Alright, Disclaimer time:

I, dragonridley, do not own ANY of the characters apart from Richard Wily, Roll Bullen and Diamas Link.

Chad Oswald, Anna Hael/Keene and Lucy Valentine belong to Keyblader Chad

Blue Hikari and Slashman from the story 'Megaman NT Warrior SP' belong to Blue The Hedgehog

Any background stories of the characters that is not canon is purely made up for this story.

Not all events that all the characters have had in their canon backstories have happened in this alternative universe. (e.g Lan and Megaman have never faced the cybeasts greiga and falzer, and the events with duo have not happened. Another example is that for Dynasty Warriors, only up to the battle of Guan Du occurred and a majority of the characters are alive as it's more petty feuds then outright war)

In short, this is non-canon to any of the games and movies the cast comes from.

All characters other than those named in the first three points are copyrighted and belong to their rightful owners.

All of the characters will be OOC...not all the time though, just...more often than not.

Right, I'm sure I've got my back covered once again...let's get on with this sequel.


In Universe 3. There was a deity, a being who serves the creator god of this Multiverse, gifted with might that was unique to his people.

He cared for no mortal life and mocked those who only lived for barely a hundred, whilst he could live forever. He fought all to came to him, those who hear of his might. And each one suffers the fate of death by his hands.

Then one day, a young boy came to his land. He sought a blade that had been placed here centuries ago by a Leviathan, a being that comes from a time before the deity was even alive. The deity watched the boy, interested why someone so young and so inexperienced with combat would step into his place.

As the boy approached the sword he sought, the deity comforted him and attempted to destroy the mortal before he could take the sword.

But the boy fought back. He got passed the deity and raised the sword from it's rocky tomb. He used it and battled the deity from sunrise to sunset. The deity had never encountered anyone like this before, someone completely unfamiliar with the standards of combat, who would constantly adjust and change his tactics on a dime to suit the current situation or to completely place it on its head.

The deity ended their battle. He praised the mortal and asked him for his name.

The boy was called Primus. Primus Oswald. A boy who would become a legend that would never be forgotten.

From there he followed the boy, knowing he would meet others, new opportunities for enemies to fight. A group of people formed around this Primus, and they ventured the stars, facing odds that the normal mortal would deem impossible.

They took out demon lords, tyrants, military armies, giants, machines, rival deities…even a giant machine planet destined to consume others known as Unicron. They stopped it all and with all of them, the deity found enjoyment.

There seemed to be no force that could stop them.

He called Primus his sworn brother. He even wanted to give his daughter's hand to Primus for marriage. He saw no one worthier.

But other deities and those around them were not so happy with the legendary hero and his comrades.

Primus had made many enemies. In his older years, he had become more destructive, more brutal in his methods and ways. Something the deity enjoyed that others were not so impressed with. They had lost the Primus that was merciful and caring, and instead had one that killed for almost the sake of a rush of emotions, the thrill of battle.

Soon it had caught up to them. The people of the Universe grew tired of Primus. They tried a peaceful method to oust him…but that led to him uprising against the controlling state known as Pararela and killing many of its commanding members before withdrawing his forces.

They tried to rally new heroes to push Primus out of the worlds he commanded, but those heroes either perished or defected upon fighting the man, as they wanted a part of his glory and victories.

They tried money and wealth to keep Primus satisfied. But they knew it was for nothing whenever there was conflict, as Primus and those around him would arrive to end the fighting in their own careless and ruthless way.

They knew there was only on solution left. To go to war with Primus and bring him down. Whilst it was difficult at first with the sheer amount of people who stood with Primus, as the months past worlds that bowed to Primus were taken back, and people were defecting as Primus showed no care nor compassion to those around him, refusing to supply his men or to give them rousing hope for a victory, only simply going out there for the flow of battle.

Now they were pushed into a corner, their main homeworld was recently taken over by the advancing forces of Pararela. With nowhere else to go, Primus led his followers to attack one world after another, looking for one that will yield to him once again.

Reckless and aimless, the worlds suffered. Primus was now like the monsters he had once ventured around the galaxies to defeat.

They found a techno-organic planet that had been colonised called Cybertron and managed to take over three major fortresses that were set up close to one another, those who worked in these locations bowed to Primus with little quarrel, out of fear of death.

As soon as it was found out that Primus was once again active, the armies of Pararela moved in, this time to end it once and for all.

On the pathway of one of the mighty mountainous steel walls of one of the fortresses, looking down to the hundreds of thousands of men, women and creatures gathered to attack them whilst his men are running around getting themselves prepared, was a familiar warrior that wore silver armor, and out of his silver helmet, were two long red feathers that flowed down his back.

Lu Bu stood there, arms folded, surveying the scene…in this time, he name was Feng Xian.

Snow was coming down on them, the sky was grey and cloudy…it had been snowing for several days on this blue and green machine tinted world. He was especially right now watching two distinct figures in the vast armies.

Beerus, the god of destruction, who was scratching his nose and trying to ignore the snow, and a man who he had a medium neat brown goatee, slick back brown hair with hints of white, and his skin was a peachy colour. He wore a white silk robe lined with gold cotton, and his eyes were as if black voids, with specks of stars in them. Fate.

One of his black armoured knights had suddenly ran up to where he stood, bowing. "Commander Feng Xian! Base Maximus is under attack! Lord Arthas and lady Jaina are struggling to hold out!"

Feng Xian glanced at the knight, then looked over to Beerus, who he noticed even from his distance, was clearly smirking now. "I understand." As the messenger left him, he motioned to two other knights that were carrying his mighty weapon, the lunar spear, and made them walk to him carrying it.

"Feng Xian please wait! Wait just a moment!" The person that suddenly spoke up to him appeared in his vison, stopping the armoured knights from handing him his spear.

This man would later be known as Chen Gong. In this time, he was called "Gongtai, what is it now?"

The sleazy looking man, carrying decent sized scroll of bamboo, was a wizard that served on one of Primus' old worlds and was regarded as their top adviser on military tactics…though lately both Primus and Feng Xian had both grown annoyed with his planning as it hindered their need for combat. "It's clear that the enemy force will be much more prepared for us to counterattack any assault they unleash. In order to take them down and still hold on to what we have, we must be ready for anything!"

"We have you, myself, Primus, Thor and Odin. That is all we need." With that, Feng Xian moved past Gongtai and grabbed his spear.

"Y-yes but you must listen! I believe this is a ploy to divide our forces further apart! I think we should send our forces to Taraqin and see what the enemy are planning from afar! It has the vantage point for us to look at Maximus if it truly is under heavy attack!"

"There's no need my friend. Feng Xian will take out the attacking forces with what we have."

Walking up the steps to join them, was a warrior in glistening red and gold armor from his feet to his neck, wearing a thin red bandanna across his forehead, with his famous weapon the Blade of Darkness in one hand and in the other a cursed weapon that belonged to his fallen friend turned enemy Fenrir, the Dark Wolf. A man who looked in his forties, with a neat trimmed goatee, medium brown hair and deep blue coloured irises.

