Samus, clad in her Varia Suit, blasted any Heartless, Grackalor and Zvarranik that came her way. When these villains saw some of their comrades getting killed a few minutes into this battle, they retreated to the back wall and into that window. That was when Cassie and her team came.

"Thank God you've come," Samus said. "These guys are tougher than they look."

"Not a problem," Yandere-Chan said as she got out the C4.

"I knew Tina would pull through," Samus commented. "Alright, set it up! We're gonna blow this bitch!"

Dr. Clef started to say a witty remark, but 953 stopped him, saying, "If you say 'that's what she said', I'm gonna rip out your vocal cords."

Snake was the one that stuck the explosive onto the door since he has the most experience with stuff like this. "Okay, gimme the remote," he said before Takeda gave him the trigger. "NOW!" As soon as Snake pressed the button, the entire door exploded, opening a path for the team to enter the foyer. As soon as they ran inside, a multitude of Tarkatans rushed towards them.

Kotal Kahn walked in front of the group with his sickles in hand. He had faced Tarkatans in the past and was ready to cut through them once more. He used the sickles to dismember and behead the Tarkatans in his way.

Meanwhile, everyone else combated their own threats. Kung Jin and Felis teamed up to unleash an arrow assault onto their foes; Snake tossed grenades and utilized his mortar to destroy his foes; Ivy cut through the Tarkatans with her whip sword; Edmund Gareth held out his right hand and sprayed blood at a Tarkatan, who walked backward where Lilith was standing so she could kiss it on the cheek, causing the poor Tarkatan to melt soon after; Ken did a Hurricane Kick, the last hit knocking his foe forward into Ogoleithus's chest mouth before it clamped down; Takeda used his whips to trip a Tarkatan and toss it towards Jaqcui, who hopped up with an uppercut that knocked the Tarkatan's head clean off; Yandere-Chan had bared her feet to choke two Tarkatans with her stockings, beat more to death with her shoes and crush another one's head with one of her feet; Murdock grabbed one and kneed it until its head came off; Shantel punched a Tarkatan in the chest until all of its ribs broke; Wulf clashed his claw with a Tarkatan's blades before Wulf impaled his foe in the eyes with his claw; Kisara protected Minerva and Naomi in a light barrier while she and Ermac fought off a bunch of Heartless that had come in from the back; Torr grabbed a Tarkatan so that Ferra can hop on its shoulders, stick a claw in its head, and climb down, slicing that Tarkatan vertically in half as she went; Reptile used his tongue to grab a Tarkatan's head and tear it off, launching it into the air for Erron to shoot at it with a six-shooter, the head exploding in one shot; Samus fired a Super Missile at a Tarkatan who was about to bite her head off and its head and upper body exploded upon impact.

Cassie was, by far, having the least trouble, using her acrobatic skills, weapons, and crude tactics to combat her foes. However, when she was finished with her wave, a bunch of chains flew towards her and wrapped around her, binding her. Spawn appeared behind her.

"Ah, you must be the other finalist," Spawn said to Cassie. "Good thing I found you. You're needed in the combat room."

Kung Jin turned briefly to see Cassie taken hostage. "Cassie!" he yelled while fending off a Heartless with a swing of his bow.

"Let's go, girlie," Spawn said before dragging a struggling Cassie away, leaving the others alone to fend off the Tarkatans and Heartless.

to be continued...