her first unstable off spring had managed to trick her and all of her agents so completely and push up his attack faster then she expected managed to rattle even the most senior members of heaven.
Despite being off guard, the moment the Incursion unfolded the angels mobilized to advert doomsday.
At the moment Cosmos was observing just how fast the dimensions were fracturing around Corneria, along with other areas in the universe that the boundaries between realms were becoming erratic.
Her most faithful servants were around her mobilizing the forces of heaven, from Gabriel, Omnimon, Alcor, the Supreme Kai, Kal-El, Materia, and the rest of her best angels.
Gabriel saw the tension in Cosmos's face before he smirked." Cosmos don't despair. Chronoa is not sure just yet if the Beyonder will be able to counter her time magic but she will reach a conclusion soon. I find it highly unlikely the Supreme Kai of Time will not be able to come through in time."
Cosmos saw how tense her loyal angel was and repressed her own anxiety as she flashed a pleasant smile." All to true Gabriel. The Beyonder is learning faster then we figured, and is learning fast how to act cruelty. To think he would use Lacus and Ben's own parents as pawns, we were careless to think he would not act quickly.
Gather everyone that can fight so that we can assist the Enji. We must do all we can, to prevent my first son's mad impulses change the universe for the worst."
As Gabriel and the other angels around him nodded a female voice giggled." Oh, Lady Cosmos, let's be a tad realistic here yes? Based on all that's happened, aside from rewinding time itself it seems one way or another the universe is going to change from this.
The only thing that remains to be seen, is just what the shape of existence is going to be like when its done."
Cosmos and the angels swerved around to see that the new voice came from a woman with long silver hair and dark blue eyes.
She wore a long white coat with the sleeves rolled up with a black vest underneath. She had a pink ruffled ascot with a green gem in the center and white gloves. She also was clad in pale olive-green capris and mid-shin black boots.
The sliver haired woman flashed a pleasant smile and made no hostile move,. Even so her sudden approach caused the angels to be wary all the same as Gabriel raised an eyebrow." Who, are you? I don't remember your face, and this is a rather poor time for additional surprises."
"Aw its ok." The sliver haired woman retorted cheerfully." Can't remember my face if you have not seen it right? I go by Enna Kros. I know things seem rather hectic at the moment but I just need just a smug of Cosmos's time."
As Gabriel looked at his fellow angels with caution Thor grasped his Mjölnir hammer tightly." Our sincere apologizes Miss Kros, but with the fate of all there is hanging in the balance now is the very worst time for Cosmos to have her attention diverted from all but what's essential to saving the universe. "
"Aw, but if the universe is destroyed before I can tell her then it's going to be too late!"
Cosmos saw the angels looking at each other, but before Thor and some of the other angels walked forward the Ethereal Queen of Light cleared her throat." Its ok everyone, I'll talk to her. I was going to address everyone in Heaven shortly anyway to ease their fears so I'll talk to her before I do so.
Despite all that's going on, I won't drop my principles or beliefs. No matter how things unfold, I won't betray the beliefs of the light, till the end. Do your best everyone. Trillions of lives are depending on it."
Cosmos nodded to her angels, and saw Gabriel go up to her fellow angel Paulina, the blue haired Lucia, Metron, Adam Warlock, and more before she went up to Enna Kros.
As the two walked to the right of the Sanctuary of Order, the sliver haired woman smirked as she saw it was just the two of them." Thanks for not being a pain about this my lady."
"I figured if you would appear at this point of time, and risk being seen when you spent all of existence keeping a low profile, it would be for good reason, cousin."
"Well kind of had to risk it eh Cosmos? After all, with pop's number one messenger not around due to being sliced up after going full traitor, he needed someone to send a low key message."
"What, your delivering a message from the One Above All?" Cosmos uttered gravely." If he's more worried then he was when Zannacross endangered the universe, then the situation really is dire."
"Kind of." Kros uttered plainly." But there is a additional reason he wanted me to talk to you directly and not alarm the angels, and its more then just not wanting to bring attention to his existence.
Cosmos, the fact is that, even if Ben Auro, Lacus Raystar and the rest of your champions prevail over the Beyonder, there will be major changes to the universe, the Supreme Being is counting on it."
"What, your saying that its God's will to see about Armageddon?"
"Oh come on cuz! Don't be so dramatic I did not come from the Land of Couldn't-Be Shouldn't-Be just to say everything's going to die. Just, that change, Cosmic Metamorphosis is coming.
Yes change…more change then the universe went through even after Zannacross's defeat. Even if its only been a few years, what's about to unfold will bring about the Fourth "Impact", and kick-start things into the Fifth Cosmic Age."
Cosmos glanced at Enna Kros carefully as her lips stiffened." Enna, I did not think that the abstract entity who is the embodiment of all possibility would seek to have such a direct role in the future of the universe.
After all, you have secluded yourself from all but me, Zannacross and a few others along side the Watcher and Monitor angels across all of time."
"Oh come on Cosmos don't get so defensive." Kros retorted playfully." I let you and Zannacross become the embodiment's of light and darkness and let Iger and all the others become the governing forces of the universe because that all seemed way to work. I am the almost-now. The yet to be that is forever outside what is where I see all.
I am the Queen of Nevers, and I became that because being that lazy deity that chills with Uatu and the Watchers and Nix and his Monitor amigos because it's a lot less stressful just watching things instead of, you know, responsibility.
I mean seriously, it is suppose to be that deities never make mistakes, and so if humanity and all other mortals are divine creations, then all possible deeds of all mortals must fall within divine parameters and therefore be error-free, right? And since mortals are error-free, why should god have to work? The nine-to-five shift ended when people were created."
Cosmos saw Kros looked amused before she sighed." Enna, maybe you feel that way because of your detached stance on life itself, but leading is…a formidable endeavor. That's why I must guide my children to help them overcome this ultimate crisis."
"Heh, you mean be cheerleader to your champions Ben Auro and Lacus Raystar while they do all the heavy lifting eh?"
"You misunderstand cousin. Like with Zannacross the Beyonder can match my power. Only a outside source can overcome him. And once his madness is quelled, at last people can have their hearts tuned more properly to the light."
"Heh, unless they don't want to be Cosmos. That's, kind of the message I'm here for. Recent events as gotten "pops" to rethink things. Even if your Masters of Master's and the God's of Destruction were corrupted a bit by the Beyonder, they only took the bait because you pushed them and the Enji both into this with your nativity.
I know it's a laugh that the deity of possibilities is telling you to see things straight but, was my turn to be messenger eh? Cosmos, the truth is, you blamed Zannacross and all his groupies for all the woes in your existence but maybe if the problem keeps happening its time to rethink things?"
"What are you saying Enna? Your saying its wrong to want my children to be happy and safe?"
"Not entirely, but maybe pushing to hard for what was unrealistic and having your angels getting people's hopes up only for people to get kind of sour when things did not live up to the hype."
"The intent was not to mislead them." Cosmos uttered defensively." Its, always been my hopes that after learning from their mistakes, people would be enlightened enough to move to a new happier, harmonious era."
"But the big problem is people keep forgetting eh Cosmos? That's why you were all on board for the Enji to implement this grand operation to have people be bound to memories so compassion would be forced on them eh?"
"It was all for the best, to help people from straying from the light and into the darkness. I admit it was more direct then any method the light has tried in the past, but after so many failed attempts I just thought, something had to be attempted to try and change things."
"Aw, even now you're still looking at things through rose tilted lenses Cosmos. Its adorable since well to be blunt...someone who's been around form the start really should not be this naive. However, guess being this way is just in your DNA and sadly, the One Above All is starting to think that's more of a burden then a blessing.
No one seriously questions your intent Comsos but all the same…sometimes a mother can have the best intentions and still lead her children astray if she focus's so much on those intentions that she does not see things clearly.
I mean, I know things were very chaotic when it happened, I myself barley knew what thoughts were at the time, but even so this whole mess is going on because you and the Beyonder, your first son was not able to see eye to eye right?
I mean, don't blame yourself or anything. When everything started it seemed like a no duh idea to make the light, what people want and hope for most, be the most powerful force in the universe. While the darkness...the pain of living, of failing and all that stuff as the strongest negative force that's shoved in well…the deepest shadows.
But, life's not as simple as a child thinks and just maybe its time its more properly reflected eh? I mean, first there was nothing and once that was all there was or wasn't. But inevitability this terrible beauty was desecrated by the advent of self-awareness. Cause not even nothing lasts forever eh?
Cosmos…everything has a beginning and an end. To believe otherwise is naïve cousin. I know you wanted things to be perfect for everyone but to live is to change, its existence's one constant!
The very universe itself subconsciously accepts the truth so maybe it would be best to not deny the course of nature and instead help shepherd everyone in this ecumenical transfiguration?
I know you been acting as the leader of heaven that's the public face of god since heaven was a thing but maybe its time to remember you're a person to, right? Well, you can act anyway you want but the way the One Above All sees things, as nice as dreams are maybe it's better if things were governed by ideas set more in reality eh?"
Despite how casually Kros finished her sentence the embodiment of holiness was so disturbed by what she heard that she turned pale." What, do you mean? Are you saying God has given up on the light and has decided to agree with Zannacross, that the Anti Life Equation is the true meaning of life, that darkness is the heart's true essence and that all things live only to die?"
"Oh please Cosmos don't be so dramatic, this is not a father deciding to favor one of his kids. This is nature not championing either light or darkness, but just nature.
He and I just want you to know that, as good as your intentions are, dismissing what might be true, can hurt you and those you care about. And as the queen of light you care about a lot right?
Look, I know there is not a lot of time so I'll leave you to do the serious stuff and get back to looking at the possibilities and cross my fingers everything there is does not get erased.
Just, on top of everything else Cosmos, see things how they really are, because the universe is going to take shape based not just on people's hopes, but on people's unconscious true desires. Oh well, time to see if Tama and Serafie got that cake ready. Hey when this is all over, we should have brunch like the old days! Later!"
Cosmos saw the embodiment of all possibility wave before entering a portal of light, till the Ethereal Queen of Light realized she was at the edge of the path that linked the Sanctuary of Order to the lower levels of Heaven.
The divine being allowed herself a brief moment to use her cosmic senses to think of millions of memories in an instant, and dwell over the time when she saw Zannacross and the Beyonder not as enemies, but as her husband and son.
As she thought over how both relationships deteriorated, along with all the other angels that had fallen astray over the years like Zamasu and Bhunivelze she grasped her hand tightly.
Her thoughts were cut off as a tremor shook the very foundation of heaven. As Cosmos saw cracks in the sky form as the Incursion ritual was in the process of binding Heaven, and all other realities to the Beyonder's own personal actuality before she steeled herself." The wheels of life have spun in ways that neither me, nor Zannacross nor anyone aside from the Great Will himself could foresee.
As far above my children as I may be, I have allowed myself to think my privilege meant I knew best. But, just maybe, my hopes, like all others are all an endless dream.
Yet still... the fantasy must come to an end. But even if that is the destiny of life, I won't let it end like this! Ben, Lacus, please don't give up no matter how insane the Beyonder gets, I know we can prevail. I'll fight to prove my belief in the light, till the end."
Cosmos proceed to put aside all doubts from her mind despite the sudden message from Kros and the One-Above-All and went to rally the citizens of heaven for the unfolding showdown.
As she did her champions were having a much closer look at said showdown, as Ben and the rest of his comrades, along with everyone on the capital planet of Corneria were dealing with the sudden doomsday unfolding at an even quicker pace then the previous time with Zannacross.
After the Beyonder made his ominous declaration Ben saw the planet behind him start to fall faster, and also saw the Planesgorgers, and the Vegalta monsters devour more of the fabric of reality itself.
As the light around the Beyonder grew brighter Doug glanced at where Gouken 's dead body resided before he cracked his neck and broke the silence with a gruff," Well guys, time to play our hand or fold. I may have been out of the loop on the whole scope of the plan but if you guys planned out how to not get owned in the rematch now would be a damn good time to fill me in."
"Its simple my good man." James uttered wryly." Overcome the enemies might and take him down."
"Seriously dude? Now's hell of a time for trolling James."
"Well there is more to it Doug." Lacus added sheepishly." But to pull it off, we have to hit hard enough to knock him off his apocalyptic tracks."
Ezan shrugged as he grasped his blade tightly." Well, this time since we are united the odds of victory are vastly improved. After all, this time you have the ultimate fighter at your side."
Ben saw Ezan was trying to be coy before he smirked." Your right Ezan. This time he does not have us by surprise. This time, we are ready! And after all the pain he's caused us, its time the Beyonder learns just what he is messing with."
The leader of the Justice Force saw his comrades all give various nods. Suddenly the ground shook as the Beyonder laughed. At the moment his size meant his laugh was loud enough to cause buildings to quake as he crossed his arms." EVEN NOW YOU THINK YOUR DELUSION IS REALITY BEN AURO? YOU DARE ACT AS CHAMPIONS OF MIGHT IN FRONT OF ME? TO YOUR FOLLOWERS YOU MAY BE THE ULTIMATE CHAMPIONS OF JUSTICE!
BUT COMPARED TO ME YOUR NOTHING MORE BUT PUNY GNATS WHO WILL BE CRUSHED ON THE COGS OF FATE…ON MY HANDS! ALL WILL WITNESS THE ULTIMATE POWER OF THE TRUE GOD OF ALL BEFORE THEY DIE!"
Atem saw his entire castle was shaking as his enemy was laughing before he grasped the Millennium Puzzle tightly." Your power may be beyond the power of mortals Beyonder, but we have overcome those with godly power again and again. Just as before we will, huh?"
To his shock the Beyonder heard him, and swerved his moon sized eye right to the castle before he grinned." YOUR FAITH IS WORTHLESS YOU USELESS KING! I AM BEYOND ALL OF THOSE IN THE PAST…EVEN ZANNACROSS! I SUPPOSE IF I KILL YOU NOW YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO WITNESS EVERYTHING YOU CHERISH SHATTER BEFORE YOUR EYES! SUCH AN EXPERIENCE WOULD BE…UNIQUE TO WITNESS. YES…THUS I'LL GIVE YOU A FRONT ROW SEAT FOR THE END OF ALL!"
To his and everyone's horror the Beyonder flicked his fingers to casually shatter the roof of the Outer Heaven castle. He then snapped his fingers and Atem was encased in a golden crystal, before an instant later he was warped right in front of his massive head.
Master Myers saw Atem suddenly appear in front of the enemy and grasped in horror. "Your majesty! Peoples are not your toys to play with! Come everyone, the time has come to put this game to an end!"
The Beyonder glanced back at the Enji before his wings extended." OH THIS GAME WILL END ALL RIGHT YOU PAWN! DESPAIR AT ULTIMATE POWER OF THE TRUE KING OF ALL!!"
Ben saw his massive opponent have his wings surge with light, before unleashing massive golden energy blasts in all directions. The Enji Knight had images of the Beyonder destroying the universe the first time before he narrowed his eyes." Lacus, get ready!"
"Already am Ben, go for it!" His lover replied faithfully as her wings extended. Ben's aura exploded as he yelled out a desperate." Beyonder, I won't let you destroy everything! I'll show you once and for all why the legacy of the chosen hero is legit! I'm more then a King, because I protect all who are innocent! Multi-Shadow Clones!"
In an instant the golden-haired man had a dozen doppelgangers of himself form around him. Ben showed he was not messing around as a split second later the Enji showed off his new speed by flash stepping in front of the energy blast heading for his comrades and slashed into it with the Divine Mugen Nova.
Ben was pushed back a few inches before he screamed with raw determination, and his energy flared up to the size of a skyscraper as he slashed the energy blast in half. As he did, his clones did the same with the energy blasts nearby.
While the sliced-up energy blasts were still powerful, Lacus had her own golden aura surge before she drawled from the divine power of the Golden Imperium Crystal to create barriers around the blasts.
While she winced, she dug her foot down before her barriers reflected all the projectiles. The Beyonder saw Ben and the clones blitz around to neutralize his barrage before he howled with rage, a howl that shook the entire planet." YOU ENJI SCUM CAN"T DELAY DESTINY WITH YOUR TRICKS FOREVER!"
"Its not a trick, I'm not called the chosen hero for nothing!"
"FAKE NEWS! YOU WILL PAY FOR MOCKING ME WITH YOUR ALTERATIVE FACTS! EVERYONE WILL SEE WHAT A WORTHLESS RAT YOU ARE LITTLE AURO!"
The first son of Cosmos and Zannacross had even more lasers blast out, but the moment the Beyonder showed himself the winner of the Enji Budokai knew he would have to be ready to go the extra mile and had more Shadow Clones appear to cover his back.
Shinryudramon saw Ben try and hit two energy beams at once by slamming one blast with his sword, and another behind him with floating energy swords behind him before the Mega level Digimon grasped his fist tightly." C'mon guys, the boss may be the strongest, but we did not come here to just to stand by and watch right?"
James saw the increasing rate that the Beyonder was unleashing lasers before he readied his bow. "Even if the gap in are power is vast, we can still make a difference in a battle of gods, as long as the right tactic is used."
Ezan eyed the Beyonder carefully with his Rinne-Sharingan before he nodded." Correct Elrond. But with the stakes as they are, we have zero room for error here."
"Got that right Ezan." Cloud stated." Lets mossy everyone!"
The members of Squad 7, along with the rest of Ben's allies charged in to help Ben and Lacus. Doug, Shinryudramon, Master Myers, X, James, Samus and more all fired off energy blasts to help their friends.
Ben found an energy blast he was about to charge at was already taken care of, and as a new one raced for him Ezan suddenly flash stepped in front of him." Don't falter, Kamui!"
Ezan used the Mangekyō Sharingan linked magic spell to open a portal in front of the upcoming beam to send it to another dimension.
While Ezan needed help from Aeris, Lacus and the other magic users to affect the Beyonder's projectile, the moment the blast was affected Ben burst through, and was in front of the Beyonder's face before the massive golden being could react.
Just as his target widened his eyes Ben unleashed his Erupting Burning Dragon Fist attack. While the warrior of light had some reluctance to go all out in his previous fights with Goku and the Master of master's since he thought both of them were allies to an extent, he had no such reservations for the genocidal villain in front of him.
Thus Ben struck his opponent with all of the power his full strength could produce. The blow was so intense that the Beyonder was knocked up. Everyone saw the massive being fly back for a few seconds before he stabilized himself.
While there was hardly a bruise on the first spawn of Cosmos and Zannacross, the Beyonder realized he was hit back and roared with rage." YOU THINK YOU CAN REALLY KILL ME YOU LIGHT WEIGHT PHONY!? NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU HIT OR SLASH YOU CAN'T MATCH THE REAL GOD OF ALL! TIME ALL YOUR LOSER FANS SEE WHAT A PUNCH FROM A REAL ULTIMATE BEING'S LIKE!"
Ben, and everyone on the planet felt various forms of dread amass as the Beyonder wound back his fist, and most realized that with how large he now was the Beyonder's fist was larger then Corneria itself.
The crazed villain stretched his fist back so far that at his size it nearly hit the planet of Katina before the Beyonder 's grin widened." EVERYONE THAT"S NOT A SHILL FOR COSMOS AND THE LIGHT CAN SEE HOW RIGGED IT IS FOR TRUE WINNERS! THAT" S WHY THEY WILL ALL CELEBRATE THAT SOON ALL THE LOSERS AND THEIR BROKEN LOSER SYSTEM THAT'S BEEN RIGGING THINGS FOR THE WINNERS WILL BE HISTORY!
