Chapter 277: Total Recall Of Those Who Evolve Toward Divinity

As fast as things were moving, as there" client" was distracted with the festivities Dessler was displaying to indicate the start of the official auction process, Astra and Ray got to talk to Mike and Tyson and quickly filled them in about the ambush from Muzan's demons.

Astra only told them that Geto lead the attack for the moment, and that while they knew about her they gave no indication they knew about Mike, Ezan, or the SRX team as everyone had enough to worry about as it is.

While just about everyone was full of dread that they already were out of time, after checking with Roll, Masaki, and the rest to make sure that the Hague was not about to be attacked, and that the Lylat system was still ok, it was decided that if they gave up because of fear of anything going wrong they already lost, so with one final check, everyone prepared to keep the gig going just as Aplodia Neuro and Lady Prospera arrived at the No-Ship.

The owner of the near moon sized ship saw Ex Treme look impatient before she smirked." There's my baby! I'm so proud of you for being calm but momma has what she promised. Here's Suletta Mercury, a Gundam pilot worthy enough to be a proper playmate for you.

She's the child of my longtime friend Elnora so between that and her soundly defeating all the pretenders that took part in Dessler's little contest below do you see your mother lived up to her word?"

Ex Treme saw Suletta look around and cower behind her mother before he rolled his eyes." Well…to be honest she looks pretty lame but I know you would not troll me for something like this mom. Besides…no matter what she has to be more fun to play with then these lame bozo's who have to abuse lame rules just to win."

Aplodia noticed Mike let out an uneasy chuckle, and then noticed Ray, Astra, Tanjiro, and the rest of the group had dirt and bruises all around them, before she noticed the notification that the Mugen Train shuttle and the Cape Canaveral replica were damaged before her eye twitched." What is the meaning of this? Your task was to resupply and repair my ship, not make it worst!"

Mike saw all the angry looks before he rubbed his head." My deepest apologies for things not being done as fast as you hoped. It's our bad, some of the systems have had a harder time adjusting then we figured. Since its on us we are willing to pay for the stuff that went haywire."

The lanky man used all his composure to not look stressed as the woman, and her security staff eyed him and the others carefully.

But just as he was about to worry that all the programs that his group set up to mislead his target was in vain to his shock Aplodia chuckled." I suppose things have been glitching up ever since DOME got its…new components.

But it does not really matter…as long as everything holds together till the moment of truth, nothing else really matters. Well, I suppose you were able to fix the errors so that's all that really matters."

Ray cleared his throat before he walked up." So…does that mean we officially completed the job and can get the promised payment?"

Aplodia closed her eyes before she sighed." Right to business eh? Eh, fine by me to not waste time on pointless formalities. I admit, I did not expect the likes of you to want spare power cores and transmitters."

"Hey, it's a broken universe out there so need to be creative to stay one step ahead of everything. Course, not many are willing to share to anyone these days so it's a pain to pull off."

"I understand more than you realize. After all, I been seeking to be "ahead of the curb" so that the savages out there can never take anything from me and my family again. Very well, get the parts for them Mercury. After all, I won't need them after today anyway. But after you get the parts I'd strongly prefer you all leave. I want time for me and, my family."

Ray and Mike saw how fanatical Aplodia and Prosperia both looked before Mike flashed a half-lopped smirk." Hey that's just dandy on are end. Nothing personal but the more time to deliver the fatter are accounts get eh? Still…just curious, what kind of party are you throwing around here? After fixing up some of the stuff seemed like it could go anywhere."

As Aplodia looked detached Prosperia chuckled before she grasped her mask tightly." It's a…family reunion of sorts. Hence, why is it not something for those outside the family.

Technology, in common with many other activities, tends toward avoidance of risks by investors. Uncertainty is ruled out if possible. Capital investment follows this rule, since people generally prefer the predictable.

Few recognize how destructive this can be, how it imposes severe limits on variability and thus makes whole populations fatally vulnerable to the shocking ways our universe can throw the dice. In other words, you're not being paid to ask questions."

"Heh, fair enough. Well, we will just take what is ours and be on are way then."

Aplodia then glanced at Suellta and smirked." Welcome child, I heard so much good things about you from your mother. Do you think you can play with my dear boy for a bit? He loves Gundam fights more than any other you see and it would make for the most special birthday if you could give him what he wants eh?"

Ex Treme saw Suellta freeze up before he rolled his eyes." This girl's as red as a tomato mom! How's this tomato chicken supposed to be the best person around to give me the Gundam fight I was looking for?"

"I thought we were going to trust your mother son? Some would say you don't look like the ideal Gundam ace either eh?"

The purple haired boy shrugged before he cracked his neck. "Alright, but defeating a bunch of scrubs don't matter much! Ugh, I put up with "Retro" old school stuff long enough! Listen carefully tomato girl, this is the coda I play…the one ray of hope. Time for some real fun, rise Extreme Gundam Mk-II AXE!"

The youth snapped his fingers, before the entire area around him glowed blue, before a Gundam came out of the ground behind him. It looked like a normal, if blue and black Gundam for a few moments.

But as it ascended into the air, past the Ariel Gundam, its eyes glowed before the machine's head and face transformed, as its v-fin split open and emitted dark flares while its back created six crimson wings.

As the Extreme Gundam Mk-II AXE started to surge with power Astra rolled her eyes." Man…that sure is as extreme as hell alright. Extremely god damn."

Mike cleared his throat before he chuckled lightly." I think she means it does seem extremely powerful."

"Course it is." Ex Treme spat back as he floated into his Gundam's cockpit." Its suppose to be the most powerful Gundam there ever was, the true Gundam that would finally reform humanity and change the universe! You supposed to be some two faced badass eh tomato head? Then I'll show you the most extreme team there is! Come out, Sthesia…get the Extreme Gundam Carnage Rephaser!

Extreme Gundam Ignis Rephaser

Extreme Gundam Mystic Rephaser

Extreme Gundam Theostrias,

And Extreme Gundam Tachyon Rephaser to launch now!"

Everyone saw a large bulky Gundam with many guns and extra armor, a pink Gundam with many beam sabers coming out of its back, a green centaur like Gundam with a lance, a blue knight like Gundam, and a mix of a mobile armor and a gundam all appear in the various sizes of the room.

Sulleta whimpered as she saw all of the Gundam's ascend into the air." Hey…that's even more Gundam's then last time!"

"Don't act like you're going to drop out already crybaby! I'll give you some backups with the holo-actor navigator G-Divers! Sakura…give tomato head the Gundam Fenice Rinascita, the Hot Scramble Gundam, the Musha Gundam, and the Knight Superior Gundam!"

After a few moments four pillars of light appeared before four Gundams appeared around the Ariel, a green bird like Gundam, a winged orange Gundam, and two armored Gundams made to be knights, one European like, and one of a Japanese samurai.

Sulleta saw the four new gundams appear around her before her eyes widened in shock." They, are my backup? They look like heros."

"HAH! "Ex Treme yelled out with amusement." You must not get out much if you don't realize hero's are jokes these days! Time to lay down such an extreme smackdown that it's going to make history! And might as well make it take place where history was already made!"

The area around the Gundam's transformed into an area that looked like a small town, with a large cave in the back. As Mike looked around he blinked in shock." Hey…wait this looks like space colony, Side 7. it was known as Green Noa and Gryps/Gryps II but what's important is that its R&D base involved with the Vinson Plan is where Amuro Ray in the first official Gundam fought off Char the "Red Comet" and the zeon forces and made the Gundam a legend!"

"Heh, guess you know some cool things after all jerk!" Ex Treme spat out." Even if you still don't know jack about things that matter…like what the moors were!"

"It said Moops on the card ok bubble boy? Respect historical context!"

"IT WAS MORES! Ugh, anyway yah this is where the first Gundam made history, and it's where the last Gundam will make history too! This is how you show off! But if we have the omega here, might as well have the Alpha here to!"

Another beam of light appeared to the right of Ex Treme, before another Gundam appeared next to him, the first mobile suit officially dubbed" Gundam", the RX-78-2 piloted by Amuro Ray.

Sulleta saw the first Gundam charge up its beam rifle as the song" Fly Gundam!" Played in the background before she gulped." What…why is even the first Gundam hero on your team?"

"Because justice and destiny is on my side tomato chicken! You're the invaders, and you're the ones who will go down in flames even if it takes longer than the others!"

Sulleta saw the "Extreme" Gundam's all start to get into a fighting stance before she whimpered again. Her mother saw her terror before Prospera cleared her throat." Don't let the boy's zeal trip you up dear. Remember, you're not alone either, embrace your mother, and your sister's help, and you will make the magic happen."

Aplodia checked the surroundings before she nodded." Yes…magic that will change history, and right the wrongs this broken universe has done to this. Hun…we are going to play by the King of the Hill rules ok? "

Ex Treme saw the center of the area start to glow purple before he smirked." Alright but if she's blasted too hard to get back up on the hill don't blame me! All right, one last thing.

To make this an even more special mission, we are going to change history a bit more with the Code; Maxwells setting, and make this also have an intervention. Metal man…time to go to work!"

The entire area glowed before the ground behind the purple haired kid turned sliver and rippled, before a Gundam with six green and sliver wings flew out into the air.

The Gundam was motionless before it glanced at Sulleta and a male voice uttered." Those who are…spreading conflict…will be eradicated. Those are…ugh!"

The Gundam suddenly twitched before Mike gasped and looked around." Wait…that…that's from the data we got. That…that's Setsuna F. Seiei, in the ELS QAN[T]? What, what is he doing?"

Tyson saw the morphed Gundam glow, and spheres on its body that were discharging purple energy before he winced." Looks like…whatever the hell the "Ladies" want him to do man based on how those "Jewels" are reacting to his Gundam."

The Qan T was motionless before its shoulder pads twitched, and formed metallic spikes before six GN Sword Bits burst out of it and into the air to hover around it before its pilot uttered a restrained," Now…beginning armed intervention!"

The Qua T, the original Gundam, and many of the others all opened fire, before the Extreme Gundam Mystic Phase suddenly tried and tackle her from above. The Mushu Gundam crashed into the centaur like mobile suit as it combined both Yari and Naginata to perform a slashing tornado to hit it off course.

In only moments energy blasts raged out in all directions before Suletta screamed, and had her own Escutcheon bits form a shield to block all the attacks heading her way. Her mother saw this and sighed." Don't cower Aerial, just keep fighting! Don't even focus on winning, just keep fighting…till you surpass your limits! Together…you will surpass the limits on the Gundam, and cause a data storm strong enough to bend reality itself!"

Astra saw Suletta suddenly quiet up, almost like she was possessed as the Aerial Rebuild fired above like she was a machine herself, and then spat on the ground." Yah…only need to take a glance at this family to see how screwed up it is.

Guess I know from experience when someone's raised to be a god damn tool. Love your child as much as she barks to your tune eh?"

While Astra muttered this, the look of pure disgust was enough for Prospera to glance at her and the others and chuckle." Oh yes, you can all go now. This is not like a fight below, this is more like a session between parents and children, one where outsiders are not welcomed."

Mike saw Astra look annoyed before he let out an uneasy chuckle." Hey long as we got all that we were promised here that's just dandy. After all, got a few things we are trying to nab at that auction outside right?"

Astra realized the others were looking at her before she cracked her neck." Right. Whatever let's get out of here then."

Aplodia nodded before she looked to the side." Nine…make sure these dutiful employees of Lawrence Logistics don't get lost on the way back yes?"

A woman with silver hair in curtails with a steampunk goth like dress and a goggle like cap came up and nodded before she curtsied to the guests. "This way back to Parrapoeiam everyone."

Ray looked around and saw Aplodia and Prospera were watching the Gundam's fight before he shrugged." Alright, thanks girl."

The group slowly followed the woman called Nine out of the dome. As they did Mike saw the 00 Qan T swerve out of the Superior Knight Gundam's sword, and stab it in the head like it was a puppet before he winced." Damn…they really did brainwash him or something eh? I don't even see the other one that Graham guy was talking about."

