Hey there fans, Big Red strikes once more. I can say that my body is completely healed with a more clear head for working and writing overall. So overall I feel that now is the time to tie together the story with Smash's newest member with the inclusion of more Disney stuff. Overall I feel it is better to focus on a certain sorceress as the main enemy of Sora as KH3 had a satisfying sendoff of their biggest threat (Xehanort) and the ending is more open ended for how things may go on the Disney side of things. That said, let us finally kick off the shocking conclusion of the Hell arc and see what the Legion plans to do next.
Everybody within the area still remain silent about the revelation that Tokyo is nothing more than a replica recreated by the former Creator before anyone ever knew. Only the gods or demons had this knowledge for as long as anyone was born. Even a fellow immortal like Bayonetta was completely left in the dark due to never exploring outside Paradiso, Inferno, Vigrid, or Fimbulventr. Ash is still floored about this being a prince that not even once left He'll for any reason whatsoever. Jack Frost begins to feel slightly guilty about never addressing this to anyone at all for the entire mission. Okuninushi sighs lowering his weapon from the wounded Tanaka Family to answer the important question the witch had.
"18 years ago, a war broke out in Tokyo between the forces of Chaos and Law. Lucifer and the Creator fought with everything they had, which unfortunately resulted in the destruction of Tokyo. Da'at, the Netherworld, contains what's left of it after years of destruction. The one you all know of is nothing more than a complete replica he he created with his dying breath before that monster Lucifer absorbed him and his knowledge. Knowledge is what all Gods used to have that made them human. Humans originally never had it, but all it took was a serpent to tempt humanity into their deepest desires. As a result, all humans are blessed with that Knowledge which the current gods never had. That's what we call a Nahobino, a god that is the result of one fusing with a human that just happen to have their knowledge. YHVH was one of the only true Nahobino after many gods long gave their Knowledge away. The current creator, that most of you aren't aware of, is the only true Nahobino left. Others used to exist like Daizai with Arcangel Abdiel, Yuzuru with the Amatsu Kami Tsukuyomi, or Yakumo with the Mother Goddess Nuwa of China. All of them died at the hands of each other or the current Creator. I believe you all are aware that Lucifer was one for stealing the original Creator's Knowledge but asked to be defeated by the current Creator to give up that power. It's unknown if that knowledge is long gone or the new Creator absorbed it in addition to having the knowledge of the Amatsu Kami Susano'o. Yes, he was originally a student from Jonuin High that fused with Susano'o to become the current Creator he is now. He is not only the one keeping the current Tokyo alive but controls the lives of the good that get granted to Heaven or damn the souls of the wicked to Hell. But lately, there's been a huge imbalance with many dead from both sides wandering the world. It's a huge mess, but the Creator already sent his best Angels to reclaim them. That is his biggest concern than what these Legion gaijin are doing to the universe," Okuninushi explains to everyone.
This reveal would let everyone know that the damage done to the universe is more dire than they think. And knowing actual angels are sent to kill the revived victims and take their souls back to the afterlives they belong is only a bigger obstacle for all three sides involved in this war. So everything that Eggman had caused was so bad that both the demons of hell and gods of the heavens have to be involved in an outerversal mess that will only crumble unless anything is fixed. Ash is busy reloading his guns silently as he had no time to deal with any holier than thou winged pests getting in his way. Red slowly hides behind Ashley as he have a very bad feeling these angels wouldn't like him. Moloch could only chuckle knowing that things were starting to get interesting. Fuma is in the middle of helping out Tanaka with a mix of herbs and binding to help his master's gunshot wound.
"Don't worry, I'll make sure we can live for another day and topple the Legion," he said in worry.
"We really have to get out of here soon. I shouldn't be reckless and have all my men hurt. But at least who we have should be good enough. We know when to stand down," he said in pain.
Ouyamatsumi would be carrying the defeated Monoceros, Ryoku Beel, Kinship, and Mika above his head to prepare hurling then back at the Tanaka Clan. Arahabaki carries Mamba with his large body into the air if means safely avoiding dropping her on everyone else below. The Kunitsu Kami still keep his eyes on the yakuza leader now that he has bigger worries than telling a witch forbidden information.
"If you are truly a man of your word, then get out of here. This may be your home but you caused enough trouble on this land, even more than Bethel," he said.
Bayonetta's curiosity had no limits when she feels that these Kami knew too well what's going on.
"Pardon the interruption, but who is Bethel? Turns out you gods have enough skellies on your closet that should be addressed to the living. Are they associated with this new Creator you speak of?" she asks with confidence.
"Far from it. More like they toppled Bethel until none of it remains. It was originally an alliance of the top deities of each part of the world to create unity in the cosmos. Egypt, Greco-Roman, Norse, and even the former top dog of Judeo-Christianity with the former Creator and Abdiel. It was the current Creator's status of a Nahobino that caused enough chaos in the final Bethel meeting which result in their disbandment. Many gods wanted to pursue their old Knowledge to become one as well, or in Vasuki's case alert Shiva to prepare for the destruction of the multiverse itself. Not much is known about the status of those gods since the Creator assumed the throne in the name of Law's army. There's rumors of a new Bethel forming, but not much I would know or want to get involved in," the Kunitsu Kami leader explains.
"And this is the part whence thou will remain silent," a calm but threatening voice said.
This instantly made almost everyone alert at what this mysterious voice is. Baal knew too well what being can speak like that, looking up with
absolute scorn from unpleasant memories. O'Chunks drops his jaw at what this being appears to be, Mimi feeling a de ja vu sense that they may be from the Over There. Francis backs up slowly at something he couldn't comprehend. Okuninushi turns in disappointment knowing well that he was watched the entire time. Bayonetta and Jeanne shown little fear with their experience with the intruder's kind. Beldam seemed more annoyed than worried unlike her sisters standing next to her. A lone figure would be floating above them in a white flowing gown with an almost otherworldly appearance. Other than the white wings and spear of pure gold, the most striking feature is the almost robotic gold mask reminiscent of classic Renaissance statues. Unlike the angels of Paradiso, these were one of the many foot soldiers of the forces of Law and actual creations of YHVH to serve him. These were the new era angels unlike the conservative classical old era or scantily clad feminine slaves of the past era. His glowing halo and eavesdropping nature were only proof of his loyalty to God. The other Kunitsu Kami would be worried that they were spying on by the Creator's dogs the entire time and just when they wanted to save Kamurocho from destruction.
"Word of advice, try and make yourself more subtle. I'll have you know that my track record of killing you holy bastards are quite high," Bayonetta said without any fear.
"The witch is right. We know that you winged pansies are hiding some shady shit and it's nice to know what really went down. Wait until the world know that you angels aren't as clean as you are and spilled as much blood as demons like us. So go fly back to your cloudy cute kingdom before you get a bullet in your skull," Ash threatened.
The angel instead responds by raising his golden spear in the air as if he's preparing to throw it. Everyone gathered together with their weapons and powers ready fight back the angel. Tanaka would be unsure of how his entire clan should withdraw with Moloch too damaged to help them all escape easily.
"That's enough, allow me to speaketh with these sinners," another holy voice said.
Beside him would appear one of the lower yet fighter ranked angels, an Archangel. Clad in bronze armor with darker wings and a sword, Archangels were one of the more serious forces of Law led by the Seraphs. Okuninushi grew weary about the appearance of two angels in the span of seconds as if things were getting bad. Damn, they found us. That witch sure gotten us in trouble when we just wanted them to leave. I hope this doesn't to another war that destroy more of this beloved country.
"We art the eyes of the Lord and saw just enough sin happen hither. Asking about the current state of the Creator that no one should know, take away countless lives for thy own demonic ways, daring to comest outside of your rotten hellhole down below, and daring to involve the King of Chaos who is a major threat to our Lord. We will have give thee a chance to live if thou all go back from which thee came and promise not to take away any more lives. Failure to do so will result in thou imminent deaths," the Archangel warned.
This left everyone in a very tough position that could cost their lives or risk making enemies of the Creator's wrathful forces from above when there's enough damage the Legion had caused.
"Second thought, associating with that Demi-Fiend was a bad idea. We just wanted his help to stop your former lord. The Legion of Subspace plan on using him as a weapon to destroy all reality and make it a world for only evil. I know you all are the epitome of good, so you wouldn't want that, right?" Jeanne called.
"You angels had no business butting in when I am simply telling these gaijin and horrible Japanese terrorist to leave this country. We have things covered here and don't need any assist…"
"Hold thy tongue, Kunitsu. We don't want another word out of earth gods like thee. If thou truly cared about this country, nothing would be in the state it's in," the Archangel coldly said to Okuninushi.
Tanaka really didn't appreciate being called a terrorist and wished he had a weapon that could hurt the god before his eyes.
"For your information, I'm no terrorist. I'm a crime lord that simply wants to change the world in a better way. While Legion wants more order and enslavement, I want a lawless land where everyone, even the unjust can run wild and enjoy their lives. Better than being held hostage by police controlled by dark hellspawns and having Subspace everywhere. For followers of an inferior "god", you all sure act like you matter throughout the entire world," he said.
Bayonetta is even shocked at the crime boss's sharp tongue and lack of fear of an angel that could end his life. The lower ranked Angel is silently holding in any hatred for the Shinto follower that dared devalue the impact Judeo-Christianity has on the planet. The Archangel however looks down on the man's empty threat and consider him less importance than the ones associated with the forces of Chaos.
"I pity you Japanese. We still haven't forgotten how thou people slaughtered those that followed the Lord's word in Edo times. You can live behind your myriad of Kami as long as you want, but soon it won't matter when the rest of the world will forever consider our Creator as the one true god. Thou may speak true of these sinners wanting to bring the Creator back into existence, but art fools to think these "Legions" will even use him as a tool. This is only a cover up for the amount of sin you all had committed and we will not fall for it," he said.
"Are you deaf? That's exactly the goal of the Legion. They want the seven Chaos Emeralds to summon YHVH and have him erase everything for a world evil runs rampant and all good dies. Do you care that your own former creator is used for this purpose or are you all so blind as to use our actions today as a scapegoat to ignore it?" Jeanne said in anger.
Demi-Fiend appears before everyone in a flash in a state of urgency, his appearance alone alerting the two angels into raising their weapons.
"There he is, the king of vile sin even worse than the Morning Star. Who we know is still here in an abysmal state. Thou know what thee did. Get out of here or face the wrath of heaven," the Archangel said.
He turns to the two angels with his trademark glare, knowing too well that they are not a threat to be trifled with but still not worth fighting.
"We don't want any trouble. We were simply thinking about leaving. I'm only along for the ride because this world is in danger. Not that self righteous messengers like you would care. Does YHVH ring any bells? He is going to be revived and used by the Legion to be a weapon to destroy everything, and that would include even his own followers. I'm doing the one thing that none of you intend to do," he replied.
"Lies. Our Lord would only smite nothing but those that don't follow his rule. And the sinners that do succeed in reviving him would be the first to incur his wrath," the Archangel replied.
"You seriously underestimate the power of the Chaos Emeralds. They have unlimited power and make anything imaginable, even make you stronger than gods. That's why we have Demi-Fiend, to send him back from which he came before the Legion use him to cause any damage," Ash said.
"Only a demon that spilled enough blood would say that. Thou is only doing nothing but wasting our time and hiding their sin. Go back to the inferno or else we will alert every angel from Heaven to strike you down," the messenger of God warned.
"You call me out for my years of killing, which included other demons for an embarrassing thing that I won't address. But at least I saved lives with actual humans while you all sit in your fancy fluffy cloudy kingdom of cowardly winged pansies that kiss the ass of a dead god and an imposter who's not much better than him. Make us!" the dead rabbit shouts.
"Silence! I will not tolerate any mockery of our Lord. I'll personally send you to the brimstone depths myself!" the Angel said before diving straight for Ash.
The rabbit raised his pistol without any ounce of fear and their allies all prepared to fight. But what happens would shock them instantly like Demi-Fiend coldly grabbing the angel by his throat after jumping at him. He really didn't want to do this, but knew the forces of Law are far too extremist to listen to any reason from demons who happen to be right. Everyone would watch as he violently pummels the messenger of god to death in a fit of cold unflinching rage. Countless blood splattered in his face from his death and even strings of Magatsuhi flows into the air as a result. Moloch use this chance to absorb it from a distance why no one's paying any kind to heal his grievous wounds. The Archangel is less than thrilled seeing a fellow angel brutal killed into nothing but his own Magatsuhi. Bayonetta smiles in satisfaction of such a highly "righteous" entity being put in his place instead of expressing their holy superiority over others. Baal was unsure if what Demi-Fiend did help matters or make things twice as worse. Nastasia fixes her glasses as her entire group is still frozen in fear of what to happen.
"Still as disgustingly sinful as ever. Thou art truly a threat that we can't allow to live. We originally wanted you demons to cometh back to the pit, but now thee must be eliminated!" the Archangel shouts.
He would begin pulling out a bronze horn meant to alert his fellow angels to attack any threat, alerting everyone there.