SOON IT WILL BE GREAT FOR EVERYONE NOT SUFFERING FROM BEYONDER DERANGEMENT SYNDROME! JUST CALM DOWN AND ENJOY THE RIDE!"
Ben saw the Beyonder begin to slam his fist down, and as it came down like a gigantic fist shaped meteor before he took a deep breath and glanced at Lacus.
The love of his life just smiled with confidence before he smirked back." Beyonder…no matter how insane you get, you're not going to have your way! Despite how sneaky you been, this time your fighting me at my best, as the ultimate embodiment of justice!
Even if you are from a time before the universe existed, even if you're the first spawn of Cosmos and Zannacross and are all but god, you still have to answer for your crimes! So now your going to pay for all the lives lost to your insanity! Shin Divine Flare Edge!"
The golden-haired man had energy pour into his blade till the energy shaped like a blade grew higher than a sky scraper.
As Ben charged to face his foe, the ally of his foe, the Chaotic Comedian, observed from the distance and just sneered." Still don't get the punch line yet you god damn momma's boy?
We are not playing by your precious Cosmos's script anymore where the hero saves the day and light prevails and all that justice crap! Time to keep things real, time for the real men, the real winners, the natural winners to collect on the debt they are due!"
While some of the Enji were trying to go after the Dimensional Nihilo General, the man in the Jester Mask that was the manifestation of Doug's darkness was suddenly encased in a golden crystal, and warped to above the Beyonder's head to avoid being hit.
The Beyonder himself then unleashed another sadistic snarl before he slammed his fist down. Using all of his ultimate power, Ben shocked the Beyonder and was able to hold the moon sized fist back.
As the Beyonder saw Lacus and the others combined their powers to cast barriers around all the ships in the area to try and protect the innocent from harm the being the Black Swans worshiped as "Rabum Alal" had his eye twitch. "MY CHAMPION IS RIGHT! WHY SHOULD ANYONE BE FORCED TO REPRESS THEIR TRUE NATURE!? THE BROKEN UNIVERSE OVERSEEN BY MY PARENTS REPRESSES THOSE AS THEY ARE! THE ANIMAL IMPULSES…THE SELFISH DESIRES THAT IS NATURAL ARE SHUNNED BY THE LIGHT!
THEY SHOULD BE WORSHIPED! ALL THE POLITE RULES OF CIVILIZATION…VIRTUE…AND MORALITY HAVE DONE NOTHING BUT KEEP UP THIS FARCE! DEATH TO VIRTUE…POWER SHAWL BE THE NEW JUSTICE…THE ONLY TRUE JUSTICE!!"
The strain of a planet sized force was overwhelming even for someone with god like strength, and as the Beyonder unleashed even more power Ben felt himself being pushed back.
But as the Enji felt his muscles start to strain he glanced back and saw Neo Arcadia beneath him, along with all of the people that were counting on him before he pushed his body to fight back with everything he had." Damn it Beyonder, your even more insane then I thought if you think that's the truth! No matter how much of history you binge-watched, your still dead wrong!
Some of us enjoy helping others! That's what makes friendship and love so special! Even if at times instincts can make us selfish, other instincts drive us to do whatever it takes to project what we care about!
You only care about yourself and only see everyone else as toys to please you like a spoiled brat! Someone who can only care for himself, will never be allowed to have his way!"
"I CAN AND I WILL BEN AURO!"
The Beyonder roared out as his massive muscle flexed." IT DOES NOT MATTER IF EVERYONE ELSE DENIES MY WILL WHEN I CAN OVERPOWER EVERYONE ELSE IN EXISTENCE!"
Lacus flew up beside her boyfriend before her holy light flared up." Despite your power, your still only thinking linearly Beyonder. Its because you can only see what's in front of you, that you can never overcome everyone else's will coming at you at once! Get ready Ben!"
Lacus extended her wings before her aura exploded into massive dragon claws that tried to grasp the Beyonder's fingers. While it was not enough to overpower him, the Beyonder was shocked to see his fingers flinch from Lacus's power, till suddenly James, all of the allies around him, and all of the Lylat military on the planet opened fire.
As James saw the storm of projectiles head for his target he winced." Even when the difference in power is massive, even if we are nothing more then ants to you, the right bug bite can topple titans!"
Shinryudramon burst for the location James told him to strike as Ben's Digimon Partner burst through." No matter how big or bad you are Beyonder…when a wall's trying to crush us all we are giving it everything we got to smash it down! Giga Drill Breaker!"
At the same time Doug flew alongside his fellow member of Squad 7 as he poured all of his energy into his fist and flashed another half-lopped smile." Besides…if everything's on the line I'll risk it all just to bust your moon sized teeth in and shut you up! Final Shoryuken Heaven!"
Ben's friends hit part of the Beyonder's fist, as Aqua, Cloud, Axel, Master Myers, Squall, Mario, Sonic, Velvet, Zero, Noctis, and so many more heroes struck around the same area.
The combined power was enough to knock the Beyonder's fist back a few miles. Ben saw that his one chance to save everyone was flashing by before he steeled himself." Here we go… Neo Quasar Justice Force…Typhoon Slash!"
The moment after the Beyonder was shocked, Ben spun around rapidly to become a bladed twister of light and spun around to cut into the Beyonder's fist. As his target yelled in outrage Ben rocketed up like a shooting star and kept rotating to keep slicing into his target.
Ben kept surging from one direction to another to prevent the Beyonder from locking on to him…and in a few moments he was right in front of the Beyonder's face.
As the two opponents locked eyes Ben raised his sword above his head." Its game over Beyonder! After all this your getting the fate you,"
In a flash the Beyonder 's gelled hair extended to impale Ben. As the savior of the universe was consumed by the massive extended hair, and the planet was vibrated by the impact, the Beyonder cackled loudly." YOU THINK YOUR SMALL TIME TRICKS CAN STOP ME LITTLE AURO!? YOUR TO SIMPLE TO DEFEAT GOD! NOW TO LAY DOWN THE LAW ONCE AND FOR ALL!"
The Beyonder looked back down on the planet below, but to his shock he saw Ben was below his chin, charging up his energy. He glanced to see that where he thought he impaled Ben was only light particles.
At the last second, he realized Ben threw out a substitute light clone to mislead him before the real Ben cried out," More like your tactics are to simple once you can't plow your way through Beyonder! This ends now! Sekiha Tenkyo…Ultimate…SHINRYUKENHA TIMES TEN!"
Ben unleashed his ultimate blast right before the Beyonder could unleash his. To the relief of every resident of the universe, Ben's massive spinning energy blast collided into the Beyonder and blasted him all the way into the Incursion planet.
An explosion of light blinded everyone, and as a shock-wave with enough force to shake the entire planet broke out Cloud shielded his eyes." Did, did Ben just take him down? I want to be hopeful but that almost seemed to easy."
James grimaced as he used his energy to keep his feet on the ground." Maybe, but it does seem like the Beyonder was so confident in his power he was not used to having to fight someone on a more equal ground. Let's hope, we neutralized the threat before he corrected that error."
As the light faded Ben and everyone else got hopeful as they saw the Beyonder was gone as the light faded. The master of the Divine Mugen Nova saw that where the Incursion Planet was, was now only a massive flaming nova before he took a few heavy breaths." It, it can't be that easy can it? Seemed like, he was not use to having to use his power swiftly. Maybe for once, the bad guy was so cocky his ego was greater then his power? I, huh? Damn it, took the bait and jinxed myself."
Ben's dismay came from the rift between dimensions glowing purple, before the cracks grew even larger. As shock-waves of energy rocked out in all directions Ben and co braced themselves as the same unstable laughter broke out across space." HAHAHAH! WHO IS COCKY NOW BEN AURO? YOU REALLY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE THAT EASY TO BEAT ME? DID YOU THINK I WOULD FALL AS CASUALLY AS ONE OF ZANNACROSS'S DEMONS?
I WANTED TO SEE FOR MYSELF JUST HOW MUCH OF A FIGHT COSMO" S PUPPET COULD GIVE AT YOUR BEST! YOU MADE ME FIGHT HARDER THEN I FIGURED LITTLE AURO…BUT THE GAME'S OVER! TIME FOR EVERYTHING THAT" I DON'T LIKE TO DIE!!"
Ben felt more and more energy surge around the rift in dimensions, and as he saw the Schwarzwelt grow larger before he grit his teeth." Damn it…was that even the real him? Have I been fighting an illusion or something? No…there has to be something we can do!"
"THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO MAGGOT! ALL YOU CAN DO IS DESPAIR AT HOW MUCH OF A FAILURE YOU ENJI REALLY ARE! THIS TIME…THIS TIME I WON" T LET ANY TRICK STOP ME! THIS TIME…I AM GOING TO DESTROY EVERY SINGLE TRACE AT ONCE!"
The energy around the Schwarzwelt grew larger, and as it changed different colors every second Ezan eyed the enemy carefully before the super-elite warrior grasped his katana tightly." The energy around the Beyonder looks different. More kinds of energy are forming around him, including what seems to be Chronal energy.
Is…he trying to settle things by unleashing the most powerful energy attack he can produce, on the scale of the Omni Dimensional Destroyer attack Chaos Zannacross Necron fired in are showdown with him? Can, he even replicate that magnitude of power without having the majority of hell's souls to empower him?"
"Not quite Ezan Zeon, but as hard as it may be to comprehend the Beyonder might be attempting something even more devastating."
Ezan and those around him swerved to the source of the voice and saw it came from Gabriel Celesta, who flew down with Trunks, the Sliver Surfer, Omnimon, Kal-El, The " White Lantern" Kyle Rayner, Leon Belmont, Dianna, Pit, and the rest of Cosmos's elite angels, Royal Knights and Time Patrol agents.
Myers saw the angels land around him before he grasped his chest." I don't doubt you, but what can be worst then trying to destroy the entire universe?"
Trunks took out his sword before he glanced at the rift in the sky." By trying to destroy the universe at every point of time in history, and then destroying all of history at once."
Lacus flew next to the son of Vegeta as she gasped with horror." What? Your saying he's trying to do what Zannacross did, and go after the Axis of Time?"
"No…as hard as it might be to believe in some ways its even worst then that Lacus. The Supreme Kai of Time, with the help of Philemon at last understands what the Beyonder is trying to do. We thought he was just trying to absorb the Time Nest to take everything that denied him.
But its worst then that, he wants to unleash a Chronal blast that will go back to the start of time itself and destroy it."
Ben landed near Lacus as he heard this before he gasped." Wait, destroy time? How is that different then what Zannacross tried to do?"
"I'm not as much of a master on the subject as Chronoa, Gasper or some of the time doctors, but the gist of it is that while Zannacross wanted to control time, even he did not want to destroy time completely as it would affect him as well.
But the Beyonder seems set to go further then Zannacross and outright destroy time itself, to erase completely the entire history of everything his parents created after him."
"Wait, won't that affect him to?" Ben blurted out with shock.
"He seems to think since he was outside of the universe for most of it, then it will not affect him.
Maybe he's to insane to care if he is, all we know is this is what he's trying to do and if we don't stop him we won't be able to stop him if every spec of history, and everyone and thing in it is erased at once."
"Well then what are we waiting for? Let's finish this once and for all!"
Before he could take off Kal-El flew in front of him." Hold on Ben, trust me I know how you feel but its precisely because the stakes are so high that we can't just charge in. For one thing we can't just deal with side shows, this will only be stopped when we take down the true Beyonder."
"True Beyonder?" Doug blurted out with exasperation as he glared at the Kryptonian Angel." Dude…you're not seriously saying the guy who has been giving us hell is a fake or something are you?"
"Not in mind, just in body. Ben, everyone, you fought well just now but I hope you realized what you attacked was far from the Beyonder's true form."
"Seriously?" Yoshi blurted out with dread." But that nasty man was bigger then what Yoshi could see!"
"True Yoshi, but remember, the Beyonder is not a man, a Yoshi, or any mortal, but a deity. No, more then that, he's one of the cosmic abstracts. He's not part of the universe, he is his own universe! That's why his true size is as big as this entire mortal reality.
All you fought was his avatar, a portion of energy that he controls to like a puppet. My archenemy Darksied did something like that, I thought I beat the real him, but during the "Final Crises" event I fought his true form, and it nearly caused the universe to collapse."
Ben thought about his history with both the Beyonder and other villains before he grimaced." Wait, Zannacross had something like that. Ravxen, the masked man that called himself the Phantom of Chaos was just a puppet Zannacross used to interact while his main body was sealed. So this is something like that?"
"Sort of, only that the Beyonder's power is not as limited. The whole point of the Incursion Ritual is him trying to project his actuality within the universe and shatter everything that is not part of his own existence. It's sort of like a person that's way too small for a room so he keeps pushing till he shatters the room.
As deadly as that is, we at last figured out the weak point to all of this, one that can shut him down for good."
"Oh, so the theory proved correct?" James uttered curiously. Gabriel nodded as he looked at the Divine Mugen Nova in Ben's hands." Indeed, Master Elrond. Its risky, but as powerful as the Beyonder is, we have the means to defeat him. Or at least, Ben and Lacus have the means.
It's just a little more complicated a method of defeating him compared to the last time Cosmos and Zannacross neutralized him. In essence they gave him a lobotomy, and that might be the key to defeating him this time as well.
Cosmos and Zannacross's very existence was bound to light and darkness, and the very fabric of existence. However, the Beyonder is only bound to himself. So, if you could shatter his mind, it should subdue him like shattering the mind of any threat."
"So…all it takes is wiping mind like any normal Maverick?" Zero uttered curiously." No offense but if you have not done it already guess it's not that simple eh?"
Trunks gave Doctor Wily's ultimate creation a grim nod as the half Saiyan glanced at the Golden Imperial Crystal bound to Lacus's armor." Oh, its still a hard as hell job to pull off. But while its nearly mission impossible, its still possible. Basically, you have to hit the Beyonder hard enough to break his focus, then isolate him so his essence can't escape, and then shatter his mind.
It might make the area around him a tad unstable but taking him down like this should cancel the Incursion, as well as the rest of the danger he poses."
Lacus thought over what Trunks and the other angels said before tense memories of how things concluded with Zannacross flashed by, causing her to grasp Ben's free arm tensely." Wait, if all that resides in him is part of his will, if we shatter his mind will that shatter everything else, including the very dimension we are in?"
The Sliver Surfer saw Lacus's dread before the sliver angel that hailed from the world of Zenn-La gave a reassuring smile." Do not fret Miss Raystar, it should not be like what happened when you to defeated Zannacross and his dimension collapsed on you.
The Beyonder's essence might scatter, but it will still be its own separate realm. We of course will take precautions but as long as you are able to keep your defenses up it should be alright."
Ben saw Lacus looked a bit worried before he smiled and grasped her hand fondly." Lacus, I know anything close to how you nearly died might make you anxious but try not to think about it to much ok? No matter what, I promise I'll do all I can to make sure you never have to go through that again."
Lacus saw the determination in Ben's eyes before she smiled." Well, since you can do a lot guess I can feel safe. Just, don't let your guard down till its through ok Ben?"
"Heh, you got it love. After all, its just beating down one of the most powerful beings in existence in a place where he controls everything long enough to destroy his mind all before he destroys everyone across all history right? I mean, may be a bit tight but that's just the kind of job the ultimate heroes can pull off right?"
Lacus saw despite the grin on Ben's face he looked a bit tense before she leaned over and kissed him tightly." Of course, with all that's on the line we just have to win eh dear?"
Doug saw the two embrace each other before he sighed and spat on the ground." Heh, breaking a dude's mind is one dirty way to win a fight. But then again its far from a street fight, it's a everything or nothing smack-down!
Still, if it's all about Ben and Lacus's powers getting the job done guess we are just the cheer-leading squad again?"
Ezan saw Doug's annoyance and snickered." Backing down Fitter? That does not suit you."
"Tsc…hardly rich boy." Doug snorted out." Just stating the plan truth on where we factor in this battle of gods and all."
"Don't be rash Doug, its just like before." James uttered calmly." Even if Ben and Lacus are the King and Queen piece in this game us smaller parts still have a role to play.
The Beyonder's not going to be passive about this. We have to do all we can to make sure Ben and Lacus can get the job done. No matter the cost. As much as I hate poorly constructed plans, we don't have time to think things over."
"You might have more time then you think James." Trunks uttered plainly." Even the Beyonder needs time to destroy all time. So, we at least have enough time to gather are forces for one final strike."
Shinryudramon saw Doug give a reluctant nod nodded as he patted Ben on the back." Don't worry boss, turning Doomsday into happy days is are job! No matter what, we will get the job done!"
Ben smirked at his Digimon partner as his other comrades gave sighs of encouragement. The golden-haired man was about to give a speech of encouragement before once again, the Beyonder cut him off with a deafening roar of laughter as his red eyes appeared around the planet." YOU STILL DON"T GET HOW THIS IS NOT THE SAME AS BEFORE LITTLE AURO? THIS BATTLE IS NO LONGER GOING BY THE SCRIPT OF GOOD AND EVIL! ITS GOING BY NATURE'S LAW!
AFTER EVERYTHING IS DESTROYED, I'LL MAKE A NEW HISTORY, MY TOTALLY BETTER HISTORY!"
IF ONE DOOMSDAY IS SOMETHING YOUR ALL USE TO THEN LET EVERYONE SEE TONS OF DOOMSDAY UNFOLD AT ONCE TILL YOU PAWNS OF COSMOS ARE OVER WHELMED! IF CROOKED COSMOS IS GOING TO SEND HER PAWNS AT ME I"LL SEND MINE OUT FOR ONE FINAL GAME…MY DOOMSDAY FLEET MY FINAL ORDER!"
Everyone braced themselves as the golden sphere shimmered with energy and unleashed another blinding light.
As the light faded Ben expected to see the Beyonder emerge in an even bigger form then before.
But to his shock what emerged was not a body, but a ship, a ship that was a massive flying grey and black colored wedge, measuring sixty kilometers from wingtip to wingtip.
As Ben saw the ship casually fly out of the Schwarzwelt. He looked at the ship carefully." What the, is that one of Zannacross's old Nova Crushers?"
Luke Skywalker was one of the many who made it to Ben's group just then. And as he did he glanced at the emerging ship and looked perplexed." Wait, that ship…if I did not know better that ship looks like the Imperial Star Destroyed used by Snoke. The one he used as the flagship of the First Order, the Supremacy!"
James saw more ripples form around the Supremacy before smaller ships formed around it. James saw they were Star Destroyers, and tensed up as he saw the large cannons hanging at there base." No, I just looked over the data recently and those look like they are class Xyston-class Star Destroyers! With their axial superlaser 's each one is like a Death Star! But the data said Darth Sidious was never able to fully complete such ships."
As the Star Destroyers slowly flew to Corneria and their dozens, if not hundreds of weapons all went on line, more ripples in space formed around the ships as the Beyonder laughed again." WELL THEY ARE COMPLETED NOW BECAUSE I SAY THEY ARE COMPLETE! YOU PATHETIC SHILLS OF THE LIGHT MAY HAVE WON IN BATTLES BETWEEN MORTALS OR EVEN DEMONS! BUT THIS IS THE ULTIMATE WORLD KILLING FLEET OF GODS!"
Everyone saw more cracks in space form around the Supremacy before dozens of metallic two-thousand-meter-long beings that looked like metallic squids formed out of the new rifts in space.
Master Myers saw the squid like monsters all squirm for the planet before he grit his teeth." Those monsters, nearly look like the synthetic/organic star ship monsters known as the Reapers that terrorized galactic society during the era of the Mass Relays!"
