"So she has succeeded."

It was hard to believe what he was looking at could actually exist but the proof was right before him.

A child, barely even a few weeks old with pale skin and red eyes, staring back at him curiously.

"The crown's powers did in protect him from not only drowning in the Pool of Darkness but even from the darkness devouring him." His close friend and magical mentor, Yen Sid spoke. "She wishes with all her being that he would not die from anything and it was taken literally. Its reality warping powers have made it so he cannot be killed by anything including weapons forged by mortals or sorcery."

"That evil woman…She experimented on innocent people, turning them into monsters and now this." His eyes narrowed anger at the memory of the woman he thought of.

However he needed to focus on what to do with the child before him.

"Is there a way to remove the darkness from him?"

"I'm afraid not. It has bonded to him on such a level it is beyond my skill in light magic. Only a source of divine power would be enough." Yen Sid answered.

"Once my advisors find out about this they will call for his death. Without taking into the appalling consideration of murdering a child so young it would not be possible." He said holding his finger above the baby and watched as the little one reached up, grabbing her finger with a tiny chubby hand. "He cannot be killed."

"They would ask for the best thing: banishment into the Void." Yen Sid stated.

"Also out of the question. The Void is no place for an infant, even one touched by darkness." He replied as he retracted his finger.

"So what can we do?"

Xxx

"Come, come! Hurry up! Do you even know who has summoned her?!"

"The fingers are the ones doing all the work!"

"Does it matter?!"

SH-OP5 or Shope as her Special Zone friends like to call her could not believe what was happening.

She had been called to appear before the Diamonds.

Obviously this was a huge honor and one that had the entire Special Zone in a frenzy and the Blue Division was rushing to make her presentable.

She was already fitted with a blue gown with dark blue ribbons, white gloves with blue crystal high heeled shoes. She wore pearl earrings on her ears and her hair was tied into an elegant bun by a dark blue ribbon.

"Now come." Blue Power said once she was properly dressed.

She followed the leader of the Blue Division to the warp pad and was teleported away. When her eyes opened Shope was shocked to see she was standing in the throne room of the Diamonds.

And all three Diamonds were sitting on their thrones, looking at her.

"Ah, there she is." White Diamond spoke with a kind smile that did not reach her eyes. "You are the one who performed a study on the Earthlings who were recently brought to the Special Zone, weren't you?"

Shope gulped, quickly preforming the Diamond salute and bowed. "Y-Yes, my Diamond."

"Excellent." White Diamond glanced to Yellow Diamond. "Yellow?"

"We have received a report from an agent we embedded in the circle of the Earthlings who had escaped." Yellow Diamond immediately stated. "They gave us a full summary on the battle powers of their warriors. One of them is possession of a very important item which must be retrieved. And you have been chosen to do so."

Shope's eyes widened. "M-Me? Go to Earth?"

Yellow Diamond frowned. "Yes."

"Now, now, Yellow. The poor thing is just surprised of what is being requested of her." White Diamond spoke, causing Yellow Diamond to slightly flinch while the elder Diamond looked back at Shope. "This is what you shall retrieve."

The image of a greenish-brown crystal was projected in front of Shope.

"It will be in the possession of a Pearl who was assigned to protect it." White Diamond explained. "Retrieve it and bring it back to us and your reward will be great, little one."

Shope quickly saluted and bowed again. "Yes, My Diamond."

Xxx

"So have you thought at all about my proposal?"

Van Kleiss had been a little busy in his attempt to retrieve Valerie Grey from her failed mission in Japan but it had given his new guests time to think.

Either join him and become members of his new Pack…

Or risk being sent back to the time and place of their supposed deaths or just the lowest points of their lives.

How lovely.

"Well it's not like you have given us much choice." Grodd softly retorted. "So I have to ask what's your real plan, Van Kleiss? Besides trying to strike on your own."

Van Kleiss grinned. "Well, honestly I'm a man obsessed with power and revenge. I'd like to dominate this world and the world I came from. I'd like revenge on the ones who thwarted me and who have somehow followed me here to this universe."