"This really escalated quickly. Francis, get Fracktail ready for flight!" Nastasia alerts.
"Right, ma'am. This isn't hi-technical. I don't want to be sent to the Underwhere by these strange Nimbis!" the chameleon geek freaked out.
"Sisters, retreat for the robot dragon. Our lives are more important than some dumb book!" Beldam announced before disappearing in the shadows.
"For once, I agree with you, sis. Let's go!" Vivian replied urgently.
"Guh guh!" Marilyn replied.
The remaining two Shadow Sirens sunk into the shadows to follow their sister. Nastasia disappeared in a single dimensional flip, leaving the stunned O'Chunks and Mimi to decide what to do.
"You doofuses! You better be lucky I don't plan to rip you all into stupid confetti for this! Mimi, out!" she shouts before flipping out of sight.
The hulking Scotsman is left looking around to see that's alone and unsure of where to go. Baal already disappeared as he's concerned for the safety of his followers than leaving them unprotected.
"We aren't afraid of you winged pansies. Unlike the cowards that ran away, we'll stand our ground and kill you all if it will get the current Creator off his lazy ass!" Ash shouts.
"Alright, you may want to stop here. We've already have to leave and it was your brashness that started this," Ashley replied.
Bayonetta uses this opportunity snatch the Amazing Island book while everyone is distracted, Fuma not feeling her speed at all.
"We got what we're looking for so we can get that teleport spell ready if you want," she said.
"Not yet, we have to be all together. My plan is to regroup with the other Tyrants then we can leave altogether. A war with Law was inevitable since they all don't forgive my last encounter with their Creator. I hope none of you have any second thoughts about siding with me," Demi-Fiend said in a calm manner.
"Best to take your advice serious and leave. Leave Japan to me and the Kunitsu Kami. We've done our part and these traitors are probably going to leave as ordered," Okuninushi said.
"You kids and your wars. Back in my day, we all settled things like men. These old mountain structures of mine aren't as good as they used to be," Ouyamatsumi rambled like an old man.
"Perhaps I wouldn't feel guilty using my Almighty powers to erase these unruly Creator's pets from existence. This is our land and we have every right to defend it," Arahabaki said in his robotic tone.
"If you self proclaimed colonizers want to live, this is your last chance to leave. These holy zealots leave no traces of life behind in the name of their God," Take-Minakata said smugly towards the Tanaka Clan.
It was when Tanaka's members carefully gathered all their fallen members to be as close to Moloch as possible if it means leaving. Mamba was the warmest due to her large heavy body, requiring help of thirty men at best. Tanaka is left glaring at the heroes that foiled his plans and the same Kami that turned on them for their plans of taking over the world. He felt nothing but hate for them, even the very earth gods that protected his home country for years.
You better enjoy your victory while it lasts. But I will get stronger and recruit enough forces to take care of you and any deity that dare stands in the way of the Tanaka Clan.
A massive portal of holy light would appear just above everyone, almost stretching to a size comparable to the largest city in Japan. O' Chunks is left too frozen in fear to think about following his allies or leaving everyone else. Endless flocks of various angels would be flying out of this portal with only one goal in mind: Eliminating any one who goes against the Creator's will or pose a major threat to him. These angels included the basic Angel troops along with Principalities, Archangels, Dominions, Powers, Thrones, Cherubs, Seraphs, and Virtues flying out in massive hordes to regroup with their fellow angel below all fully armed for battle. The Arcangel would only stare down with a judging glare to show just how hopefulness the situation is for everyone.
"Look at what you all did, we are going to die!" Red shouts.
"No we won't. But it's very clear who's fault this is," Ashley said.
"Little one, didn't your mother ever tell you not to fear anyone? You should had learned that from Mario or that lazy good for nothing boss of yours," Bayonetta said.
O' Chunks couldn't help but to drop his fear and grow interested in their conversation.
"Maria? No, Mario. Ya lads and lasses know him? That's exactly just the plumber we are looking for when we left Flipside," he said in surprise.
"Well of course we know him. We are part of the Smash Brothers organization that protect the entire universe. You could say he is one of our most prized members for his heroism and importance. But why do you know him?" Bayonetta wondered.
"Lass, I would tell you an entire story of how we've met. But let's just say he saved the entire multiverse, including our own by helping our former boss Count Bleck. But more all the credit should go to Bleck and Tippi who married to create just the heart we needed to stop Dimentio's destruction of reality. We want to meet Mario in hopes he would help us investigate our realities falling apart. You know where that moustachioed lad is?" the Scotsman explained.
Bayonetta is unsure of whether to trust this burly man just yet, but felt he's friendly enough to justify telling about his status.
"He's with Sonic and others on a trip to go to Valua. We were told to meet them in the Lost Hex first from our last meeting in Smash headquarters. You'll have to come with us if you want to go there," he answered.
O'Chunks realized that he was forgetting something important and stomped his feet.
"Great Scot, I almost forgot about Nastasia and the others. But telling them about this could lead them to follow ya to this Lost Hex. Sure don't want to be left behind and actually meet with Mario. We'll eventually catch up. Chunks away!" he said before squatting.
What ensues is a disgusting but hilarious scene of him flying away with a powerful fart leaving trails of yellow gas. Both demons and heroes alike were left completely speechless at the ridiculous scene. Even Tanaka's clan almost fell for the ridiculousness despite preparing to escape with their lives. Fuma then double checks to see that the Amazing Island book was taken from under his nose. He eventually realized that Bayonetta stole the book all along by looking at her hip.
"The book, it's stolen!" he shouts.
Demi-Fiend snapped out of his shock and realized that the hordes of angels were flying closer and closer to their very spot with intent to burn them.
"Enough games, we all have to get out of here now! Get close unless the Traport won't save you!" the demon boy ordered.
"Forget the damn book, our lives are more important. Moloch, use your power to get us to safety," Tanaka ordered.
The young Fuma Clan ninja didn't want to give up on the book and jumped for Bayonetta immediately without thinking.
"Fuma!" Jasmine the Pink called.
Moloch used the strength he had left to instantly warp anyone near him out of sight completely except the determined ninja that didn't listen to orders. Okuninushi watched as everyone is slowly disappearing from his sight, with Demi-Fiend's Traport warping his group from harms way. This left only the Kunitsu Kami left to defend themselves from the army of Law heading for them. He shown little fear as his clan raged war with the Amatsu Kami as long as time itself, with little fear for their own deaths. Ouyamatsumi and Arahabaki acted as the strong impenetrable muscle while the others circled their leader in self defense just in case. The countless angels would only circle the Kami below as if they were prey looking for an opportunity to strike. The Kunitsu Kano still stood their ground despite this as sacred gods that cared deeply for Japan more than the Forces of Law ever did. Angels reared their golden spears, Dominions searched their bibles for the right Maha spells, Power's yelled with swords raised mid flight, Cherubs reared smugly from their special flying thrones, Seraphs roared with their three dark faces with ferocity, Thrones laughed almost psychotically from their flaming torture wheels, Archangels pointed their bronze swords at the offenders, Principalities glared down with their chilling yellow eyes, and Virtues cackled as their hearts beat within their blue clear bodies. The hordes of holi followers circled fast enough for the wind to be generating around the Kami below them Okuninushi snood his ground with Take-Minakata and Sukuna-Hikona gathering closer to their leader for defense. Soon four massive shadows would loom above the angel swarm and Kunitsu Kami to illuminate four terrifying Heralds who arrived just to investigate what's happening in Japan. These were the higher Archangels that were called by the lower ranks just to see what needed to be cleansed for the Creator. They each had varying appearances in skin color, elements, weaponry, and hairstyle. They normally don't ever come down to the living world unless there's big problems to solve or demons to eliminate for a perfect world.
"Hello, Kunitsu Kami. We art hither for several demons to cleanse from our Lord's beloved world. We art hoping thou art willing to cooperate with us," Micheal announced.
"We couldn't help but to overhear that thou hath told several of them forbidden information none art meant to heareth. Thou knows what thou shall face," Gabriel said in a soft voice.
"Indeed. We are only voices of the Creator meant to clean up any mess that art not holy and full of sin. Lying is one sin we will never tolerate," Raphael said harshly.
"So thou hath one final chance to redeem thy self. Don't forget that we art the only ones keeping thou beloved city Tokyo alive. Thou have one choice to obey our will or face death," Uriel said harshly with his sword ready.
Back in the same spot where all parties met, Lucifer was given a nice wheelchair found by Loki after he raised a destroyed store. This one is oddly comfortable and almost reminiscent of his old one in the Vortex World. Mara and Belial had long reappeared with Girimehkala to show their fellow Tyrants that they were fine. The worshippers of Baal would only worry for what became of their new god after he launched himself far away from them. The cultists had long decided to ditch their former attire to dress closer enough to Baal's own garnish from exploring a nearby store. They took his advice about being more presentable and welcoming to heart if it means making the Canaanite faith more mainstream again. Blood maidens were now dressed properly and not nearly nude as before. Mithras stares off in the distance once more just to see when everyone would be regrouping with the group since they had better plans for helping Lucifer. Tzitzimitl could sense something quite powerful in the distance that gave her a bad feeling. The fact that this demonic presence had a lawful air to it only made her nervous.
"We have to leave now. Those blasted angels are on to us and it's no coincidence they are here because of our master or that demon boy," the celestial goddess said.
"Damn, what did he do that drawn us so much attention? This whole plan is crumbling apart," Surt said in rage.
"Us getting attention for killing a human or two was inevitable. But the fact they responded so quickly is proof that the Creator just as clever as the dead God we want to prevent from returning," Loki said in caution.
"Uurrgghh, the angels are like flies. You need a good way to keep them from coming and coming," Abbadon said.
"Enough, we shouldn't panicking! I need my power again and don't need to be in this sorry state forever. That's why you all need to be strong since you are high ranking demons, the key to me rightfully being the full strength to take on Metatron, and possibly the Creator if we wind up going to war again," the elderly Lucifer sternly said.
"That's what I respect about you, Lucifer. You are charismatic and fearless for someone that lead our Chaos Army for millennia. I would live for a world when Law doesn't exists. Disgusting," the vain Roman god said.
"Of course you would say that, Mithras. Without light, dark wouldn't exist. That's why I felt me becoming the Creator's proxy after killing him only made me feel empty. The fates of Abdiel, Tsukuyomi, Nuwa, and even Susano'o were all played in my hands since I had feeling they may change the world and free me from the accursed Mandala Cycle I was plagued with having God's Knowledge. My point is that we need Law as Law needs us. The world wouldn't be the same of either side is weak or dead," Lucifer explains.
He turns to see a flash of light appear before him and the Tyrants that gotten their attention. It would be revealed as Demi-Fiend, Ash, Ashley, Red, Bayonetta, Fuma, Jeanne, and Jack Frost that landed together professionally unlike the last time he used the spell. Bayonetta wondered just who was grabbing her from behind and saw the answer below her feet. The same ninja that she seemingly protected just happens to be following her just to retrieve the Amazing Island book.
"What are you doing here, little one? Shouldn't you be sticking with your group?" she said in surprise.
Jeanne and Ash were less than thrilled so him being so persistent at following them or retrieving the book.
"This kid again? We have no time to babysit him or be spied on by a new #&* enemy group!" the dead rabbit shouts.
"What do you want with Cereza or the book, child. Speak up!" the red wearing witch demands.
Their scuffle is interrupted by the suddenly appearance of Mara who's happy to see Demi-Fiend again. Fuma saw the repulsive demon, and prepared his kunai in case it was a new enemy.
"What's with the small fry? He never seen a blossomed tool of manhood before?" the phallic demon said.
"Just some dead weight that is better off fed to the angels that's coming for us," Ash replied.
"We are aware, that's why I was hoping everyone is ready to say their goodbyes to Japan. This country will only be searched endlessly by those holy hypocrites moving forward," Belial said in scorn.
"Relax, we are all prepared to leave. Baal just needs to get here and we can use Traesto together. We may wind up in the Vortex World, but it's better than nothing," Demi-Fiend said.
"That may not be a good idea-hee. There may be angels waiting to ambush is there now that Law knows about our actions, ho," Jack Frost said.
"Well, any other bright ideas? Because we don't want to be destroyed by the archangels here," his master replied in frustration.
Bayonetta had an idea but felt it would be a highly risky idea given the nature of her powers. She had to think about how many people would need to be taken with her and how much magic she needs to pull this off. First thing she did was dig in her pockets to see if there were at least some Purple Lollipops to spare as they are a good source of magic for her abilities.
"Jeanne, I have a plan. But you'll not like it as I need your help to make this happen. We plan to make a portal, but it will have to be big enough to contain all of us. Are you up for that?" she asks.
The red wearing witch had the feeling she would suggest this, just having a suck of her own lollipop to replenish all magic used. She nods in approval just to let her black loving ally know that she's all in this plan. Jack is left scratching his snowy head in confusion at what the two were planning while Fuma is still on defense at being surrounded by frightening demons.
