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A vicious, galactic warlord known as the most dangerous being in the universe, Vilgax is one of the most feared beings in the universe, having conquered ten planets, destroyed five others and created a black hole. He is so feared, that almost no organic life form is willing to work for him. In the year 1773, Vilgax had been exiled from his home world for 'ambitious disobedience.' He eventually appeared on Earth, having learned of the species known as the Grimm and became interested in them, believing they could be weaponized for his plans.
Fortunately Vilgax failed, encountering fierce resistance from the founders of the secret order of the Plumbers that would be founded following this encounter. Vilgax would continue to be a threat to the galaxy, having destroyed five planets and created a black hole. He is especially hated and feared by the Gem Empire for the destruction of the Petrosapien home world, home to the diamond based species that the Gems actually respected even though neither side agreed with the other. Vilgax also destroyed several Gem colonies that were close to his home world, earning a massive price on his head by the Diamond Authority.
Vilgax returned to Earth during the twentieth century, attempting to plunder its Dust resources as a new source of power but at the time he was unaware that Dust was useless for space travel. During his raids he was confronted again by the Plumbers and was seemingly killed when his ship crashed into the ocean and exploded. After Vilgax was presumed destroyed Plumber activity on Earth dwindled down to only a handful remaining active while the others retired. However since Max Tennyson believed Vilgax had survived the crash and suggested that all weapons and combat drills for fighting Vilgax would be left on stand-by if he returns.
Tennyson would unfortunately be right when Vilgax was spotted in near a town called Beach City in the year 201X.
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"A villain is an 'evil' character in a story, whether a historical narrative or, especially, a work of fiction. The villain is usually the bad guy or antagonist, the character who fights against the hero or protagonist. And a female villain is called a villainess. What makes a villain many times comes down to personal opinion on what defines 'good' and 'evil.'" TOM lectured as he closed the 'Vilgax' file. "A villain is defined as a cruelly malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime, essentially scoundrel. It is often that villains do not see themselves as 'evil.' They only appear as such because they are in opposition to the 'good' guys. Their 'evilness' may come from the ways in which they achieve their goals, not the goals themselves."
TOM stood up, stretching his robotic limbs. "And then there are those who do bad things simply because they like doing bad things and have less than no care of whom they hurt. So have you ever been at the crossroads where someone might call you a villain and if so did you have good intentions? Because if you did then remember this old saying: the road to Hell is paved with good intentions."
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The sound of doors opening caused Sammael to open his eyes, watching as the doors to his throne room opened, followed by the sound of footsteps. In stepped a middle aged man with short brown hair and sported a beard and moustache. He wore a white lab coat and khaki pants along with a yellow dress shirt and dark green tie.
The man stopped before Sammael and bowed. "Sammael."
"Dr. Algernop Kriegar." Sammael smiled softly as he stood up from his throne. "Thank you for answering my summons."
"I was intrigued by what you had to show me." The man replied, allowing Sammael to lead him out of the throne room. "I've taken a leave of absence from my work at the bar."
"Your employer will not ask any questions?"
"She can't ask questions to what she doesn't know about." Kriegar answered with a smile that Sammael mirrored.
Algernop Kriegar was a scientist disguised as a bartender living in Empire City. He had studied and became accomplished in a variety of different sciences including bionics, electronics, neuroscience, chemistry, biotechnology, surgery, and robotics, but, despite this, never earned a formal doctorate degree of any kind since he needed to maintain his cover.
"I hope you've been keeping up to current events. This is something I'm sure would have earned the attention of most of the world by now." Sammael led Kriegar down a staircase and into a cave.
Kriegar's eyes widened when he saw what Sammael had to show him.
It was Malachite Plasmius, still held in the stasis field Sammael had placed it in.
"Remarkable…" Kriegar stepped forward.
"It's a Gem, a lifeform from another world. They exist as gem stones but are capable of creating physical bodies from light and energy to generate mass. They've visited this world in the past and it was learned they are especially vulnerable to the essence of Grimm. They are opposite in nature: Grimm formed from an organic substance and Gems are formed from light and energy." Sammael explained as Kriegar looked over the giant fusion with child-like awe. "A wound on their bodies is enough to infect their energy matrix, killing them. Of course it seems the Gems have been working to produce a counter to this. Infusing small bits of Dark Substance into shattered gem stones to try and produce Gem-Grimm hybrids. And this fusion happens to be hybrid of different origin."
"Oh?" Kriegar turned around, looking Sammael with slight excitement.
"This is a fusion of two Gems and a spirit." Sammael continued, smirking slightly.
"A spirit?!" Kriegar looked back at the fusion. "Ohh…."
"This is what you are here for, Doctor. To study this unique specimen but bear in mind I will have a use for it so I don't want any harmful or invasive surgery." Sammael gestured to the fusion.