"Sorry, maybe I should rephrase my question. Why should we put our complete trust in you? Because you just gave one of us super powers?" Grodd asked, gesturing to Piedmon who opted to remain silent. "Vexus has not even accepted your…Upgrade yet."

Vexus crossed her arms, looking at the machine behind her. "Even if it can do all you say I'm hesitant to accept help…from an organic."

"And there's nothing I can to earn your trust?" Van Kleiss asked.

"Trust is not a wise idea in our profession." The Green Goblin stated.

"Then perhaps a trade." Van Kleiss proposed, projecting an image onto the table. "Do you recognize this woman?"

The Green Goblin's yellow eyes widened at the sight of…Mary Jane Watson in suspended animation. "Spider-Man's love…"

"I thought this might get your attention. Seeing as how you have suffered humiliation at the hands of your local…hero perhaps instead of just weapons and technology I offer I can even give you the means to exact true revenge." Van Kleiss turned the projector off. "Perhaps I can help you by running some…tests on this one."

Green Goblin snickered. "You are a vicious and cruel man, Van Kleiss…Fine but any modifications I accept will be looked over personally by me and I decide what can be used on dear Mary Jane."

"Good, that's one down." Van Kleiss looked to Vexus. "As for the matter of trusting an organic, I assure my dear while body is flesh I am anything but what a human should be considered. In fact, very soon I will have fully left anything about me that is humanity behind."

"Does this mean you plan on becoming a robot?" Vexus questioned.

"In a way." Before Van Kleiss could say anything else an alarm sounded. "Now what?"

The table monitor projected the image of the domed cell around Beast Boy, showing a blue fire engulfing his form.

"Intruder Alert. Intruder Alert." The computer's synthesized female voice spoke.

"I was hoping for a grand presentation but I suppose time is of the essence." Van Kleiss gestured to his android. "But let me show you."

A.M.A.Z.O.'s eyes flashed and was followed by the Upgrade Van Kleiss created for Vexus activating. Vexus spun around just in time to watch as the Upgrade melted into a puddle.

"And what is this supposed to do?" Vexus asked, leaning down to get a better look at the puddle.

"Since you refuse a gift from a human…How about a gift from a machine?" Van Kleiss asked.

Before Vexus or anyone else could do anything the Upgrade puddle latched onto Vexus, spreading across her body. She managed to let out a scream before her head was covered.

"Now let me show the power of a machine meant to become…a god." Van Kleiss gestured and A.M.A.Z.O.'s eyes flashed again.

Vexus was covered head to toe in the black symbiotic form of upgrade which started to glow bright yellow. Underneath the pulsating 'skin' Vexus screamed and struggled to break free but was unable to move as the machine life form bonded with her, changed her physically and downloaded a wealth of knowledge into her computer brain. Once she was completely covered the Upgrade melded with her, her body had changed. Her green and yellow stripped legs were now completely green and more armored with black coverings on her knees and waist.

Her black arms now had green spiked gauntlets with yellow armor covering her torso. Her yellow and green striped 'hair' that resembled the crown of an Egyptian Pharaoh was shorter now, stopping just below her shoulders and her insect shaped wings had changed into six green yellow tipped smaller wings but appeared more sleek and efficient. Vexus stumbled slightly, looking down at herself and examining her new body.

"What did you do to me?" She asked, glaring at Van Kleiss.

"My android's Upgrade was programmed to bond with you as it…for the lack of a better word upgraded you with technology and battle information taken from a dozen other universes. Surely you can tell." He answered softly.

"Yes…I can." Vexus held up a clawed hand and watched as her fingers stretched into sharp lances that she used to cut the table in half. "All of this…I know everything about this new body and what it can do."

With this she could take back control of Cluster Prime easily.

Forget her armies; she could take over her universe by herself!

Still though…

"And what is stopping me from using my new arsenal on you?" Vexus questioned as she stared at Van Kleiss with a grin. "Now that you have given me all of this I don't see what use I could have left for you."

