Here it is, the big shit show. I hope you enjoy it, I really do.
The bars were soon destroyed and everyone poured out. They darted to the stair well and ran up to the top.
When they got up , no one seemed to be there.
"Uh Mandarin? Are you sure this is where she is?" Sprx asked.
"Yes! In fact she seems very close...wait..."
Mandarin leaned in on the screen a bit. There was a purple blip coming closer and closer to them.
"I think that's her coming right-!"
Then the Hyperforce was flung back as a white fireball blasted the ground close to them. Everyone recovered as they saw Skelemandarin hopping onto the ledge and someone floating down. She had long black hair with white streaks in it, black eyes, red markings on her skin, black battle boots, and she wore a low cut white dress. Her curled smile revealed teeth were like wolf fangs and around her neck was a black choker with a diamond shaped red jewel. The girl also had a tattoo on her shoulder in the shape of a skull with horns on it. She looked very similar to Willow.
"Greetings Hyperdorks." She snickered.
Everyone gazed upon her in horror.
"Willow?" Otto asked.
Amanda shook her head.
"No...that's not Willow. That's Diamanda." She breathed.
Diamanda smirked.
"Correct, dear sister. I will admit it is nice to see you again, to see you suffer!" She morphed a white fireball and threw it at them.
The team dodged it and Diamanda kept throwing fireballs at them. Gibson used his spin shocker to try to sedate her but she dodged it.
"Magno ball beam splitter!" Sprx yelled as he sent various electricity balls at her.
She managed to dodge a few but one hit her. Diamanda growled and chanted a spell that created a beam of energy that hit Sprx.
Skelemandarin grabbed Nova's arm as she was about to go after her. Nova turned to him and glared.
"Flame fist fury!" She punched the clone away and began to go after him.
Amanda and Arwen created a giant water ball and harshly splashed it against Diamanda. Diamanda fell to the floor and coughed. She stood back up, using her fire powers to dry herself off.
"You do realize that water and heat make steam, don't you?!" She asked before breathing fire at the two.
They dodged it and and kept trying to freeze her down, unfortunately no matter how hard they tried she kept melting the ice. She then fired a blast of magical energy at them, sending the two back.
"Willow! You can fight this!" Jinmay yelled before dodging another attack.
"Please! Don't start that whole friendship crap with her! She's too weak and miserable to do anything!" Diamanda cackled.
Chiro threw a Chiro spearo at her and she grabbed it. She crushed it in her hand.
"What do you mean miserable?" He asked.
Diamanda looked at Skelemandarin.
"Well I guess that brat didn't tell you the conditions for bringing me back in control of this wretched body. She had to feel certain emotions in order for me to awaken." She chirped before sending sharp needles at the team.
"First, sorrow. She felt so happy on Shuggazoom that she actually grew sad thinking about her past when she revealed it to you." Skelemandarin said as he fought Chiro.
Diamanda grinned and turned her hands into dragon claws and went hand to hand with Antauri.
"Then rage. When Mandarin 2 showed up and she nearly lost control of her powers, she was so angry at him her dark energy fed me." She laughed before kicking Antauri away.
She stood in front of the others and sneered.
"Finally despair. This was actually very recent as your lives were on the line and she had to have me take over, her heart was in such agony that she would let me destroy everything she loves! Including you." Diamanda said motioning towards the others.
The team stood there in shock. Diamanda created a white fireball again, only bigger than before.
"So really I must thank you for bringing her here, you made this all the more easier for me!" She laughed before thrusting at them.
Before anyone can dodge they all flew back into the skull structure.
"Come on! Fight her!" Mandarin shouted.
Antauri winced as he got up.
"But...she's our friend." Otto coughed.
"Even so you have to fight her! You won't be able to talk to her or stop Diamanda anyway! You fought Trent so what makes this any different?!" Mandarin asked.
Everyone paused as Antauri went up to her.
