Good afternoon fellow campers, this is Big Red reporting live with that long waited chapter. As a bit of a recap, things were pretty chaotic with the heroes and Legion on Outrun Bay in the last issue. Selvaria would be forced into an emotional battles with her former lover Ramirez, who in turn summons the dreaded Vortex Queen. After the shell had been broken by Segata's explosive efforts, Alex Kidd's group would be witnessing the creature's horrible form before the fight. Then Amy's body would be delivered to the ambulance for her and the Virtua Cops to be hospitalized for free with Billy concocting a plan to help the others with the Queen. With Omochao being the protector of the emerald, the others set out to help out their allies take on the Vortex Queen and Selvaria bids her farewell to the defeated Silvite commander. Things seemed great with the Queen being damaged by their efforts until things would get crazy with the Vortex spawn appearing to help out their queen. Be prepared for a pretty chaotic chapter that will put an end to the beach conflict with these ruffians.

The Vortex Queen's young surrounds their new prey with with deadly claws ready to potentially tear them apart for their mother's sake. These crustaceous vicious aliens were the monsters that Ecco fought in the past across the vast oceans and they were truly a well known threats since they were able to take over countless waters for the queen long ago. Bayonetta looked at these surrounding creatures with her pistols out, checking these guys out and trying to pinpoint the exact number of these little monsters that dared to get in her way. Billy still balanced atop his egg while looking back to realize more appeared to make sure that not a single one of them run away from their new feasting grounds. The Vortex Queen looked at her precious drones from above while ignoring the heroes that cling to her massive body and grew more focused on seeing how many of her children are ready to fulfill their duty for her.

"These guys are all over the place. If we even think about attacking them, they could potentially swarm us and make sure that we become their meal," Billy said with sweat rolling down his face.

Alex Kidd and Headdy would eventually pay attention to a mass of Vortex children below them that surrounded Bayonetta and Billy with major concern.

"Should we go down there and help them?" Alex Kidd asked.

The airplane faced puppet would eventually notice the queen before them slowly focusing her attention back to them since she wouldn't be careless enough to leave herself unprotected like that. Then she would let out another ear piercing screech to show that the fight between them still wasn't over.

"I think she's going to make sure that none of us try to help at all. So wait as we'll give this ugly creature all the attention she wants and hope for the best of our pals' survival," he complains.

Back at the foot of the queen, a few of the drones were ready to attack them from the front with their razor sharp teeth and striking speed. Bayonetta defeated them with a flurry of bullets with some stylist maneuvers from her pistols.

"You children are very naughty if you think you can eat your visitors that fast!" she said.

She continued to shoot at the many other drones that tried attacking her while Cipher continues to burn them away with his flames. Billy was left to punch away any of the alien creatures that tried to knock him off his egg for a quick meal. His raw strength is rather incredible and this would be proven very useful during the second Extreme Gear tournament when any obstacle is in the way of his goal to victory. More drones appeared out of the water within seconds since the queen's intent to take over this entire ocean is real and she learned that many drones would be needed in a fight like this. One of them would leap right behind Bayonetta to attack her while she's shooting leading the latter to glance behind her.

"You aren't going to touch me there while I'm around, little one!" she said before shooting at him with her left leg's guns.

Having more than one gun on her four limbs would be proven useful when dealing with more than one targets in her more hectic battles. The Vortex Queen on the other hand continues to attack the airborne heroes with her other claw with the other heroes moving on to a safer location on her massive body. Now Headdy was in a mood to change into a mush more destructive head, the Rocket Head, that could potentially deal some blasts that are close enough to the one Ash used with his blaster.

"Now it's going to be my turn to return the favor, crab face!" he said before blasting the monster's face.

These beams were indeed close enough to the same power and caused the monster to screech in pain while it rears up her body. She prepares to swing her entire claw down to attack them before Alex Kidd would send volleys of shots to the creature's mouth again.

"Never think about touching any of us! Ever!" he said valiantly.

Gear, Ristar, and Ash still hanged around the shoulder of the beast to be at a safer distance from the weapon fire of their allies and watch as they kept the monster busy from helping out her young. Things still didn't go well for Bayo and Billy since endless amounts of these drones were spawning from the see and swarming them from every direction. One of the drones managed to deal a nasty claw attack to Billy's egg to leave a large crack and nearly make the boy lose his balance. Cipher would also be completely surrounded at a point where he can easily be devoured just by making one false move. Bayonetta's also losing a bit of focus due to the many targets attacking her from every direction and eating the right lollipop to recover her Magic Supply would have costed her being attacked once.

"This is truly one of the most annoying things to experience. Momma's must had been pretty busy on her vacation trip to this ocean and I do not want to know how hard at work she was to produce this many baby cockroaches," she said while continuing her bullet onslaught.

Billy tried to punch another of these creatures only to be struggling again since another Vortex drone attacked his massive egg.

"Any more hits and this egg would completely break and I could possibly drown. I hope you have any ideas to get us out of this mess, Bayonetta," he said nervously.

Suddenly, a drone that nearly attacked Billy would be destroyed by what appears to be a fireworks-esque projectile that caused its entire body to splatter. This alone would be enough for the every drone around their area to stop attacking and focus their attention to the incoming intruder. One of the nearest drones in particular emits an angry growl once its red eyes were able to take notice of the many figures heading their way. One of the closest ones that shreds the ocean water in style would be an upgraded Ferrari with the similar rudder and lower half of a massive motorboat. The ones who piloted this very vehicle would be none other than the Outrun couple themselves since they arrived with help to fend off this beast's children. The young man in particular called out their allies from afar with a happy expression and haves at their potential targets.