"Perhaps you should consider focusing on the main problem." Van Kleiss suggested, pointing to the projection of the domed cell as it broke.

Beast Boy emerged, only now he had taken the form of…

A strange creature resembling a humanoid lion with blue glowing eyes.

"That subject was bonded with a device known as the Omnitrix. It allows him to take the form of any species that exists in the known universe. If he were to run amok it would be disastrous." Van Kleiss explained.

"And I should care because?" Vexus asked.

Van Kleiss grinned. "Well, what better way to test your new power than one someone who can become any dangerous creature it wants?" Van Kleiss snapped his fingers and A.M.A.Z.O.'s eyes flashed again.

Before Vexus could do anything she was teleported out of the briefing room…and right into the chamber Beast Boy was being kept.

She blinked and saw Beast Boy glaring at her, snarling. "So…He wants to test me against you? Fine. I'll see what my new body can do."

Xxx

CE 4444

A portal of light appeared on the outskirts of Sidorak's kingdom and out stepped a person in a dark cloak.

"Hm…Seems almost completely the same but there are some differences." He looked to the coliseum. "Now this brings back such fond memories."

He immediately set off towards the coliseum, wondering what he might find there.

Xxx

"Ahh... A very good fight indeed, a very IMPRESSIVE battle. They managed to kill the dreaded Nemean. Most impressive... But, their challenges are not over yet. They will soon meet their second challenger RIGHT NOW!" Said Sidorak as he passed the job of announcement off to the real announcer as another huge metal door started to open up. "This mob of misfits have survived the first round against ALL ODDS! Will they survive the second match as well? Or be the latest victim of the regions new most dangerous outlaw? The one man army that nearly annihilated King Sidorak's army single handedly..." Said the announcer as the new opponent stepped out of the shadows."

He was about six feet tall, dressed in silver armor over dark clothes consisting of black pants with dark boots and a black turtleneck shirt and black gloves with a white coat draped over it. He had straight pointy red hair and matching red eyes. He appeared to be a normal human, carrying a long double bladed sword with a golden handle.

"Ozric's own great warrior turned against him…ADAM!" The announcer said as the crowd cheered while the fighters, including Ozric stared in absolute shock at the new fighter.

"It's him…" Leo muttered in complete shock.

"Adam? You are alive?" Ozric looked at them. "You've met him?"

Aisling was trembling slightly now while Heero had to take a deep breath to keep calm while Rolf seemed confused. Up next to Sidorak Cree paled in complete shock and fear, recognizing the young man as well.

The announcer called him Adam…

But they knew him in their present as the lord of the Grimm and the Fallen: Sammael!

The supposed Adam walked closer to his opponents, with the same disk on his chest as the rest of the group has. "It's good to see you here, your majesty."

The way he spoke to Ozric, it was calm but with a measure of respect. The four looked to Ozric as he answered back. "Good to see you as well, Adam. When you disappeared I and my daughter feared the worst."

"How is Eve?" Adam stopped his walk when he was only five feet away from them.

"She believes you are not dead but worries." Ozric answered.

"I see…I'm so sorry for this..." Adam said in a more softer version of his future voice as he held up his white glowing sword and swung it creating a white energy wave that blasted all his opponents as they flew back.

All of them crash landed on the ground, except for Rolf and Ozric as they both managed to land on their feet. They looked back up at Adam as he was walking closer to them. Leo and Rolf charged at Adam as he got into his battle position and he pulled his sword back. And right as Leo and Rolf got close enough to him, Adam swiped his weapon as Rolf and Leo hopped over him and both began unleashing an unrelenting series of attacks on the past incarnation of the Fallen King. Unlike Sammael who would just stand by and take all of his opponent's attacks with gaining no physical damage, Adam countered and fought back Leo's sword and Rolf's fish.