"Willow please, you have to fight against her. This is your body!" He said.
Diamanda snickered.
"Are you really going to try that?"
"Willow you're stronger than her! You can take back control!"
"Talking to her isn't going to do shit pal!"
Antauri tried to get closer but Diamanda sent a huge beam of energy at him. However by his love and determination he kept walking.
"Wha-what are you doing?!" Skelemandarin demanded.
Antauri stepped forward.
"Willow you have to fight her, I know you can. I know how determined and strong you are! That's one of the reasons..." He paused.
"That's one of the reasons why I lo-" Antauri was then knocked to the side by a dark ball.
Everyone looked at the source as Brittany fell in front of them, passed out. Trent stood over her and looked at Diamanda. He dusted his hands and walked over to her.
"You're welcome." He chirped.
Diamanda blinked then smiled.
"Thanks."
Trent turned to the others, the dark energy flowing.
"Now let's finish these weaklings and then we get the other one and wait out until he has the child. That way we can use her for our plans!" Trent said.
Mandarin's white hot rage then came flowing back.
"Over my dead body you will!"
Trent laughed as he morphed a electric dark ball.
"Like you have a choice!" He said.
Diamanda stood behind him.
"Trent dearie..."
She thrusted a dark claw inside him.
"You don't need to cling to this pathetic mortal body."
Trent froze and yelled in anguish as Diamanda pulled something out of him, causing him to fall over. She set down a man similar to Trent, however he had dark purple eyes and an overall darker aura. He turned to Diamanda.
"What was that for?!" He demanded.
Diamanda shrugged.
"I thought you might like not having to cling to such a weak body. Better?"
He looked over himself and smiled.
"Much better actually."
Diamanda smirked.
"So want to destroy these weaklings with me Trent?" She asked.
The evil Trent looked to the team and his original self.
"Oh please Dia, call me Sage."
Diamanda blinked but chuckled.
The two combined their powers and began to blast their energy towards them. Then a bright light stopped the attack. The light faded and revealed to be a girl with pink hair with a shield. She had a part of her hair in a side ponytail and wore a red dress. She almost looked like...
"Brittany?!" Amanda asked.
Brittany glared at the two before looking at Antauri.
"Get Trent to Arwen, she can heal you." She said.
Antauri blinked but nodded, taking Trent over to the others.
"Wait,you have healing powers? Wait, Brittany had powers?! Since when?!" Amanda asked.
Arwen closed her eyes.
"She was born with them. Just like you."
Everyone stared as Antauri came back with Trent.
"But if that's the case then why...?"
"I'll explain later, right now we have to keep fighting!"
Diamanda glared at her while Sage was generally confused.
"So now all of a sudden you have powers too?! Since when?" He asked.
"Since ever. Arwen! We should tell them now!" Brittany said looking back as the poor mother was healing everyone was fast as she could.
"Now?!" Arwen asked.
Mandarin straightened his back, do they know she's half Sueronian?
"It could appeal to both of their emotions and Willow might get the strength to win against her." Brittany said.
Arwen looked at her then at Diamanda. Her baby was in there...if she tells her now then maybe it might work.
Diamanda growled.
"I don't have time for this! This planet has an expiration date and it will be by my hand!" She yelled as she gathered power.
"Now would really seem like a good time!"
Arwen looked at everyone then at Brittany.
"Willow! Sweetie there's something you need to know about your origins!" She yelled.
"Not this crap again! Formless get em!" Sage yelled before he and Skelemandarin were held in ice.
"You stand and watch!" Arwen snapped.
Diamanda suddenly began to had to hurry!
"Diamanda this applies to you too, we were trying to tell you on the day Willow was born." She said.
"Heh! Please, like her and I are at all related!" Diamanda huffed.
"Maybe not by blood, but by species you are!" Mandarin said and a lot of people looked at Otto's communicator.
"I looked up Willow's blood samples and I found something that might interest the both of you!"
