The Destroyer sat atop his throne, newly bolted back to the ground. A single light illuminated the entrance to his room and was only bright enough to illuminate the Destroyer's hands and legs. His large grey claws gripped the edge of his throne's armrest. His bright purple eyes shined from the darkness of the room and stared at the dented metal doors to his chamber. He was waiting for Cryptor.
A buzz came from the door to his chamber. "My lord," Borg's mechanical voice came from the buzzer, "General Cryptor has returned from the Temple of the Creator."
"Send him in." The Destroyer commanded. The doors to his chamber began to slide open to reveal a very damaged General Cryptor.
General Cryptor slowly entered the room, dragging his damaged leg. He attempted to kneel to the Destroyer but failed to hold himself up. Cryptor pushed himself up and managed to hold his kneeling in place with his only remaining arm. "Forgive my lord. I have failed you. The Ninja received their new weapons and powers from the temple, and…. and eliminated my troops."
The Destroyer's eyes squinted into a glare at Cryptor. "Only you survived?" The Destroyer inquired. Cryptor nodded nervously. A long pause encompassed the room. "Did I not make my intentions clear when we last spoke?" Cryptor looked up in fear at the Destroyer. The Destroyer pointed his long finger at Cryptor and a fast, small beam shot out of it. It collided with Cryptor's good leg and shattered it completely. A scream of pain left Cryptor's mouth as he fell to the ground. Cryptor fearfully looked at the Destroyer, and then turned himself around with his arm. Quickly, the Nindroid General began to crawl to the door as fast as he could.
"I gave you one mission, Cryptor." The Destroyer growled. The Destroyer stood himself up, revealing himself to Cryptor. His face was human-like, other than his mouth which was excessively long with two long sharp teeth at either end of it. Two large horns jutted out of the edges of his forehead. He wore two large bright blue shoulder armor and wore a long black kimono with purple accents that he dragged across the floor as he walked. "It is time I gift you the price of your failure, General."
The Destroyer waved his hand it began to emit a purple glow. That glow also appeared around Cryptor, and the Nindroid began to float. The Destroyer pulled back his hand and pushed it forward, which caused Cryptor to fly at the doors to the Destroyer's chambers. Cryptor crashed through the door, startling all the white fang members at work, as the Nindroid's body slammed into one of the building's walls. "That price is your demise." A tense pain suddenly began to flow through Cryptor's body.
"P-p-please lord, spare me." Cryptor managed to speak. The Destroyer began to clench his claw, causing Cryptor's metal body to scrunch up.
"The Overlord put so much faith in you when he returned. I thought that you would be a useful General in my army as you were in his. I see now that you are a poorly programmed bucket of bolts like your foolish brother, Zane." Cryptor let out a cry of pain.
"Is this a bad time?" A voice came from behind the Destroyer. The Destroyer shifted his gaze to the voice from behind him, to reveal Cinder, Mercury, and Emerald. He released his grip on Cryptor. The glow emanating from Cryptor ceased, and the damaged Nindroid clanged to the ground. The Destroyer turned around causing a wave of fear and intimidation to wipe over the three.
"WHAT IS IT!?" The Destroyer roared at Cinder.
"F-forgive, my lord." Cinder stuttered. "There is someone who has requested to meet you."
The Destroyer glared at the black-haired woman. "Who?" he questioned. "Are they here?"
"No. It is my master. She is very far away. We must take a transport there."
"Your master ay?" He was now intrigued. "Fine. Prepare your transport. I will meet you at it shortly." Cinder nodded, and the three walked away. He walked over to Cyrus Borg and Phantom Task, with Cyrus Borg busy finishing up a device. "Squall," He whispered. "Prepare to head back to the IS Dimension."
"Go back, why is that?" The relaxed leader questioned, unintimidated by the Destroyer.
"I sense a plot against us from our allies. Retrieve Cryptor and head back with him and Borg to the IS Dimension. He may still be of some use to me." Squall nodded and signaled to Madoka and Summer to prepare to leave, as the Destroyer walked to the transport to Cinder's master.
