Ed and Jack had no clue of what to make of the structure in front of them, but Kira's claim was enough to prompt them pivoting on their feet and facing their captain with baffled stared. "Wait, what?" asked Ed.

Kira broke her own stare at the structure to look at her friends. "W-well, look at it. What else could it be?" she asked, gesturing to the pyramid.

Ed and Jack returned to looking at the pyramid. "Well," said Ed, who scratched the top of his head in frustration. "Alien tech is all over the planet."

"But I have seen almost every kind of alien technology there is," Jack added, stroking his chin. "And I have never seen anything quite like this before."

"Well, we might as well go check it out, long as we're here," said Kira, who walked past her companions. Ed and Jack followed behind as Kira carefully climbed down the steep hill that lead to the pyramid.

Several minutes of walking finally brought the three to their destination. The pyramid only seemed to get bigger the closer they got to it, the dull grey metal looming over them, making them appear like ants approaching a metal wall. Kira carefully stepped closer to the wall, dusting off the sand from the metal. "Who knows how long this has been here," she said, craning her neck back as she looked up the wall. "And yet I don't see a single scratch."

"It's completely preserved," said Jack, who also closely inspected the wall.

"You guys really think we should be touching it?" asked Ed, who stayed a good 5 paces away from the wall.

"We just faced down one of the top fusion generals and lived, and you're scared of a pyramid?" asked Kira, who looked back at him with a mirthful smirk.

"Well ancient Egypt is the root of all evil," Ed replied with a matter-of-fact nod.

Well, that's not UNtrue, Jack thought to himself as he continued along the wall.

"Whatever, you wanna stay over there, fine," said Kira, who returned to her search. Her frustration mounted as the minutes passed. Mostly because there wasn't the slightest sign of an entrance. Not even the sign that an entrance had been sealed off. The whole structure was just smooth metal all around. This wouldn't have been as much of a problem, if not for the fact that the pyramid was so big, that checking one side would probably take them at least a day, and Kira wasn't sure how much air was down here.

Just as she had decided to give up for a bit, her hand landed on an unmarked, seemingly random section of the wall. Which proceeded to engulf that entire section of wall in blue light. Kira and Jack jumped back, reeling from the light. "I knew it!" Ed shouted, covering his eyes like the others. "Nothing good ever comes from a pyramid!" The light grew in intensity for just a moment before dispersing completely. The three uncovered their eyes to find that, in the place of the light, was an open doorway leading to a long, dark hall into the pyramid.

All three stared with slack jaws. Kira tore her eyes away from the door to look down at her hand. "Did…did I do that?" she asked under her breath.

"Maybe you just found the On switch?" Ed suggested.

"Whatever you did, it appears we have our way in," said Jack.

Kira shook her head, putting her mind back on track. "Yeah, let's get going." Kira walked ahead, followed by Jack. Kira looked back at Ed, who while following, was slacking behind a bit. Kira sighed. "I know, okay? Pyramids are evil. But we've come this far, we might as well go in, right? Besides, don't I always protect you?" She asked with a smirk.

Ed sighed before catching up. "Fine, let's go," he said. "But if there's a mummy in there, we're leaving."

Kira shrugged. "Fair enough." With that, the three entered the pyramid.

The inside of the pyramid was chokingly dark, even with the temporary light provided by the open door. Adding to the unease was that the interior of the pyramid was completely devoid of any smells. Beyond the echoes of their footsteps, there weren't even any sounds. Were it not for the small metal hallway giving them something to touch, as well as Kira's good fortune to have a few flares on her to act as a torch, the inside of the pyramid would've been akin to a sensory deprivation tank.

Kira, Ed, and Jack walked down the halls for what felt like hours, descending further and further into the pyramid. Along the way, Kira took the time to inspect the walls. Unlike the smooth and bare outer walls, the inner hallways were lined with what Kira could only guess to be computers, but ones far beyond anything on earth. There were no screens, instead little nodes which Jack postulated to be very advanced hologram projectors. The floor was occasionally littered with the dead husks of mouse sized machines. Closer inspection revealed them to be tiny robots meant for cleaning, for their underside was lined with brushes which concealed very small vacuums. And yet, even with these robots having clearly been dead for a long time, the inside was still perfectly sanitized and preserved.

"So," Ed said, finally breaking the silence he'd adopted throughout the entire trek. "I think we may be lost."

"Oh, we're definitely lost," said Kira, who didn't even bother looking back. "I'm trying to find some kind of generator so I can turn on the lights. We can worry about getting out when the power's on."

"Fair eno-" Ed was in the middle of a shrug when his eye caught something further down the hall. "Hey, look at that," he said, pointing forward. Kira and Jack focused their vision down the hall, seeing a small blue light glimmer through the darkness.

"Finally," Kira groaned, increasing her pace to reach the light.