Adam would dodge and counter both of his opponents' attacks, in a way that shows that he has fought in games like this many times before. As he countered his opponents, he kicked the two back but Leo dashed back in with Ozric following, using their super speed in trying to double team Adam as they did with the Nemean before. However their combo attacks were doing little damage as Adam would seem to glow brighter than before. He then exploded with a blast of light all around him that sent the two flying back.

KAPEWWWWWWWWW!

The crowd cheered as Leo and Ozric fell on their faces but quickly picked themselves back up as they quickly jumped out of the way of a bolt of white lightening that was headed straight towards them.

CRACKLE!

Leo and Ozric gained their baring's enough as they looked up and saw Adam had his finger pointed towards them as he zapped at them several more times with blasts of white lightning as the two jumped out of the way.

"So you've mastered lightning magic." Ozric muttered as he dodged.

"Did you ever think about telling me he could do THAT!?" Leo asked as the two jumped out of the way of another blast of lightning.

ZAP!

"When would I have had the time?" Ozric defended.

Xxx

Cree couldn't believe what was happening right before her very eyes.

First she was trapped in the past.

Then she was forced to become an evil king's servant.

And now she runs into a past version of Sammael?!

'This is a nightmare…' Cree thought in her head, all previous thoughts her status as a slave momentarily forgotten. 'What if he sees me? What if he finds out who I am? Maybe this twisted time loop destiny crap that explains how I got roped into working for him in the first place?!'

Xxx

Cree wasn't the only one whose mind was racing. Heero Yuy was struggling to remain calm but inside his head, his mind was bombarded by the possible consequence of meeting a past version of Sammael himself thousands of years before having officially arrived in this universe.

'If this is indeed Sammael and he recognized me when we first met in the ruins…' Heero thought with widened eyes. 'Oh god. What if something happens here that reveals who I am and where I come from? Did Sammael already know? Were my efforts a waste from the very beginning?'

Sammael hadn't acted like he had known or recognized Heero when they first met in the ruins. Was it because he knew it was impossible for the same human to be alive for thousands of years without some sort of special circumstances such as time travel or immortality?

'If even the slightest bit of knowledge leaves here today about who I really am then I may have played into Sammael's hands from the very beginning.' Heero realized in horror. 'I put the Zero Squadron and my home universe at risk for nothing!'

Looking up he watched as Adam knocked Leo back with a kick to the chest and then turned to him.

'Do I use my SEED here? If I do then my hypotheses is correct and I involuntarily will have given Sammael a slight bit of knowledge to know about me in the future.' Heero thought as Adam approached. 'But if I do nothing I might die here.'

The faces of the Zero Squadron and…Luna flashes in his mind and instantly he knew the answer.

'No, I can't die here. Not like this. If I have to risk my identity here to get back to the future then so be it.' Heero thought, activating his SEED. 'I will deal with the consequences later!'

He charged in furiously with his sword and swung it down at Adam who blocked the blow with his own sword, creating a small shockwave that knocked Heero back. As Heero charged back in he and Adam went at it as Heero slashed his sword at Adam's, but the past version of Sammael managed to block and counter ninety nine percent of Heero's attacks as he upper cut him and sent him flying back several feet. While Heero was tumbling on the ground, Adam dashed up to Heero as he managed to clumsily regain his footing.

"I only act by the will of others. The disk in my chest and in yours demands that one of us must DIE." Adam said as he lifted up his sword. "And you have my sympathy because it will-"

Adam swung his sword viciously at Heero with every word.

"NOT!"

"BE!"

"ME!"

But as Heero stumbled back, his SEED seemed to force him to move even faster as he managed to dodge the more fatal strikes and dashed at Adam with several swipes of his blade while Adam let out his own series of counters and attacks.

"Heero's actually fighting back." Leo stated, taking a chance to catch his breath. "He might win."

"It's a good thing those disks seal off most of our powers. If Adam was at full power only I would have a chance against him." Ozric stated, drawing all eyes onto him. "Adam is one my kingdom's most powerful warriors and a celebrated hero."

"A hero…" Leo muttered, almost unable to believe what he was hearing.

