The gargantuan silhouette before them moved in response, lifting up its right arm. Everyone below could feel energy surge in the air as blue-green light blazed through the distorted night, a gigantic blade of energy forming from the sword hilt held in its fist. The light of the weapon washed over them, and finally showed them the true appearance of their opponent.

Alasea felt like her heart stopped.

Red plates on the right and blue plates on the left side of the entity overlaid on white plates, each shoulder forming a glaring, helmeted face. Wide, wing-like fins jutted out from behind them, framing an impassive metallic face with a crown of towering horns. Yellow eyes blazed down at them as it lifted its giant sword into a ready position.

Daemonus stood on the being's shoulder, Phase Blade now put away and his arms crossed over his chest.

"O-Omega..." Alasea breathed, trembling in fear.

"Omega?!" Hugo shouted.

Helena scooped him up. "You KNOW that thing?"

"The first time we fought Cackletta, she used the power of something called the Beanstar to become a giant," Hugo said. "Matt and R.D. summoned robots to fight her. R.D.'s robot was Omega."

Doragon pointed at the dual-colored mech. "I don't know what kind of crap you're trying to pull, but I'd really like to hear how the hell you got that robot! You tryin' to psyche me out or something?"

"The purpose is only to destroy you," Daemonus said, staring imperiously at Doragon. "After the countless defeats at his hands, the terrible blows our forces suffered under its power... like all of the Seven Perfect Weapons, Lumiya will now serve Lord Ziatoch."

Inside the chamber of light Matt resided in, a communication window opened up in front of him. It depicted a horrible sight.

Within the cockpit of Omega, a body was strapped down to the chair. Wires and tubing extended out from alien devices, embedded into the skin and letting blood and black fluids to bleed out. Shredded, bloodstained clothing was held down on the body through a strange plate of armor with blinking lights and pulsing tubes surrounding a single, purple gemstone. The body's head hung low, matted hair covering the face.

A voice, barely more than a whisper, was playing through it. "I'll kill you," it said, repeating over and over as it grew in volume. "I'll kill you. I'll kill you."

The body trembled in the viewscreen as outside, Daemonus lifted up a gauntleted hand.

"I'll kill you! I'll kill you! I'll...!"

R.D. lifted up his head, eyes and body suddenly blazing with power, and screamed in rage.

Omega lifted up its sword up high as Lumiya began supercharging its system, and swung.

"Whoa whoa whoa hey hey HEY!" Doragon leapt backwards as Omega swung, and the blade smashing into the earth, combined with Doragon's landing, knocked the group on the ground down.

"It's R.D.!" Helena shouted over the din. "We have to help him!"

"Fall back and let Matt take care of it!" Hugo said. "We'll be crushed if we don't get out of range, NOW!"

"R.D.!" Alasea screamed as she scrambled back on her feet.

Omega hefted up its giant sword with one hand, and raised up its left arm--it quickly transformed, forming a blue, cylindrical cannon surrounded by four red optic sensors.

The cannon barrel glowed brightly before unleashing a flurry of energy shots in a wide spread at Doragon.

"Shit!" Doragon crossed its arms to shield its chest from the full brunt of the blast, but the force sent it flying anyway into the dark earth. Heat washed over the treetops.

"All right," Matt said as Doragon pushed itself up with a hand. "If that's the way you wanna play, we'll play! Hyper Fusion!"

The air was suddenly loud as the Dragon Spirits once more came to Matt's call: in the air, SkyDraken soared out of the black and silver clouds, hauling the AquaDraken with it in its claws. From further into the forest, the GaiaDraken erupted from the ground and took to the air. As Tamaran's mouth issued the blue flames, the three Dragon Spirits pierced through and began to form on its body.

With a roar, KishouDoragon erupted from the flames in all its glory.

"There it is... that despicable weapon," Daemonus growled. "Destroy it."

R.D. continued his hateful scream as he attacked, lifting up Omega's buster cannon and launching a powerful missile straight for the Drake of Braves.

