Chapter 258: Going Commando into the Multiverse of Madness!

As victorious as Doctor Nefarious felt after bringing his universe concurring counterpart from across the Multiverse to his side, little did he know he was not the first one to travel from universe to universe as of late, and the ones that did were far more "on top of things."

While Mike, Astra and their rag tag group were not aware of Sieg and the IV&C, the man who looked like Ben was not just playing golf on Earth Prime. Despite casually wiping out the entire Klingon race with how fractured the universe was most were still not sure what was going on, and the head of the force that saw subjugating Universes as a casual occurrence was now overseeing the next phase of his operation in the throne room of the Totality, and sat upon a golden throne composed of golden swords.

The images of thousands of planets were in front of him like a star ocean flowing across him. Sieg glanced and absorbed countless information in a second as the golden third eye on his head glowed. He was about to raise his hand to grasp a planet going by, before he noticed Mary enter. The sight of the red-haired woman caused him to smirk." I take it if you're hear earlier then expected then there is a new development?"

"More or less." Mary answered bluntly." Firstly…are men have come back to report. Sentinel Prime has finished his evaluation of the Gamilan tribe and thinks it will be a minimal effort to subdue that faction, there" Champion" the Sentry has an extremely weak mental state. The same goes to Hyperion and the Mazone clan he champions.

Meanwhile Hydra Supreme also has finished his report on the Poseidal Military, and there" Superian" is another who won't be nothing but a "speed bump."

Meanwhile the Maestro has finished his report on this universe's Viltrumite tribe, and that they are indeed the pinnacle of a warrior race, but that such pride can be used against them.

All that's left is Ultraman and the Batman Who Laugh's report on the details of the Vought Clan and there total strength after they joined with Walter Sampson and the clan he took from his now deceased brother…and we will have a timetable for everyone in this universe."

"Aside from this" Bethal Kingdom you mean?"

"My apologies, but it seems the government formerly ruled by your counterpart is so on edge that there borders are completely sealed to any outsider."

"Heh...alas if this universe's Klingon's could break there precious bubble then it will be a simple matter, but let them be consumed by there paranoia a bit while longer."

"Yes, there fear is clearly showing that they only have the power to defend now, not attack. Its clear that there is no one left in this universe that can even delay us."

"And yet…your tone indicates we have something outside this universe that might be an issue?"

Mary paused before she closed her eyes." It might be time to lay down the law even quicker than we expected. Superior Spider Carnage, Lord Drakkon, and Musashi Tomoe have reported another rift between universes has been opened."

"Oh?" Sieg uttered with near amusement." Was it a cross gate? Is this something from the remains of the Quaestors? If the Multiverse Rebel Alliance is more desperate then I assumed, then if they want to be sloppy and end this farce earlier then I expected, then that's fine by me."

"No…this is more…unrefined. It seems like it's someone who just realized there is more than their own universe out there."

"Is that so? Well then. I think I'll take some personal interest."

"Are you sure? Carmen seems to be eager to be a welcoming party. and Gingrich can be awaken if need be."

Sieg smirked before he stood up from his throne. "Her zeal is appreciated as always but I insist the first ones they see is me. Because I want to show the entire multiverse that of all the infinite possibilities…nothing will lead to a possibility that can deny me what is mine. So come Mary…let's see who is to be educated, and who needs to be liquidated. But hopefully at least there will be some worthy enough to be added to...my noteworthy souvenirs from assimilated universes."

The bearded man glanced casually to his left to see hundreds of statues of various leaders, hero's, and warriors, all looking frozen in horror as they were positioned to hold up a crystalline pillar before he looked amused.

The red-haired woman nodded in response before Sieg snapped his fingers, and a golden door appeared out of nowhere. Mary just smirked in agreement before he went through it like he was casually going to another part of his home.

Meanwhile…others in another galaxy were dealing with the " Master of the universe's arrival, Mike, Rachet & Clank, Crash, Megaman and the others who were trying to figure out how to deal with the sudden arrival of Emperor Nefarious and the woman .

Megaman saw how confident the new Nefarious looked, and looked at the crack in the sky, and after seeing more of this Emperor's warships fly through space he gulped." I heard about how Victor Makishima was ranting about opening a hole to the Multiverse but, I thought he was just crazy. I mean…it makes more sense that this Nefarious dude built a copy of what he wants to be then a whole other universe being out there."

Mike saw Astra, still stuck as a sheep, cry out in anger before he saw how ecstatic Doctor Nefarious looked and rubbed his head." I remember my old man told me that during the Cosmic War, that guy Doctor Robotnik at one point teamed up with this "Eggman Nega dude" which was like, his counterpart from something called the Sol Dimension.

It's a pain in the ass to explain but we knew the universe had some splinter pocket dimensions like my dad's pal's Link's "Realm of Twilight", the " Negative Zone," and a few others. I mean…I can see why crazy guys like this would think they opened a hole to another universe but this is not as bad as they are making it out to be."

Crunch saw all of the guns being pointed at him before he winced." I don't know dude in the end it's still a lot of extra fools with extra guns being pointed at us and even with the Quantum Masks, Aku Aku only blocks so many shots!"

The floating mask was about to say something before Doctor Nefarious laughed." Fools…you think I don't know what I'm doing!? I'm not some imbecile who thinks the first hole in time and space he opens is a new universe! I knew full well the difference between what something like what the Cragmites did! I'd give you all the data that proves the energy is enough for a whole universe but well…frankly your all about to be dead so it's a moot point."

Capital B saw Emperor Nefarious looking impatient before he cleared his throat." So, um…a word Nefarious? This is not what you said was going to happen! If Chairman Drek and Homelander see this they are going to freak the hell out! You seen what happened to the last person that tried to double cross the Seven?"

Emperor Nefarious glanced at his counterpart before he narrowed his eyes." So, you really are subservient to another in this universe? I knew no one is as great as me but…this is most displeasing."

Doctor Nefarious winced at the look of pure contempt his taller counterpart gave him before he let out an anxious chuckle." I know this looks bad but it's merely that in this universe inferior squishy scum robbed me of the rightful destiny that I was supposed to have, the destiny that you have! I mean, it's only natural you bring justice to those that wrong you, even if it's another universe and all right my fellow Nefarious?"

Emperor Nefarious glanced at his smaller counterpart and snickered." Luckily for you there is logic in what you say. After all, I still have not fulfilled my destiny. When I fully took over my universe I thought I would reach a new level of joy, of bliss, of murderous enlightenment! But all I felt was…nothing."

Ratchet snickered before he pointed his RNYO gun at the new threat." Maybe it's because you always put happiness with success and pushed so hard that life is now kind of meaningless? How about doing everyone a favor and just retire so, GUH!"

Emperor Nefarious eyes glowed purple before everyone around him suddenly felt a wave of energy crash in to them. After a few painful moments, everyone was forced to their knees.

The white and orange robotic despot grasped his fist tightly before he snickered." I see there are Lombax that need to be "educated" in this universe as well. But that's fine, that's the thrill I'm looking for! The thrill of realizing there is so many universes to conquer! To prove who rules above all!"

Mike got up before rolling his eyes." Man…you're going to be in for a rough tour if you go around with that god complex into Omni-Man's turf. Still…this is going to be a pain."

Cortex took in all that Emperor Nefarious was before he cleared his throat." Well Nefarious you sure hit the jackpot with are Rift Generator eh? But come on Tropy bring out my superior me to!"

His blue skinned associate saw how desperate Cortex looked before he cleared his throat and glanced at his female counterpart." Tell me dear, in the Nefarious Empire was there anyone named Neo Cortex?"

His counterpart from another universe paused before she snickered." Now that you mention it…I do recall there was a man named Cortex with a N stamped on his head just like this man. Yes…he was the warden of the Blizon Mines, and we had to replace him cause his own incompetence to cause the mines to collapse on him. It was a most…undignified end."

Cortex winced as he saw the pure contempt Emperor Nefarious and the female Tropy had for him before he tugged his collar." What? That must be a mistake, that has to be someone else! I would never be related to someone that pathetic!"

To his shock Tropy snickered before he slammed his staff to the ground." Oh please…without Uka Uka and me, and even N-Brio to bail you out of your incompetence, you would have been nothing but a forgotten loser years ago!

I hated how I had to rely on a fool like you to further my plans. But…at last I'm where things should be where I'm not denied my greatness at the likes of featherbrained masks and meddling marsupials! Just be quiet and helpful and you might get to tag along in one piece!"

Cortex winced before he grasped his ray-gun tightly. Before he could say more, Coco narrowed her eyes and cried out," If you guys can't even stay united there is no way you're going to take over this universe Tropy!"

Emperor Nefarious sighed before he looked up." I had my fill in seeing fresh arrogant defiance. Time to correct this."

The white robotic figure snapped his finger before the warships above all pointed their guns at the group before his eyes narrowed." Be grateful that you will be how I mark my arrival to your universe! Now my fleet…show this universe the might of the Nefarious Empire!"

The group quickly tried to figure out how to counter a space fleet preparing to fire on them. Mike glanced at a furious woolly Astra before he was just about to prey, suddenly the left most warship's cannons paused, and moved. Just as Emperor Nefarious and the woman Tropy noticed this, the cannons suddenly opened fire on the ship next to it.

Both Nefarious 's looked on in shock before Cortex cleared his throat." Is THIS what you mean by might?"

Emperor Nefarious had his jaw drop before he hissed out," What joke is this?"

The N-Tropy from his universe grasped her jaw before she muttered," What's going on in there? Huh? I can't contact that ship! Did, someone sabotage it?"

She got her answer when the same ship suddenly opened fire on the ones they were supposed to serve. Emperor Nefarious snarled with rage as he had a wall of purple energy protect him and those around him from the laser blasts.

Mike saw the other warships were unable to fire at the moment since the wreckage from the recently wrecked ship had collided into them, before he let out an uneasy chuckle." Well once again it seems Lady Luck threw us a curve ball."

Megaman was about to say something before a new female voice cut in with," Man you better not count on luck bailing it out if you want to get out of this dude."

Mike and the rest looked on in shock as they realized someone new said that, and turned to the left.

They saw a tall, mutant bandicoot with orange fur, a cream-colored muzzle and blue eyes run up. She had short blond hair partially dyed cyan, and styled into a large faux-hawk.

She wore a pink top with a blue and yellow line decal on the chest, a blue bandanna around her neck, a brown short-sleeved leather jacket with spikes on the shoulders, fingerless (except for the ring fingers) leather gloves with metal braces, tight blue patched pants with two brown leather belts, dark brown steel-toed boots with pink leg warmers and three golden earrings in her right ear.

Crash had his jaw drop before Coco looked at the woman and gasped." Wait…no…seriously? The hair's all punk rock but you look just like… Tawna? But…I thought you were…left in the past."

Despite her confusion the person she sees as Tawna saw the other Bandicoots and responded with a friendly wave." Crash…Coco…it's good to see you guys. It's been…a long time for me. And…they have a Crunch in this universe to? Heh, what are the odds?"

Crunch eyed Tawna intently before he coughed a bit." This is the dame that drove Crash to rebel against Cortex and start all this before she ran off? Yah…yah I can see why even a lazy guy like this dufus would do that. So, what, a clone of me is behind you or something?"

Tawna winced before she turned around." Nah…just me. Just glad you guys knew what I look like since we don't have time."

Coco chuckled before throwing out a wry," We lost touch in your "Universe" to eh?"

The taller female Bandicoot winced before she looked down." Yah…you could say that."

Coco noticed the sudden lament in Tawna's eyes before she let out an uneasy chuckle." Hehehe…what we like die or something?"

"Man, that's to spot on." Tawna answered with a sudden bluntness that caused the Bandicoots to freeze up." And I'm not losing you guys in this universe to so sorry but all that you need to know now is that you need to come with me if you want to live!"

The female saw Tawna's bitterness before she sprouted a sadistic grin." So, after the lesson I gave you before you still dare defy me girl? Fine, then your final lesson will be a true master class in torture. Heh, the last time I killed her friends, there screams were…exquisite. You dare make a mockery of my, of Emperor Nefarious's moment of triumph? Now you're going to wish I did kill you!"