"Yo! We've got ourselves a cavalry that should help you with that monster! Just get ready to run up that monster's body and help the others while we handle these guys!" he shouts before selecting another weapon.

This was the Fireworks weapon that would primarily be used in the Transformed Tournament and it fired again to kill another of the drones. This would prompt the other drones to leave their prey alone and focus on the incoming intruders that headed their way. Another group of drones would be destroyed by a massive fireball launched from another person that drives transforming vehicle. It turned out to be Joe Musashi who called in his old racing vehicle to help out and his partner Segata Sanshiro would be running next to him.

"Segata-san, you know what you do best," he said.

The Sega Saturn martial artist nodded and runs at a faster pace to grab a Vortex Clone of his own with Gamma flying at the same pace. The E-Series robot locked on the many targets that were in Cipher's spot that prepared to devour the flying Egg Animal.

"Targets detected. Commence heavy fire for maximum elimination!" he said in his robotic tone.

Then Cipher would notice the incoming missiles that were shot from him and fly away in fear, leaving these unfortunate Vortex spawn to be destroyed immediately. Billy Hatcher would hug the small fire rhino soon as they met to enjoy this embrace while their former attackers would be focused on newer targets. Bayonetta sighs in relief and took out that special lollipop that she needed to eat in order to have the proper amount of magic for her next plan. The next set of drones would be defeated by another powerful explosive attack from Joe with more being taken out by Alberto's efforts.

"While we are doing all this work, I bet that silly puppet haven't arrived here yet because of that slow horse," the man said.

"Uh baby, he's already here and he's definitely putting much more work than us without a true vehicle," Clarissa said with a shocked expression.

Alberto looked in Clarissa direction and dropped his jaw once he saw the impossible happen right next to them. Sir Pepper would be slashing through the many drones in his way with his trusty key while his steed Barobaro swam across the sea like a literal water horse. This determined toy knight was serious about how he needed his steed to be of assistance and this played a huge role in why he was able to easily defeat the drones with his key since the two were a dynamic duo. Alberto would be left speechless from the sight and feels that he needed to apologies for underestimating his speed. Now Segata on the other hand was able to defeat up to twenty-four drones while holding one in his hand just to show how unpredictable he is.

"These drones are simply small talk in comparison to the Vortex Queen and I wouldn't be surprised if the hero shows up soon," he said before stomping on another drone.

Something big and scary would be heading in Billy's direction and it appears to be one of the deadliest predators in the sea.

Clarissa would be able to spot the incoming shark and knew it was best to warm the others.

"Guys! Billy! Turn around and lookout for the shark that's hunting for you two!" she frantically shouts.

Billy finally lets go of Cipher and looked to notice a massive Great White Shark heading in their direction with his menacing dorsal fin. The boy's eyes really widened as this fast predator swims towards them and Cipher grew angry to show that he's not afraid of this animal. This shark was not like the friendly Kaboot that he can tame back in Morning Land, but a deadly predator that had its eyes out for Billy. In the midst of this, Segata tossed the drone into the air like he done to his treacherous clones and Mr. X in hopes of dealing some serious damage to the towering monster above him. He saw this specific shark heading in Billy's direction and ran across the water to see the issue. Bayonetta finally finished consuming the purple lollipop and notice what is going on with her egg rolling ally in the sea. She took note of the shark heading his way and leaps off her motorcycle to safe the day.

"If you think you will have dinner in this sea. It's not going to be this child!" she screams.

Segata immediately stops her by grabbing the woman in a judo position to ensure that she doesn't get any closer to Billy Hatcher.

"Don't think about hurting that shark. While it may appears to be a wild predator, it's in actuality a new ally that's here to help," he barked.

Alberto noticed this diversion and felt the need to question Segata's strange thinking in the middle of this frightening moment.

"Old man, let that witch go and let you save Billy! Would you seriously like the idea of him being eaten alive by the jaws of that shark?" he shouts.

Another massive explosion could be heard from above them in which the Vortex Queen had blocked Segata's suicide victim at the right moment with her other claw. It wasn't until seconds later that another explosion of a stronger force destroyed the entire end joint of the monster's claws, causing her to cry in pain again like the other time when its entire arm was gone. This would lead Alex Kidd and Headdy to look down to see their crazy ally holding Bayonetta down from attacking the incoming shark.

"While I'm glad that Segata found another way of harming that beast, I wonder why he's holding Bayonetta's hostage?" the puppet said.

"I'd like an answer for a question like that, though I wonder why Billy is left stranded on his egg with that shark getting ready to attack him with no one helping?" Alex beamed.

This would lead the two heroes into ignoring the hurt queen and investigate the unusual scene that's happening below with their friends.

"Another ally? How in the hell that an animal known for killing many lives be a friend? Is he some kind of special shark or is that a superhuman in a costume?" the puzzled Alberto asked.

Segata had no intention of explaining a long story to these mere civilians that happened to helping them and continued holding Bayonetta in his powerful grip.

"You'll see, just trust me. This is one of the many forms that our old friend can take and he wouldn't be taken serious if he's in his original form," he explained.

Bayonetta rolls her eyes while she's thinking of the reasons why this man would stop her from saving them and what real form this incoming shark had.

"I'm assuming that you had grabbed me in the first place just to enjoy being able to hold my well sculpted body. Your arm is simply inches away from touching more than just my Umbran Witch emblem," she said in a mocking tone.

Clarissa would notice her own boyfriend accidentally staring at Bayonetta's behind only for him to be slapped by her to knock him out of his gaze.

"Instead of focusing on a woman who just so happens to look better than your own girlfriend, you should be worried about what this "new ally" would do to our new friend!" she pouts.