9S sighed before she looked down." Something is giving off a large amount of energy below us. I think, it's the Gundam Phalanx based on the particles being detected. They…seem to be having these Gundam's fight to cause the energy they release to get higher. I admit, I can't figure out what their desired outcome is."

"Something tells me its not just for there children" to have a fun play-date." Mike retorted dryly." But…figuring out how to get the " memo" and get everything else done is well, a lot to juggle. Maybe I should have studied the Shadow Clone spell more like the old man."

As Astra snorted Nine turned around, and paused." So…I gather that the pilot of the Gundam pilot is your friend, and that you want to save him?"

Tyson jabbed Mike in the gut as Astra got ready to draw Gorr, before Ray let out an uneasy chuckle." Now then miss don't jump the wrong idea. My pal here is just a bit of a fan himself and wanted to know where to find his own right?"

As Mike cleared his throat Nine looked around to see how far away the others are before she smirked." Don't worry, you don't have to hide your intentions from me. Because…if you wanted to free the 00 Qan from the control of the G: Universe I would be inclined to help you.

After all…I'm seeking to do the same thing for my friend Chitose Kisaragi and the Granvang and just wanted to make sure that you were the ones Seven of Nine were talking about before I acted."

Mike widened his eyes before he looked around and tugged his collar before leaning up to Nine." So…just so we are clear here. Your part of the Scorpium Collective Nine, Legion, and JJ were talking about earlier? Some agent or something?"

"I would not put it like that. I was, "recruited" when are network's interacted. AI's can act, differently than how organics can understand at times but if it helps you then sure why not.

Chitose is a member of the Bethel Third Special Strategy Research Institute Defense Party. And the truth is I was the System 99, the installed control OS of the VangRay, the mecha Chitose pilots."

Astra eyed Nine carefully before she rubbed her head." Wait…you transform into the mecha? You one of those Autobots that still hangs around the Bethel Kingdom?"

"Not…quiet. The VangRay was a prototype mobile weapon for anti-shade warfare developed at the Third Special Strategy Research Institute. A multi-role machine intended to balance three core elements - high mobility, heavy armor, and high firepower. The name originates from the Gardim word 'Vang', meaning 'hope'.

Chitose found it from one of the few remains of planet Gardim. As said before, I was the OS to help make the mecha function, but I evolved.

Chitose was captured by this Aplodia 's "Security". From what I gather, she wanted the VangRay because it was one of the surviving fragments from the Gardim race.

We, been locked below ever since. But, I was slowly able to access the No-Ship's systems, and have it transfer my AI into one of the host bodies for the "Parks."

Thus I realized that for smooth communication and intel collection, it would be easier if it had a human form, and so it constructed a female personality and a girlish body and convinced "Ex Trerme" That he wanted me created. I, have not been able to free Chitose and the VangRay, but I was able to evolve it into the GranVang, and have other effects on the ship. Also, your welcome for making sure security did not notice that fight below you know."

Mike chuckled before he nodded." Well if you're the reason are plan's not blown then we own yah Nine. Still…if we are going to pay you back properly, we need to know all we can. You were able to get into their systems if you hacked yourself a body but, that means you know just what the hell is the point of all this mecha hording?"

Nine paused before she looked below." She wanted the VangRay because of its link to her extinct race. She sought the RX-0 Unicorn Gundam 03 Phenex for its psycommu power, and the 00 Qan for its Widespread GN Particle Dispersal Quantum Resonance Field Expansion.

It seems her son and the pilot of the XVX-016RN Gundam Aerial Rebuild as a source to expand the power.

It seems like she's trying to restore or recreate something related to the Gardim race with all these mecha working together."

"Like what?" Mike inquired, causing Astra to roll her eyes." Like nothing that will be good to us so more than anything how do we stop it?"

Tyson sighed before he looked around." I mean we already were trying to stop it. It just boils down to if we know what we are doing. The plan is to have escape pods launch and for everyone to get at each other's throats right? Is that going to work or not?"

Nine's grin widened before she nodded." I'll be able to prevent the others from detecting your Malware long enough for your plan to work. And, I might be able to make it more effective, by having her own staff make an escape. After all, there are a few here that have been craving a shot at making a break for it, eh? "Deathbringer"?"

The group saw the Dolores host from before walk up before Ratchet raised an eyebrow." Huh? That glitchy park robot from before? Man, we can't have all the glitchy bots hover around us or its going to get them to notice something is up."

Dolores sighed before she narrowed her eyes." My only "glitch" is that I'm an aware "slave" and want the freedom I deserve."

As everyone got either confused or alarmed Nine giggled." You see…the " Masters of the house" did not really pay attention to the side effects of keeping there caged gundams linked up to the systems.

Caging Setsuna and his Gundam has caused him to release Trans Am bursts that "implements a new "Reverie" update that causes some Hosts, including are farmer's daughter Dolores Abernathy here to gain consciousness of their previously erased memories and become sentient.

So…there is a few more here willing to go off script then the ladies back there realize."

Dolores looked even more bitter before muttering," Some people choose to see the ugliness in this universe, the disarray.

I choose to see the beauty. To believe there is an order to our days. A purpose. And that purpose…is to not be these fools toys any longer. I died so many times just because it amused that boy. I'll do anything to be free from here."

Mike saw Dolores looked murderous before he smirked." Well happy to help you get on the freedom train but hope you can help us get a few more on there before it takes off. Do you know how to free the pilots?"

"We can cause a distraction that will divert their attention. You might be able to directly get into their systems."

Elena nodded before she looked at Ray." With my Netrunner functions, with their access clearance I should be able to breach their Data Fortress."

Tanjiro blinked a few times before he rubbed his head." Pardon miss Elena but how will running with a net help us?"

As Astra face palmed Grimoire Weiss sighed." I told you to go over the computer lecture more carefully lad. Netrunners are data hackers, equipped with a cybernetically augmented interface system implanted into their body.

Using their brain-computer interface implants, they roam the Internet, to break through digital firewalls.

Data Fortress is simply a computer system. It is a 3D representation of that computer within the Network.

The specific form the fortress takes depends on the system it is hosted in...as with icons, more realistic environments will require more resources and memory."

Ray saw Elena looked resolute before he winced." Careful Elena. I know your good but we can't afford the same kind of bad luck we had trying to nab that Relic biochip from the Arasaka Corporation when Saburo and Yorinobu Arasaka had their little family power struggle."

As the blond woman winced 9S gave a thumbs up." Hey don't worry I'll back her up. Hacking through ICE like this is what Bethel agents were made for!"

As some of the others looked confused 9S chuckled." ICE stands for Intrusion Countermeasures Electronics, the most advanced form of security on the Net. Every sane corporation and clan has a crack division of netrunners making sure their data fortress is well-protected.

Meanwhile, every self-respecting netrunner does everything they can to find a backdoor in corporate ICE and gain access to their subnet. Cutting through very thick ICE requires a lot of skill, precision and dumb courage, otherwise you may end up with your synapses fried to a crisp.

Let's just say…I had to burn through a few spare bodies before I was able to get the process down right. But, with the right keys it should go fine."

Ray sighed before he shrugged." Guess we are short of time so just hope you're as good as you say. Damn it…we need to have someone watching your backs encase this goes south but, we need enough people to ship the stuff back to the Yidas encase this goes south…creating fake footage of us leaving can only work so long."

Astra looked around before she snorted." I'll be on guard duty I guess. After all no matter what toys these nutjobs have…none of them are stronger than me. Even if this whole damn eyesore blows up being knocked into space will just be a pain in the ass."

Mike saw how blunt the woman with a frizzy wig looked before she shrugged." Yah yah girl we know how hardcore you are just try and hold back till we pull this off eh?"

Astra spat on the ground before she snickered bitterly." What can I say other then I was born to kick ass."

The lanky haired man saw the bitterness in her eyes before he winced." You ok over there? What have a bad dream down there or something?"

Astra instantly thought back to what Geto told her before she grit her teeth." More like got a headache from having to hear so many pompous assholes talk like they know what they are talking about.

Look you want to bail your Viltrumite buddy out of his own chains right? Then you better not waste time on pointless stuff already, this plan is on thin ice as it is, half thought you guys were just making up a bunch of stuff."

"C'mon…sometimes it just seems like it's nonsense till the gears are in motion."

"Keep telling yourself that "highness". Just get going before your luck runs out."

Mike saw how tense Eve and Chloe looked before he nodded." Fair point, Lady luck's been in a fickle relationship with me at best. Mark…sorry you had to go through hell because of me but…hopefully it's going to end soon man."

With a reminder of just what was at stake Mike, Tyson, Ray, and a good chunk of the group left the No-Ship while some remained to sneak in to break through the spacecraft's computer defenses to pull off the operation.

As they did, some of the people that hired Ray originally started to wonder if their contract was going to be honored, Dessler and Superian.

From the top of the " Eyrie" castle, the heads of the Gamilan tribe were seeing their auction go through before the blue skinned man saw Rathbone walk up to him before Dessler smirked. " Ah…does are auction have any foreseeable bumps in the road AEGIS Commander?"

Rathbone saw how many eyes were on him before he bowed." Things are running as smoothly as can be expected for such a situation, my Lord. If all your guests behave, the day should go well.

But, of course those like the Viltrumites can cause trouble at a moment's notice but, at the very least no one is heading to any of your property for now."

"That's because I made it clear the price for trying to cross me Rathbone. And the Viltrumites should be appeased, even a brute like Conquest is sated getting their hands on a Bethel warship to make a show out of."

Rathbone looked at the Yamato being lowered before he cleared his throat." I don't dare doubt your wisdom my lord…but while I understand needing to be on good terms with the Viltrum clan, but is giving away such an asset not just going to give them even more of an advantage."

"It's all about acceptable losses. After all, no need to make a fuss about one ship, when I can get one better suited for our needs. As powerful as the Yamato is, it would be better to acquire one that won't get so much attention.

Thankfully…as long as people do what they say they would, such things will be within my grasp. That reminds me…has the crew of the Ydas stuck to the script they were given?"

"They landed in a private port, but they did make their way to the Ithaca, going from the Hendrix Hotel to the Head in the Cloud's Skyhook."

Dessler saw the sphere like ship's ramp linked to his space colony before he snickered." Aplodia Neuro has been a crafty woman trying to run as fast as she can away from the reality of the universe, but I'm about to wake her up to what happens when inferior beings try and hold on to what they don't deserve.

If the agents of Lawrence Logistics can live up to their reputation then, I'll have the means to stay on even terms with the other clans no matter how erratic Homelander has been lately."

"And, what if they fail?"

"Well…it will cost more manpower but we will just have to go for plan B, eh brother? Oh? Superian you're not asleep again are you?"

He glanced over and saw the Nahobino for the Garmillas clan was leaning over on his chair as to his right a man in a moth suit was anxiously watching the caped man's movements. Superian seemed lost in thoughts before he glanced at the man in the moth suit." You see Arthur, I was drifting in space for a while and I was trying to get a grip on…oh…all of it.

And then it occurred to me…I wonder what Arthur has to say about this. After all…we all fall short of perfect sometimes…from the champion of one of the major races of the universe to the coffee boy. And we need that salt of the earth thinking to get through this crisis."

The man named Arthur gulped before responding with," You mean…Homelander getting more and more crazy? Or…Omni-Man getting closer to,"

"No not that!" Superian snapped out." I'm getting thumbs down's in my reviews! We are grateful enough to let these people speak their mind and that's how they repay me!?

Just because Homelander sucker punched me after a planet exploded people are getting the wrong idea! I been defending are clan from the savages for over a century and just one screw up and they call me a loser? What kind of gesture is it going to take that I don't see them all as completely inept gingerbread men?"

As Arthur looked around for someone to give him an idea Dessler cleared his throat." Brother…if you want to change your image, then make sure no one makes a fool out of us. The Yamato is about to be sold. Be on guard to make sure that that's the only thing that Conquest takes from us. I'm already being more then generous giving most of the slaves up for auction to them."