The Destroyer climbed aboard the transport with Mercury and Emerald piloting, and Cinder sitting in the back with the Destroyer. Mercury and Emerald exchanged nervous glances with each other and began taking off to their master.
The transport traveled across Remnant to a land of darkness. The Destroyer looked out the transport window to the ground below to see thousands of dark puddles with Grimm coming out of them. Mercury and Emerald flew the transport to an evil-looking castle, fitting in well with the land of darkness. The transport doors opened with Cinder stepping out first and the Destroyer following from behind with Emerald and Mercury staying in the transport.
The large doors to the castle opened as Cinder and the Destroyer got closer. "This way." She said to him. She led him to a room with more large windows than walls. In the center of the room sat a long table with a woman whose skin was as white as snow, and had red cracks all over. Here all black eyes with red pupils were looking right at the destroyer as he came in.
"Thank you, Cinder." The woman spoke. "You may leave us." Cinder bowed and walked out, closing the doors behind the Destroyer, leaving only him and the woman inside.
The two stared at each other. "Welcome to my home, Destroyer." The woman greeted him.
"Who are you? Why do you want to meet with me?" The Destroyer cut her off.
"Straight to the point. I like that." The woman chuckled to herself. She stood up, to reveal herself in a long black dress. "I am called Salem. I asked to meet with you to discuss your plans here in the world of Remnant." The Destroyer glared at Salem, suspecting she was up to something.
"I'm sure your little pawn already told you of my plans. So, get to the point of what you want."
"As you wish." Her smile turned to a frown and she glared back at the Destroyer. She summoned a black orb and shot out a wave of rainbow lightning at him. Quick thinking, the Destroyer dove out of the way.
"So, you summoned me here to kill me?" The Destroyer calmly and collectively stood up and brushed the dirt off his shoulder. "Very well then." He took off the long cloak of his kimono so that his movement wouldn't be hindered. The Destroyer jumped across the room at Salem and tackled her. "The boy's powers have given me multiple new abilities." He told her as he put a hand on her head and it began to glow. He wasn't trying to kill her but gather information about her, by viewing all of her memories. Salem shot rainbow energy out of her hands into the Destroyer's chest, sending him into the ceiling, and creating an indent in it. The Destroyer fell to the ground and landed on his face.
Salem smiled, thinking she was victorious. "It looks like those new abilities were worthless. If anyone is going to be destroying this world, it will be me."
The Destroyer, still lying face down on the floor, began to laugh. A cloud of black smoke began to leave the Destroyer's body and consume the room. "You think you have the power to face me?" He questioned. Salem lost sight of him in the smoke that encompassed the room. "How can you even face me," the smoke quickly dissipated revealing a young Salem that was human, "when you can not even face yourself." His voice had shifted into her voice. Salem was shocked, and for a second could not think straight. "What would Ozma say if he saw you like this now." That crossed her line. Salem let out a loud scream and in a fit of rage began to shoot more of her power at the Destroyer. He put out his hand and began to absorb her powers. Black smoke began to cover his body, and he transformed into Ruby Rose. Her and the Destroyer's hands collided as they tried to push each other back. "I know your fate, girl." He now spoke in Ruby's voice. "This was a battle that you were foolish to start. But do not worry, you will get your wish and perish soon enough, but I want to make sure you survive to see the torment I bring to you, and your world, for none of your lives will end peacefully."
"What are you? How do you know all of this?" Salem spoke in fear. She hasn't felt this way in a long time.
The Destroyer laughed as he transformed back into himself. "I know all, girl, for I am the true Bringer of Doom." He glared devilishly at her. He pushed Salem back and flipped back in front of the door. Salem looked on in horror as the Destroyer summoned a ball of purple energy in front of him. He let out a loud roar as he shot a wave of energy into the room, shattering every window.
Salem shot back and slid across the floor. The Destroyer then turned and ran out of the room towards the transport. Cinder, Mercury, and Emerald were standing at the transport waiting for him. They were ready to fight. Cinder used her powers toward the Destroyer, with Cinder and Mercury shooting at him as her backup. The Destroyer kept moving from side to side avoiding their attacks. As he got closer, Mercury shot himself into the air and tried to kick him, but the Destroyer anticipated this and stood up, catching Mercury's leg and throwing him back towards the castle. His attention turned back to Emerald and Cinder whom he grabbed and launched at Mercury. He used his powers to create a portal back to the IS Dimension, where he walked through and left.