Billy Hatcher and Cipher would finally see that the shark was a few feet away from meeting them and they braced themselves from the incoming chomp on their egg. Then the animal marvelously leaps into the air at a distance the average shark would not jump, showing that this animal means now harm and it would finally reveal its true nature like Segata said. Bayonetta and the man watched as this happen like the rest of their nearby allies did to see the shark shining in a bright blue light. This would attract Alex and Headdy's attention so that the two would get a closer look at the "harmless animal" that spared Billy's life all of a sudden.

"What is that shark to be exact?" Joe asks while his robot ally continues to kill the drones.

The cartilaginous fish's body would eventually mold into something akin to a small cetacean with a bottlenose during this transformation. Ristar and the others saw this phenomena from the Vortex Queen's shoulder in awe while the monster still pants in pain.

"What is going on down there? I could have sworn that I saw a shark jumping over Billy," the star faced hero said.

Gear would also be curious of the transforming creature that shone above the sea before the heroes below. Another good thing to take note of is how a vast majority of the Vortex drones were defeated thanks to the efforts of Sir Pepper and the others. The light finally disappears within seconds to reveal a blue smooth body of this underwater mammal, showing who this new ally would finally be. He might look like your average male bottlenose dolphin, but the main characteristics of him where the star shaped markings on the forehead. Seeing this majestic cetacean's appearance would be enough for even Bayonetta to be surprised by his presence with Segata showing no fear since he knew he would arrive here.

Billy in shock lets go of Cipher so that the Egg Animal could fly closer and take a look at the mysterious dolphin. Then the dolphin would finally splashdown in the salt water below him, which the salt water could slap against the Egg Animal's face and leave him shaking his body. Joe could recognize that dolphin from the time they raced in the Burning Depths with the other Transformed Racing competitors and knew at that time that it was no ordinary dolphin.

"Good to see you again, old friend. We were just dealing with your long time nemesis right now and we'll give you the honor of dealing with her right now. I'm pretty sure that fighting an armless alien queen should be quite the nostalgic experience for you, Ecco," Segata said boldly.

"And it's great that we finally know the identity of the animal who will help out. But one favor I would ask of you is to let go of me right now so that I can finally get behind my wheel," Bayonetta said in a nonchalant manner.

The Segata Saturn fanatic finally lets go of the Umbran Witch so that she could leap back onto the motorcycle that kept itself afloat due to her magic. Billy Hatcher himself finally realized who it was for the same reason as Joe, though he never got to know who Ecco was and what was he known for in the sea.

"So this star headed dolphin is a well known hero of the seas? What's his connection with the Vortex Queen and how were things going with his pod?" he asked.

The dolphin would eventually release a sonar wave from around its entire body that would spread to every hero in the sea around the Vortex Queen. Sir Pepper would finish off the last drone and hear the sonar waves that went through his thick skull. Barobaro whinnies from hearing this and prompted his master to turn towards the source of this high frequency sound. What could be heard out of the mouth of this porpoise can be heard as clicks and chirps like any other dolphin. Alberto and Clarissa tried to listen well to see why the dolphin would sent its sonar towards mere humans that can't understand their speech, that is until his speech could finally be translated thanks to his telepathy.

"Greetings, I've heard about this place being the site of where the Vortex Queen would land thanks to come communication with the seagulls of miles from here. I've been tracking down these Legion of Subspace monsters for many days since the day I've heard about the queen's revival thanks to some sorceress. I am familiar with several of you due to a certain racing tournament that took place near the same place that me and my pod traveled to. So I can guarantee that I can be of assistance in defeating the queen once and for all now that I'm here," the dolphin said.

Everyone would be astounded the creature's unique way of communication when normally a dolphin's sonar can work with other underwater creatures instead of air breathers like them. The Vortex Queen noticed this dolphin from below with the help of her thermal senses and growls once it recognized him. Ristar and the others paid attention to this and realize that now was a time to attempt stoping the monster from getting any ideas.

"Gear, I think it's time for you to finish things off with this queen before she thinks about devouring our friends with the lack of limbs to use," Ash suggests.

This would cause Gear to think about the last time he had fought in a serious battle and tighten his fists.

"Give me some room and go down to the sea with the others. Things are about to get even more serious than the last time I've hurt her," he said.

Ash obediently start spinning his sawblade and jump straight down to give his ally some room. Ristar prepares to jump, but grew worried about what Gear was planning to do.

"Are you sure about what you're doing? I'm just wondering in case you need any help dealing with this thing," he asked.

Then he noticed Gear's entire body gathering plenty of air pressure and a mysterious aura begins to glow around his body. Gear's hair would become blonde as sign of him becoming a completely different person and it rose like spines on the back of anyone's neck to represent his determination to defeat the Vortex Queen. Ristar slowly backed away once he started to feel the immense power becoming more evident with the transforming Gear. The Segua warrior had fully gathered his full strength thanks to gathering all of his mana needed for his final clash with the bear growling at him once it felt his aura.

"Ristar, I'll be completely fine. Just get out of here since things are going to be a bit chaotic as long as I'm in this form. Just sit tight with the others and let me do this for Amy's sake," he said heroically before looking back at him.

The star borne hero could actually feel his emotions just by thinking about his words and nods with a serious face in response.

"Alright, I'll leave this to you Gear. Make sure you tear this creature's jaws off before she thinks about having her last meal," Ristar said in joy.

Soon as he jumped down to meet the others, Gear knew that it was now between him and the monster before him. The blonde enhanced warrior then rose off of the creature's shoulder and levitates to the enraged Vortex Queen to show that he's ready to give her the beating of a lifetime.