"I hope this plan of yours work, because I can sense the presence of them coming. I don't feel the presence of the Kunitsu Kami anymore. Chances are they either were killed or were forced to flee," Demi-Fiend said.
"No! There's no way our country's gods lost to a series of imitations outsiders created! Damn it, damn it! This is all why I want a world where there are none of these gods!" Fuma cried.
This sort of thing out of their own enemy is unexpected since he loves his country so much that the thought of gods worshiped outside of his home being superior baffles as much as it hurts him. Lucifer didn't feel anything for how emotional he is as Japan is usually blissfully ignorant of how numerous Judeo-Christian demons were compared to Japanese demons of any kind. Bayonetta and Jeanne without haste would begin doing a series of dancing to prepare the creation of the portal. The demons were curious about what dancing will achieve until they heard the chanting both witches were doing. Ash grew very cautious due to time running very slim and his impatience getting the best of him. All of Baal's followers were curious at what seems to be happening while growing more than worried for the status of their god.
"When is Lord Baal coming back? We refuse to leave without our new savior," the head cultist said.
"Hee should be coming back here, ho. In fact, I sense his presence coming here, hee!" Jack Frost said.
"Good, then that means we can enter this new portal and leave. I hope we have no more unexpected guests to drag along," Demi-Fiend said.
It was soon that Baal finally reappears right behind everyone, with Fracktail being held over his head. This is an impressive feat of strength given how he only uses his other hand for holding his beloved goblet. Atop the fixed dragon's head would be Nastasia's entire group along with the Shadow Sirens who were ready to go.
"Great, more annoyances that aren't demons," Abaddon complains.
"Watch your tongue, ugly. We are demons and once served the powerful Shadow Queen in Rogueport's olden days!" Beldam shouts from above.
"Sis, maybe we should be thankful that they are bringing us all along to meet Mario. This is only the piece of the puzzle to saving our worlds," Vivian said.
"Guh guh guuuuh!" Marilyn said in happiness.
"Anyways, I hope you are telling the truth when you say you have faster ways of leaving here. This is your promise," the glasses wearing secretary said.
"It's either that or we risk getting chased by those angels on this slow dragon," Mimi said sarcastically.
"Or maybe we can be lighter on Fracktail. I did the best I could at improving him to be better than ever. And it could be steps close to us rescuing my Pea… uh the princess from Bowser," Francis said nervously to avoid any suspicion.
The chanting and dancing continues between the two witches as they connected with a series of synchronization and grace to make the portal ritual complete. O' Chunks would turn just to see that they were running out of time with flocks of angels appearing in the distance from the red skies.
"Lasses, I hope that I'm not interrupting yer dance and all. But we have plenty of angry Nimbis heading for us from above!" he called.
"I am sensing an immense amount of magic from the two witches. They are already working on our way out of here," Fracktail said carefully.
"That's fine and dandy, but are we going to do about this ninja guy? He's not really trustworthy and should be back with his people," Red said.
"Forget about him, he's not even worth it when it could only lead to those Tanaka ingrates into hunting us to the ends of the earth for him," Ashley said.
"Or maybe we should harvest his soul just to give Lucifer the strength he needs," Belial says while threatening the weeping boy with his pitchfork.
"At the same time, those angels will probably enjoy destroying him, which will slow them down and give us time to escape," Mithras said.
"He's alone. Those cowards left and didn't think about coming back to retrieve him. It's as if he's nothing more than a pawn instead of someone worth caring for," Baal said.
Fuma could do nothing but stand and cry in his same spot while listening to the cruel speculation about his position with the heroes and demons. From the implications that his own allies may not come back for him for a while to the thought anyone is fine with abandoning him to die just to save themselves. The young ninja is too heartbroken to even defend himself and still full of sad emotions to even acknowledge the position he's in. Bayonetta still focus on getting the portal ready when everyone's safety is more important despite disapproving how everyone is treating him. Lucifer always been a firm believer that only the strong survive in the universe, but he's not far behind the idea of anyone making their own decisions that determine their own path. He's not even interested in the idea of taking his soul but more observing where he decides to go on his own. This whole situation also reminds Jack that it's been a while since he had last seen NiGHTS, hoping that he's completely safe once he finally sees him again after a long separation.
"He can come with us. I'm not someone that wants to just leave someone for death. The boy has nowhere else to go, we will simply look after him. Only he can decide if he can stay with us or go back with the very people that chose to abandon him. Unless anyone thinks about about laughing at that boy again, don't be surprised if you are reduced to nothing but a pool of blood and lost Magatsuhi," Demi-Fiend said coldly.
The surrounding demons went silent from what they've heard, not really expecting to hear this out of a demon boy at all. Fuma stops crying for a moment to process what he heard from Demi-Fiend's mouth. What overcame him is a varied mix of emotions on whether he should be glad someone cares for him or how he shouldn't be pitied by anyone who he deem his enemy. Francis slowly munches on Glitzville brand popcorn as if this moment is a dramatic scene in one of his favorite anime. A golden spear near hits the hat of Beldam, who ducks in time just to avoid having her shadowy skull pierced. Her sisters turned to see that the swarm of angels were getting closer by nearly several hundred meters to reaching their sinful prey all on one spot.
"I hate to stop the tender moment, but we are under attack by these Nimbis that will give us a game over!" the shadow hag said.
"Hold on, I detect a massive opening in dimensions. Give the witches time to create the portal," Fracktail said.
Belial had just enough of waiting and flew into the air to confront these angels.
"Where do you think your going? Trying to act like you have the bigger spunk," Mara questioned.
"No, I'll hold off these holy fools before everyone gets in. Darkness is their only weakness and I'm at least doing my best to give everyone time," the red draconic demon said before charging Mudobarion within his hand.
A massive wormhole would begin forming directly above the dancing witches thanks to their ritual at least forming as planned. Both were focused and not being worried about what's happening if it means making the portal open. Waves of angels died in a mass of melting purple darkness thanks to Belial as he keeps using all he had to keep them from getting any closer. Mimi decided to help out by hurling as many sharp rubies as she could telekinetically. The red gems were effective in piercing and decapitating as much angels as possible. Stronger ones like Virtues and Seraphs shrugged off these hits only to prepare casting their holy Maha attacks back. Certain demons and allies would realize they were surrounded by various holy tags that were preparing to purify them. Tzitzimitl and Mithras were completely immune to light and had to attack the casters to save their allies.
"Ragnarok!" the sun god calls.
"Megido!" the cosmic goddess shouts.
Soon several angels would succumb to serious almighty attacks that completely erase them from existence or flaming eruptions that burned them away. Ash uses his 666 Cannon to fire a massive hellish laser that killed as many angels as possible in a row.
"We can't hold them off much longer. Everyone should jump in the portal on the count of three when it gets big enough," the dead rabbit said.
A mysterious blue haired man would appear from behind him when he heard the commotion. He's fairly tall, having green eyes and a formal suit to show his current life within the last few years. This man could help but to grow interested that someone decided to mess with the Amazing Island book for the first time in a while.
"Did one of you say you need the Amazing Island book? You know that tampering with just a fun creative world would only put them in danger," he said.
The undead rabbit turned to see this older seemingly normal man getting involved in something dangerous that had little to do with him.
"Hey buddy, I'm sure there are other things to worry about like not getting hurt. See all those angry angels wanting to kill is? You don't want any involvement in this shit. Get lost for your own safety," Ash said.
Ashley had an epiphany after realizing that this man checks all the boxes of what the Maboo Tribe spoke of as the hero that once saved their world within the book. His interest in what everyone plans to do with the Amazing Island book only reminded her that this is the guy that they're looking for.
"You know about the Maboo people and the monsters you made on their island? You're just the person we need since that book isn't the same," she said.
The man is in disbelief that these people know as much about the island as him.
"What do you mean? You don't know how badly it could fall in the right hands. Give it to me and I'll return it to the library where it belongs," the man demanded.
"You mean the same library that is destroyed thanks to the Legion? Listen, the book is nothing but empty pages. They used a magic storm to not only send the Isle of Monsters into this world but set all the Evilings free from the book. We actually been to that island and our allies helped them fix everything. If you want to help, jump in that portal our witch friends are making and come with us," Ash called.
The man is left shocked and disheartened that all his hard work of saving the island was all for naught when it turns out someone did mess with the book and released an ancient evil once more. Soon that shocked evolved into rage that he have to find a way to stop this due to not having any experience in years.
"We discovered one of these Evilings in Hell briefly before coming back to Japan. Some seem to have already made their way to the Legion to be used as a new way to terrorize this world. As a man that knows about these black creatures more than us, your assistance is much appreciated," Lucifer said from his wheelchair.
With a final pose, both witches were finished with the final portal at the right size for everyone to leave. Exhausted but still curious, Bayonetta wanted to have a world with the mysterious Hero of Amazing Island.
"As much as it's nice to chat about the state of a great book, we'll talk more about it after leaving these holy maniacs behind. Jump in the portal because it can't stay open forever," she warned.
Baal soon decides to prepare hurling the robotic dragon he held inside of the portal.
"If you all value your lives and don't want to be lost in dimensions, hold on tightly," he said.
Nastasia nods before ordering her allies to hold on tight to the red scales on their ride. Mimi is out of breath for using most of her power and held on to O' Chunks instead to his shock.
"This is not hi-technical. I want to get out of this crazy city. Too young and handsome to die," the chameleon otaku cried.
"You are neither of those things, doofus," Mimi said in annoyance.
Fracktail is soon sent soaring right into the portal thanks to the Canaanite God's strength as he focus on their incoming holy enemies.
"Killing Wind!" he shouts before launching powerful wind storms before himself.
This would be his way of helping Belial slow down the forces of Law before everyone escapes.
"Go! We are almost out of time!" he said.
Lucifer already rolls his way towards the portal silently and gave one last solemn look at his fellow demons to get them motivated. Mara would be the first to roll his way behind him with his might. Bayonetta wasted no time taking Fuma and hauling him on the back of the phallic demon without question.
"Take him somewhere safe, handsome. And Fuma hold on tight. You're one of us instead of being with that coward who abandoned you," she said.
The young ninja had no way to respond to the fact he's riding so something that's so gross, but trusted her judgement.
"I'm no babysitter. But fine. Hold on to my shaft unless you want to slide to your climax," Mara replied in annoyance.
They both disappeared into the portal without question as other Tyants made their opportunity to move. Loki flew side with his wings with the lumbering Jotunn Surt following and Mithras hovering from behind in his famed stone.
"I've done my part, we all need to follow each other and escape," the Sun god ordered.
Ash instantly rolled inside via his Hell Wheel as Jack Frost and Ashley atop Red's broom form flew behind him. Tzitzimitl, Chi You, and Abaddon quickly went inside of the portal as Bayonetta and her red friend kept watch of everything. It wasn't until she seen Baal trying to lift the stone shrine his followers made to take it with him and his worshippers looking worried.
"Lord Baal, you can do it. If we want to make an impact as a religion, this shrine shouldn't be left behind," a female worshipper said.
"We aren't afraid of those Judeo-Christian zealots. They think they can kill off any culture that isn't like them. Well we won't stand for it. Praise Baal!" a man worshipper shouts.
Belial couldn't cast any more dark magic due to fatigue and didn't know how to defend his friend.
"You did enough, Big Red. Now get in the portal!" Jeanne called to the demon.
He eventually had no choice but to fly back and hope Baal would come to his senses on wasting his time.
"You too, Hero. You'll be happy to see those three Maboo priests again since they are with us. There's no time to stand. Just go!" the red witch called to the shocked man.
He eventually let his anger go and trusted what she meant overall.
"Alright, thank you for saving them for me! Now I'll return the favor by helping you," the blue haired man said.
He made a dash for the portal behind him to make his leave. Baal finally succeeds in unearthing the massive shrine with his mighty left hand, taking a sip of his goblet once more to sober himself. His followers all cheered that their god saved the one thing that mattered to their religion. All wouldn't be worth celebrating until the angels casted their deadly light spells once more.
"Thou sinners dare turn thy backs on the Creator? Judgement will be rained upon thine sinful bodies and face eternal damnation!" a Principality shouts.
Astaroth casts a powerful Hades Blast to blow away the wave of angels that almost reached them, now in a new form reminiscent of his old self as a nude humanoid warrior riding his flying serpent mount.
"Instead of gawking at these self righteous fools, we need to get out of here!" Lucifer's third in-command shouts.
Baal is thankful for what his ally did and looked at his followers to give them the order.
"You heard what my ally said, we all need to make way for the portal!" he ordered.
They all cheered in unison, chanting "All hail Baal! All Hail Baal!" with passion that's loud enough for the wounded angels to hear.
Bayonetta realized that the portal won't stay open forever and reminded the remaining demons and people that they should all leave.
"Hurry, I'll close it in ten seconds so these holy buggers don't follow us!" she called.
"Cereza is right, run if you value your lives and there's no chance these winged God bootlickers will ever find us," Jeanne ordered.
Both demons and the army of worships made a run for it to escape their winged oppressors. Dominions, Powers, Cherubs, and Seraphs weren't going to let their pray get away easily.
