The doors swung open easily, and before the group was the throne room-large and expansive, as was expected for a ruler of exorbitant taste.

Greedy sat on the throne.



As the group walked in, he spoke as if bored. "Welcome to my fortress. I trust you have a reason for barging in so rudely."

"Cut the crap!" Matt snapped, pointing at the Kaiser. "Where's the Star Goddess?"

"She's not here, if that's what you're asking," came Greedy's reply.

Ristar stepped foward, and did his best to look mean and powerful. "You'd better tell us where she is, or-"

"Or you'll beat it out of me?" Greedy interrupted. "Is that it?"

"Yeah!"

The Kaiser laughed-a short, cruel "HA!" that hung in the air. "You really are just a child. To think that you could defeat me yourself. No, you had to bring allies to cover for your weakness."

"I'm not weak!" the star-child shot back.

Unimpeded, Greedy gestured with his other hand toward Matt. "But you...I know of your power." His hand floated to R.D.. "Your power is great as well...I suppose I shouldn't complain about your weakness, child, when you've brought two powerful warriors to confront me in these dreary times."

R.D. glowered coldly at Greedy. "It doesn't matter. Your reign is finished."

"We won't allow you to commit your evil any longer," Alasea said angrily, her hands resting on the hilts of her short swords."

"And we'll rescue the Star Goddess!" Ristar shouted.

"I don't think so." The Kaiser's eyes widened. "You see...it's too late for her."

A sudden chill, present only to one being, sank into Ristar's body. "...what do you mean?"

Triumphant, Greedy tilted his armored head back, and allowed the following words to sink into the star-child, deeper and deeper:

"I killed her."

Ristar wasn't the only one taken aback by the claim.

"...you're lying..." Tears flowed down Ristar's face. "You're LYING!"

"I assure you," Greedy answered, his voice mocking his past victim even now, "this time I am definitely telling the truth!"

Alasea remained silent, but R.D. stepped forward, an aura of power suddenly surrounding him.

"Well, if you've killed her," the amnesiac teen said, "There's only one thing left now."

He glared at Greedy. "It's time for you to die."

"Well..."

He rose from his throne, and floated upwards. "Let's see if you can back up that threat!"

"You FUCKER!" Matt suddenly shouted, firing a simple but devastating energy blast at the Kaiser.

Greedy made a gesture, and a spiralling hole of black energy appeared before him, easily devouring the blast. Far to Matt's right, another hole opened, and the blast came from it, smashing into Matt's side and tossing him across the throne room.

"Get back!" Hugo shouted at Helena, firing a blast at Greedy, only to have a new portal swallow that and fire it right back at him.

"Let's see just how many you can make," R.D. growled, using both hands to fire Shotgun Cannon attacks, launching nearly three dozen plasma blasts at Greedy.

With a big gesture, Greedy created a larger portal, and it shot foward, devouring the middle blasts as the others streaked by. On cue a portal opened up near R.D. and fired the other shots back at him.

With a battle cry Ristar leapt into action as Greedy was distracted in countering R.D.'s attack, and managed to grab the Kaiser, slamming into him hard enough to cause him to stumble.

"Kid!" Hugo shouted, running in.

"Get out of my way!" Greedy shouted, with a vicious backhand in Ristar's face, sending him crashing into Hugo.

As Matt got up, he caught a brief glance of Helena's worried face as he turned his attention back to the battle. I don't think I can portal him back...but there's gotta be a way to take advantage of them!

An evil laugh cut through the air, and as Kalmar turned to face the source a small chill was sent up his spine.

A cloaked woman stood before the pair, surrounded by an aura of evil power. Down the boulevard where they stood amassed a crowd of teeming horrors as far as any human eye could see. The woman continued laughing, her minions seething forward as though a horrible plague.

Kalmar swore under his breath as his own aura of black and red fire surrounded the man, his disfigured arm pulsing. The arm began to mutate again as Kalmar cried out in pain.

"Yes, my pet, feed your inner demon!" Quinlynn cried out, her minions swarming towards the pair.

Kalmar ignored her, his eyes glowing blood red. He held out his disfigured arm, summoning his greatsword as he gathered energy into his other.

"Blazen, this is personal business. If you want to help, you can," Kalmar snarled before releasing a large black energy beam with red lines coursing throughout it.

"But if not, you can go find your family. I will help you when I finish this, whether you aid me or not."

A faint smile touched Kalmar's lips as he uttered one word, "Friend."

