Randy Orton's Story
Randy and Danielle make it through Kingdom Valley, and have arrived at the center of the castle from a bird's-eye view. The camera comes closer toward them, and they look around.
Danielle: The former king of Soleanna used to reside in this castle. But a major accident occurred 10 years ago, and no one's lived there since.
She shrugs her shoulders, and he looks at her in surprise.
Randy Orton: Accident?
Danielle: I heard a prototype energy engine failed, which caused the accident. I think the name of the plan was...
Dr. Laurinaitis (interrupting offscreen): The Solaris Project.
A view of Laurinaitis's ship, Egg Genesis, is shown flying from below, and the camera moves to a close-up of Eggman onboard.
Dr. Laurinaitis: It was an ambitious project named after their eternal sun god.
John reaches out for them, and Danielle looks up in surprise.
Danielle: Doctor!
Dr. Laurinaitis: It's been awhile, my dear Danielle. And of course, Randy. Now, if you'd be so kind as to hand back the Scepter of Darkness you took from me.
He uses both hands to reach out for the Scepter of Darkness, and gives out a silent command. A robot appears behind them, followed by a few others, until they are both surrounded on all sides. The robots prepare to fire a missle at them, and they both jump out of the way. Danielle flies up to confront John, who looks at her, and uses the Egg Genesis to knock her down with a scream as she falls. Randy looks up in surprise and runs out to save the falling Danielle, making a slide to catch her in time.
Dr. Laurinaitis (horrified): No...!
The Scepter of Darkness had been knocked off from her accidentally, and it falls down onto the floor and shatters into bits, using up its power to shock the robots. Randy and Danielle get up from the ground, with Danielle kneeling down, hurt, and he walks to the broken Scepter and tries to pick it up, but gets surprised.
Danielle: Randy!
A black force rises up out of the Scepter, and swoops down to attack the robots.
Dr. Laurinaitis: It's no use! Pull back, pull back, pull back!
Horrified, he launches the Egg Genesis upward, and it flies away as a black blur that looks like Randy attacks the robots and destroys them all, and rises upward to the sky before coming down onto Randy. He steps back as the black force lands on the ground and clears off. He looks down and sees a shadow of his that comes up to the damaged robot and stops. A black cloud emerges in a blob form, and the shadow of Randy gets absorbed. From the black cloud emerges a part of a dark men similar to Randy.
Danielle: What? His shadow.
Randy notices something, and the black guy has fully emerged and makes a sinister laugh, though he has no mouth.
?: Oh, how ironic fate can be! I would never have believed I would be resurrected through your shade! I thank you, Randy Orton!
He takes a bow as Randy watches in surprise.
Randy Orton: Who are you? How do you know my name?
He and Danielle look on in wonder. The black guy then drops down his hands and walks up slowly.
?: I'm Mephiles. Mephiles the Dark.
He walks up to them like a zombie for a long time, then...
Mephiles: What, did you forget me?
The close-up of his sinister green eyes is shown as he walks closer to Randy, who tries backing away.
Mephiles: I owe much to you, Randy.
He turns his head around, and a close-up of his left eye is shown, iris, pupil and all. He then reaches out his hand.
Mephiles: Oh yes.
A dark force grows from his left hand.
Mephiles: What you gave to me, I now return to you!
The force grows larger as he continues.
Mephiles: A one-way ticket to oblivion!
The dark force launches up from his hand, and Randy and Danielle watch in astonishment as the force quickly envelops them. Danielle screams.
Randy Orton: Wha...?
The three are enveloped, and Danielle disappears, followed by Randy Orton, and finally by Mephiles. The force of Chaos Control shrinks down before vanishing out of sight.
CM Punk's Story
Nikki and CM Punk are at the Dusty Desert oasis.
Nikki: Hmm... I sense Cena's presence there.
She points out ahead while Punk walks in exhaustion.
Nikki: Call it my girlish intuition.
They look around for Cena.
CM Punk: What am I doing?
Nikki looks at him.
Nikki: Sorry. As soon as I find Cena, I'll help you find who you're looking for, Punk.