The male nodded before he raised his fork staff." You seem to be as stubborn as the rest of these vermin but no matter what you thought you were going to do here, in the face of two of the most superior time masters of them all your out of time!"

Aku-Aku saw both Dr. and Emperor Nefarious getting ready to attack before he looked around." Not as much as you might think. Now Kunpuna-Wa!"

The woman among the Quantum Masks smirked before eyes glowed." No whippersnapper is going to talk about being out of time in front of me!" She unleashed a flash of time, before everyone in front of her suddenly slowed down like they were moving in slow motion.

Kunpuna-Wa saw Emperor Nefarious, Cortex, the female and Capital B all slowly yelled before she glanced at Tawna." Girl if you are going to do something do it now."

Tawna paused before she responded with a nod of grim determination." Right. Rivet…tell Captain Quantum to beam us up now! Guys, get ready for a ride!"

Before anyone could even say more a white light shined over them, and they were blinded. Mike went through this process enough times to know he was being transported, and when the lanky man could see again he could see he was on board the command bridge of some sort of ship, and he could see in front of him was a fellow Lombax like Ratchet and Aster, though she had

white fur with pigeon blue stripes, thin dark eyebrows, a small light pink nose, and light blue eyes. The fur on her forehead resembled a tuft of hair. She wore a pair of black goggles with blue lenses on her head, silver hoop earrings in each ear (two on the right and one on the left), a black and gray jumpsuit with a silver belt, an orange scarf, a black left glove with two orange stripes almost at the end, and black boots with an orange detail.

She had a long bushy tail similar to that of a raccoon's or a fox's and noticeably different from those of Ratchet and Alister, who both had tails similar to that of a lion, and she also had she also had a yellow bionic right arm.

Alister saw the younger cat like creature and widened his eyes." What…there were a few Lombax's still alive? I…I thought I checked over the entire universe for more of are kind. You...you nearly look like what my daughter could have been if she got this age."

The woman Lombax winced before letting out an uneasy chuckle." Sorry but I'm really sure that's not what's going on here. Hey there dude don't feel too bad, I'm not really from your universe. Still, I'm glad to see more of my kind to."

Mike saw Ratchet and Clank also looking shocked before he rubbed his head." So I take it this is not supposed to be this Emperor's official welcoming committee eh?" So, who are you?"

"Someone who has a lot of questions." The woman responded." But before I can ask them everyone better get ready for a ride because we need some space! Floor it Quantum!"

Mike and the others were nearly knocked to the ground as the ship suddenly flew past the atmosphere.

As everyone could see blank space the person in the captain's chair, a muscular man having three fingers, broad shoulders and wearing an orange jumpsuit whistled." Man…still hate Emperor Nefarious down to the bone but can't deny he knows how to make some fast ships. Long as the tracking systems are still disabled should have just gained some breathing room."

Ratchet looked at the man in the seat before he raised an eyebrow." Wait what? Captain Quark? When did you get a tan…and a spine? Clank…Quark never had a brother right? I mean...Quark was a double agent for Drek so not really sure you can trust a two timing guy who's out for himself."

Tawna snickered before she walked up." Don't have time for the guessing so the short story is, Quantum here is the counterpart of who your Quark is, form our universe. Trust me, there were plenty of times he could have bailed on us to save his own hide."

Mike took a deep breath before he looked around." Damn…unless Nefarious is pulling one hell of a act, this whole other universe thing really is real eh? Then…what are you guys part of?"

The man named Quantum cleared his throat before he leaned back." The resistance son. We were not born into this life, all we have in common is that we can't stand Nefarious and were willing to risk everything to stop him. It, it cost us so much. Pierre Le Fer…François…"Wee" Roger…"Not-So-Wee" Roger…Crabcakes McGee…The Tide Twins…they all gave their lives to make sure Nefarious thought we all went down on Ardolis, all so we could get one of his ships so we could get to him as he put off his "Grand Plan."

A thin robot with wore a polished sky-blue color with three silver wrench-like buckles, wore a black captain's hat with a long blue feather and most uniquely, an eye-patch with an orange X over his right eye snickered before he patted Quantum on the back." Hey c'mon Quantum, we got into another universe before Nefarious found out so it's starting off ok right? Just got to make sure these guys can help us finish his" Royal highness" before the rest of his forces travels to this universe eh?"

Ratchet glanced at the robot with pirate attire before he raised an eyebrow." Rusty Pete? Oh man this is really getting out there."

"Excuse me? Name's Pierre Le Fer mate. Who are you supposed to be?"

As Ratchet rolled his eyes Mike cleared his throat." Before we do the whole first day of class thing how about telling us just what this is about? Sounds like you guys have been fighting that white chrome dome for a while now? So…he really rules your entire universe?"

Rivet grasped her metal hand before she looked around the ship." He was ruling the universe before I was born. He just…either outsmarts everyone that defies him or just has to many robot forces to take down. To be honest…we got this far because it seemed he was losing his grip, and was getting lazy after ruling for so long."

Tawna narrowed her eyes before she grasped her fist tightly." But it seems that was just because he wanted some amusement so he could root out people who were daring so him and his attack dogs like could make a game out of torturing " rebel scum." The Crash and Coco I knew died because of that.

Nefarious was getting ready to go all out to wipe out everyone that ever said something bad about him till Tropy showed him a path to a new universe. And so, we heard about it, tried to do something about it to have one last chance to get some pay back and, that's how we are here."

Megaman saw how grim the crew looked before he rubbed his head." Man…one way or another it's clear this Emperor Nefarious hurt you guys a lot. But, did you know we were going to be on the other side? If not what did you expect was going to happen? "

Captain Quantum grasped his chair tightly before taking a deep breath." We were prepared to blow up the ship to give up are lives to take down Nefarious if that's what it took to end his rule. But, we saw you and saw we have options. If we can get are people into a better life, a better universe then it might just be worth it."

Mike winced before he looked around and rubbed his head." Yah…don't get to excited just yet about reaching a better place. Still…lets focus on the here and now. So, we have a plan B here? I guess if you thought you could take him out with one ship then he's not all-powerful right?"

Rivet sighed before she looked at the ship's radar." I mean…no he's not a god. It's just that normally he can back up his body. We were hoping we could take him down here while his back up bodies were still in another universe. It, it's not fool proof but it's all we got."

Crunch punched the wall next to him before he looked determined." Then let's go smack him before he thinks he owns the place! Think we can blow him up before he sees us coming?"

Megaman tensed up before the Digger ran in front of the others." Hey wait! Gramps is still there with him, Cortex, and the others!"

Quantum closed his eyes before uttering," One life might be a price worth paying to save the universe. You have no idea how desperate we are kid!"

Mike paused before he put up his hand." Maybe, but it sounds like this Emperor does know how desperate, and unless the trip to our universe caused his brain to be scrambled sounds like he might not be too careless. Even if you all don't value Barrel's life like my blue pal here does sounds like its best to not just go in guns blazing.

Well, good to know despite everything he's not omnipotent, one Omni-man's a hell of a hassle to deal with as it is. Alright, I think I have an idea. It's not perfect but let's brainstorm a bit. Did are Nefarious tell your Nefarious all the juicy details about are universe?"

Tawna paused before she shrugged." I know my talked with yours over some link and he told him a few things but, he did not expect you guys so he does not know everything, just that it's a new place for him to conquer."

Mike formed a wide grin before he rustled his hair a bit." Then he only knows what our Nefarious and Tropy told him right? Well since we did not have time to give a proper introduction this might work out. If he thinks he can get an easy foot hold it could help us, I just have to work on my sells pitch."

Megaman paused before his eyes widened in shock." What? Your majesty what are you talking about? You, want to make a deal with him?"

"More like I want to hustle him. He does not know I can't trust him, but if I come in acting like I'm willing to help him cause I'm desperate to get someone to help me take down the Seven, the Viltrumites and the rest of the Nahobino he might get cocky. And that's where you all come in."

"Prince Auro…are you sure about this? If this goes wrong, you could die in seconds!"

Mike tugged his collar before he let out a sheepish shrug." Same could be said if this Emperor's guns are at me from affair eh? It's a gamble but, at least I can say I tried something eh? I know I'm batting two for zero with my last few negotiations but eh, I'll have Astra as the ace in the hole and….oh hell. Wait…what happened to the sheep?"

Megaman, Crash, and some of the others looked around before Rivet raised an eyebrow." Huh? A sheep?"

"Yah…you did not see a sheep with us?"

Tawna let out an uneasy chuckle before she looked back down." I mean…I thought the sheep was just some test animal or something."

Ratchet winced before he let out an uneasy chuckle." Yah…kind of hit are strongest fighter with the Sheepinator."

"Oh…that something like the Goatinator? Er…that's bad. I'd hate for her to be at the emperor's mercy like that!"

Mike winced before he looked down." Well…even as a sheep that girl's no prey. Hopefully we can get her back but, guess the only way to do that is do just that right? Alright then…who is good at tricking self-absorbed despots around here?"

Quantum slouched back on his chair before he closed his eyes." We have someone that can go with you. She was a former soldier to the emperor but defected. But Nefarious does not know that yet so, this just might work. Come on in Kit."

The right door opened, and everyone saw a short, yellow and black robot with rounded features and blue optics that had two orange light bulbs on the top of her head and four blue lights on her chest, three in a triangular shape and the fourth in the middle of the triangle enter.

Ratchet at once realized this new arrival looked like Clank before he raised an eyebrow." What's this? Nefarious made another copy like Clunk?"

Rivet let out an uneasy chuckle before she went over to the golden robot." Nah this is Kit! She was formerly unit KT-7461 of Emperor Nefarious's commandos but…she opened her eyes to how messed up her boss was, after she shot off my arm."

As Mike winced the female Lombax let out an uneasy chuckle." Don't worry she's on our side now after feeling so guilty over what Nefarious made her do!"

Mike saw Kit looked at him cautiously before he let out another uneasy chuckle." That so? Good thing this Emperor did not micromanage how his troops felt about their jobs, real lucky he was sloppy with the robots eh?"

Kit saw the doubts many in the room had before she walked up." Its logical you have doubts…but I promise you this is sincere. Maybe it's a default in my programing but what Emperor Nefarious does...contrasts what he said he desires, and I can't overlook this contraction."

While some still looked doubtful, Clank saw how Kit looked and jumped down to walk up to her." I understand your logic, it's the same reason I defied what Chairmen Drek wanted me to do. I think we can trust her Ratchet."

Mike saw the confidence in the robot's eyes before he smirked." Well, you would know her best my tin amigo. Well, not my preferred Plan A but you don't get a good thing going just wishing for the best and all. Alright, anything else we need to pull this off?"

Tawna shrugged before she looked down." We have a ship that will have the command codes to get into Nefarious ship, hopefully that will be enough to kick things up."

"Well let's find out before all those mad scientists kick first eh?" Quantum saw the confidence in Mike's eyes before he let out a grin." I admit, I was dreading what could await us in a new universe, but I'm glad we ran into someone who has such experience taking down such tyrants."

Mike paused before he burst out with an anxious laughter." That so? Honestly…never did something quite like this, at least with the stakes this high. But hey, no one I know ever tried to greet an emperor from another universe, not even my, my folks. But hell…I'm not going there to die. I'm going to find out if I'm really alive. To do something even dad could not do, it's a gamble worth taking eh? Well…sorry if its coming off as selfish but since we are out of options we will see."

Ratchet saw Mike's resolve before he grasped his wrench tightly." Yah…I'll just make sure the RYNO is ready to fire the moment its crunch time."

As Crash gave another thumbs up Rivet raised an eyebrow." Oh…you guys have a RYNO suit to?"

"RYNO…suit?" The yellow Lombax responded curiously." Oh, I GOT to see this."

Mike saw his allies move about and hoped he knew what he was doing. Meanwhile, those he was planning to hustle were not just frozen after the sudden act of defiance.

Emperor Nefarious was motionless for a few seconds after Tawna 's surprise, but as the ship escaped the bombardment of the other warships the white armored master of a universe narrowed his eyes, and slowly glanced at the female." You…you told me that those "worthless Bandicoots" were all killed in your last report."