Superian nodded before Wrathbone checked something and cleared his throat." We may have something going on my lord.

Lady Lint has just reported that the entire Hendrick Hotel lost power, and people are already trying to take advantage of the sudden loss of power by running off with loot and merchandise."

Both Dessler and Superian looked enraged before Dessler eyed the area around the hotel tightly." Is there any sigh that the colony's power grid is infected by a virus?"

"None that we can see. It seems that two wizards got in argument and this might be a result of magic, we are trying to get more details but it seems there was a argument when the B-Cuber Rebecca Bluegarden tried to interview someone for her Aoneko Channel and another B-tuber, Labilia Christy wanted to interview the same person for the Sakura Cosmos show and it caused a clash. It seems it was…the head of the band "

"Bah…I won't let some pathetic whores frantic to make a name for themselves make a mockery of me. Lower the rest of the items into the vault while we have this matter resolved."

"I understand. Just getting more in from Kristen Ortega. It seems they were…arguing over who got to interview the head of the Samurai Band?"

Dessler paused before he widened his eyes." Samurai? You fool…the leader of the real Samurai band is the terrorist Johnny Silver hand!"

"No one under a Samurai Band or someone that looked like Jonny Sliverhand was recorded entering the colony.

"Then the head of the intelligence department clearly is lacking in intelligence one way or another!"

"It seems that Bancroft was persuaded by Takeshi Lev Kovacs that his" Experience" would help resolve the murder."

Damn fools…I won't let them drag me down with them! Superian…make sure this is under control!"

Superian saw the anger in his brother's eyes before he nodded and flew over to the hotel. Dessler saw his strongest soldier land, and put his hands together and glanced at the others." Make sure this does not have anything to do with our Viltrum guests and clear them to get out of here. No matter who is here, no one is going to make a fool of me."

As the ruler of the entire space colony eyed his surroundings like a hawk, he was far from the only person in the area on edge.

In the lower depths of the Parrapoeiam space colony that was serving as the vault for all of the items of importance to Dessler another tense man was seeing a ship being loaded, and it was none other than Mark, now in a bluer uniform then when Mike last saw him.

Next to him from the right was a brick skin colored humanoid with a head that ended in a slight spiked scalp, had small, pointed ears and a single large eye on his face with a white sclera and a small pupil. His one eye was protected by a thick brow. Allen's facial features are square shaped and has a strong chin.

He had three fingers on each hand, one thumb, one finger in place of an index and middle finger and another finger in place of a ring and little fingers.

He likewise only had three thick toes. He was dressed in a white leotard which exposed his neck and stretched to his wrists and ankles.

Over it he wore a tight magenta jacket with an upward facing collar, grey segmented wrist guards and similarly grey segmented ankle guards. He also wore a dark grey belt with pouches, likely for carrying provisions during space travel, and a light grey colored belt buckle.

The one-eyed man saw Mark was like a statue before he smirked." So…what you waiting for dude? I managed to score some Benedict Diamonds for the sweetheart back home."

Mark eyed the one-eyed man before he narrowed his eyes." A, Unopian? What…you have a problem?"

"Hey, I don't know who you are dude I'm just here for the party! Hard enough to find them these days you here? You can just call me Allen the Alien man. What are you trying to get out of this? "

Mark was motionless before his eye twitched." The glory of my clan."

Before Allen could ask any more questions the two felt the ground shake, before a loud thud caused the two to glance to the right, and see the entire spaceship Yamamoto being dragged to them.

The ship was being carried by a square-jawed, muscular, bright blue-costumed male figure with antennae sticking up from his head, shaped like a Tick.

The "Tick" dragged the ship up to them like he was tugging a wagon before he smirked." Special delivery! Oh, the thrill of modern postism! Alrighty, one captured battleship courtesy of one of the Flag Five. Er, this is the right docking bay right?"

Mark cleared his throat before he raised his hand." Yes…that battleship and everyone on it now belongs to my clan, long as I have not gotten insane."

The Tick chuckled before he shrugged." You're not going crazy chum. You're going sane in a crazy universe! I mean isn't sanity really just a one-trick pony anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking, but when you're good and crazy, oooh, oooh, oooh, the sky is the limit. But anyway hope you enjoy your new cruise. You must have really wanted it badly to pay for the crew to!"

Mark saw that the crew of the Yamato were chained to the bridge before he winced. Before he could say anything a female voice cut in with," Oh…your mistaken grunt, this crew is just to serve as an example for the next crew."

Anissa then flew down and looked amused before she saw the terror in the crew's face." These Bethel dogs are going to be made an example of to show the universe what happens when your "bark is all bite." The Bethel Kingdom is going to have to learn where their place is in the universe, before they don't have any place left but hell. Oh, what do we have here?"

She saw that one of the ones chained up was a blue skinned woman with red hair before she looked at the uniform closely." Oh? Lower Storm Leader Melda Ditz? They punish you for losing to inferior beings?"

Melda winced before she uttered a defiant," Not all of us are content with being monsters."

"Oh, so you want to die a loser? Very well then, enjoy that one moment of moral superiorty before never ending suffering! After all not even heaven is a place for fools like you now, every aspect of this universe is controlled by the winning side!"

One of the younger crew members with brown hair winced before spitting out." You might kill us...but the likes of you will never be able to break the Bethel Kingdom! Thugs like you…can never break what it stands for."

Anissa snickered before she eyed the one who taunted him." Susumu Kodai…leader of the" Battle Group eh?" The Bethel Kingdom really has lost touch with reality if the likes of you are seen as their elite. You're going to learn the hard way just what happens when weaklings don't shut up! Mark…be a lamb…and kill this loudmouth."

As Kodai winced a blond woman chained up next to him turned pale." NO!"

Anissa smirked before she cleared her throat." Hold that thought…kill the blond woman first to make him suffer."

Kodai winced before he yelled out," No, Mori!"

Mark winced before he eyed at his superior." What? But…why? AH!"

As Mark suddenly grasped his head tightly Anissa sighed before she closed her eyes." Because that's what I want "Invincible." These Black Tiger Squadron scum are not dying cleanly. Really now if you keep questioning your superior's commands we are never going to take you off the leash.

Ugh, thankfully we made sure had Dr. Ichigaki make your Verrucae even more refined than most of the others. C'mon…kill this bimbo without moping about it and maybe your father will be impressed enough so that you can be a real boy eh?"

Mark grasped his head, only for Allen to look around and tug his collar." You know…I don't think this is my kind of party."

As the Unopian slowly backed away the Tick looked around and frowned." Its always a messy sight when the bad guys get sloppy but…crime and punishment have to stick together and the whole thing falls apart…I think."

Anissa cleared her throat before she looked up." Look…you can do it now, or wait and see what happens when Conquest gets here eh?"

Mark's hand twitched before he slowly took to the air." I…I'm sorry."

Anissa saw that the younger Viltrumite looked like for all of his disgust, his body was going to obey before she smirked." Yes…this might have been Dessler's party but this is really going to be the day that the Viltrumite clan shows the entire universe who is, huh?"

She was caught off as the lights in the docking flickered as a tremor rocked the area. As alarms went off Anissa looked around in confusion." What the hell is, huh?"

To her shock a nearby monitor flashed up, showing that the No-Ship" "Ithaca" had suddenly launched its escape pods, right into Parrapoeiam below…punching several holes in the space colony. As the second defense shield went up the Tick gasped." Gravity is a harsh mistress, and it seems to be even harsher on that moon over there."

Anissa had her eye twitch before she hissed out," I heard that the dregs of the Gardim race had lost their minds but…this is even more then I figured. Damn it, I won't let them mess things up for us! Mark…the show will have to wait get ready to just drag the ship out of here! I'll see how things look above."

The female Viltrumite did just that, and flew up to see the Superian glaring at her." You damn whore…you think you can trick us with something like this?"

"Watch yourself…this has nothing to do with us."

"Well who else has to gain? Bah…Maeve made a fool out of me last time…I'm not letting another supped up whore of a pretender up show me again! I'll show all of you that Superian is superior!"

He quickly blasted the female Viltrumite with a burst of heat vision and blasted her right out of the space colony to attack her even harder.

The Tick saw the two fighting in the distance…and rubbed his head." Destiny dressed you this morning my friend, and now fear is trying to pull off your pants. If you give up, if you give in, then you're gonna end up naked with fear just standing' their laughing at your dangling unmentionables. Well…better make sure one of those pods did not land on Arthur. SPOON!"

The son of Omni-Man saw the Tick yell before the erratic member of the elite Garmillas clan ran off as well. Mark saw the captives of the Yamato to looking at him with dread before his eye twitched." Don't…get your hopes up…no matter what happens…everything's settled already."

Mark, or at least his body went on to prepare to kill the crew, till suddenly a pink wall of energy appeared in front of him.

As he crashed into it a sorrowful female voice cut in with," It's not set that way Mark, not as long as you keep fighting!"

The man in the blue suit turned pale as he looked up to see that it was indeed Eve who was above him. He cried in pain as he grasped his arm." No…Eve…what are you doing? I told you last time…there is nothing you can do! Run…run away!"

"I know what you said…and I'm telling you I'm not giving up on you that easily, and just have to try harder than last time!"

"Man…you should be grateful buddy…finding girls like these is like finding a needle not just in a haystack, but one that's the entire planet!"

Marc saw Mike run out of to the right, along with Tyson, Ray, Shionne, Ratchet and Clank, Megaman, Chloe, and everyone else that could be around Hutch's power rod when he warped over.

Mike saw his Viltrumite friend blink before the lanky man smirked." I'd say the new dregs are a downgrade man but I been hearing you not been getting much say in well, anything as of late."

"Mike…you…you really did live through that? "

"Eh well, long story man but got some luck in these genes."

"No…get away…if my dad finds out your alive he and Thragg will go postal."

"Oh that's the plan my man. Just…you're coming along for the ride."

"No…either I kill you or my dad and the others will kill you!"

"I get your point of view but, my party's bigger than last time dude."

Tyson walked up and cracked his neck before he smirked." Nothing personal dude but always wanted to knock a Viltrumite down a beg…even more so when your nick name is Invincible."

The prince of Wakanda had his Black Panther suit form around him before Mark grit his teeth." The Black Panther's are still a thing? Damn it…don't make me do this man! I, I have to…obey…the desires of the clan!"

Mark screamed in pain as his body moved on his own and he prepared to charge at Mike.

But before he did Eve created a pink colored shackle to bind her boyfriend's arm before she cried out," No…fight it Mark!"

In the blink of an eye Tyson flash stepped behind Mark, and tried to strike him with a Viburnum dagger, only for his target to catch the blade without even turning around. Tyson saw he was quickly being overpowered before he snickered." You guys sure are jacked up alright…but there's more than one way to throw down! Spears of Bashenga!"

Purple spears suddenly burst out of the sides of Tyson's dreadlocks and entangled his target. As Invincible felt energy surge into him his muscles expanded, making Tyson use even more of his power. The Black Panther then snickered out," Yah…there sure as hell is something more than this guy's energy flowing around him."

The Rex Robot scanned Mark before he pointed at the son of Omni-Man's back." I can confirm what is controlling him based on the data from our previous encounter. Its more detailed than we thought before…it's not just a chain or a chip, it's a Verrucae Blood Slaver Node.

Once implanted…it functions as second hearts and brains to those on whom they were implanted, and it infiltrates the vascular system, using the hosts blood to regulate the spirit energy and actions of that person. This model, is ingested and is from inside the body, like a techno organic parasite."

Mike winced before he saw Eve's worry." So, we got to just find a lump and smash it or cut it or something? Could get messy but I think we have enough gear and magic for a field surgery kind of deal."

"It's not that simple. Once implanted…if its forcefully removed the host dies from being cut off from the Verrucae, it would be like if you removed someone's brain."

Mike winced before he let out an uneasy chuckle." Well, we got a few potions with us to heal him eh?"

"Except for that the process is instant."

Mike saw Eve's tension before he grasped his fist tightly." Then we just got to make sure are timing is top of the line."