"This is the last thing that you'll see before you think about having this ocean ruled by your drone spawn. I was serious when I said that I'd be the one to finish you here and now. Get ready to feel the wrath of a Seguan warrior, Super Sonic style!" he said with a arrogant grin.

The alien creature screeches again like an enraged beast before attempting to swallow him whole with a powerful bite combined with the suction of her mouth. Next thing she know, the supersonic warrior tore through her entire head with a powerful flash that allowed him to move to back of it. This ripped the monster's throat open and destroyed the carapace that protected the back of her head due to the sheer force of that attack. The monster would roar horribly and shake her head as she felt the intense pain of that attack. Ecco the Dolphin saw what happened from below after explaining everything to his allies below and he knew it was time for him to help finishing this beast once and for all. He emits another sonar wave to let the heroes know what his plans are to take care of the situation.

"Looks like it's time for me to help destroy my old enemy's face with my special sonar waves and I would have to fly up there in order for that to happen. My Metasphere ability allows me to transform at will which could be useful for me to traverse the skies and seas in any way possible. Anyone who wants to volunteer to help can feel free to follow me up the monster's body. Putting a stop to her plans of repopulating in this ocean is a huge priority of mine's before I am able to help the rest of you on your journey," he squeaked.

Bayonetta starts the engine in her motorcycle since knowing when to kill this monster was the thing she's waiting for since the witch had plans of her own.

"Then count me in, little dolphin. While I'm completely unsure of if you can fly up to Momma's face, I'll be the one to use my Climax to finish the job. My friends on the other side had been waiting for something to tear apart and drag to Hell since the day I've came along on this subspace crusade," she said impatiently.

Segata Sanshiro cracks his knuckles and said, "I'm in since stopping this monster is partially why I'm here. If I was able to destroy her pod, then I should be able to help destroy that monster through my own hands."

Headdy and Alex Kidd looked at each other before nodding to show that they are ready to take the skies for the last time.

"Me and Headdy are right with you guys. So Ecco, we are in this together since stopping the Legion's trump card is the last thing to do," the brown haired hero said.

Gamma readies his weapon as a sign that this trigger happy orbit is ready for another round of shooting this sunny afternoon. Sir Pepper moved his steed where the other heroes were to show that he will stand his ground until the others arrived safely.

"Me and the others will stay here and see how things are going from above. I think you five should handle things from here," he said like any chivalrous knight would.

Segata and the other participants nodded and the dolphin would prepare to transform again.

"This is the part where I suggest the ones who aren't going to back up. Things are going to get messy and I would not like for one of my demonic buddies to accidentally snack on you folks," the witch warned.

Joe, Sir Pepper, Billy, Cipher, and the Outrun couple obediently turned around to travel at a safe distance after hearing her words.

Ash would notice the others backing up and followed them soon as after his sawblade splashed into the azure seawater. Then the skeletal rabbit would eventually park his ride near the floating Ferrari while gazing in the couple with his sinister yellow eyes. Both opt them were appropriately freaked out at the unnerving stare he was giving them, especially Clarissa would hugged her boyfriend's arm against her body for security.

"Do you guys have any idea why the others are backing away from this thing?" the dead rabbit asked.

Ristar finally arrived towards the bottom and noticed the five heroes preparing to head up the Vortex Queen's body for the finally. The curious star faced hero wondered what the guys were planning on doing for this moment.

"Bayonetta did say that her "friends" should be able to handle this monster, but we would have to back up since there's possibility of them attacking anyone if we were to interfere. Plus, she also mentioned that things would get a bit messy once everything is over," Alberto said before shuddering at that last part.

Ash would eventually cross his arms in disappointment since he wanted to be the one to kill this beat himself despite his best weapon doing little damage to her face. Joe would notice Gamma and a seagull, mostly likely Ecco in another transformed state, flying towards the skies to the beaten creature. Alex Kidd and Headdy also took for the skies since the two were ready for one final confrontation with this deadly beast. Then the remaining heroes in the form of Bayonetta and Segata would start traveling up the Queen's crustaceous body to help the others finish this fight. The witch drives her famed motorcycle at full speed to travel a bit faster while Segata "skates" across the armored body thanks to the seawater making the surface slippery enough. Alex Kidd's Peticopter, Rocket Headdy, Seagull Ecco, and Gamma flew above the two while heading toward their desired target above their heads.

The Vortex Queen's head would be successfully riddled with holes and big bruises thanks enduring the heavy hits from Gear's Super Form with the latter levitating before its face. The creature breathes like a victim of a brutal beating and could barely move its head normally after tanking these beatings from his vicious, smaller target. He barely broke a sweat during his fit and watched the poor beast as it struggles to move its head normally and she would eventually use the last of her strength to prepare for a quick snap. This would result in another powerful kick from the golden haired warrior, that resulted in the dislocation of her entire lower jaw and more bloodshed. At this point, the Queen could barely breath and can't do anything to defend herself since a majority of her defense mechanisms had been fully disabled. This would result in him watching a blast of rapid fire shots and lasers scorching the loosened jaw of the damaged creature before her and she lets out another sorrowful screech of pain.

"And my friends had arrived to finish things for me. I guess my work here is done since I've pushed myself really hard for the last few minutes," he said after a sigh.

Alex Kidd and Headdy finally rose near the creature's face and splits up to make room for the others to dish out the pain. Gamma locked on the creature's face in multiple spots before unleashing an onslaught of destructive heat seeking missiles at the Queen's face for an explosive finisher. The red robot then allows Ecco and the others to proceed as they approach the smoking face before them.

"This is it, Sega All Stars! We need to focus on putting an end to this ancient terror right here and now!" Segata shouts before leaping ahead of his remaining allies.