"Of course, of course!" Kriegar nodded, laughing eagerly. "This might be the scientific breakthrough of the century! I can only imagine what can be discovered!"
Sammael only grinned, watching as Kriegar moved to gather his equipment. Now that he had a scientist looking over their new prize he had other matters to consider. A Seer floated towards him and he stared into the orb.
"Tam Sung, the miserable old leech." Sammael narrowed his eyes. "Only he could have taken those escaped subjects so suddenly. If only he was off by a mere second…One day that temple will be found and I will personally burn it to the ground. In the meantime I will settle for seeing what happens to the last one."
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"Vilgax!" Ben stared in horror as his grandfather's extraterrestrial foe emerged from the remains of Steven's house.
Vilgax had already faced off against the Tennysons early in the summer but was sent away by Jasmine Lee and her granddaughter with the use of some sort of magical spell. He didn't really pay attention to how the spell like Gwen did but all he needed to know that it sent Vilgax away.
Too bad it didn't work permanently.
Vilgax grinned as he slowly stepped forward. "Surprised to see me? I suppose you should be."
"Steve, get back!" Gwen pulled Steven back as Ben held up the Omnitrix.
Ben slammed down on the switch and in a flash of green light he became Four-Arms. "I am ready for you this time, Vilgax."
"Are you?" Vilgax asked as if he was asking what the weather was like.
Four-Arms roared and rushed at Vilgax, clenching all four of his fists that were ready to pound their target into oblivion. Vilgax scoffed raising only one arm and yet he easily blocked every punch, showing neither pain nor exhaustion.
"What is going on?" Steven frantically asked.
"It's Vilgax. He's an alien after the watch and he's more dangerous than any enemy we've faced." Gwen answered, remembering what her grandfather had told her about Vilgax. "We've got to get help now."
"What about Ben?" Steven asked.
A punching sound was heard and they watched Four-Arms flying back, slamming into the sandy beach. "Ben!"
Four-Arms groaned, sitting up and rubbing his face. "Okay, I just finished getting warmed up. Now I'm ready."
Vilgax slowly approached Four-Arms, not even blinking as the red-skinned fighter tried throwing sand in his eyes. Vilgax responded by blowing…And unleashing a giant gust that not only blew the sand back into Four-Arms and blinding him but left him wide open as Vilgax backhanded him, slamming him back into the ground.
"Last time I was careless, seeing only your grandfather as a threat. I will not make the same mistake again." Vilgax rasped.
"Leave him alone!"
Vilgax stopped, glaring in annoyance as Steven rushed out and stood between him and Ben. "And you are?"
Steven put on a brave front but he couldn't help but tremble slightly. Vilgax was intimidating him even more than Jasper did.
"I am Steven Universe and I want you to stop picking on my friend." Steven said loudly, activating his shield.
"Another child, pretending to be a hero." Vilgax spat, lashing out with his foot.
Steven caught the kick with his shield but the sheer strength of it sent him flying all the way into the water.
"Steven!" Gwen shouted.
Four-Arms got up and jumped with Vilgax with a loud roar. Vilgax blocked the first few punches before he slugged Four-Arms in the torso who cried out as he bent over.
"Your heart is in the right place, boy." Vilgax brought his hands together and slammed them into Four-Arm's back, slamming him straight into the ground and watched as Four-Arms changed back into Ben. "But you have a long way to go before you can even hope to tangle with the likes of me. And sadly that will never happen."
"Hey ugly!"
Vilgax looked behind as someone with mechanical legs shot up and slammed right into him, making him stagger away from Ben. Vilgax grunted in annoyance as he spun around, seeing Rex Salazar land in front of Ben and form two giant mechanical fists.
"You got a problem with Ben here; you got a problem with me." Rex said, ready to fight.
Vilgax narrowed his eyes. "Another annoying child."
Rex rushed forward, moving to punch Vilgax's lights out but the extraterrestrial warlord side-stepped the first blow and side-kicked Rex away. Rex grunted, brushing off the kick and turned one of his fists into a sword that he swung at Vilgax who pulled out his own sword, both blades creating a shower of sparks as they clashed. Vilgax grunted and his sword turned fiery red, burning through Rex's blade like a hot knife through butter.
"A human that has machine manifestation abilities." Vilgax noted as Rex morphed his ruined sword and fist into their normal forms. "Interesting. I've known this miserable planet has supported life forms with many powers but this is the first time I've seen a power so unique."
"Trust me. I've got more." Rex retorted before activating his most powerful form.
Vilgax watched as Rex morphed into his full EVO form, a blue robotic body with fiery blue flames as hair that towered over the galactic conqueror.
"Whoa…" Ben, Gwen and Steven all watched in awe.