Cinder sat up to watch the transport fly off back to Vale with the Destroyer in it. "Contact Roman," She commanded Emerald and Mercury. "Tell him the Destroyer escaped and to take out the rest of his crew."
Back at the white fang warehouse, Borg's spider legs quickly exited the building with a handheld portal maker that he had been tasked with working on for the Destroyer before he got Hunter's powers. Summer and Madoka came out of the building carrying Cryptor's damaged body, and Squall followed closely behind, making sure no one had followed them.
Suddenly Roman and Neo walked in front of them. "Going somewhere?" Roman asked the five.
"It is none of your concern, only the Destroyers."
"Well, that's a funny coincidence," Roman said taking a good puff of his cigar, "from what I heard; the Destroyer has become my concern, and any ally of his is now an enemy of mine, and the White Fang." White Fang members began running out of the warehouse and surrounded the five. "Now what side were you five on again?"
Madoka and Squall set Cryptor down and Borg used his spider walker to stand over the injured Nindroid. The three Phantom Task members formed a triangle around the two mechanically controlled men. The members of Phantom Task summoned their IS units and prepared for combat. "So be it." Roman sighed. "Boys, take care of them!" The members of the White Fang began to shoot at the five. Squall used her IS unit's scorpion-like tail to whip several members back, while Autumn and Madoka began to fire back.
More and more members of the White Fang began to show up, some with RPGs. They began to shoot the RPGs at the IS units, damaging them greatly as they tried to protect Borg and Cryptor. Borg was trying to finish the portal creator. "Get that portal opened, Borg!" Squall shouted. Finally, it was done. Cryptor pushed a button on the device, and a portal began to form right next to him. He signaled to the Phantom Task members to go through the portal. Madoka began to fly around the group creating a wall of wind that the members of the White Fang could not get through. Squall and Summer summoned back their IS units, and Borg moved out of the way for them to pick up Cryptor and go through the portal to the IS Dimension. Madoka then got rid of her IS unit, with the wall slowly beginning to dissipate. She jumped through the portal, and Borg followed her, causing the portal to disappear right when the wind wall vanished. "Damn," Roman said to himself. "Well, at least those freaks are out of our hair." He said to Neo. She nodded.
In the IS Dimension, a portal opened in front of the school where Phantom Task, Cryptor, and Borg came through. The five took a moment to catch their breaths but were interrupted by the Destroyer making an appearance. "I am glad to see that you all survived." The demon spoke to the five. "Now that we are all safe, we must move quickly in preparation for the ninja's arrival."
"The ninja are back in the IS Dimension?" Squall asked him.
"No, but they will be soon. I need Borg to fix Cryptor, so that he may command my army." Destroyer turned to Cryptor's mangled body. "This is your last chance to redeem yourself Cryptor. Show me why the Overlord chose you."
"Thank you, my-my-my lord." Cryptor's glitchy voice thanked him.
"I thought Cryptor was the only survivor of your army?" Summer questioned.
"Why would I put all my eggs into one basket to defeat the ninja? That was only a small fraction of my army. The rest of them have remained here to control this dimension in my absence, along with a few of the ninja's friends." Ichika, Chifuyu, Ms. Yamada, and the rest of the female students that the Destroyer took under his control, landed in their IS units next to him. "I'm leaving it to you three to deal with them if they arrive at the academy, otherwise the rest of our new friends here will be dealing with them." The Destroyer chuckled.
Squall, Madoka, and Summer nodded in agreement. The Destroyer turned around and entered the Academy. Walking deep into the school, he took several elevators up to the top of the academy, where a new room had been constructed. It was a throne room for the Destroyer. The throne room was long, with the walls to the left and right of the throne being made of pink and purple glass. A large smile grew across the demon man's face as he approached a large throne that was made of solid dark matter and had two large horns similar to his on it. He sat down proudly and looked forward, feeling confident that he would still defeat us ninja.