"Oh holy power, cast these sinners the light they need to be cleansed. Mahamabarion!" they all shout in unison.
As they ran, countless holy Hebrew glyphs surrounded everyone, even the two witches in hopes of them being purified to death. Bayonetta waited patiently for everyone to run into the portal even if it means leaning herself open to be harmed by this powerful light magic. Baal without hesitation used powerful winds to blow all of his followers inside of the portal for safety at all costs after Astaroth grabbed his beloved goblet. The demon would unleash one last Hades Blast to try wounding the very casters of this spell. Unfortunately few of them survived the attack still with their judgmental eyes on the very demons and forsakers they wanted to punish. Demi-Fiend, who watched them the whole time instead of leaving, had a trick up his sleeve to slow them all down. He ran straight for the angels without fear despite the glyphs still preparing to harm him as they charge.
"Slowly close the portal, I'll come back after slowing them down," he called.
Bayonetta didn't want to leave anyone behind despite his cries and still held it. Jeanne would be the first to start letting go of her magic to weaken the portal and turned for the exit.
"We have to trust him, it's either stay here and get erased or leave for safety. I'll be waiting for you on the other side," she said calmly.
The red witch soon disappears in the shrinking portal that Bayonetta can barely keep open herself. She's a firm believer that no one gets left behind even if that's the wish of their ally. Baal and Astaroth watched as Lucifer's champion ran past them with immense power gathered in his body for his next attack. Masses of golden aura flows from him as a result of him being in his Magatsuhi Critical mode for this next risky attack. She is still torn on watching him do this despite the karat few demons already escaping into the shrinking portal.
"I'm not leaving you behind. You have come with us since we didn't go Hell and back for nothing!" she cried.
"Just go, I'll find my way back and figure out how to help you all. These angels fear me and I'll remind them why they should. As the King of Chaos," Demi-Fiend called.
He kept until the air above the casting angels and soon as the four Archangels loom above him in a pack. Micheal is the least welcoming holding nothing but hatred for a powerful demon he sees as a threat to the very Creator he serves.
"King of Chaos, Demi-Fiend! Thou shall be erased off the face of thy universe for immeasurable sins committed in the Vortex World and now hither! Prepare to die!" the red skinned angel said in his threatening voice.
Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel charged their respective elements within their weapons in unison. Demi-Fiend gathered all the power he needed for this ultimate skill even if it would risk most of his life. He knew that this would be enough to destroy all angels within this area and harm the Archangels before they think about hurting his ally. He's already lost so many friends that mattered in his life to reach this point, feeling a single tear roll down his cheek.
Isamu. Hikama. Chiaki. I am terribly sorry for killing you three as you were the only friends that mattered before I gave up all of my humanity. But now, I will save the only ones I'll ever have before this final sacrifice. Here it is, these angels will get what's coming to them for their lack of care for this world.
"Any last words before facing thy final judgement, demon?" Micheal said once more.
Demi-Fiend rose his head as he headed straight for the archangel with the Mahamabarion glyphs still surrounding him. His face is nothing but pure unadulterated rage at the winged being that dared wanted to execute him for his crimes. Bayonetta from bellow would still be too frozen in hopes that he has second thoughts about all of this despite the portal getting small enough to reach the size of a large tree.
"Yes, I have one last thing to say. Chaotic Will," he shouts calmly.
What results is him unleashing all the Magatsuhi he had built up for a powerful explosion of demonic energy. It would be so powerful that even the four Archangels saw it as something worth avoiding. It would be too late as they were fully engulfed by the growing blast. The resulting force launched the witch backwards into the portal before she had the chance to save him.
She could only do nothing but reach out her hand sorrowfully and scream,"Nooooooooooooooo!" as she dove deeper into the red realm she's traveling through.
That very explosion from Chaotic Will would be the last thing she sees as the wormhole finally shrinks to a complete ending. The witch hopelessly flew deeper into the hellish portal she created all alone despite her efforts. Demi-Fiend's explosion fully engulfs almost the entire angel army with ease, many of the weaker ones being too weak to survive the critical damage that destroyed their physical bodies. Countless buildings were destroyed by the blast along with countless city blocks being raised from it. The powerful attack is enough to get the attention of another powerful force of Law that watched everything from above. He glares down with his inhumane blue eyes as a proxy for his more famous brother that remains in the heavens with the Creator. He could only wonder what happened that resulted in the enemy of his Lord finally being in their grasp.
"Oh Father, we have something blessed happen for once. With the King of Chaos in our grasp, we can only imagine what judgement thou have in store for his countless sins," the mysterious Herald said.
He soon disappears to get a closer look knowing that power is eventually dying down. All that remains are the four wounded Archangels barely alive from the attack and too weak to pursue their demonic prey even further. Micheal was hit the hardest trying his best not to damn the demon young man as he's finally falling before his own eyes after the attack. Demi-Fiend, dazed and losing all his senses, could do nothing but see the skies getting smaller and smaller from his viewpoint. He could tell Bayonetta managed to leave Japan by failing to sense her presence anywhere.
Good. I can finally rest easy knowing all of you are safe. Take care of Lucifer and make sure he's strong enough to outlive me.
He finally closed his eyes and went limp as his body continues to fall towards the tinned ground below him. It was then a large golden hand grabs him in time before anything happened, feeling his lifeless body within his clutches. This would be revealed as the brother of the Herald Metatron, Sandalphon, who oversaw everything in hopes how fellow Andrew succeeded in their mission to pursue the sinners in Japan. He's hardly disappointed in the others escaping or deaths of his lower ranks, but more glad he has Lucifer's strongest champion within his grasp as a victory.
"You all did well. But thou wounds need to be healed. We shall report back to the Empyrean Throne. Just having this one alone is a victory in the name of our Lord," he announced.
Micheal couldn't help but to smile despite his critical condition the more he thought of the Herald's words. Gabriel laments the deaths of the fallen angels, although Raphael and Uriel are just as pleased with the end result of their mission not being in vain.
"Amen. Let's head back to the Creator's holy domain. We can only hope the punishment of the Chaos King will be severe with in him in our hands," the red archangel said.
"Hallelujah!" the other three Archangels said altogether.
All five of them disappeared in an instant to leave the ruined state of Kamurocho the way it is. The attempt to free this destroyed city from Subspace rule was a success as much as it was a failure. Few traces of life would be seen at all other than hiding from the destruction that happened. Only fear lies ahead for the future of anyone that dare opposed the Creator's persistent army of the holy.
Meanwhile in Speed Highway, everyone would learn the full story of Infinite's former accomplishments with Eggman previously and the full extent of his virtual reality powers with the Phantom Ruby prototype in his chest. What they didn't know is the whereabouts of the true Phantom Ruby since its disappearance from Eggman's last Death Egg Robot model. Knowing that it travels through dimensions alone would lead Ganondorf to come to the conclusion that they should travel once more to find it.
"I see. We will have to retrace our steps if we will get the original gem. It's VR abilities would benefit us so much. For the many men we lose, we can always create replicas to replace them and dominate our enemies. This isn't something we all shouldn't pursue. We need that if it means victory," the Gerudo king said.
"Precisely, especially when I would rather have a chat with my former leader and assist him personally than giving you all aid. There could be some modifications done to my prototype to make me stronger. The stronger I get, the likelier it is to crush both hedgehogs permanently," the cold jackal said.
"Speaking of leader, there's been no sign of Reala in over several hours. I'm starting to think he's been bested somehow," Purge said.
Death Adder couldn't help but to sneer at the space pirate's cowardice for assuming the worst case scenario than having faith in his survival.
"Fool. You know nothing of Reala if you severely underestimate him. That attack on that unknown island was risky, he lived to fight another day. We are the Legion, we never assume the worst. Most of the world is ours while these heroes are too busy babysitting mere islanders over seeing us as the objective. Show some respect to the Nightmaren that made everything possible for all of us," the giant warned.
"And that's not counting the once in a life time Hell Meeting down below. We have allies there who are negotiating with the strongest demons to side with us. Sure the traitors like Satan will be there, but I doubt they had a plan to stop our members down there," Marcus said.
"Marcus is correct, see? This is far from a travesty. Those do-gooders will soon realize that they are nothing but a pair of sore eyes. But the Legion is clearly rising to the top and their days will eventually come to a stop," Gruntilda said before cackling.
"I wouldn't be so sure. Half of my own team betrayed me, and you call that a victory? Star Wolf is nothing without their team. You can say the Venom Army all you want, but they are only mere foot soldiers for Andross while my team does the work. How much do you all expect me to bear all the work when the teammates that help make everything possible choose to abandon me?" Wolf said.
"You could fly out there and take them by force. But it's not wise to do so when you need the forces to survive," Ridley said.
"Forget about marooners, you simply punish them. My own krew often betrayed me many times and I climb back on top to snap some sense into them. Cheer up old friend," K Rool said with a coconut glass in hand.
"The last time I did that was to that greedy fool Pigma. I still don't forgive how he attacked us as an Aparoid. But to expect the others to follow the same path is a real betrayal of trust. Especially Leon and Andrew," the distraught lupine fighter said.
"Then I suggest we get a search party and retrieve them unless you don't want them to be on our growing bounty list. All traitors are to be destroyed by us, but we can make an exception for your team since you make them out to be so valuable," Black Knight said solemnly.
"If any search party is happening. It's to find Reala. But he's hard to find as it's in our own nightmares. The only person I know with that ability is Wart," Sir Grodus said.
"Oh my, where did that bumbling amphibian go? Because I could make him frog legs for my Chompikins if he doesn't arrive soon," Madame Broode said in a sinister tone.
Even her darling Broodals feel their mother is a bit too cruel about the idea of feeding her own ally to her pet. The sounds of a dream portal opening would get the attention of all villains within the room, expanding within the air before the monitor screen. Marcus and Ganondorf were the most curious of just who could be returning this soon as they observe this. Dark Samus uses her own Scan Visor just to double check what could be heading her way. She could see traces of nightmare energy in the small hope that Reala could be back soon. Dark Matter however would use the eye of his true form just to see that it certainly was something he was more familiar with and not someone everyone known for a while.
"Lower your expectations, it's Nightmare. He wouldn't be back this soon unless something happened," the anti-matter swordsman said.
"I was wondering where he was for these last few days. The real question is if he would know of Reala's fate if he's been fooling around in dreams instead of being with us," Ganondorf wondered.
"There's also that blithering toad. He owes us an explanation for his absence too," Sir Grodus said in impatience.
Mewtwo uses his mind to look into the mental spaces of the two incoming guests. He could recognize both of them easily, especially the toad everyone suspected.
It's true. Nightmare and Wart are coming. Without a single trace of Reala, I can't find his mind anywhere.
The Smash Renegades knew too well that the Psychic Pokémon is never wrong as he can look into the minds of many beings in a large distance easily.
"He's right. My scanner only picked those two specifically. That Nightmaren has abandoned us," Dark Samus said.
"Bah! We will just have to ask these two instead of making stupid assumptions. Did your brains turn into mush or something?" Porky said.
"Pipe it, immortal manchild. You're starting to get on everyone's nerves instead of helping," Mumkhar spoke through his mech.
The portal finally dropped both Wart and Nightmare from outside of it within a few seconds. The nightmare wizard briefly lands in a good spot, barely holding on to what's left of his physical form after the damage Kirby gave him previously. To see a powerful foe like him hurt only gave the alliance a perfect reminder that whatever happened in the Nightmare Realm wasn't a success. Dark Meta Knight slightly growled knowing well who is responsible for the attack. Wart already landed safely after croaking deeply to inflate his belly.
"Welcome back you two. Can't help me to be curious of what happened in your nightmares," Black Shadow said to mask his laughter.
"You all will not like this answer, but we've lost him. Reala is no more. All Nightmarens faced their own extinction, including that purple one we tried to make his evil self again," the toad said in guilt.
The vagueness of his words would only confuse everyone than truly upset them. Not many knew much of now Nightmarens work nor did Reala ever bother explaining this to them before at all.
"Is this some kind of joke? Give me a good reason why I shouldn't devour that plump body of yours immediately. Be specific!" Ridley threatened.
"Easy Ridley, we wouldn't want to devour one of our own too quickly. There's more to this story that we just don't understand yet," Zanza said calmly.
"Correct. Now tell us everything that happened? Or maybe Nightmare can do that since he's the one shown to be hurt," Ghirahim said.
Nightmare quickly straightens his star cape and took a deep breath knowing all eyes were in him.
"I was there. Nightmarens are all connected to their creator Wizeman. We all gave those heroes nightmares to attempt slowing them down, but a handful of them made their way to our domain by conquering their worst fears. Too determined to get NiGHTS back from our evil control, we both fought back as hard as we could with my monster army and his Nightmarens. I had no choice but to run because that infernal puff would had finished me with his Star Allies Sparkler, one of his strongest weapons that killed the universe's biggest threat Void Termina. I saw what happened, several of those children had the power of flight and Ideya to stop Wizeman. He briefly told me before all of this happen that the death of him would include the death of all Nightmarens, especially Reala," Nightmare replied.