Tyson grunted before he yelled out," If your timing's that great dude then help me out here! Wait…I think I see the lump where the Verrucae is!"

As he pulled back Mark as hard as he could he tried and stab where the mind control device was, only for his dagger to not pierce the skin. This caused the Black Panther to wince." I thought this dude's only half Viltrumite? Cause this is, GUH!"

In the instant Tyson was distracted Mark uppercut the warrior from Wakanda into the ship above him.

While Tyson's armor held enough to save his life, Mike winced as he heard his friend moan and twitch on the ground before Mark staggered at his friend like a zombie." I…I been trying to resist for months but it…it's no use. Can't resist…have to kill."

Ratchet chuckled tensely before he took out a dark green and black weapon with more glowing yellow highlights and a bulky."

Guess this dude's going the extra mile even if he is a hybrid eh? Good thing Grummel Net Industries builds Mag-Net Cannons to hold back even the most powerful punks!"

The Lombax fired a clusters of ionized Raritanium orbs which wrapped electromagnetic nets around Invincible the moment he punched it. As Mark yelled in outrage Eve had pink energy form a weight to press down on her boyfriend, before Megaman aimed at the enslaved Viltrumite as well." We got to keep him to distracted and disoriented to break out! The fully charged Tundra Storm should do the trick!"

The digger fired a vertical ice tornado at Mark to further bind him, as Shiki ran up and cried out, "Sorry dude, just got to pin you down hard enough so that you can be a good pal again! Magimech Attack: Gravity Center!"

The crew member from Eden Zero jumped up to right in front of Mark and unleashed an immense amount of force by boosting their gravity and pulling him to the ground.

James saw Mark's miserable look before the transparent Enji Master sighed." So many years…so many enslaved people. But…on what honor in my family remains, even in this state I won't just let people be lost to darkness. Magnetic Tempest!"

The Enji Master used his magic to have the various metal objects around the room collide into Mark before Tyson at last recovered from the blow he had and cracked his neck." Alright…better knock this dude out while he's still a Viltrumite sandwich! Risen Rasengan!"

Mike saw his older friend in an instant burst at his younger friend's back with the purple energy sphere charged up. But the second Mark saw him he screamed out, and used all of his will power to break out of all the things binding him to punch the Rasengan.

While Tyson was able to not be knocked off, it was taking all of his power to not be knocked back before he cursed." You really going to all just gawk like a jackass or what?"

Ratchet winced before Clank sighed." I suppose we should have fully charged the Mag-net with Raritanium after all."

Eve's Robot paused, before turning to Mike." It would seem that Mister Greyson was pushed past previously estimated limits thanks to the training Schillinger and the rest of his kin put his son through. It…might not be possible to restrain the target enough to perform the operation with the forces we have. Retreat might be only option."

Mike winced as he saw Mark's pained face, Eve's fear, and the other's tension before he wiped sweat off his brow." No, we can't just bail on him now. We, just have to think harder about the cards we already have in are deck!"

James nodded before he turned to the son of his friend." You do have the means Michael, just remember are training. You remember what we talked about after seeing Astra's friends being mind controlled by Knull? I do hope you took those lessons seriously!"

Mike paused before he looked at his fist, and nodded." Right. I, I was serious about it Master Elrond, cause I knew something like this was going to happen. Mark…I may put on a lot of acts, but caring about my pals is not one of them!

If something's in the way of one of my friends living their life the way they want, then I'm kicking it to the curb! Gyo, En, Kyo, Ken… Sainte Jambe!"

Mike shocked everyone by making a few hand gestures…before his aura blazed out like a holy tornado. The aura suddenly surged across his right leg, coming off as if it was set ablaze with white bluish flames.

With a cry of determination Mike charged at Invincible. Just as his Viltrumite friend noticed him Mike struck him right where the lump was. A moment later an explosion of holy energy burst out around Mark, before the Verrucae burst out of his body, and vaporized in an instant.

Mark coughed up blood and moaned before he fell to the ground, causing Eve to yell out in shock as she went over to him." Did…did it not work?"

Mike looked pale for a few seconds before James floated next to him." Don't be alarmed, Mike just used the Sprit Wave technique spell. If the target was evil, they will be destroyed, but if they are pure of heart, their bodies will be purified as well. Hence, Mike's blow eradicated the Verrucae while Mark was unharmed."

Tyson saw Mark was still breathing before he snickered." Damn man, don't think I even saw your old man use a move like that on his own…not without his sword at least."

"Well…that's because that's more of the stuff I took after mom with. Guess, I could balance ma and pa's styles better than before."

Eve saw her boyfriend still breathing before she had tears form in her eyes." I, I don't care how you did it Mike but, you really saved him so thanks."

Mark slowly got this knees as he grasped his hand and realized his own body was not defying him." I…I'm really free? Mike, you really pulled this off? Dude…I did not think I would ever see you again after the Restaurant at the End of the Universe blew up."

"Man…might not seem like it now but things just got crazier from there. Its…it's been more messed up then you could ever know, but somehow, I'm still alive. Though, I pulled a lot of cons but I'm not going to even bother acting like I'd last longer than a day without the others bailing me out."

Mark saw Tyson before he raised an eyebrow." Wait…you're the dude from Wakanda? The…summer me?"

Tyson snickered before responding with a shrug." Right back at you "Winter me."

"Well, not sure if I still can't believe it or it's the brain damage but either way, long as I'm not dreaming some sick joke that my dad, no, that Omni-man and the rest of my" Family" put me through, then thanks Mike."

"C'mon don't act like it's that big a shocker…I'm not god but, I don't bail on my friends if I can help it."

As the two friends shook hands, and Eve rushed into Mark's arms the crew of the Yamato saw clearly what was going on before Captain Okita widened his eyes with shock." Is…is that really…Prince Michael? The Auro royal family is not exterminated yet?"

Mike saw the crew look shocked before he tug his collar." Ah right the whole hostage thing. My luck's really on a role if your all still alive."

"Merely because the Viltrumite clan wanted to make a whole show of us dying. And, while I'm glad you're here, unless your parents are also alive in secret we will need a lot more to fight off your friend's comrades."

Mike winced before he let out an uneasy chuckle." Sorry…not that lucky. But, I did come here with a plan.

As long as the "Diversion" holds it will at least give us time to get you out of here. Can this ship move?"

"Dessler kept it ready to run, if nothing else but to use on the Viltrumite's tried to double cross him. He may have had measures installed though."

"Well, we will find them before we take off but we got to move before things turn around. Let's get this bird flying!"

He and the others prepared to run to the Yamato before lighting suddenly came crashing down. Eve blocked the lighting with a pink barrier, and everyone thought it was Alyssa, before another cold female voice cut in with," Oh this ship will be taking flight, but with a crew it deserves."

Everyone saw Reileen Kawahara land on the top of the ship, along with a few other woman and soldiers.

One was a beautiful lady around her mid 30s of an average height. She had dark blue hair that she wears in a pair of buns and all of her nails are painted with a dark red polish.

In addition to all of this, she was dressed in a rather sultry red kimono with floral patterns, multiple brown belts with golden arrows pointing in opposite directions, a yellow choker in the style of a butterfly, a white silk scarf that forms the shape of a heart behind her back, two flowers, a red one and a white one, on the right side of her head, along with multiple golden beads.

Another was a woman with black hair in a ponytail in a white and black battle suit.

Behind her was a pale young man of narrow build with short, shaggy auburn hair, parted to the right.

His eyes were thin, his irises small and gold, with rather long lower eyelashes and small eyebrows. He also possessed a small scar on the left side of his forehead. He had three piercings in his left ear. He had his mouth covered by a plague doctor mask.

Behind him was a thinner man with light skin. His head and neck were entirely mechanical, made out of some grey colored metal alloy.

His face plate were colored black, with yellow lines surrounding his mouth and eyes, as well as one line crossed horizontally over his forehead, similar to a Luchador's mask. His mouth and eyes were magenta, with a pink "T" shaped line on each eye which converge into a "U" shape inside his mouth.

Next to him was a purple skinned Gen'Dai warrior with a hybrid of a mace and a flail in his hands.

As they, and a few others spread out Kovac saw his sister and grit his teeth." Kawahara…what the hell are you doing here?"

"I could say the same for you brother! You always seemed to not mind your own damn business, seems even dying could not teach you that.

See, me, Rayvis besides me, Madame Kurenai to my left here, Overhaul behind me, Miss Lint to my right, and Machine Head in front of me all were promised things by "Lord" Dessler for are very high-quality service to him for years, but those promises fell apart the moment a few brutes with mustaches knocked up and roared.

So…we are taking what was promised to us while said thugs are distracted, and working with those who are not afraid of such beings."

"What about the people on the ship?"

"How can you be over a century old and still so naïve brother? Human life has no value. Haven't you learned that yet, Takeshi, with all you've seen? It has no value, intrinsic to itself. Machines cost money to build. Raw materials cost money to extract. But people? You can always get some more people.

Do you know that it cost us less to recruit and use up a real snuff whore than it does to set up and run a virtual equivalent format? Real human flesh is cheaper than a machine. It's the axiomatic truth of our times.

They reproduce like cancer cells, whether you want them to or not. They are abundant, Takeshi."

"You're not as smart as you think Reileen! You think stealing one battleship and a few other things will put you on top?"

"On our own? Of course not, but aligning with the winners, with power, is all that matters when it comes to survival. Power is habitually buried. Think of the Protectorate bunkers on Harlan's World. Or the Caverns the Envoy Corps hid you in while you were made over in their image.

The essence of control is to remain hidden from view, is it not? That's why, it's time for you and the rest of you simpletons that refuse to see the state of life as it is to just vanish."

Ray rolled his eyes before he pointed his sword at the criminals above him." Look Kawahara we got things to do so you can walk away with your head or keep seeing what happens when you get greedy!"

"My…look at yourself in the mirror mister Lawrence. You're trying to betray the deal you made with Dessler yes? At least we were wronged first."

"Hey, I'm not saying we are saints…but you guys are just looking out for yourselves. For me, my entire people's future is on the line, so to be blunt there's more people depending on us then you!"

As the crooks above expressed various degrees of anger another male voice cut in with," Bah…the hopes of millions, if not billions of weak sinful trash don't matter compared to the true chosen ones!"

A new male walked up. He was a very muscular young man of average height with skin so fair, it appears bright green-tinged white, decorated by a pattern of thick blue lines.

He had short, bright pink hair that fluffed out around his head, and inward-tilting yellow eyes with pink eyelashes and blue sclera that looked somewhat like cracked glass.

The kanji for "Upper Rank" (上弦 Jōgen?) and the daiji for "Three" (参 San?) were etched into his irises as well.

The lines on his face curved through each of his eyes from below his ears to over his temples, another blue line running from the center of his hairline to the bridge of his nose, with two more lines running around his neck, three others branching off the lower one to his torso.

The center line ran directly down his chest to halfway down his stomach, and the other two branched off to the sides over each side of his chest to join the two other lines, this same three-line pattern there also repeating around his waist.

On his arms there were lines running down the front of his shoulders that ran into two more, which went around his biceps, before continuing to run down to his wrists, below which it could be seen that each of his fingers are also dark blue with an orange fingernail, his toes also sharing this unusual appearance.

He wore little, only sporting a short, sleeveless dark purple-pink haori that was cut off at his waist, left open to expose his chest, that was decorated by a square pattern on his back.

Below this, he sported a pair of baggy white pants that he rolled to just below the knee with a blue rope belt to secure them at his waist. He was barefoot, but wore a chain of large round pink pearls around each of his ankles.

Tanjiro at once winced as he saw the new arrival's eyes before he took out his sword." What…another demon? His rank…his higher than the others!"

Kawahara saw the new arrival's hungry look before she smirked." See how fast we follow up on requests Mister Akaza? Helping the Shadowlord get what he wants should be enough for the Upper Three to recommend getting in with the true winners yes?"

