Disclaimer: This next story is based on a character created by my friend, Sandstorm - Books. For the past 3 years, he has been writing fanfic retellings of the My Little pony: Equestria Girls series, featuring Sonic the Hedgehog characters. The Strike was first introduced in said fanfics and if you want to know more about the character, go read Sandstorm's work.

Jarod Taylor was born on the Earth at the center of the multiverse. He was the son of the world's first trillionaire, Dr. Harold Taylor. One day, he was struck by lightning while on a plane ride and went into a coma. He woke up on a prison camp island, where he would learn that he gained super speed. One day, he ended up on another Earth, as a baby with no memory of his past life, and was adopted by a speedster named Strafe. Once he grew back into a teenager, he somehow ended up in the world of MLP:EG with his friend Specter. On this Earth, he met the human versions of the Main 6, and surprisingly, Sonic the Hedgehog(in human form). Together, they saved their world many times and even saved the multiverse from his adoptive father. Recently, he had been regaining old memories after reuniting with old friends Dan and Ramona. After a recent encounter with a strange alien race, He traces its origins to the very Earth we've seen our heroes fight for.

Downtown Montreal was at peace, but traffic was terrible as usual. All of sudden, a breach opened in the middle of the highway, and out of it came a blazing blue streak. It ran across town until it stopped in front of an abandoned building. It was Jarod as his alter ego, The Strike. He had brown hair and was wearing goggles with gray lenses, black fingerless gloves, blue sweat pants, a blue sleeveless hoodie, and a red shirt with The Flash's lightning bolt logo on it.

"So this is the earth that those creatures originated from," Jarod examined, "It sure is peaceful around here, but I better focus on learning about those aliens."

Jarod heard a loud beeping noise coming from his pocket, it was an inner dimensional communicator, and he was getting a transmission from his adopted brother, Breeze.

"Strike, do you read me?" Breeze asked.

"Loud and clear, Breeze," Jarod answered, "I've arrived to the Earth from which those aliens came."

"Well I have an update for you," Breeze said, "According to the map to the Multiverse, you have arrived in Earth-SP. And those aliens are called, doominoids."

"Great, I better gather some information about this Earth," Jarod told him.

"Go for it," Breeze said as he ended the transmission.

Jarod reached into his pocket to put his communicator away, but he felt something else inside it. He took out object and it was...

"Wait, what the heck? A bottle of teal hair dye?!" Jarod questioned, "OOH, RARITY! Well, might as well make the best of it."

He ran into the nearest public bathroom and came out with only the front of his hair dyed, "I can definitely work with this."

He began running around the city, looking for a place that could possibly hold info about the dooominoids. He found a research facility on the other side of town, "This could be it."

Inside the facility, there were 3 guys working on computers. Jarod dashed to the other side of the room. The guys were all guards and they pulled guns out of their desks, "Hey you! Freeze!"

"Really?" Jarod asked, "You think I'm that slow?"

He ran and punched the guards unconscious, "People these days..."

There was a beeping noise coming from one of the computers, and Jarod went to investigate.

"Accessing metahuman database," said the computer.

"Metahuman database?" Jarod asked himself, "Wait, could this mean… there are heroes on this Earth?"

The computer showed files on both the new and old heroes.

"I need to find these guys before it's too late! They could be of great assistance," Jarod said as he ran fast out of the room. As he ran, he got a message from Breeze saying that there are doominoids on their Earth attacking.

"I better get back home before finding these heroes," Jarod said after reading Breeze's message. He ran back into the speed force and returned to his earth.

On Earth-1, three doominoids are reeking havoc around the park.

"We've got company!" one of the doominoids said.

Jarob ran quickly to the scene of the attack, "Halt!" demanded one of the doominoids.

Jarod skidded to a halt. He stared down the lead-doominoid, "Hello there… Commander Rager of the Doominoids."

The doominoid he was talking growled, "You know what I am?

"I sure do," Jarod answered, "It took some time for me to figure things out, especially with me recovering the rest of my memories, but I know where you come from. I know what Lord Doomer tried to do. And that was a mistake. And now here you are about to do the same thing."

Rager growled, "You've just made a mistake that will cost you dearly."

"Now… how about you tell me why you're here?" Jarod asked.

"We are looking for a crystal from our deceased planet. The location was here, but now we can't find it!" Rager responded.