The blue skinned woman paused before letting out an uneasy chuckle." My deepest apologizes for this grave outrage my Emperor! Sally lied to me in her report! That worthless cur I'll."

In a flash her boss's eyes glowed before she was hit with a psychic force that sent her through a wall before Emperor Nefarious snarled out," You seem to have been off your leash to long Tropy, because you forgot that if she was under your command it's still your fault! And if your actions cause my arrival to this universe to look…underwhelming…then the consequences will be most severe."

Dr. Nefarious snickered before he put his hands behind his back. "I suppose destiny is not as stacked in your favor in this universe eh my imperial counterpart? Well, I'm sure we can, huh?"

The Doctor froze as his taller counterpart glared at him and hissed out," What would you know about success? Don't think because you share my name you can talk to me as an equal. This is your fault."

"Oh don't blow a gasket about it they will hide like the rats they are."

Emperor Nefarious smirked before he grasped his hand tightly." All to true…so I suppose I'll just make it that no matter where rats hide in this part of space, they can't escape my judgment! I did not come to a new universe without properly introducing myself to it! Ready the Omega Bio Liberator!"

The Emperor's flagship's docking bay unleashed a white sphere with an orange circle. As the steel sphere grew larger by the second Dr. Nefarious widened his eyes." Wait you made a Biobliterator to?"

Cortex tugged at his collar before he looked at his collaborator." Er…Nefarious that's not that giant death ray you talked about last week, right?"

"Death ray? Of course not! It fires a beam that instantly transmogrifies any target into a robot!"

Cortex rolled his eyes before he muttered," Oh great, that Eggman ranted about "Roboticization"stuff like that back when I was trying out for Sithantos, and people are still trying that thing all these years later!"

Emperor Nefarious chuckled darkly before he looked up." I guess we do share some things in common, but when my Omega Bio Liberator finishes charging up it can turn all organic life in a galaxy into inorganic beings that obey me as their master!"

Dr. Nefarious glanced at his counterpart's version of his own weapon and rubbed his head." Wait like those Halo Ring things? That…that is rather impressive. I of course had blue prints for such a "upgrade" but amassing enough Raritanium to pull it off."

"Tsc…it's a tad easier when the entire universe is at your beck and call."

Capital B let out an uneasy chuckle as he looked at the Omega Bioliberator." So um…there are ways for guys on your side to avoid being affected by it right? Right?"

"Why you ask? You think your worth being an exception for me? Even if all you squishy organics were a part of my arrival here, I fail to see a reason you can now serve me."

While the humanoid Bee turned pale, Cortex wiped some sweat before looking back at his island." That's only because your counterpart failed to tell you the extent of what I can give you!"

"And just what is that?"

Cortex saw Tropy and his other teammates looking at him intently before he let out a wide grin. "Why, a way to give you an even more absolute victory, by giving you access to time travel! Truth is some morons kind of broke a lot of the universe, and your rule here might be more enjoyable if you can go back in time!"

Emperor Nefarious paused before he got right in front of the scientists face." And you can do this right now?"

Cortex glanced behind him before he winced." Not right now but the guys that escaped have the key! I'm serious, there use to be a machine on this very island called the Time Twister. But, some idiots broke it and we don't have the means to repair it, till now. This robot named Clank could be the key to help us get it repaired but his pals saved him in time!"

Emperor Nefarious snarled but Dr. Nefarious raised his hand." The squishy with the N on his head is not bluffing. Tell me, do they have the Zoni in your universe? Because this "Time Twister" might have been built by them."

Emperor Nefarious paused before he widened his eyes." The Zoni you say? They were already just a legend when I…realized my destiny. But they still are in this universe?"

"At least their work is."

The taller Nefarious paused before he looked around." I won't deny that the chance at an even more perfect victory is a…delightful idea. Though its irksome that I have to hold back my rage."

The smaller Nefarious saw Barrel was trying to remain unnoticed behind Lawrence and before he looked delighted." Oh, we just need Clank, the Zoni machine intact. And since he's already inorganic, you can use the Omega Bio Liberator as you wish. And since at least some of those guys insist on being "Meddlers" I'm sure they will try and stop us!"

Emperor Nefarious saw how confident his shorter counterpart looked before he smirked." That sounds…passable. I don't want to be rash, for when this universe becomes aware of the Nefarious Empire, every single soul must realize they are confronted with an almighty, GUH!"

In a flash Emperor Nefarious was toppled over, as Astra, still transformed to be a sheep, tackled the inorganic emperor. As he fell to the ground he saw the woman sheep snarl at her and hissed out," Worthless vermin…even mindless beasts get no forgiveness defying me!"

He had a blade sprout out of his shoulder before in an instant he went to slice the sheep in half, however to his shock his target bit the blade, and was strong enough to stop him with her teeth.

Emperor Nefarious blinked in shock as Astra seemed to be able to keep him in his place. Astra smirked as much as a sheep could, and looked like she was about to hurl the ruler of a universe, till the male N-Tropy suddenly fired a beam from his staff to freeze her in place.

As Emperor Nefarious blinked in shock Tropy snickered." Sorry for that, the truth is this sheep was a rather powerful warrior. However, for all her strength and speed, her ego allowed herself to get transformed into a sheep from the Lombax 's weapon. She could be so useful, but she seems to have the mindset of a fool or a savage."

Emperor Nefarious eyed the frozen sheep carefully before he scanned her with his systems, and had his jaw drop at the power readings he was getting. He eyed her defiant look carefully before cackling out," Well, even if she is hostile, her data could be much more useful. Take her back to the ship Tropy! We will analyze her and see if one way or another we can use her as a baseline for my new soldier!"

The female staggered back in front of him, coughed a bit, then pretended she was not forcefully slammed through a wall as she bowed." As you command my emperor." As the command ship for the Nefarious fleet hovered above him, the owner of the new army looked around and smirked once more." Alright then, what's the best nearby planet to take over first?"

Dr. Nefarious glanced at Capital B, but before anyone could answer a new female voice chipped in with," Sincere apologizes my emperor but some new information might be of use to you."

From the right flew down a small robot with no legs that was using a hover propulsion jet on its base.

It sported a white, hot pink and dark metallic grey color scheme with pink eyes and three digits on each hand. Also like the other Nefarious robots, it had no mouth and in place of one, used an audio output speaker to talk.

Dr. Nefarious saw the robot fly down before raising an eyebrow." This is your Lawrence? I figured it would be…bigger."

Emperor Nefarious quieted him with a glare before clearing his throat." What do you mean subject F-44?"

"A transmission has been made from an approaching shuttle over some ruler of a major government in this universe. He said he wanted to make a deal over" How things go down from here."

"Really?"

"Yes…he's a "Michael Auro of some Bethel Kingdom?"

As Cortex and some of the others looked on in confusion Capital B widened his eyes." What? The son of the Last Emperor?"

The humanoid Bee saw Emperor Nefarious glare at him before he cleared his throat." See…the universe has been divided for a while now but this Ben Auro guy has been keeping the last of the old order together. But word is he got offed by the man who betrayed him in a battle that broke a hole in the universe.

His son, Mike Auro is just some pathetic clown who never fought in a battle in his life. The other guys like my boss have been ready to topple what's left of his parent's kingdom, he must have saw someone new arrive and want someone to bail him out."

Nefarious saw Dr. Nefarious nod before he smirked." A fool wants to gamble for salvation eh? Well either way this will be an amusing start to my campaign. Very well, check his ship, then have him meet me on the bridge."

Cortex saw the Emperor's troops looking at him before he rubbed his head." Yah sure seeing this prince was just want I wanted to do. I could use some ice first though."

After one last look around the area Emperor Nefarious escorted everyone back to the command bridge of his ship, aside from Astra, who was sent to the ship's detention center.

Dr. Nefarious had another top servant of his, field enforcer Lord Flint Vorselon, join him. Soon after Mike and Kit walked into the command deck, As Vorselon, a creature in a metallic suit with clawed hands, and a glass dome with a yellow skull like yellow skinned creature with one large eyeball glared at him.

Despite Vorselon and dozens of troops around him Mike flashed a devil may care smirk before giving off a small bow." Emperor Nefarious right? Thanks for giving me the privilege of stepping on a ship from another universe. Name's Mike Auro.

I'm the last line of defense for the little guy. Are you getting sold down the river? I'm a life raft. You getting stepped on? I'm the sharp stick. You got Goliath on your back, Mike's the guy with the slingshot. I'm the the righter of wrongs. I'm friend to the friendless."

Cortex saw Mike take out a business card before his jaw dropped." Hey, wait…is this a joke? This guy was with Crash and the others making a mess in my castle! He took down Papu Papu! Well…that's not that impressive by itself but he's still part of the problem!"

Tropy grasped his staff tightly before pointing it at the lanky man." Yes…he attacked me and tried to ruin your arrival Emperor…clearly this is just some stunt for Crash and the others to try and stop us!"

While about a dozen targeting lasers formed on his head, the curly haired man put up his hands and just let out another gib laugh in response." I get I left a poor first impression, but you got it all wrong. I know I was cramping your style, but I was acting on bad info you hear? I crashed here escaping some other enemies of mine, was a bit confused, and acted on poor info. But once I found out the truth well then well, no sense going down with the ship yah hear?"

Barrel at once looked mortified, but Mike gave the old Digger a quick worried look to prevent an outburst before he glanced back at the group of villains.

Emperor Nefarious saw a look of pure confidence before he snickered." Well…I always enjoy when people don't try and defy fate. Still, your defense has merit but it's still possible you're lying. And most of all, what reason are you worth keeping around? Misunderstood or not I should execute you just to make an example to the people of this universe!"

"You could do that." Mike quipped back." But if you keep me around, I can make your first days in a new universe easier if a whole chunk of the universe joins you without a fight."

"Oh? And why would they do that?"

"Because I'm sure a man as well traveled as you knows about stuff like the enemy of my enemy is my friend eh?"

"Heh…all to true. So, you're so desperate for salvation that you will submit to me eh?"

Mike let out a bitter joke before he looked down." If you really took over your entire universe then I guess you had your fill of people so desperate to live they will do anything eh?"

"Tsc, indeed. And it always makes a good show long as I rotate which species I see squirm. Still, not a very just act eh "Prince."

Cortex nodded before he crossed his arms." I went through time, and your father seems to be going all about the justice stuff for centuries! You really think we are going to buy you're going to give it up?"

Mike sighed before real bitterness formed in his eyes." Conscience gets expensive, doesn't it? Maybe it's an act my parents would not approve of but frankly, all their justice amounted to nothing in the end. Whenever I asked why all those "Boy scout things" never seemed to amount to anything they sure got defensive fast, then bitter, bitter that there own child could not believe them.

They... They dangle these things in front of you, they tell you that you got a chance but, I'm sorry, it's a lie. Because they had already made up their mind and they knew what they were gonna do before you walked in the door, that you would never be useful to them so might as well just keep you out of the way.

You made a mistake, and they are never forgetting it. As far as they're concerned, your mistake is just... it's who you are. And it's all you are. And I'm not just talking about the school grades, or the family test and traditions, I'm talking about everything. I mean, they'll smile at you, they'll pat you on the head but they are never ever letting you in on the "Family business."But listen, listen. It doesn't matter, it doesn't.

Because you don't need them. I mean, they're not gonna give it to you, so what? You're gonna take it. You're gonna do whatever it takes, do you hear me? You're not gona play by the rules. You're gonna go your own way, you're gonna do what they won't do. You're gonna be smart, you are gonna cut corners and you are gonna win.

Because you don't matter all that much to them, so what? So what? Screw them! Remember, the winner takes it all.

So, yah…I'd rather have a piece of the pie on the winning side then have the whole pie on the sinking ship, and I think most people will agree since so many jumped ship already."

Everyone in front of him saw how passionate Mike looked before Emperor Nefarious smirked." Those eyes are the eyes of someone who's ready to submit to the winning side after being on the losing side for far too long. Very well Michael Auro…prove to me you can do something and we can discuss things in a more, formal matter."