The smoke cleared to reveal the even more battered face of the Queen before she would be struck in the face by a powerful blow from the judo practitioner. This caused more of her face to severely bleed from the attack as the hotblooded man glared at the defeated beast. Then the man would slowly fall back towards the ocean below him only for Headdy's missile shaped head to catch him moments before.

"Are you alright Segata? And please don't think about using my head as a kamikaze weapon for that monster," the puppet remarked.

Segata watched as Ecco and Bayonetta finally reached the reach and shouts, "The rest is up to you two!".

Now it was time for the hero of the sea to shapeshift back into his original dolphin form to deal the final blow with his sonar. The dolphin managed to leap before the beaten monster's face to see how much damaged his old nemesis had endured during this fight. The Vortex Queen was now on the verge of death with her face covered in various nasty gashes on her mildly armored face and her beaten jaw dangling under her exoskeletal head. The beast breaths heavily as it smells a familiar scent from this powerful cetacean, thinking of the time that it was killed the last time before the Tides of Time incident. Then Ecco would release a powerful sonar blast that reached a massive radius around the skies to that everyone could hear his last words while the Vortex Queen has her final moments. This would result in the creature's face finally rupturing into many pieces while the monster lets out a roar of death as her face slowly decays as a result of that last attack. Bayonetta hops off of her motorcycle to look for a chunk of her armored check to stand on for the long waited climax.

"Goodbye, Vortex Queen," the dolphin clicked aggressively.

This would result in him diving back towards the ocean at a high speed before Bayonetta would finish things here. The witch looked at the decaying, bleeding face of the Vortex Queen and now knows that its best to put the creature out of her misery, before sending her to a better place.

"Your time of playing in the ocean is up. Like the flipping dolphin said, it's time for you to be bait to my friends from the other side," she said before licking her lips.

The monster's face would eventually be reduced to a bloody mess as the more important parts like the elongated cap and upper jaw would fall apart.

"Teloc Vonim!" Bayonetta chants while performing a dance on that falling armor chunk loudly.

This would eventually result in her doing a pose for masses of her suit hair rise into the air in a spirally manner, eventually pouring into a massive portal that appears above it. The Umbran Witch normally chants like this in order to summon her deadly demon allies from Hell to tear her victims apart. Ecco finally splashed back into the ocean near the Vortex Queen's body and turned to watch what would happen to her after that. One thing the dolphin notice was a semi-naked Bayonetta posing with a pillar of her hair rising into a portal which is a sign of horrible things to come. Another purple portal would appear right behind the heavily damaged Vortex Queen for a massive black beast pouring out of it like a demonic serpent. Segata and the other airborne heroes could see this happen and grew alarmed since the creature would be of an otherworldly appearance and had an appearance that can be compared to a gigantic centipede. This newly summoned monster would rear its ugly head before the Vortex Queen with its heavily segmented body and let out a frightening screech.

The only way for the Queen to respond was to let out another weak growl due to the severe damage done to her face and facing reality that she would be in a process of dying. Clarissa freaked out soon as she realized what it was and hugged Alberto tighter due to her extreme fear of centipedes. Except unlike a real life centipede, Scolopendra was of demonic origin and it takes the joy of tearing its prey into pieces with the combined efforts of its constriction and sharp various limbs. Even Joe and Billy grew cautious of the massive myriad demon that rose up against their equally large enemy. Being the valiant knight he was, Sir Pepper shows no fear in their new ally despite his steed shaking in his boots.

"My word, that's quite the huge friend that Bayonetta's got there. Now the chances of this creature surviving is as much as my rival winning in a fight against Segata," he said with little fear.

Now the Umbran Witch looked at her precious many legged accomplice and winked to signal that it would be time for it to enjoy the massive meal before him. This would result in Scolopendra fully wrapping its massively long body around the entire towering body of the Vortex Queen from the bruised face to the submerged tail in the deepest part of the ocean. The demonic massive centipede glared into the empty eye sockets of its dying victim with eyes of a ghastly specter before chowing down on its face. The entire body of the body constricts what was undamaged of the Vortex Queen and continues to tighten itself around it, with Ecco watching this moment with his own eyes. While defeating the Vortex Queen himself was part of the plan, Ecco felt that it was best to let his new ally finish the job in a way where she would have little chance of being revived by the Legion. Selvaria watched this from afar and would be impressed with the efforts of the heroes to triumph over this infamous creature with their own strength and teamwork. Though the sight of their trump card being crushed by a demon stronger than it was the thing that truly impressed her.

It appears that they are doing a great job at defeating the Vortex Queen and much faster than I had expected. I guess there's nothing left for the Legion but to retreat while I possibly follow my own path in the middle of this chaos.

It wasn't until few familiar foes appeared on the scene and grew alarmed at the defeated body of Ramirez that lie behind their ex-commander. Gruntilda in particular dropped her jaw at what happened to him while the fully conscious Marcus would be more focused on what happening with the now entrapped Vortex Queen that would become centipede food. He scoffed once he watched the beast's body slowly breaking apart due to the amount of pressure from Bayonetta's vicious demonic ally.

"It seems that we had failed the others and the emerald is now in the hands of the heroes. Commander Selvaria, what is your order of business now that Ramirez had fallen?" he asked.

The Valkyrur heard the man's words and gave him a cold stare to give him a sign that is something he shouldn't be asking her at all. He could see the fire in her eyes and how much killing intent were in them as a sign of her scorn towards him and Grunty. The witch used her magic to lift their fallen commander off the ground and looked back at the other for an answer. But the jolly old witch knew that Selvaria's face was less than inviting and Marcus's reaction to it sold it to her.