Jarod chuckled, "Oh, that crystal. Yeah, I actually found it not too long ago and handed it to my brother."

One of the other doominoids growled, "You stole it from us! You rat!"

Rager snarled, "Where?! Is?! The?! Crystal?!"

"You want it? You'll have to beat the info out of me if you wanna find it!" Jarod said.

"Have it your way, boy! Destroy him!" Rager commanded.

The other two charged at Jarod, but they were too slow for him. He knocked both of them out easy and quickly with his super speed.

Rager growled as he pulled out a flaming dagger similar to that of Black Dragon, "Fine! If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself! And I'll gladly take the crystal from you by force!"

Jarod pulled out a blue lightsaber and was ready to duel with Rager, "Let's see you try!"

Jarod charged at Rager with his lightsaber. The two warriors swung their blades at the other, and both collided with a spark of fire and Speed Force energy. Both charged too much, an energy wave was released, pushing both Jarod and Rager back.

Rager groaned as he received a bruise on his shoulder, "You'll pay for that!"

Rager jumped in the air and launched himself at Jarod. Jarod held his lightsaber up in defense.

Meanwhile in an unknown location, a man in a black robe is watching Jarod's every move through a giant collection of monitors. under the hood, he looked exactly like Jarod but his eyes were glowing red. His name was Vezon, he was Jarod's "Darkness".

"You do not own these worlds, Jarod," Vezon said, "You've owned the speed force far too long! It's about time I show you how a true god wins in a war."

Suddenly, a breach opened behind him. Vezon turned around holding a sword made completely out of Negative Speed Force Energy, "WHO GOES THERE?! SHOW YOURSELF!"

Out of the breach came a man wearing a black hood with The Shadow's logo on the chest except it was purple and the eyes were shaped like lighting bolts, long pants, a metal mask that covered his whole face with purple lenses and a red scar across the right eye. and gloves. His body was covered in purple sparks like Zoom. In a voice sounding a lot like Kylo Ren, he said, "I do. I've waited a long time to meet you, Vezon."

Looking very concerned about this stranger, Vezon asked, "Who are you? How do you know who I am? And how did you get in here?"

"You may call me The Abyss, and I have come to form an alliance with you," he answered.

"An alliance? With me?" Vezon asked.

"For the past few years, I've been trying to dissect the speed force and harness its power." The Abyss answered, "But I've only been able to gain enough energy to travel this Earth and find you."

Still looking cautious, Vezon slightly lowered his blade, "I should just kill you right where you stand. But yet, something about you intrigues me. May I ask why I should trust you?"

"Because even without speed, I can be as equally threatening as you! I conquered my city single handedly! And I believe together we can take down our enemies, including that Jarod Taylor." The Abyss answered.

Now sounding interested, Vezon put down his sword, "You know that pathetic excuse for a god as well, hmm? How so?"

"You ask too many questions, but I know him because I killed his doppelgänger from my Earth." The Abyss answered, "I might as well show you who I am under my mask."

The Abyss pressed on the side of his helmet, causing it to disappear revealing the face of...QUENTIN ARGO!? Sort of. This Quentin Argo looked much meaner, and had a scar across his right eye like his mask.

"You look like one of the heroes from the Earth that The Strike was on earlier," Vezon recognized his face from one of his screens.

"You mean The Shadow? I am him, from another Earth," The Abyss explained, "I have the exact same midnight shadow powers that he does. But as I mentioned earlier, I am also trying to gain speed force abilities. Which is where you come in Vezon."

Vezon's eyes went wide in surprise, but then he just laughed, "You? Harnessing my powers? Now I am unsure if I should feel insulted or flattered. Even if I were to give you a glimpse of my powers, I would still have the exact amount of power I have, because no one can even have the same level as me, not even that pathetic Void boy, Specter, or his... opposite."

"Opposite?" The Abyss questioned.

"Regardless, I made an alliance with him and his council once, and it failed," Vezon explained, "And now after that massive battle between me and Taylor with his allies, Jarod had made me vulnerable to his greatest weapon, the Sword of the Speed Force. I barely managed to escape, and as long as I am here, my wounds will heal. Slowly."

Vezon then crossed his arms as he then asked, "So, what do I get from you in return for giving you Speed Force energy? Do tell, before I lose my patience."