Blazen's hair and clothes had already taken to thier blue colors as his friend talked. "Of course...friend." He returned to the smile, glancing over.

Blazen then would put both hands out infront of him and have his palms face downward and then slightly tilt inwards. An orb of blue fire, the size of a marble formed in the air under and between his hands.

Blazen would then spread his hands, the orb spliting into two large ones that would normally take two hands to weild. He raised them above his head and bent his arms, letting them fall behind him. He would then throw them foward, letting loose two massive beams of blue fire.

"Whoa!" R.D. shouted as he turned, rolling along his side as the blasts came at him. He put up a barrier as the second volley struck, stopping most of them and absorbing the leftover energy. He stood and activated his sword.

Alasea drew her weapons just as Ristar struck Greedy, then charged forward. R.D. shot forward, following close behind. As they closed in on Greedy, Alasea dropped into a slide on her hip, shooting under the Kaiser and turning around as she stopped. She leapt up and cried out "Shouryuuzan!" as she slashed upwards at Greedy's back with both weapons, each blade shining with a bright light. At the same time, R.D. struck, leaping up and roaring "Ryuuenjin!" as he slashed, his blade igniting in flame.

Edited by RisingDragon on December 29, 2006 at 22:41:11.

A line of demon's evaporated down the boulevard, followed quickly by two as Blazen fired his energy beams. Kalmar roared as he split the sword into two, rushing forward to slice two demons in half, ducking underneath a halberd from a third. He slammed the two swords together, his scythe flying from his hands moments afterwards. A ball of energy formed in his left hand as he moved it underneath his right arm, firing off the beam at a few approaching demons.

Kalmar roared again, summoning his greatsword back to him before slashing vertically, cleaving the surrounding demons at random vital points.

Blazen shifted his eyes over to Kalmar as Kalmar began his assualt. Blazen's attention was shifted when a demon attempted his life with a sword. Blazen shifted to the side, letting the sword graze his chest. He then placed a hand on its chest. A beam of blue fire tore its torso as two more came with double blades axes.

Blazen jumped up as they landed and then shot themselves up as well to meet him. Blazen first brought a fist up to knock the axe of the left's out of its hand. He then leaned back, arching his back greatly to avoid the next. He continued to roll and kick the first in the jaw then the second in the top of its head.

Blazen planted his foot on the second and jumped up to plow his right fist into the demon's stomach, going through the beasts abdomen. His arm was now covered with blood and some guts. Blazen retracted his arm and let the demon's body fall.

The second demon had already landed as Blazen landed. Steam rose from Blazen's arm as the blood evaporated off his arm. Blazen then ran to it as it readied its axe.

The demon threw its axe downward on Blazen as he got close. Blazen raised his hands and caught the sides of the blade, while leaning back. His knees locked in thier bent position, being sure to be stable. Blazen then heated the axe too greatly for the demon to hold. The demon wailed in pain as it let go. Blazen took hold and cut doward on the demond, cutting its torso in half but keeping it connected with its legs.

The masses of demons were slowly dwindling by the duo's assualt, but thousands more remained. Kalmar showed no signs of fatigue as he continued his brutal assualt on the demons, cleaving them in two with his scythe or sword(s), or obliterating them with energy blasts.

"Blazen, hold them off! I'm going for their.. leader," he snarled as the woman he once married stood within his view. He rushed forward, dodging underneath a few random weapons that the demon horde could attack him with.

He reached the woman and her cruel smile only enraged him further. He roared defiantly as he leapt into the air, summoning his greatsword in an attempt to cleave through his ex-wife. She simply raised a hand, summoning a cruel twisted staff in her right hand before blocking his attempt at her life.

"This is where it ends, bitch," he muttered cruely at Quinlynn. She only smiled devilishly back.

"Yes, my pet," her smile never waivered, but her contempt held clearly in her cruel green eyes, "you will finally be coming home. Now die!" She roared as she swung her staff at him.

Blazen smirked and nodded. "Got it." He said under his breath. Blazen crossed his arms and put them in front of his head. He gathered some energy then quickly let his arms fall, letting out a wave of energy. The demons within twenty fet of Blazen fell down as he was now in Black Fire form, his hair and torso clothes black.

Blazen looked around himself to see the Demons collecting themselves and ready to attack him again. Blazen charged two large orbs in his hands and raised them to his sides. They began to rapidly fire out dozens upon dozens of black flames, bruning the demons to ash. They gave a little bit of a homing effect as they attacked the nearest alive demon. Some hit eachother making small explotions, though they were strong enough to kill four demons.