"Why deary, don't tell me that your feelings about us are dreary. You are a part of the Legion and there's no way that you'll think about leaving without reason," she said in suspicion.

The scorched Zeena finally recovered from her knockout earlier and she drags her defeated ally Napoleon to this spot in anticipation of more orders. The green Zeti would be just as curious as the other two once she realize that Selvaria gives them that cold uninviting look.

"What's going on here? You are sitting here waiting for a new order?" she asked.

Next thing you know, the defeated Black Shogun would be sent flying towards the other villains as a result of having a rematch against his red wearing opponent. The determined Shogun would step forward with his katana ready for more bloodshed since he luckily stumbled upon a group of villains to defeat.

"Now now, you guys shouldn't be talking with someone who's clearly not on your side anymore. As someone who used to be her enemy, I actually found it unexpected that she would betray you all just because of her heart being broken by the man she used to love. So what need to realize is that not all of these Legion members will be extremely loyal to the point of following the path of a foul individual. She made the right choice for doing this and I can guarantee you that she's one of us now," he said in a poetic manner.

The other villains were at a loss of words at what they heard from that deadly warrior's mouth and the Black Shogun still struggles to move after that fight he had with him earlier. Grunty grew even more suspicious at that thought and couldn't keep her skeletal eyes off of the traitor before them. Zeena on the other hand was at the most shock since she wonder what Ramirez could have done to make her turn against not only him, but the rest of her former squadron.

"Selvaria, is that true? You really are literally throwing away everything the Legion had done for you just because of his mistake?" she asked with concerned eyes.

It wasn't until Napoleon got up after seeing something unusual on the other side of the beach. Omochao would be struggling with a small purple creature that is attempting to steal the silver Chaos Emerald in his hand. In fact, it was the same devious creature that stole the blue Chaos Emerald for a Legion back on Morning Land. The criminal with the comically swollen face would start running at a fast speed despite his injuries and head in their direction.

"The Chaos Emerald is right in our faces! We can't just let them get away with it and someone else is trying to take it away from us!" he screamed.

The Black Shogun struggled to get back to his feet since he at least wanted to do one last favor for his team before losing his life on the sandy battlefield.

"Wait, don't leave me behind. My last wish before I were to die is to help getting that Chaos Emerald back for you all," the bloody dark warrior said with strain in his voice.

Marcus and Grunty didn't care since they were more interested in hearing an answer from their former ally before doing anything about the Chaos Emerald.

"You aren't going help out an ally who's clearly too hurt to do a thing? No matter why you need a leader as horrible as Ramirez since he's more of a man that cares more about his own goals and thinks of his men as pointless pawns. And you heard that shogun's words, he is your one and only leader for now," Selvaria said coldly.

It was until the determined and near dead shogun ran his way towards where Napoleon went with his heart slowly losing traction within each step. Grunty would then reach out with her magical hands and prepare to cast a deadly spell to punish her for this nonsense.

"You honestly think I'd care for a fool who's life I wouldn't spare. Such a question can easily apply to you and you're nothing more than a treacherous shrew. As a a matter of a fact, there seems to be one thing than can be done about your horrible act!" she said in a much less cheery tone than her usual self.

The green mechanical hand of the witch started to charge multicolored orb in the palm on her hand before she cackled wildly like the crazy individual she is. The silver haired Valkyrur would notice Marcus pulling out his trademark mushroom sword in preparations of executing her now that there's not a single hero to interrupt him again.

"The fact that you would dimly turn against our allies disgusts me. Our only commander would be so thrilled once your head is delivered to him after we get through with you," the witch replied.

Then Grunty would snap her fingers with her other hand to magically send the defeated Ramirez back into the ship that still hovered above the ocean.

Selvaria without fear gets out her shield and holds her lance above her head in preparation of defeating these sinister villains. Zeena could do nothing but be shocked about how their relationship went while galling back at the hurt shogun that heads his way to the Chaos Emerald. The Vortex Queen would finally be reduced to an explosion of black blood and exoskeleton chunks after Scolopendra's successful constriction. The mighty centipede roars to celebrate its first kill in a while and the blood bath that ensues leaving the other heroes speechless. Even Ecco the dolphin couldn't help but to feel uneasy since this monstrous creature killed his nemesis in the messiest way possible.

Alexx Kidd started to feel a bit sick from the sight and Headdy looks away unlike Segata incase he would actually lose his lunch. With Bayonetta nearly fifteen feet away from hitting the ocean, the centipede unwraps back into a snake-like mass of hair that would retreat back into the portal behind it. Then the black hair pillar that rose above the Umbran Witch would dive out of the other portal and slowly shrink into a smaller mass that would fit her. The heavily skimpy body of Bayonetta would be successfully rewrapped thanks to this mass of hair and her trademark catsuit would be back onto her body. Then Bayonetta would do another stylish pose before the falling Vortex chunk she stood on splashed back onto the ocean's surface.

"But that's not all, my other friends from the Inferno would gladly clean up this mess since we wouldn't want to upset Mr. Ecco with water pollution," she said before finding her motorcycle behind her.

Then Clarissa would be screaming once many hellish hands rose from a massive portal where the Queen used to be to start pulling the Vortex Queen's chunks into it with them. There was no surprise that this was something that scared Cipher into hiding behind his equally disturbed master during this process. Joe would notice Gear flying back towards the beach in the middle of this and wondered what else he was planning to do in this form.

"Where is he going? Is there something wrong with the Chaos Emerald we had?" he asked.

Billy felt nervous when then the ninja asked this and really hope he wouldn't be too alarmed if he tells him the truth.