A rise of murmurs and gasps would be heard amongst the entire alliance from this revelation. The original Legion members would be the most distraught by this news or the thought that one of their best men had fallen even in a world where he had the most control. Greedy could do nothing but tighten his alien fist as hard as he could to avoid using his full planet busting strength. The Baron took off his pimp hat in respect with his loving ho Mathilda by his side. Lan Di only took a deep breath with his eyes closed and head bowed, Rokkaku only throwing his gun down in anger at the news. Dark Raven lets out a mournful crow that echoed throughout the room as his second in-command Corvo did the same. The Black Shogun placed his katana on the ground in respect of his former leader, Guan Yu imply stabbing down his side beside him in rage. Both Trouble Bruin and the Dark Demon felt nothing but shame for not being there for their miraculous leader. The Magician would only snarl at the very thought someone fearsome as Reala was killed by the heroes. Turbo glitches between his real face and King Candy persona as his neck rose straight in a mix of anger and shock. The psychotic Psy-Crow tries his best to not become too trigger happy in his usual rage fits from hearing this. Janken the Great felt remorse and grief at the thought someone he grew to respect on this planet is home, Ashra already breaking in massive tears beside him.
"Reeeeeaaalaaaaa! Whhhyyyyyy? You were the one who almost lead us to victory!" he bawled while pounding his four fists.
Purge felt nothing but emptiness at this thought, his partner Shadow comforting him as a way to keep his leader strong. Neff would only shake his horned head, holding mostly sorrow instead of anger like his usual self. Father Balder would only do a silent prayer out of respect as a holy man that knows who to respect when they die. With the smoke of a large cigar and his head down, the mob boss Mr. X knew too well that he should respect his death like others did for his previous fall. Neo Zeed would do a Buddhist prayer, mostly wishing nothing but eternal life for whichever afterlife his Nightmaren ally may be. Marcus and his fellow Ninteldo commanders would only circle around each other with hands together to wish nothing but the best for their fallen comrade.
"On this day, we lost a great man. With big ambitions and a great vision for our future, Reala and his fellow Nightmaren are a huge loss to our beloved group. May he rest eternally as we take on his legacy," he said calmly.
"Leave luck to heaven," his fellow commanders said in unison for prayer.
"Surely we can't just revive him with necromancy, right? Every being has a soul and I would have to search it to bring him back," Death Adder said.
"No. Nightmarens don't work like other living beings. They are a concept made by the fears of everyone. You can't simply use your magic to revive what doesn't exist. It's over, he's never coming back," Nightmare replied frankly.
"I don't want to hear that bullshit. What makes you think he can't come back? It doesn't hurt to give it a try," Galcian called in anger.
"You don't understand. These are his exact words. You think of your leader as a liar if he told me this thing. He had a feeling things would fall apart and informed me privately and even if his creator Wizeman gotten angry at both of us for having doubts back there," the nightmare wizard said defensively.
"Anyone can lie when they are scared. But sure, say that we can't simply bring him back easily," Maximillian called.
"And denial is a sign that you are afraid. Or all of us are. We can't be just debunking the truth when he was there to see it all happen. We just don't know how Reala's physiology works when we aren't like him," Allie said in a serious manner.
"Or how about we all just dream already. Dreaming is the only way that will get Reala back. Sobbing like we are weak as those heroes will not get us anywhere," Queen Cadavra said.
Death Adder is left too silent to respond to the subject around him, now closing his eyes and gripping his axe tightly without a single feeling. Crayman kneels down in heavy disdain for what the heroes did to Reala, Fat Rabbit crying immensely at the thought that not even revival spells can revive their fallen leader. Usually Poison Cindy would laugh at her partner doing anything pathetic, but this time left her rabbit ally alone for once since this is for a good reason. Heady Metal's digital tears fell one by one out of his terrifying eyes, dissipating into green digital data to show that even this final boss can mourn. Joe Fang made a loud roar of pain and sorrow that someone valuable is forever lost. Congo Bongo would do the same as this fearsome gorilla even has much thanks for him being the reason he joined the Legion.
"Even the damn ape is crying. When he cries, it's hard not to do the same," Onishima said before crying comically.
"So am I. I miss our old ship boss already. Damn you rudies for taking away our Reala," Hiyashi cried before hugging the fellow commander of the Rokkaku Police.
Seeing his own men very alone got under the tough exterior of their boss, the bald man finally tearing under his expensive shades.
"You idiots, we aren't supposed to cry. Now look at what I'm doing," he said in denial despite his sorrow.
Despite being a clockwork guardian, even the titanic Lord Vanaduke would bow down with both hands over his large head in agony. Seishiro had the respect to take a respectful bow as even a corrupt authority figure knew what kind of future Reala would had wanted for all of them. His criminal allies from Iwami to Arai would do the same as they owe so much to Reala for them being freed from prison in the first place.
"May the bastard who did this to one of us may burn in hell. Whether we cut off their fingers or decide to crush their hollow skulls," Kuze said in remorse.
"Fate cannot be changed by force, things will come back to them and hit twice as hard," Ibuchi said coldly.
"We deserve dreams more than those fools. But to crush them sounds more satisfying," Karai said in anger.
"Men, we'll do everything we can on our enemies. But for now, let's have a moment of silence to respect our fallen leader," Seishiro ordered to the men behind him.
Mortus would only chuckle in slight denial before soon resisting to tear up the comic in his hands that allow him to communicate with his minions. Michizane would already be punching the ground in rage at the thought someone so powerful lost so easily. To see this yokai lord this anger or mournful is an extremely rare sight for anyone. Red Eye only screams in a mixture of pain, anger, and sorry with how hopeless his plans seem when he is the first to witness a great leader fall. The Anti-Funk may despise anything funky in the universe, but is far from soulless when he sobs from his skull in sadness.
"It isn't fair. Why can't those inferior funk creatures die and not Reala. This isn't what it is supposed to be!" he cried.
Malodorous puts out his lit cigar, then use his own cat minion as a living tissue to blow his nose.
"Oh boo hoo. Our beloved Reala met his fate and even worse that we have no way of bringing him back. What shall we do?" he cried below blowing into the captive feline again.
The scar eyed Adder would hold down his big staff in defeat as the thought of a higher up losing would mean the end of his world domination plans. Victor Zasteiv would have his honorary moment of silence to respect the fallen Nightmaren, Dr. Curien doing the same as he long forgiving him for killing him in the past. Yonensai however would look around to see that Aoi Satan and Max D Cap we're nowhere to be found at all. He had a bad feeling they something must had happened to them too if they never returned after so long.
"Those two devils have yet to return. In fact, they haven't contacted us at all about the Hell mission yet," he panicked.
"I would only hope none of our men fell as well. It's disheartening enough losing a Nightmaren worth respect like Reala. Dracula, try and retrieve them for us," the upset Gerudo king ordered.
Before the vampire leader could do anything, he already felt a demonic presence heading its way to this room.
"I don't have to. They are already coming and some numbers are missing. We can only hope to have an explanation on their tardiness," he replied.
"If it's death, then that will be another blow to this alliance and a sign of worst things to come," Alex said in dread.
"Don't jinx it. It's like you want to lower our morale harder than it is already," Shake King shouts.
"Do I have to knock some sense into some of you, big shits? I am all for more lives being taken by us, but not lives of valuable assets who we shaken hands with," Malos warned.
"No more in-fighting and that's an order! Let us all see who is coming from Hell," Gharnef called harshly.
"Someone I can agree with for once. We all need more order in our lives," Liquid Snake said.
The massive portal soon appears before then in a vortex of souls and he'll fire just to show how deadly the trip was to this underworld was to begin with. The first two that appeared would be Hades and Medusa, both with severe injuries as a result of their fight with the remaining Tyrants in Hell. This interrupted the sorrow in the room and grew immense worry from the sight of two gods in such bad state. Hades is barely regenerating almost all of his worst scars from the fight and Medusa's pale skin is looking like a canvas of carnage.
"The mission failed harder than Pitty's intelligence. Or you could say that we are the angel in this situation. Maxie D and Aoi S are not of this world anymore. I would had grabbed their souls easily if there were traces of them left. But it's all gone," the Underworld god said in his most serious tone.
"Actually, I managed to find traces of their souls before we escaped. But they are in the jaws of my snake hairs as we speak. It will take a full scale resurrection to bring them back even if it's tricky," Medusa said.
Several of her green snakes would bare their fangs to reveal the glowing red and blue souls within their throats, glowing brighter than a star in the galaxy. Several of the non-tearful Legion members thankfully sighed now that they don't have another Reala situation on their hands. Although it didn't make anything better for the ones who are still full of sorrow and mourned another loss. Seeing this many villains said would leave the two gods speechless as to what happened. More of their demon alliance that were a part of the Smash Renegades and Sony Alliance of Evil lumbered their way out of the portal with the worst wounds imaginable from their battle. The Dark Emperor lands onto the hard ground in pain without any strength left to float anymore. Mordegon is left in so much bad shape that he bled from underneath his dark cloak as a sign that he needs healing. The Devil that Cuphead once feared finally falls over with dark swollen bruises and various bandages all over the parts of his body that hurts the most. Yoko sorrowfully sings a dramatic high note from the battle scars she received before dropping to the ground face first. The normally smiling Calypso is now in to much pain to smile and desperately use his power to attempt healing the worst injuries to his body. Several Co-Devils reduced the Metamen into fried eggs before slowly feeding their fallen blue Devil boss to get his strength back. Firebrand roars in immense pain, trying his best not to collapse from his immense injuries. The secondary mouth of Astaroth breathes heavily in pain as the demon king tries to support fellow demon lord Lucifer, still upset that the other Lucifer's minions were too powerful. The Dark Lord would finally rest easy before slowly healing himself with the remaining magic he had left. Demon King Arzodius is slowly losing his spectral form as a sign that he would had died had his allies never decided to retreat.
"They were too strong. What a potential alliance it would had been if that witch didn't expose our true plans. As you can tell, both Max and Aoi Satan fell. Only what's left of their souls remain if that's any consolation from this suicide mission," the two faced demon king said.
"Never mind that, what the hell happened to you all? If them bloody demons are truly that powerful, it's a miracle you all managed to escape with most of your lives," Mumkhar said in surprise.
"They wouldn't be so powerful if I was there. I am the origin of all evil and darkness. No demon is frightening to me," the Avatar of Darkness snarled.
"You say that as if you underestimate something that can cost your life. Even someone that's lived long enough to curse many weak souls know when to take this serious," Poius said in his gravely voice.
"The Roman lich is correct. We know what we are up against assuming those demons did join hands with the heroes. Another humiliating defeat for us," Nergal said in annoyance.
"And right you are. They made one hell of an impact for so many powerful demons to turn on us. Let alone escape with several of them and some tattooed runt that calls himself the Demi-Fiend," the Devil said with his broken arm.
"Demi-Fiend? Is this some Anti-Christ or a truly powerful demon that used to be human?" Marcus asks.
"Both. He was considered so important that witch and her demon friends convinced him to fight against us instead of joining us. He humiliated Medusa and both Hadeses without much trouble. We are more than Nintendoomed with that firepower on their side," Dark Lord said with a sad face.
"You all are right. My hours of almost ruling Subcon were all for naught. All I have left is a dumb dream machine that will be useless without Wizeman and Reala," Wart cried.
It was when a loud thud would be heard in the middle of the entire room. All villains are left wondering what that sound was and who would be bold enough to do it. The Legion members who paid their respects or cried would stop just to see what in the world happened. Darksol and Mishaela decided to teleport for the first time downstairs, the latter fully recovered from her last severe injuries thanks to Inonis's serum. The dark elf sorceress is left wondering who Wart and Nightmare were or more like why a portion of their forces were fully wounded. But what interested her husband is how Death Adder slammed his axe hard enough to damage the floor they worked hard enough to help fix. He is left breathing heavily is enough anger that he had been bearing for the last twenty minutes. What he couldn't stand is not only he fall of a respected member like Reala but the defeatist attitude of certain members after things went really wrong. Ganondorf couldn't blame him at all since this certainly is a good time to gain morale than falter from a few losses.
"Are you nuts, we just got done fixing the ship and you run the floor? Now we'll never depart or get revenge!" Purge complained.
The giant soon raised out his hand in silence, slowly dropping a few adder snakes from his flesh that snakes their way towards the scientist. This kind of magic even surprised those that worked with him for a while. The Rhythm Rogues leader is left shivering at the serpentine summons that would encircle his legs and held back every ounce of fear he had. Within seconds the adders would all begin coiling around the frightened Purge slowly and tight enough to cut off parts of his own circulation. This scene would frighten at least a portion of all the allied villains within the room as proof the demonic giant is in no mood to sulk around in defeat.
"Fools. That's what you all are. We made it this far and you let a few victories overshadow our larger victory at hand. Pathetic. Pitiable. Damning. Reala promised us that we would be less to victory and we will not let his death be in vain. It's about time that we all really think about what's the next step. They have the Chaos Emeralds, right? So what we need to do is attack them head on and take them by force," he said in immense rage.