Mike looked around before he shrugged." Sure, but first mind telling me where we are? Need to know the best place to contact first."

As Emperor Nefarious paused, Dr. Nefarious sighed. "Just a moment."

The smaller evil android went to the bridges control panel and pressed a few buttons before a map of the universe appeared. He pressed a few more before glancing at Mike." No more games Squishy where are you talking about?"

Mike let out an uneasy chuckle before saying," Planet Naboo, it's been a major base of the Bethel Kingdom for centuries."

Nefarious snorted before quipping back," Of course. Hero's love their moments of glory, eh? Find, a line is open."

Mike saw Nefarious present his hand before he took a deep breath and pressed in a command code. After a few moments he cleared his throat." Gold leader this is bronze Yoshi. We, we got to talk."

For a few moments everyone waited for a response, but nothing but static came off. Emperor Nefarious tapped his finger a few times before he leaned forward." This is a rather pathetic last moment "Prince."

"Hey, don't blame me for a rigged joint man." Mike uttered defensively." I sent a message out but not getting anything! You sure this ship can make a transmission that far?"

Dr. Nefarious checked a few things before he raised an eyebrow." Wait a second, there is a base that's receiving the transmission, it's just no one is picking up! Wait, zoom in on the planet Lawrence!"

The robotic butler did just that to bring up a current image of planet Naboo The image showed a green planet, that had a massive chunk of it missing. A zoomed in image went to the remains of one was once a grand palace.

The image showed the former " Theed" palace was currently shattered, and hundred of lanky like creatures, the native Gungans, littered among the area as corpses. A flag stuck on the top of the palace as countless flying men with mustaches and uniforms like Omni-Man forced pepole around before Mike winced." No…the entire fleet was wiped out?

Omni-Man…he and his race, the Viltrumites were supposed to be allies with the Bethal Kingdom and were helping defend Naboo. But it's all an act, and they are cashing in on all they knew while being two faced and one of our enemies, that pain in the ass Oldna Poseidal took advantage to "Annex" some new planets really damn quick…damn.

Dr. Nefarious did some scans before he shrugged." This attack does seem recent enough."

Mike took a small, but weary sigh of relief that he knew about Endor's fall before he was frozen in Carbonite before he glanced at Emperor Nefarious, and saw the inorganic ruler looked like he bought his ploy." Bah…what nonsense is this when Squishy organics dare say they run a "Heavy Metal "Empire.

Well, it won't be an error after the Omega Bio liberator gets them, I suppose. Either way…seems you're in an even more pitiful position then you claim, so I hope that was not your only option."

"Hey it's a big universe right? Um, I think planet Namek or Palaven can be tried next."

The smaller Nefarious rolled his eyes before pressing a few buttons. He, along with everyone else paused as a notification before leaned forward." Well, guess it's not a prank transmission line after all because someone did respond. It's not from a planet, just a shuttle though. Well, easier to bully at least."

A hologram screen then appeared to show Megaman, thought the Digger had put on helmet belonging to the Bethel Kingdom with his 3D printer buster to hide his face.

The man in blue cleared his throat before saying," Is that you Prince Auro? I'm captain Geo Stelar of the Bethal Starforce AMAKEN Space Agency division. We been looking all over for you!"

"Well guess you're the guy getting the bonus today eh? Things been a bit crazy but well, seeing the light at the end of the tunnel right about now. Not the best light but…it's a light."

"I guess. Um…where are you again? We don't know the ship frequency your transmission is coming from."

"Yah…good odds you have not seen it before my good man. So, um we have a lot to talk about so how about you meet us here so we can get the higher brass in on this?"

"Sure sir, just give us a way to where you are?"

Emperor Nefarious narrowed his eyes before uttering," You will be allowed an audience once I deem you fit to enter…understood?"

Megaman blinked before Mike cleared his throat." Better play it by his rules Geo, we want to make this guy happy."

"Sure…I'll be there soon Prince Auro. "

Mike waited a tense ten minutes asking Emperor Nefarious how he managed to take over his universe, and after nearly chocking after how much the robotic ruler called himself the destined winner the ship at last arrived.

Everyone saw the new ship was a large, green ship with orange windows. It had a wide, round appearance with six engine turbines on the back—two on its left side, two on its right, and two in the main fuselage in the center.

The pilot of the ship could not be seen, but it slowly approached the flagship. Dr. Nefarious looked at the ship before he snickered." Bah…I remember I gave Victor Von Ion a ship like that…and he lost to those infuriating Q force fools even faster than I expected."

Lawrence cleared his throat before chipping in with," Sir did Captain Quark not have a ship like that?"

"You mean the one Drek gave him when he was his patsy? Piff…fits for him. If only he would show up so I can vaporize all the fools in one day."

The female eyed the ship carefully before narrowing her eyes." Well, it's clearly unable to out gun us. Still, this is your entire rescue? No back up?"

Mike shrugged before he looked down." Why you think I'm making this deal? Have slim pickings eh?"

looked at the ship even more closely before she grasped her hand tightly." No…its more than that. That ship only has one seat! "

Mike saw everyone glance at him before he let out a sheepish shrug. "Hey don't be like that the dude's just improvising not like he planned this eh?"

"No…no if they were going to rescue someone that truly mattered to them, they would have some attempt! Unless they had something else in mind! Ready all weapons!"

Mike saw Emperor Nefariousness's flagship have dozens of missiles and cannons prepare to fire before he winced." Hey can you ramp it down just a little on the paranoia? This whole thing is not going to work if you have no self-control."

"You have no right to tell us what to do little man! If you had any leeway you would not be in this spot anyway right? Let this universe show that the Nefarious Empire won't be disrespected!"

As the cannons started to charge up energy the ship paused, before posting itself upward. Emperor Nefarious eyed the ship before he folded his arms." Is the ship really going to fight back? Your people are fools "Prince."

Dr. Nefarious eyed the ship before he paused." No…it looks like it's not the guns its charging, but the Hyperdrive."

"It's trying to escape? We will swat this fly before it can even turn around!"

Dr. Nefarious saw the ship was still pointed at the larger ship before he tensed up." Wait no…the ship's already within this ship's barrier! He's not trying to escape, he's going to make a jump to Hyperspace, and ram through are ship!"

"He's what!?" The taller Nefarious blurted out in shock. glanced at the smaller ship again before she gulped." What…this pilot's prepared to die? Huh?"

A second scan of the ship that zoomed in on the pilot seat showed Megaman 's image on the pilot seat flicker, before it showed a robot in its place. Cortex winced as he looked at the image." What…that guy's a robot?"

"No you idiot!" roared out." It was a Infobot with a hologram disguise! It was always planning to, AHH!"

In that instant the smaller ship went into hyperspace, and since it was already past the larger ship's barrier the smaller ship zoomed past the flagship like a sonic boom. It did not break the ship, but it did blast a hole both in that ship and the one behind it. Emperor Nefarious staggered back before he roared out," How dare you betray me!"

Mike got back up before he coughed a bit." Hey, I'm on the ship to you know! Sounds like he's not too keen about what I had in mind. People are a bit testy these days you know?"

Before either Nefarious could respond another shock-wave knocked him off his feet, before the Emperor's small aid chipped in with," Your eminence, it seems the stolen ship has returned, and is attacking."

As the stolen ship was seen indeed attacking the ships damaged from the Hyper space dash Mike saw everyone look at him before he let out a sheepish grin." Hey let's not jump to conclusions guess they were watching us closely eh?"

"If they were to close are scanners would have picked them up!" Emperor Nefarious seethed out." But they knew when to jump in because they planned this with someone! You thought you could trick me boy? You think this will change anything?

All this did will make sure all of your group suffers quite a painful end! Tropy, throw him into the holding cell! I want any supporters he really has to know just why they are going to suffer later on."

"With great pleasure my master." The blue woman responded before she flicked her staff at Mike. As the two locked eyes Mike saw the time magic user smirk." You were a true fool thinking you could just waltz on in alone boy."

"Well see I'm not quite alone Smurfette. Alright Lani-Loli, its sink or swim! Barrel braced yourself"

To everyone's shock he put on the blue Quantum Mask before the floating being winced." Er…hope sinking is good in this case!"

Just as Cortex realized what was going on, Mike grasped the elder digger and used the magical being's power to sink through the floor along with Kit.

As he landed on the floor behind him he saw some confused guards before he quickly phased through the wall next to him and muttered," Man if we ever get out of this I have to find a way to sell scaled down versions of you dude. Alright, let's hope maps don't mean the reverse in this guy's universe. Let's hope they don't figure out how to block your powers before we pull this off."

Mike phased through a few walls and doors, and with Kit's help was able to take down the few guards that already had guns drawn when he phased into a new room.

After a few moments, to his relief Emperor Nefarious and those of his universe indeed saw maps the same way as he ran into the detention center.

He saw Astra banging her head against the bars, still as a sheep before he chuckled." I'll give you this Astra…your stubborn no matter what shape you're in, you make the whole stubborn as a mule thing legit, even if you're a sheep at the moment."

The rouge Equalizer cried out in shock before the lanky man shrugged." Don't get this the wrong way, but you're still the best shot I have of getting out of this alive. That and even if your old man is the worst father of the century don't want it spreading around that I left you to get deep fried. Just hold on tight, things are going to get bumpy."

Mike hoped that his sheep shaped accomplices' cry was one of consent before he saw the prison guards turn their guns on him before he lunged at Astra and held her with one hand and Barrel with the other before using the Quantum Mask's power to phase all three of them down, and out of the ship. As Mike felt gravity take effect he winced." Thankfully flying's a spell I made sure I had down pat. Float!"

The curly haired male cast the spell to levitate in midair. While he felt a moment of relief at pulling off his escape, that moment was morphing to dread swiftly as he saw a fighter was already heading for him.

Kit prepared to shoot back, but while it looked like the woman robot was not going to be able to counterattack in time, a barrage of missiles collided into the fighter. As the would be hostile exploded into scrap Mike saw that the attack came from Rachet, who just let loose with the Ryno.

Mike saluted the Lombax before he landed on the ground near Cortex Castle, and saw Megaman and Sam waiting for him. The younger digger saw his father figure was in one piece before he ran up to them as they landed." Gramps! You're ok! You guys did it!"

Barrel patted Megaman on the head before he nodded." It's been a wild ride but, the young prince and you all seemed to manage to pull it off."

Mike shrugged as he saw the stolen Nefarious ship fire on the others before he wiped some sweat off his brow." Oh, thankfully this hustle lasted longer than some of my other shows the past month."

Barrel eyed Mike carefully before he sighed." You did some rather passionate acting back there your majesty, almost to passionate for it to be an act."

Mike paused before he shrugged." Can't deny some of that was real old timer. But the lie was my solution is to just let the jackass's win. I don't agree with some of the things the old man was stubborn about, but just want to do things a different way, not just throw in the towel and let the beasts win. Still, at this point seems like we don't have a choice but to do things the traditional way."

An angry snarl got everyone's attention as both Emperor and Dr. Nefarious flew down. Ratchet saw how on edge the Nefarious he's fought with for years looked before he smirked." Face if doc, you can clone yourself all you want but you still are not smart enough to have your way."

Emperor Nefarious snarled out before his counterpart could even respond before his eyes glowed." You damn curs are going to pay for making light of me! If this is the reception this universe gives me, my reception will be enlightening the people of this part of the universe of the joy of being my obedient robot servants!

Hasten the Omega Bio Liberator's charge! You human scientists better prove your worth to me! My counterpart…I'll lead you to prove yourself to deal with your mess!"

Emperor Nefarious went to the giant sphere in the sky before the Nefarious native to this universe grumbled a bit and glared at Mike." Bah…just because he got lucky it does not mean he has to look down to me! Still…so your royalty eh? Well, I have just the way to dispose of you! You're not so smart when everyone knows what a fraud you are! Lawrence! Send out subject D-0030 to personally finish off this royal squishy!"

His robot butler nodded before pressing a button. A sphere shot out of Cortex's castle, the area was Nefarious was doing his own research, the sphere landed right in front of Mike. After coughing up dust Mike saw the sphere split open, before a large penguin-like creature dressed in royal, red finery, with the emblem of fingers performing the peace sign embossed on the back of his robe.