Greedy barely had enough time to recover and notice R.D. and Alasea's double attack, but just in time he gestured, creating large portals to fly toward them and swallow them mid-attack. The two were promptly spit back out from portals across the room.

"Is this all you have?" Greedy shouted. "Is this all you can muster? It sickens me!"

With a battle cry Matt rushed back in, but a portal suddenly appeared on the floor-unable to stop in time he fell in, being spat out near the end of the room as well.

R.D. growled as he stood up. He looked over at his friends. "Okay, we need a plan," he muttered, "Can we use those portals against him?"

(Roflcopters, okay, anyone know what page I should start reading at the get a grasp of the situation in case I want to join if only to get exclusive rights to the Beta Testing topics? XD)

O.o' That's a big task, Teej. I'd say.. 120? That's where I started, anyways..

"No...fuck!" Matt took a short breath. "I dunno what to do."

"Matt!"

The boy looked up to see Helena before him, who had approached the group. He thought he knew what she was going to ask. "What is it?"

"Maybe you should attack him from every angle," Helena suggested. "Maybe he'll get confused and use the portals incorrectly."

Matt tilted his head in agreement. "Sounds like a plan. All right, people, I want you to fire everything you've got at him everywhere."

"Alright, let's go!" Alasea shouted, getting up from the ground, then running off to the side. She turned and fired a pair of flame rays from her short swords at Greedy.

At the same time, R.D. stood and thrust his sword into the air with both hands. A pillar of energy erupted from it, forming into a giant blade of energy. He slashed downward and shouted "Shin Kougenjin!" A gigantic blade beam tore through the air at Greedy, just as an electrifed geyser of water rose up quickly beneath the Kaiser.

Hastily Greedy created a portal as soon as he saw Alasea and R.D. begin their double attack, and he himself leapt in. A gate appeared next to R.D. as he followed through with his attack, and the Kaiser appeared from the portal, rearing back with a fist of electricity.

"I don't THINK SO!" Matt shouted, as he was suddenly in front of Greedy. One solid punch sent the Kaiser back through the second portal and out of the first one.

The blade beam and geyser, still converging, struck Greedy at that point. In the midst of the resulting explosion he screeched-a long, horrible sound.

"NOW! R.D. shouted. The amnesiac teen thrust his blade into the stone floor and created a pair of plasma bursts in his hands and fired them one after the other at Greedy. As the two attacks streaked towards him, R.D. created another pair, brought them together and raised them overhead. The teen roared as he threw the combined blast, the massive wave spiraling through the air at the Kaiser.

The smoke of the explosion was parted by R.D.'s wave, streaking through the air as Greedy flew backwards from the force of the last attack.

He suddenly halted in midair, and boldly gestured at the wave.

A new portal appeared, but this one was darker, with electricity crackling around its edge. The blast was vaccumed right into the hole, as if it was ripped from reality itself.

"What the hell?" Hugo snapped. "He's got more than one kind of portal?"

"That is correct." Greedy clenched his fist, and as he did, the gate siphoned itself in to vanish. He held up his arm-strapped to his wrist was a metallic device, like a high-tech watch. "A portable black hole generator. But these black holes work both ways...and they are stronger than my normal portals."

Ristar's eyes widened. "That's it! You used the black hole generator to free the Orbots!"

Greedy smugly humphed. "How perceptive. Yes, I used this device to free the Orbots from their ancient prison." He waved his arm, and the device clicked back to life. "Allow me to demonstrate!"

From the resulting black hole, swarms of Orbots poured forth-like a mass they seeked to attack the heroes in general disarray.

"Damn it!" Matt reared back, taking a big breath. "Yoga Flame!" When he leaned back foward he breathed fire, inflaming any Orbot that dared to cross his path.

"You've got to be kidding me," R.D. groaned.

Again he thrust his blade into the air, a gigantic electrifed blade bursting from it. He drew the weapon down to his side.

"Cho Shinkuujin!"

The amnesiac teen swung his Phase Blade hard, launching a giant electrified blade beam at the swarm, cutting them down as Alasea started firing concentrated flame rays from her swords.

In the midst of all this, Ristar found Greedy among the swarm. This is serious...if he's going this far to win...who knows what he'll do to conquer the galaxy?

The star-child's fists became tighter. I've got to defeat him! Not just for the Star Goddess...for everyone!

With a burst of energy he ran into the thickness, making his way closer and closer.