"Back off!" KishouDoragon threw out a hand, generating a massive energy barrier that repelled the missile's explosion. As the dust simmered, the giant robot burst through and tackled Omega head-on.

Omega lifted up its arms to defend itself, and there was a mighty crash as the two robots collided. KishouDoragon's momentum sent the two hurtling back, shredding apart the forest as Omega dug its feet in to remain upright. Thrusters on its back igniting it, keeping it from falling, and they hurtled past the forest and down the cliffs.

Daemonus was no longer anywhere to be seen on Omega. As they fell, Omega's buster aimed up and centered on KishouDoragon's face before firing repeatedly.

KoshouDoragon shook as it took a blistering hail of energy to the face, damaging its helm. This didn't stop it from rearing back and smashing its own fist into Omega's face.

"R.D., this is really bad PR!" Matt hollered. "You should probably snap out of this funk because this is going to get really awkward otherwise!"

R.D.'s only response was a raging scream. It was obvious at this point he had no control anymore.

The two robots soon collided with the ground with a resounding crash as KishouDoragon struck, smashing Omega down to the ground. Its right arm shot up, stabbing upwards at the Drake of Braves with its energy sword.

KishouDoragon weaved back, but not fast enough - the edge of the energy blade slashed through its arm. With a short leap back, the mech swung its leg around with a slicing arc of wind. "Silver Tomahawk!"

The slashing zephyrs sliced out, leaving a gash through Omega's chestplate and left shoulder, the force of which staggering it back. Within, lightning arced through the cockpit of the machine, but R.D. paid it no mind. He continued his scream, even as he brought Omega back around and thrust its buster forward.

Energy gathered in the barrel as it swung, and soon fired a searing wave of golden energy straight at KishouDoragon. The trees and foliage beneath the titans was flattened under the attack.

"Shit!" KishouDoragon threw out a barrier to defend against the blast, but the force pushed the mech back, dragging it through forest and rock.

"This isn't getting me anywhere!" Matt spat as the barrier strained to hold. "Doesn't this thing have a move that can help out here...?"

R.D.'s roar was transferred through Omega's comm systems, and the machine charged, swinging out its fists at KishouDoragon, trying to pummel it.

"Hey hey hey, I'm trying to think here!" Matt said, expertly blocking Omega's enraged attacks. "Back off a moment!" With that, he thrusted out with a palm strike right at Omega's chest.

The blow rang as Omega was knocked back, but it wouldn't lose its footing that easily. It quickly halted, the ground shaking with each footstep.

Panting, Alasea reached the cliff edge with the others. "There they are!" she shouted, pointing out the two mechanical titans as they squared off.

Helena dashed up to the edge, Hugo buried underneath her arm. "We can't just STAND here!"

"You got any good ideas?" Hugo spat. He pushed aside Helena's bulk with the rim of his pickaxe. "Let's get as far away as we can. We can keep in touch with the pins the Professor gave us."

"How fast can you get us out of here?" Helena asked Alasea.

"I can't," Alasea breathed. "This dimensional barrier we're in is preventing teleportation. And it's stronger than anything I've imagined. We need to force Daemonus to retreat but we're powerless against him. It's up to Matt, and to KishouDoragon."

Her fists clenched. Even now, she was still so damn powerless, and now R.D.'s life was on the line again. And this time, he might really die. How could this happen?

Movement caught their attention--the battle was renewed once more. Omega lashed out, it's blade cleaving down at KishouDoragon. It seemed the mechanoid was forcing KishouDoragon into the ruined city that the portal storm originated from.

KishouDoragon leapt backwards to avoid the blades, its tremendous mass crushing the streets and nature underneath its heels. "Two can play at that game!" With a swish, KishouDoragon produced a titanic copy of Matt's energy blade. "Come at me, bro!"