He had a round red cap, which has a yellow or golden rim and a white ball at the top He had blue flipper-like hands, and was welding a large Star shaped hammer. Across the humanoid penguin face was a mask bolted to his face that looked like Nefarious's own face.

As the lights on the mask glowed red and the figure raised his head like a zombie Ratchet got his Omni-Wrench out." What's wrong Nefarious? Run out of energy to turn people into your robo goons?"

"Hardly." Dr. Nefarious snarled out." I just did not want to tamper an interesting subject. You see I found this squishy on the world of Forgo, but he originally hailed from the world of Popstar, and was that world's king who was desperately trying to migrate the remains of his people after the entire world was devoured and lost by the Scourge, and his people were being hunted down as "Pets". He fell into a substance that fossilized him, but after a "talk" with Lab Discovera that Leongar was all to glad to transfer this specimen to me!"

Mike saw the humanoid Penguin grasp his hammer tightly before his eyes widened." Wait…I remember this guy was in the photos and videos of my folks wedding! That's right he was…King Dedede? I know we lost planet Popstar, but did not know he was alive."

"Well." Nefarious snickered out," seems it's just more proof the Bethel Kingdom has done a rather poor job protecting the universe eh? After all I found so many other people like him that lead to quite fascinating experiments! Alas you're not going to live long enough to see them, deadlines and all. Now…squash this squishy till he can't squish no more!"

With a snap of his finger, King Dedede roared before he took out his hammer. Mike winced before he moved as fast as he could to avoid getting something broken.

As Nefarious saw Mike run away from his mind controlled servant he glanced back at Ratchet. "And now I can settle this personally Lombax. I am thrilled you're here to see my greatest triumph!"

"More like your tall stunt man's moment of "Glory" eh doc?" Ratchet retorted with disdain."

"Bah…your too stupid to even grasp the multiverse Ratchet! Long as it's my action that brought my imperial counterpart here…it's still my win! Lawrence…fall back to the flagship! Make sure no harm happens to the Omega Bio Liberator!"

"Falling back sir…happy fighting."

"Now then. Clunk… Lord Vorselon, do what I built you to do!"

Ratchet and the others cringed as Clunk showed he had returned, now with a white and orange color to match the rest of Emperor Nefarious's troops. The former imposter of Clank had cannons form out of his arms before his eyes glowed red." Foolish organics…I'm Galva Clunk now…your pitiful firepower is nothing compared to my upgraded perfection! Yes."

Clank sighed before retorting with," We have no time to waste on you Clunk, we will not let this universe become victim's to another madman's wrath."

Clank chuckled before his cannons came out, and Ratchet winced as he realized the cannons on his new enemies' arms were both RYNO cannons before the former imposter of Clank declared," Alas I have two of your most powerful firearms at my command, so you have nothing!"

"Well that is impressive Clunk." Ratchet quipped out." But are all of your firearms like that?"

"No but it's still more than enough to out gun you!"

"Maybe…but still does not out match a RYNO VI Protosuit!"

Before Clunk could respond suddenly a wild" YEEHAH!"

Was heard before he turned around to see Crash running at him, only the Bandicoot was in an orange mecha suit that he got from Rivet and Captain Quantum that was armed with RYNO cannons all over its body.

Galva Clunk winced and opened fire with his cannons, only for Crash to use the RYNO suit to mimic his movements, and preform a Tornado Spin that was powerful enough to swirl around all the missiles, and send them back at the one who fired them.

As Galva Clunk was hit with his own projectiles, Crash then collided into him, and hit him into the air, before he unleashed his own barrage of projectiles.

Ratchet heard the enemy who faked being his friend yell before he smirked." What's wrong dude? Your elegant program having trouble multitasking?"

As an explosion above broke out Tawna glanced at the Omega Bio Liberator and grasped her fist tightly." All these guys are just wasting time! We got to shut down that flying eyeball!"

Rivet nodded before she glanced at Emperor Nefarious above." That's right, at last…we traveled to another universe just so we can get free!"

The group tried to get moving, before Nefarious's henchmen Lord Vorselon flew at them and hissed out," You filthy vermin won't get one more step in the way of the masters destiny! DIE!"

The one-eyed villain's right claw glowed before he suddenly slammed the ground, and had lighting discharge in all directions.

Alister slammed the ground in front of him with his Omni-Wrench and unleashed a wave of energy to neutralize the lighting. The older Lombax then glared at the new enemy before gritting out," Mere hungry dogs like you won't stop us scum!"

Vorselon snickered before grasping his right claw tightly." Your kind thought you were so smart…yet who's race is on the verge of extinction again? You were to blind to see how things are…so you will fall along with all who sided with the "Last Emperor!"

Vorselon 's suit flickered before he suddenly turned invisible. The former general narrowed his eyes before he looked around at the ground before him carefully. "I don't know about the Bethel Kingdom, but my people won't become a footnote so easily, not as long as I'm still breathing!"

Despite the area around him being a war-zone, the Lombax was able to focus enough to hear a noise from the ground behind him. He slammed the source of the noise with his Praetorian OmniWrench and jumped back. He swerved around and braced himself. A few moments later an explosion broke out, from behind.

Vorselon had prepared to strike him from behind, but while he thought he tricked Alister, his target struck the ground only to hide that he also laid down a mine to trick the one-eyed servant.

The one eyed foe roared out with fury as he was blasted into the air, but Alister wasted no time to blast his opponent at the head with a negatively charged energy blast from his Wrench. The blast shattered Vorselon glass helmet, leaving him open as Alister used his jet boots to fly up and smash Vorselon 's head out of his robotic suit.

As he heard the now body-less enemy cry out he looked at Nefarious with raw hate." I don't care what it takes…we will survive this!"

Tawna nodded before she looked at Crash's suit." Come on, lets shut this down before we end up with bolts for brains! Er…no offense Kit."

"It's ok, I did not like serving Nefarious either and I was programmed to."

The inorganic life-form from another universe replied. The various robotic members of the rag tag group transformed to help their allies get to the Omega Bio Liberator.

Emperor Nefarious saw his shorter counterpart was too busy with Ratchet and Mike to stop them before he rolled his eyes." I knew I could only count on myself, but it seems I can't even do that! Send out the Borreload Dragons and blast them all away with their Thunder Varrel Cannons!"

Megaman saw a dozen red and black armored dragon, and saw the chest of these dragons were like a revolver's barrel before he readied his buster." This Emperor sure has some crazy Reaverbot's!"

Rivet shrugged as she saw the dragons all have their revolvers spin around before cannons formed out of their mouths before she braced herself." Yah…the Emperor has minions for all over the universe…but even the entire universe can't stop us from at last getting are freedom!"

The female Tropy saw the majority of the group heading for the Omega Bio Liberator before her eyes glowed." Find then, let's see once and for all what you mongrels can do as a pack! In my universe Bandicoots are considered as pests…as fit for extermination as horse flies!"

She raised her staff and slammed it into the giant spherical machine, to have its defense cannons open fire as well. The male Tropy saw his female counterpart's zeal before a crazy look formed in his eyes." Oh, how modern. Tell me more!"

"Heh…some keep them as pets, but I find it so very disgusting, an act only a savage would condone! I prefer spiders!"

"Ah yes…so elegant those spiders."

"After all…they have so many little legs to pull. And Emperor Nefarious's rule provides for so many fools who need a few limbs pulled themselves!"

"Oh…how wicked!"

Tawna saw how sadistic the female Tropy looked before she grasped her grabbling hook tightly before glancing at Coco and Crash, and Crunch." Tropy…you and your boss treat everyone else as toys, but I swear you're going to pay for all that you took from us!"

The Tropy that served Emperor Nefarious had energy crackled around her staff." Aw…the stray puppy wondered back to her master…just to be put down!"

"Yes." The male Tropy hissed out," I won't be foiled by miserable fleabags, not after I come so far!"

The two Tropy's tried to vaporize Tawna with a combined blast, only for Crash to fire a projectile from his RYNO suit to intercept it. As Tawna and Coco ran at the two blue foes, Crash prepared to join them before Cortex suddenly charged at Crash with a giant robotic suit of his own that looked like a giant bandicoot before he cried out," Do we really have to do this dance till the end of time Bandicoots? Just relax and accept non-existence! Anni-Lasers…fire!"

Cortex suddenly fired an anchor to grasp the bandicoot's arm and prevent Crash from spinning, and looked gleeful as the odds to erase his lone time enemy were going up. But before he could fire Crunch made his presence known before he tackled Cortex's machine and hit it with enough force to throw it off balance.

Crunch saw his creator glare at him before he grinned." Your supposed to be a smart guy Cortex…so how come your too stupid to realize folks will never want to be ruled by a clueless "genius" like you!"

"Crunch." Cortex hissed out with disgust." I'm long grown bored of the shenanigans of traitors!"

Crunch prepared to strike back, only for him to hear something and glance around to see Capital B was charging at him. The Bandicoot with a metal hand swerved out of the way, and saw B had a few staff that was glowing before he dodged out of the way to evade the purple energy blast the new staff fired.

B saw his target's furious look before his own grin widened." Sounds like your mind needs a new sells pitch from the old Hivemind! I'll show you the Corporate Jackhammer treatment personally!"

"That's what this Nefarious prick did to get you to be on board with him or something?"

B's eyes twitched before he wiped some sweat off his brow." Bah…a good businessman knows when to switch brands. I did not survive this long being a fool!"

"I don't know…only a fool thinks anyone will be loyal to someone who believes in nothing!"

"Bah…you think you know more than me you savage! Loyalty will be beaten into customers…along with everything else! In the end, may the best boss win!"

B then had his Hivemind staff glow before unleashing another purple energy orb. Crunch went to dodge it, only to find the orb suddenly grow three times in size the moment then Bandicoot thought he was out of the way. Aku Aku used his power to shield his friend, but the blast still slammed Crunch into the ground.

B saw Crunch was sizzling before he looked around quickly." That's right…you idiots forgot the first thing about the rules of a business like this! The one with the most wins!"

B flew up and had his stringer extended before he flew down to try and stab Crunch. His target noticed that the floor where the energy blast went off looked unstable, before he narrowed his eyes and smashed the ground with his fist. This caused the entire metal plate to slam up, and smash a shocked B in the face. The impact knocked his Hivemind staff out of his hand, and into Crunch's own.

The muscular Bandicoot saw B's shock before he grinned." That only holds weight if you can hold on to it "Waspinator"!"

"How dare you call me that! That fool is a disgrace to bee men all over the universe! Grrr..I was…only…doing…my job!"

"Yah well you're going to be an even bigger fool when I'm done with you! Go buzz back to your hive!"

Crunch threw his enemies own staff back at him, causing B to get hit in the chest. This sent him into one of the Borreload Dragons, who just swat him like a fly all the way to the ground.

The woman Trophy heard B scream before she rolled her eyes." Bah…the people in this universe really are so pathetic!"

"I don't know about that!" Tawna hissed out," Seems they are just better at shutting down control freaks like you!"

"SILENT!" The blue woman cried out before she slammed the ground and unleashed a shock-wave of energy to blow those around her back." Savages like you don't know a damn thing…that's why it has to be beaten into you! Blame your own failure!"

She gathered her power and tried to blow her away with a charged-up blast, only for Rivet to bash the blast back with her own Omni-Wrench before glaring at her attacker." Far as I can see it…you're the savages for trying to hurt everyone!"

Kit then flew besides Rivet, and transformed into a giant mode like Clank's before she targeted the two blue individuals and fired a barrage of missiles from her transformed state and barraged her targets.

Emperor Nefarious glanced at Tropy, saw her faltering, then saw Cortex and most of those around him were faltering to before he grasped his hands tightly." My counterpart…I was trying to be grateful that you brought me into this universe. But…if you can't even contain such vermin, I'll just have to blast this planet to dust to clean the infestation!"

saw his counterpart was not joking before he fired a purple energy blast at Ratchet's new barrage and winced." Let's not get hasty now I have this handled!"