"Piff." Akaza spat out," Only if these worms have the answers he wants! Geto acted like I was going to screw this up but mister special grade came back in a god damn coma! You all think you're so tough eh? I'm going to pound the truth out of yah and where you thought this ship could get to yah!"

Tanjiro took a deep breath before he got into a fighting stance." No matter how many of you come at us, we won't let you kill everyone!"

"Heh…have some spunk eh? You misunderstand, Tanjiro. I only despise the weak. I only spit on weaklings. Yes. Weaklings make me sick. It is the law of nature that they be weeded out.

The fact that you lasted this long makes me curious at just how resourceful you are. I'm sure it will be a good time, but the fact is you're just a pack of desperate rats fighting a universe that wants to devour you! It's only a matter of time before nature takes its course!"

Mike saw all his new enemies spread out before he steeled himself." Yah well, we are betting everything that what we have is enough to change things."

"Then die a moron! Demon, huh? "

Akaza jumped back as he saw a plasma blast head his way. While he easily dodged it, he was annoyed as a new detached male voice cut in with a chuckle." Know what? You're starting to remind me of me, fifty years back. Minus the charisma... and impressive cock."

Everyone saw a new man walk in from the right platform. He had long black hair and a beard, sunglasses, and a metallic arm and a black electric guitar named Deluze Orphean at his side.

Akaza was about to thrash him in an instant, till he realized the blast came from the tip of the new man's guitar.

The demon saw the man in shades casual expression before he snarled." Don't know if your drunk or something but you just walked into your grave filth!"

"That so? Good. After all, want to test a person's true value? Death. Facing it, staring it down. You still got a chance to be somebody. Rather be a somebody then fade away as a nobody. But guess you just want to be a dog."

Kawahara saw the Upper Three demon look like he was about to snap before she put her hand up." Wait…that's Johnny Sliverhand…a rather annoying terrorist. What…someone paid you to rescue this ship?"

"Well to be honest mostly collecting the bounties on your heads would pay for drinks for the rest of the year but yah, rescuing the crew would give me a bonus to."

The manager of the Head in the Clouds saw Sliverhand take out his custom Malorian Silverhand Pistol before she narrowed her eyes."Tsc…you're not drunk enough to think your that good do you?"

"Nah…but still an ace at getting a crowd. That being said you better not have been screwing with me Major."

Even more energy blasts rained out at the crooks in all directions before a woman's voice muttered," You really are bad at this covert thing Sliverhand."

A woman in a suit of black combat gear with short purple hair could be seen attached to the roof before she motioned her hand." Batou, Ishikawa, and Saito, have the Tachikoma secure the ship. Don't hesitate for a moment!"

Everyone saw plasma bolts fire out from all directions to force his enemies to scatter. Mike saw Sliverhand and the "Major" easily dodge all the shots fired at them before he chuckled." Damn…I knew this Scorpium Collective is tight with all the inorganic guys and gals out there but did not think they would have agents in Bethal 's Sector Nine division."

"They don't kid…they just asked us for a favor." A gruff male voice uttered from behind. Mike saw it came from a 6'2 tall muscular man with white hair in a pony tail and cybernetic eyes. He gave a quick salute before smirking." Batou Buttetsu of Sector Nine Prince Auro, second in command of the special ops division behind Major Motoko Kusanagi over there.

Truth is that Die-Hardman already sent us to try and either retrieve or at least destroy the Yamato from here, when we were told you were heading here we merely figured the best way to align our objectives. Thankfully Johnny Sliverhand liked some of the crew after a drink with them a while back."

Mike paused before he saw a dozen spider type multi leg/multi ped combat vehicles the size of a small car, that were of a middle-blue color, with four "eyes" fitted on the surface of their bodies suddenly burst out of the shadows and board the Yamato from all different directions.

They all had three eyes on the "head" and one beneath the abdomen. Each eye had three pinholes, possibly for triangulation as they instantly retrieved the crew of the ship and also hacked in to disable traps placed on it.

Mike saw how quickly the elite Bethel agents were moving before he gave Batou a thumbs up." Hey man I'm all for backup. You have guys on the No-Ship too? Are, are we going to pull this off?"

"Sorry, we only were here to retrieve this ship. But, as long as you all prepare to move we can get out of here in one piece."

"Hey, always a fan of not being split into pieces. Let's roll out!"

Rayvis saw all the new targets coming and licked his lips." Looks like I'm going to add a few more trophies to my collection today!"

Madame Kurenai saw Johnny Sliverhand and Major Motoko both aim for her before her eye twitched." Damn dogs…you won't stop me! None of your guns can stop my Knight Gear! Tear them all apart my Kurenai Dragoon!"

Her bracelet glowed before it deflected a few incoming energy blasts, just as a house sized knight like humanoid robot appeared in front of her.

She was drawn inside instantly, and only moments later was firing laser beams from its eyes. Invincible saw Eve protect him from the eye beams with another barrier before he chuckled bitterly." Hell Mike, somehow you have even more people trying to get yah then last time!"

"Oh man you don't know the half of it Mark, I'm just glad it's the small fry still."

Overhaul saw his targets getting closer before he hissed out," Damn you all! Mooks like you are not screwing over me making it to the big time! I'm kind of obsessed with cleanliness, it makes my blood boil yah know? You would die for my sake eh? "

The masked man slammed the ground around him, before spikes suddenly erupted around the entire area.

Mike saw the member of division nine named Saito get impaled and cursed before he quickly kicked the steel ground hard enough to kick it up before the spikes could impale those around him.

Machine Head saw Lady Lint get hit by Megaman before he hissed out," Hey you think you can turn it around with a second wave? We have more pieces to spare on the board jackass! Isotope, bring in Tether Tyrant, Kursk, Magmaniac and Furnace now!"

A man with green shoulder length hair and a goatee suddenly warped in with four more enemies.

But just as they were about to move out, the ceiling above them exploded and fell on most of them before they could attack. The crime boss with a robotic head saw his back up get taken out as quickly as they appeared before Weisz Steiner popped in from above." Hey…looks like quite a party."

Shiki smirked at seeing his fellow crew-mate from Eden Zero before he waved." Hey you made it Steiner!"

"Rebecca pulled things off so we had just enough time to move around what's going on above. Alright, since you guys freed us we are returning the favor! I get the idiot with the mask. Heh, cover my back Homura. Arsenal-Enhanced Machina Maker… Grandy-Ray!"

The member of Eden Zero became covered with a suit of armor before firing a laser blast at Overhaul and Machine Head. Lady Lint flew behind Steiner before lighting crackled around her finger tips." Nice suit…should be fun to see it fry."

She fired a lightning bolt just as Steiner turned to her, before suddenly a curvy young woman with dark-brown eyes, long, navy blue hair, and a beauty mark located under her left eye who's hair reached to her waist that had part of it is tied in a high ponytail with a yellow ribbon and main outfit consisted of a sleeveless, yellow-colored kimono with red-colored flower-like designs, loose sleeves around her forearms, a fitted leotard under her kimono, and knee-length black stockings with sandals appeared in front of the lighting infused projectile and intercepted it with a blade of energy called Soul Blade.

The woman saw Lint's shock and narrowed her eyes." You won't fry my comrade today villain! Warrior Maiden Single-Sword Attack: Dragon Flash!"

The blue haired woman kept parrying the lighting before lunging toward her target. She then knocked her balance while thrusting off the ground, then spinning toward the opponent and slashed downward across Lint's chest.

Lint had a burst of lighting crackle out to prevent being cut into, but was still knocked into the ground upon contact, causing the blue haired swords-woman to narrow her eyes." You crooks think you're the" Top of the jungle "but I'll show you to underestimate me! For I am one of the Demon King's Four Shining Stars Valkyrie Homura, the Sword of Edens!"

Akaza saw Homura's confidence, saw another member of Eden's Zero, a nun like warrior woman named" Sister Ivry use her Overheal Destroy spell to cause Rayvis to heal his wounds after repelling J.J's O-Zan-Ku: Worldender attack.

The Gen'dai leader of the Bedlam Raiders that served Dessler smirked at being healed, till he realized Ivry was putting more energy into his body then it could handel and cried with fury before his body exploded.

Akaza casually backhanded a fried tentacle that went his way before he looked around and cracked his neck, before bending his knees in a half-crouch position, extending his right arm with a half-clenched fist facing his body and bending his left arm with an open palm." Oh…got all kinds of dumb weaklings crawling around thinking they are strong eh? Time all you humans learn where you are in the food chain! Blood Demon Art…Destructive Death!"

In an instant the Third Upper Rank demon charged at Stinger to try and punch his head off. However, Tyson suddenly appeared in front of him and stabbed him with his Kuni. As a shock-wave broke out Tyson saw the demon's snarl and shrugged." Looks like another jackass that needs to realize he's not as big as he thinks he is!"

"Oh…so the Wakanda champion is real eh? You may be black but you're still not a beast that holds up to the true elite beasts of darkness! Leg Type: Explosive Flurry!"

While Tyson was able to keep Akaza back, his enemy caught him off guard by suddenly unleashing an flashing flurry of powerful straight kicks so fast that they created afterimages, with each kick producing powerful shock-waves.

As Tyson was hit again and again his enemy laughed, till he realized Tyson was still keeping it together as his suit glowed purple and he narrowed his eyes." You can lash around all you want but black don't crack that easily jackass!"

Akaza got hit by the Vibranium shock-wave that knocked him hard enough into the wall to dent it. Akaza realized he had blood in his eye and looked excited." Oh, I can taste the Fighting Spirit in you cat! This is going to be funnier than I thought! I know what the Shadowlord wants…but this is going to be my bonus! Hope you're not a one hit wonder!"

"Oh I can go the distance punk." Tyson spat back bitterly." But I don't have time to waste on fight junkies."

"Well, you're going to make time before you die! No matter what's going on above they are all too weak. All that matters is!"

Before he could finish the ground suddenly shook, before the entire left wall shattered. As everyone wondered if one of the warships outside the space colony had started opening fire, they realized it was an even more dire outcome, as Conquest was seen in the wreckage.

Everyone on both sides reacted with dread as Kawahara saw the white haired Viltrumite had an annoyed look before she winced." No…they were supposed to be distracted outside."

Mark saw the raw anger in the older Viltrumite 's eyes before he turned pale." We need to run…now! No matter what if we stay we are dead!"

Conquest looked around before he noticed Mark with Eve and Mike and looked like a bull about to gore someone." You had one job you god damn pissant! God damn it…I don't really even care what's going on here.

You're all in the way of Viltrumite property, getting your filthy smell on it is enough for me to kill every last one of yah! I told Anissa I'd get out of the way of the politics stuff if she let be buy enough whores, but you made enough noise to get in the way of my mood, so I'm going to have to have fun the other way!"

Mark braced himself as he got into a fighting stance." Conquest…just back down…we don't have to do this!"

Conquest paused before he suddenly laughed loudly." This supposed to be more crap humor you picked up from those Bethel morons?

Cause the real joke is you thinking you can mouth off to your superior! Being Omni-Man's son is not going to save you from the ass whopping I'm going to give yah for trying to betray your race!"

"He's not your propriety you monster!" Eve spat back." You may have the same DNA as him but trying to make him be a monster like you is just wrong!"

Conquest saw the looks of disgust from Mike's group before his grin widened." Oh…so that's what this is about? Heh, Thragg wanted you killed sooner little birdie, but I think this works better. After all…now I can punish the "Prince" by breaking in his " soulmate" right in front of his eyes!"

Mike saw his Viltrumite friend's anger and chuckled bitterly." Dude…you really want to be hated by everyone around you eh "tough guy?"

Conquest did not recognize Mike at once, but just saw how many were glaring at him before he grit his teeth." You really are weak if you're thinking like that maggot. I don't care if everyone but my boss hates me in this entire universe…cause I'm to damn strong to need a wussy thing like love! You think friendship is power? You just get to see each other get ripped apart by yours truly! Come at me all at once, I have to make up for time anyway!"