Primus Oswald. "Thor and Odin will defend Taraqin. I myself will protect here, Sepulchre. Gongtai, I want you to go with Feng Xian to Maximus and make sure it doesn't fall to enemy hands. The enemy are already moving in between each location to cut us off. Carve through them and show them that no one can stand up to true heroes of the Universe such as ourselves."

Feng Xian bowed with respect. "Of course Primus. I shall not fail you!"


I shall not fail you…

Those words echoed within the mind of Lu Bu as he had his eyes closed. Though that day occurred over three million years ago, he could remember it like it was yesterday, so vividly and so clear…

"That was the last time I saw the Dark Wolf, prior to it's arrival at the Hero Base. I do not know what happened to it once Primus fell on that day. My focus was solely on him, not the swords he carried."

He opened his eyes.

Before him, was a magnificent blue sky with white pure small clouds hovering around. Pillars upon pillars made of gold, the flooring and roof made of silver, the table and chairs that he many others right now sat around in this open air location, a white marble. The sun was a half black, half white, yet still gave off golden rays down towards them. The air was cool, and crisp, and running down the middle of the rooms was a little stream of clear water, coming from the fountains located in the main chambers of what they called, their game.

Each of them had a golden chalice and jug, filled with a liquid of their choosing, silver platters of all kinds of colourful food and exotic meats laid out, and in the middle of this table, was a small platinum statue of an owl, it's wings unfolded, looking up to the sky. A statue of the creator god of the Multiverse, Azrael.

This was the realm of the deities. It housed all those that were chosen by god, as well as those they, the deities themselves, had ascended to the same position as them.

Deities were mostly once mortals who were granted the immortal souls of the primal beings of this Multiverse known as Leviathans, though there are some that were born with both a mortal soul and a Leviathan soul at the start of the Universe, or more precise, this cycle of the Universe.

The deities were aware of the times that had passed before their existence, the last cycles. It was one of the first things they are informed about to make them aware that one day, as Azrael will decide, the Multiverse will be wiped clean and made anew once again.

Sat around this table with Lu Bu, were many of the deities who were involved with the time of Primus and what he had done, as well as the current time and events.

In one direction there was:

Lu Lingqi, his daughter and a proud warrior like himself.

Kefka, a mage who wore all kinds of colourful clothing and was known for his constant use of powerful magic.

Sephiroth, the man who became his own legend within the Universe, feared for his skills.

Slur, a female deity that had recently taken a form of a Net Navi, standing tall behind her, several times the height of humans, matching the transformers, was a cybernetic being named Duo, also a deity.

Then there was Chronoa, a guest deity from Universe 1 that was known as the guardian of time.

And finally there was Fate, sitting there with his arms crossed, listening to everything carefully.

In the other direction: Zuo Ci was sitting beside Lu Bu, looking at his tarot cards.

Gabriel sipped from his chalice, a deity who had once been at war with the child of Azrael, Ingrid.

Akuma, a warrior who was ascended from Earth X only a good fifty years ago after proving his worth to Sephiroth.

Castiel, a deity who appeared the most human out of all of the deities' present, wearing a white striped shirt, black suit and a beige trench coat.

Palutena sat beside him, a fair maiden with green hair.

Lady Luck, a woman with black hair, pale skin with white eyes wearing a silver robe was glancing over at Fate.

Behind the people on this side of the table, standing at one of the pillars with his back leaning on it, was the deity Janos Audron, who had come from Universe 1 to join this meeting as he was a constant visitor to each Universe.

Finally, opposite of Lu Bu was the current leader of the high-ranked deities, having replaced the late Beerus after his fall so long ago. Blind Io. Who had a white beard and hair, a woven cloth covering his eye sockets, and eight human like eyes with faint golden auras floating around him.

Palutena had spoken up after Lu Bu. "In the aftermath of the great battle, the sword was not around where he fell. Zuo Ci?"

The old wise deity looked up from his cards. "Primus did have it on him when we met face to face. After he fell I placed the weapon within the Farside as instructed, along with the Blade of Darkness."

Blind Io's eyes looked over at Zuo Ci. "And there was no hint of chaotic energy?"

"No my lord."

The eyes then focused on Chronoa. "Do the scrolls of time show when the sword was twisted and this, being, came from Oblivion?"

Chronoa looked to them all. "In actual fact, the sword has always been twisted. All four Dark Wolf's were connected to a Leviathan soul that was trapped in the abyss. Nidhogg. He was chosen by Azrael to control the blades and influence the users due to how powerful a soul devouring weapon such as it can be. He was to be the retraint if it was turned against us or Azrael himself."

"All four Dark Wolves went to different universes, and in each cycle Nidhogg would serve a certain collection of beings…He had been doing so in this cycle untill a few hundred years ago, then the scrolls refuse to show anymore."

"Refuse to show anymore?" Janos was intrigued by that.

"It's more that, it hasn't been recorded in time. Something has halted our powers to collect the moments in time with Nidhogg. That means something dangerously powerful. Chaotic energy can be an interference. But what the being we're discussing is, is something more than that. He came from oblivion."

"The ending realm of the soul." Castiel sounded a little surprised. "That's suppose to be the prison of those deemed unworthy of life after death and those with damaged souls."

Chronoa nodded. "That's correct. There isn't supposed to be way to escape. But this one did it. And so did another, and they summoned more from the lands of the dead back to the living. He gave us a name for what he was. Corrupted. We've made it the name of anyone with chaotic energy and has seen the streams of time itself, as is given to those before they are erased entirely by Death."

"How is it that something in Oblivion gets a free pass back while I had to wait for one of you to strike a deal with Death to trade a part of your Leviathan soul to let me respawn back into the living?" Kefka had died once, at the hands of his fellow deities during the time of Primus. Sephiroth had spoken with Death to bring the deity back.

"Well, despite a lack of knowledge of exactly when this thing got into the Dark Wolf and assumed control, it has clearly now revealed itself and altered everything of our previous game. We had to scrap it." Blind Io looked annoyed at the thought of that.

The deities, especially those of high ranks, liked to play the game called 'Destiny', where they would form a board with mortals as playing pieces, and use them to see which deity backing which mortal would come out on top. The game takes centuries to set up correctly and requires careful planning and scheming to enjoy fully.

When two rival pieces meet on the board, each deity rolls a set of dice to determine the outcome. When decided the deities send the lesser ones to join in, or grant powers to their pieces, or even lured other pieces towards the two. They enjoy the games very much, and the most recent, which had Unicron included, was going to have Blind Io and Fate directly partake. They were going to take on the playing pieces for their amusement.

They intended a new Oswald to play up to be the next Primus, a mortal that had an unusually high level of power. Fate was to try first, and if he lost, Blind Io would go next, knowing he couldn't possibly lose to a mortal.

But it all went to shit the moment Unicron got destroyed. A playing piece of Blind Io's went rogue, moving by itself and ignoring the dice entirely. Before he knew it, he lost one of his playing pieces, and another had to be changed to a different side in order to try and subdue this rogue piece, which soon vanished off the board and was replaced by a small purple crystal.