"That's because they are those very Reapers Master Myers." The Sliver Surfer uttered grimly." Or at least creations, or Chrono Phantasma of them as the Beyonder seems to have on a whim recreated them to serve as his doomsday fleet.
He wishes to divide his power as terrors of the past to maximize the terror the citizens of the Universe feel? Such antics truly are childish. No matter what image the enemy takes it won't cause us to back down from are, huh? No, impossible!"
The angel riding a sliver surfboard was cut off as a new figure emerged from the rift. But it was not a Reaper, but a gigantic man clad in unique purple and blue armor with a horned helmet. As this gigantic man gazed down on the planet Cloud raised an eyebrow." What is this? The Beyonder's true form?"
Suddenly the new arrival gazed at Corneria, and everyone on it, before he crossed his arms." I am Galactus... And my power is absolute! I feel…famished. I…will…I must begin consumption of this world immediately.
Lacus saw Galactus's eyes begin to glow before she cringed." That looks like Galactus, The former God of Destruction that was known as the Devourer of Worlds since unlike Beerus and some of the others he legit devoured entire planets! But, I heard he reformed! I, also heard he was a cloud?"
"He did." The Sliver Surfer uttered bitterly." Galactus became the Life Bringer to atone for his actions. Damn it, I admit my relationship with Galactus was testy since he made me his herald to spare my world and forced me to condemn countless worlds to death.
Also…the story about him being a cloud was just a rumor, a rumor that got the person who spawned that rumor devoured.
But in any case, as I saw that there was more to Galactus then a mindless destroyer, but Galan of Taa, an explorer who merely wanted to survive the universe going through a cosmic shift and the guilt he had after surviving.
He was a conflicted being, but a good man who atoned for his actions and you have no right to tarnish his memory! IF you think just throwing a copy of him will seal are fates think again!"
The Beyonder responded with a cruel laugh as the half infinite symbol appeared on the head of the Galactus Chrono Phantasma." I'M THE STRONGEST SLIVER SHILL I DECIDE WHAT SOMEONE" S BEST KNOWN FOR! WHO CARES IF GALACTUS GOT SOFT…NO ONE REMEMBERS GALACTUS THE SOMBER BUT GALACTUS THE WORLD DEVOURER! BUT HE'S JUST ONE PART OF MY UNSTOPPABLE GOD FLEET!"
Another large crack in space formed next to Galactus, till another figure just as large emerged. This being was clad in blue and white armor with a mouth like a whale and large glowing yellow eyes.
As energy crackled around the being Kal-El grimaced." No, the Anti-Monitor to? Damn it, aside from Darksied, Imperiex ,Doomsday, and some of Lex Luther 's traps this fella that is the embodiment of the Anti-Matter dimension was one of the most stubborn bad guys, and nearly destroyed the entire universe himself all for the sake of making Anti-Matter the only reality in existence. Well, this is getting to be quite the party all right. Not going to have time to pull my punches from the looks of it."
The Anti-Monitor looked at the original Superman before his eyes glowed yellow." You whimpering fool, it already is too late! From the moment I set foot on this world your fates have been sealed! This is the day you, your universe and everything in it is consumed by Anti-Matter!"
"YES…YES! LET EVERY SINGLE PERSON DESPAIR AT REALIZING THE POWER BEYOND LIGHT OR DARKNESS!"
The Beyonder laughed out as more and more cracks in reality appeared. A moment later an entire planet appeared out of one of them. The White Lantern saw the planet have the half infinity symbol appear on it before the entire planet turned purple before he gasped." Wait…is that…Mogo? Damn it, that living planet use to be the core of the Green Lantern Corps till Zannacross destroyed it!
Damn, just like right before it died it looks like it merged with the dark emotional entity known as Umbrax, the timeless, primordial force of the cosmos connected to and acting as the source of the Invisible Spectrum!"
Doug saw the angel look tense before he spat on the ground." C'mon dude, not man enough to fight man to man and have to rely on man to planet smack-downs? Don't be a wuss!"
The mostly bald man was relived as he saw the next figure to appear through the cracks in reality once more looked more human shaped.
It was a giant white mecha looking sort of like a devilish prey mantis, as yet another massive machine, one that's left side was angelic while its second side was black and demonic formed.
Opposite of the two-colored robot formed another tall black robot with a demonic helmet, and to the right of that was a forth giant mecha, another massive red one with yellow spikes on its shoulders.
James saw all four of the new mechanical arrivals have targeting lasers form before he cringed." What? Unless I'm mistake the prey mantis like machine was called Deus, the half white half black one was called Artifice Aion, the black one was Mazinger ZERO Jigoku, and the massive red one was called the Shin Getter Emperor. Each one of those mecha were powerful enough to destroy a planet!
And, sadly all four of those machines, along with the other so called" Sacred" machines were humans going mad with power and bending reality enough to the point that Zannacross appeared before Seiya and his group, an act that in Zannacross 's eyes was proof humans were beyond redemption."
Before anyone could remark the Beyonder sneered." THAT'S ONE OF THE FEW THINGS I AGREE ON WITH MY FATHER! ALL OF MY COGNA WAR MACHINES ALONG WITH ALL OF MY HERALDS HERE ARE PRODUCTS OF THE SINS OF THE LIGHT…THE HUBRIS OF HUMANITY! AT LAST YOUR APPETITE WILL DEVOUR YOU ALL!"
Another ripple in space formed, and to the right of Galactus popped out a new monster, and while many in the group did not recognize it, Kirby was shocked as he saw the massive monster was none other than Void Termina…the state Android 21 originally made Kirby be before the Fountain of Dreams and the Nova Comet changed him.
The pink hero saw the massive monster tilt its head before he shivered." This is who I was before Meta-Knight changed me? No, no matter what I was supposed to be I want to be a good guy that only eats good food and bad guys! You're a big meanie Beyonder…no matter how big you get your not going to bully us!"
Shinryudramon saw more massive figures appear, including Serpentera, the massive robotic dragon used by the villain Lord Zed to shatter worlds, and Ende the Devourer, a equally massive two headed turtle like dragon with a giant tree on its back that nearly destroyed the world of Al-Warth and the solar system around it before he grasped his fist tightly." You think just piling a bunch of baddies and war machines can scare us Beyonder! When we settled things with Zannacross he threw EVERY single b, whoa!"
Doug suddenly clasped the Mega level Digimon's mouth shut before he sighed." Seriously dude, you WANT to fight every single bad guy in existence again?! No need to kick that many ass's at the moment more then once dude, makes it less special. Don't egg him on to make it even worst, deadline's coming up as it is!"
James saw that they, and the entire planet were now surrounded by gigantic planet destroying enemies before he gulped." That's quite correct my good man, and I admit, the odds are not quite in are favor."
"Maybe not James." Ben uttered firmly." But no matter how many walls the Beyonder throws are way I'll smash every last one of them down if that's what it takes! No matter how many legendary threats are in front of me, the legend of the savior surpasses them all! For the sake of everything there is, it has to be!"
Gabriel saw how grim Ben looked before he noticed Lighting was near by and sighed." Let us hope so Ben. But…you don't have to carry all the burden alone. We can't spawn unlimited reinforcements like the Beyonder but we are far from out of options. Lighting…if we were informed correctly the Chrono Phantasma of Bhunivelze bestowed you with the Agito power yes."
"More or less." The pink haired woman answered abruptly." What of it?"
"Well, however twisted my fallen kin might have been, his act might be an extra boon to us. If he truly made you his Valkyrie, with enough power you can summon up dead warriors as einherjar. Since Cosmos must save all the energy she can to confront the Beyonder, you summoning the dead to fight for us will save us both time and energy."
"Guess that makes sense, but while I know a few life spells this sounds a lot more advanced then what I know."
"Fret not, we will give you the power to cast it easily and Lacus and the others can donate extra energy. Warriors are already ready on the other side to join the fight."
Lighting saw the angels give her extra energy and incite before she nodded." Fine whatever, not going to turn down extra help when it's the final push. Alright, lets do this!"
The warrior formally from Cocoon raised her blade into the air before she pointed it at the ground in front of her.
Moments later a large magical symbol appeared. As it started glowing Ben sighed." Well, need all the back up we can get. Just hope they know what they are in for."
Lacus was about to say something before everyone heard a confident chuckle." Well cuz…I know anything involving you is going to be a complex pain in the ass one way or another but eh, its family so its ok."
Ben widened his eyes in shock as he saw Max casually walk out of the pentagram with a halo over his head to show he was given permission from heaven to be in the mortal realm for a set amount of time.
Ben's cousin saw all the looks of surprise before he casually put his large sword over his shoulder and gave a large swagger filled grin." The hell are all of the surprised looks for? I said we meet again right? Maybe a bit of a rush job but I'm not the one who let the bad guys speed up the doomsday clock eh?"
The leader of the Justice Force saw his cousin had the usual bravado despite the situation, and saw Hell-Boy, and a few others Max knew walk out of the pathway between heaven and the moral realm and smirked." Sorry about that Max…I slipped up again. I let my own bitterness and expectations make things worst. And my bad relations with my dad nearly destroyed the entire universe."
"Eh, both your dad and the universe are still here so its all good Ben, just got to make sure we keep it that way, right? Sorry for being late to the party but I'm guessing we got a game plan?"
"Hell yah man." Doug uttered brazenly." Kick enough ass till the power couple here can do some hardcore brain surgery and shut down this punk once and for all. You down? From the looks of it, things are about to get mad hardcore real damn fast!"
"Hell yah I'm ready Fitter. Been busting my ass training the past few years, me and my team here are down for being able to pull off are training in something more then practice! Hell-Boy, John Constantine, Cable, time to get the squad ready for action. Course, the only guys readier then us are these knuckle heads."
As Max casually pointed to the portal, Goku, Vegeta, Gohan and the majority of the Z-Fighters flew out with various other heroes from the past behind them.
The fight loving Saiyan looked around and saw all the massive beings glaring at him before he laughed." Ah this is awesome! I'm gonna get that ultimate fight after all!"
Gohan saw Trunks look exasperated before he facepalmed." Dad…if there was ever a time for you to focus now is the time! The Beyonder is not the kind of bad guy like Frieza, Buu, or even the likes of Zamasu and Omega Shenron!
He's not a deity like Beerus and Whis were! Like with Zannacross, just punching him hard enough won't be enough! We just have to punch the threats out of the way so that the chosen one can get the job done."
Goku glanced at Ben, who gave him an uneasy look before he grinned." Aw you're always setting the bar to low Gohan! If I give it my all I know I can break through to a level that will be able to effect this guy!"
Vegeta just rolled his eyes as he punched his long-time rival in the back of the head." That's the mindset I had when I first thought Majin Buu Kakarot, and I hope you still remember how badly that turned out!
You hardly been paying attention, and we don't have time for a throwaway fight so we better know the situation before charging in! Speaking of that boy, tell us this Beyonder's weakness now!"
Trunks sighed at his father's pushiness before he looked up at the sky." Not much to really talk about dad, as you can see his power truly is at maximum and he can bend reality like putty.
The biggest things we have on him are his relative inexperience with real life and the instability that brings. But even so I don't have that much incite on are "Stable Genius" of an enemy."
Myers closed his eyes as he took a deep breath." We don't Trunks, but we have two who do, the Black Swans that broke away from him. I will have Master Eraqus and Master Sieghart warp them to us right away. We need all the advantages we can have for this final battle."
As Trunks nodded Max took a deep breath before he stiffened up." Speaking of giving us all the advantages we got, we have one more. Ben, I did not want to spring this on you but, as bad as the situation is, we can't be picky. That's why, some of the others came up with the idea of having Kira fight with us."
Ben's jaw dropped as he blinked to make sure he was hearing correctly." Max, what are you saying? With everything going on the last thing we need is having to worry about Kira stabbing us in the back."
"Trust me coz." Max uttered seriously," I'm the last person that wants to give Kira a inch. But while I don't trust him, I do trust he's self-absorbed enough to not want the Beyonder to win, and those powers that clown God of Destruction gave him might help us clear the way through faster. Heh, besides the prick being a meat shield for us would be hell of a dose of karma eh?"
James saw Max's usual confidence before he looked at the summon pentagram carefully." I understand what your saying Max, but Kira 's just to untrustworthy. If there is even one moment that Kira can take advantage of, he could take it and try and get his revenge on us.
Honestly, that inactive clone of Xehamaru we found last year in the old Sithantos base on Dromund Kaas, might have been more trust worthy, or at least more predictable and thus more controllable."
Ezan grasped his fist tightly as he glanced at the portal." Freeing Kira, even for a short period of time is both an insult to our honor, and the honor of all that were killed in the name of his ambition."
Doug saw many of his fellow Enji Knights showing various kinds of hesitation before he saw some of the Reapers already engaging the Lylat Fleet above. As explosions broke out the martial artist spat on the ground." Seriously dude? We are not going to get the job done with principles Ezan! I'm not keen on having to rely on someone like Kira either but when the stakes are this high you can't afford to play it safe! Besides, using evil to defeat evil is not evil, just god damn common sense."
While Ben still looked uneasy the Supreme Kai crossed his arms." Don't fret Ben, Kira will not have total freedom. Provisions are made in case he gives in to temptation and attempts a betrayal."
Hell-Boy chuckled as he smoked a cigar." Trust me savior, that asshole clown might have pulled a fast one on us but that means we just got even more hardcore on his smug ass. He does anything outside of the things he's allowed to do and the failsafe erases his soul."
Gabriel nodded as he glanced at Lacus." I can let you know how to cast the failsafe magic as well if you want extra insurance Lacus."
"Thanks…better safe then sorry right?"
Max chuckled as he cracked his neck." Heh, never been keen on putting a man on a collar to get him to obey but since Kira did just that to countless people with his Suicide Squads and all that stuff with the Son's of the Patriots system seems like a nice dose of poetic justice eh guys?"
Myers took a deep breath before he nodded." It's not an ideal situation, but we do have a job to do. At the very least despite how much harm he caused us I know for a fact we can trust him enough not to pledge his allegiance to another deity."
Ben saw how conflicted the Grand Master looked before he took a deep breath and grit out a deadpanned," Well I guess he loves ranting about not wanting to let anyone stand above him in heaven right? Well, guess he can sit above the Beyonder. All right, guess we need all the help we can get. Lets just make sure someone has eyes on him at all times ok?"
Goku just laughed as he wound up his arm." Ah you guys are making to big deal about working with a former bad guy! Half my pals are former bad guys and all! After I beat them up we reached a understanding! Even having Frieza back was not to bad after we got use to how he acted!"
"IT WAS ONLY FUN FOR YOU GOKU!" Krillin yelled out furiously." It was only fun for you because you laughed off everyone he killed on other worlds! You just laughed it off when he tortured me! I mean for god sake 18 watched because Frieza payed her off for "Play time!" I mean that happened four times before Beerus killed him!"
As Goku's friends all lambasted him Max saw his cousins' tension and smirked." Don't worry Ben." I'll do better and make sure a targeting laser is on him at all times. Alright, lets do this thing before the universe blows up."
Lighting nodded before she went through casting the einherjar ritual once more. Moments later Kira arose from the magical pentagram, once more bound to the chains he had in the Labyrinth of Amala.
Kira was motionless before he opened his eyes, and just sighed." Well, I figured we would meet again but things are really decaying that rapidly that your begging for my assistance? Your all eroding faster and faster without my guidance."
Max rolled his eyes before swiftly smacking Kira with the blunt side of his sword." Does not sound like thanks for getting me out of hell to me jackass. Don't have time to drag this out and I know you got briefed on the other side Kira! Are you going to help pull your weight or should we all just kick yah in the face to knock you back to your cell?"
Kira glanced around and saw Galactus, the Anti-Monitor, the Getter Emperor, Void Termina, and the other massive beings the Beyonder summoned before his eyes sharpened." Is the stress making you forgetful my old teammate? I had no desire to aide the Beyonder so very recently when I helped you take down his agents and that has not changed. Like with Zannacross, I'll swallow my pride to insure the unworthy do not sit where I belong."
Ben and Lacus looked at each other before the leader of the Justice Force grasped his blade." Well, honestly this is making me want to vomit but I'll stomach it if it saves lives. Don't think we are pals now Kira, no matter how much you help us for this I'll never forgive you for all of the suffering you caused.
No matter how much time pass's I'll never forgive you. Are we clear? Because if you cause trouble, I won't pause for a moment to make sure you never cause us trouble again."
"I understand your still a slave to your emotions my naïve apprentice. But very well enough "pleasantries". This operation seems to have little time to complete successfully."
Ben glanced at Gabriel, before the angel nodded and cast a spell to release Kira's shackles.
Master Myers saw his son get up and was about to say something before Kira threw out a casual," No need to pretend things are business as usual Grand Master, lets just be professional and see the mission through yes? Still, to think I would ever be on a mission with the majority of the Cobra unit yet again."
Max chuckled before he glanced at the group of warriors, he brought with him." Like hell Kira, I formed my own squad now, the Diamond Dogs. We are all full of so much pride that are souls are as hard as diamonds! There's more to it but we are on a time limit and all."
Ben saw that many of the Reapers, Galactus, and more were preparing to attack before he got into a fighting stance." Got that right. All right, we did not have as much time to prepare for this as I would have liked but bottom line, we don't have a choice but to win!"
James nodded as he saw the cracks in reality around the Schwarzwelt grow bigger before he wiped sweat off of his brow." Right now no matter the cost we have to get back into the Beyonder's reality.
The disturbance he's causing to the universe is like a cosmic cancer, a tumor that has to be removed. Let us act before the tumor causes the state of existence to become terminal."
Myers nodded as he looked at the forces already deployed." Despite all that's at stake don't throw your lives away for nothing! General Lucina and General Sänger Zonvolt will command the army to help provide all the assistance they can on land.
Meanwhile General's Prime and Corrin will lead the space forces while General Alm focuses on defending the citizens. I heard from Mahado everything from Exodia, to Fortress Maximus, to Alexander Prime is being summoned and deployed. No sense holding back when everything is on the line.
Everyone, let us all do what we can to defend what we cherish and make sure the light prevails!"
As most around him besides Kira reacted with sighs of encouragement one ship of the Lylat Fleet, the Raddus had just taken a critical hit from the Ende monster. As parts of the ship exploded it flew right for the Supremacy Star Destroyer before its current commander, the purple haired woman Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo grasped the control terminal tightly." No matter what, we must do what we can to keep the spark of hope alive! We are the spark that will ignite the fire of justice! I'll…do all I can to keep the light alive! Godspeed!"
The purple haired woman pressed an emergency button before the Raddus prepared to go to lightspeed. As the ship flew for the Star-Destroyer Holdo yelled out." FEEL THE MIGHT OF MY SOUL YOU SON OF A B…AHHH!"
While she had hoped to ram right through the larger ship by charging at it in light-speed, however as it rocked to the Supremacy it suddenly collided around a purple energy wall causing Holdo, and the ship to shatter into millions of pieces.
As it did one of the captains of one of the ships taking part in the battle, Jean-Luc Picard of the Enterprise saw what happened before he blinked." Number Two…what the blazes just happened?"
His android assistant Data looked at a terminal before shrugging." Captain, it would seem Admiral Holdo thought that ramming the enemy ship at max speed would be effective. It would seem…no one corrected her before she went through with it.
Ah, I got a sample of the last radio transmission made before impact. It seems that Admiral Holdo was given the idea by a maintenance worker named Rose Tico. Subpar scores in every part of her life, This Rose mostly rambled for years and got a promotion in honor of her deceased sister. Promoting her in peace time seemed to be a mistake."