Sammael, the King of the Grimm was once a hero?

A hero under the command of King Ozric?

Shaking his head, Leo knew now was not the time for this. They needed to defeat or at least incapacitate Adam survive just a little longer. Deciding to help Leo charged straight into battle with Ozric following him, knowing he would need help. Just as Adam moved out of the way of a strike from Heero, he blocked a strike from Leo and shoved him back to block a strike from Ozric.

"Oh, is this going to be training back at the castle again, Your Majesty?" Adam asked with a small smile.

"Seems that way." Ozric replied with a smile of his before slashing again.

Adam moved with such speed as he dodged or blocked the attacks of all three warriors, catching all three of their weapons with his sword as they tried to attack as one easily.

He was not just skilled.

Skill did not do him justice.

The crowd cheered as Sidorak leaned forward in his seat as he whispered to himself. "That's it. Kill them."

Cree, Aisling, and Rolf looked in amazement as well but that's when Adam would head butt Heero, sending him stumbling back once more. Heero would slowly pick himself back up at he looked at the shoddy cheap sword that was given to him, only to see that it was broken in half. Adam walked over as Heero hid his broken sword behind his back and looked over at Adam who was walking over to him. Heero looked over at Ozric and Leo who were standing with the rest of the group several feet away as they both gestured to Leo, performing throwing actions and pointed at their eyes. Heero knew what they were talking about as Adam walked closer.

As Adam got close enough, Heero tossed his broken sword straight at Adam, aiming for his eyes. But instead, it hit the disk on Adam's chest as it exploded with electricity while Adam let out a scream.

CRACKLE!

ZAP!

CRACKLE!

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

As the electricity stopped flowing, as the broken disk fell off of Adam's chest.

The warrior stared down at the broken disk in shock as he slowly looked up at Heero. "You... You broke the disk... I am free!"

Heero hadn't been intending to free him but if this Adam was different from the person he knew in the future they had to take any chance at all to escape from this gladiator pit alive.

Adam looked up and snarled at Sidorak. "Why don't you come down here next and prove you are as powerful as you would have your subjects believe? Without the benefit of these slave devices!"

The crowd started to cheer again as Sidorak leaned forward in his throne.

"Hahahaha... VERY interesting... Very interesting indeed... All of you MANAGED to DEFEAT one of the regions, and perhaps the world's most POWERFUL OUTLAW. I must commend you for that that means you only have ONE MORE challenge to overcome. And that challenge is ME." Sidorak announced as his citizens started to cheer with excitement.

King Sidorak got off his throne and stood on the edge of his balcony with his arms held out as assistants then came in and took off Sidorak's over coat and then started manually putting on pieces of red and black armor all over his body, before putting on a red cape with the symbol of a white ram's head on it. Finally, the assistants put a red gauntlet on his left arm with a blade hidden away in there. As the assistants were finally finished, King Sidorak walked forward before jumping off his balcony and landing right in front of the group with a massive shockwave along with it. Everyone looked up to see the heavily armored King Sidorak standing over them with the red gem implanted in his chest piece still glowing.

"Hahaha... This battle, I GUARANTEE you will not walk away from ALIVE." King Sidorak said as he slashed his robotic three fingers at his opponents sending them all flying back.

However they were prepared as they all landed on their feet to face their final opponent. King Sidorak then jumped several dozen feet in the air before coming back down on top of Aisling's head. But despite Aisling's magically enhanced strength, the red king slammed down upon her as she was holding back Sidorak's right robotic hand that was just inches away from her face. The two were a match in strength that was until Sidorak's gem glowed bright as Sidorak quickly overpowered the girl.

He grabbed her by her arm as he repeatedly smashed her into the ground over and over.

But it was ended as Leo dashed up to Sidroak and slashed him in the back. "LET GO OF HER YOU RED LOSER!"