Chronoa did not approve of the game, but understood it was something that had to exist, as it was approved by Azrael. "Yes, and while you high rankers are busy creating a new game, where is the one from oblivion?"

Fate looked over to Zuo Ci. "Someone let the mortals take it prisoner."

Zuo Ci humbly bowed. "Forgive me, but I was to assume the game was still on. I believed that despite the interference, you would all take command from there once it was isolated. Perhaps control it."

Lady Luck looked annoyed at that. "We cannot control something that knows everything Zuo Ci. Best to destroy it while we have the chance. We should inform Ingrid at once and get her to use the Azrael Core to wipe it out!"

Duo finally spoke. "That is not possible. It is able to hide from our senses as it is from the realm where it was supposed to die. We have been 'tuned out' so to speak, so as far as we can detect, it isn't there unless it's directly in front of us. Ingrid will not approach the location of where her father resides to try and hunt for it."

"Lord Azrael is still on Earth X?" Palutena asked.

Sephiroth nodded a little. "Yes he is. He remains in the same location as the Oswald boy. I believe one day he will depart from there and head to another Universe, but it seems he is settled at the moment. He will not tolerate Ingrid's presence at this time, and vice versa for herself. I believe the influence of Ronni is to blame…or the fact Ingrid has her own motives now."

"She is the daughter of our creator. She is free to do as she is fit. Beerus learnt the hard way in trying to contain her." Blind Io reminded them. "We must adjust the next game around her plans…If only I still had Chaos."

Gabriel looked to him, and at Fate. "Well…'Chaos' is still around, per se. His body has been repaired but it's the being within him now in control, and it's a little more uncooperative than Chaos. I believe the incident has shaken it."

Blind Io thought on this for a moment, before smiling a little. "Then perhaps the game was not as lost as we thought. We can still proceed, so long as we try to avoid that thing interfering again." He formed in his hand, showing it to the others, a small black chess piece that looked like a human, with twelve Zerg claws out of it's back. "One of my vital pieces might've been taken from me." He crushes it into dust. "But we can still have the destiny we have formulated for the Oswald boy."


There as a volcanic eruption, fire, ash and smoke rapidly rising high up into the sky, the ground shaking violently, rivers of molten lava rushing out of the mountain.

Ryu Masters stood on a raised platform of dirt as the glowing river of fire flowed around him. He jumped into the air, spinning around with his leg out, striking an enemy that was in his way, knocking them close to the edge.

That was Knuckles the echidna. He readied his fists as Ryu landed close to him. "I see you still got some spirit left despite watching your pal Ken fall in! Bring it on!"

Ryu rushed forward, avoiding the few strikes Knuckles tried with his fists, before he found himself being uppercutted right on the chin, sending him upwards as the martial artist yelled "SHORYUKEN!"

Following up, Ryu waited as Knuckles was stumbling back down and with one swift kick, the red echidna yelled out as he was sent flying into the lava, disappearing in a flash of flames.

Ryu looked at where Knuckles had disappeared into. He assumed it was now all over, that was the last one.

But as he heard behind him, wood tapping on the ground, that was not the case. It was followed by a male voice speaking to him. "Well now, it's down to you and me Ryu."

The warrior turned and faced his last opponent.

Pang Tong.

"…I see. You have managed to last this long despite the odds."

The Shu kingdom Strategist chuckled as he rubbed his back with his green wooden staff. "Well I have a few tricks up my sleeve. You'd be surprised how easy it was to keep back and watch you all fight to the death…Shame I now have to pick off the last one in my way. So? Shall we?" He got his staff ready, glaring at Ryu.

The fighter responded by shouting out "HADOKEN!" spewing forth from his hands large blue fireballs that Pang Tong had to quickly avoid, rolling to the side after each one before spotting Ryu getting close and trying to whack the fighter with his staff to no luck.

Ryu punched him in the stomach, kicked him in the face before grabbing the strategist's shoulders and tossing him over his own, causing the member of the Shu kingdom to land close to the edge feeling the unbelievable heat of the lava and stare at it for a moment, before quickly getting himself up and turning to face Ryu again.

Ryu had jumped high into the air, heading towards Pang Tong ready to kick him right in the chest and send him flying off the platform…But Pang Tong had gambled on Ryu jumping towards him. "Gotcha!"

Pang Tong spun his staff around once before pointing it at Ryu, causing a green energy wave that was like a powerful gust of wind to strike Ryu and cause him to be spun over and over, struck in mid-air for a brief time, having no clue what the hell is now going on.

As he stopped spinning and started to fall, the last thing he saw was Pang Tong on his staff, standing on it like it was a surf board and flying directly at him.

He slammed into Ryu with the top part of his staff as well as his hands and the warrior shouted out in pain as he flew off the platform, splashing into the molten lava and disappearing.

Pang Tong flew higher up, before getting off his staff and grabbing it, landing on the platform with ease, looking relieved. "It's always the one you least expect."

The volcano and the molten lava slowly rising around Pang Tong, the whole scene, was suddenly covered in numerous blue outlines of squares, before it vanished in a blink of an eye.

The hologram room had turned off the simulation, with all of those that were defeated sitting nearby one of the walls. There was Knuckles and Sonic, both from the world of Mobius, Ryu and Ken Masters, both once street fighter tournament participants, Xiahou Dun and Zhang Liao from the same world as Pang Tong known as Earth V, Jak and Daxter from the world known as Bara'Dor II, and finally Captain Falcon, an F-Zero racer hailing from a planet known as Port Town one of the main trading points of the galactic force currently in power, Shinra Federation.

Daxter, sitting on Jaks shoulder looked particularly dumbstruck at Ryu. "It's a hobo! A hobo! You were like one before you came here right!? You should know how he works!"

Ryu just stared at the Ottsel. "…I was a traveller, I did not need a home."

"Like a hobo!"

Ken nodded a little in agreement. "To be honest Ryu, he is kinda correct."

"Don't side with him." Ryu quickly responded with.

"Hey you lost to the smelly one, not me. I had that furball climbing all over my face before I got kicked in the lava by Jak."

"AND SPEAKING OF, ASSHOLE!" Daxter had changed his focus to Jak, who tried to look away and pretend to whistle to no avail.

A being known as a Net Navi was passing by the entrance way to the hologram room as he heard Jak yell out and yell at Daxter to stop hitting him.

This was the dark soul being known as Darkmega, a copy of the Net Navi Megaman. He smiled a little as he heard the commotion and continued on.

All these folk resided on a planet known as Earth X, the place they existed in was called the Hero Base, a building designed for those that wanted a place to live beyond their own world and to allow the owners of the location, Dr Wily and Dr Light, a better grasp at the type of heroes and villains that exist out in the galaxy and to see which ones were willing to cooperate and co-exist peacefully.

At least that was what it was made for.

Now it was a haven for those who wanted to escape the Shinra Federation direct control. It had now been classed as a faction of its own and was given some freedoms that the Federation wouldn't normally allow otherwise. It's whole situation permanently changed over 2 years ago when Darkmega appeared here and caused an uprising.