"One that will be noted for the future, if we have one. Riker, position the next Proton Torpedo to intercept that Reaper before it can fire on the city!"
Ben's group saw a sizzling fragment of the Raddus land near them before Myers sighed." We need to be brave and bold everyone, but don't be that reckless!"
Luke Skywalker saw that the Supremacy was undamaged from Holdo's stunt before he raised an eyebrow." What…ramming ships at lightspeed does not work in this era?"
James eyed the Grand Master of the Jedi curiously." It…worked in yours? Shields these days are to powerful, the impact would shatter most ships upon impact."
Mara Jade saw Luke's confusion before she snickered. "C'mon farmboy, if it was that easy to bust up big targets don't you think your rebel pals would have tried that on the Death Star or all of the other toys Palpatine had?"
"Oh…maybe it's the memories being jumbled together from two timelines but for some reason I had the impression that was a good idea. From some…director Rian or something?"
"Ugh…Luke we got to get your head checked again when this is over because whoever said that was a good idea is an idiot who does not understand anything about ships! C'mon, lets get the other Jedi to help, we need this to be as well planned as we can get."
Ben saw all of the enemies the Beyonder created coming before he steeled himself." All right, everyone it go time! Don't throw your life away for nothing, do whatever you can to get us to the crossroads between reality!"
Kira saw Ben's friends all begin to power up before he shrugged and cast a spell to form a replica of the sword he used when he was alive, Luminous Abjuctor. As he grasped it tightly he chuckled bitterly." Some of us don't have a life to lose, but even in circumstances like this I would rather not have my performance record tarnished."
Goku just laughed as he grasped his fists tightly." Oh yah, looks like this is going to be a blast!"
Galactus descended near the group before the planet eater narrowed his eyes." You dare defy the rules of nature? You think yourselves as champions…but your amoebas to me."
The former master of the Sliver-Surfer raised his fist to try and smash everyone. However, before he could Goku warped up to block the fist with his own. As Galactus looked shocked at being blocked the Saiyan grinned." We may look like small bugs on your end, but we can make up the difference with enough training!"
"Insolent maggot, no amount of training can prepare one for Galactus! I am a force of nature"
The gigantic being in purple armor suddenly unleashed a blast of blue energy from his eyes. Goku caught the blast in his free hand, and was pushed back a bit before he grinned and turned Super Saiyan.
He then kicked the eye beam into the air before he grinned." Funny, that's what all the other so-called gods said in the past, and I managed to surpass most of them! These days I been called a force of nature myself! The nature of fighting!"
"How dare you...I now must squash you LIKE THE BUG THAT YOU ARE! Your making me hungry. And my hunger won't be sated till every drop of energy in this entire planet is devoured!"
Galactus raised his right hand and gathered a massive blue energy sphere in his free hand as he unleashed another eye blast to keep Goku on the defensive. As he prepared to try and ram his attack into Goku, Toriko suddenly jumped up hard enough to get right in front of the former God of Destruction's face.
As the Gourment Hunter saw his target glance on him he just looked excited." You must have some serious appetite to want to eat a whole planet dude! But that's still not enough appetite to intimate me! I just got here but I 'm not about to let any of you blow this planet up before I can try out all these new foods! God's…Fork!"
Toriko once more transformed into his White Ogre form, and as soon as his appetite Demon took over his body he struck Galactus, and hit the cosmic being with enough force to make his target flinch.
Goku saw Toriko's power and grinned before he gave an approving nod and hit Galactus with a burst of speed.
Lacus saw Goku hit Galactus hard enough to make the Devour of planets fall down before she looked at her friends." Let's go everyone, before we get even bigger roadblocks get in are way. Hopefully…its not to late."
The woman Enji heard a roar and saw one of the Planesgorger dragons charging at her, distorting space every moment it moved. The winged hero prepared to dispatch the hostile with a spell, before the golden hostile was consumed by a massive chunk of ice.
Lacus glanced to the right to see Mitsuru was the source of the ice, and as the red haired Persona user saw Lacus look at her she smirked." Don't fret Lady Lacus, despite the odds I know you and your comrades can prevail!"
Ryūko smirked as she grasped her Rending Scissors tightly." Hell yah! No matter how many freaks this glowing prick throws at us true hero's don't let a little thing like sucky odds get them down right? Despite everything, I still have faith you guys can pull it off so get it done already! We will clean up the trash so you can get they're in time! Hear that punk? Your through! Decapitation Mode!"
Lacus saw her friend with the living outfit slash into the Planesgorger's head, and as she tried to over power it Ruby jumped up along with her teammates Blake, Yang, and Weiss. Despite the dangerous situation the girl who around Beacon Academy was known as "Slayer" in red giggled with excitement." Oh man, there is a whole lot of things even more freaky then the Dusk! I'll have to earn a good rep during the battle to impress everyone quick!"
She quickly used the gun part of her Crescent Rose weapon to fire at the golden dragon's head. Her shot caused the monster to roar, but it tried to kill Rose before it could die. Her older sister smacked its claw down, and as Weiss and Blake further stabbed the monster to hasten its death Yang rolled her eyes." Keep this up Crater Face and the only impression your going to get from today is a idiot!"
"Ah, come on Yang! The Enji seem to got most of this handled!"
The moment Ruby uttered this, the ground in front of her cracked, before one of the Vegalta monsters burst out of the ground.
The worm like beast fully intended to swallow everything in its sight, but suddenly Kale yelled with fury before charging at the beast. The Saiyan from planet Sadala transformed once more to her Legendary Super Saiyan state, but this time she was in control as she tackled the Vegalta, picked it up and used her massive strength to rip the it in half.
Kale saw Lacus looking at her with caution before the large woman sighed." Lacus Raystar…don't let big sis die for nothing! Caulifla trusted you, so I'll trust you to get the job done!"
Lacus saw how serious the Saiyan woman was before nodding." I will get it done Kale, I promise. I won't let are dreams die, I won't let this universe we love be destroyed by such madness!"
Prompto saw the large Sayian nod and quickly took a photo as he saw all the gigantic hostiles firing in all directions." Well dudes, can't do much to help you fight bad guys this hardcore, but at least I'll be able to get some killer photos for when its over! Er...long as we can avoid being blown to hell before then."
A blast was about to hit the unofficial Kingsglaive member, before Spider-Man hit him with a web and pulled him out of the way. As the blond man looked at him with shock the masked man chuckled." Careful dude, you need Spider-Sense to be able to pull off staying alive in this kind of Photo-shoot."
Noctis nodded as he had swords swarm around him." Hate feeling so helpless, but I guess just staying alive is something to be proud of in a battle of gods. Ignis, Prompto, Gladious, stay close so we can stay alive!"
As they nodded the Anti-Monitor flew above them all and extended its hand." Your hopes are useless, they will all be turned to anti-matter."
Lacus saw the enemy with a mouth like a whale have its eyes glow before it fired a massive white energy blast. The angelic woman just rolled her eyes before snapping back with a wry," I don't know, are hopes got us this far. I'll show you just how strong a light are hopes can shine!"
She promptly cast a golden energy barrier to intercept the blast, but saw the Anti-Monitor had not got its reputation for nothing as she was quickly pushed back. The titanic villain saw Lacus was able to resist him before he extended his other hand.
As that hand glowed, Ben suddenly flash stepped in front of the villain attacking his lover. The Anti-Monitor was caught off guard with Ben's speed and fired a less charged energy blast to keep Ben back.
As the Enji slashed the attack in half he smirked. "Let me guess…were you going to say something like how useless that was? Ugh…all of this is useless. You may have been a hellish threat to the universe in the past, but your just glorified filler now! Ghosts from the past won't scare us from doing what we have to do! Go back to being a memory, Shin-Divine Flare Edge!"
Ben tried to finish the Anti-Monitor Chrono Phantasma quickly with a powered-up slash, but saw the Anti-Monitor was more versatile then it looked as its eyes glowed, and a wall of raw Anti-Matter erupted to try and intercept Ben.
The leader of the Justice Force had more golden energy swords appear behind to keep the attack at bay as he saw the Anti-Monitor unleash yet another blast at him.
The warrior of light quickly deflected the blast to the ground, but to his horror he saw that as the Anti-Matter hit the ground, it slowly expanded and erased the ground, and even the very essence of the dimension it consumed.
The leader of the Justice Force could not help but tense up as he saw Luigi, Jotaro, Colette, Zero, Noctis, and a few other of his allies nearly get erased and cringed as a result." Damn it, they were not kidding about this guy nearly breaking the universe himself in the past. So many ways for the world to end, good thing I got Shadow Clones because this is a lot to juggle!"
As he quickly tried to figure out the best way to solve all of the problems in front of him at once, he thought he saw that one of the Reapers was locking onto him from above and cringed as the giant metallic squid unleashed a massive red energy blast at him.
The winner of the Enji Budokai quickly tried to figure out a way to fight back without hitting his allies before Ezan flash stepped in front of him and thrusted the energy blast with the Nu-Epyon.
Ben's rival quickly unleashed his Backlash Mirror Force Flare to release a reflected energy blast that was powerful enough to vaporize a chunk of the Reaper Harbinger.
The sliver haired Enji quickly cast the Dragon of the Darkness Flame spell on the Anti-Monitor to get the foe to relent before he glanced at his fellow Enji." We just talked about not getting reckless under pressure Auro.
The Beyonder is clearly trying to overwhelm us, we must find a way through. If we strike hard enough hopefully we can outwit him enough to break through. Its not clear if any of his Black Swans are left to organize the battle but we will see soon enough."
Ben nodded before the two warriors of light tried to work in unison to take down the Beyonder. As they did little did they know not only the Beyonder was overseeing the battle, for the Supremacy was being piloted, by none other than Zinyak.
The leader of the Zin managed to hide as James's group went to win their part of Battle-World. And while Zinyak did not win, his antics amused the Beyonder enough to spare the Chrono Phantasma even as he ripped all of Battle-World apart in his fury, leading the head of the Zin to become the commander of the Beyonder's fleet. That being said... Beyonder did not really think things through and few if any of the forces were listening to the suddenly appointed commander.
Despite this Zinyak was more then amused at being given a role, however haphazardly.
As he and the remains of his crew, along with randomly forged " helpers" such as the Chrono Phantasma recreations of First Order General Enric Pryde and Neo Zeon Lieutenant Zoltan Akkanen, saw Ben and the others fight with all they had the black-eyed alien sipped a cup of wine." Well, these Enji really are the Mecrutio to Tybalt here. Still, even if this is the best that the entire universe has to offer, all the champions put together can't overcome a true god's wrath. Still, this ultimate last stand is quite the show so I'm glad I did not let that Skull faced buffoon drag me down with him. Better to lose the battle then lose the war eh?"
"Quite so Zinyak…quite so."
The leader of the Zin swerved around and saw the other man walking into the command deck was none other than Relius Clover.
The man in the mask had a scar on his face from the near death he experienced at the hands of Doctor Robotnik, Shadow, Knuckles, and the others in Star-Killer base.
But despite his wounds the mad scientist had a sadistic grin as he grasped his right arm." Any experiment worth a damn requires the patience to endure many setbacks, sometimes painful ones. But even suffering a hurdle such as being embarrassed by inferior scientists is trivial if it means accruing sublime data.
Yes…these Enji are most, fascinating, and seeing there fall to ruin will be even more fascinating.
For in that ruination, with the blessing of Rabum Alal will provide me with the means to be the architect of the perfect world. These obsolete specimens just need to know when their time is up."
"Well as they say its not over till the fat lady sings eh?" Zinyak mused out." While I'm sure are "Lord" could produce such a thing if he wished it, this should get the intended effect to all but the most uneducated rubes down their eh?"
Zinyak promptly pressed a button on the Supremacy to have the Mega class Star-Destroyer blare out the song Requiem in D minor, K. 626 by the human musician Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
As the song blared out the black-eyed male villain snickered." Now, at least this entire planet, if entire universe can die elegantly eh? Now then Reapers, lets swarm those Enji's right flank. If these Cogna and Star Destroyer's do their job, we might be able to end this plane of existence by tea time yes?"
Zinyak saw the Reapers roar out angerly over the com-link before he rolled his eyes." Ugh…boorish mercenaries are the worst. Whatever, I can stomach it a bit more rudeness if it means a ticket to paradise. These stubborn hero's just need to know when to die."
The survivor of Battle-World proceeded to have his massive ship unleash dozens, if not hundreds of missiles and energy beams at once. Shinryudramon was one of the many who intercepted one of the energy beams with his shield.
As Ben's Digimon partner heard the song the Star-Destroyer was playing, and remembered it from a music class Lacus gave him, before rolling his eyes." Man, why do bad guys always have to be as over the top as they can get? You guys can try and be as smug as you can get, but no matter how much you act like you already won we are not giving up!"
The Royal Knight heard a roar above him, and saw Ende the Destroyer flying in his direction. The two headed monster had both of its mouths yell loud enough to unleash a shock-wave. "LET ME EAT YOU! LET ME EAT YOU ALL! I BRING FORTH DEMISE…O WILL OF MINE BE AS LIGHT AND ENGULF THEM ALL!"
Shinryudramon saw Ende's larger mouth begin to gather energy, before Ende unleashed a massive red energy blast. As the beam raced for him he glared at the beast." Fat chance two face we are not on the menu! But if you're really that hungry then chew on this! Giga Drill Breaker!"
The member of the Justice Force burst at the projectile and roared right for the attack. Ben's trusted friend showed off his power as he charged through the blast, and as he got close enough to see the shocked look on his target's face he smirked." Sorry, you can huff and puff but you're not blowing me down! Take a hike already cause we are not giving up!"
Shinryudramon had more energy blast out before he burst through Ende the Destroyer's attack, and proceeded to charge right through it.
Ben's Digimon partner was happy he was able to take down one of the major obstacles, before another roar shattered that enthusiasm as he looked up to see Void Termina was charging at him, and was already preparing to unleash an attack.
The gigantic monster with the face of a demonic owl suddenly had a demonic eye that looked like Dark Matter form on its chest.
Just as it prepared to unleash its attack a new barrage of attacks hit it from behind to knock it off course. As Void Termina staggered, Kirby flew by, having given those like Mario, Link and others who could not fly easily Star Allies Sparkler Warp Stars to help them.
Kirby flew around the monster that was his original identity and frowned." It does not matter what this Beyonder wants us to be or thinks we are! We all decide what we are, and I'm not a monster! No matter how big and bad you make things get we are not giving up!"
The pink puffball of a hero flew right for the Void Termina and had his hammer grow before he smashed the monster that was his original identity before it could react. As the giant monster staggered back Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi all flew their own Warp Stars above the monster before Mario grasped his own Ultra Hammer." That's a right Kirby! No matter how much of a wallop the bad guys have we are not going to just a roll over!"
Luigi sighed before he took a deep breath." Got that right bro. Besides…if I did try and hide from this Daisy would never let me live it down till I went to the "afterwhere" and all. Lets a go!"
The fatter plumber nodded before once more wolfed down a Mega Metal Mushroom and jumped down to smash Void Termina in the head. His target was staggered from the gigantic smash strike, but still was coherent enough to ready a counter attack, only for Luigi to jump down and strike the monster in the eye.
While the taller Mario brother did not transform, he did have lighting crackle around his hammer so that when he struck his target, it stung Void Termina enough to stall him. Yoshi then conjured another large Metal Egg and hurled it at the Void Termina to stagger it further.
As it did Cloud and Link both charged at the monster as Ben's squad leader uttered,"No matter what people say are limits are, we can break past them! Omnislash Version 5!"
As he charger for the top of the monster Link dove for the lower half as he had the Master Sword shimmer with the power of the Tri-Force." Aye Cloud…we will never be bound to the fate are enemies think we are supposed to have! Tri-Force Slash!"
The two ace swords men slashed at the demonic monster with a combined combo that overwhelmed it.
While it was distracted Mario unleashed a Giga Fire Ball while Kirby used some of the still recent power, he got form Android 21 to unleash the Special Beam Cannon, unleashing a blast combined enough to kill the monster.
Yoshi yelped in excitement at getting through another obstacle as he landed back on his Warp-Star." Yoshi is not giving up hope! We are ready for the beyond bad bad guy this time! No matter how bad it gets, we have to keep it up!"
The others nodded before looking at the state of their friend's progress. But to their dread the thing nearest to them was not allies, but the massive Serpentera opening its mouth for its own massive atomic blast.
While it looked like it was about to fire a barrage of energy blasts hit it the Conga in the eyes, stalling its charge. The four members of the Justice Force saw the blasts came from the Star Fox team along with the Great Fox.
Fox had his Arwing fly right up to the giant metallic dragon as he scanned it carefully." Hang on guys, we are going to break through this fleet and get the Enji to the objective! Just one bogy at a time, this one seems like he would have fit well as one of Andross's bio weapons.
Well, he will be scrap soon enough once we can find his weak spot. Come on Slippy, you had more then enough time to analyses the enemy shields by now!"
"I know Fox and I did! I just can't find any weak spots! Maybe the others can break through with more fire power, but the only thing that looks like a weak spot for us is his mouth!"
"Well then that's just where we will have to hit him there! Just fire after he fires!"
"Sure Fox." Falco uttered rashly," If we can survive that long!"
The Star Fox team saw Serpentera fire off its massive golden energy blast. Fox cringed as he saw his teammates were in the line of fire before blurting out," Get in front of me! I'll shield the blast!"
From the Great Fox Peppy quickly blurted out," Don't give up yet Fox! Do a barrel roll!" "Peppy, a Barrel Roll won't last long enough to get through this!"
"Then do the ultimate barrel roll! Use the boost to get through! With the new upgrades it should work! Never give up, trust your instincts!"
"Well at this point guess I have to! All right, guys, no matter what keep flying till the end!"
Fox took a deep breath and flew right into the energy beam. As he did he had the G-Diffusers go into overdrive and spun into a barrel roll, before maxing out the boosters to keep spinning and have his craft become a cyclone of blue energy.
To his teammate and ally's relief the tactic worked and Fox drilled through the energy blast. Serpentera just kept firing, and as Fox approached its mouth the giant dragon clamped its jaws shut.
Krytal saw her boyfriend moments away from being devoured before crying out," No, Fox!" Before the blue furred woman from Sauria fired off a Smart Bomb to try and weaken her target's grip.
The dragon swerved its head to avoid the projectile, and as Fox saw his terminal display warning sighs he grimaced." Dad, I might be seeing you sooner then I thought. I, huh?"
Just as the ace pilot was worrying this was how his legend would end, a powerful red energy blast crashed into Serpenterara's head. The blast weakened the giant dragon enough to loosen his grip. As Fox wondered what happened a gruff voice muttered," I thought I made it clear the only one who's prey you are is me pup!"
Fox saw his old rival Wolf O'Donnell fly by in his customized Doben Wolf along with the rest of the Star-Wolf team fly by. He saw Wolf appear on one of his monitors before the former hired gun to Andross smirked." Ansem was feeling anxious and wanted an extra fleet flying around because of all the trouble. Figured it was better then doing stunts around Venom again, but did not think I'd have to bail out your sorry hide again Fox!"
"Ugh…as you can see its kind of been a crazy day Wolf."
"Heh, well then sounds like its just right for my pack to go wild! Leon, Panther, pile on this eyesore! Fox…just keep doing what your doing!"