"Oh really? You can't even put down clowns!"

saw Mike had been evading the hammer strikes King Dedede had been launching before he rolled his eyes." Bah…I have to do everything for theses idiots eh?"

His eyes glowed before he fired a purple energy blast at Mike. The son of Ben and Lacus winced, and cursed as the blast just missed him, and caused a trail of fire in its wake to pin him. Dr. Nefarious saw Mike's shock before he grinned." Nowhere to run…it's the end of the road!"

Mike coughed a bit before he shrugged." Maybe…but that road might be getting too heavy to fit into the finish line."

The lanky man dodged another one of his masked attacker's strikes, and then kicked the hammer, using his Friction Crusher spell in the process.

Dr. Nefarious saw Dedede suddenly struggle to lift his hammer before he grasped his hand tightly." You think I'm a fool? I saw you do something like that to Tropy earlier, and I'm well aware of magic, and how to neutralize it! With a simple magic canceler ray…your tricks are worthless royal squishy!"

Mike tensed up as he saw Nefarious charge his new gun, but neither he nor the robotic doctor saw that Astra was also watching this. But as Nefarious attempted to shoot down Mike's last ploy, Astra suddenly jumped in front of the ray.

Both men gasped out in shock as the sheep took the blast, and Astra instantly got what she was hoping for, as the effects of the Sheepinator was undone, and moments later she was transformed back to her original form.

Despite having nothing on everyone around her was full of nothing but dread as the blond woman slowly got on her feet, saw Ratchet looked as full of dread as Nefarious did before she cracked her neck." All of you…ARE REALLY PISSING ME OF! Was trying to be low key but...since your all clearly jackass's with ego's the size of your ships time to knock you assholes down!"

Astra gave a glare with enough fury to make him flinch before the robotic doctor snarled out," Bah…I'm not afraid of any Squishy! Dedede, show her where she fits in the food chain!"

Dedede swerved around like a zombie before the mouth part of his mask split open before he puffed up, and exalted with the intent of devouring the blond woman. While a force on the level of a hurricane came from the mind-controlled penguin, Astra just stamped her foot down before she glanced at her attacker, and let out a smirk." I was taking you nerds to lightly and had to be bailed out by amateurs…but I'm putting you all in your place! Shunkō: Raijin Senkei!"

A lightning bolt suddenly struck Astra, before her aura exploded with enough force to blow Dedede away. Nefarious barrier could hardly hold together before he let shock sweep across his face." You may have a high amount of energy woman, but you still won't, GAH!"

Nefarious was blown into the wall as well and hit with a broken part of the castle tower. Mike, Ratchet, and the others were blown away by Astra's power up as well, and Clank had to transform into his giant form just to hold on. Mike saw Astra look at the sky before he cleared his throat." Hey lighting girl, glad you're looking."

"Just shut the hell up "highness." Astra hissed out." I already have enough people pissing me off to last all day but try and act slick and your next."

"Er…yes mam."

Before she could go on Astra saw one of the Borreload Dragon's roaring at her before she looked at Emperor Nefarious above and had a crazy look in her eyes." Even as a god damn sheep I could hear your ranting.

I don't care if you really took over your universe bucket head…your about to see that in this universe we don't put up with guys thinking they can control other tribes no more!"

With a roar she took to the air, and kicked the robotic dragon's head off a second later. At once the warships around her opened fire, but despite lasers and missiles coming at her from all directions, the lighting charged blond woman burst around like a pinball of energy.

Emperor Nefarious saw Astra was casually making a fool of his entire army before he grit his teeth." What mockery is this? I don't know what freak accident made a primate this strong but no one mocks the Nefarious Empire and lives! Its time I show this universe…my best suit!"

Emperor Nefarious rotated his hand, before the rift in the sky glowed once more. Moments later a Mech suit one hundred stories tall flew out. Emperor Nefarious instantly warped into the head of this giant mech Imperial Power Suit before its hands moved like his own. "I thought I would have to show my "Best suit" sooner than later! But you're going to submit to your superior before this day is through! With the solid blizon capacitors no mere, GUH!"

To his shock Astra was not reacting the way he wanted, as an impact made him bang his head into the cockpit. Emperor Nefarious noticed the radar and saw Astra giving him the middle finger." I think I'm going to like blowing this trashcan up more than the last one, cause I can hear you scream like a wuss."

Emperor Nefarious snarled with rage and opened fire. His onslaught was enough to keep Astra too busy to counterattack, but this just made his rage increase as he fired even more missiles. Cortex saw some of the missiles were coming his way before he cringed." Hey wait I'm still on your side so just, huh?"

While Cortex did manage to take down the missiles that were going his way, Crash made use of the scientists distraction to do another tornado spin to smash him in the back. This launched Cortex into the air, and right into another laser launched by the Emperor.

As Cortex went crashing to the ground near where Dr. Nefarious was with a scream of utter despair, Astra saw her target's hateful outburst and snorted while evading one blast after another.

For a moment the Emperor thought he hit Astra, only for her image to fade. Just as he realized his laser just struck a after image, she smashed into his Power Suit's eye again. While his mecha held, there was a dent where Astra struck.

The blond woman snickered as she dodged another barrage." Even as pain in the ass as this all is, seeing blow hards like you blow yourselves up is still on the top ten moments for me.

Guys like you are just spoiled brats who break down the moment you can't get your way! I don't care if you were lucky enough to take over your universe, those who can't stand losing are just begging for a, huh?"

To her shock her skyscraper sized target glowed, before unleashing a wave of energy in all directions. Astra swore before she caught the blasts with her hands. She was powerful enough to hold back the all direction energy burst with her bare hands, but she was unable to do much but keep the energy wave back.

Emperor Nefarious saw Astra looked strained, and then noticed the Omega Bio-Liberator was getting closer to being able to fire before he grinned." Now who underestimates who you damn primate? Your unique…I'll give you that…but one does not take over a universe without knowing how to handle pressure!"

Mike saw Astra was pinned before he glanced at Ratchet and Alister." Hey if you Lombax's have some anti building gun in there now would be a real good time to whip it out!"

Alister winced before he looked around." Maybe the ship…but we have to get to it in time!"

Mike cursed at his own lack of power as the two N-Tropy's flew over to Astra's back and charged there staff's before the male one uttered," Your out of time you wrenched wench!"

"That's right." The female Tropy uttered with utter contempt." Its time for are ascension!"

They fired a combined energy blast at Astra's back, only for Tawna to fire her grappling hook to the top of the Omega Bio Liberator, and have Rivet thrust up and smash her Omni-Wrench at the combined energy blast while crying out," No, its time you two got what's coming to yah!"

Kit fired a additional blast to make sure the blue duo could not react in time, and as there own combined blast hurled them into the giant round machine the female Tropy cried out in pain before uttering," Wretched."

"Bandicoots." The male one rasped out before they both fell to the ground. Tawna was about to remark on there downfall before Emperor Nefarious fired a missile to blast the three woman from another dimension hard while laughing." I'll give you credit…this sure was not a boring introduction to your universe! For that I'm grateful enough to make your death's mostly quick! But alas you shown just how feeble you lot really are in the face of a superior universal conquer! Let this universe see what, AHH!"

A new yellow energy blast impacted the power suit from above, and collided into the shield, while the barrier kept the blast at bay a new female voice cut in with," Your mistaken Maverick…you will see just how fiercely those of the Bethel Kingdom fight!"

A second energy blast collided into the first, causing the emperor's barrier to split open, letting the second beam go through and strike the Power Armor, damaging it enough to fracture the all area energy blast.

As Emperor Nefarious cried out in outrage everyone saw that the interlopers were not more of Captain Quantum's rebels, but none other than 2B and 9S. Mike saw the two Yorha androids fly down in their personal glider crafts and gasped." Dad…his agents found me?"

2B instantly slashed through another wave of minions before landing right besides Mike and getting out. The woman with a blindfold seemed in different to the fighting and villains ranting around her as she bowed to Mike." Prince Michael, my deepest apologies in taking so long to find you, but 9S was able to pinpoint the broadcast you made to Endor and we arrived as fast as we could."

Megaman blinked before he looked at the two in black." Wait…I saw you two blow up to take down the Reverbot before! Are you…clones?"

"Negative purifier unit." 2B bluntly replied." This is a new body, but I share the same consciousness as the woman you saw before. Us Yorha units back up are minds to ensure we can best preform are duty for the glory of mankind. Still, my thanks for keeping the young prince alive during this chaotic ordeal Megaman Volnutt."

The blue bomber just looked around before he let out an uneasy chuckle." Yah well…the past few days have been crazier than I thought possible."

"Debrief us later, we have a crisis to resolve."

Mike looked up in the sky before he cleared his throat." I'm glad you guys are so good at your job 2B. But um…anyone else behind you two guys?"

9S chuckled as he looked around." Sorry to say it's just us. Once we all got are new bodies, we were sent out all over the universe to try and find you, and sadly are team's numbers are getting thin these days. But hey it's not just us two your majesty, this time we brought are pod support units and all…right 42?"

Two small droids that looked like bricks with small robotic arms flew down before the greyer one nodded." Indeed master 9S. Greetings Master Michael, it seems you are in the middle of a hostile situation."

"That's selling it short buddy." Mike retorted." To sum it up the terrorist Doctor Nefarious is working with some small-time crooks and summoned a rift to another reality. He says its him from another universe, I have not been there but whatever this Emperor Nefarious's deal is it's a pain cause if we don't start that giant eyeball everyone in this region of the universe is going to become robot slaves."

9S glanced at the Omega Bio-Liberator before he smirked." Oh, so that's what that weird energy reading was? Well…now that we know what we are dealing with, should be able to clean up this mess before it gets out of hand."

Ratchet eyed how casual the two in black were before he raised an eyebrow." You guys are packing the fire power to bust a thing like that? You are hiding a transforming gun in those blind fields or are you the type with the powering up and all that?"

"Honestly, I'm talking more about hacking this thing, I'm a Scanner type after all. Should be fun to try and hack something from a new reality or whatever the white raging machine guy is."

2B nodded before she looked around, and saw Astra still bashing away at Emperor Nefarious." Please advise your new comrades to avoid getting in our path. Also, that blond woman…her profile fits with members of the Equalizers."

Mike paused before he sighed." It's true but, list her as an ally for now. She's not happy with how many in the Equalizers have been doing things. With how things are, we need her on her side to get out of this."

"Understood."

got out of his own rubble before he rubbed his jaw and glanced at the two blindfolded individuals before he rolled his eyes." And they say my tastes is tacky! Don't think a few of your own androids is going to stop my, our genius!"

He fired a blast at 2B, but the YoRha agent swiftly took out her blade to deflect it back at him. She then looked at the Omega Bio Liberator before saying," Beginning next phase of the operation."

She was about to take off before a barrage of projectiles headed her way, and she saw Galva Clunk flying at her. The transformed imposter of Clank snarled with disgust before his cannons charged with energy." The so called "Last Emperor" truly has lost his edge if he thinks such maids are his elite soldiers. Pay for your masters delusions at your own peril woman!"

The woman with the blindfold on saw the cannons on her foe charging up before she glanced at her support Pod. The robot nodded and emitted," Initiating attack protocol."

The box shaped droid fired a powerful white energy blast that caused Galva Clunk to stagger. As he was distracted 2B jumped into the air and conjured a lance of energy, before throwing it at her opponent's cannon.

This caused Galva Clunk's energy attack to misfire, and as he yelled out 2B unleashed countless sword slashes at her foe in a second, before she jumped down and caused a energy spike to erupt out of the ground beneath her. The spike burst up and impaled Galva Clunk before he even knew what happened.

As he glared at the woman who so casually countered him she grasped her fist tightly." No matter what are enemies think of us, we will continue to fight, till our day of reckoning has come. But this is your reckoning maverick!"

"No…not like this! NO!"

2B just fired another energy lance at Galva Clunk's mouth, before the twin energy constructs exploded, shattering her opponent.

The woman with the blindfold just took one moment to make sure her current target was taken out before she and 9S took off, causing one Nefarious to yell in indignation, while the taller one seethed with fury." All of you maggots will pay for making a fool out of, GUH!"