From there they got pulled into dealing with the ancient planet eater known as Unicron and partake in the civil war that kicked off within the Shinra Federation with it's old controlling force, the Galactic Federation.

It led to them sending their people to the planet known as Earth V and partaking in a rapid revolution that brought the end to the planet's controlling force, the Han kingdom.

That was now over 3 months ago.

The base had yet to recover its numbers that had been lost during the conflict. Twenty one of it's members perished, mostly those who came from Earth V, and a further eight had left the Hero Base shortly after. Four of them, Mario, Luigi, the Net Navi Gylde and his operator Yai Ayanokoji did not sign up for what had gone down recently.

Two additional Net Navi's left, Fireman and Elecman, because they found their operators on Earth V and wished to return to their side.

A member of Earth V, a man named Guo Tu chose to depart due to the changing forces on his home planet.

Finally, Miles 'Tails' Prower had been sent away and no longer classed as a member. It was found out by the Shinra Federation that he had worked behind the Hero Base and their back by helping the Galactic Federation create the blueprints for cloning test subjects. The docs, fearing the leader of the SF, Rufus Shinra would want the Mobian arrested, told Tails to leave while he still could. He returned to Mobius, not to be heard from since.

While the base had lost members, it gained elsewhere.

The planet Cybertron was officially a part of their faction now. After helping with the civil war and the planet eater, Rufus allowed both the Autobots and Decepticons to reform their ranks and return home, at the suggestion of a man from Earth V.

Both sides of the machines agreed to remain in contact with the Hero Base group and declare themselves a part of it, thus their world now belongs to them. Rufus was pleased that Cybertron remain under his thumb, to a certain extent.

On Cybertron there once was the remains of Unicron. They had been extracted and taken to Gaia VII, just east of it's capital Midgar. They were slowly being dissected down for any useful material and information, whilst also remaining as a personal trophy for Rufus.

On Earth V the Hero Base Faction now had a strong political position, as the new emperor of the world Yuan Shao, lived in their base, along with three of the kings of that world; Cao Cao, Ma Chao and Sun Ce.

And besides a recent loss of their base on the planet Zebes, they still had a few other bases that were now active, giving them homes on other planets. The Zebes base was bombed by a rival faction known as Shadowlaw and was currently a wrecked location deemed too dangerous to explore. Dr Wily and Light hope someday they can return to it and if not to rebuild it, to at least continue gathering minerals and supplies off that world.

Darkmega during these three months, had settled down to a routine in this place. He was currently heading to what was known as the local watering hole of this place, Ridley's bar. There the ex-space pirate Ridley stood behind his bar, with several tables around the place with some of those living here gathered around, having a drink and a chat.

Samus and Shadow were seen sitting at the bar, With Samus looking over to a new feature that had been added to the place…a decent sized disco dance floor, complete with lights and a disco glittering ball. She struggled to comprehend it. Shadow was quietly sipping some glowing orange small drink, speaking to Ridley.

Ridley soon spotted Darkmega and motioned him to come over and take a seat, quickly telling Shadow they'll continue chatting later and coming over. "Hey kid. What'll it be this time?"

"Just a coke will do. Waiting for Medi."

"Ah, she should be off shift soon if my clock is correct…" He looked at the clock placed above his bar, which showed it was five to eight in the evening. "You always come early."

"Yeah, well, I haven't got much else to do. The hologram rooms are being taken up, and I don't feel the need to train in the training rooms so…"

"Fair enough." Ridley dived under the bar, his tail sticking upwards. "So, any news on him?"

Darkmega sighed, looking at the wood and rubbing his finger on it slightly. "No. He's still the same. Still in the hospital, coming out only to go to bed late at night…the docs don't know how to tell him it's time to let go."

Ridley came up with a small bottle of coke, handing it to Darkmega and popping off the bottlecap. "200 gil." As Darkmega handed him the money. "Well I can understand how hard it is to let go. Does he know if they do the reset, she'll come back?"

"I don't know. The moment he heard reset he stopped listening to them and hid away in the hospital. And it's not as simple as that Ridley. She, the Navi he knew, won't be there. It'll be a new Navi, new set of personality programming based on what it sees and does…it won't be her for him. He can't accept that after the shit that went down."

"Speaking of…seen the prisoner?" Ridley quietly asked.

Darkmega shook his head. "I have no intention of going near him. He goes to see the asshole once in a while, they talk, then he quickly heads back to the hospital. Dr Light and Wily are content he can't leave."

"Let's hope so. I don't need to see this place get any emptier…heck I know we got new people, that Freya Crescent rat girl, Terra the Keyblade guy, Ma Chao, but compared to our losses..."

Darkmega nodded and started drinking his coke, when his girlfriend walked in, the Net Navi known as Medi, smiling as she joined him at the bar. "Hey good looking."

Darkmega was glad she was here. "Hey beautiful. Everything okay with you?"

"Yeah. I got Shademan to go and get some food for my permanent resident in the hospital while I come to see you. So, wanna try that new dance floor?"


"Well, I should've guessed you would come and see me pal…so Chad, how have you been after two long years?"

"…Richard…something's possessed your mind. Don't make me kill you to stop you…"

They were in the pouring rain of Crateria, on the planet known as Zebes. One person was a boy of seventeen years of age, carrying a grey leather holder, designed to carry his sword. He short brown slightly spiky hair with dark blue eyes, a red T-shirt, a black sleeveless jacket with blue trousers and white trainers. He carried a short sword that was named the Blade of Darkness.

This was Chad Oswald.

Opposite of him, carrying a long sword which had a dark purple aura around it, imbedded on its black hilt a picture of a wolf's head, was a person around the age of 19, wearing a black jacket, black trousers, black trainers and a blue shirt. With short brown hair with a slightly long fringe, brown eyes and slightly pale skin. Was his once friend now enemy.

Richard Wily.

Richard was smiling a little and laughed before turning around to face Chad. "Chad…maybe you should think about this…maybe you should come with me and Darkmega…I've been sent to kill you, but you'll be much more useful alive then dead…you had skill back then, skill that caught me by surprise. We can put it to good use, by giving you a dark chip."

For a brief moment Chad saw an image flash by his eyes…an image of fragments of clothing, of his old enemy, Chaos, pointing a hand at the fragments.

Chad clenched his fist, trying to focus on the fight. "Join you! Join those working with Chaos…Join those that want to kill the people of the base…Richard, your being controlled. I would never join the likes of those that make others forcefully work for them!"

Richard closed his eyes and folded his arms across his chest. "Well, at least I tried, it was nice meeting you again." he turned around and started walking off.

"….." Chad relaxed a little, guessing that Richard wasn't going to attack him…and again another image passed by him, an hourglass shattering.

Before Chad knew what was going on, Richard had him by the throat, slowly lifting him off the ground. Chad could feel the grip getting tighter and tighter. Richard was more powerful now then the last time they met, Chad understood that clearly now…his power…he felt the darkness around Richard, as his feet left the ground. "gga…ugh…urk.."

Richard was giving an evil smirk, as he choked Chad. "Don't ever let your guard down."