Arwen blinked but smiled, somehow feeling reassured.
Diamanda shook her head and snickered.
"Diamanda, when my mother's friends tried to defeat you they wanted to tell you about where you really came from and try to help you." Brittany pleaded.
"I already know where I came from, queen bee! From the depths of darkness of everyone's hearts and dreams made real!" Diamanda cackled.
Arwen shook her head.
"No Dia, that's not true...and Willow I should have told you this years ago!" She began.
Diamanda scoffed and raised a huge white fireball.
"This is where it ends mortals!" She yelled.
They had no choice.
"Willow!"
"Diamanda!"
Diamanda raised her arms back.
"You're a Sueronian!" Arwen, Brittany, and Mandarin collectively yelled.
Diamanda stopped and her face scrunched up.
"Sue-sueronian?" She asked.
Everyone looked at each other, confused.
"What's a Sueronian?" Amanda asked slowly.
Arwen was silent.
"They are aliens who half of our species wants to take over other planets and the other half like Willow and the other girls who just want to live out their dreams and fantasies. Seeming to be more perfect than they really are." Mandarin explained.
Everyone stiffened at the definition.
Brittany morphed her battle axe. Diamanda just stood there, frozen.
"We can bend reality thanks to the jewels we were given at birth. Our powers that we have are modified in these gems. They are our greatest strength as well as our biggest weakness." She said, touching her choker.
"You and your sister are only half Sueronian, so you're not as powerful. Your father gave your ring and Willow's necklace to you so you can grow to protect Natulis from danger when he and his team passes on...however there were a few catches." Arwen bit her lip.
Amanda looked down at her ring her father gave her and touched it gently, a mix of feelings flowing through her. Confusion, anger, sadness, and shock.
Brittany stared at Diamanda, guilt in her eyes. She began to walk towards her, past the two shocked villains. Diamanda backed up a bit but stopped.
"Willow when you got that necklace and you received your powers, you accidentally let off some sort of aura that changed how others perceived you. You accidentally caused the other people to hate your powers instead of actually getting to know you, including me." She wrapped her arms around Diamanda.
"I know you didn't mean it, to make me hate you. I wanted to talk to you about your powers since I felt so alone being the only half Sueronian. I wanted us to be friends." She choked.
Diamanda shook slightly.
"I'm so sorry I couldn't fight it and hurt you so badly. I'm so sorry." Brittany sobbed.
Diamanda continued to shake.
"Th-then what about me? What relation do I have in all of this?" She asked, growling slightly.
Mandarin typed a bit and came up some more information.
"From what I'm guessing, you might not even remember you being one. There's a growing number of Sueronians forgetting their lineage and follow what their wish fulfillment stories wanted." He said.
Diamanda felt herself going into a cold sweat. She broke away from Brittany and looked down, hand over her mouth in shock.
"So that's what you wanted to tell me...after all these years...I-I'm not-!" She shook.
Skelemandarin growled and looked at her.
"Forget what they say! Destroy them now and let's get this over with!" He demanded.
She didn't respond, it was as if she didn't hear him.
"Diamanda! I command you to finish them!" He yelled.
Diamanda looked at him before looking down again.
"I don't...I don't know what to do right now...I mean.." Brittany touched her shoulders and smiled.
"Don't worry, we can figure out what happens next,together." She said as she morphed back into her normal mode.
Diamanda stared at her, not knowing what else to say or do.
They suddenly felt the ground shake a little as Sage broke free. He looked to the others and smiled.
"Wow what a twist! I will say this is an amazing performance, top notch." He said sarcastically as he clapped his hands.
Brittany shielded her as the team rushed over as well.
Sage looked to the Hyperforce.
"Well now what are you going to do? You just found out your friend has been living a lie and she may have accidentally caused all of you to really like her! By no will of your own I might add." He said as he circled them, his eyes hungry.