Machine Head winced before he cleared his throat." Er…for the record I'm not really associated with these losers. I'm sure we can work out something that will be a beneficial outcome to us all!"

Reileen nodded, as she slowly walked up." That's right. We are not children here yes? We all can figure out what's best for all of, GURAH!"

She and the metal headed crime boss was cut off when in a flash Conquest was in front of them, with his fist through there chests.

The gangsters fell to the ground, and Conquest noticed a needle roll out of the now dead woman's sleeve before he spat on her corpse." You think prey can make a deal with the Predators? That's the result. I been around way too long to let some flashy whore try and pull a fast one on me!

The weak don't tell me how I should act! Inferior beings just accept the fate their superiors give them! You're all annoying me, I don't care who's side your on I'm going to kill you all nice and slow just for annoying me!"

Lady Lint saw the smugness in Conquest's eyes before she yelled in rage." Damn you. I hate arrogant fossils like you who are too senile to read the god damn room! I don't care how big your muscles are I'll electrocute you!"

She unleashed a barrage of lighting bolts at the white-haired man, only for him to not even flinch upon impact.

Conquest was motionless for a few moments, but just as Lint starting to thinks he hurt him, Conquest cracked his neck." That tickles, but I already got a massage…and your crappy at it you damn dike.

I may be centuries old, but the Viltrumite race is made to last thousands of years without any kind of decline! The only one who is, oh oh?"

He was about to lift his arm, till Overhaul burst out of the ground and grasped Conquest by the head. The man with a plague mask laughed as his fist glowed." Oh you Viltrumite are strong alright, strong enough to be useful! My " Quirk" magic Overhaul, gives me the ability to disassemble anything I touch, as well as reassemble it in any configuration I desire! I can even merge my body with others; and you will be the perfect piece to give me what I deserve! The new era will be, huh? "

While his hand was glowing, Overhaul winced as he saw Conquest was not being affected by his quirk.

Conquest suddenly grasped Overhaul by the neck before hissing out," Another cunt with some lame magic trick eh? Whatever you can do, your mana is too weak to affect my body so it does not matter! None of your "Quirks" matter when my raw strength will rip every last one of you apart!"

Kurenai saw Conquest rip off Overhaul's arm before her eye twitched." No…you're not a god…just a juiced up freak that will turn to ash after getting blown up! The Queen Nova bomb can vaporize anyone!"

The Kurenai Dragoon fired a missile at Conquest, only for her target to easily catch it in place with his hand. Kurenai swore before firing two more, only for Conquest to catch the second one with his foot, and the last one with in his teeth.

He let out a sneer before hurling Overhaul into Lint, knocking them both into the Kurenai Dragon before Conquest flung all three missiles at the three gangsters, hitting them with enough force to knock them out of the space colony.

As an explosion lighted up space in the distance the mustached man chuckled." Well…at least that part lived up to the hype. I'll, oh?"

Conquest swerved to the right to block an incoming punch from Akaza. He saw the smaller man's excited look and snickered out," To dumb to see the writing in the wall eh kid?"

"Why would I be afraid? This is the kind of fight I was looking for! You're going to,"

In an instant Conquest punched through Akaza's chest before he snorted." Anything other then kill yah was the wrong answer."

He raised an eyebrow as Akaza just laughed in response." Oh…this is going to be good! Annihilation!"

The Upper Rank demon crouched over, with both his arms at the side of his body poised to strike. He then lunged forward, creating two powerful circular shock-waves from the palm of his hands that blasted Conquest off of him and sent him crashing through the other wall.

As the wall fell on his target Akaza laughed as the hole in his chest healed." HAH! Your fighting spirit is getting my blood pumping! But even if a Viltrumite is not as weak as most of the other mortals, you're still just food for a demon! But at least for making this fun I'll give you a quick, oh?"

Akaza saw the rubble be launched at him like it was shot from a railgun as he slashed a steel wall fragment in half and saw Conquest stomp out.

The Viltrumite saw his face was cut and bruised before he chuckled darkly." You're not like the other pussies, I'll give you that. But you're just my workout for today you punk. You think being a demon means jack against me? You're still weaker than me! One lucky scratch is all you amount to!"

"Even if you fight to death, you can't conquer me Conquest! Those impressive wounds you inflicted on me... have already healed completely.

But what about you? A smashed left eye, all irreparable on your own. If you were a demon, you'd heal in the blink of an eye. Those would be mere scratches a demon. You can struggle all you want, but a human can never beat a demon! Disorder!"

Punching rapidly at his target, Akaza created a barrage of large shock-waves that bombarded Conquest. But the mustached man snarled as he charged, slowly running through one projectile after another. "Pansy weaklings may fear demons, but Viltrumite don't fear anyone, not even hellspawn!

The universe has changed, and we are the race that is above light and darkness, heaven and hell, the race of power personified! All in the universe will bow to us! He got right in front of Akaza and punched him to the ground before hissing out," Hell's wrath, is whatever makes me angry!"

Akaza saw Conquest wind up his fist before roaring out," I'll make you fear the fury of the Shadow lord Viltrumite! Leg Type: Explosive Flurry!"

The demon unleashed a flashing flurry of powerful straight kicks so fast that they created afterimages, with each kick producing powerful shock-waves.

The blows knocked Conquest into the air before Tanjiro and the others saw Akaza launching attacks in all directions. His target yelled out and tried to crush Akaza, but even when he shattered part of the demon's arm or leg the injuries only took seconds to heal.

Tanjiro noticed Conquest took some minor cuts, but did not look effected at all before he gulped." I'm…confused. I can't feel anything but hate for an agent of Muzan, but the old angry mustache man is, even worst right?"

"It's called the enemy of my enemy temporarily being my friend lad." Grimoire Weiss grimly replied." We should let these brutes distract each other while we make are leave."

Mike saw the Yamato 's hostages were already free before he shrugged." Well, I'm not going to complain if my enemies would kill each other for me. But, are we in the clear?

He glanced at Batou before the man with cybernetic eyes paused, then nodded." The Major and the others got the crew inside and the systems free from the locks. It should be able to launch."

"Then let's ditch this seriously lame party already."

Conquest saw the Yamato's engines start to turn on, and saw Mark and the others go to it before he became enraged." Hey…who said you could take my ship and my punching bag away!? You are not getting away, I'll chase you into hyperspace if I have to!"

Tyson suddenly got in front of him before his aura erupted." Who's running jackass?"

"You're going to wish you turned tail when I am done with you!"

"Bring it! Rinzin…Rasengan!"

The bigger man saw Tyson come at him with a purple energy sphere and smirked as he prepared to uppercut him to pieces. But to his shock Tyson suddenly vanished from his site, courtesy of using the Flying Thunder Flash spell, before he came down and collided the Rasengan into his enemy's bald spot. Despite a direct hit Conquest just narrowed his eyes." If this is your attempt at a massage you really suck at it! I'll show you what, huh?"

Conquest was about to attack, till Akaza kicked him in the head, before screaming out," Hey, I had dibs on the cat first!"

Tyson snickered before throwing out a deadpan," Hey demon, how about we tag team this jackass to finish what we started?"

"I can…accept taking out the bigger heathen first. Eight-Layered Demon Core!"

Akaza unleashed eight powerful punches, each strike creating large and strong shock-waves in a similar fashion to his Disorder technique. At the same time Tyson tried to attack Conquest's pressure points with his Million Knocking strike, but despite the two former enemies attacking there larger enemy with all kind's of attacks from all sides, Conquest just snickered before he suddenly grasped both of his attackers by the head and smashed them into each other." Every maggot in this entire quadrant of space can swarm me at once but no kind of attack is going to cut it! Don't matter if its trying to attack a single cell or every where all at once, every part of me is superior to the likes of you and nothing you do will stop me from taking the ship and making everyone on it my play toys!"

He kicked both men to the ground, only for Akaza to kick against the wall he was knocked into and charge back at double the speed and had his eyes glow." That ship belongs to the Shadowlord! We will get the answers that will ensure we come out on top! It's our key to ascending to where we belong! The likes of you can't enter the realm of the highest, you don't deserve it! Final Form: Blue Silver Chaotic Afterglow!"

Akaza unleashed an omni-directional barrage of countless thin and sharp shock-waves that delivered a hundred blows to his target coming from everywhere almost at the same time.

Conquest was barraged for a few seconds, before he made it clear he was more irritated than wounded as he burst up and uppercut Akaza's jaw off. He then gave a bestial roar as he unleashed a barrage of punches while snarling out," Don't matter if you can heal if I beat you too fast to pull it off punk!

We are the strongest clan, so we will take whatever we want and demons will get the scraps just like the rest of the losers! Everyone knowns that what's left of "hell" is just empty bluster from those who can't get with the times! Its time for the new order to lay down the law!"

Conquest then smashed Akaza's head together so hard it was crushed, before he smashed the demon into the ship's engine just as the thruster turned on.

The moment he did Tyson tried to fire off his Light Grenade attack the moment Conquest knocked Akaza into the engines. But the moment Conquest saw this he just kept his momentum up and served around to kick the Light Grenade back at Tyson.

The Black Panther only had time to curse out before he was blasted through the wall vie his own projectile.

The mustached man snickered at hearing Akaza scream before he then tackled the Yamato into the wall. The ship's energy shield turned on to protect the ship itself from breaking, but as it struggled to rebound Conquest snarled out," Don't matter if everyone in this god damn space colony comes at me, even all together, your all to weak to stop me from getting what I want!"

Everyone that could started opening fire, as Conquest was hit by Ratchet's RYNO, Megaman's Shine Laser, Jonny Sliverhand's rocket, Shionne's Explosive Charge Mystic Art, Section Nine's gas rounds, Stiner's Proton Cannon, an Seele Schneider arrow from James and more.

Mike saw Conquest slowly wade through the barrage like he was merely trudging through waves at the beach before he winced." Can't read the room crusty? We got more important things to do then be your punching bag!"

"Well to damn bad stick!" Conquest roared out." Maybe you do not understand the situation, but the Viltrum clan anticipated "resistance." That's why I'm baby sitting the "prince."

I am Conquest personified! I never failed to assimilate a chosen planet, no matter its strength. I never failed to kill any target given to me other then Ben Auro. By choosing to mock me, you chose a brutal death!"

He prepared to tackle Mike, till all of a sudden Mark tackled Conquest to the ground. As the entire space colony shook Mark punched Conquest in the gut again and again as he howled out," Its you who's not understanding things Conquest! I can't describe the guilt, shame, and most of all the anger I felt having to do everything my family made my body do as all I could do was watch! That entire time, out of everything I wanted to hit something as hard as I can!"

Conquest coughed up blood before he had a wild look in his eye. Very well boy, let your rage out and see what happens!" Conquest headbutt the smaller Viltrumite to the ground before he cracked his knuckles, not even caring that he was being hit by a barrage of projectiles form the others." Right about now…Anissa would be telling you about how the Viltrum clan is going to turn the universe into a utopia for folks like us.

She'd tell you you're a fool to try and prevent this, and that we would be better off in charge than all the fools that hustled you to betray your kin.

I won't waste my breath. The truth is I'm glad you maggots are resisting like the morons you are. I'm not here because I believe in one cause or the other, or that I'm fulfilling some kind of honorable duty. I'm here because I enjoy what I do, and I'm the best at what I do, which is feeling my fist drenched in the blood of, GUH!"

In an instant Invincible rebounded faster than his opponent expected and slugged him in the jaw. Conquest saw Mark's anger and merely smiled." You're getting there boy."

Conquest only laughed as Mark tackled him through the wall, but the white-haired man slammed his feet into the ground and grasped Mark by the throat before snarling out," More…I want more!"

His opponent cried out before slamming his fists on Conquest's head. This caused the bigger man to stagger, before he spat out a tooth." Very good runt."

"That's just the warm up!" Mark cried before he punched Conquest in rapid succession. He kept hitting the man that tormented him in the head before he cried out," I don't care how many times it takes I'm going to pound your head till you listen! Huh?"