Another flash of an image, and there was Net Navi on her knees, wearing pink and black with blonde hair…and a Zerg claw sticking into the back of her head as she stared at him in shock.

Chad tried to raise a fist to punch Richard and make him let go, but he felt his strength fade away fast.

"Shame you refused the offer. This is the quickest death I can give you Chad, be thankful you don't have to suffer torture beforehand. Heh…"

The next image was of that Navi again, on a hospital bed, in a cold room, eyes closed, not moving.

Chad heard the click of a gun, and a bullet being fired. Richard quickly used his spare hand to trigger a barrier chip for him and Chad and stopped the bullet, before disabling it and turning around a little to see the daring person that shot at him.

Standing there in the distance, with short brown hair, emerald green eyes, wearing a light blue T-shirt and dark blue jeans and white trainers, looking about 17 herself, with her pistol aimed at Richard, was Anna Hael.

Richard grinning darkly at her, before focusing on Chad. "Well well…sweet little Anna…"

She kept her gun aimed right at Richard's head. "Let go of Chad you bastard!"

Chad looked at her, horrified, as Richard raised his hand, aiming it towards Anna as she stood there.

Chad felt his strength was picking back up now. "ANNA!" He was fighting against the grip Richard had on him.

But it wasn't enough, he didn't have the strength to get out of it.

Out of Richard's hand, fired a dozen large strands of flesh known as Zerg veins…piercing into Anna's stomach, chest and head as her arms and legs went limp, her eyes widened in horror as blood leaked from each impalement point.

"NO! NO NO NO!" Chad was frantically trying, he was desperate to escape, tears rushing out of his eyes.

But he couldn't.

Slowly Richard made the veins lift Anna upwards. "Look Chad. Look at the girl you loved. The girl you cherished so much, taken away—" with that Richard made the veins pull away from eachother…tearing Anna into chunks after she gave a brief scream. "—By your own actions and failures."

Chad was yelling, kicking, pulling on Richards arm. "YOU BASTARD! YOU BASTARD GIVE HER BACK! GIVE HER BAAACK! ANNA!"

Richard then started to change. Out of his back came out twelve Zerg claws, glowing a sinister purple…before his entire body morphed. The middle of Richard from his head to his stomach seemed to snap open with the sound of bone breaking and flesh tearing, now with two glowing bright purple eyes, the skin twisted into a blackened purple colour, the teeth within the divided mouth having grown several times in length into sharp fangs, the rib cage sharpened up into jagged fangs themselves.

Before Chad now as Richard held onto him, was a void within this massive maw dripping with black liquid. But slowly out of it, covered mostly in that substance, was an hourglass, the glass segment shattered apart, only fragments remain along with a little bit of the sand…and the name on it, written in blood…

Was Anna Hael.

"Isn't it time you followed after her?" Richard's voice spoke from within the void…as Chad was slowly brought towards it, struggling with all his life, staring only at the hourglass almost trying to get away from it more then the imminent death he faced.

"Stop it! PLEASE STOP IT! I DIDN'T WANT TO! I NEVER WANTED HER-"

"Chad? CHAD!"

Chad bolted awake. His hair and clothing were dishevelled, his skin a little pale, black bags were under his eyes and he was beginning to grow a beard.

He was in the side room of the Hospital area of the base. Darkened and with cold air flowing through it, with only a handful of lights, and the glowing screen of a computer nearby.

He had just been resting his head over the hand of the Navi he was looking after. Roll. He honestly thought for a few seconds that it was her that woke him from his nightmare.

But she remained still, on the verge of being lifeless.

She never recovered from the battle within the head of Unicron. Richard had destroyed her memories somehow and damage a majority of her programming. Whilst the docs had fixed up most of the programs, they told him there was no way to bring back memories which just aren't there. There was no evidence of them, no files to restore.

She was effectively brain dead.

Chad had turned to Maylu Sakurai, Roll's Operator to see if she had a backup.

She didn't. She was planning to make a new backup after deleting the old one about a week after the Unicron head incident. But now that's pointless.

He felt a hand on his shoulder and looked over to his right.

The Net Navi Shademan stood there, with a metal tray in his other hand. "You were mumbling again."

Chad looked away from him, back at Roll.

"You said about giving her back."

"It's just a nightmare. What's wrong?" Chad responded with, his voice a little raspy from a lack of fluids.

Shademan handed him the tray which he looked down at. Which had a metal plate with breast of roasted chicken, peas, carrots and chips. Next to it was a bottle of water. "Medi got you the usual."

"She hasn't clicked I don't veg."

"Yes she has. But she insists you eat it anyway."

"…" Chad grabbed the chicken breast, still slightly hot, and took a bite out of it, not bothering with the knife and fork.

"…I'll see you another time as always." Shademan turned and left the room.

Chad ate his fill, leaving the peas and carrots alone. He placed the tray down at the side of the bed and drank the water.

To him he knew what time it was with this meal.

It's been a week now as well. He cursed himself. It was time for THAT check up. "Roll…I've gotta go and see to him again. I'll won't be long, I promise."


He knew the place would be quieter now. There was no soul around the main room as he headed off down the corridors. He soon found the room that contained his second task.

As he was about to go in though, he noticed something was standing there, waiting for him yet again.

Dr Richard Wily. Or now known as just Dr Richard. Now the other him was locked away, he could use his whole name instead of Dr Rich. He stood there in a black lab overcoat, blue buttoned top and black trousers and shoes. Over one of his eyes was a monocle like the rest of his family wore. He was in his ex-Navi, Burnermans armor before. But now being a member of this base, Wily and Regal agreed he needed a more normal attire and to use the armor only in combat.

His appearance facial wise was really close to Richard, except his light blue eyes, an aftereffect of being part-Navi. "Knew you'd be here again. Same time, same day."

"Dr Richard. I'm paying him a visit."

"You're giving him someone to taunt and mock. You always come out angered." Dr Richard folded his arms. "Even I don't go in there and I used to have the urge to kill the bastard before we all got pulled together."

"…" Chad opened the door, but didn't step in yet. "Do you listen in?"

"No. It's not my business. I just wanted to talk to you about Roll and what gramps wants—"

"Good." With that, Chad entered the room and closed the door.

Dr Richard sighed in frustration "Seems about right. Better head back to the labs."

Chad walked into the darkened room. It was more of a small hallway. Before him was an extra reinforced door with a tiny window on it. To his right and left were several computers placed around. He went to one of them. It gave him access to the cameras to look into the room beyond the door.

The quarantine room was now accepted as a prison after all this time to the docs' annoyance. For one person only.

Richard still sat in this place, his legs crossed, and his head lowered.

Chad activated the com system to speak to the being, but as he was about to…Richard spoke first. "So Chad, it's that time again."

"You knew?"

"The cameras make a small clicking sound the moment someone turns on the communication system and based on the time of day and how long it's been since we last talked. I knew."

Chad grabbed a metal chair that was close by and sat himself down on it. He felt exhausted. "So, still existing then? Anything new on your end?"