"So tell me, does this make you angry? Confused? Does it make you want to leave her?" He asked, sadism filling his voice.
Antauri glared at him darkly.
"Of course not! We refuse to leave her side, even if she has powers she couldn't control!" He said.
"Yeah that's right!" Chiro snapped.
"She's our friend, whether it was due to some aura thingy or not!" Otto huffed.
"And we won't let you hurt her!" Nova said, arm out in front of Diamanda.
Gibson took out his drills.
"Besides, the real villains in this situation are you and Mandarin 2!"
Skelemandarin groaned at the nickname.
"Everyone..." Diamanda muttered.
Mandarin's snickers were heard from Otto's communicator.
"Besides, I've been suspicious about this since the beginning. It's actually quite relieving knowing this no-" he was then silent.
"Mandarin?" Gibson asked.
Mandarin was silent for a good minute.
"What are you doing here? You were dead." He growled, fear and disbelief present in his tone.
"Mandarin? What's happening?" Chiro asked.
"Hello Mandarin, it's been awhile hasn't it? My faithful servant." A familiar dark voice sent chills up everyone's spines.
"Skeleton King?" Chiro breathed.
Amanda turned to Sage, who grinned.
"What are you-?"
Sage chuckled.
"Before you got here, I decided to do some snooping in a lab not too far from here and I happen to come across some...interesting video files. Including one about your dear friend's biggest mistake! So I sent Mandarin a little gift!" He sneered.
Skelemandarin blinked before realizing and smiled as well.
"Biggest mistake?" Gibson pondered before gasping.
"The Alchemist! Mandarin don't listen to anything he says!" Gibson yelled.
Mandarin had his back turned to the screen, his hands on the panel's edges.
The shape of Skeleton King lured in the darkness, his red eyes staring right at him.
The shape moved forward and Mandarin flinched.
"My how round you've gotten."
Mandarin growled and placed an arm over his stomach protectively.
"Mandarin! Don't listen to anything he says!" Gibson yelled.
Mandarin looked back at the screen before looking back at him.
"Psh, you don't have to tell me that. I know he's only an illusion." Mandarin sighed before turning away.
He began to type on the keys.
"I can try to get the robot to you using the autopilot. Just hold on a bit longer." He said.
Skeleton King chuckled darkly.
"You can go away now, I know you're fake." Mandarin sighed.
"Maybe so, but do you really want to save them? After all they've done to you?" The fake Skeleton King asked.
Mandarin rolled his eyes.
"Please, what happened has happened and I forgive them." He sighed before waving a hand.
"Now shoo, I got work to do."
He then felt Skeleton King was much closer now.
"Oh but Mandarin, I have some information for you. Don't you want to hear about how I came to be and where you came from?" Skeleton King asked.
Mandarin stopped typing and looked back.
"Mandarin don't listen! It's a trap!" Nova yelled.
The audio from their end soon was muted and they can only hear what the two were talking about.
"You see, many years ago you and the Hyperforce were created in a lab not too far from where they are right now."
Mandarin burrowed his brows in confusion.
"Where are you going with this?"
"Let me finish! Anyway there was a man who took care of each of you before you were robotized. Someone who was so sickeningly kind and good that he would go the extra mile just to keep you safe." Skeleton King cooed, faking the sweetness in his voice.
Mandarin nearly felt his heart skip a beat. There was someone who took care of them? He thought there were just a bunch of scientists who just created them! No! This was a trick! It's all a trick!
"This man also had a portal to the netherworld. A grave mistake on his part when you think about it, due to it being not as impenetrable as he thought. He had this portal to observe their activity, just in case anything were to happen."
Skeleton King was now pacing the room in front of Mandarin's vision.
"However one day, a terrible accident happened that caused one of the dark ones to corrupt his soul entirely. Do you know who caused this accident?" Skeleton King asked, stopping his pacing.
The uneasiness soon settled into Mandarin's stomach as he looked around. He hoped what he was implying wasn't true.