Vilgax was not so impressed. "You think that will be enough? Allow me to show you, what I've got."
Vilgax's body glowed sickly green and suddenly his muscles began to grow. Vilgax already towered normal humans but he grew twice in size and strength.
"This is the power of my Semblance! In my time spent on this world I've learned the power of its people. My Semblance: Death Wave allows me to drains all of form of energy and even allows me to stockpile it inside my body until I decide to use it to my advantage!" Vilgax grinned maniacally. "Allow me to show you!"
Vilgax lunged forward, moving so fast it was almost impossible to see. Rex lashed out with a fist but Vilgax caught the fist and kicked him back so hard he crashed into the water. Rex grunted, feeling the power behind the kick and he was glad he chose his Omega-EVO form.
He was sure if he had been human he would have smashed to bits.
Looking up he spotted Vilgax jump up, seemingly flying up before falling back down to Earth like a missile, straight down towards Rex!
Rex rolled and jumped away as Vilgax impacted where he had previously been kicking up dirt and water. Rex fired energy bolts at Vilgax but his Aura easily blocked them as he stood back up, looking only annoyed at Rex's attempts to hurt him.
"What does it take to bring you down?" Rex wondered.
If this Vilgax was the arch enemy of the Ben Rex had met before he wondered what that Ben had gone through to stay alive.
"More than you could ever have." Vilgax answered, rushing forward.
Rex hastily threw a punch but Vilgax anticipated it, grabbing it and pulled Rex forward before throwing him straight at the cliff above Steven's home, smashing into the face the three-armed woman carved into the cliff. Rex morphed back into his human form as he fell back down to the ground.
Vilgax paid Rex little attention, turning back to the objective of his visit here: Ben Tennyson. "Time to end this."
"Vilgax!"
Vilgax narrowed his eyes, spotting Max Tennyson, armed with his blaster again. "Tennyson."
He wasn't the only person to arrive to the beach.
"Steven!" Greg rushed over to his son. "Are you okay?"
"I'm okay, dad." Steven replied, giving his dad a quick hug. "We got to do something. That Vilgax guy is after Ben!"
"Oh man." Johnny whispered, seeing Vilgax as he marched back onto the beach. "Someone's mama was ugly."
"That's no Faunus or Mobian, Johnny. I think he's an alien." Carl said, adjusting his glasses and looking very intrigued. "Didn't Ben mention he could turn into aliens?"
"How should I know?" Johnny shrugged.
"Because we met him in GrimmFall!" Carl exclaimed.
"We did?"
"Keep your claws off my grandson!" Max barked, ready to pull the trigger.
"You are than welcome to try and make me, Tennyson." Vilgax took a step forward. "It's time I got rid of you anyways."
Max pulled the trigger, firing an energy beam at Vilgax who side-stepped the attack and charged.
Xxx
Connor and Artemis were not sure what to make of their situation.
They woke up in a temple, seemingly in China and the robes worn by the monks were obviously recognized as Xiaolin. As the man named Monk Guan led them through the temple they took the time to notice the many monks training in hand-to-hand, sword fighting and even practicing meditation.
And then there were the few monks doing something that really caught their attention.
One was meditating and floating off the ground while another was making strikes against a bell…that was over five feet away.
"We've have come a long way in our training and we are attaining higher levels." Monk Guan answered their unasked questions, stopping at a pair of grand doors.
He opened the doors and led them forward into an inner sanctum; lit by endless rows of candles and beyond them a massive tree.
What shocked both Connor and Artemis was the old man whose body was interwoven with a tree and frozen in a perfect meditative stance with a shining bright aura emanating from his body. Artemis and Conner glanced at the ground surrounding the tree and saw small rocks floating off the ground. Connor's x-ray vision allowed him to see a vast amount of power flowing into the man.
Whoever he was he was extremely powerful enough that his presence engulfed the entire sanctum without even having to move.
"Grandmaster." Monk Guan bowed.
"Step forward." A voice spoke, seemingly from the old man but his mouth did not move.
The three stepped forward, stopping just before the elderly man.
"Grandmaster, these are our guests." Monk Guan gestured to Connor and Artemis. "We found them where you said they would be found and treated them."
"Greetings. I am Tam Sung, the Grandmaster of this temple. I sensed your presence the instant you arrived on this world, summoned by a great evil. When you were in danger by this evil I summoned you both here." The Grandmaster spoke kindly.
"Grandmaster…What has happened? Where are we?" Artemis finally asked.