"The doctors here talk. Said about planning improvements around here. Trying to get noticed more and get others to join. A lack of numbers. They still haven't figured out I can overhear them…oh, and you've been having nightmares."

"They talk about me then."

"Of course. About you mumbling in your sleep, crying, hardly eating, drinking…living. Be careful Chad, you might end up like her."

Chad glared darkly at the screen.

"How is she anyway? Still lost? Still in her state of eternal rest?"

"She's fine."

"Of course she is to you. Like what happened to Chaos and Anna are fine to you as well. The docs mentioned it a few times and I still chuckle… I killed them."

"We're not going down that route today."

"But your nightmares are Chad. I bet they are."

Chad was telling himself to stay calm in his mind.

The lack of a response made Richard continue. "I'm right aren't I? I bet that hourglass is forever reminding you of what you've done."

"Shut the hell up."

"Why don't you tell them you murdered Anna? You stole her life for Rolls? You killed Chaos in a blind moment of rage not knowing he was your father all along."

"I didn't. You killed them."

"You just don't want to be a monster. I take every kill I make in my stride. You? The moment it's one you didn't expect you break, you're scared of being accused, of being isolated. Nameless knows that road. He's faced that…and his still alive."

"I haven't heard from him since Cybertron."

"He'll be around. He doesn't like staying away from me…we have a long history."

"He said about it. How you control those he cares about, how he fought you and lost."

"The only time he ever truly had lost to me, and it broke him. But those he cares about…"

"Do you still control them from here?"

"No. I don't control them. The power I have controls them. Chaotic energy."

"…" Chad sat back, arms folded. Silence for a few minutes.

Then Richard spoke. "So, the docs want to reset her, don't they?"

"…Roll?"

"Of course. They talked about her. I miss her you know. Think you can bring her lifeless corpse my way sometime?"

"The only time you'll ever see her is over my dead body."

Richard chuckled. "Careful Chad…I could arrange that sometime."

"Not while you're stuffed in there."

"They also say how you always stay by her side. That you've become her guardian more or less. They've talked to Maylu and made her understand that once Roll is reset, that pink haired girl will no longer be classed as her operator, that she could develop differently and learn new skills compared to her previous life thanks to her surroundings, as well as having a new name if someone suggests one. I hope she avoids you. People you care about die horribly around you."

"Because of you murdering them."

"Of course. Of course…You know, poor Anna would be dangerously jealous of Roll and you by now."

"How?"

"You never leave her. You've fallen asleep with her. You've gotten attached to her. I wouldn't be surprised if you two haven't fucked…then again, in her current state, she certainly wouldn't be able to say 'no', now would she? That pretty face, that soft skin…I bet you wonder what's underneath that Navi gear."

"You're fucked up." Chad angrily answered with.

"Says the guilt avoider. I bet your mind does stray from time to time though Chad. I bet you look at her and wonder…"

"Enough about Roll."

Richard stopped talking.

"I wanted to ask you about something, about the hourglasses."

"Hm? If you're hoping I know how to save Anna's soul, it's too late. Death has recycled her into the Universe, it's how he works a deal, you can't go back on it. You made that choice willingly."

Chad gritted his teeth, he wanted to shout but restrained himself. "…How do you know about him? About what he would do?"

"Oh, new questions this time Chad. I'm impressed you managed to make time for thinking about my words back then. Well, because I know him. I know a lot of things both present and past, far more than anyone should."

"What?"

"I know everything Chad. At least, to a certain point of time I do. I was gifted with this power. I can vaguely see parallel timelines bloom and die. I can see you, where you come from and what you can head towards. I even saw the three paths of the divergence as I started to make my moves. One path is us all being erased. Another is if you dropped the other hourglass. But untill that choice, I didn't know which one would lead to this specific timeline. If you chose Roll, in the other path I saw, I would've lost."

"…Anna would be alive?"

"Oh yes. Roll would've died, I would've been defeated, Chaos would've survived…and you would let me roam free."

"…"

"Oh I see. You're looking to justify your choice. Sadly no one will believe you Chad. 'I killed my lover to imprison one person for the sake of avoiding another timeline' doesn't sound like a good argument for murder, now does it?"

"I didn't kill Anna."

"Yet you keep your mind busy when you do step away from Roll. On the other days after your time spent with her you go to the hologram rooms alone."

"…The docs have been watching me too."

"Yep. They also know you keep running a custom simulation. One that's based inside Unicron's head…and with me in it. You keep facing me, keep overpowering me as I simply try to attack you. You avoid any sound coming out of me, giving it audio input…and you're never satisfied."

"…"

"All you do, is keep saying 'Stop, stop it, stop it.'…I know what you're trying to do there."

"…"

"You want that unique power you gained against me back, don't you? You're trying to re-activate it, to understand how it fully works, that warm feeling and boost of power that's takes you beyond your limits."

"I'm merely training."

"Don't bullshit me. I know you want to experience it again…but you won't. Not like that. Not without her. The girl had a strong connection to you, and she was mixed up in that. You achieved it because of her and now you're trying without, you can't get that feeling. You can never be so powerful again without her being in danger or dying. I'm surprised you haven't made a hologram of her and have her almost die to try and replicate your emotions—"

"I would never make a fake Anna just to have her hurt by you, fake you or otherwise!"

Richard went quiet for a little while, before chuckling. "Well, I'm sure you'll give up eventually with a mindset like that."

Chad got up from the chair. "I'm done for the night."

"Of course. Sweet dreams."

Chad walked out without another word.

Richard just sat there, looking at the ground. "…I wonder what the deities are going to do with their game now…"


Four further days had passed.

A meeting was called in the labs by the docs. Inside, was Dr Wily, Dr Light, Dr Hikari, Lan, Hub also known as Megaman the Navi, Dr Richard, Keira Hagai, Quickman the Navi, Darkmega, Maylu Sakurai and Light Rich, who was the clone of Dr Richard's dark self.

Light Rich had become a scientist like Dr Richard as both had decent knowledge of technology and the base. It's been believed that this clone was more akin to Dr Richard then his father, the dark soul Richard in the prison.

Dr Regal was unable to attend as he was currently on Mute Gaia, making sure the base there was up and running fully.

Most of them were sat down on what chairs were available. Maylu and Dr Richard were the only ones standing. Dr Richard was standing besides Dr Light, whilst Maylu was leaning back near a table, looking miserable. She knew what this would be about again.

"We need to make Chad understand it's time to stop this stand-off. The Navi needs to be revived. Roll isn't coming back, simple as that." Dr Hikari started off with.

Maylu winced a little on hearing this.

"Why can't we just leave him to it? It's not going to affect us if he stays in the cold room with an immovable Navi. Roll abilites were useful now and then, but at this point we don't need her. We need to just focus outwards and gather more people willing to join us. We have an extra base guys." Keira asked them.

"Wait don't we have three extra bases?" Lan looked over at her, then to Dr Light.