Ganondorf is quite pleased with the mindset this giant has, smiling with his powerful arms crossed.
"But what about the Phantom Ruby? We should find that and make that a priority at all costs with all due respect," Adder said.
"Immortality. That is the perfect solution to all of our problems. Basel gave us some interesting blueprints on how we can learn to make our soldiers unkillable. That "immortal" spy and his monster girl pet just happen to be the key to how we can make it work," Zerig suggests.
"From what I remember after the attack on that mysterious island, they were heading somewhere called the Lost Hex. That could be a clue on where they plan to go if we won't be too late," Mishaela said.
"Don't forget the original idea of brainwashing the President. That was Reala's last plan before these Smash Renegades came along. No offense," Rokkaku said.
"Silence! We will do things my way and it will be done in an orderly fashion. With so many of us, we can easily split up in teams to accomplish all of these at once. But let's save the revenge for later as much as I want to end their lives sooner. First we need to contact Eggman right now so we can tell him what the next mission will be. Any objections?" Death Adder said with his glowing red eyes.
Purge is still frozen in fear with the snakes still crushing his bones during the whole conversation. Infinite is reminded that he needs to find Eggman despite the raised interest in what his new allies plan to do.
"I would like to stay and chat, but I'm afraid that I need to speak to him myself personally in his ship. Good luck with your future plans. And one more thing, leave the the black and blue hedgehogs to me. They are my prey that shouldn't killed by anyone but me," the jackal said coldly.
He leaves the scene in a mess of violet cubes with haste. This would leave a sea of silence from all villains regarding the big plan that Death Adder wants everyone to follow. The first to respond would be Marcus as someone who had nothing but respect for the Nightmaren.
"Aye. I am all on board with this plan. Contacting Eggman should be the first of priorities and then we can leave Speed Highway for good," he said nobly.
"Count me in. He's done a major part in helping me reunite with my wife for the first time in years. Plus revenge is always my goal for what they did to her," Darksol said before clutching his armored fist.
"That makes three, no one would agree more than me. There's still some toil and trouble to brew, in order to make sure those heroes are through," Gruntilda rhymed in a darkly humorous manner.
"Once a member of the Legion, always a member of the Legion. Unlike the bastards that deserve the biggest pimp slap by the Bishop of Blood and Carnage. So stop starin'," The Baron said in glee.
"Power is what we have and it needs to be used for what its true purpose is, crushing the strength of others. That I agree with," Land Di declared.
"We should never to get that we have a goal to destroy our enemies and it should be the beginning of our priorities instead of wasting precious time," Maximillian said.
"Valua will be in my hands once more, and you all made a promise to make it happen. You all will have my services and you will all not be disappointed," Galcian proposed.
"To be crying or seething is only a sign that we need to vent these frustrations. And what better way to do that than tearing apart anyone that opposes us," Turbo said which a terrifying smile.
"Long live the Legion, we will cast the worst of darkness on all of them. Until they have their very last breaths," The Magician said coldly before clutching his clawed hands.
"To ever lasting darkness!" Dark Raven crowed.
"To a world where toys reign supreme in the universe," the Dark Demon said.
"To a lawless world where criminals in every corner bow down to our new law," Seishiro announced.
"To a world where bugs are under my command to rule every forest," the cloaked Adder said.
"To a world where all funk is completely erased universe-wide. All hail the Anti-Funk!" the skull-like alien announced.
"To a world full of criminals and not one cop stopping our freedom," Mr. X said while chomping a lit cigar.
This rise of confidence within the original Legion members would lead all of them to be more than supportive of Death Adder's anti-defeatist mindset and drive for everyone to do their best at revenge. Healers like Dark Lord, Kamek, and Kammy did their best to use healing magic on those that barely survived the Hell mission to get them back in fighting shape once more. During her healing, Medusa allow her snake hairs to eject the few soul pieces out of their mouths for someone to do something with the essence of Max and Aoi Satan. In the middle of his healing process, Hades grabbed all pieces, each different colored clasped in each hand to "mash" them back together into two soul orbs that almost feel like complete pieces.
"These are too important to eat, so who's going to be the lucky one to raise the dead?" the purple Underworld god said.
Doing the honors, Ganondorf would use his strongest dark arts on the souls to slowly convert them back to their original shapes. Mishaela and Balder offered to help, but Ridley raised a single hand to let them know that he's capable of resurrecting much easier than them. Both souls took shape of familiar bodies as glowing silhouettes under the effects of the Gerudo's powerful magic. The red soul fully grows horns and shapes of the very armor Max is known for and the blue soul forms the cloak and long hair befitting of Aoi Satan. Both Devils were back in shape thanks to their healing, and did a high five to celebrate. Inkwell Hell's Devil makes his pupils in particular act out a scene of finally crushing Bayonetta's group with one hand in an eerie scene.
"And by the way, I've received word of my PlayStation allies coming closer to this ship. It would be wise not do make any decision until they actually join as much as I want to give that witch's friends hell for making a fool of me," the fully healed Hades said.
The helmeted god is still fuming from under his flaming breath at the very thought he failed to claim the soul of not just Kratos, but more annoyances who gotten the best of him.
"Other Hades do have a point. It's best for us to take the time to recover and then we can act on our plans. We may had failed to convince Lucy's ragtag demon friends to join us, but we are more than fine without them," the purple God of the Underworld said sarcastically.
"Although we may need stronger forces to deal with them since I caught wind of a few of them leaving with our enemies. We may need more fire power to keep them at bay," Medusa said remorsefully.
"What you need is the help of a God. Malos and I are more than enough trouble for at least several of them. It's high time that my Monados are used to destroy those that oppose our order," Zanza said with a smile.
"I may need to make a quick stop to get a secret weapon. If my current form can't harm your other half, then I need all pieces of the puzzle to truly destroy every demon with my power," the evil Aegis said while observing his hands.
"Never fear, it will only be a second for me to destroy our enemy. Raging war with The Creators for so long allows me to be experienced with the most cosmic of enemies. You won't be disappointed," Achi said in her distorted voice.
"I'll try to use my strongest abilities to assist you all. But there are reasons to be in this restricted state as going all out would allow me to overtake the very universe we will rule," Giygas said.
"I am a true god and can help with subduing these demons. An enemy of our group is an enemy of my power," Malpercio says with his arms crossed.
"All this talk of demons make me wonder what their LOVE is. Not that it matters since I'll gather any human SOULs I need to really help you fine folks. In this world, it's to kill or be killed," the devious Flowey said before emitting his haunting laughter.
After enough of the Gerudo's resurrection magic, both demons are now back in their original physical forms with little memory of what's going on. Max is surprised to be back in the ship and not on the Hell Meeting, looking around in a panicked manner. Aoi Satan however would be more than grateful that he's actually alive again.
"Did we win the battle?" he asked.
"No, we all failed. But you did at least put up a fight after absorbing a Shadow Fiend and whatever that black creature was," Astaroth said.
"That reminds me, what was that black creature anyway? We all need to heard of it," Medusa asks.
"It was an Eviling. Looking into its might allowed me to understand that it was a creature of pure evil. It originated from a parallel world within a magic book called Amazing Island to my understanding. Max agreed to take several of them as a last resort despite knowing little about them," Aoi Satan explains.
"Hell, I knew of them for a while and never decided to tell any of you about it. Their presence is all over the world thanks to that summoning storm and we could capture more of them for good use," Max D Cap said.
Death Adder is more than angry that such vital information was kept from everyone, but satisfied he is alive to explain this at all.
"Keeping secrets are shady, especially when they are from a curious lady. But just what good are these Evilings, when we have Shadow Fiends as our underlings?" Grunty said.
"They are more potent. Awakening the darkness within your body and more effective than our own artificial creations. Primordial evils that were sealed away in this book to begin with. But we all set them free and they should be worth hunting to be our newest forms of strength," the fat demon said.
"Don't forget my master's army of Dark Matters exists. Never downplay their strength and numbers since we overtaken the entire galaxy with them alone for a reason. No need to track down mere copies when the original is superior," the Dark Matter Swordsman said.
"Eating several of them alone gave me power to rival that senile fallen angel. I'd say they are of more use than the Shadow Fiends and Dark Matters combined. More than worth searching the planet for their containment," Aoi Satan said.
"Enough! We have to tackle these plans one at a time before we make any move. We are stronger in a large group, but shouldn't split up as those heroes are altogether with growing alliances. What we need to do is go for everything one at a time," the angry giant warrior bellows.
"I highly suggest we get that Phantom Ruby first. That can act as a way for us to clone powerful replicas as our own army before we do anything else. It would be nice to ask Eggman more about and just the whereabouts it could be. He said it was from another dimension, correct? Then some of us would need to be sent on a mission to get it," Ganondorf announced.
"You will have to agree with our leader since he's just the smart tactical villain you need to succeed. Rejecting his ideas would be foolish," Medeus said with a smile.
"Speaking of darkness. There's a group of villains as evil as myself that I know. But that depends if their leader would be fine with joining your cause. Darkness is their speciality and nothing pleases them more than corrupting hearts," Turbo said with his clawed hands together.
What the glitching villain said really interested half of the Smash Renegades and Legion.
"What do you mean corrupting hearts? And why did you never inform all of us about their existence until now?" Mishaela asks.
"There needs to be a proper explanation for this. An ally that keeps too many secrets is someone who isn't the most trustworthy," Shadow said beside the coiled Purge.
The crowd of evildoers would be curious of their Candy Cybug hybrid ally as much as they are starting to grow very cautious of his unwillingness to inform them of these hidden connections until now. Being the crafty king with his way of words, he would eventually think of a way to explain his allies of darkness to them.
"You ever heard of the legend of Heartless? If not, then allow me to explain. Everyone has a heart, seems simple? But those hearts can be corrupt by falling into the darkness or being able to control those that lack hearts. Heartless are beings of darkness that seek the hearts of their victims to feed their everlasting hunger. The more hearts they devour, the stronger they get. I know a handful of beings from other worlds that just happen to share the goal of spreading darkness by stealing hearts with their army of Heartless. At least that's what Maleficent explained to me long before I've joined her ranks," Turbo explains to his fellow villains.
"Heart..less? Are these creatures undead or physically lacking a heart? How different are these creatures than demons?" Draguax asked while scratching his head.
"They sound like the prototype of our Shadow Fiends or more a lesser Eviling," Lan Di said.
"When these creatures devour the hearts of their victims, do they necessarily die?" Ridley wondered.
The Cybug king had a feeling that a majority would be confused on the concept of Heartless and their role in many worlds, taking a deep breath to explain it once more.
"As I've explained, they are beings of pure darkness made from lacking a heart. One could easily become a Heartless themself if their darkness is immense. This isn't just being truly evil, but harboring nothing but pure hatred, cold hearted, highly resentful with no other positive emotions within them. They are not demons, but more like Nightmarens that happen to live outside dreams. A concept of the very dark and relentless being who's longing for a heart allows them to feed on the hearts of those who are pure. Most of their victims die when losing their heart, or more be in a complete state of rest until their heart returns. My superior can better explain it once she gets here," he fully explains.
Several more of his allies would slowly start to understand exactly where he's coming from, as did the leaders who begin to see what use these Heartless would have for the Legion of Subspace. Mostly because it would be harder to replicate the stability of a Shadow Fiend without Satan's magic and others have less than desirable effects when used. This could also save on any trips to even seek the Evilings that are scattered throughout the world which many can easily agree on.
"Very well, bring your leader here. I would like to formally welcome them to the our growing alliance to crush our enemies. This is perhaps the most brilliant idea you ever came up with, Turbo," Death Adder said gratefully.
A rising pillar of green flames abruptly appears on the ship despite their conversation. Both sides of the alliance would be confused by the origin of these flames and gathered their weapons. The Dark Lord could sense high levels of dark forces from these flames but didn't recognize who they could be from. Ridley roars viciously from the sight of these flames and K Rool grows like any crocodilian would. Ganondorf knew that whoever this may be is quite the powerful intruder. Death Adder could sense airs of darkness and even demonic pressure from the presence of these green hellish flames. Turbo smiles in a giddy manner knowing all too well that his true leader had finally shown herself. Gruntilda couldn't help but to wonder just who this incoming intruder really is as she looks between her green hands. The intruder finally reveals herself in all her miserable glory, a dreary dark fairy dressed in black with a wooded scepter in hand and a long flowing dress that represents her ever growing power of the darkness itself. Her frightening yellow eyes would look around to room of hardened villains and agents of darkness that just needed her very help in their plans of universal rule.
"You all need my Heartless? I won't be giving them away for free, but consider me a happy member of your evil alliance since I have enough extra help you all desire. You all may call me Maleficent, the true master of the Heartless and not the old fool that played us all for pawns," she announced politely.