"That was the plan!" Fox blurted out as he saw his systems were about to go critical. The Star Wolf team barraged the area around Serpentera had Fox pinned. The Rouge Squadron and the Millennium Falcon also flew up as Wedge uttered," Back them up Rouge's! A2 pinpointed the weak points, fire all the Proton Torpedos you can unload in one pass!"
The pilot friends of Luke Skywalker fired there projectiles just as the Millennium Falcon locked on as well. As the one piloting it, Lando, locked on to his target he sighed." Han old buddy, I could not have saved you but I'll do what I can to save your legacy no matter how many years its been out here! Punch it Chewie!"
His Wookie pal roared before the heavily customized ship they were on unloaded a swarm of Concussion missiles.
At the same time Kyle Katarn, Jaina, Kyp, and a few other of the Jedi Masters had decided to do their part and in their Stealth X ships unleashed their own Shadow Bombs to further overwhelm their target.
This barrage, combined with what the members of the Rouge Squadron, Star Fox and Star Wolf members unleashed hit Serpentera hard enough for it to lose its grip on Fox.
The pilot with a tail saw he would only have a moment to pull things off and smashed the thrusters as hard as he could. The Arwing managed to burst down the mouth of the giant robotic dragon, causing the Cogna monster to roar.
Fox managed to burst its ship midway through Serpent Terror before unleashing a Smart Bomb to rupture the entire section of the bogy. As Fox flew out of his target Serpentera roared one last time before exploding.
As Falco had his craft summersault over some flying debris the avian pilot chuckled." That a boy Fox! This Beyonder punk's going to learn who the true ace's in this town really are!"
Fox's longtime friend Bill flew by to before yelling out," Glad your ok Fox! If we all hold together we are going to make th…GUH!"
Bill saw a flash of light and before he could even swerve around a massive blue energy blast vaporized him in one hit.
Fox blinked in shock as one of his best friends was killed in an instant, and as the blast went on to vaporize a few members of Rouge Squadron and slice through one of the wings of the Great Fox, before seeing that the attack came from the Deus Cogna.
The angelic mantis hybrid machine that served as an interplanetary invasion system glanced at Fox before unleashing another barrage of its "Heavenly Anointment" laser blasts.
As Fox swerved around to try and avoid being vaporized he saw the energy blast was coming for him. Just as the Star Fox team wondered if their luck had run out, they saw that Lady Luck had not forsaken them just yet as the Unicorn Gundam flew in front of the Arwings, already in its Destroy Mode before it used its power to diffuse the Heavenly Anointment blast.
Banagher saw Deus extend its wings before the young Gundam pilot winced." Damn it, no matter how bleak it gets we will not give up on the future! Swarm that bogy!"
The Unicorn Gundam unleashed a barrage of green energy as Riddhe in the Banshee and another Lylat Pilot beside him, Rita Bernal in the very recently completed prototype Unicorn Gundam 03 Phenex barraged it in three directions to try and divert its attention.
Deus responded by having its chest glow before it started to take the shape of a cannon. Before it could open fire a barrage of energy blasts went for Deus's eyes, and Amuro flew up at full speed in the Hi-Nu Gundam as his Funnels barraged the larger machine.
The original Gundam pilot saw the larger machine lock on to him before he grasped his controls tightly." The new age is not going to be created by a self-absorbed monster like this! True New-Types are not something like him! The light of the human heart will bring victory!"
Amuro had his Fin Funnels fly out and create a barrier of energy to project himself. While it allowed him to endure one Heavenly Anointment blast, but it soon fired two at once to shatter the barrier. As the mobile suit looked like it was open for an energy bombardment suddenly a yellow energy saber stabbed it from behind.
The blow was powerful enough to knock Deus off course, and Amuro saw it belonged to an armored mobile suit that looked like the Neo-Zeong, it was MSN-04II Nightingale, a prototype Newtype-use Psycoframe Heavy Assault Mobile Suit that belonged to Amuro's primary rival, former ace Zeon pilot Char Aznable.
Amuro saw Char's image appear on his terminal, and before he could even say something the blond man frowned." Amuro…I did not think you would get so rusty in this time of peace that you would need my help in a battle. But it's a good thing I answered to Ansem's request."
"Heh…what can I say but that it's a bit more then I'm use to fighting?"
"Tsc…you never acted that way when you fought me and my men! Don't dishonor all those that died to you and the other Gundam pilots by letting this brat of a god destroy everything we are working to! I'm not philosophical enough to just resign myself to death!"
"Good to know despite everything you been through your still not as fatalistic as your clone was."
"Clone? Amuro I told you despite how many mannerisms Zechs, Rau or the others had they are not me!"
"Heh…not what I meant. I'll fill you in on Full Frontal if we survive Char! Cover me!"
The man with the title of Red Comet obliged by having his mobile suit's psycommu have its ten funnels fly out to barrage Deus from all directions as he swerved around and at the same time barraged his target with his craft's 22.5 meter long Mega Beam Cannon to unleash a blast powerful enough to force his target to flinch.
The two rivals showed they still earned their reputation as ace pilots as they effortlessly swerved around evading blast after blast to land hits on Deus. But while they caused some damage to their target, the Cogna machine was still charging up what appeared to be its ultimate attack.
Deus prepared to open fire, before another barrage of blasts hit it from above that came from the 00 Quanta Gundam.
The former Celestial Being member flew right for his target as his Sword Bits flew around him." You monsters will not be allowed to endanger the peace we worked so hard to create! Trans-Am!"
Setsuna had his mobile suit unleash its trump card just as Deus unleashed a massive energy blast its way. The moment before the 00 Quanta was hit, it glowed red and turned into particles.
While it looked like it was vaporized for a moment, only to quickly reveal the mobile suite used its unique quantization power to reappear right in front of Deus.
Before the larger machine could counterattack Setsuna quickly had his Sword Bits combined to unleash a massive purple energy blade to try and slice the larger machine in half. Deus had a forcefield form around it in an instant, but fellow Gundams, the Zeta Gundam, the XM-X3 Crossbone Gundam X-3, the Gundam Deathscythe Hell, the Gundam Barbatos Lupus Rex and a few more all struck the barrier with their various weapons to weaken it enough for Setsuna to slice through the barrier, and slash Deus in half.
Doug saw another one of the Beyonder's summoned enforcers get blown to scrap before he smirked." Maybe now that "Stable Genius" will figure out you can't just spam a bunch of top ranked toys to win when your fighting true pros!"
The member of Squad 7 saw a light and saw that Artifice Aion had locked on to Doug and fired off its Prometheus energy beam right at the man's face.
While Ben's pal prepared to counter attack, Myers flash stepped in front of the green energy attack and slice it in half with his Shin-Zantetsuken slash.
The leader of the Enji Knights saw the Cogna mecha that nearly destroyed the world of Alrest have countless targeting lasers appear on him and just narrowed his eyes." Its true that the Chrono Phantasma were able to have hearts and souls of their own, but as long as the Beyonder uses them as puppets then they are just as robotic as the droids Weil used! We won't lose to such mindless slaves!"
Artifice Aion 's eye glowed red and its wings extended. But just as it was about to attack Aqua flash stepped above it and swiftly cast White Haze Punishment to freeze the mecha in ice.
As she landed in front of her target she casually flicked her hair out of her eye." I'm tired of the Beyonder treating every damn thing in the universe as his toys! Its time he sees he won't beat us with damn robots."
The blue haired Enji prepared to move on before she saw some of the ice crack, and saw despite Artifice Aion being incased in temperatures below absolute zero with the Beyonder's power it still had the energy to have cannons burst out. But before they could fire a X-buster shot hit the nearest cannon and vaporized it.
Aqua saw X, Zero, Axl, Megaman, Might Number Nine, Protoman, and Samus all fly by on more warp stars and barrage the large target before Megaman gave Aqua a sheepish grin." Ah come on Miss Aqua, I know we are in a tight spot now but don't go all hating on robots now."
"Heh, sorry Megaman." Aqua answered kindly despite the situation." I did not mean inorganic beings are evil. Just those that close their hearts and embrace being puppet of evil."
"Eh its all good Aqua." Zero casually answered as he focused energy into his Z saber." Organic or inorganic, the mavericks are those who mindlessly endanger others for their own aims! No matter how things change or how big the threats get, a Maverick Hunter is going to get the job done no matter how hard it takes!"
As Zero slashed at Artifice Aion's right leg with his Z-Saber X sighed." True, but just don't get blown up again Zero, might be harder to recover the pieces this time based on where we are."
"Heh, that's the plan but no promises X. Just cover me!"
X nodded before unleashing his Nova Strike. Doug saw Samus also strike with her Screw Attack as Axel attacked with his Nova Guillotine before he cracked his neck." Not like he's gonna listen to are speeches, but by kicking his ass the Beyonder is going to learn the hard way what happens when you treat men like your damn puppets! Final Shoryuken Heaven!"
The martial artist had his power erupt before he punched Artifice Aion in the head, and as it was still frozen the blow was hard enough to shatter it.
Max saw Doug's eyes were burning with determination before he chuckled." Doug…glad you're not letting your rage consume you anymore. I sure as hell know what its like to have a grudge pissing you off half the time, and also know how it can define your life since mine consumed me till I died.
Glad you have enough things keeping you grounded, I'll sure as hell do my part to help you guys stay that way long as I'm visiting! Hear that ugly!? Roar all you want but you're not blowing us down!"
Max's taunt was to the Mazinger Zero Jigoku, for the gigantic Mecha roared before winding back, and unleashed a blow of air expelled from the mouth grill that was mixed with corrosive elements.
Ben's cousin saw the Rust Hurricane coming for him and just smirked. "Think that's enough hot air to knock a badass like me down? Like hell! Choukyuu Haou Den'eidan!"
The former Enji once more became consumed with a green twister and burst right through the Rust Twister. Max's power plowed through his enemies strike, and hit the Mazinger Zero Jigoku right in the chest.
The blow was powerful enough to knock the titanic Cogna in the chest and left a scar, but as Mazinger Zero was knocked back its eyes glowed and unleashed Photon Blasts from its eyes.
Max quickly blocked the strike with his Beskar sword, and as exerted himself to stand his ground his grin widened. "Sure, got a lot of tricks eh buddy? Almost like your overcompensating or something. Well, you pack enough of a punch to earn your rep punk, but a wild beast's got nothing on a trained pack! Let's show this punk who the badass's here are eh Dogs? Cable, flank me at the right! Plan delta!"
Max held his ground for a few more moments before one of his team mates, Cable the "Mutant" commando with a Techo-Organic right arm flew up to the right on a hover-cycle before aiming his Hyper-Viber Beam cannon and unleashing a massive blue energy blast to hit the Mazinger Zero right in its right eye to try and cut off the eye beam at Max.
The giant target flinched and swerved its head but Cable took a sphere to transform it into his Psi-Mitar spear. He scanned his target with his techno-organic left eye before throwing the Pis-Mitar. As he did Hellboy flew up and threw a cigar down before he aimed his gun at the Pis-Mitar. "Time to settle down and take your medicine big boy!"
The warden of hell with the extra-large hand fired off his own gun, and enchanted the bullets with a spell. The enhanced bullets collided into the Pis-Mitar and merged with it to enhance its power, causing it to rocket for the right eye of Mazinger Zero. The force was enough to shatter it, causing an explosion. Max saw the eye beams cut off before he grinned." Looks like I just hit the jackpot! Open wide jackass! Buster…Wolf!"
Ben's cousin unleashed a blazing punch in the blink of an eye, and took pleasure seeing the massive robot stagger." Feeling ok "Bud"? Looks like you need to take your meds dude, and I have just the gear right hear! Full Moon Slash!"
Max promptly slashed at the monsters face with his large sword. As he saw the scar, he made he grinned and had his energy surge." So long jackass, Sekiha Tenkyoken !"
In a burst of speed Max burst at Mazinger Zero Jigoku and unleashed his ultimate energy attack at the damaged part of the eye to ram it through the insides of its body.
The massive death machine gave one last roar before its head exploded. As the rest of its body followed suit Max just cracked his neck." Tsc…having a super ultra-hard body is no good when your weak in the inside! Guess that's what happens when you don't train as hardcore as me.
Well, glad the Diamond Dogs teamwork can work in more than just training sessions, now just have to see if the last second hired help won't drag things down."
Max saw a flash of light energy in the distance and narrowed his eyes, but saw a barrage of energy attacks coming from more Reapers before he winced and focused on what was in front of him. The reason that light drew his attention, was that it came from none other then Kira.
The man just recently hastily given the powers of a God of Destruction was currently engaged with the Shin-Getter Emperor.
The massive red being was unleashing countless green energy blasts at the son of Master Myers, but the man who tried to merge with Zannacross casually had his own aura shatter each incoming blast with his blade, but found that his target was locked on to him.
Kira glanced at the state of the battle and saw Ben and Ezan were still fighting the Anti-Monitor while Lacus was fending off Galactus's assault before he sneered." Bah…why are they holding anything back? They show compassion even when the enemy is nothing but replicas? I suppose they want to protect the citizens, but it's a moot point if their caution leads to Armageddon.
Tsc…it's because the Enji still cling to halfhearted measures that things have unfolded the way they did. Thankfully they are wise enough to at last let me clean up their mistakes. Well, the pawns must be dispatched before the vital parts can be addressed. And no matter how big you are, pawns are still pawns. Grand Enteral Strike!"
Kira unleashed his powerful light energy blast at the Getter Emperor, only for it to walk through the atomic explosion like it was nothing.
The son of Master Myers eyed the massive Cogna machine carefully before he sighed." I concede your not cannon fodder, I remember the stories about the ever-evolving war machine powered by the fabled Getter Rays. Still, as I know to well even legends, even gods have their flaws.
Your size may have helped you devastate entire solar systems in the galactic war between the Spiral Collation, the Omega Collective, and the Evolution Tribunal that beckoned Zannacross to bring his judgment, but to me its just another flaw for me to exploit. After all, this size makes it very easy to see a weak point. Shatter-point!"
The man currently serving as the judge of hell observed that the Getter-Emperor was gathering energy in its chest. Just as the light in its chest shined Kira flash stepped right in front of it and jabbed its core with his right middle and index finger.
A burst of energy went into the gigantic war machine, and Kira's eyes narrowed before uttering a detached." I may lack the Sharingan eyes my former apprentice has, but I've still perfected my senses enough to grasp your weak point. I can see every flaw. All I have to do is pour my aura into the cracks…and with a little refined, focused power, you will promptly be shattered. Ethereal Hakai Strike!"
Kira's aura flared up as he thrust his sword into the small crack in the planet destroying machine and unleashed a massive blue and purple energy blast into the Getter Emperor. The Cogna had its eyes glow and had massive skyscraper sized spikes and tried to slam them into Kira to cut off his attack.
But before the spikes could impact the man who bared fangs at god, a massive explosion blasted out of the Shin Getter Emperor's back, shattering its arms from its shoulders.
Kira saw his target give one last roar before its head shattered. The man with the title of Darth Judicar snickered as the remains of his target vaporized into purple fragments and just glanced at his hand." Good, the powers that asinine clown gave me did not fade despite his demise. It seems that God of Destruction was an even bigger fool then he seemed. But, I know well the price of arrogance.
That's why, these feeble pawns at least served their purpose to let me test my power before the moment of truth. Based on what it seems, I'll sadly have to rely on Auro, Raystar and the others but, I'll just make sure things proceed in the correct way. Tsc…I'm talking to myself to much, all the years of isolation have taken its toll."
Kira shrugged before casually casting the Black Coffin spell to crush an incoming Reaper. Zinyak watched this display onboard the Supremacy and winced as he saw normal sized humans demolish planet killer machines without even looking to stressed.
As he saw the Enji and the other warriors of light get closer to the Mega-Class Star Destroyer and the Cosmic Tumor behind it the Chrono Phantasma of the leader of the Zin grit his teeth." What…what humans could pull this off? Are they androids? Gods?"
"Based on the data, some may be just that." Relius uttered casually as his mask glowed red. "But based on the intel I gathered during Battle-World, the majority of them are just humans that have refined their skills to the extent that there power is the caliber of gods."
"Bah…there still just a bunch of skin and bones slapped together! All of them can die if I just keep firing enough stuff at once! This ship has enough power to level planets, it can keep a bunch of pompous hero's busy till the doomsday clock strikes midnight!"
Zinyak had the Supremacy unleash all of its weapons at once. Sonic was one of the few who was getting close to the Schwarzwelt portal, but even in his Hyper State he found there were to many attacks being sent his way to speed through.
The hero from Mobius wagged his finger as he zig zagged out of the incoming salvo an glanced at the command deck of the Star Destroyer. "Man, you can go nuts as much as you want dudes, you're not going to keep us out! I busted more hardcore things then this tacky boat! Time to, GUH!"
Sonic tried to dash into the Supremacy, but found that even in his Hyper State he was repelled just like the kamikaze ship. As he stabilized himself the hedgehog winced." Ugh, most of them did not shields this sturdy though.
Well, I busted through the best defense Solaris, Dark Gaia and the others had, I know I can bust through a big ship's energy wall! Just got to get enough time to pull it off."
As he figured out how to do that Robotnik suddenly cut out over his commlink to yell out," What the blazes is your problem hedgehog? You never lose your cool when your taking down one of my ships!"
"Heh…jealous even now Egg-Man? The ship's not the problem its just that this Beyonder punk's giving it a shield way classier then it deserves! Hate to admit it but might need the extra punch Ben, Lacus, or Ezan has to get through."
"Bah…we don't need the Enji to do everything! I scanned the Supremacy's defenses already and I'll concede it's an impressive construction, but not a flawless one! We just need some of the others to bombard a section of the wall long enough to make it ripple. If its hit hard enough there should be an opening large enough for a stubborn rodent to squeeze through!"
"Heh, sounds like I'll be bouncing around enough as much as when I wrecked that pinball fortress of yours eh? Well if you can prove your not just blowing hot air do it already man!"
"I'll be all to happy to, but I'll need the Lylat Forces to pull it off for me! Those Gundam's are getting in position so get ready!"
Sonic saw Wing Zero Gundam was getting close and just got ready. The winged Gundam aimed its Twin Buster Rifle before its pilot Heero uttered a flat," Target confirmed. Locked on to hostile identified as Mega-Class Star Destroyer Supremacy. The Zero System as shown me the way. Opening fire!"
The Winged Zero got hit in the leg with a charged particle beam, but still unleashed its energy blast as the Enhanced Full Armored ZZ Gundam, The Gundam G-Self (Perfect Pack), the Destiny Gundam, the Gundam Double X, the Raphael Gundam, the AGE-FX Gundam, and former Zeon pilot Zechs Merquise in the Tallgeese III all fired off there various ship busting energy blasts from all directions. The blasts all combined with the Twin Buster Rifle to unleash a massive explosion.
Sonic saw the Supremacy 's energy shield crack before he narrowed his eyes." All right punks, you thought hyper speed was as fast as it can get? I'll show you ultimate speed, Hyper Sonic speed! Infinite Mass Spin Dash!"
The speedy member of the Justice Force unleashed his ultimate spin dash attack, and found out that his former enemies plan was on point, for the area of the barrier bombarded by the mobile suits beams and smashed through the barrier.
Zinyak was horrified as he saw Sonic smash through the Supremacy 's core before his eye twitched." Feeling rather good about ourselves eh? Sadly, one small glitch hardly can stop a battle station of this magnitude! The Zin Empire can't be derailed so easily you miserable misc..What?"