Dr Light nodded. "Yes. But the Wily Fortress is being used for experiment purposes. Dr Richard has given us some fresh ideas which we've started on already, and of course we have some of our own we want to test around. Gaia X's base is being used for stocking up supplies as we've been allowed to mine materials on Cybertron and two small locations on Earth V. We may be able to collect from other locations and want to safely put such useful components away."

"As for Chad." Dr Wily now talked. "We need him focused elsewhere. The boy is of Primus descent. Zuo Ci, an old friend of ours has been around and mentioned he was very important. If his distracted, too weak and too frail for whatever comes next that he needs to handle in whatever destiny that old annoyance has cooked up, it could end poorly for us all."

"He defeated Unicron. Diamas is on our side. The information left in Unicron can't be extracted without severe difficulty and even if it is, it can't be translated. Only we've managed to gain access. Chad's done his bit. Primus was all about Unicron." Dr Richard pointed out.

Diamas was indeed still on their side. He has gotten a little comfortable in the base since the loss of Unicron, but remains cautious around most people, especially Xiahou Yuan and Sun Shang Xiang. He also gave the docs some hope of getting Link and Zelda back, saying about how he revived his homeworld and several others.

But if they were restored, it was impossible to reach them. Black, energy sparking nebulas had covered over locations where in history, worlds existed. So far nothing has managed to get through them, including the one covering over where Hylian was.

"Primus was not all about fighting Unicron Richard. He was about defeating the forces of evil that rose up in his time." Dr Light stood up, walking over to the lab computer. On the screen was slab after slab of Chozo text. "He used to battle forces that would've made our Universe a much grimmer place then it is today. Each time someone is noted for being a Primus member, evil rises. Chad has been recognised as one, so we can only expect the worst."

"Hey uh, docs? Why am I here?" Quickman raised his hand. "I mean no offense, but I tried with Chad and he didn't listen the moment I mentioned you guys. I was planning to go on a date this evening with this Navi chick on the Earth X network, Cial?"

Dr Wily sighed. "That'll have to wait Quickman. I want you, my grandson and Darkmega to go and discuss with Chad about Roll and her future."

"You mean send all of us he now ignores and won't listen to? We've all been down this road. The moment we walk into that, room, Chad gets defensive." Dr Richard frowned a little.

"This time not in the hospital. I want you to go and see him in hologram room 4. By about 9 tonight he should be busy with his simulations. Go and talk to him away from Roll, you might finally convince him."

"Of what? 'Hey Chad, you have an important destiny that may or may not come up sometime soon so let's drop the girl that you saw suffer after the loss of your girlfriend and the person who might've actually been your father.' It doesn't sound convincing in my mind, so with Chad there's not much hope." Darkmega explained to the docs.

"Just tell him the truth. There's no hope that we will ever get Roll back, no matter what samples we take from our prisoner, no matter what we try to access within her, she is not coming back."

Maylu closed her eyes, trying to not think about that.

Darkmega noticed her reaction and gave in. "Alright. I'll try. Quickman?"

"Aw man, but Cial is a hottie. If I miss our date she might not give me another chance…but, as this is for my operator, I'll do it."

Darkmega looked to Dr Richard, who nodded at him. "No need to ask."


All three had waited patiently for the time to come, they made their way over to the hologram room and got inside it…but they weren't sure what Chad would be up to. The docs didn't explain to them what Chad does in these rooms.

Being inside Unicron's head which was badly damaged and slowly overpowering the Zerg-hybrid Richard as their hands were gripped together with Chad demanding he stopped was not what any of them thought.

"Stop it! I said stop it! Stop it Richard! NO MORE!"

Chad shoved him away and as Richard snarled and was about to attack, Chad unleashed a massive bright red energy beam, chaos energy infused, swallowing Richard whole and wiping him out.

Chad was panting a little, before cursing to himself. "Damnit! Still not enough! Access main system!" Before him, a green hologram screen appeared as he started to fiddle with the settings. "I need to make the enemy AI even more powerful! Maybe then it'll happen!"

Dr Richard looked over at Quickman, who simply twirled his finger near his head. Darkmega quietly said to both of them "His obviously trying to trigger a power he had before."

"What is it?" Dr Richard looked over as another Richard formed, with a mad smile before rushing towards Chad and once again they were both fighting.

"That, I have no idea on."

They stayed back and watched him. Again and again, he would face Richard. Again and again he would defeat the hologram…and each time he was getting more and more worked up.

As he blasted his seventh one away, Chad was sweating, clenching his fists and hunched over a little. "I don't understand! I don't get it! I'm strong enough to fight each one but I can't get what I want!? WHY!?"

He once again called up the hologram screen. "I'm going for it! Screw it! Exceed safety limits on AI! Increase its power level seventy times over current setting! That should do it!"

Quickman quickly looked over at Dr Richard. "We should stop him. This is getting out of hand."

"Yeah." Dr Richard took a few steps forward, just as Chad activated the hologram system to reset. "Hey Chad! Time out man!"

Chad looked over…at the worst time.

The suddenly remade and reactivated Zerg-hybrid slammed into him, knocking him down and pinning him in place grabbing him by the neck, snarling and looking insane.

Chad grabbed Richards arms and tried to pull him away. He could feel his neck being crushed, he could feel his strength slipping…could this be it? The moment where that power comes in. He was desperately trying to cling on to fight back.

It had to come, the moment had to arrive!

"Access main system emergency stop!" Dr Richard yelled out

The Richard pinning Chad down broke into data fragments and vanished.

Chad was enraged. He had never pushed himself up so fast before, before he was standing there glaring at Dr Richard, Quickman and Darkmega. "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU GUYS WANT FROM ME!?"

Quickman was in shock that his Operator was being like this. "Chad calm down man! We just saved you from being killed!"

Darkmega tried to explain. "You bypassed the safety limits! It wouldn't have turned itself off if you were about to die!"

"I'm busy! Do you fucking mind!? If I want the safety feature off I can have it off!"

Dr Richard now tried to butt in. "Chad you can't endanger yourself like an idiot!"

"I can do what I damn well please! Reactivate the simulation!"

"By Azrael look at yourself Chad! You're acting like the hologram was your actual enemy! It's fake!"

"I need to do this! I need to push myself to my limits!"

"It won't bring Anna back Chad!" Darkmega yelled.

Chad just shut off at that moment, those words cut deep, really fast.

Quickman took this chance to walk over to his operator. "Chad, he's right. It won't. You need to stop hurting yourself, even just for this short time to listen to us.

Chad couldn't answer that. He just stared at them, his anger being sapped away.

In time, all three had gathered near Chad as he sat down in the head of Unicron. Quickman was sitting beside him as Darkmega and Dr Richard stood before him.

"Chad. We feel it's time to let Roll go." Dr Richard plainly put it.

"…No. I can't do that. I promised to protect her." Chad wasn't looking at any of them, he couldn't face them.

"You've done it enough. I think she would rather be able to see you again to thank you, rather than be trapped in that hospital room." Quickman explained.

"She won't even know Quickman. She won't remember me. Any of us."

Dr Richard sighed and sat down in front of Chad. "…No, she won't. She won't remember the time she healed me, saved me on the space station. She won't remember you, the friends she made, nor the life she led. She won't even recall Maylu."