"Kira, be careful!" Ed cried out, pushing himself past jack to catch up with her.

Jack promptly followed. "Indeed, we cannot be certain of anything here," he said.

"For heroes, you two worry a lot," Kira said, continuing toward the light. As she neared the light, a low buzzing sound echoed through the hall. The closer the light got, the louder the buzzing became. Until the light finally reached Kira. The lack of any light besides her flares made Kira wince at the blue light in front of her. But when she opened her eyes, all that was in front of her was a small blue orb, floating in mid-air. "Um…hello," she said with a sheepish grin.

The orb flew closer to her face, a little white circle on the front (it's eyes, Kira guessed) swerved up and down, looking her over. "&*%$# &**#$*(*# " said the orb. Though Kira understood exactly none of what it said, its tone of voice suggested friendliness.

"Pardon?" asked Kira.

Ed and Jack caught up with Kira, eyeing the floating orb suspiciously. "Careful," said jack. "It could be a security drone."

"I'd really like to not fight in this hallway," said Ed, who shifted his body as to be less cramped in the tight hall.

The orb looked past Kira at Ed and Jack. "%^$&#$ *#&^$#" said the orb, whose tone had become significantly less friendly. The orb turned red and glowed with increased intensity.

"Seems we are unwelcome," said jack, who started drawing his sword, while Ed added mass to his fists.

Kira jumped up in front of the orb's vision, returning its attention to her. "Hey, it's okay," she said, pointing back at her friends. "They're with me, they're cool."

The orb floated silently for a few seconds before it spoke again. "&%$#& # " the orb's tone was back to being friendly, and its color returned to bright blue, "#$% #&%$". The orb must have issued a command, for a low hum gathered throughout the halls. Small circular slots in the ceiling opened, allowing blue crystals to float down right above their heads. The crystals lit up with blue light, illuminating the hall. The old computers on the walls, as well as the tiny robots on the floor crackled to life.

The three looked around, stunned at the sudden life of the pyramid. "The orb must have activated the generators," said Jack.

"But why?" asked Ed.

"I think…" Kira chimed in, stroking her chin. "I think it was for me."

"That would appear to be the case," said Jack.

"Okay," said Ed. "But why?"

"Why're you asking me?" asked Kira, looking back at him. "I'm as lost as you are." Kira was then nudged in the back by the orb until she turned around to face it.

"%$#& #&%" said the orb, which turned around and floated back down the hall the way it came. When Kira didn't follow at first, the orb stopped and looked back at her.

"I think it wants us to follow," said Jack.

"When it's not glowing bright red and shrouded in darkness, that orb is adorable," said Ed with a toothy grin.

"Well, let's not keep our new little friend waiting," said Kira, who looked back with an ear to ear smile. "The Orion's Hammer awaits!" Kira bounded down the hall, following the orb.

Ed and Jack walked after the two. "This may still not be the Orion's Hammer," said Jack.

"Probably," Ed replied with a shrug. "But if whatever's down here needed a metal pyramid and several miles of rock to hide it, it's probably something big."

"That's what I'm afraid of…" jack said solemnly as they caught up with Kira.

Later…

Several more minutes of walking brought the three to a door. Beside the door was a small spherical slot, into which the orb inserted itself. A small web of veins around the slot glowed with blue energy, and the door slid open. The orb removed itself from the slot and flew into the room, waiting for them to follow.

"Keep your guard up," said Jack. "We know not what we are about to see." No weapons were drawn, as to not prematurely upset the orb, but all three remained on alert. Kira entered the room, followed by Ed and Jack. The room was a small observatory overlooking a gigantic yawning pit, whose bottom was too far down to see. A door off to Kira's left lead out onto a catwalk that stretched out to the very center of the pit. And at the end of the catwalk was a single pedestal, and a single red button.

Kira's eyes widened in utter shock. "My god…we've really found it," she said.

"Kira, we don't know that," said Jack.

"Well, what else could it be?" Ed asked.

"I don't know, but it's never this easy." Jack's eyes narrowed on the orb, his hand resting on the hilt of his sword, just in case.

Kira, meanwhile, walked over to the door, looking back at the orb expectantly. The orb bobbed up and down, mimicking a nod, and Kira turned back to the door. But before she could open it, Ed's hand landed on her shoulder. "Kira, maybe Jack is right, maybe we should think about this," he said.

Kira didn't even turn around to face her friend. "Ed," she said calmly. "Let go of my shoulder, right now."

Ed tensed up, as the underlying hostility that laced her words sunk in. Limply, Ed's hand fell from her shoulder, and Kira continued out onto the catwalk. Ed watched her as she walked out, only broken from his trance by Jack walking up next to him. "She's obsessed," Jack said.

"She's just desperate," Ed replied.

"With her, there is no difference."