From her passive aggressive statement, she is more than displeased for what Xehanort and all of his proxies had been doing in many worlds and long taking away her role as an important agent of darkness. The news of his demise filled her with nothing more than satisfaction as she had better things to do than pursing some legendary black box. Turbo had been secretly telling her all about the Legion's many victories and failures in private for a while until she is made aware that they welcome her presence.
"Just who the hell do you think you are thinking you can invade this ship unwanted?" Zerig said in annoyance.
"Stand down, she is here to ally with us. I trust that she would be of use to us," his mustachioed leader would tell the swordsman.
"Precisely. It seems you all had your hands full making your own dark pawns and having them do a great job with this world. This also reminds me as to why any of you would want my Heartless to be of assistance in this plan?" the evil sorceress asks.
"Our Shadow Fiends are becoming harder to replicate or control thanks to one traitor who helped create our dark army betraying us. This left us in a tough situation where we need to find new ways of making them. But knowing about your shadowy demons that desire hearts only made us all more interested in joining hands. Are you alone?" Death Adder said in interest.
Maleficent is taking this all in, placing her fingers on her chin to think about this reason for needing her very help. At the same time, this alliance is something that truly benefits her as this is a world she never thought she would take interest in ruling on top of others she always had he eyes on. Turbo is more than happy to see her in person for the first time in quite a while, glitching between his two personas with a wide fanged smile.
"We are not. I had taken the time to gather some old forces that were defeated by our enemies or lost themselves to the darkness to help us. Some did take little to convince while others took some "force" to get them to obey my very command. We are far from large as you, but have enough notable members under our group. And that's not counting our beloved Heartless army that we've been recreating these past few weeks. You will not be disappointed with what our dark forces can offer for your own," she said in her sinister calculating manner.
This greatly interested the demonic giant, he almost did a smile that almost no one would ever see unless he ever thought of removing his beloved helmet. Ganondorf smirks widely due to liking the sound of this as it answers most of their problems. Gruntilda cackled in an almost giddy manner as if she found the long lost spell casting sister she always wanted instead of her useless witch siblings that she cared less about looking for. Darksol and his wife were more than impressed with hearing of her origins or plans to be of assistance to the Legion, but were more than curious about these Heartless beings she stated to have control over.
"Can you show us what these Heartless beings look like? I would need to see just how useful these creatures would be to us," Mishaela asks in curiosity.
The horned sorceress would nod in compliance, slowly reaching out her hand to use the forces of darkness to bring forth one of the few Heartless that she is known to control. Everyone watched in anticipation as she seen her own powers in the making of showing them what she is truly known for. A ball of darkness would form directly before her thanks to her hellish powers, then it would slowly develop small limbs and a body to complete its transformation. It slowly opened both glowing yellow eyes to take a look at the very villains that were expecting its appearance. Not many of the Legion were impressed at all with this Shadow's appearance as they expected something scarier or not looking no less weaker than a Goomba. Raidou is more than angry with this creature's pitiful appearance that he was thinking of testing its below average strength. K Rool twitched his good eye as if he's being tricked into thinking this cute shadow creature is any more dangerous than the Legion's Shadow Fiends. Mewtwo tries to read its mind, only sensing nothing noteworthy but an unintelligible blabbering as if it's a mindless dark creature of no autonomy. Rokkaku tries to hold back any chuckling as this is the single most pathetic thing he ever laid his eyes on. Just seeing the Shadow twitch its shriveled antennae almost made Lan Di and the Baron pity its very insignificant existence.
"This, this is a Heartless? All I see is some pathetic shrimp that would be no less than our Doberman. Just wook at its widdle fa…"
The Shadow soon lunged at Onishima's body violently and tries its best to grab at his chest as if his heart is up for grabs. This soon let the Legion know that these creatures were just as deadly despite its cute appearance and they seen what Turbo means on them being dark beings that want to devour the hearts of their victims. Onishima pulls out his pistol if it means shooting at the face of the shadow being before it thought about killing him. The bullet instantly damaged its head but that was not enough to phase the creature from enjoying his heart.
"Someone help me, damn it! I don't want my heart eaten yet!" he cried.
Hiyashi would be recklessly firing his own pistol at the creature's back while avoiding the idea of killing his own partner on accident. Even these bullets did little to persuade the creature from pursuing the fresh heart that awaits its body. Death had just about enough and appears directly above the creature with his scythe ready to slice it. Onishima screams at mortal dread as if the embodiment of death awaits to claim its soul. Instead he manages to reap the creature to death in a fog of darkness with several glowing heart-shaped essences floating way. The whole Legion would finally know that Heartless are truly a devious creature that will stop at nothing to feed itself with the many hearts it desires. Any doubts that the leaders had would officially be gone, even if it would had costed the life of one of their own allies.
"Now you see the true power of a Heartless and there are many of different types that I have control over. You all will not be disappointed by our addition to your army. I've already told the rest of my members who are scattered throughout this new world to unleash as many Heartless as possible. I will inform them of our plans to ally with the Legion in due time. Consider this my way of properly giving you all that well needed strength in numbers," Maleficent declared.
"You aren't half bad. Welcome aboard and we are more than thankful to have your army of Heartless under our belt. But the question remains, who are your forces? The main meat of your army of darkness," the impressed but curious Ganondorf wondered.
The vile fairy sorceress is more than pleased that others are willing to know more about who they agreed to work with. Onishima is still freaking out while pale at the fact Death narrowly killed him even if it was to destroy the Shadow that attacked him.
"Our forces of darkness would be ones who are the most evil in our universe before we grew interested in this world. Ones your fellow Smash member Sora definitely recognize and have ended before. They include the likes of Chernabog, Captain Hook with Mr. Smee, Julius, that loathsome fool Pete, Hades of the Underworld with the Titans, Cerberus, Davy Jones with his crew, the Kraken, Sark with the MCP, CLU with the Black Guards and Rinzler, Claude Frollo, Mother Gothel, Hans, Randall Boggs with Henry J Waternoose III, Lots o' Hugging Bear, Stinky Pete, the Queen of Hearts who we convinced to join our cause, Queen Grimhilde and her Magic Mirror, Ursula, Lady Tremaine and her family, Oogie Boogie, Clayton, Sabor, Jafar, Madam Mim, Shang-Yu with his pet Hayabusa, Scar with his Hyena pack, Gaston, Dr. Hamsterviel, Cruella De Vil, an army of Heffalumps and Woozles, the entire Beagle Boy clan, Flintheart Glomgold, Magica de Spell, Skinner, Dr. Facilier, Tamatoa, Mor'du, Ratcliffe, Shere Khan, David Xanatos, The Fearsome Five, F.O.W.L., Fat Cat, Emperor Palpatine, Darth Vader, Professor Norton Nimnul, the Phantom Blot, and The Mad Doctor. The truly most evil from most parts of my universe that I've personally recruited for our everlasting goal to spread darkness and corrupt any hearts. Any other questions for my behalf?" Maleficent explains.
A lot of these names did not sound familiar to the Legion nor did they sound threatening enough to actually suit their organization's needs. It wasn't until Eggman's face would be illuminated on the screen behind them to finally contact the Legion regarding their plans to fix the ship. He seems more than happy for some reason which drew interest from his fellow members.
"Greetings, Legion of Subspace. I have some good news from the future, or more from my descendant who stopped by to say hello to all of you for the first time. Now be respectful since he is quite happy with the future we've made possible and he'll make sure we all stay in line to make it happen," the scientist said.
Several Legion members would be confused regarding his words, the Smash Renegades would fully understand him since they already done their share of time traveling to gather forces for themselves. It wasn't until Eggman Nega in his glory makes an appearance, shocking everyone within the room as if they were talking to someone that just happens to look like their wonderful leader.
"What is the meaning of this? Is this some kind of joke or you really are from the future?" Death Adder demands.
"I am. How else would I be here to see my beloved ancestor who's finally winning for once? Your efforts of ruling this world all gave me a wonderful future. One I will make sure stay that way as long as you follow orders from me and him. Got that?" the futuristic scientist announced.
"You mean, we all won? Not that I mind being spoiled or anything, but that is great news," Rokkaku said.
"No shit, we all just have to make sure those suckers don't step on our chances of making it happen. We may live to see it as long as those piles of nothin heroes don't get in our freaking way," The Baron said with his arms crossed.
"Precisely. I will also warn you all of two new threats that may plan to come to this timeline eventually. One named Silver the Hedgehog, a psychic hedgehog menace that really gets under my skin. And a flaming cat princess named Blaze, she is a feisty one. Both of them are my biggest obstacles and there's no doubt they also time traveled like me to stop our victory. Wherever I go, they go which is a sad fact we should be aware of," Eggman Nega replied.
"While we are on the subject, I see someone never before seen among you. The horned witch, what is her story?" Eggman asks beside his descendant.
Maleficent would be wondering when the leader would finally acknowledge her very presence, giving her trademark sinister smirk with the spotlight on her.
"I am what many would call Maleficent. So your soldiers came to me needing my Heartless army to be of assistance. There will be no need to struggle recreating your Shadow Fiend army when my Heartless alone can spread darkness and devour the hearts of their victims. Pleased to meet the wonderful leader of this global domination," she gracefully introduced herself.
Eggman really likes the sound of this, but had more questions than just one one what makes her Heartless army better than the Shadow Fiends the Legion currently have. Nega on the other hand is already sold on her since he is unaware of her ever playing a part in the perfect future that he had left.
I like this one alot. She will certainly be the key to making sure my good for nothing ancestor don't fail at keeping this momentum. Shame to hear there is one problem that needs to be fixed with this Legion already.
"What is a Heartless exactly? I know you said they are dark heart eating beings, but how are they more of a threat than our perfect Shadow Fiends?" the red scientist asks.
"I will have you know that a mere Shadow, one of our weakest Heartless, just almost killed one of your allies with the funny hair. I am not sure if he is weak or not, but that is an example of what to expect from all of my wonderful Heartless when you depend on them," she explains with a grin.
The Baron shakes his head that she dared judge her weakest minion as strong when one of the weakest member's struggled with one almost killing him. Death Adder and Mishaela are far from worried since it only means GUN and other authority figures on the planet would fall victim to these beings in battle without an issue. The giant almost felt like he is forgetting something as Purge is still shivering stiff from the adders that encircled him. He instantly raised his hand out for the snakes to finally uncoil from the man, leaving him to curl up in fetal position from his traumatic experience. Death Adder feels himself being back in full strength with the serpents finally crawling back within his hand magically as they make up his terrifying body.
"No matter. My first idea was to borrow some of your Heartless to correct our Shadow Fiends, but I trust that your shadowy friends will do the job. Do you have other allies with you and how strong are they?" Eggman asks.
"Very strong. Other than having the ability to control the Heartless like me, they all have their various strengths and accomplishments. Chernabog is a powerful demon of Bald Mountain that uses the powers of Hell like myself, Ursula is a sea witch who can control the entire oceans if she pleased, Jafar can become a Genie with the right power to do anything, Randall is a terrifying monster who's an expert of stealth, Davy Jones is an immortal captain with countless semi-aquatic pirates at his disposal, Magica is an infamous practicer of the dark arts who's full of tricks, Hamsterviel is one of the most wanted criminals of the galaxy who once helped creating countless alien experiments, Oogie is a cruel sadistic monster that gambles on the lives of anyone in his domain, CLU is the former ruler of The Grid who deletes all that opposes him, and many more infamous villains under my belt. You will not be disappointed by our services and it's all thanks to your member Turbo who's been telling me about all your group did," the sorceress answered.
The Cybug candy Hybrid gladly takes a bow with his glitchy head to prove his loyalty to both sides, further impressing Eggman for allowing him to join previously. Nega is just as glad to hear about these new members and how terrifying they sound as villains to him. Nefarious however would get in the way of the screen with a grand announcement for his PlayStation brethren in the room. Hades, Yoko, and Calypso made sure to pay good attention to what their superior had to say on the manner.
"Listen up, because the PlayStation Nexus has finally arrived. I hope you all give them a warm welcome. Radec in particular had been looking forward to seeing you all in person," the robot supervillain announced.
And right on time is when the doors to the east of the room would open to coincide with Nefarious's announcement of their arrival. The PlayStation Nexus would finally arrive in their terrifying glory to meet the Legion. Unlike the Smash Renegades, almost everyone would be a dark force to be reconned with after they snuck away from the PlayStation All Stars base without notice. They would include Colonel Radec, Specter, Zeus, the Chimera Hybrid, Mundus, The Outlaw, Clockwerk, King Bohan, Zoran, Heihachi, Erol, Evil Cole, Senator Armstrong, and Zarok had finally arrived on the scene with great anticipation of meeting their fellow members. Liquid Snake, Solidus, and Ocelot would have their eyes on the musclebound senator as they could easily tell he can manifest nanomachines similar to some other enemies they would know. Geese had a feeling that he may had met the wild haired member of the Mishima Clan before in a previous Tekken tournament. Hades did a gutter roar as he did not feel like being berated by his own Olympian brother for his failure in the Hell mission. Ridley had a bad feeling about the mutated hybrid as a lot must have went through the genetic making of that space soldier abomination.