To the current commander of the ship's dismay Shadow suddenly flew for the hole in his Super State, with Sliver, Knuckles, and Iliac all around him. The so-called Ultimate Life form grasped his fist tightly before energy seeped around him." That fake hedgehog was just the kick off creep! Chaos Control!"
Shadow used his power to freeze time so his group could get through the gap in the energy shield, and unleash there own strikes to hit the Star Destroyer's core in rapid succession.
Relius saw the attacks go off and just took a deep breath as Zinyak gave him a panicked look." Zinyak…I did enjoy having someone around here that could provide me some stimulating chats but alas this is where your roll ends. Time for only the stage were only the true elite belong to be set! System No. XX, activate protocol Omega."
The masked man snapped his fingers before being consumed with golden light. Zinyak saw him vanish and his jaw dropped before he grasped his fists and snarled out," Oh this is Bullls," The Chrono Phantasma was cut off as the entire room exploded.
More and more chunks of the Supremacy exploded from the chain reaction till moments later the majority of the ship was blown to pieces.
Sonic swerved around to see the wreckage before he grinned." Awesome…the harder they brag, the harder they blow! Nice job guys. Heh, major props to you Lilac…your handling ultimate speed rather damn well."
"Heh, I don't just move fast I learn fast Sonic." The heroine from the lands of Shuigang retorted brashly. Sonic saw her spunk and snickered." Don't let it get to your head girl, this punk's not going to let us slack off for a second. We are almost at the goal post so keep it up!"
Lilac saw more cracks in space itself form before she nodded. As the group took off, Ben noticed them getting closer to the Beyonder as he slashed in half another Anti-Matter blast.
As attacks from Thor, Ezan, Gabriel, the Celestial ones Orion and Pit, Gohan, and Piccolo caused the enemy with a whale like mouth stagger Ben noticed that the Sliver Surfer was countering Galactus's attacks allowing Lacus, Goku and the others to damage him as well, causing him to grin." That's it…just a little more and we will make it! This, huh? "
Before he could say more suddenly the Beyonder laughed again, seeming to cause the entire universe to shake as the Schwarzwelt glowed even more, and the space around it became even more twisted." YOU REALLY ARE LOSERS IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE A CHANCE! THIS IS BEEN A GOOD SHOW…BUT THAT'S ALL IT IS FOR ME! ALL OF YOU ARE BEING SO DESPREATE LIKE IT MATTERS HOW MUCH YOU STRUGGLE. BUT NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO ITS USELESS…YOU CAN NEVER WIN!"
King Atem had seen the battle unfold from the magical sphere the Beyonder put him in, and as the leader of the Lylat Kingdom heard this last cruel boast the man with spikey red and yellow hair cried out a defiant." Beyonder…this may be just a game to you but this is everything to us! I may lack your power, but I'll still do everything I can to defend my people!
I King Atem, the one chosen to govern the cosmos, summon this world's three ultimate guardians! Arise, Obelisk the Tormentor! Divine Sky Dragon Zodiark! And the Supreme Bahamut Ultima!"
The man with the extra title of King of Games had the divine object attached to his chest shoot three beams of light that burst through his seal before going to the planet below. The beams went into the planet, before moments later three massive monsters emerged.
The blue light took the shape of a massive muscular blue-skinned humanoid. It had simple, triangular wings that were about the same height as the rest of the monster. Its large shoulder pauldrons had two large spikes protruding vertically, its forearm armor had spikes protruding at the elbows, and its groin and knees are armored with diamond-shaped plates, while a shield-shaped plate covers the posterior.
The monsters feet were anisodactyl, with three toes in front and a single one behind; its hands were more human, with spiked, sheath-like claws covering its fingertips and small diamond-shaped plates covering the knuckles.
Its head was covered in spikes; twin spikes jut from its cheeks, long spikes sideways from the back of the head, two from the temples, a short spike on the chin, and a tri-spiked crest on the top of its head. Its mouth was lipless, with pointed white teeth.
It roared at Galactus as Obelisk the Tormentor prepared to fight its master's enemies.
The red light took the shape of large, serpentine red-skinned, black-bellied dragon with spikes running down its body. Its wings were bat-like in form, with two thumb claws.
The beasts head had two months; the bottom jaw of the smaller top set is part of the top jaw of the larger set. The last tooth at each cheek is larger than the others.
Its head was crested with four spikes protruding horizontally, and two larger ones from the back of the head curving vertically; the sapphire was nestled at the front of the crest.
Its tail crest was shaped in a similar manner, but with a single flattened spike at the tip rather than two spikes. It had short limbs with three-toed feet, and as soon as those feet stabilized the owner of said feet, Divine Sky Dragon Zodiark roared at the Anti-Monitor before entangling it.
The golden light took the shape of a giant golden dragon that appears to be composed of or covered in golden metal. The dragon, Supreme Bahamut Ultima roared before instantly bombarding Galactus with a barrage of Mega Flares.
The three Lylat Summon god sprits unleashed all of their power, Obelisk unleashed its God Hand Crusher punch at Galactus. The giant man in purple caught the attack before sneering out,"If you can be a god, then what shall we call Galactus?"
The former God of Destruction prepared to unleash an eye laser blast right in the Lylat Summon god's face, only for Goku to burst forward and roundhouse hick his target in the face.
As Galactus fell to the ground the Saiyan grinned. "I don't know…guess that makes you a very angry hungry purple guy in funny hat? Kamehameha!"
Galactus saw Goku prepare his energy blast and yelled with fury before unleashing another burst of energy. However, the Saiyan used Instant Transmission to warp out of the blast, and appear right in front of his target to blast him in the face.
At the same time Zodiark and the Bahamut Ultima both blasted the Anti-Monitor back.
As both of the giants fell down Lacus gave Ben an urgent nod." King Atem is giving us are shot! Let's break through while we have the chance!"
"Right Lacus!" Ben shouted passionately." Everyone, lets do this!"
The Enji Knight saw most of his allies take off with him as they all head in the direction of the Beyonder. Vegeta was busy fending off the combined blasts of the planet Mogo and what was left of the Reapers.
As he saw Goku take off he saw his planet sized opponent launch a beam of energy before he cracked his neck." This Beyonder really is naïve if he though such antics could scare me. Even a planet sized opponent, a living planet itself is not enough to compare to a true Saiyan! Bite me freak…Big Bang Attack!"
Vegeta powered up to the Super Saiyan two state before he unleashed an energy sphere powerful enough to crash through Mogo's massive energy beam, and collided into the planet.
The former Prince of the Sayian's saw his attack shatter the entire living planet before he smirked." That was an amusing enough of a warm up, time to see how much of a fight this Beyonder can really give!"
The White Lantern saw the Chrono Phantasma of his former ally shatter before the angel winced." Geeze man I know it's a fight but don't go all psychopath about it. Ugh, nearly as blood thirsty as Guy Garner, or John Stewart when he blew up the real Mogo thanks to that damn Kronoa."
"Back off choir boy!" Vegeta snapped out." This is one of the rare times I get to use cut lose without restraint! You care more about getting the job done at all or getting it done "neatly?"
"Fine fine." Kyle uttered." Well, focus's right to the point like Hal, Baz, Kilowog and some of the others, I can respect that. Time to see if the savior can get the job this time."
The White Lantern, the Super Saiyan and most of the other forces went to dive at the Schwarzwelt. As the Cosmic Tumor had hero's and warriors fly at it form all directions the Beyonder merely sneered." YOU SHILLS OF THE LIGHT REALLY BELIEVE YOUR OWN FAKE NEWS IF YOU THINK YOU CAN STOP ME! BUT EVERY SINGLE HERO IN EXISTENCE IS JUST A LOT OF BUGS FOR ME TO SQUASH!"
The Beyonder suddenly unleashed a shockwave that was powerful enough to blow back Ben, Lacus, Goku, and everyone else back. As Lacus and the angels used their magic to protect everyone the Beyonder saw Ben's defiant look and sneered once more." DID YOU THINK I WAS LYING WHEN I SAID ONE ELECTRUM OF MINE IS MORE POWERFUL THEN EVERY SINGLE MORTAL IN YOUR UNIVIERSE!? I HAVE BEEN PLAYING AROUND BECAUSE ITS TO BORNING TO KILL EVERYONE RIGHT AWAY LITTLE AURO!
BUT KEEP ANNOYING ME AND I MIGHT JUST END THE GAME AND FLIP THE TABLE THAT IS YOUR UNIVERSE ONCE AND FOR ALL! ALL YOUR TEAMING UP IS USELESS ANYWAY! YOU ALL JUST WORK TOGETHER SO YOU WON'T DIE AND GO BACK TO FIGHTING EACH OTHER ANYWAY!"
"Your wrong!" Ben shouted defiantly as he prepared to dive at the Beyonder again." Sure working together to survive is the biggest reason people may unite but, that's not the only reason! It may not happen all the time but people can unite their hearts despite their differences to evolve with each other to make a better tomorrow!
No matter how much time it takes, no matter how different people's cultures are a better future is everyone's dream!
And no matter how powerful you are Beyonder, I won't let you doom everyone's dream for your own selfish ends! I'm going to end this once and for all Beyonder! Shin…huh?"
As Ben prepared to pour all of his strength to try and break through when the entire Cosmic Tumor glowed with light, and all the cracks in space around it. The hole between dimensions grew larger, till the planet the Beyonder was trying to have collide with Corneria glowed even more and more… and grew till moments later it had transformed into a purple star.
The sudden star unleashed a wave of heat that pushed the capital planet of the Lylat Kingdom's shields to their limit, and as it moved faster and faster the Beyonder's face appeared on the star, and flashed a wicked grin." OH I WILL GUIDE EVERYONE TO DOOM ALL RIGHT PUNY AURO! AFTER ALL DOOM IN SOME CULTURES MEANS FATE…AND I PLAN TO GIVE EXISTENCE ITS ONE TRUE FATE ONCE AND FOR ALL!
YOU HERO'S SAY THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE WANTS BUT IF THAT" S WHAT EVERYONE REALLY WANTS THEN HOW COME IT HAS NOT HAPPENED AFTER ALL THIS TIME!?
MAYBE ITS BECAUSE ALL YOU HERO'S AND ANGELS HAVE BEEN FULL OF IT SINCE THE DAWN OF TIME! PEPOLE SAY THEY WANT TO WISH FOR PEACE AND ALL THAT CRAP TO LOOK GOOD AND FIT IN TO YOUR SOCITY BUT THAT'S JUST THE WISH PEPOLE ARE TOLD TO WANT!
COSMOS HAS HUSTLED THIS GRAND HOLY SHAM GOING ON AGAIN AND AGAIN LIKE A BROKEN RECORD! BUT I WILL CREATE A BETTER EXISTENCE WHERE PEPOLE STOP FOOLING THEMSELVES! THE SAINTLY ELITES KEEP TELLING SUCKERS TO BE FICTIONAL BETTER VERSONS OF WHO THEY ARE THAT ONLY EXISTS IN DREAMS!
BUT IT NEVER LASTS BECAUSE ITS ALL A LIE! HISTORY IS MORTALS REPEATING THE SAME LIES OVER AND OVER AGAIN BUT I WILL FORCE EVERYONE TO EMBRACE WHAT THEY REALLY ARE ON THE INSIDE NO MATTER HOW ULGY IT IS! THE TIME FOR HERO" S IS OVER FOR THEY ARE NOTHING BUT A FOOLISH FANTASY!
AT FIRST I WANTED TO KILL EVERYONE THAT COSMOS CREATED…BUT I'll JUST KILL EVERYONE WHO CAN"T HANDEL THE TRUTH INSTEAD! PEPOLE OF THE UNIVIERSE…GIVE YOUR ENERGY TO ME SO I CAN DESTROY ALL THE LIES FASTER! AFTER ALL, AFTER COSMOS AND ALL HER ANGELS AND PUPPETS HAVE LIED TO YOU FOR SO LONG WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO LOSE!?
AS YOU SHILLS DIE YOU WILL ALL REALIZE HOW WORTHLESS EVERYTHING YOU BELIVED IN REALLY WAS!"
The Beyonder had the star he was using as the Incursion Ritual unleash a solar flare, and Ben, Lacus and the others had to quickly use their powers to prevent that solar burst from wrecking the planet behind them.
As Atem heard the man holding him hostage's rant he grasped his fist tightly." Demented monster, no matter how much of history you have watched you have no idea what a person's heart truly is! I may not have your divine senses but after truly leading people for most of my life and not just blind puppets, I know that as a whole, people are not just beasts who go from one impulse to the next!
We all have dark desires yes, but it is controlling them, holding back short term impulses for long term wishes to accomplish something better that makes us a mature people! I won't let you drag all life into your warped sense of beliefs!
I, Atem Lylat, ruler of the Lylat Kingdom order the three protectors to unite in the name of justice! Now, use all of your power and fuse together! Come forth celestial being of light Halakti!"
The Millennium Puzzle surged with more light before Obelisk, Zodiark and Bahamut Ultima all glimmered with light before taking the shape of a large angel with golden metal wings and a mask over its face topped off with a golden bird like helmet.
Halakti flew above the Beyonder before its body shimmered with light." Being of madness, you will not erode the stability of the realms even further! Go back to the darkest depths where you belong! Jesel Burst!"
The angel with the title of creator of light put its hands together and unleashed countless bursts of holy energy at the incoming star. However, the Beyonder snarled with disgust, before everyone saw a bolt of energy burst out of the Schwarzwelt, and hit Halakti in the head.
As the angel fusion of the three Lylat gods was shattered the Beyonder roared again with rage." EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU ANGELS WILL PAY DEARLY FOR THINKING I'M JUST ANOTHER DEMON! I WAS BEFORE ANGELS AND DEMONS…BEFORE LIGHT AND DARKNESS! I AM NOT PART OF THE GRAND SHAM…AND MORE AND MORE OF YOUR TOOLS ARE WAKING UP TO THE CON OF THE LIGHT!
I CAN FEEL IT…MORE AND MORE PEPOLE GIVING THEIR ENERGY TO ME…GLADLY WILLING TO SEE ALL THE LIES PURGED FROM REALITY ONCE AND FOR ALL! EVEN IF THEY ARE STILL BRAINWASHED TO WANT TO BE GOOD SAPS…MANY ARE SUBCONCIOUSLY SUBMITING TO THEIR TRUE MASTER!"
Ezan eyed the Beyonder carefully before he noticed all the cracks in the sky were getting bigger and grasped his blade tightly." Damn it, that madman can rant about whatever nonsense he thinks is facts, but the reality is he is getting closer to his objective, and that means we have to push harder to complete are own mission before its failed forever!"
"Its…its not just him rambling Ezan." Aeris uttered gravely to his right." I can feel it, all across the universe people are giving their energy to the Beyonder in their planet's life streams. Just like with Zannacross, once again people are giving into fear."
"HAHAHA ITS MORE THEN THAT YOU SHRILL CETRA DIKE!" The Beyonder roared out as the Star serving as the Incursion anchor grew larger." ITS NOT JUST FEAR! MORTALS ARE WILLINGLY GIVING ME THEIR ENERGY…THEIR MAGATSUHI BECAUSE THEY HAVE BECOME WOKE TO HOW WORTHLESS YOU HERO'S ARE! AFTER ALL…COSMOS AND EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU TALK ABOUT PEACE AND LOVE BUT ITS ONLY LOVE AND PEACE BROUGHT BY FORCE!
PEOPLE ARE NOT GOOD BECAUSE THEY WANT TO! THEY DON'T LOVE GOD" S LOVE…THEY REPRESS THEIR REAL DESIRES BECAUSE THEY FEAR GOD'S WRATH! THEY FEAR BEING PUNISHER BY THEIR HEROS…THEY FEAR BEING CRUSHED BY THE AGENTS OF THE LAW!
THAT" S WHY COSMOS'S IS JUST THE SAME AS ZANNACROSS ONLY HE AND THE DEMONS ARE HONEST ABOUT IT! BUT NOW ITS TIME TO DRAIN THIS BROKEN EXISTENCE OF ALL THE LIES! THE COLLECTIVE SUBCONSICOUS OF ALL MORTALS IS GIVING ME EVEN MORE POWER! AND NOW WITH MY ALL REALITY BREAKING ZARATHUSTRA SPEAR TO SMASH THE VERY CORE OF TIME I WILL PURGE ALL THE LIES FROM HISTORY ITSELF!
LET ALL THE WEAK WHO CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT THOSE LIES…LET ALL THE BORNING PEPOLE WHO LIE TO HAVE ANY VALUE TO EXISTENCE BE DESTROYED FOREVER!"
The Beyonder then had the sun suddenly take the shape as massive star like purple spear before it shot for Corneria at an even faster rate. Goku saw this projectile coming and instantly powered up to Super Saiyan Four before roaring out," All right…this is it…the ultimate test of my strength! I been waiting for this for thousands of life times! Beyonder…no matter what you say I'm not going to back down now! DRAGON FIST!"
The Saiyan warrior powered up as high as he could, and by instinct had his Ultra Instinct power flare up before he charged right for the star sized projectile and punched it. His aura prevented him from being affected by the star's heat, but for all of his power, Goku could only keep the projectile at bay for a few seconds before he was pushed back.
Vegeta saw Goku straining before he moaned." Damn it Kakarot, always have to jump in half cocked and screw everything up! Damn it, guess its now or never anyway. Bah, the weight of a planet is nothing to a true super elite!"
Vegeta turned Super Saiyan four as well before diving in to back his rival up. But even as Gohan and most of the Z warriors backed Goku up they were only able to keep the Zarathustra sphere back a few more inches, causing the Beyonder to laugh yet again." HAHAHA YOU APES LOOK SO STUPID RIGHT NOW! YOUR NOT JUST PUSHING A PLANET…YOUR PUSHING BACK THE WEIGHT OF AN ENTIRE DIMENSION!"
Ben cried out with determination as he focused all the power he could." Damn it, even if it's an entire dimension…I'll cut through it all if that's what it takes to protect what's dear to me! I won't let you win! Ultimate Shinryukenha Times Ten!"
The Enji fired off his ultimate attack, and his friends were relived to see Ben's blast managed to push the Zarathustra Spear back a few inches.
But that relief quickly morphed to despair as the Beyonder roared with outrage, and a surge of power made the spear even larger." YOU REALLY ARE SO DAMN ANNOYING BEN AURO! ITS COMPLETELY HOPELESS! NO HERO CAN SAVE REALITY FROM ITS TRUE DESTINY! I AM THE REAL GOD…AND THAT POWER TRUMPS ALL!"
"If that is the case, then let the very essence of light cleanse your madness, my son."
A pillar of golden light broke out of the sky, before Cosmos descended from heaven. Lacus saw the source of all light look at her first child somberly before she gasped." Cosmos…you appeared directly? Is she going to try the same thing she used to try and stop him previously?"
"But…that was in his dimension." James uttered wearily." If she unleashes an attack of that magnitude right at in front of Corneria…it could wipe out the entire region of space. And since that attack failed, she would have attempt a even more powerful strike. Does, she plan on reviving everyone after destroying the Beyonder?"
"Beats me dude." Doug uttered dryly as he cracked his neck." But sure as hell hope she has a better plan this time because this is really not time for a bluff!"
The Beyonder paused his attack as he saw Cosmos looking at him. As he saw light shine around the entire region of space around her, he narrowed his eyes." AT LAST YOU REALIZE YOU CAN" T HIDE COSMOS? THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE PLEASURE OF SEEING YOUR FACE WHEN YOU DIE! I THOUGHT IT WOULD TAKE KILLING EVERY LAST ANGEL AND SHILL YOU HAD TILL I LOCKED YOU UP TO GIVE YOU WHAT YOU DESERVE ONCE AND FOR ALL!"