Astra casually reminded the taller Nefarious she was still there by grasping his Power Armor's left claw, and started to pull, before using magic to have her blade fly into free hand.

As the leader of the Nefarious Empire glanced at her she gave a devil may cry smirk." What was that about being able to control anything? That's what you get when you try and be a collar on freedom!"

Emperor Nefarious fired another energy blast, only to see Astra casually slice it in half before crying out," What…what kind of abomination are you woman?"

Dr. Nefarious saw this and gulped at seeing his counterpart starting to lose his composure." What…seriously? You're not use to dealing with types like this in your universe?"

"Wait…you're saying that woman like this are common in this universe?"

"I mean…yes! That's why this universe has been so hard to conquer! You thought even though we are suppose to be the same I was that inferior to you? I mean...you mean you were really lucky enough to just not have anyone that could be a threat like this in your universe!?"

Ratchet saw the dismay in his archenemies face before he chuckled." Well guess you bet on the wrong horse eh Nefarious? Even with two of you you're not smart enough to screw over everyone else…and now it's time you pay up for all the people you hurt because you just could not take a hint."

"Infernal Squishy…I am greater than all of you!" Dr. Nefarious hissed out as his eyes glowed red." No matter what allies or fire arms you amass Lombax…you will never shoot down!"

Ratchet saw his opponent unleash another barrage of purple energy blasts, saw he had no time to aim his gun before he thought for a moment, and smirked."

Man you really need a hobby! Here, I'll give you a crash course on the house!"

Nefarious saw Ratchet throw a orb at him before he sneered out," Even a holy hand grenade will not break my barrier Ratchet! You, huh? No!"

The mad scientist realized the orb was not a grenade, but a disco ball before the Groovitron sphere flew higher into the air, and played disco music. The projectile mesmerizes anything near it to dance, and found out the hard way his barrier did not block the sound waves till he suddenly danced to" Saturday Night Fever."

As he saw his body act like movie actor John Travolta against his will he cried out," You, you will pay for mocking me! I can easily block such, huh?"

Ratchet rearmed his RYNO as the others around him got ready." Maybe, but your out of time!"

The united hero's fired all they could, and managed to blast Nefarious enough to break through his barrier while his focus was distracted. Nefarious fell to the ground, realized his right arm was blown off and re-positioned his jaw." No…after all this time I can't fail now!"

By chance he landed where Cortex had already crashed, and the human scientist saw his robot counterpart and let out a bitter chuckle." Things always seems so good, right before they fall apart. But, the harder you try and deny it, the harder it blows up in your face.

Trust me, I learned that the hard way when a time rift sucked me, Tropy, and Uka Uka to the dawn of time! If you thought he was insufferable before you should have seen him as a baby! Still...at least this island has been here to comfort me no matter how many years have passed. Good old reliable island, you never judge me or mock me. "

"Bah…if I could just bring in the rest of my forces or get my counterpart to get the rest of his armies here!"

"Well…we have one last card to play here after all. Remember subject KK?"

Doctor Nefarious paused before he glanced at the ocean past the castle." Oh right…the rowdy one. I left it to you all to make sure the control issues were stable…did you pull it off?"

"Well…let's put it this way…if it goes south we can bail while the others clean up with it right?"

"Bah…not like things can get any worst. Find do it now!"

Cortex cleared his throat before he slammed on his commlink." We were going to save this for the executions N Brio but there is no time! Release subject KK and let him go nuts!"

The thinner mad scientist who was still in the castle just saw more explosions break out before he took a drink and shrugged." Guess working out that formula was not being "paranoid" now eh Cortex? Alright, time to bring down the house."

Brio examined a beaker before shaking it, and then pressed a button. After a few moments a thunderous roar erupted out of the ocean next to Cortex Castle, one powerful enough to knock the spaceships, and even the Omega Bio Liberator back a bit.

Coco saw the water around the castle dividing apart before she winced." What are they up to now? I did not think Cortex had any henchmen left unless it's from the Bee guy or Nefarious."

Astra saw a massive shock-wave break out of the water before four large towers, each with chains of energy attached to something in the center. This object was a pure black sphere with spikes.

Everyone was starting to notice that it looked like a gigantic turtle shell before the towers ceased their energy constraints. In moments two giant glowing yellow eyes without pupils blared out, before massive legs and arms came out of the shell.

As a massive, spiked tail slammed down to create a wave large enough to hit all of Cortex Island, Mike saw the colossal creature's head emerge, a turtle dragon combo with hair that glowed a bright red like it was fire, while the center of his carapace and the tips of his shell spikes glowed orange and red.

Ratchet saw the giant creature narrow his eyes before he winced." Ok…kind of thought he was just going to throw out some new Snagglebeast but this might in fact live up to one of those overkill situations. Man, must be a big universe out there cause I don't know what this freak is."

Clank paused before his eye glowed blue." Traits match that of the Koopa clan, a turtle like race that once was known to exist in the world of Mushroom, till its planet was consumed by the Scourge. The last Koopa's were reported to be hunted to extinction, but it's clear Dr. Nefarious has once more did something…that's nefarious even for him."

Mike eyed the giant creature carefully before his jaw dropped." Oh hell that's not any Koopa, that's the King Koopa! That's another guy who was in my dad's wedding, Bowser! He, he use to be a bit of a wise guy, even fought against my old man in the Cosmic War to try and beat this plumber pal of his named Mario. But…he switched sides when he realized the Zannacross Empire was trying to screw him over.

He…he was off world when the Mushroom Kingdom was consumed by the Scourge but, we lost track of him. Still…I was told he got big but not this big!"

Dr. Nefarious cut him off with a wicked burst of laughter before he looked at the giant creature of rage behind him." That's thanks to my genius! Like with Dedede, this luckless lunkhead was doing everything he could to keep his people alive as the Lylat Alliance lost all authority and for most of the universe the strong took what they wanted.

He went through one hex after another to extent his life and increase his power, but he still got smashed rather hard by the Viltrumite's around Lake Lapcat and was assumed to be dead.

Thankfully I found him first and managed to hurl him into my lab to refine him to what he can best be, a creature of raw fury! I admit I went a bit over kill with this "Fury Bowser" but after hailing him to this world a few extra modifications helped…stabilize the process."

Cortex cleared his throat before he leaned forward." Not going to leave out that because of my experience in genetic mutations you were able to get this turtle under control eh? Guess all the stuff with the Mojo Titans was not a waste of time after all? Those were all just test trails for this masterpiece to prove my expertise!"

N-Biro cleared his throat before adding,"You mean my expertise right? Still…I suppose you helped speed up getting the right formula."

"Hey after Crash and Crunch and all the other misfires I did learn a few things! I did this free of charge because I remember, right before Xehamaru sent me to my doom he and that egg like scientist both thought they were better than me.

Well…now who's on the top of the food chain now eh? This was supposed to be the beast I'd feed you all to after victory was assured but you just hastened things up! Might be a bit of a pain to get him back in but…long as we finally take you guys down…it's worth it!"

Emperor Nefarious saw how furious "Fury Bowser" looked and noticed the transformed Koopa King was before he glanced at his counterpart and Cortex and snickered." Well, it seems they can be creative in this universe as well, but they better hope this beasts bite is worst then his bark!"

Bowser unleashed another roar, and Crunch had to hold Coco to prevent her from being blown away before he yelled out," How did Cortex sneak that guy underneath without us hearing it?"

Coco winced before she looked below." Remember that day swore Cortex was doing major construction for his castle, and also had all the loud fireworks? I think…that was just a distraction. One way or another this is the last time we trust him."

"Hey don't worry Coco…he may be bigger but the bigger they are the harder they fall! Make him crash er…Crash!"

The fellow Bandicoot nodded before he, 2B, Megaman, Ratchet, Alister, and Kit all fired their weapons at their new opponent, but even with the stolen Nefarious Warship firing all its weapons, Fury Bowser walked through the barrage like it was not even there.

Crash tried a Tornado Spin attack while Clank charged at Bowser in his giant form, but both hero's were knocked down like they were as stuff as marshmallows.

Astra saw Bowser stomp the ground, and cause most of her allies to get knocked around just from the shock-wave before she spat and threw the chunk of the Power Suit off her." Ah hell…this Koopa seems as pissed off as I am! Well...almost. Still…sucks if you were forced to be theses assholes tool, but no time for mercy in war. I'll make it quick at least."

Astra flash stepped in front of Bowser and came down like a lightning bolt to slash him across the head. However, to her shock, despite still using the Shunkō spell, Bowser was fast enough to swerve his head to parry her blade with his left horn.

Astra winced as she saw she could not cut through the horn, and tensed up as she saw Bowser narrow his eyes, and gather a massive amount of red energy in his mouth.

She used the flash step maneuver to avoid being hit, and saw the blast went on to vaporize one of the Nefarious warships, and go on to in the distance cause an atomic explosion that shook the entire planet.

The blond-haired woman grasped her ear as Bowser unleashed another deafening roar before she cracked her neck." Well guess you know how to fight eh? You can huff and puff but you're not blowing this house down! You're not the only one who can blow things up though! Masako!"

The blond woman flew up into the air and unleashed her most preferred energy blast. But as the massive yellow energy blast headed his way, Bowser hesitated for only an instant, before he curled back up into his shell faster than anyone thought, and spun around rapidly.

By the time the Masako reached him he was spinning faster than a wheel, and spinning so fast that the rotation fractured the energy beam, before he rocketed right at his attacker. Astra realized Bowser was going to burst right through her before she flew to the right. While she avoided being smashed, as he passed her, Bowser shot out a spike from his shell right at her.

The rouge Equalizer swore as she caught the spike, and while she avoided being impaled, the impact still slammed her into the island. Astra saw her hands were sizzling, and saw Bowser just get back up before she narrowed her eyes." Ah hell…looks like you been through enough fights to have some damn strong instincts.

Maybe not that famous Ultra Instinct…but still enough to make this a pain in the ass. Ugh…if I could just do the Meidō Zangetsuha on my own I could. No…even if I don't have the Anima Avatar I don't need it to beat guard dogs like this! You think your more of a beast on me? Get ready to choke on your ego asshole!"

While the spike was pushed enough into Astra's skin to cause her to bleed, the pain just made her focus before she swerved around and threw the spike back at Bowser's mouth.

As the transformed Koopa King nearly choked on his own spike Astra unleashed a burst of speed to in an instant be in front of her target and slam the spike further down Bowser's throat.

Astra saw the target choke before her energy flared up." Game over Zilla! You're realizing to late your barking up the wrong, huh? Oh now what!?"

Just before she could attack, Bowser's eyes glowed red before veins formed on his forehead. He then unleashed an aura of dark energy that caused the sky to get stormy. He slowly transformed as crackles of dark energy surged across his body as his limbs gained toned muscular regions, that were longer and less-bulky, as he grew sharper fangs, claws and shell spikes, a less rounded snout, larger horns, and spikier hair. As his transformation finished Bowser chomped through his own spike, and looked at Astra with pure hatred as he seethed out," YOU…WON'T…TAKE DOWN…THE KING!"

Mike saw the now Giga Bowser Fury tower over everyone like they were ants, if not smaller before he tensed up. Man...if Astra can't take down this guy we might have to make a run for it."

Ratchet winced before he glanced back at the Omega Bio Liberator and saw it was glowing more and more each second." Not going to matter if we get turned into robo slaves after their toy goes off!"

Megaman glanced at Bowser, and then back at the giant spherical machine in the sky before he gulped." Maybe…we can trick this guy into breaking it for us? He does not seem too bright."

"Maybe not but I am!" Dr. Nefarious cackled out as he looked gleefully at his enemies." I still have general control over Bowser my sad blue Squishy! In the end it was worth all the hassle, for he's become a true beast of destruction, that just gets stronger the more he fights! He's my solution to all the muscle-bound idiots making things a pain across the universe!"

Mike glared at Nefarious with defiance before he shrugged." Sounds like you went full Frankenstein on Bowser doc…but as they say, gamble on one chip too much and it's going to bankrupt yah!"