The Abyss answered, "I will share my midnight shadow abilities with you. You will be able to use more than just speed to destroy him. I will help you heal with one of my machines at my base."

"Tempting offer, but there is one problem," Vezon said.

"Elaborate," The Abyss demanded.

"Taylor has extremely powerful allies," Vezon said, "And two of them are a dirty girl from a world of little horses named Sunset Shimmer and a stupid speedy animal called Sonic the Hedgehog."

"What!? How is that even possible? They are fictional characters!" The Abyss questioned.

"In your universe, maybe," Vezon replied, "But in another, oh, they are far too real. And they were able to help Jarod make me vulnerable with the power of the Chaos Emeralds and the Element of Harmony. I have underestimated those elements. They can truly possess untold powers of many universes. And I HATE them just as much as I hate that boy!"

"Well, we should start coming up with a plan to destroy them all," The Abyss said as his mask reappeared, "But first, a piece of your speed, and then we seal our deal."

Vezon put his finger on his chin and gave The Abyss' request some thought, and then he answered, "Very well. I will give you access to the Speed Force. But hear me out, if you make ONE single attempt of overthrowing me, I can take what power of the Speed Force I gave to anyone back, with a strong amount of their lifeforce, no matter how strong they are. Understand?"

"Of course, but don't be surprised if you do the same to me and I crush you," The Abyss responded, "I've had allies double cross me too."

Vezon then smirked, "Then here you go, Abyss. Behold, the true power of the Negative Speed Force!"

Vezon held his hands up, and red speed force lightning with a black interior formed around them. He then held his hands towards the Abyss, and the energy started transferring its way into him. The lightning began to change colour from red to purple.

"I feel...I...feel...Faster and stronger!" The Abyss yelled out as Vezon stopped. He started running fast around the room.

Vezon smiled evilly, "I am actually glad you have found me, Abyss. So… what do you say? Partners?"

Vezon held his hand out to Abyss, and Abyss chuckled evilly, "Partners."

Vezon then let go of Abyss' hand as he then replied, "Hmm, perhaps it is now time."

"Time for what?" The Abyss asked.

Vezon slightly turned and held his arm out showing what he was talking about. There seemed to be some kind of energy tube with someone inside it. It was hard to see who it was, but on its chest was a strange ruby with a glow inside it.

Abyss examined the figure inside the tube, "Why does that thing look familiar?"

Vezon chuckled as he stepped towards the tube, and gave it a small knock, waking the figure up. Inside, the figure had one eye open, and it looked all red with a yellow iris.

The tube then slowly vanished and the figure was on its feet, "He shall take care of Jarod and his friends when he finds the right time. Wouldn't you agree… Infinite?"

"...Yes….." Infinite said with an ammonus tone.

Back on the battlefield, Rager was knocked right onto the ground with his fire sword broken in half. Jarod was out of breath as he panted, "Phew, that was pretty hard."

Jarod then slowly headed towards Rager, and held the lightsaber blade near him. Rager growled as he stared at Jarod in the eye with anger from his voice, "Damn you, Strike. One day, Lord Doomer will be avenged, and any new hero that serves the Illusionist will die!"

Jarod chuckled, "Yeah, I've heard that line before, and all those who said it were wrong. You're not the first, and you won't be the last."

Jarod then turned his lightsaber off, leaving Rager confused, "What are you doing? Aren't you going to kill me?"

Jarod put his lightsaber away, "No. I won't. I'm going to let you go. You know you don't have to continue this way. You can take a different path. I can help you."

Rager rolled backwards on the ground onto his feet as he laughed, "Ha! You fool! You have so much power like a god in you, yet you only use it to merely wound and you give your foes mercy? I'm disappointed in you… and disgusted. You even add insult to injury."

Jarod only stared at Rager. Rager then added, "Just make sure you keep yourself ready for what lies ahead of you, body. Because not too far away from here, one of those heroes are about to die."

Jarod's eyes widened in surprise, "What?!"

Rager chuckled, "That's right. Now you have a choice. Kill me and leave that person to die, or go save him and let me escape so I can come back stronger that you can possibly imagine."

Jarod clenched his fist as he growled, but then he rushed away to try and prevent the death of whoever Rager was talking about. Rager crossed his arms, "Poor boy. The compassion you posses is your weakness. And will be your downfall."

To Be Continued...

The Strike will return in New Age of Heroes: Cataclysm