"Enough innocent people have suffered because of my mistakes." Cosmos answered wearily." At this point the best way to minimize any further damage to the universe, is to confront you directly. I don't want people to suffer needlessly when in some ways this is because of my mistakes."
"THIS IS ALL BECAUSE YOU WERE TRYING TO DENY WHAT WAS…WHAT IS RIGHTFULLY MINE! I AM SUPERIOR…I CAME FROM BOTH COSMOS AND ZANNACROSS…I AM BETTER THEN BOTH LIGHT AND DARKNESS AND AM BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL! BUT YOU FEARED BEING REPLACED BY YOUR SUPERIOR AND WRONGED ME WITH YOUR CHEAP TRICKS!"
"I won't deny I and Zannacross attacked you and with the first angels gave you in essence a lobotomy before sealing you away in your own dimension to be isolated for all of time. But…we had no choice!
You were destroying everything we tried to create. You attacked us, and we thought that you were already mindless. So, we created more to make up for what we thought was a mistake."
"YOU ARE THE MISTAKE!" The Beyonder roared back." I ALREADY WAS THE PERFECT BEING…THERE WAS NO NEED FOR ANY INFERIOR KNOCK OFFS! YOUR MISTAKES HAVE CAUSED THIS BROKEN CYCLE TO SPIN ON AND ON…BUT I AM GOING TO END IT ONCE AND FOR ALL! YOU FAILED COSMOS…ALL OF YOUR PLANS HAVE FAILED SO I'll PUT YOU OUT OF YOUR MISERY! IT'S THE NICE THING FOR A SON TO DO!"
Cosmos closed her eyes before she looked at the Beyonder with bitter resolution." If nothing else your reappearance has caused me to rethink things, I long assumed were absolute.
You were last awake when the very universe was not stabilized, despite seeing all of history like a long movie, you have not experienced enough of life to grasp its true value. Perfection as the status quo is not true perfection, just nonexistence. Just like bliss, it loses its value if it never changes. That's why, no matter what your current insane ideas can not become reality."
"YOU DON" T HAVE THE POWER TO CONTROL ME ANYMORE M…CROOKED COSMOS! I AM BEYOND YOU AND AM ON TO YOUR TRICKS! YOU AND ZANNACROSS MADE ME SLEEP FOR SO LONG THAT IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO TRULY "WAKE UP" BUT NOW THAT MY EYES ARE OPEN…FROM THIS MOMENT ON I CAN SEE EVERYTHING THAT WILL UNFOLD INTO THE DISTANT FUTURE!
I CAN "KNOW" EVERYTHING I SEE. AND…ALL THE "POWERS' ALL THAT I KNOW NOT ONLY CAN NOT BE USED TO DEFEAT ME…THEY CANNOT EVEN BE USED TO HARM ME!
THAT IS MY POWER…THE ALMIGHTY POWER THAT IS BEYOND ALL…THAT TRUMPS ALL THERE IS NO ROOM FOR…COMPREHESION OR COUNTER MEASURES AGANST MY REAL POWER! ALL THAT I SEE…IS POWERLESS AGAINST ME!
COSMOS…MY NAME IS VOLTHOOM U-DO RABUM ALAL…THE ONE WHO WILL ROB YOU OF EVERYTHING BEFORE YOU DIE! DIE COSMOS! YOU LOSE..I"M THE WINNER SO YOUR FIRED FROM EXISTENCE!"
The Beyonder roared with raw hate as the entire universe trembled like it was about to break. Cosmos saw her first scion cause the portal to get even larger so that another arm emerged.
In response Cosmos took a deep breath, before her dress transformed into a gold white and pink set of armor. As a shield and a sword former in her hands she pointed her new weapon at her crazed son." If your grudge is against me, then take it only on me! Heavily Star of Creation!"
The Ethereal Queen of Light unleashed a spark of holy energy, and an instant later it became a star of divine light that was on par with the Beyonder's star. The two energy blasts collided before the Beyonder had a psychotic look in his eyes." YOU CAN ONLY RESIST THE POWER OF MY ALMIGHTY WRATH FOR SO LONG COSMOS! YOUR ONLY LIGHT WHILE I AM EVERYTHING! THERE IS NO WAY YOU WILL BEAT ME!"
"Maybe…but I can do all I can to hold back your wrath so that someone can stop you in time! My champions…now is the time to act before its to late! Go…use all the power and skills you have to overcome my son's mad rage! I have faith in you, do what you do best."
"YOUR FAITH…LIKE YOUR DREAMS AND BEIELFS ARE SHAMS COSMOS! I WON"T ABSORB YOU LIKE ZANNACROSS DID…I"LL ERASE EVERY TRACE OF YOUR EXISTENCE FROM REALITY ITSELF FROM ALL TIME TO AT LAST ERASE YOU! DIE!"
The Beyonder erupted with even more fury, but Cosmos held firm and kept her attack together. Goku, Vegeta, and his group had managed to hold on the entire time, and as the Saiyan warrior saw the clash of gods he was apart of he just laughed with excitement." Wow…this level of energy, this is just what I was hoping for! This really is the ultimate limit!"
"Just shut up and focus Kakarot!" Vegeta roared out." This is not a game! One slip up and we are not only dead but erased from all time!"
"Vegeta's right dad!" Gohan cried out." We have to keep adding are energy into the attack so that the Beyonder can't adapt to the attack and shatter it with his power! For the sake of everything, we can't give out here! Damn, and I thought the beam struggle with Cell was as intense as it got. But this time, I won't choke!"
Lacus saw the three Saiyan's, along with Ubb, Piccolo, and many of the other Z-Fighters gave all the energy they could to help Cosmos push the Beyonder back.
She saw the angels heal Goku and the others, so they did not run out of energy, before she grasped Ben by his free hand. "Cosmos, Goku and the others are giving everything they have to buy us time. This might be are best, last chance!"
Ben looked at the Cosmic Tumor at the edge of the Beyonder's body before he glanced at his lover and nodded." Well then, we better not waste it eh? Lacus, lets do this together."
"Got it love."
The two kissed passionately to rev each other up before Ben looked at his allies." Guys, I know its Déjà vu at this point but we seriously got to give everything we got to break through! If we don't make it there is no future left! Once and for all time to show the Beyonder his hatred can't trump are justice!"
As the others nodded a large growl interrupted them. But it was not from the Beyonder, but Galactus. He and the Anti-Monitor both flew in front of the Enji before the purple armored Chrono Phantasma extended his hands." Pathetic, the justice of mortals is just more food for Galactus! The only truth is the cycle of hunger! And that truth will consume you now!"
Galactus and the Anti-Monitor both unleashed a barrage of massive energy blasts at the defenders of the universe, only for the Sliver Surfer to fly in front of the largest one that was heading for Ben and Lacus and had his Cosmic Surfboard absorb the energy blast.
The celestial one knew his former master's power better then anyone other then Cosmos, and used his own Power Cosmic to have his board glow while he looked somberly at the clone of the man at times he saw as his friend. "I don't know how much of your mind is allowed to be yourself at the moment Galactus but…if you have any of the memories of the man I once served then you must known that even you knew there was most to existence then endless hunger!"
"Pathetic sliver ant…in the end power and hunger are the only real things there are. Let all other things fade to darkness!"
"If that's your current belief Galan…then I can take down you, knowing that what before me is just a poorly crafted imposter without hesitation!"
The Sliver Surfer used his mastery of energy manipulation to mutate the energy he absorbed from his enemy and fired off the reflected energy from his Galactic Glaze covered object right in to Galactus's mouth. The others saw their sliver ally and transformed the energy into a type of matter that sucked away his energy.
As Galactus yelled in pain the Sliver Surfer saw that the half Infinity symbol on his head shined brightly before he turned to Lacus." My tactic is weakening him but I don't think it will last. Quickly, finish this now!"
"Got it!" Lacus cried out as her wings extended. The third woman that was part of the Antitype Apostle bloodline had the Golden Imperia Crystal shimmer with light before she looked at Galactus sorrowfully." Clone or not, I'm sorry you were bound to such a grim fate. I'll make you feel those feelings you repressed to put an end to your suffering, so that countless more don't have to suffer more! Radiant Judgment Flare!"
While still in pain, Galactus still tried to fire at Lacus with hand blasts. But as he did the winged Enji had golden energy ribbons come out of her aura.
By the time they reached Galactus they grew and changed into golden dragon claws that was able to grasp the Devour of Worlds by the hands long enough for his opponent to fly above him, and unleash a large blast of golden light.
The blast went right down the gigantic man's throat. Galactus tried to resist for a few moments before he felt the light 's taste and had his eyes budge in pain." No…the taste…its so...revolting! The hunger…THE HUNGER! RAHH!"
Light burst out of Galactus 's body before the former God of Destruction exploded. As the same time as the Chrono Phantasma was being defeated, Ben and the rest were trying to take down the Anti-Monitor, a difficult task since even at his full power Ben only seemed to be able to inflect minor wounds on the being of anti-matter.
The Anti-Monitor walked right through the angel Orion's Astro Force, a full power blast from Thor's Mjolnir hammer, Gabrile's Lighting Dragoon barrage, Omnimon's Supreme Cannon blast and attacks from, Trunks, Aeris, Shinryudramon and others as his eyes glowed. "Insolent maggots, I told you time and time again I cannot be destroyed! You will die! Then your world and your very universe will follow you into oblivion!"
The massive villain unleashed a ship sized blast of raw energy at all in front of him. But Ezan flash stepped in front of the blast and once more was in his Divine Joutei sprit armor as he thrusted the projectile with the Nu Epyon.
As the Shari-Rinnegan glowed Ben's rival uttered." Since we have a mission to complete, we will just have to keep pushing till your terminated! Susanoo Reflection Slash!"
The Enji was successful in absorbing the Anti-Monitor's blast and unleashing his counter attack. The attack caused the Anti-Monitor to stagger, but Ezan saw his blow only left a small scratch before he narrowed his eyes." Even the smallest flaw can be exploited, by a true elite! Kamui Tachyon Shuriken! "
The son of Ansem Zeon saw the Anti-Monitor swiftly raised his hands to attack again, and unleashed another shuriken shaped projectile. His target tried to smack the strike away, only for the energy to phase through his armored fist, and explode inside it.
Ezan saw the Anti-Monitor yell in fury, and saw Ben unleash his Divine Atonement Slash. As golden energy swords rain down on him to distract the whale mouthed enemy the son of Ansem Zeon grasped his blade tightly. "There is the flaw…Kamui Judgment Burst!"
With a burst of speed he dashed at his enemy, and used the power he gained from Obito Uchiha to phase through the target's armor and into his body. Just as the Anti-Monitor realized what happened the Warrior of Light phased through his back.
Explosions erupted all over the massive figure, followed by large cuts in the hostile's armor. Ezan saw Ben looking shocked before he spat out," Skip the commercial length defeat speech and finish him Auro we have a mission to get done!"
"Right. Lets end this!"
"Sounds like a plan cos...and lets send this freak packing in style!"
Max uttered as he flew along side his cousin. As Ben turned to him the former Bounty Hunter smirked." This seems like one stubborn bastard but that means we just have to show them who the badass's are around here eh? Ben...its a drag when someone else has to do the heavy lifting but how about the old team up?"
"Heh...got it Max."
"Then lets fly! School...of the Undefeated of the East! The Ultimate...Technique!"
The two cousins both evaded the Anti-Monitor's blasts before they jumped right in front of the tall foe's face and both yelled out," DOUBLE SEKIHA TENKYOKEN!"
The two Enji unleashed there combo blast, Ben's with a mixture of the Ultimate Shinryukenha and Max's with the mix of the Full Moon Crusher before the massive blast consumed the Anti-Monitor.
While he tried to block it, Omnimon, James, Master Myers, Gabriel, Shinryudramon and all of the allies around them unleashed their most powerful attacks to form a massive projectile of rainbow covered light to bombard the target.
The Anti-Monitor got out another Anti-Matter blast, but in his weakened state the blast was quickly over powered. As the hero's blast consumed him he screamed out." NO! Anti-Matter must, consume, all! It is my right to, ARGHHHH!"
Ben was relived to see the combined blasts rocket the Anti-Monitor into the still ongoing beam struggle between Cosmos, the Z-Fighters and the Beyonder, and the clash vaporized him instantly.
The chosen warrior saw Lacus and the others finish off Galactus before he chuckled anxiously." Well, at least we got these bad guys taken out. Just warmed up enough to be ready for the main event to."
Zidane saw Ezan fly down besides him before he winced." Geeze Ezan, I know I said it before man but now you can just go through people's bodies and cut them inside all ghost like you really are godly eh? Just…remind me not to get on your bad side like…ever."
"Be at ease Tribal. Long as you never do anything to agitate me, or at least don't become a threat to the mission you should not have to worry about it."
"Er…thanks man…I think."
"But you will get on the list if you don't hurry up, we have little time as it is!"
Zidane, and everyone else saw Ezan was not kidding as not only were more cracks forming in the sky, but space it self seemed to be bending. Ben saw the Beyonder was distracted before he took a deep breath." All right, for real this time guys before he throws a ton more giant enemies to deal with. Keep your eyes open, and lets go!"
Lacus and the others nodded before diving off at full speed to the Schwarzwelt. A few of the Reapers still stood, and barraged the hero's with a storm of plasma and missiles.
The Neo-Highwind, the damaged Great Fox, and other command ships commanded by the Enji Knights allies such as the Ragnarök, The Enterprise, the Ra Cailum the Albiore, the Invincible, the Ptolemaios and more flew behind the Enji and gave as much covering fire as they could.
Ben saw the Ra Cailum and the Great Fox both take hits and get shot down but steeled himself to look forward before he could confirm if they were going to survive the crash." Have to stay focused…if we don't pull this off everyone dies! All right guys, here we go!"
Ben prepared to dive right into the Beyonder's personal reality, only to find an energy wall get in his way. The golden-haired man suppressed a groan as he grasped the Divine Mugen Nova tightly." Because of course its never easy. Damn it, did not come this far to be stopped by a damn wall!"
"Its more then that Ben!" James uttered tensely." Based on the scans I'm picking up, this time the Beyonder is refusing to let us enter his persona actuality. Despite all that's going on the Beyonder STILL is still willing his personal reality to forbid all who he does not want to be in his existence."
"Well that's sure as hell an annoying road block. Lacus, Ezan, you think you and the others can bypass this with your magic?"
Ben saw his lover look at his primary rival before suddenly a new female voice cut in with," You Enji may be able to force your way in, but it may be easier, and faster to get in with someone who Rabum Ala does not see as a threat."
The leader of the Justice Force gasped as he saw Ramathel fly up to him, with Stella and Cia behind her. The Black Swan saw everyone looking at her cautiously before she shrugged." My apologizes for leaving my cell unannounced, it was damaged during the battle and we judged that we could help more around here."
"Well that's fine…long as you make it real clear real fast by telling us how you gals plan to help."
"Me and Stella will use the power we still have to open the portal to are m, former master's realm. We must act before he has time to notice are intentions."
James saw Ramathel looked sincere and eyed her curiously." You would defy your master and face his wrath? Why?"
"I don't have the time to give the full answer Master Elrond…but to summarize…I am curious to see how you will evolve and I don't want things to be destroyed before you have the chance to try. Get ready, he will notice soon."
Ramathel, Stella, and Cia combined their magical energy to from a portal over the wall. The portal quickly expanded to be as large as the Neo-Highwind before Ramathel uttered," Hurry, this won't last long!"
"Got it!" Ben answered gravely." Here we go a, huh? Oh come on!"
While the former Black Swans were able to open a portal, a golden hand in a stop pose surged out to try and slam Ben as the Beyonder roared out," DID YOU THINK I WILL LET YOU WIN LITTLE AURO? NEVER…YOU CAN NEVER WIN BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS WILL BE A LOSER!"
"God shut up already! Shin-Divine Flare Edge!"
Ben struck the incoming hand with all of his might, and as he did everyone in the planet below saw Ben and the others giving it all they could to prevent Armageddon. Ben's parents saw the massive surge of light before Ben's mother gulped." Don't give up Ben…don't let this monstrous bully have his way!"
"Give him hell boy!" Jack Auro yelled out." Teach that son of a bitch what it means to use an Auro like a puppet!"
Erich Raystar saw the entire universe crack more and more before he grasped his family tightly." Lacus, I know you can show the Beyonder, and everyone in the universe the true power of your light!"
"That's right dear…I was wrong to be envious of you even in the deepest parts of my heart." Jane cried out somberly." No one is perfect, not even god. But you are the most radiant, strong person I know and I'll cherish that to the end! Don't let this fashion disaster bully you and the rest of us around dear!"
As she tried to remain brave and focused on her love of her daughter her other children, along with Princess Peach, James's wife Katie, his cousin and Magneto's daughter Polaris, Zelda, Amy, Doctor Light, Tifa, King Dedede, Ansem, and most of Ben and his comrades allies that could not fight.
Lacus sensed the hopes and fears of her family, and everyone else around the universe before her eyes blazed with determination. "I 'll show you that hate does not trump love Beyonder! Radiant Judgment Flare!"
Lacus helped Ben to push back the hand, and as they did more of their allies and as Kira saw them struggle he sighed." If this is how to realize my goals…so be it. Paradise Lost Waltz!"
The traitor to the Enji charged at the giant hand and swiftly unleashed a barrage of lighting fast energy charged punches, each blow causing a Sonic Boom. As he did his part Ben's friends jumped up alongside them as they roared out attacks such as," Final Shoryuken Heaven!"
"Seele Schneider!"
"Giga Drill Breaker!"
"Judgement Burst!"
"Shin-Zantetsuken!"
"Full Moon Crusher!"
"Climhazzard!"
"Infinite Mass Spin dash!"
"Tri-Force Slash!"
"Nova Crush!"
"Blasting Zone!"
"Z-End Slash!"
"Gallic Buster!"
As the Beyonder's giant hand was knocked back more even more of the angels and other fighters from heaven flew at the wall to attack, instinctively knowing this was the moment of truth. Toriko flew at the hand while yelling out," No matter how big your appetite is dude you're not eating the entire universe!" God's Fork!"
Other summoned hero's of the past were being lead by the deceased but temporarily resurrected Enji Master Minato, such as Soul Reaper Ichigo Kurosaki, the ninja Naruto, the adventurous mercenary Natsu Dragneel, the armored" Saintly Pegasus knight" Pegasus Tenma, the scyte-meister Maka Albarn, the king of the pirates Monkey D. Luffy and a few more came carrying Jotaro and a few others willing to risk everything to help as they all yelled out attacks such as,"Getsuga Jūjishō!"
"Rasengan!"
"Fire Dragon King's Demolition Fist!"
"Gennie Hunter!"
"Gear Four… Gum-Gum King Kong Gun!"
" Kamaitachi!"
"Erupting…Burning…Finger!
"Pegasus Comet Fist!"
"Transcendent Sword!"
"ORAORAORAORA!"
With the help of the angels and Einherjar, Ben sees the golden hand shatter. As the Beyonder sees this he screams with primal rage." YOU WON" T CHEAT ME THIS TIME LITTLE AURO! EVERY SINGLE ATTACK IN ALL OF HISTORY CAN" T BEAT ME! I'M BEYOND EVERYTHING! I"M STRONGER THEN EVEYONE THAT EVER IS AND I WILL ENVER LOSE! EVERYTHING BUT ME DIES! DIEEEEE!"