The sneak attack managed to knock Sidorak back several feet but that's when Sidorak picked himself back up and glared at Leo. Both dash at each other and as Leo was about to strike again, Sidorak grabbed Leo by the face with his robotic three fingered oversized hand before then tossing him into the air, and extracting his flaming blade from his gauntlet as he slashed Leo across the back of his shell, sending him back.

"ARROGANT FALSE LORD! PERPARE TO FACE PUNISHMENT UNDER ROLF'S FISTS!" Rolf yelled as Sidorak turned around, only for Rolf to run up to him and punch him in the chest over and over.

But no matter how fast or hard Rolf hit, Sidorak's Aura was beyond powerful as Rolf escalated his hits as he punched and hit harder than ever before. But that still barely did anything as Sidorak yawn and had a bored expression under his face mask. Rolf then laid down one final hit as all it did was skid Rolf back as King Sidorak was totally unfazed.

"How are you still standing!?" Rolf asked as Sidorak smirked under his mask, aiming the palm of his robotic hand straight at Rolf's face and blasted a red bolt of energy at Rolf that caused the son of a Shepard to fly back.

But as Sidorak aimed his flaming forearm blade at Rolf to finally finish him off, a white blur headed right towards Sidorak as it knocked his aim off course as he fired his high powered beam of fire, cutting through the ground below them and cut the wall as well. As the powerful beam subsided, Adam started attacking Sidorak from all sides with his sword.

But much like Rolf, it was doing nothing against the shielded tyrant as Adam was grabbed by his coat and held up by the king.

"When I finally captured you I thought I could have some fun breaking you in with all these fights. Now I think I should have-"But Sidorak couldn't finish as a green streak charged into Sidorak, being strong enough to knock the heavily shielded warrior back. Sidorak tumbled away as the crowd started to slightly boo as Ozric helped Adam up off the ground.

"Thanks." Adam said gratefully.

"No problem at all... Now we have a score to settle." Ozric said as he held up his staff.

He ran over to Sidorak who picked himself back up and looked over at Ozric who was charging at him. Sidorak laughed as smoke spewed out of his face mask like the exhale of a powerful beast.

"Well, well, well, King Ozric... It seems like we meet again, such a shame you and your kingdom had to be so stubborn. I could've provided food, medicine, and shelter. But instead, you spit in my face." Sidorak said as he and Ozric collided in battle.

Ozric would dodge a high majority of Sidorak's attacks and he would land a good considerable amount of her own. It would be good if Sidorak's aura shield wasn't a thousand percent stronger than it should naturally be.

Sidorak laughed as he aimed his robotic hand at her face and blasted a red bolt of energy at her, sending her skidding back.

"You may have an unbreakable aura! But you forget that MINE is strong too!" Ozric yelled as the two went back to fighting.

"Yes, true. But what good is your aura if I can still break through it after a few good hits?" Sidorak said as he slashed his flaming blade.

Ozric caught the blade with his staff and he struggled against the kings strength, trying to keep the burning blade away from his face.

"Besides, me and my people would rather DIE than to EVER live under your ruthless subjugation!" Ozric yelled as Sidorak's burning blade almost cut through his staff.

But before it could, Aisling dashed over to Sidorak while his back was turned to her as she jumped on his back and started blocking his eyes and hitting him in the head.

"HURRY UP AND TAKE HIM DOWN!" Aisling blocking the tyrant's eyes and overall annoying him as Sidorak stumbles.

"WHAT-!? GET OFF OF ME YOU SCROUNDRAL! IF YOU DON'T GET OFF MY HEAD I WILL DESTROY YOU!" Sidorak yelled.

As Ozric picked himself back up, he saw Sidorak was completely vulnerable with his red gem fully exposed.

"NOW! DO IT NOW!" Aisling yelled.

Ozric realized what Aisling meant as he charged forward and stabbed his staff into the edge of the stone and used it to pry it off. Sidorak screamed as the red gem was finally popped out of its original place and it plopped to the ground as Sidorak stumbled back, grasping at his chest.