Greedy noticed this out of the corner of his eye. "He just won't give up..." The Kaiser clenched his fist, gathering bright, blue electricity around it. "I will have to show him the futility of fighting me."

With a roar the Kaiser swept in at Ristar, his thundering fist cleaving through the air.

Uh oh! Ristar jumped, narrowly avoiding Greedy's attack, and, in a rare moment of strategy, captialized-seizing the Kaiser's head, he swung around and landed behind his opponent. Pulling hard, he brought the whole emperor with him, smashing Greedy on the floor with a well-placed throw.

With that impact the black hole collapsed on itself, leaving the rest of the swarm to deal with. "Nice shot, kid!" Hugo shouted, taking to cleaning up the rest of the Orbots with his pickaxe.

R.D. continued cutting large swathes of Orbots out of the way using the Cho Shinkuujin attack, but when he saw Greedy thrown to the ground, he leapt up into the air. "Out of the way, kid!" he shouted as he slashed downwards and launched an giant electrified beam blade, "Cho Shinkuujin!"

Ristar rolled away as the giant blade came down, and so did Greedy-Cho Shinkuujin smashed into the ground with an incredible impact, sending shards of the floor flying in all directions. Even then they rained on the Kaiser's body as he rolled.

He quickly got to a kneeling position, and looking up, glared at the group. His hand shot out, and another black hole appeared before him. This time, however, it was a powerful siphon, strong enough to drag all in the room toward it, albeit slowly if they resisted.

R.D. tried to dig in his feet to resist, but they began sliding across the floor. Thinking quickly, he unsheathed the second Phase Blade and formed the Phase Lance, and anchored himself to the floor by thrusting it into the floor. He held on for dear life, and grabbed the screaming Alasea by the arm as she slid by, pulling her up to grasp the weapon and keeping an arm around her to keep her from being sucked in. She screamed over the roar of the black hole's siphon.

"Matt!" he shouted over the din, "We have to overload that thing!"

Edited by RisingDragon on January 1, 2007 at 1:53:34.

That black hole felt strong from here...he would need something extra special to adapt to this situation.

Matt glanced about the room quickly, and as he saw his friends keeping themselves steady as best as they could, feeling rose in his chest-the desire he had often felt to protect them, to finally triumph, despite all odds, and ensure their safety.

It was a feeling he had felt before. But now it was compounded-as his gaze turned toward Helena, the girl now under his care, the feeling became all the more potent.

So, he had to act. "Helena!"

Trying her best to resist the pull, she quickly looked his way.

Matt held out his hand. "Can you help me out here?"

She nodded with enthusiasm.

Thinking quickly, Hugo aimed his weapon at the wall, and fired a shot. He hoped for a riccochet but it failed, as the bullet was sucked into the black hole. "Damn!" He slammed the tip of his pickaxe in the ground, trying to resist the pull as Ristar managed to grab on.

The black hole continued on as Greedy rose, still controlling it. "You are powerful warriors, but this would still have came to pass," he said. "Give up! You cannot win."

Kalmar glanced back as Blazen renewed his assualt, vaporizing demons where they stood. He turned back to Quinlynn and raised his greatsword just in time to avoid getting whacked.

He rolled, countering by grabbing her ankle and pulling her off her feet. He rose to one knee, his blood red eyes glaring at his ex-wife, "Last time I saw you, I swore I would destroy you."

He stood, seperating his greatsword, holding the swords at his sides. "Now leave, before I fufill my promise." The demons around the pair backed away, giving them ample fighting room if it should come to that.

Her evil laugh cut through the din of battle, "You don't get it, do you? I serve one now with greater power then either you or your friend will ever dream of!"

She rose into the air, black and green lightning bolts coursing over her body as she cackled madly. She cried out suddenly, holding her chest as a pool of blood stained the front of her robes. She cried out again, pulling her arms behind her, energy totally encompassing the necromancer.

Kalmar watched with indifference as the woman he once loved turned into a fifteen foot giant demon, her skin completely black, eyes blood red with two giant horns sticking out of her head, and giant claws extending from her hands. Spikes also stuck out of her back, completely shredding her robes as they grew. Her elbows grew long spikes also, extending as she continued to enlarge.

"This power I have.. I will destroy you!" She lunged at him, her staff flung aside as she reached outwards with her claws, he jumped backwards, throwing two orbs of dark energy at her as he did.

"You have sold your soul," he shouted, jumping back again as the creature lunged forward again, slashing it across the forearm with both blades, "But I will destroy what is left of you!"