He finally had come up with a plan - play defensive and cripple Omega's limbs, then get R.D. out of there. Hopefully that would quell his madness. If not...well. That would just be awkward.

They now stood among the twisted streets and buildings, among a forest of melted slag and crushed stone. The wind was blowing hard here, the clouds looking darker with precipitation. The white armor on both mechanoids began to glisten as water fell upon them, sizzling into steam as they hit the two energy blades, boiling around the weapons. Lightning coursed across the sky and rain fell--the brewing storm was finally upon them.

Omega hefted up its blade, pointing it straight up at the storming clouds. Lightning arced about, and then a single, red bolt of energy struck down at the energy saber. Its blade burned and crackled, turning a brilliant crimson color. With a snarl in R.D.'s voice, Omega swung and thrust it forward, causing its blade to lengthen into a terrible, serpentine whip that stabbed out over the distance at KishouDoragon.

"Oh, bullshit!" A swipe of the energy blade knocked the whip aside for the moment, and KishouDoragon rushed in, blade on standby, ready to deflect more attacks.

The whip rocketed back as it was parried, quickly returning to its original bladed form. As KishouDoragon rushed in, ports opened up in the main body of Omega and charged with energy, then began firing, pelting the Drake of Braves with numerous energy bolts as it rushed in.

Matt cried out as KishouDoragon took the full surprise blitz of bolts, hammering each part of its body and cutting off its advance. With noticable effort, it threw up an energy field to shield itself from the reamining bolts, though it was clearly damaged from the salvo.

As the blasts subsided, Omega lifted up its arm cannon, its barrel already charging--quickly, a snake of violet electrical energy erupted from it. The Wavebuster snaked out at KishouDoragon, attempting to wrap around it and lift it into the air, electrocuting it and the Crystalis Server within all the while.

Matt cried out as electricity surged through his frame, stunning him and KishouDoragon. He grit his teeth through the pain. "Get...the fuck..." With effort, KishouDoragon rose its arm, struggling through the Wavebuster binds. "...OFF ME!" With enough clearance, it fired a rapid-fire blast of ice shards at Omega's chest.

The ice impacted, pierced, and slice through the armored frame of Omega, but it persisted in its movements. Electricity arced through the cockpit from feedback of damaged systems, but R.D. only screamed in rage, his body becoming brighter and brighter as Lumiya's energies continued to build up and infuse the giant mechanoid. The crystal embedded into the plate attached to his chest was blinding, like a miniature sun.

The left arm twisted about, dragging KishouDoragon through the air and releasing it from the Wavebuster tendrils, letting its momentum fling it through the ruined structures all around them.

===

"What do we do!?" Ileyna cried, growing more and more upset as she held Hugo in one arm.

Further off, on the cliffside overlooking the valley, Alasea frowned and opened her hands, grabbing both her and Helena by the hands. "I'm going... I'm gonna try and get through to R.D.," she said, looking at them. "Help me with this."

"What?" Helena asked. "How? My powers aren't anything like yours."

"Just trust me, okay?" Alasea replied, looking over at Helena. "I'm going to try and link our minds to his."

Alasea opened herself up, relinquishing herself to the power of the totem she was charged with protecting. Its energies welled up within her, expanding her mind. She linked it with Helena and Ileyna and Hugo, then reached out, seeking out R.D. as the battle raged on. Omega thrust its buster out at KishouDoragon, launching a wave of plasma at him.

Alasea reached further, trying to connect to the young man she knew was trapped inside the mechanoid that had, at one point, been his ultimate weapon.

Finally she found him, linked to him, and their minds touched.

An alien screech overlay a telepathic scream of rage. Hatred, fury, pain spiked through their linked minds, and the connection quickly grew overwhelming, lashing painfully through Alasea and out at the others.

Alasea fell back, cutting off the link as she let go of the girls hands. With a pained scream, she fell to her knees, clutching her head.

Helena also cried out, falling to the ground.

"Hey!" Hugo shouted. "What happened?!"