Aisling then quickly jumped off of Sidorak's back as Sidorak fell to his knees and collapsed on the ground. The crowd looked on in complete shock and surprise as they saw their king defeated. Only a few seconds later, the citizens started to cheer for the gladiators. Leo, Aisling, Heero, and Rolf all gathered around Ozric as they looked down at the defeated king. The crowd continued to cheer as everyone looked at each other.

"Well… As Mikey would say: THAT was tons of fun." Leo said.

"Either way, we should get that time machine off his wrist before he uses it again!" Heero said.

But before anyone could've agreed with him, Sidorak slowly got back on his knees and stood back up to face the gladiators who've beaten him, looking at all of them with fury.

"We beat you. Now release everyone you've imprisoned!" Ozric ordered as King Sidorak's hateful glare intensified.

But it then changed as Sidorak started to lightly chuckle under his breath, staring at the group in front of him.

"Rolf believes that when the villain is laughing... That is not a good sign." Rolf said.

"Hehehe... You all cheated! You tore my precious gem out from my chest! You were supposed to beat me fairly! And now for that... You will all die!" Sidorak said as he looked over at the imperial guards who walked over with their advanced spears as Sidorak gestured with his eyes at the gladiators.

The guard nodded as he aimed his spear and started inflicting pain on the group blasting a wave of electricity at the disks on their chests. As for Adam the guards fired beams from their spears, hitting him directly and inflicting as much pain as the others were suffering. That's when the crowd started to see the falseness and insincerity in their king's words as they started booing at him. But Sidorak didn't care as he was determined to kill them all for humiliating him like that in the ring.

But right in the middle of the torture of the group...

Everyone heard a roar as the sun seemingly started to glow much brighter than before. Looking over in shock, everyone saw that Adam was standing there, bruised and bloodied with his full power back as his eyes glared with burning red energy.

He held his glowing white sword forward as he spoke in a voice so commanding that it could scare the devil himself into submission. "THAT. IS. IT! NO MORE SLAVES AND NO MORE BATTLES TO THE DEATH!"

Multiple beams of light came from his sword and went all around the entire stadium, destroying all disks that were on all the prisoners and even in the imperial guards.

"NOW... FREEDOM IS YOURS!" Adam yelled as his eyes glowed with a burning red energy yet again as he blasted the iron doors and walls of the stadiums and all the prisoners looked through them.

Only a second of amazement passed before all the prisoners and the freed guards and imperial guards started to run amuck. As Adam was freeing everyone, he looked back at the group.

"I don't know of who you are or where you came from... But where I come from, I fight for the rights of all, as I taught and trained by my king and you've earned my respect for helping me this day. I hope if we ever meet again, I hope it can be on better terms. And thanks, for unintentionally freeing me." Adam said as the group just remained silent.

All the while, Sidorak looked around panicked as he glared at Ozric and the other freed prisoners that were standing behind them. As he took one step back, Ozric quickly reached forward and snatched the stolen Time Watch from Sidorak's wrist. All Sidorak could do was pick up his glowing red gem as he ran off.

Leo looked over to Ozric as he asked. "Aren't you going to go after him?"

"No, not yet at least. With what happened to his empire today and his public support hitting a major low... He won't be that much of a problem for me of any of the other kingdoms, tribes or villages." Ozric with a small smile on his face at the group around him.

Up next to Sidorak's throne Cree sighed in relief, seeing they had defeated Sidorak. "They did it."

"Yes, they did."

Eyes widening, heart beat almost stopping and her body suddenly experiencing a great chill, Cree slowly turned around and looked at Sidorak's throne that should be vacant.

Only it was not.

There was someone sitting on it.

"Hello, Cree. Did you enjoy watching the fights down there?" Sammael asked with a smile as he propped an arm up to hold his face as he leaned to one side. "It seems Sidorak's taste in fashion and slaves was among the few things that did not change."

"H-H-How?" Cree stuttered out her question, trembling now.