"I...assume it was because of them was powerful enough to break free?" He questioned.
Skeleton King paused before getting right up to his face.
"It was you. You saw a monster in the chamber and wanted to scare it off like the big tough monkey you thought you were. His accident and demise, it all was on your hands." He sneered.
Nausea and coldness was all Mandarin could feel. He could barely move.
"Mandarin! Mandarin don't listen!" Otto yelled.
"I'm sorry, I don't think he can hear you right now. Might as well listen to him fall into despair while me and his clone escape!" Sage sneered.
Skelemandarin glared.
"I am not running away! This day was supposed to be mine!" He yelled.
Sage sliced down the ice holding him as the Hyperforce darted towards him.
"For another day, right now is our chance to recover and think of a new plan. We'll get them." Sage assured him, picking him up.
"Monkey mind scream!" Antauri yelled, unleashing his attack on them.
The two dodged it and Sage slid off the temple and into the darkness.
"They got away! Again!" Sprx yelled.
"Don't worry, we'll get them next time." Arwen sighed, feeling just as defeated.
"And you know what happened to that man?" The team turned to Otto's communicator.
"I-I don't think I want to.." Mandarin's voice stuttered.
"Mandarin!" Otto exclaimed. Why won't he hear him?!
Skeleton King leaned into Mandarin.
"After the accident and after he created all of you disgusting robotic simians, his soul was corrupted completely. Turning him,"
He backed up and motioned to himself.
"...into me."
Mandarin's breath caught as he froze. He slowly shook his head.
"No...you're lying." He said, his mouth feeling like cotton was stuffed in it.
Skeleton King glared.
"Oh am I?"
He turned up the volume and harshly held Mandarin's arm. Even if he was illusion, the feeling was still very real.
"Filthy primates! Was he or was he not the one who created me?! Was he not the one who caused the containment grid to malfunction?! Was he not the one who caused the universe's greatest evil?!" He demanded.
Mandarin looked at the screen, seeing the team's worried and guilty faces.
"It wasn't me." He thought.
"Everyone...it couldn't have been me. Please tell me I wasn't the one who created the Skeleton King? Tell me it's all fake like he is!" Mandarin pleaded, shaking slightly.
The Hyperforce looked at each other, their expressions turned solum.
"It wasn't me." Mandarin thought again, now no longer believing his own thoughts.
"No...no please."
"Mandarin...you were so young. You didn't know the consequences." Antauri sighed.
Mandarin felt cold all over and his breathing rate quickened.
Skeleton King let go and backed up, smiling evilly.
"My work here is done, it was nice talking to you again. Even if it led to your own despair."
He laughed evilly and disappeared, leaving a bewildered and traumatized Mandarin. He fell to his knees, unable to speak. The laughter rang in his ears.
Otto stiffened.
"We need to get to him!" He said.
"But what about-?"
Everyone heard grunts behind them and saw Diamanda doubled over.
"Diamanda what's going on?!" Arwen asked.
Diamanda looked up.
"I'm giving the brat back control what do you think I'm doing?!" She huffed.
"But-!"
Diamanda coughed.
"I just...I need to think for a while. I don't think this brat will remember this conversation we had, nor should she for a while. Just...just tell her when she's ready."
Arwen and Brittany looked at each other and nodded.
Diamanda bit her lip as she held back tears.
"Thank you for telling me...now I know who I really am."
And those were the last words she said before a bright light consumed her. In her place, Willow returned back to her normal body.
Arwen and Amanda rushed to her unconscious body.
"We need to get them back to the robot and get to Mandarin. The baby could have gone into distress!" Gibson said, holding up Trent who was still unconscious.
Everyone nodded and took Trent and Willow back to the robot and they made their way home. The dark battle ridden tomb growing smaller in the distance.
Well the shit continues to hit the fan! Thank you so much for reading and soon enough we'll know more about the Sueronians.