"You are on another world, different from the one you know. For thousands and thousands of years, the people of this world have been locked in a struggle for life against an unrelenting force that we have named the Grimm. Over time, we learned the secret of harnessing a great power within us, forged by our connection with nature known as Aura. A great power created by the bonding of pure natural energy and our souls, gifting us with great strength and abilities." The Grandmaster slowly explained. "It is what has allowed us to survive for centuries against the Grimm and the many threats that came with them. This temple was originally attacked by the Grimm but we rebuilt the temple in secret and continued to learn and train. Over time I became the Grandmaster and as my Aura mastery grew I learned how to become one with nature, receiving nourishment from the Earth itself. I have unlocked the highest levels of awareness and wisdom and have begun to pass this knowledge down to my students."
"That man that brought us here and the monster that attacked us. Who are they?" Connor asked once the old man was finished.
"They are Fallen." The Grandmaster answered, sounding sad. "Beings who have been infused with the essence of the Grimm. The ones you have faced are Sammael and Molloch, both are eldest of the Fallen and are extremely dangerous. Sammael was born over a thousand years ago around the Time of the Awakening, a child that was seemingly dead the day he was born but the essence of Grimm had awoken in him and gifted him with a terrible power and he was the first of that generation of Fallen to learn how to control this power. Molloch is another entirely different creature but has found his way into this world."
"And why did they bring us here?" Artemis questioned. "What do they want?"
"…To start a war to end all wars." The Grandmaster's voice turned dark. "The Fallen have the essence of Grimm, able to access to all their powers combined with knowledge of how to use them. At the same time they have Grimm's instinct which drives them to destroy everything. Sammael has gained new allies that have discovered a way to peer into other worlds with warriors and beings that can aid him."
"That's why he took us." Artemis said as she and Connor shared glances before looking back to the Grandmaster. "Can we return to our dimension?"
"It is possible. There are many ways." The Grandmaster answered, seemingly contemplating their question.
"What about Danielle and that other girl?" Connor asked. "Why aren't they with us?"
"I am afraid I was not able to bring them here. I shield the location of this temple from the Grimm but when I preform actions such as what I did to bring you here I risk exposing this place and my people to the Grimm and the Fallen. I could only choose to save you while sending the others to places they would be safe."
"Where?" Connor asked.
"The child you call Danielle is in Japan, protected by an old friend that I know will keep her safe. The other remains hidden safely with a family that will help heal her. As for you two, you are capable of returning to your world by the use of a special power I know of. To the north of this place resides another temple where a portal opens when the sun is at its zenith." The Grandmaster explained. "This portal was formed by an ancient order of monks who like me have learned to harness the mystic energy of the Earth, creating a gate into a nexus for them to study and see into the great beyond. The order unfortunately died out but their temple remains."
"And it can return us home?" Artemis questioned.
"It can."
"And what about Danielle? Do you expect us to leave her behind?" Connor asked.
"I am sorry. I cannot summon her back. You are more capable of making the journey to your world. If you accept Master Monk Guan has volunteered to lead you to the temple."
Connor and Artemis looked at each other, a silent conversation playing between them. They needed to return to their world but could simply leave Danielle, who was already without a home in her own world, alone in a world that had been extremely dangerous to them in just a few days. They might not get another chance to return to their universe but as heroes shouldn't they be obligated to help Danielle and the other girl return to their universes?
"Be warned, this portal is guarded by powerful forces. This order created guardians to ensure no one could misuse their gate."
"Could you send a message to wherever our friend is and ask your friend to bring her here?" Artemis asked.
"I'm afraid an attempt would be intercepted by the Fallen. Sammael knows this temple exists but we have managed to remain hidden from his sight. If he were to discover us the Grimm would come in overwhelming numbers and burn this place to the ground with everyone inside. Perhaps one day she will have the chance."
Connor and Artemis shared another look, wondering what exactly they should do.
Return home to their friends?
Or wait until they were sure Danielle and the other girl were able to travel with them.
"Time will be short. In the meantime I invite you as guests in our temple. It is rare that we have guests due to our secrecy. It would be our honor to show you our world."
Xxx
Skulker grunted as he punched Dracon in the face plate again but received a kick to the torso. The battle between him and the so-called Gundam had become a stalemate. Skulker still had his ghost powers to allow him to phase through any dangerous attack while Dracon was able to dodge any fatal blows. Both combatants relied on the power of their machine bodies and both were struggling to overpower the other despite the damage.
All the while being unaware that there were being watched by several dozen pairs of red glowing eyes.
And the presence that commanded them.
'Attack.'
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Name: Vilgax
Aura: Sickly Green
Semblance: Death Wave
Description: Vilgax can create energy manifestations, usually tentacles that latches out and drains the energy of anything they touch. Any energy that is absorbed is then stockpiled inside Vilgax's body until he chooses to harness it in the form of increasing his natural abilities. It also allows him to drain the Semblances of his victims use them as his own.
Semblances Powers: Flight, Wind Breath and Optic Blasts
Weapons: A sword that can project energy blasts, coat itself in flames or crystals to refract energy. A gauntlet that can generate a personal force field.