"…"

"But at least she'll live a life."

"But she's still in there. I can't let go of that."

"We have to let go Chad."

Something about the way Dr Richard said that made Chad look at him. "Dr Richard?"

He was smiling a little, with his eyes closed. "It's tough to promise someone you'll keep them safe when it's beyond you."

Darkmega and Quickman were focused on him now too.

"She reminds me someone, her hair colour, eyes, the way she spoke…I had a close friend like her who died you know. That moment on the space station, I honestly thought for but a moment that Navi was her. But I knew better. She's gone. She never got a chance. But Roll? A Navi like her? She has a chance. She can rebuild her life."

"But it won't be Roll."

"I know. But I'll thank her for helping me in this new life she'll lead. I'll help her, support her, like you would too. She might never go by the name 'Roll' again, but she's still the person you know."

"…I need time to think about this. Please. I'll talk tomorrow to the docs."

Darkmega was about to talk, but Dr Richard shook his head at the Navi, before getting up. "We understand. I'll see you tomorrow. Darkmega? Quickman?"

Quickman nodded. "See ya Chad. You make sure you get plenty of rest okay?" And left.

Dr Richard also departed. Darkmega looked to the way out, before looking at Chad. "Hey."

Chad looked up at him.

"My memories from Hub are very strong towards Roll…I want her happy. But she can't smile like this."

Chad took a moment, before nodding in agreement.

Once Darkmega was gone, he got up off the floor and turned off the simulation.

Chad slowly ventured his way back to the hospital. As he entered, Medi was just shutting off the computer for the night. She looked over to him a little surprised. "Oh, you're early."

"How is she?"

Medi glanced over to the side room entrance. "Still the same Chad. Took another data extraction sample for the docs, nothing new."

"…It'll be last time it's needed."

Medi was quite surprised. "Oh, you mean you've decided—"

"Tomorrow. I'm going to stay with her tonight, then they can do what they need to do to wake her."

Medi smiled. "Well, at least you'll be able to take a break from visiting me. I'll see you tomorrow." She walked by him and was heading to her room.

Chad walked into the cryo room.

And there was a black coat hooded figure standing on the other side of the table where Roll was, looking at her. "You shouldn't have waited so long. Their patience has worn thin." It was a woman at least. He was sure he heard her voice before.

He readied his blade of darkness.

She looked over at him. "I'm not here for a fight. I've been watching her when possible while you've been away during these months."

"Not a convincing agreement. Why are you here? Who's patience? Why didn't you show yourself until now if you've been watching?"

"You're calming down a little. I felt this was the best time to finally talk. The patience, is of the deities. They want to have some fun and Richard and you delayed it. Now they've started to move just as you are ready to move on. I refused to show myself because you would mistake me as an ally of Richard…or Nameless."

She placed her hands on her hood and lowered it. A young woman of 20, with long pink hair and red eyes was now facing him. "I am neither. My name is—"

"Lucy Valentine…" Chad blinked, shaking his head and holding it a little with one hand, looking dumbstruck. "Wait what? What name was that?"

The woman smiled a little. "It's okay. A past you left behind is echoing within you. That doesn't matter, not yet."

Chad lowered the Blade of darkness now. "Is it your name then?"

"Yes and no. It was. My name is Lucy. Just Lucy. Soon Zuo Ci will come to you and tell you of trouble on Gaia VII. Sephiroth will be the reason, and along with him someone you thought dead. I want to help you have the power to fight."

"How?"

Lucy placed her hand in her pocket and pulled out a shard…of a Sigil stone, it's glowing chaotic energy quickly made Chad recall Richard's Zerg claws back in Unicron. "This can make you return to your full strength regardless of fatigue."

Chad was glaring in anger now. "Go to hell."

"You need it. I can help you control it, even fully extract what remains of the dark soul within you." Lucy spoke in a calm manner.

Chad went rigid. He was sure only he, Darkmega and the two docs knew about that. He asked them to scan him after Unicron and they confirmed a dormant form of the dark soul power remained in him thanks to Darkmega allowing him to use his energy during his battle with Richard.

"You want it out before she wakes up, don't you? I can help."

"Like Richard helped!? lied to me about?! Get out of here!"

"…" Lucy didn't budge.

"I'm not touching it!"

"And I'm not Richard. A part of you knows who I am."

Chad wouldn't change his mind though, he was ready to get rid of her by force now. "If you don't leave, you'll regret ever showing your face to me!"

Lucy slowly shook her head. "I'm sorry then." She slowly raised her hand before her…and Chad felt something, numerous things, tie around his body as the Sigil shard slowly raised up into the air, one end of it pointing towards Chad's chest. "But you need to take this to try and revert the damage he has done to your time."

The Sigil shard rushed towards him as Chad was immobile and plunged into the middle of his chest.

He blacked out as he felt a surge of pain.


"Chad?"

"Chad!"

Chad groaned. "I'm busy sleeping. Go find someone else…"

"Chad, I require your attention!"

That voice. Chad woke up, noticing he was on the floor of the cryo room. Sitting up, he saw Zuo Ci nearby him bent down, looking at him with some concern. "Oh, hey Zuo Ci."

"Why were you sleeping in a place like this?"

"I…doesn't matter, what's up?" Chad slowly got to his feet, as Zuo Ci got himself up.

"Chad, the forces of evil are on the move once again. Sephiroth and Phantom are trying to find a way to revive Unicron and are within his head even as we speak. You must stop them."

"Got it." Chad grabbed his blade of darkness off the floor. "Wait. Why can't you help me with dealing with—" He looked over to Zuo Ci…and the old man had vanished.

Chad just stared at where Zuo Ci was. That woman said about the deity coming…

He recalled the shard. He touched his chest and felt nothing. "…What the hell did she actually do to me…questions for later, I better go and talk to the docs for an emergency teleport to Gaia VII."

As he rushed out of the room, there was silence here…before Lucy reappeared, appearing from a shimmering wave of red energy, uncloaking near Roll. "I'll be behind you Chad." She placed her hand over her chest. "I have to be…if I want you to make us vanish."


Note time:

1. This is the sequel to Broken Universe: Unicron Saga. Best to look at that before proceeding as it'll be confusing otherwise…but for reminder sake:

2. Net Navis are from the Megaman Battle Network series.

3. Zerg are not the exact same Zerg from Starcraft. These are more humanoid.

4. Lu Bu, Pang Tong and those of the Earth V world are from Dynasty Warriors, particularly the 8th series, and a few characters will be from the 9th, appearance wise.

5. Ryu and Ken are from Street Fighter

6. Jak and Daxter are from, well, Jak and Daxter

7. Sonic and Knuckles are from Sonic the Hedgehog

8. Samus and Ridley are from the Metroid series

9. Blind Io, Fate and Lady Luck are from Discworld

10. Kefka and Sephiroth are villains of the Final Fantasy series

11. Light Rich is based on the appearance of Ulysses from Ulysses 31.

12. I think you get the fact these are characters from many different series so I'll stop.

-dragonridley