"I've been around a long time, Cree. Dealing with time travelers has been one of my more…annoying past times." Sammael answered as he looked back down at the pit. "Though this one is unique. I have no memory of experiencing this but it all comes so clearly to me now. Especially that one there," Sammael's narrowed as he looked upon Heero. "I remember meeting him at the ruins where the Gem of Destruction was supposedly being held."

The way he moved and fought against his past self…Sammael was sure he would have remembered a warrior like that even if time had gone without Sidorak stealing all the advanced technology from the future.

This one was unique and special.

"Wh-what are you going to do?" Cree managed to speak, trying to keep calm and not resort to begging if she thought Sammael would terminate their previous deal and simply go after her sister.

"Nothing…for now." Sammael answered calmly, standing up from Sidorak's throne. "If you hadn't figured it out I'm a little…pressed for time." Sammael chuckled at the pun he had just made. "Feel free to celebrate with your friends on their victory Sidorak. They've rightfully earned it. In the meantime make sure to deal with destroying anything brought back from the future as well as dealing with the source." He stopped to take a quick glance at Adam who was helping to free and heal all the slaves down in the pit and a memory flashed in his mind…

A young, beautiful woman with long curly brunette, bordering on crimson hair staring at him with a beautiful smile…

Cree watched as Sammael turned around and walked behind the throne, vanishing into a time portal, leaving her shaken.

Xxx

Later on, in the middle of the stadium where the spectator seat were all empty, in the ring there was a huge pile of advanced futuristic machines that were burning in a pile. Heero walked over with a big pile of tech in his hands as he tossed it into the burning fire. Cree had been free and was very happy to be out of the slave outfit that Sidorak had forced her to wear along with her weapon returned to her. For the time being she had chosen not to speak of Sammael's sudden appearance, mostly because she was still coming to terms with what had happened and that Sammael himself could travel through time.

"I think that's the last of them." Leo said.

"Finally..."Heero said, rubbing some sweat off his head.

"Huh, it's kinda sad. Some of those do-hickies look really neat!" Aisling said looking into the fire as the machines melted.

"You can never replace pure willpower and skills..." Ozric commented.

"Meh, Rolf is just still happy that the Shepard's Cane has been returned to the hands of its proud owners!" Rolf as he hugged the Shepard's Cane while it was in his hands, as everyone else's original weapon that was taken from them by Sidorak, they regained.

But all the while, Heero was holding Aion's time watch as he looked at it carefully. All the while Aion was standing next to him as he walked closer to Heero and spoke. "Oh, you forgot to reset the compensator, here let me." But as Aion touched a button on the watch, it sent an electric shock as it shocked Heero who then fell to the ground.

KAZZZZZZZZZAP!

But before Heero fell, Aion snatched the watch for himself and smiled. "-OR maybe I'm lying!"

Everyone looked over at Aion with faces of shock as Aion opened up a time vortex after he put on the watch and quickly jumped into it. Aisling, Rolf, Cree and Leo knew that if that portal closed they would be stuck in the past forever. The four then ran over to the portal and Leo picked up Heero as all five of them made their way through the portal before it closed. After it closed, Ozric, Adam and the freed slaves who assisted in destroying the future technology just stared in surprise.

Xxx

A portal opened up in the street of some futuristic city as Heero, Leo, Cree, Aisling and Rolf fell through onto the street as the portal behind them closed. As all four of them started to pick themselves back up, they heard a voice speak to them from the shadows of the city.

"Hehehe... We've been expecting you..." Said a voice as they all stood back up and saw a gang walked out of the shadows towards them, all holding different weapons.

But before the gang could take another step closer, a few gunshots hit the floor as the gang takes a step back and looks up along with the new arrivals. Only to see another group of individuals come down as they stood by the three young hunters, the fairy and the admiral. As the five looked on their rescuers, they were shocked to see four members were a turtle Mobian liked Leo only with a red bandana with one of the eyes scratched out.

"Wait! What the heck is going on!?" Leo asked as several of them looked over at him and the rest of the group.

"Dad?"

"Papa?"

"Mama?"

"Aunt Cree?"