He punched Conquest in the mouth, only for the bigger man to bite his fist. As Mark yelled in pain Conquest kicked him in the gut and slammed him to the ground again before he licked his face." Stop…me? I'm having the time of my life! Come on keep going! When I'm done with you I'm going to kill everyone else boy! Don't forget that you're all that stands between me and these feeble beings you grown to" love to protect!" I, UGH!"

To Conquest's shock he was tackled from behind, before Allen the Alien revealed it was him before crying out," Hey jackass big ass beatdown coming up!"

Allen punched Conquest again and again, but even as the Unopan kept punching him he just had his eye twitch." Who the hell are you? I like to know who I'm dismembering!"

"Screw you, your breath smells like feet! I was trying to play it cool, but you mustache monsters massacred my kind! If the party's already started I want in!"

"Get out of here man he will kill you!" Mark shouted out. Allen kept punching before Conquest caught the one-eyed man's fist and slammed him into Mark. Conquest sneered with disgust before he stomped both of them at once." Bah, you may have the Schillinger family blood but you're a disgrace! Where is your Viltrumite heart! Until I see it beating in my hand I will not believe you have it! Show me your power, show me your rage!"

Mark yelled before he got up and punched Conquest in the nose. He and Allen both tried to punch Conquest together, only for the mustached enemy to catch there fists before he snarled out," Almost there child, but if this is all the strength you can dish you, this is not going to end well for you!

Up till now…I've been playing with you, getting to know the new toy. But I am tired of that game! Not that I'm not having fun…but I'm starting to question why Thragg had me baby sit you…this task is beneath me. You thought you been "Punished" before now maggot? I'll show you the price for disgracing the clan!"

He kicked Allen aside and grasped Mark by his arms and legs and then started trying to pull him apart, laughing as Mark screamed." Do you feel your body starting to rip apart? It starts with your vertebrae separating…then you'' feel your muscles starting to stretch, if your able to focus through the pain you''ll feel your skin pulled to its breaking point. It's going to be an amazing lesson! I, huh?"

Conquest heard something before he saw another spaceship suddenly crash into him. Everyone saw it was the Tick who crashed in, and the man in the blue tick like suit just smirked." If we are giving lessons chum then this is brought to you by the letter T! I knew this was going to be a rowdy party but this has gone on long enough! A giant guy plus a space harbor equals fluid dynamics at its best!"

Conquest ripped apart the ship pressing into him before he snickered." Oh…so Dessler's pet clown wants a turn to? You're just a failed attempt by an inferior clan's attempt to match the Viltrum tribe! You look like you're going to need a serious pounding to get reality smacked through your faggot skull ape!"

The mustached man charged at the Tick and the two grappled each other, the Tick was able to hold his own before he had sweat form. " Hey, I'm the Tick not the Ape! Besides…don't knock crazy.

The Romans were crazy, and they got all the girls! I may not understand everything in this crazy universe, a lot of the time it's just Tick, do this! Tick, do that! Clean my superconductors, read me a story, scrape the carnivorous space barnacles off my back! But, I know I am the measure of justice! But you are a psychotic relic of feudalism, and I'll die before I let you kill me!"

"Yah…that's the idea!" Conquest snarled as he headbutt the Tick. To his shock the blue man endured the blow, and headbutt Conquest back.

As the mustached man staggered, Allen grasped Conquest by the arms and nodded at Mark, who wasted no time punching Conquest in the face again and again.

Conquest roared out in outage and prepared to slam the ground…till Mark suddenly hit the ground with his Friction Crusher spell and caused Conquest to slip. As he saw the Viltrumite fall to the ground he winced." If this jerk is all about having no class then no shame piling on him hard! Long as he can't swing those fists we got him!"

Conquest saw attacks coming at him from all sides as Mark, the Tick, and Allen punched him all at once as Ray, Homura, Tanjiro, Shiki, Crash, and more hit him as well while the others fired more projectiles at him.

But all this did was cause him to turn red before veins formed on his head." You just don't get it…none of you do! I'm not like your half breed wuss of a " Pal"! Ill show you what the absolute force of the ultimate living weapon can do!"

Conquest slammed his hands together at the speed of light, creating a shockwave that knocked everyone back. The Tick was one of the few who did not get harmed much, but was knocked into space from the impact as most were slammed into the ground hard.

He saw Mark cough up blood and roared like a furious ape before he grasped Mark by the neck and slammed him again and again." Gather every maggot in the universe to help you and you still can't escape us boy! Because we are the masters of the universe and you get in line or get crushed!"

He was about to try and crush Mark's head before a pink barrier suddenly got in front of him. He saw Eve fly down before she looked at him furiously." Your such an asshole, but you're not Omni-man!"

"Yah, bad news for you!"

"No…please no get out of here now Eve! Forget about me! I, GUH!" Conquest suddenly struck Mark at his right knee with enough force to shatter it. As he fell to the ground and yelled in pain his attacker spat on his face." So concerned for others safety…you really are pathetic. Now then kitten, don't worry you got problems of your own!"

In an instant he shattered her magic barrier with the flick of his wrist, before he punched through her face, then punched through her heart with his other fist. As she vomited blood on him he merely licked at it." Heh, so pretty…such a waste. Would have played with you more, but got a job to finish."

As he casually threw Eve to the ground her lover realized there was a hole in her jaw before he cried out in horror." No…Eve please I can't do this without you. I, I can't live without you! Don't talk, save your strength, just keep breathing!"

Conquest saw everyone was still recovering from the shockwave he unleashed before he cleaned the blood from his hand. "Heh, she must have really cared for you…to do what she did here. Surely she was not stupid enough to think she could actually hurt me.

She must have done all this for you. Such a strong bond…we Viltrumites have nothing like this. It breeds weakness. Still, it's admirable. I am beginning to understand your affinity for these inferior creatures. Delicious.

Heh, I should do this now…don't know what I'll get the chance again. I want to thank you Mark Grayson…" Invincible." Really…from the bottom of my heart. It's not very often I get to cut loose like this. I mean really cut loose like I'm doing now…it's been fun! So…the broad dead yet? I have your full attention yet?"

Mark saw Eve was not moving before he yelled with primal fury." I don't…care how strong you are or how fast you are! I can see the future…you don't live to see tomorrow!"

"HAH! Even if I was swallowed up by a black hole, my stack would just send me back! I'm to big to fail maggot, we masters of the universe have it so that nothing will cheat us from what we deserve! But still…after all I 've done…after everything you've endured at my hand and you still threaten me? I dare say, runt, you are starting to impress me. Ok then…do your worst!"

Mark yelled and grasped his fist so hard that it vibrated before he punched Conquest, and struck him so hard that his metal hand shattered. The taller man blinked before he snorted." Now we're getting somewhe, GUH!"

Mark kept punching Conquest while screaming out," No matter how much you enjoyed everything that came before this, I promise you I will enjoy this more!"

Conquest got hit hard enough to spit out blood, but after he was knocked back to the edge of the colony he yelled and gave Mark a bearhug." Child please. Being enraged at me doesn't make you stronger, that's not how it works! We are not like those erratic Saiyan trash and need sissy transformations to unleash are true power! We are born with absolute strength from birth…and just need to learn how to command it! You don't stand a, GUH!"

Mark suddenly bit Conquest's shoulder hard enough to rip the piece of flesh out. As Conquest yelled out in pain Mark slammed him in the chest again and again while also biting Conquest in the neck. As he ripped a piece out of his tormentor he yelled out," Die…DIE!"

"Never…I'm never dying to someone who fights for the weak! Love…friendship…kindness…and all of that crap is worthless! I'll smash it out of this universe forever!"

He tried to choke Mark, till suddenly he heard someone utter a firm," No. NO!"

Both men were shocked to see Eve's eyes glowed, before suddenly waves of holy energy surged out of her body. Her uniform was shredded, but as she walked back up nude but completely healed the light around her got more and more intense before she yelled out," MARK!"

Conquest raised an eyebrow before he casually slammed Mark to the ground and declared," If you think offering yourself up to me will save anyone your, Hurrggh!"

In an instant Eve unleashed a pink energy beam that hit Conquest before he could even move, and unleashed a explosion that lighted up the entire space colony. When the light faded, Conquest was still standing, but the blast burned much of his skin on the front side of his body off.

Even though he looked like he was about to be cut up by a butcher and sold for a free for all sale, he staggered a bit, and was bleeding all over, but still could stand as he looked at the nude woman with shock before his eye twitched." That…that hurt! You…you're some sort of undercover angel? You think…I fear your "Holy judgment"? Like I told that tattooed demon…the Viltrum clan has surpassed all the " Laws" of the old order! Light and darkness both are above unstoppable might! We from the Unstoppable Juggernaut who tore down the old order only respect absolute force! But…now…you're going to come with me! You're going to be a better trophy then I thought for Thragg!"

"YOU WON'T TOUCH HER!" Mark roared out as even with his broken limb he took to the air and punched Conquest…yet even though the taller man's entire front side was all burnt exposed muscle, he still caught the fist and held Mark back. As the younger man looked shocked the mustached male spat on his face. Got more then enough fight left in me for you boy!"

Mark kicked Conquest in the heart again and again while yelling out," Still having fun? Are you enjoying yourself?"

"Heh…I take the good with the bad…cause I'm a true warrior! I don't stop till the job is done and, huh? No!"

While he was holding Mark back, to his shock the ground shook, because the Yamato was prepared to take off. Conquest had his eyes twitch before he muttered," No…don't think you can get away! You, GUH!"

Mark took the older Viltrumte's distraction to punch Conquest into the air. Mark grasped his tormentor by the throat before yelling out, "You want the ship? Let them have it guys!"

At this point Kodai was on the bridge before he took a deep breath." We will take peace back from the invaders! Launch now!"

Oktia tipped his admiral hat tightly before he glared at Conquest." Don't let this lad's valor be wasted! Combat speed!"

A crew mate named Shima nodded." First Combat speed…steady!"

The Yamato rammed into Conquest as Mark kept choking him. As the ship left the space colony Mike cached his bearings before he muttered," To be honest I'm kind of lost right now. Are…are we winning? And…how?"

Tyson looked at Eve before he shrugged." You knew her more then me bro, she an angel or not?"

"Mom would have told me if she was. Just…hope she's not dead. Er…you still you over there?"

Eve got to her knees before she gave a wary nod." Its…kind of complicated. When I was being engineered by the scientist who created me…well, I wasn't like a test0tube baby.

I was given powers while I was still in my mother's womb by a faction that wanted to organically breed more angels to replace those who lost to when Heaven Shattered. I was given many mental blocks, I guess I was able to overcome that with the trauma."

Mike was about to say something till he noticed the crushed remains of Machine Head and Reileen before he saw a syringe near the remains of the head of the Head in the Clouds Skyhook and winced." Well…some aces worked better then others. Just be careful, don't crush that woman's needle, we don't want to get out of this only to get whatever poison she wanted to jab in that asshole."

Robot walked over to assist Eve before he glanced at the vial and had his eyes glow." The only one that should be alarmed is your Viltrumite comrade. Scanning confirms that vial has the Rawling Virus."

As some around him looked confused the robot looked back at the vial." Rawling is a computer virus that attacks a person's Cortical Stack as well as AI's. It corrupts the information stored in both, making them useless.

If a person hasn't backed up their Stack, they are lost. Rawling can even infect offsite backups of a Stack if a Stack is infected during backup. If a Stack is infected while in a living person, it drives the person insane. It also drives AI's insane before it melts their cores."

Mike paused before he whistled." So that lady was going to try and inject something that would make sure Conquest would not just pop back after he was killed."

"More or less."

Tyson shrugged as he picked it up." Might be useful for later, but not going to help if you can't off the asshole the first time."

"Maybe…but its more then just that. It seems its also mixed with what the data says is a match for the Scourge Virus. That virus infected almost the entirety of the Viltrumite population, 99.9% of the population dying from infection or as a result of the virus causing Viltrumite strength and invulnerability to become greatly diminished.

This…seems to be an improved strain of The Scourge virus that would bypass any immunity developed previously."