"Well the thing is that we sort of trusted Omochao to hold the emerald for us in the middle of this. But don't worry, I'm sure that the villains are still out cold or planning to retreat," he said before nervously laughing.

This would lead a disappointed Segata and Joe looking at him with Sir Pepper sneaking away silently with Barobaro before they say a word. Gamma used his special scanners to look around where the Chaos Emerald should be with them indicating that there are four subjects in the area. Two of them were struggling with one another (which could indicate Omochao trying to fight off Goodle) and the other two were moving in on them from a distance (indefinitely a beaten Napoleon and Black Shogun). He also managed to capture a screen of reformed Selvaria and Shogun facing confronting the angered Legion members to his interest. Bayonetta and Ecco drew near the arguing heroes that fought about what danger Omochao was in for being entrusted with the Chaos Emerald alone.

"Can somebody tell me what is happening here? It feels like that we turned from saviors into a bunch of whiny angels that don't want to come to an understanding," she said.

"Well Billy here thought it was a good idea to leave Omochao unprotected and a thought that Shogun would be able to handle it himself since he's a "one man army". Who knows what double agent is trying to take it for themselves," Headdy complained.

Alberto maneuvered his ride closer so that he could see what the issue was.

"I thought you guys had everything under control. And you should realize that even the rest of the party would have an issue with it, chicken head," he remarked.

"Guys, there's no need to be fighting each other since we need to focus on getting the emerald and figuring out why Gear left us," Ristar suggested.

Gamma readies his weapon with his eyes set on the Chaos Emerald and fly away from them at high speed.

"See, even Gamma is leaving this sea for a good reason. We just need to prioritize like Amy would say and focus on the bigger issue at hand," Alex Kidd said.

Everyone thought about Alex Kidd's words and knew that it wasn't the time to be at each other's throats. In the middle of this, the Outrun couple wastes no time in turning their waterborne car turn around and drive off towards the beach. Bayonetta takes out another lollipop to suck while looking at her allies who finally had some sense through their skulls.

"Now that you all are finally realizing how big this issue is, the first thing I would recommend is for everyone to start riding back to the beach before we lose yet another Chaos Emerald," she said.

Ecco the Dolphin already swam away to help out with Billy rolling after him with his trusty Egg Animal partner, leaving the remaining heroes to think about their priorities now.

"She's right, we need to focus more on trying to see if these villains are doing any harm to Omochao for the second time. While I have a bad feeling that they might have it now, we are at least going to kick their butts the second time to make sure we claim what's ours," Headdy said with a smug grin.

Then the heroes would finally depart towards the beach, the scramble for the Chaos Emerald would ensue on the beach in hopes that the emerald is completely alright. Omochao would be struggling with the determined Goodle who wanted to claim yet another Chaos Emerald for his master with both Legion members confronting the two.

"Stop in the name of Napoleon. What you have is something that belongs to the Legion and Legion alone. If you don't listen to what I say, then you have no choice but to die!" the bruised faced man threatened.

The Black Shogun could do nothing but gasp and cough blood since he put to much pressure on his dying body just to get here because of his loyal to the Legion.

"You heard… what he…aauuuuuughaauuuuuuauuuggghhaugghhhhh!"

Napoleon noticed that his armored partner was in some serious condition and wondered why would he be here in the first place.

"Black Shogun, you don't seem to be in a good condition to be here. I would suggest you ask Grunty to send you back to the ship for medical treatment before you wind up killing yourself," Napoleon said.

"Silence, it's my pride as a warrior to do everything possible for the Legion before I die. So I'm going to get that Chaos Emerald if it's the last thing I do," he barked before coughing more blood.

Goodle reached out for the cyan gem in Omochao's hands as his still yanks his foot with his other hand.

"My master will be very pleased to have another emerald and you aren't going to leave with it, little robot," he said with a sinister grin.

Omochao slowly grew angry within each second as he struggled to shake this Nightmaren off of him and think about how things went when he first came here.

My friends, they trusted me this entire time to keep this emerald. Even after the fact that I failed to defend myself against this two Legion members.

Omochao slowly turned his head towards the annoying Goodle and give him a terrifying glare that sent chills down his spine.

"What? Why are you looking at me like that?" he said while shivering.

Omochao then launched a massive replica of his head at the his enemy to send him flying against the ground. This was enough to let his other two pursuers know that he's much different than the defenseless Chao he was from earlier. Napoleon slowly dropped his jaw and screamed while the Black Shogun simply charged at him with the little energy he had left.

"I am not scared of you or your pathetic weapons. That emerald will be mine before the day I die!" he screamed.

Omochao then turned his menacing face towards the determined samurai to show that he doesn't fear him either.

"I will not lose to the likes of anyone ever again. This is for Amy Rose!" he shouts.

Then the Chao would fling the emerald into the air and charge dead at the determined warrior to deal a deadly kick. This would not only stop him dead in his tracks, but severely damage his already weak heart that was about to give in. Then he dealt a deadly headbutt that would involve pushing him in a far distance towards the direction of his fellow allies. Napoleon was able to see that he left the Chaos Emerald flying in the air and tried going after it.

"Good thing it's all mines and that stupid robot would be foolish enough to commit such a stupid act," he said.

Then he would hear a suspicious sounds behind him and slowly turned to see up to six missiles that were shot from Gamma. The terrified man would let out a bone chilling scream as they drew closer to him at a distance only to be engulfed in a massive explosion seconds later. Gamma would eventually make his way to the emerald an snatch it with his robotic hand thanks to his special Emerald Tracker.

"Mission accomplished! Now to take care of the other Legion members here," he said in his usual monotone.