Punk shakes his head and thinks for a moment, then looks up.
CM Punk: This looks so beautiful.
Nikki: What? You mean this desert?
CM Punk: Everything is so great here, isn't it? The sky is gorgeous, and everyone's happy...
Nikki (looks at him in confusion): Huh?
He quickly turns around.
CM Punk: Let's go. I'll help you find who you're looking for.
She nods, and they both run off through the Dusty Desert. Nikki and Punk have returned to Soleanna Town in disappointment.
Nikki: I can't believe we haven't located Cena yet. Gee, I wonder where he went...
They look around the town, and Punk sees something in surprise. He sees Cena and Shahra return to town. Cena suddenly motions his hand to stop and grabs her as Punk's psychokinetic blast appears, and he jumps to avoid it as she screams. He suddenly hears Punk's voice and they both look up.
CM Punk: I've been looking for you. You're the Iblis Trigger.
Punk drops down to the ground and looks at Cena and Shahra, then points a finger at him.
CM Punk: Your actions will condemn us all.
Cena (gets in front of Shahra): Who are you?
CM Punk: My name is CM Punk.
He points to Cena again.
CM Punk: For the future of the world, I will destroy you!
Cena prepares to fight Punk, but Punk overpowers him. Punk has knocked Cena into one of the columns, and Cena is on the floor gasping for breath as Punk walks toward him and kneels down.
CM Punk: Hmph! Is this a joke? How could someone like you cause the destruction of our world?
Shahra looks as giant mechanical hands approach from behind her to grab her.
Cena: What do you... mean?
CM Punk (gets up): It doesn't matter. For the sake of the future, the Iblis Trigger must be destroyed!
He is about to destroy Cena when Shahra scream is heard, and both look at her being grabbed by Laurinaitis's Egg Genesis as it flies off.
Cena: Shahra! Wait!
He tries to run when Punk hits him with a psychokinetic blast again.
CM Punk: Don't you dare turn your back on me! It's time I finally put an end to this!
Punk is about to finish him off when...
Nikki (offscreen voice): Stop!
Nikki appears and guards Cena out of harm's way.
Cena: Nikki?
CM Punk (furious): Get out of my way, Nikki! This is my mission!
Nikki (shakes her head no): Absolutely not!
Punk's patience is starting to run thin as Cena gets up.
Cena: Thanks Nikki, I appreciate it.
He runs off to find Shahra.
Nikki: Leave it to me.
Nikki is still in Punk's way in Soleanna.
Nikki: The person you were looking for was Cena? Were you planning to kill him?
Punk ponders for a bit.
CM Punk (angry): He's responsible for destroying my world.
Nikki: That's crazy!
She points at him and accuses him.
Nikki: Cena would never do that!
CM Punk: But it's true! In the near future, his actions will cause the devastation of my world. So I must!
Nikki: No! I don't believe it. Even if that was true. If I had to choose between the world and Cena, I would choose Cena!
She runs off in disbelief, and Punk tries to explain, but stops. He hangs his head down in confusion, wondering what to do. Punk sits down at the harbor steps near Wave Ocean, still in wonder over Cena for a long time. Just then AJ arrives, and puts her hands on her hips.
AJ Lee: So this is where you are. I've been looking for you.
Punk hears her voice, but turns his head back to the shore, still pondering. She walks up to him on the steps.
AJ Lee: What's wrong?
She looks at him closely as he ponders.
CM Punk (sighs): Well, uh, AJ. To kill someone to save the world...
He turns his head to the shore again.
CM Punk: Is that really the right thing to do?
She puts her hands on her hips again in disappointment.
AJ Lee: You're so naive. Whether it's right or wrong, I can't really say...
He turns his head to her, clueless.
AJ Lee: But what I do know is...
She crosses her arms.
AJ Lee: If we don't take this chance, the future will remain exactly as it is.
She makes a sad face, and Punk looks up to her and nods, then gets up.
CM Punk: Since he's after Dr. Laurinaitis, let's sneak into Laurinaitis's base. Maybe we'll learn something new.