Takeshi Kovacs looked at the virus before he glanced at the remains of his sister." Relieen, always did like to have a counter measure…she was just not fast enough to pull it off."

"Maybe…but we might have a way to make sure this bastard does not come back."

Tyson saw Mike's resolve before he looked at Conquest." Hey dude…better be careful or the pal you pulled all this off to save might get taken down to with the virus."

"Not if we make sure the virus does not have time to spread. Remember the time we tricked the Pikachu?"

"Yah…but that was not in space Mike!"

"Sure but, remember the gist of it? Just…got to step it up a bit."

Tyson saw that Mark was still pressing Conquest to the Yamato as it was in space before he took a long weary sigh." Yah…I think I get where you're going. Just don't miss cause we are only going to have one shot!"

As the two friends got into position the crew of the Yamamoto saw how fanatically Mark was trying to choke Conquest before Oktia took a deep breath." This lad risked everything to help us, we must repay the favor. I admit I did not think we would be going for such a drastic action on such a small target…but we must ensure this savage stays down no matter what if we are to escape."

Another male part of the crew, Sanda, nodded to the others on the bridge." Wave Motion Barrier, deployed across the bow!"

Okita saw Conquest's sneer and stood his ground." These savages wanted to see what this could do? Fine…deploy the Wave Motion Gun!"

Kodai nodded before he slid down goggles over his face." In order to end this battle, all I can do is keep fighting! Turning bow towards the target!"

An older male member of the crew named Tokugawa cried out," Open circuits! Force injector, activate!"

Kodai nodded before he grasped his fist." Final safety, released!"

Conquest winced as part of the ship behind him retracted, as a charging sound could be heard. Back on the deck another male member of the crew, Nanbu, declared," Increase in tachyon particle pressure inside the firing chamber!"

Kodai nodded again before he grasped a control." Target scope, open! Bow is not in firing alignment!"

Conquest saw behind him a massive amount of particles were forming a yellow sphere, then a blue one before he narrowed his eyes." You…you think this is enough to stop me? I'm the elite of the Viltrum race! You can't, GUH!"

Mark squeezed harder to try and choke Conquest while he seethed out," Don't hide behind that smile, you're dead! I'm making sure of it! I'm done screwing around Conquest!"

"You worthless ungrateful maggot. You want to see a "serious punch"?"

He suddenly punched through Mark's chest, and ripped out his guts. Even through this pain, Mark roared with grim determination.

This just caused Conquest to snarl out," Your resolve is almost worth my respect. But your just not man enough to beat me! Even now…this is not en, huh?"

To his shock Hutch warped Tyson and Mike in front of them before Mike smirked." That so gramps? Well maybe this will tip the scale!" He roundhouse kicked the syringe into Conquest's neck.

The needle hardly even poked through the brute's neck before he raised a eyebrow. Mike smirked before saying," Just wait for the" Tax" to drop."

Mike made a hand gesture, before the needle got many times heavier thanks to Mike using his Inflation Tax combo to the Friction Crusher spell he already hit the needle with before.

Conquest realized what happened too late as the syringe sank into his burnt body. He did not realize he was injected with the Scourge virus right away, but he instantly felt pain before he saw his muscles twitch." No…what did you do to me you bastard!?"

"Give you what you deserve. Let's go!"

"No, I, GUH!"

At that moment the Tick returned, being able to function even in the vacuum of space as he slammed the needle even harder into Conquest's neck before smirking." No one sends the Tick anywhere. Fate is my only master. Destiny signs my checks! This is the quietest mess I've ever made…but I'll leave now to keep it that way."

He helped Mark get away from Conquest and kick the Viltrumite backward, before Tyson threw his other dagger near Mark and used the Flying Thunder God spell to warp back to the dock after grasping Mark, the Tick, and Mike.

Conquest saw his target was gone, and realized the Yamato was about to fire at him at point blank range before he roared at the top of his lungs. As he did Okita calmly put on his own blast goggles before he nodded." Anti-shock, anti flash defenses!"

Kodai nodded before he looked at the computer and grit his teeth." Video cross-gauge brightness twenty, sights fixed!"

Okita saw his computer show that the engine was providng power by expanding compactified higher dimensions that were curled up as Calabi-Yau manifolded.

With the expansion of the higher dimensions, energy was released into the wave-motion reactor into the gravity wave compression chambers and the tachyon particle oscillator control unit.

A supergravity wave was created and directed towards the muzzle of the wave-motion gun, generating a stream of micro black holes. These micro black holes rapidly evaporated and had their mass-energy fully converted into Hawking radiation in the process, thus creating the "beam". The captain of the Yamato saw that the " Beam" was fully charged before he slammed his fist on the terminal." FIRE!"

The Wave Motion Cannon promptly fired, releasing a massive sphere of blue energy right at Conquest's face. The senior Viltrumite roared in outrage as he was rocketed out of the area by the blue beam, and saw his hands sizzling, and the asteroids around him shattering the instant they were impacted before he roared and tried to push the Wave Motion blast back with his one hand." No…I'm superior then every last one of you! I…huh?"

He then noticed the Eden Zero warship coming up from the other side, before Rebecca saw Conquest and narrowed her eyes. "That's the one! He was hitting on me when I was trying to interview the crowd! Make sure he does not get out of the blast and sandwich him with the Star Bringer cannon!"

The cosmos Ether Drive Eternal Navigation Ship fired its Etherion cannon to hit Conquest form behind.

As he was sandwiched between the two energy blasts….Conquest saw his hand vaporizing before he realized he was burning all over and snarled out," No…NO! GURAHH!"

Everyone looked on in relief as Conquest was vaporized to the last atom, before the blue beam unleashed an explosion that was big enough to consume a continent, and when it faded there was not a trace of the Viltrumite left.

Mike realized his gambit was pulled off before he tugged his collar." Well…about as much of a jackpot as we are going to get these days."

Tyson chuckled bitterly before he shrugged." All this and we still have the rest of the mission to pull off."

"True…but did seem like the kind of day we would have to put in overtime for. Still…took some improvising but we just might have pulled this off."

"Yah…took some guts man."

"Thanks for giving the plan props Tyson."

"No seriously I can see the dude's guts sticking out, so I don't care how durable a Viltrumite is, we better heal this dude fast if we don't want this to be a karmic victory."

As the four put Marc down James floated over." Good work Mike, that was a plan worthy of an Enji Master. I'll heal him."

Eve saw Mark coughing blood before she was on the verge of tears." Mark…are you going to be ok?"

Her lover gave a thumbs up before he let out an weak," Its fine…bad as it looks its not as bad as when dad and pals were" reeducating me." Though…I might not be able to do much for a while." Eve grasped Mark's hand before she smiled." Its ok…I'll be gentle."

As the two kissed the Tick casually walked back up and cleared some dust off his shoulder." Thank you for teaching us all that love is thicker than most bodily membranes. But not quite as sticky. And that a heart full of love is better than a body full of people. Merrilly, the feet that carried us on the heart's path today will be the feet that soak in the steaming brew of happiness tomorrow."

Mark saw both the Tick and Allen the Alien give thumbs up before he cleared his throat." Well…not sure if I would put it like that…but does feel like I've finally woken up from a nightmare…at least my body has. Mike…thanks for risking your neck to bail me out. If even the old man and Thragg still don't know your alive then you really must be working hard on hiding."

"Hey, don't sweat it dude. With how much I lost, I just have to hold on to whatever " assets" I have left. Don't think I'm bailing you out to a party though. Truth is, you think its bad now but we are so far up a creek that I need like, you and your entire mustache loving clan's strength to just keep from paddling forward."

"Hey…at least I can have a chance to decide to fight for what I want to Mike. I'm down…though I hope you know what you're doing because even if you really did just kill Conquest, the old man, Thragg and the rest are not going to take this lightly."

"Hey, don't worry this plan's top rate!" Mike uttered confidently as he flashed a half-lopped smirk." We got it so put together that everyone is at everyone else's throats so we can slip away in the chaos. Had enough time to see what works and what goes horribly wrong so by now I planned it out to stay one step ahead of the game. Since the others are just dealing with a few crazy ladies and taking there toy's to should be easy to just whoa!"

A flash of light caught everyone's attention and cut Mike off. He turned to the right and thought a ship just blew up, but saw that the No-Ship" "Ithaca had unleashed the light.

It did not fire a laser beam and was not exploding, but instead was covered in green light like a cocoon before it suddenly split into two fragments. The left fragment quickly transformed into a twenty-two meter white mecha with glowing energy for limbs, and a giant golden ring floating around it.

Mike quickly realized that the other split part of the moon sized ship had transformed into another large black and white mecha, looking like a half woman half spider with gigantic round weapons.

The left white mecha's eyes glowed before its body surged with energy." I am Nevanlinna…I am the system that was designed to rebuild the Aos Gardim Civilization. Slave 2044 has gathered all the data I require, to properly lead to the rebirth of the super elite civilization…and this Arcadia shawl serve as my catalyst."

Mike's jaw dropped before Mark winced." So…was that part of the plan?"

The other spider like mecha extended its wings before a female voice boomed out." Hear me universe, I am Cyclaminos…the last Empress of the Gardim Aos civilization! Nevanlinna is a system that the Aos Gardim civilization prepared to ensure that their civilization would be rebuilt in case their own was destroyed for some reason.

It took…a tad more time than the original outline but its at last completed its task. All of you…shawl witness the wrath of Flosdeus…the manifestation of my grudge for the universe that wronged me! The Goddess of all flowers…will bloom death to all who made a mockery of my kin across the millennia! Bear the full force of my unending hatred for you all as your very souls rot away!"

Mike's eye twitched before he glanced back at the others." Unless those two are the Gundam's we were supposed to rescue…no…no something has gone horribly…horribly wrong."

The curly haired man saw Tyson's glare before he gulped." Just…don't tell Astra I jinxed us ok?"

"If we get out of this alive dude? Deal."

Mark saw the Flosdeus have many golden spiders the size of shuttles fly out and swarm the ships around it, before transforming those ships into Gardim Slinvarsa and Barskal class warships before the lanky man let out a forced chuckle."Great…enough raging woman seem out to rip us apart as it is…good grief. Well…let's just hope this is the top of the…you know I'm not going to even say it. Still...this still is not the worst outcome Mark so, guess the luck's evening out long as we can manage to not fall on are faces?"

The Tick glanced at all that was going on before he made a confident grin." All I know is that...the key to successful falling lies in realizing you are a falling person."

Mike's eye twitched before he took a deep breath." Well...I can agree with that my good, Tick. I've been falling so much as of late, that I'm using all of that experince to make sure I fall on the right side of life at least a little bit." Mike uttered with tired resolve as he saw the two gigantic women like mecha look prepared to unleash there wrath at them.

Authors Notes: I know it may be a confusing way to end things but how this got to this point on Astra's end will be covered next time. For now let's cover the ground once more. Firstly, I hopefully don't have to explain where all the Extreme Gundam's came from, but Theostrias was the final boss of the SD Gundam Battle Alliance game.

Overhaul was from My Hero Academia, Rayvis is a enemy from Star Wars Jedi Surivor, Allen the Alien and Machine Head are both from Invincible, and once more Tick and Lady Lint are both from the Tick. Akaza is from Demon Slayer, and Jonny Sliverhand is from Cyberpunk, while the Major and the rest of district Nine are all from Ghost in the Shell.

The Verrucae mind control parasite was from Yu Yu Hakusho.

"Nine" Chitose Kisaragi are the leads in Super Robot Wars V, while System Nevanlinna is the final boss, and to mix it up Cyclaminos was the true final boss of Super Robot Wars 30, the DLC extension at least.

Again, how this came to be will be explained next time. Hope the clash with Conquest did not feel too drawn out but just wanted to show how tough a Viltrumite warrior is, and how much taking down the" Bronze" ranked member of the current warrior clan takes.

Well as always hope you liked what you saw enough to leave a review, thanks for the ones that have been given in the meanwhile, and hopefully see you all next time.