"We arrived in time like we said we would. As soldiers of darkness, we all share the same goal in mind. Pleased to meet your acquaintance, Legion of Subspace," the cold Helghast leader said.
K Rool didn't like the idea of teaming up with yet another ape villain, the psychic Pipo Monkey leader growing annoyed of a croc king glaring at his unwanted presence.
"Is that a giant mechanical owl? How are we going to fit that on our ship?" Trouble Bruin said.
"How about we find out after I devour that puny head of yours?" the towering robot owl threatened the toy bear.
"Enough, let's get with the program. So what are you fools planning to do next? We will follow your next order," Zarok said.
Death Adder realizes that there is something more important to ask of their lead while the transmission is happening.
"That reminds me, we have many plans in mind, but what is it you want us to act on first now that we are finished fixing the ship's room? I personally want revenge on what they done to our fallen ally Reala," he said.
"Do not worry about him. He will be back. Our actions will only accelerate his eventual resurrection along with all Nightmarens," the red doctor said calmly.
This arose nothing but confusion for all the Legion members that grieved his loss and were shocked by the news. Even Wart and Nightmare who were told about how they work ever knew of this fact.
"What do you mean he will come back? We were told that he can't be resurrected through magic alone since he has no soul. Explain yourself!" Mishaela said.
"This better not be a joke since Reala means so much to our ragtag ship. I already have big shoes to fill leading in his freaking stead," The Baron said.
"Settle down, I am sure there is a reasonable explanation for this. I would like to hear the truth from the mouth of someone that knows him more than we do," Ganondorf calmly said.
This drew anticipation and silence from every other villain as well as their newest allied members in the room. Maleficent wonders if he had a heart to begin with and whether the darkness would help revive him.
"His creator once said that as long as darkness are in the hearts of man, he will always be back once more along with every Nightmaren he ever made. Unfortunately that means the purple Nightopia apologist will also be back. But the biggest takeaway is that we will only accelerate his return if we continue doing what we do best, creating more darkness and corrupting the innocents with our shadow army as usual. He will be with us in no time, but the important thing is that everyone is free from their resting period. It's now time to strike back and make sure all the areas we've ruled stay that way. It's bad news that reports show one of our subspace wormholes were destroyed in Kamurocho for unknown reasons. The worst case scenario is that those fools finally figured out the way to undo the hard work of our Subspace Diffusion Bombs," he announced.
Mishaela, Grunty, Marcus, and Death Adder were less than happy to hear these news after the days they've tirelessly laid waste to many areas with these special bombs only to know that they can be undone by the heroes.
"But you've said that the Dark One is bound to be satisfied knowing that all that subspace we've spread can't be undone at all. What was it again about being unstoppable?" Purge asks after mustering his sanity.
"I know what I've said, just that I am unsure how they all figured it out. I will have to see what my camera surveillance bot in that area shows. But sadly it seems someone destroyed it in the process. I would least expect anyone to know of my many cameras floating around," Eggman said nervously.
"That witch. She was probably the one who went to Japan and destroyed it. I know for a fact since they were at fault ruining our private mission of recruiting demons from Hell to join us. Same for that brat who apparently killed YHVH with Lucifer…"
"Repeat that. Yes, you the fat blue Devil. You actually saw them ally with the one who killed YHVH, the very being we want to summon and let them get away with it?" the scientist angrily demands.
Eggman Nega would already be reminded of just what really happened in his future. Hearing the name YHVH all felt too familiar to him like he could recall hearing that being's name at least several times in his time.
"Uh yes. But it sure as hell wasn't our fault. He was too crafty and countless powerful demons tried to stop us from possibly following them to Japan. I remember Lucifer saying that was where that kid came from before he made him into the Anti-Christ sidekick he was," the speedo wearing demon explains.
Aoi Satan finally remembers exactly what happened that lead to him being devoured by his ally and dying.
"That's right, that was the guy we wanted on our side. But he was so stubborn and learned the truth that we stopped all souls from coming to Hell and he tried to kill us. But Max and I ate a mixture of Shadow Fiends and Evilings to give us strength that rivaled him. But that witch's party and their demon friends were proven too tough," the blue haired demon lord said.
"You mean the same Evilings from that universe contained in the book Amazing Island? In my timeline, we burned that book after your forces allied with them. Those Maboo people were extinct after every single one were converted into Evilings and we enslaved their beloved monsters. Believe me, your future will be a good one," Eggman Nega said.
"And it will only get better from their with our growing alliances. This will be my final message for a while since I have a bigger goal of getting my ship fixed. Infinite is already here and his Replicas will come in handy. He was also nice enough to tell me that he sense heavy Phantom Ruby tracings back in Metropolis City. If anyone wants to retrieve that ruby for their own use, they are free to do so. From here on out, everyone is free to leave and do what they want. You all decide on your own teams from here or even build more ships. I've done my part, only report to me if there's anything new and if you all clash with those foolish heroes to get the remaining Emeralds. I'm counting on all of you," Eggman announced one last time.
The screen shuts off once more to leave all villains looking at each other with the ball in their court for future plans. With so many new members and new allies, the leaders were completely unsure of where to start or what the first course of action would be.
"We barely gotten a chance to know each other and will be sent on our first mission? This is truly a twist of events," Specter said with a grin.
"Well, should I bring all of members together or keep them where they are?" Maleficent asks.
"They should remain where they are. The less the heroes know that your group are with us, the better. That way they are confused on who their real targets should be," Radec suggests.
"It wouldn't matter either way since we all have various tasks to complete with so many allies. What better way to do this than by getting more darkness done if it means bringing back our fallen ally Reala? All hands should be on deck with this course of action," Darksol says in a tone of dark excitement.
"To kick things off, all original teams will have to stay where they are in their respective ships. You all know who you are with. Unfortunately, Mishaela should take the backseat as the second-in command and that makes Death Adder the new leader of her group since he's done much more for all of us lately in the light of things. The Black Baron will be the proxy leader of Reala's group for now until he finally rises from the depths of nonexistence with Lan Di as the temporary second-in command. Gruntilda still remains leader of Ramirez's former group while Marcus can remain as the second in command. Any objections?" Balder said with a smile.
"I have one, my wife was the one that made the entire storm to revive everyone throughout the universe. What makes Death Adder deserving of a higher rank that her?" Darksol shouts.
Death Adder did not like his authority being questioned in any way, raising his axe in preparation for an attack.
"Let's not forget who revived the fallen before she thought of the wondrous idea of accidentally summoning you and the green old fool from the dead. And I am the one that stopped all of you from losing hope when Reala died. That alone makes me more of a leader that she ever was," he said coldly.
The demon lord cared little about the demonic giant's threat and would not mind fighting for her if it meant proving him otherwise.
"If this is the part where we choose who can join our groups, then allow me to do it as Gruntilda's rhyming may make our selection too difficult. No offense," Marcus said to his with ally.
The green skinned sexy witch would only scoff since the Ninteldo warrior had to insult her addicting speech impediment.
"I want the following to join my group for our mission of raiding the White House to brainwash the President. Maximillian, Captain Crabuchin, Vortex Queen, Michizane, Seishiro's group, Yonensai, Congo Bongo, Red Eye, the Anti-Funk, Black Knight, Wolf, Mother Brain, Dracula, Porky, Mewtwo, blue Devil, DJ Octavio, Dragaux, Emperor Fynalle, Radec, Zarok, Erol, Heihachi, King Bohan, Mundus, Tiki Tong's Tiki Clan, King Boo, Sylux, Ultimate Ghost, Queen Sectonia, Blood Falcon, Mr. Hatanaka & Gharnef, Ashnard, Anankos, Excellus, Veld, Sir Grodus, Rudy the Clown, Count Cannoli, Lady Maud, Kanden, Weevil, Revolver Ocelot, Smokey Progg, Sigma, Sirius, Spooky, Zanza, F.A.N.G., Death, Lady Dimicretsu, Achi, Demon King Arzrodius, Avatar of Darkness, Tatsuya Hibino, Farmer Jimbe, Mashtooth, Bill Edward, Masked Man, Zeron, Starface, Flowey, Dragonlord, Mars People, Project Noah, Rathalos, and Great Demon King Lucifer will all be a part of this group," the mustachioed commander announced.
Next up would be the bishop of blood and carnage himself who is happy to run the show now that Reala is no longer his superior.
"Listen up you pain purveyors and stop starin', because our mission would be to track down those busters that think they've won the battle and bring home the Chaos Emeralds.
Can I get a shout out for my new teammates Janken the Great, Galcian, Fat Rabbit & Poison Cindy, Lord Vanaduke, Hel, Mortus, Dark Champion, Adder, Victor Zasteiv, Hades, King K. Rool, Mumkhar, M. Bison, Marx, Black Shadow, Medeus, Gold Bone, the black Devil, Enderman, Specter, Zeus, Evil Cole, Senator Armstrong, Yoko Teriyaki, Lord Fredrik, Pious Augustus, Dark Lord, Dark Meta Knight, Don Genie, Master Belch, Julius, Gangrel, Thales, Berkut, Hardin, Princess Shroob, Black Jewel, Shake King, Koume & Kotake, Spire, Noxus, Liquid Snake, Titan Dweevil, Mega Man Juno, Lord Wily, Malos, Vega, Seth, Carmilla, Saddler, AR Dragon, Sturm, Ox King, Dr. Walnuts, Alex, Evil, Rahu, Giygas, The Enchantress, Mr. Dark, Goro Akechi, Mordegon, Orochi, Yamada Taiki, Magnamalo, and Firebrand?" The Baron flamboyantly announced.
Lastly, this leaves the original and new leader Death Adder to make his cold announcement for their plans of seeking the Phantom Ruby.
"Our goal would be going to Metropolis to get that ruby at all costs, even if we have to fully destroy every building in sight. I would like to nominate Craymen, Queen Cadavra, Heady Metal, Joe Fang, Salut, Allie, Malodorous, DaGoulian, the Zaxxon, Ghirahim, Ridley, Ganondorf, Geese, Dark Samus, Dr. Coyle, Captain Syrup, the Ghostly Gang, the Chimera Hybrid, Calypso, Clockwerk, Zoran, The Outlaw, Medusa, Zant, Murasame, Dark Emperor, Dark Matter, Zoda, Lyon, Iduun, Validar, Nergal, Ursula, Madame Broode & The Broodals, Golden Diva, Yuga, Master Kohga, Trace, Solidus Snake, Emperor Bulblax, Plasm Wraith, Dr. Weil, Giga Mac, Amalthus, Balrog, Commander Tartar, Nemesis T-Type, the Virus Trio, Disco Afro Face, Buggler, Kyonosuke Kanda, Lord Delarin, Spydor Queen, Malpercio, Fire Serpent, Major Evans, Hanya Samurai, Risky Boots, Lord Rhapthorne, Psaro the Manslayer, Shiro Tokisada Amakusa, Astaroth, and Zeon as my newest members of the fleet. Any objections?" Death Adder says with his eyes glowing brighter.
Without hesitation, everyone would begin to gather around their respective leaders and groups to prepare for taking off on their next mission. Only few would be less than pleased with their group placements while others like Ghirahim and Zant are happy to be on the same team together. Darksol is at least glad that his old rival Zeon is a lackey to him and his wife instead of being his own demon lord. This would all leave Maleficent to think about who she wanted to personally work with, more or less seeing who has the most darkness within their hearts. She would be more than pleased with the darkness within the bodies of Death Adder's group as that is her preferred choice to join forces with. The sorceress smiles as she walked her way with her colleagues in hopes this alliance will be enough to put Xehanort's defunct XIII Darknesses to shame.
This will be a great alliance I chose to be with. Heartless found their new sea of victims and I can control as much darkness as possible. Who's the biggest threat Sora's ever faced now, old fool.
Back on the Lost Hex would be a sight to behold despite all the chaos that occurred. Every hero that joined this mission would be slowly helping rebuild all that's been destroyed as a result of Mecha Monarch's destruction. Shadow and Rouge would be awaiting the Delphinus that had arrived finally landing in a good spot to meet them. Everyone's finally together again with their next goal of heading to Valua being their biggest priority yet.
The shocking end would reveal that everything resulted in failure. While Bayonetta's group managed to stop the SMT demons from the idea of siding with the Legion, it came at the cost of Demi-Fiend's sacrifice and kidnapping at the hands of Law's army. We know that a new Bethel does exist which we may learn of later, as well Maleficent rebuilding her own army of Disney villains and Heartless to spread darkness in a whole new world (this world which is confirmed to be Ralph's real life universe as implied by the existence of Litwak's Arcade) when Turbo invites her to negotiate with the Legion. The PlayStation Nexus arrives which kickstarts the three new plans for different factions of the Legion to act on (find the Phantom Ruby, retrieve all emeralds from the heroes, and raid the White House to control the United Federation's President). Things will only get bleaker now that the Legion is making their next move. The next chapter will see everyone fixing the Lost Hex before moving on to their goal of reaching Valua in due time and perhaps Basel as they promised Sullivan. Hope to deliver this chapter in due time.