Nefarious was about to respond till he saw Dedede was staggering back to him, obeying his commands in a zombie like matter. The metallic doctor saw the former king of Dreamland's empty eyes, before his own eyes gleamed with hate. "Think I'm a one trick pony by now fool? I think I shown how flexible I can be, and to prove it…time to seal the deal! Lawrence…time for situation Ironic Death Scenario HAL! Plan D-Mind…make my Dedede grow!"

Nefarious threw his mind-controlled servant an energy ax before Lawrence fired a grenade, and after it hit Dedede, in a matter of seconds he grew till he was nearly as tall as Bowser. Astra saw the two-giant mind-controlled kings before she saw Dedede roar and grasp his new energy Ax and rolled her eyes." Seriously? Ever hear of overkill much? Find…just means I have a bigger punching bag!"

To her shock Dedede took a massive jump in the air, before she realized his new glowing blade was coming from above while Bowser was sweeping his tail at her. She just cracked her neck before responding with," Find…I just have to try harder damn it!"

Mike saw Astra moving around like a lightning bolt as both Dedede and Bowser were going berserk, and as it seemed like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions were breaking out each second before he used his commlink to talk to Pod 153, who stayed by Mike's side while 2B and 9S went to the Omega Bio Liberator.

The pod's box like body split open to show a screen that visualized the hacking process which showed a polygon triangle shooting polygon cubes, which seemed to symbolize how fast 9S was hacking the Omega Bio Liberator's network before it said," While the defense systems on the spherical machine are…formidable 9S's odds of succeeding are…within reason to hope."

Mike was about to respond when he saw a stray spike Bowser released hurling for him, and jumped down to avoid getting bisected. He saw how far the spike went before he cleared his throat." Yah, I don't mean to be that guy but we seriously need more then hope right about now. After all this time…can't let these jokers be the end."

9S saw 2B deflect an incoming energy bolt before the male android let out a bitter chuckle." Man wish the others were here…maybe I can hack those giants control program next. Well, maybe the blond will get them to knock each other out. Anyway…I think I can make it! Just…keep me covered!"

2B nodded, before they both saw Astra fly between Dedede and Bowser, and left a after image so that they indeed punched each other. However instead of punching each other in the face, there punches collided, causing a shock-wave powerful enough to knock Astra, and everyone else to the ground, also throwing off the two blindfolded Androids.

While there flying craft's caught them before they sustained critical damage, 9S saw his hacking was interrupted and winced." Ah man, if I botch two missions in a row Zero will never stop chewing me out!"

2B saw how the situation was looking before she grasped her blade tightly." There might not be a next time at this rate 9S!"

Ratchet saw the Omega Bio Liberator was nearly ready to fire before he tensed up." No…no way are you getting the last laugh Nefarious!"

Rivet also looked on in despair as the twin giants glared down at her." No…we lost so much to get here…we can't fail now!"

Nefarious laughed madly as he saw the despair in the hero's eyes." And yet you will fail, because the time of hero's has long past! Look at these two monsters! I fine-tuned them sure, but it was the state of the universe that drove them to this point!

Those two kings were strung along like saps thinking that they would be rewarded for sucking it up and playing along with the whole justice thing. And what did they get for it? Oh…there world, there people, and everything else taken from them. The sham that is society unraveled, reducing them to wild beasts who's hunger for revenge is the only thing they have left!

You see you blame me but I'm not the one who broke this universe, I'm just trying to salvage it! I seen how much things were a shame ever since Quark was seen as a hero all while he made my life a living hell, till Homelander killed him for being a "Rip off."

But you still can't stomach that my way is the best way, and keep getting in the way of the treatment!"

Emperor Nefarious saw a notification that the Omega Bio Liberator was ready to fire before he smirked, and flew above his counterpart." And while destiny may not have favored my counterpart in this universe, it was fate's way of letting me cross one universe to another to give everyone the rule they so desperately need.

You may curse me now, but soon you will be enlightened, and praise your master's mercy. Let the universe mark when its rightful master left his mark!"

Just as his enemies prepared to charge him, suddenly a new voice cut in with a detached," Your mistaken about a great many things "Emperor". It's not you who owns this universe…its me."

Emperor Nefarious swerved around, and saw no one was there. However, his, and everyone else's attention was drawn to a flash of light, before a small projectile that looked like a golden bullet descended from the sky, and hit the Omega Bio Liberator. In an instant, a cross shaped explosion burst out, and the giant machine was shattered.

Both Nefarious's had their jaws dropped as the taller one saw that not even scraps were left of his machine before he looked around frantically." What the duce? Who…WHO DID THIS! If you thought some last hidden "hero" can save you from your destiny then you're going to see how wrong you are!"

Dr. Nefarious looked around tensely as he hissed out," No…now? The sensors did not detect anything! Is this Homelander? Omni-Man? Huh?"

Everyone saw Sieg casually walk up, like he was strolling on the island the entire time. As everyone looked at him the man in the tuxedo let out a small grin." I'd say it came to a shock that someone like you was able to rule an entire universe, but that's the thing about the Multi-Verse…even the most laughable fantasy becomes reality if you look hard enough. I'm a very busy man, but this outburst did seem to justify my personal attention. After all I want to make clear…the one who controls this universe is me."

Mike saw Seig's face and was at once hit with a surge of shock, joy, and dread at seeing a face that looked like his father, yet looked so different at the same time. He saw the total confidence in the new arrivals eyes and could only mutter," No…no way. Dad…really is alive?"

Astra saw how casual Sieg was, and then noticed that both Bowser and Dedede, for all of their size looked frozen in fear at once their instincts were telling them before she gulped." Damn it all…no clue what the hell this is other than something's about to hit the fan real damn hard."

Cortex looked at Sieg, and while he never met Ben personally, he remember the pictures Xehamaru showed him before he raised an eyebrow." Hey wait, that's the…the chosen guy all the way back from the Cosmic War from back before we jumped in time! He, he does look older, but not like, centuries older. Wait I thought you guys said he was dead!"

"He…he was reported to be. " He uttered tensely. "But…well…not like I was close to that battle. But if he's not dead…then our luck might have turned for the worst. "

Sieg saw the tension in the air and let out a light chuckle." Oh…its even worst then you think…for I'm not that…inferior brand that your accustomed to in this universe."

Mike saw the detachment in the man who looked like his father's eyes before he winced." D…dad? Is…is that you? What…what happened to mom?"

Sieg eyed the man who thought he was his father curiously, before he closed his eyes." Ah…so Mary was on the ball. Good…glad to sweep this matter up to move on to more...pressing business."

Mike saw how unmoved the man in front of him looked before he let out an uneasy chuckle." Come on dad, this cause I did not do what you wanted? Guess this is you getting even on me eh? C'mon…tell me what's going on already."

2B eyed Sieg before she turned to her Pod." Pod…is that King Auro? Or…a clone or some other imposter."

Pod 042 tried to scan the new man before sparks came out of him in an instant. "Inconclusive. Data is nearly identical to Ben Auro…but there is…some corruption in the data. Energy is too high to be able to scan in depth, just attempting so for one second nearly fried all systems. All that could be obtained…is that there are elements that have not been detected ever before."

9S paused before he looked at Emperor Nefarious." You mean he's from another universe like the others?"

"No…there is something…more to this man…like the celestial ones…but even greater."

Mike saw even the YorHa agents were starting to look disturbed before he struggled to not lose his composure." Dad…what did Makishima do to you?"

Sieg eyed the lanky man carefully before he sighed." I tire of repeating this so I'll make it clear for the entire universe. You been mistaken boy, Doug Fitter was not the one who did this to your father. For while he shares my face I'm not Ben Auro. That being said...to clear things up I am the reason he's not here anymore, as with your mother, and your brother."

After seeing the utter contempt in the man in the tuxedo's eyes before he turned pale." No…so you really are a version of him…from another universe? Did you, huh?"

Suddenly Mike felt a massive weight on his chest, before the pressure made him fell to his knees. The curly haired man saw that everyone, even the giant Bower Fury and Dedede D-mind were falling to their knees from the energy around Sieg, before the man that looked like his father extended his hand to make a dramatic gesture." I can tell you been through an ordeal but listen well, I'm not fond of unproductive things like repeating myself.

I am Sieg "V-Day" Elgan, leader of the Multiverse spanning Infinite Victory & Conquest corporation, and the biggest winner in all the multiverse. Unlike this clown of an emperor, I truly have no peer. Now...to get to business, I'm here to merge this universe with my own, and purge all, undesirable factors out of the way of my new property."

Mike saw the pure malice in Sieg's eyes before he let out an uneasy chuckle." What…did my old man do something to make you have a grudge on him or something so you're doing the whole vendetta or something? The way you are...reminds me of that Reverse Flash dude who hated that speed loving Superhero so much he well, did everything he did to become the reverse. So your just, huh?"

Mike was cut off as he suddenly felt a cut on his cheek, and then looked down to see a footprint, realizing Sieg moved before he could even see it. The man who looked like his father raised his right finger before narrowing his eyes." Your father may have let such insolent behavior slide, but let this be proof I'm far less tolerant of insolence. Still...the Reverse Flash...I'm well aware of Eobard Thawne, but I'm nothing like that single minded fool. For all his talents, all he could think of was petty base obsession. As skilled as he was in the Speedforce, if he could evolve his point of view he could have reached the true zenith...like me.

I'm far beyond that boy. Further more, I'm not the reverse of Ben Auro, as if the genesis of my destiny depended on the likes of someone so pathetic.

No...he's the alpha, and I'm the omega. But his actions did bring me mere. Fitter may have opened the path to the Multiverse, but it was your father, so overwhelmed, so desperate for salvation that made a plea for aid from counterparts that were more competent.

And oh he got what he asked for, but like always what he asked for did not bring him the outcome he hoped, because it was what allowed the bridge between the Negaverse and the Prime Universe to be forged. And, when we met, well I think this is a case where action's speak louder then words that he realized to late that making a superior universe meant the purge of all inferior components."

Once more Sieg casually took out the broken hilts of the Divine Mugen Nova and the Oathkeeper, causing Mike to look like he was going to throw up before he grasped his hand." No...there swords...you broke them? They...they are suppose to be the most powerful weapons in the universe."

"In this universe perhaps, but the standards of one universe does not apply to another. And that's not all I broke you pitiful scion. Do you understand now? Your parents and there most powerful, loyal and talented comrades, the accumulation of this universe's justice...was nothing to me.

Heh...that face your making...it really is the same your father made...in his last moments. I suppose it proves you really are father and son.

Can you hear it now? The loudest scream, the one deep from in your soul? When you accept that everything you've done wasn't good enough, that you weren't good enough, that the mysteries you tried to solve pointed only to bigger ones, and to your own smallness, that you failed, will only ever fail, and were a fool to try at all, and in the end you were just a small meaningless fool. That's your father's final moments, his legacy.

But don't misunderstand, this was not done out of some base vendetta. No, it's simply a matter of I have no tolerance for anything degrading my brand, especially universal counterparts and their even more degenerate offspring that degrade my name. It's not personal…purely my operating to not interfere with marketing and what not. So now…time to see who among you has good business sense. Who wants to be on the winning team...and who wants to die a miserable death all to cling to some worthless outdated belief such as heroism?

And now for some Authors Notes: to round out the day: First up, Tawna is from Crash 4, Rivet and Kit are from Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart, and Lord Vorselon was a enemy from Ratchet and Clank a Crack in Time.

The Borreload Dragon is the ace monster card used by Varis, or Revolver from Yu Gi Oh Varis...not quite as epic as the Blue Eyes White Dragon but...card wise its a pain to deal with.

Any who King Dedede is of course from the Kirby games...his " Masked" form is inspired by all the Masked Dedede fights, and his giant D-Mind form was inspired by the boss fight he has in Team Kirby Clash Deluxe and Kirby's Blowout Blast.

Likewise Bowser's " Fury" form is of course from the new section to the Switch version of Mario 3D world, along with mixing Giga Bowser from the Smash games and Dark Bowser from Mario and Luigi Inside story.

Alright that should be all the major things for now. Hope everyone likes what they saw enough to leave a review, and stay tuned next time.