Kira continued down the catwalk, her focus squarely placed on the pedestal in front of her. It's finally over, she thought to herself. She all but ran the rest of the way, stopping herself on the pedestal and looking down at the button. One push, one little button, and the nightmare is over. This had to be it. It just had to be. There was no hesitation as Kira slammed down on the button with her open palm. The button then rose from the pedestal, revealing a lever. Kira grabbed onto the lever with both hands. So many people hurt by you, planet fusion. You probably don't even bother to remember anyone you kill. Well…We remember you. Kira pulled down on the lever with all her strength. A second passed, then a rumbling. The rumbling grew louder until the entire room was shaking.

"Kira, get out of there!" Ed shouted, slamming his fists against the window.

"I-I can't!" she yelled back. Her hands were frozen to their spot, wrapped around the lever. Kira pulled as hard as she could, but her fingers refused to budge.

Ed's eyes widened, and he ran for the door to the catwalk. But the door would not open for him. Ed growled, turning back to the orb. "OPEN THIS DOOR!" he shouted, increasing the mass on his fist. However, the ceiling opened up above Ed, and down came a very large mounted turret, whose barrel pressed against Ed's head. Another came down to press against Jack's, stopping him from acting.

Kira twisted her neck around to see her friends, held hostage by the orb. Kira's eyes returned to the lever. "Good god, what have I done?" she asked. Kira then yelped in pain as the lever grew tiny syringes, which proceeded to draw blood from her hands. Once done, whatever force held Kira to the lever disappeared, and she was free. Kira wasted no more time, bolting back to the observatory.

The guns returned to the roof, and the door out re-opened for them. Kira burst back into the observatory right as an intense blue light grew from the pit below. "We need to get out of here!" Kira shouted over the shaking.

"I think I remember the way, c'mon!" Said Jack. The three raced down the halls, looking for any sign of a way out. Meanwhile, the shaking grew stronger and fiercer. Almost as if the pyramid was actually rising from the ground. Every computer in the hallways was losing its mind, numbers running erratically, some erupting sparks. Kira, Ed and Jack ignored it all as best as they could, and focused on finding the exit.

Finally, the three reached a hallway that was somewhat familiar to them. After another minute of running, the door they came in from was in view. Summoning the last of their strength, the three bounded towards the doorway and leapt through, landing on solid ground.

Kira laid on the ground with her friends, panting heavily. Once her strength was back, though, she realized something. They weren't just back on solid ground, they were back above ground. Kira forced herself to her feet, helping Ed up by letting him rest on her shoulder. "Guys…look…" she said, staring slack jawed up into the sky.

Ed shook his head to stop the world from spinning before looking where Kira was looking. Jack followed suit, and both joined Kira's silent awe.

The pyramid was rising from the ground, and was evidently a much larger structure than they thought. The pyramid's ascension shook the landscape for miles around, knocking over trees and sending webs of cracks out across the darklands.

And across the world, panic spread like wildfire.

Townsville…

"Get a damn visual on the darklands, for a visual will visualize for I, Mojo Jojo, what is causing these tremors, for these tremors come from the darklands, and thus you must get a visual on the darklands in order to solve what is causing these tremors. So says I, Mojo Jojo!" said, um, Mojo Jojo to his various simian technicians, who were scrambling to do as their master had commanded. "Well, do you have a visual?" asked Mojo-

Peach Creek…

"-We're trying, sir," Said an Urban Ranger to Double d, who was sitting at his desk in his office. "But we've lost all signal with any satellites over that area-"

Bellwood…

"-What? How?" Ben Tennyson asked a plumber scout, who had given him the report.

"Any time we try to get a visual on that particular area in the darklands, some kind of jamming field crashes our systems," said the scout.

Ben grit his teeth, looking down in thought. "So the question is-"

Genius Grove…

"-What the hell is going on out there?" Asked Dexter, who watched with reserved frustration as the computer screen that would've shown him the darklands merely continued to static.

Back with Kira…

Kira, Ed and jack had been forced to run to a safer location, as the ground beneath them had begun breaking up. Once they were safe though, they returned their attention to the Pyramid, which now towered over the darklands. The Pyramid stood silent for several minutes before it began shaking again. "Oh, here we go again," said Ed, who braced himself for another earthquake. But it never came. Instead, the top of the pyramid spread open. Then, the same low hum from inside the pyramid, except much, much louder. With the combined BOOM of ten thunderclaps, blue energy erupted from the pyramid and up into the sky, up into space. The beam ran for about ten seconds before finally dying out, leaving the pyramid open and dead.

Kira, Ed and Jack all watched silently. Finally, Kira asked. "So…think that was it?"

"If it was-" Ed said, turning his head to the south to see the lone green star in the sky that represented planet fusion. He turned back to Kira. "-you missed."

"And if it wasn't…"said jack. Who narrowed his eyes up at the sky where the beam had disappeared. "What was it?"