The Beyonder started to have energy boil out in all directions, and as Cosmos saw the star he created look like it was about to go Super Nova she grimaced." Even if you can't be overpowered you still can be stopped! Now Chronoa!"
The Supreme Kai of Time warped in front of Cosmos, already in her Power of Time state. She sighed and held out a yellow gem before glancing at Ben and Trunks and the rest." All right guys, this is your last chance! I'm going to help Cosmos slow him down as much as I can by freezing time around this whole area! Even recreated a double of the Time Infinity Gem to boost me! Just don't waste it! Time-Lock!"
The pink skinned woman used her power to freeze the entire region of space. The Beyonder resisted her power, but it still slowed him down, just as the hero's were able to break through the Beyonder's resistance.
Ben saw a blinding light flash by as he struggled to remain on guard." Hang on guys…be prepared for anything and everything! No matter what it is, I'll, whoa!"
King Atem, still in the crystalline prison saw Ben and the others break through before he dared to let hope sprout on his face." They did it, I knew they could break through. This is not over, we will, huh?"
The crystal started to glow before the Chaotic Comedian suddenly warped in front of the ruler of the Lylat Kingdom. The man with the jester mask laughed darkly as he crossed his arms." Oh, it's not over yet you royal prick! Because you all don't know your place now we are dragging this to extra innings sucker! Time for you jokers to see where everyone stands, once and for all! Its going to be a riot, at least for me!"
The Chaotic Comedian laughed madly before he and Atem vanished in a column of purple energy.
Ben saw the flash behind him but was too busy making sure he survived the trip to notice.
With him and most of his comrades not in any ship, he found himself being pulled at all directions as the very laws of nature seemed to be thrown "out the window."
The leader of the Justice Force prepared to try and force his way through when suddenly he found he was once more on solid ground.
As the light faded, he saw Lacus, Doug, and everyone else was still around him, and while some of the angels and new allies of his had not made it through with him, all of his closest friends, and Kira, had made it through.
Ben saw he was standing on what seemed to be a large square crystal that was reflecting a blood red sky. The Enji quickly saw that the crystal extended beyond them, was the shape of a massive bridge.
Ezan saw the only thing above them was empty space filled with colors that looked like the sky was entirely covered by an Aurora borealis before the super elite warrior narrowed his eyes. "Did, we return to the Beyonder's realm? This, does not look like were we were before."
Cloud quickly looked around and saw the damaged Neo-Highwind on the ground before he winced" Damn, Cid's the only airship that made it and he took some hits. We better be careful we know how to get back. Hell, we better know if we have a way to go forward."
"True." Squall answered cautiously," But Cosmos wrecked the place when we left right? Well, not sure if its where we were before but we are somewhere, look!"
The group looked at where the former SeeD was pointing and saw a massive industrialized city floating at the edge of the crystalline bridge.
Ben saw the city seemed to have many theme park attractions before he saw at the edge of the city was a large building with many building sized cards and a demon that was holding up the sigh," Devil's Casino." Before he raised an eyebrow."
Well, this does not look like Metropolis. Does this look like any of the cities anyone saw in Battle World?"
Before he could answer a new female voice answered with a blunt," This is not part of Battle-World Ben Auro, for this new Phantom Field is part of my master's new world, of his new existence."
Everyone tensed up as Yabbat, the original Black Swan floated down in front of the crystalline bridge in front of them all.
The pale woman saw everyone's glares and just smirked." Yes…this is part of Magicant, the capital of the Vandenreich, that soon will be the capital of the new universe.
Ben Auro…you and your comrades' stubbornness has left an impression on my master. But that impression is just to break you utterly for refusing to know your place.
That's why he's decided to compose the final game of judgment for your entire universe. Yes, be honored that you all have been given the ultimate privilege of taking part in the Plana Legio Prix , the celebration of the true ultimate force of life."
Kira eyed the Black Swan carefully before he grasped his sword tightly." My…your master truly still fails to grasp humans well if he thinks such a pitiful antic can trick us. Well, the likes of me anyway."
The former Enji prepared to shatter the Black Swan when suddenly large trumpets blared out from the direction of the city. Ben and the rest were uneasy as a type of festive celebration music began to be played.
As the gates to Magicant opened up Yabbat crossed her arms." My masters' realm has been absorbing the subconscious wishes of all of the mortals that preyed to him to be liberated by Cosmos's lies and be gained the true salvation that the angels promised them.
Using his divine senses, the great Rabum Alal has seen not what most mortals say is most important to them, but is truly most important to them, and has constructed Magicant based on their true desires to be a realm free of lies.
That pawns of Cosmos, will be your final battle ground."
Doug spat on the ground as he eyed the pale woman carefully." All this and your boss still treats this as a game? The hell with games, lets just finish this once and for all!"
Ben eyed the area carefully before he sighed." So this is just a fancy way of finishing where we left off in Battle World? If the Beyonder won't show himself here till we take down Zamasu and Doug's dark side then fine let's get this done! Hiding around in fancy games won't change a thing, lets do this!"
"You still don't understand, human." Yabbat uttered scornfully." Even after all this your still powerless to stop the Great Wheel from turning, you're just annoying enough for the master to incorporate you into the celebration he already had planned. But if your that eager to die, then so be it. Let the games begin in earnest.
Start things off watcher of games."
Yabbat snapped her fingers, and a figure walked into the giant monitor on the building at the front of the city.
To Ben and co's confusion the figure was a black humanoid that seemed to be completely flat.
The new arrival moved erratically, as if he was alternating between preset frames like to the numbers on a calculator.
The Mister Game and Watch moved up to the gates before a bell suddenly formed in his hand and he ringed it, causing a digital sound nearly from primitive video games.
More sounds that sounded more like early video games then real life broke out before two figures walked out of the gates two humanoids that had heads shaped like tools.
The left ones head was a wide cup with what seems to be some sort of liquid inside, topped with a red and white striped bendy straw. His face consisted of eyes that were very close together and a small red nose.
He wore a black, long sleeved shirt, white gloves, red shorts, and brown boots, and was seen with purple shorts, a broken purple bendy straw, a purple nose, evil-looking yellow eyes with black and red pupils, a maniacal smile, and sharp teeth.
The right figure was mostly like the one to the left, though had a head more like a mug, wearing a black, long-sleeved shirt, white gloves, cyan shorts, and brown boots.
The two were whistling a tune to merry for the situation like that of an old cartoon as they rolled out a carpet. Suddenly from the carpet walked out a six-foot-tall humanoid being with a die for a head, with each side of his head being a number of pips that would be on a die, with the "One" side acting as his face (the dot being his nose). He wore white gloves, purple shoes, and a purple tuxedo with a purple bow tie. He also appears to have a mustache, purple eyelids, and green eyes.
The dice head man saw the Enji and their allies glare at him before he smirked." Cuphead, Mugman, thanks for not screwing up something so easy as rolling the carpet. Now then, look what the cat dragged in.
You think you're just gonna ankle on over to the boss's meeting chambers? Well that ain't how it works, genius. You ain't goin' nowhere 'til you win the game! That means overcoming the boss's champions. All of 'em! If you've got what it takes, that is, ha! Awright, enough bumpin' gums. Take a powder and let the show begin!"
As more music blared out Max saw Cuphead and Mugman dance around before raising an eyebrow." You know I was expecting some weird crap but this still is not what I saw coming."
Atem had been brought along as well, still floating above everyone and still trapped in the crystal. As he saw all the cartoonish beings running around the ruler of the Lylat Kingdom raised an eyebrow." His first wave is…cartoons? Is, this suppose to be a joke? No matter the shape I doubt the, huh?"
Suddenly the crystal around him rippled, before transforming into a floating chair, a golden light formed around the chair, till it took the shape of a large table , with a even more elegant larger throne on the other end." OH THIS IS NO JOKE YOU SHAM KING. THIS IS THE FIRST PART OF MY NEW GAME. THE FINAL GAME OF YOUR UNIVERSE!"
Atem felt a chill down his spine as the Beyonder casually warped on the throne in front of him in his more human form. The man with golden eyes grinned widely as the table between the two grew to become a diorama of Magicant as a game board and cards representing people and items materialized a second later.
As Atem noticed the front card had Ben's face the Beyonder snickered." Why not decide the fate of everything with a game? You mortals love your " double talk," but everything ends up being a game, the game of power, the game of thrones and all that!
After watching so much of human history I noticed just how much so many humans wish cartoons ere real. Yes, cartoons were no one dies and everything stays the same. Cartoons, were everyone is more magical.
Why not remake reality to make life more like the cartoons that so many obsess over so strongly? My kingdom will crush your pathetic Lylat Kingdom, but I'm a fair enough sport to give you a chance to die with " Honor".
Yes…Atem Lylalt, I observed your followers called you the King of Games. To make sure my reckoning of you completely destroys you, I decided it would amuse me to make you part of the game.
But we will be playing my game! And since you like leading so much, you will be leading your precious champions as your game pieces as I lead mine! I will show you my entertainment, and while I came up with plenty of amusing ways to kill you, the most fun way to kill you is to destroy your beliefs and pride!
Its very simple! Outwit my remaining champions and make it to me at the depths of my reality and you win the game, and I will reward you with a quicker death! I won't cheat, I don't need to rig the game to win! So, what do you say "King of Games". Are you ready to defend your title, with everything on the line?"
Atem saw the Beyonder looked amused, and looked down below to see Ben and the others. He glanced at the people that mostly had saved him time and again before he glanced at the Beyonder with conviction. "Not like your giving me many options, but I'll prove to you I'm no coward. I'll play your game Beyonder, and as long as its not rigged I'll prove I earned my title by winning! Just like Dungeon Dice Monsters, I'll just have to win this game on the first go! Beyonder…your powers are indeed vast, maybe even godlike, but by the time this is over you will see what true power is!"
"Hahaha, oh I'm going to enjoy showing you how much fake news your true power is little Lylat. Your" Heart of the Cards" will fail you, this is no longer going by Cosmos's script but destiny, my destiny! Now, let the games begin! All players, enter the stage. PAC-MAN…devour all who fail to enter before the games begin.
The Beyonder snapped his fingers, before suddenly another retro tune played. Ben suddenly felt a new surge of energy and swerved around to see a cartoonish male that looked like a yellow circle with a large mouth as well as hands, feet, eyes and a long nose land on the ground.
PAC-MAN gave a friendly wave, and then ate a purple pellet. The half-Infinity Time Breaker symbol appeared on his forehead before the yellow man suddenly curled up and became a building sized ball with a giant mouth.
Ezan had his energy explode before he gritted out," We don't have time for these games! Lets just get it over with and bring the fight to him even if we have to destroy this entire fake city! Twilight Omega Flare!"
Ben saw his rival unleash his most powerful attack of light and darkness at PAC-MAN. The man with the giant mouth got the back of its head. The yellow being widened its eyes and keeled over. As a cartoonish death sound was made, suddenly a equally cartoonish " extra life" tune played before PAC-MAN reappeared.
As PAC-MAN winked and slowly rolled forward, and devoured the edge of the bridge Kira raised an eyebrow." If the yellow glutton just got a " extra life" from his master it would seem are" host" will be stubborn about having us go off the script my former apprentice. Until we fully grasp the situation, the mission might proceed more smoothly if we play along."
Ben saw the warped PAC-MAN coming for him on one side, and King Dice and Yabbat looking gleefully at him on the other before he got into a fighting stance." Beyonder…play whatever insane game you want, we still are going to win! No matter how you try and trip us up. We WILL win!"
"Got that right cousin." Max spat out casually as he cracked his neck." Been a while but guess its just like the old days when we double teamed the video games eh Ben? Just don't slack off this time, cause sure as hell can't bail you out with a cheat code."
Doug saw Max was trying to keep everyone calm before he chuckled." Nah man, are team's to badass to need to fight the easy way these days dude. Fact is...no matter how many cheats this punk pulls its still not going to bail him out of the ownage he has due right bro?"
Ben saw the determination his comrades all looked, and the encouraging grins everyone but Kira had before he smirked." Hell yah Doug. The Beyonder may control this world, but no matter how much he can bend reality he won't bend us to his will! That's because its time he learns what the true ultimate power of existence is! The power that."
The leader of the Justice-Force was cut off as Max cleared his throat and motioned to PAC-MAN slowly devouring everything behind them." Focus Ben, don't have time to waste a speech on someone who's not going to listen. Besides to be honest your just kind of ranting the same stuff all day anyway. One thing for a man's fighting skill to rust in peace time but you already gotten so lazy you just halfass your speeches to?"
Ben saw Lacus giggled defensibly before he sighed." Sorry Max...hard to make every sentence come off as a inspirational breakthrough when there is a dozen ways for you to die at once eh? But, I get your point, long past time to say we are going to win, but prove we are going to win! C'mon!"
"No…you will lose…you all will lose!" The Beyonder howled out as he grasped his fist tightly." All of your struggles have just been the entertainment of god! So now, let the ultimate game celebrating my triumph over Cosmos and all of her failed creations begin! Let the Plana Legio Prix begin! As you humans like to say, get your game on!"
Atem closed his eyes for a moment, before he grasped the Millennium Puzzle tightly." So be it Beyonder. It's time to duel!"
Ben and the rest raced for the Beyonder's new world, ready to decide the fate of the universe no matter how bizarre a showdown it became.
Authors Notes: ( Pokes head out of the hole in the ground) Well...I said I'd be back right? Welp, now that all the games and shows I wanted to look at for inspiration are out as I promised Cosmic Wars is back on track and will be till its conclusion.
Hope the return was worth it for anyone that cared, I know I threw a lot of new stuff today, also know it was loaded with fighters on all sides but wanted to try and make it as much of a epic crossover final battle feel as possible without repeating having every good guy and bad guy have a battle royal, hopefully it worked out as planned. Still I know a lot of stuff was dumped at once so lets get started.
First off is Enda Cross. She's from the World of Final Fantasy video game, where she started off looking like a random cooky lady only to quickly be a much higher player in the cosmic game. In my story she's also a mix of the Queen of Nevers, a Marvel comics deity that interacted a lot with the Sliver Surfer and others.
She is an abstract entity who is the embodiment of all possibility. She was romantically involved with Eternity in that, creating moments when the universe and all possibility were one and anything could happen, a Land of Couldn't Be Should't Be. I felt Cross could work with aspects of the Queen of Nevers so here we are.
I know its late to introduce her but, like in World Of Final Fantasy Cross should be big but mostly was on the side line so here we are.
I think most known who Galactus is, and I covered the Anti-Monitor before, but if you think I made him to weak I'll just say this copy of the Anti-Monitor is somewhere between the original version from Crises on Infinite Earths and the far weaker one in the Green Lantern Cartoon that got its head knocked off by a Green Lantern Android in its power level.
Next up, Deus was the final boss from the Xenogears game, while Artifice Aion is the final mecha boss in Xenoblade 2...a game that's in the same series as Xenogears but is NO were as good story wise sadly.
Serpentera is the machine Lord Zed piloted in season two of Power Rangers, but since the Japanese version what it was based off of,Daijinryuu, was a robotic god it did not seem to out of place with the other mecha.
Mogo is from the Green Lantern Comics and is a sentient and living planet. Created by Alan Moore, Although initially a one-off character from a short story, the planet has grown in importance in the Green Lantern mythos and is a necessary part of the process for distributing power rings as well as a destination for Corps members to recuperate and even served as the Green Lantern's base after Oa got destroyed.
Ende was the final boss of Super Robot Wars X.
Mazinger ZERO is a mecha from the Mazinger anime series, a long running mecha anime in Japan that was part of the Inspiration of Gurren Lugan. The Mazinger are normally the mech's piloted by the good guys but the gist of it is that in the series, Mazinger Z was created by Juzo Kabuto to become an actual being with the power of a god or a devil.
After years and effort including through the use of time travel via Photon Connect and Minerva X, Juzo had completed prototypes in the form of Energer Z and Iron Z and eventually complete Mazinger Z in a single night.
Juzo would use the Mazinger Z to conquer the world and further his research by sending Minerva back in time where Minerva and Z would be constantly improved upon. At one point, Dr. Kabuto had created Z with a sentient artificial intelligence and the completed Mazin Power system.
However, Dr. Kabuto's influence caused Z to crush his creator and destroy the entire planet. Minerva would try nearly 2,700 times to stop Z from becoming this demon of destruction called ZERO.
Meanwhile Shin Getter Emperor is also the dark from of normally heroic Shin Getter Super robots like the original Getter Robo G.
The Getter Emperor is a massive, ever-expanding Getter robot existing in the far future. It signifies the unstoppable force of Getter Rays.
While the above mentioned machines were all from different series, in this story they are all Cogna Lords, which in the World of Final Fantasy series were all the most powerful forces of the main army.
Lastly, I don't think I have to explain PAC-Man or Game and Watch, but Cuphead and Mugman , along with King Dice are from a recent indie game named Cup-man, a new but very brutal retro game inspired by early Disney movies, despite its cute look its quite sadistic, so it felt fitting for this part of the story.
Speaking of that, don't worry the final battle of the story is not going to boil down to Card games on a motorcycle, but to try and make the final battle not feel to much like a repeat of the final battle in part three of the trilogy I'm giving more of a sadistic game show feel, kind of like that one episode in Justice Leauge were they were all playing Joker's game or something, and partly inspired by the final arc of the original Yu-Gi-Oh series with the Memory World arc.
Firstly, Magicant is the world of dreams from Earthbound, though a tad altered here to say the least, and mixed with both the Phantom Field of the Blazblue Cross tag games and the way the World of Light worked in Smash Ultimate, to the extent that its layer after layer of realms with each layer having its own style.
There is also a lot of inspiration once again from the Shin Megami Tensei series. In Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse , the final area was the final boss's own personal universe, which each sub realm split into different realms.
Where Ben and others are now is the first of the Beyonder's Branes.
Meanwhile, as said previously, in Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey, the Schwarzwelt was comprised of eight sectors, separated both by space/time coordinates and quantum variables. Each sector being controlled by a major demon with designs on destroying humanity, for various reasons according to each one's beliefs.
Some examples are in that game
Sector Antlia Represents human conflict. It is modeled after a battlefield interspersed with icy caverns. Said to be born of the intense and prolonged wars occurring in Eastern Europe.
Sector Bootes Represents human decadence and materialism through luxury and comfort. Is modeled after a red-light district. Said to be born of the gruesome series of sexual serial murders in Tokyo.
Sector Carina Represents human greed and hunger. Is modeled after a shopping mall. Said to be born of the violent looting and riots over the scarcities of resources and necessities responsible by the economy occurring in South America.
Sector Delphinus Represents human destruction and neglect of the environment. Is modeled after a huge waste dump. Said to be born of the wave of protests booming throughout South Asia over the vast amounts of pollution and ecological destruction in its wake.
Sector Eridanus Represents the Earth once the Schwarzwelt has destroyed humanity. It is a huge expanse of greenery and extremely high technology
So for this story the current Sector or Brane that Ben and the others are is Magicant, what is modeled after humanity's greed and entertainment. Well, hopefully will give off the impression I wanted to give off, but that impression is for next time.
Lastly, if your confused how the Beyonder can be in two places at once remember the one's Ben's seen so far are just his avatars and not his true form, even the one fighting Cosmos is only a avatar.
Well, things are going to get crazy in all kinds of ways so hope you all enjoyed the ride long enough to leave a review and stay tuned next time for Chapter 244: Those who Break through The Zone of Enders!
Till Next Time!