He turns to see that Omochao is pushing the dying shogun back to his allies with that last attack.

It appears that my upgrades to that model had worked faster than I had predicted. Now he's got all the means of defending himself thanks to the program I had implanted in his body.

Grunty managed to charge enough magic required to kill Selvaria within these past few minutes with Marcus ensuring that she doesn't think about escaping scott free.

"Any last words traitor? Because I guarantee you that the afterlife won't have a single waiter," she said with her eyes on Selvaria.

She could hear sounds comparable to a speeding bullet heading her way from behind that reminded hr of the heroes who defeated the Queen earlier.

"Do what you want, but I guarantee you that not a single one of you will survive within the next few seconds," she said with a straight face.

This would cause Marcus and the others to be surprised by her words only for Gear to appear dead behind him with his leg back. Then the man would be dealt with a powerful blow that would send him flying into the sky before he would react to him and both villainous ladies screamed at the sight. The blonde warrior then kicked the other two into the air within a flash to send them into the air to the crowd's amazement since they were previously scared for Selvaria's life at first. The Valkyrur would be surprised by how fast he was at defending all of them at his strongest since she was able to witness him doing the most work in damaging the queen's face.

"Good job warrior, send those fools into the heavens where they belong so they won't bother the innocents again," Shogun said while raising his katana victoriously.

Then Super Gear would notice one last target to send flying which would be knocked away by another kick from the enraged Omochao.

"Now Gear, send this one to a better place!" he commanded.

He nods then braced himself to kick the black shogun into the sky like a professional soccer ball player. Now every single ounce of blood would start pouring out of the man's body and his armor would be shatter like his very bones as he flew into the sky like the rest of his allies.

Sorry, I've failed the Legion and the rest of you. Pleasure forgive me while I have my last moments on this earth before passing to the afterlife.

Gear would eventually power down back into his old self and dropped to the ground due to the major setbacks on his body from earlier. Selvaria walked over to him and placed her arms around the tired man to see if he were alright. Omochao drew near them after calming down with Gamma heading his way from a few feet away.

"Are you alright, blue warrior? I hope there aren't any major injuries you had suffered after that transformation," the concerned commander said.

Gear could do noting but breathe heavily with a smile on his face to celebrate his victory in getting rid of the Legion. Ecco and Sir Pepper arrived at the waves near the beach to see that there was not a single Legion member in sight thanks to Gear's efforts. The Shogun also saw that everyone else would be heading their way to this area in hopes that things were alright.

"Good, the whole calvary is here and we have some good news for them once they ask about our situation here," he said.

The villains would be flying many feet into the air near the same elevation as their own ship with their witch ally piping mad.

"Those fools may have won this chapter, but we will make sure to smash their heads like pumpkins the next time we see them. I'll make sure to take us to the ship so that we can retreat for now!" Grunty complained.

Her body was heavily damaged thanks to Gear's attack and her glass was on the verge of breaking as a sign that she needed some serious repairs right now.

"Grunty, how come you aren't rhyming like you usually do," the scorched Zeena asked.

"To show these simple minded readers how mad I am at our loss! I better be lucky that the author is treating me with dignity unlike that deadbeat Mr. X!" she yelled.

Zeena know that she's in the mood for a serious bath since here hair was severely burned and her nailed needed to get refunded as well.

"Fair enough, it is best to take a break for now. But I feel that we are missing someone important," she said while looking at her broken nails.

"Anyone left behind is a goner you hear me! Now we've got to get out of here so that the chapter can properly end!" Grunty shouts before snapping her fingers.

Then all four Legion members would disappear in a burst of green to vanish from sight and leave the area as planned. Once everyone had successfully arrived on the beach, several like Alex Kidd and Segata looked into the sky to see where did Gear send them.

"Gear, where did the Legion go? Did you send them flying out of the atmosphere?" the boy asked.

Selvaria still held the tired Gear next to her body and faced her new allies to give them the information they needed.

"One of them is a magic user, so I'm sure she was forced to send them back to the ship before they leave. I've seen her do the same to Ramirez once they were preparing to punish me," she said.

Then Ecco could pick up something on his sonar that was much louder than any dolphin and turned around to see the Legion's ship leaving. The dolphin's squawking was enough to get the attention so that they were able to watch the ship escape into the sunset sky. While this is happening all of the citizens in the sidelines would be going wild like your average football audience to celebrate the heroes' victory of cleaning their beach of those baddies. Amy's wish to save these people were finally succeeded, but what became of the pink haired girl herself?

Things have gotten on the better end thanks to teamwork and other well planned strategies from a Sega guide. The Outrun couple, Segata's group, and Sir Pepper arrive din time to help fight off these ugly children of the Vortex Queen with Alex Kidd and Heady still distracting her. Segata's quick thinking would result in another lose arm and Ecco the Dolphin would arrive to help the heroes finish things off for them. Bayonetta's demonic summons would eventually be proven useful in crushing her entire body and cleaning up the ocean while Selvaria revealed her true intentions to her former friends. And angry Grunty would attempt trying to kill her like her other allies only to be sent flying by Super Gear's efforts. The Black Shogun would also get the short end of the stick after being severely damaged by an angry Omochao (who also defeated Goodle and tossed the emerald in the air for Gamma) and poor Napoleon would be the targeting dummy of Gamma's determination. Now the Legion would be forced to retreat after another backstabbing and two dead allies (with one most likely abandoned), leaving the heroes to bask in the cheering of many innocent beach lovers. The next chapter will happen on the upcoming Friday as usual and things will most likely move on to the Knuckles side of things after well revelations. This is Big Red speaking and I'll see you all in a week after enjoying some rounds of Splatoon. ;)