When Worlds Collide

As Paladin returned to Asgard after his quick and decisive battle against the Demon, the son of Preen could feel a spirit pulling at him. He paused and tried to focus on the spirit, but was not able to.  As suddenly as the spirit came to him, it also departed.

Once back on the ground at Asgard Paladin heard his beloved sister asking him,

"Paladin, what was that? What do you mean by... his leader?" 

Nothing for you to concern yourself with, Paladin stopped and turned toward Lexi.  I do know now that in this world the registration act has passed, and it seems the authorities are slanted toward evil, so we all must be on our guard.  He smiled and walked toward Rayne.

Paladin talked in a low voice to Rayne, I can feel many things are happening as we speak. I can sense evil in the air here, be on your guard.  I can also feel the spirit of one of the Gods of this world calling to me, so he must be very close.  I must go find this spirit immediately, so I will leave for a short time.  I want you to take over the defense of Asgard and our team in my absence.  Watch the wall, Rayne and stay alert.  You are the one for this task.  Paladin smiled as Rayne nodded his head, and then Paladin walked away.

Then Paladin walked over to Hawk, and told him what was happening.  Paladin asked, Hawk will you go with me on a quick mission.  I can hear the spirit of one of the Gods and I know he is close.  I must act quickly so as not to miss this opportunity.  Hawk readily agreed and they both left and headed toward the small town.

When they arrived there were only a few people around.  Paladin and Hawk landed on the street, and Paladin could hear one of the town’s people remarks, now there’s something you don’t see everyday.  You two new around here, aint yall?

Paladin half smiled and started walking down the street, as Hawk was walking down the other side of the street they both were headed away from the center of town.

As the two heroes reached the outskirts of the town Paladin could see a large bridge which went over a huge ravine. This was the major road coming and going from the town.  Paladin looked closely as he saw a man standing on the bridge.

Paladin and Hawk approached the man, and as they did the man became nervous and stood between them and the bridge.  The man appeared as if he wanted to prevent the two heroes from coming onto the bridge.

Paladin talked with the man for a short while, asking him why he was on this bridge, and what his purpose was.  The man had a glazed look in his eyes and he could not answer Paladins questions.  The man on the bridge seemed to be overcome with grief and guilt; he kept muttering something about his failure to guard the bridge.

Then LstPaladin put his hand on the mans shoulder and said to him,

Tis easy to see your soul is torn, your grief is terrible within you, but your grief is not just your own, as the grief of Gods was never meant for mortals to bear

The man was confused and did not know how to receive Paladin’s words, as the stress of the moment was intense, the man fell to the ground as he asked Paladin  Who are you?

Paladin simply answered, a friend.  Then Paladin asked Hawk to stand back.  Paladin began to swing his hammer around swiftly.  As he did Paladin spoke

Two souls were never meant to bear this burden together. Your world came to an end before your very eyes, your desire being to protect that world.  You felt as if you failed, but no, dear friend no.  Its now time for you to awake, to live again.  To once again join in the struggle against all evil and to stand tall as one of the Gods of Asgard once again.. I say to you….come forth, live, live again.

With those words a fierce storm erupted as lightening was all around the three of them.  The ground rumbled as a bright light shone all around them, and the light appeared to be coming from the body which lay on the ground.  Then with a loud clatter the figure of a huge warrior appeared next to the body.  The giant of a warrior stood to his feet and looked at the thunder God in amazement.

Paladin greeted the God saying, Welcome Heimdall, welcome home.  I am LstPaladin, the son of Preen.  I was sent away from here long ago, but I have returned to make things right again.  I need you to join me in this mission, let us know return to Asgard. 

With that the stunned Heimdall nodded his head in agreement and said, yes it is time to return to my home.

LP and Hawk walked down the street together quickly catching the attention of all who could see. It's not everyday a Angel and a Nordic god walk down your street. Hawk giggled to himself until he saw the neighborhood people run and hide from him. Every look he got from the people on the side of the street was that of extreme fear. Mothers gathered their kids taking them inside as Hawk walked the streets. In his world kids followed him closely trying to touch his wings, to see if they were real. Here they quivered like a beat dog.

Hawk stood back as LP called forth the gaurdian. He shook his head in amazement as he watched his friend. Was there nothing this man couldn't do. They walked back through the streets and Hawk called out to the people. I won't hurt you, I'm here to help! The only response he got was the locking of doors and windows. Hawk could hear people calling out ahead of him a warning. DEATH IS COMING!! EVERYONE INSIDE! Death is coming, Hawk thought to himself. Memories flooded into his mind of a time when he was the incarnate angel of death. When he killed without remorse, but this is a different world. He was only a hero to these people and yet they still call out his old name Death.

Lord's Angel is coming! Death is Coming! They ran and hid, as Hawk took to the sky. His heart sunk thinking he had escaped those calls that haunted his past.

Standing on a high hill he overlooked his kingdom, He kepted his people in line with fear as his minons drove terror into the hearts of his people. Anyone could challege for leadership of this part of the country if they were brave enough to come and take it from him. A challege would be brought to him every couple of months when a young warrior would get the guts or stupidity. The old warriors would just laugh as they witnessed the same thing everytime. The young warrior would come at him with aggression and brute force. The last challeger was delt with quickly, as he charged, the Angel didn't even bother to pull his sword. With a spin his wings expanded out sending a blood spray onto the crowd watching. The young warrior lay on the ground in two halves shaking and bleeding out onto the ground. Angel walk between the two halves. Is anyone next? No one would answer the call.

Lord's Angel walked the streets hearing the warnings called out ahead of him. He laughed to see the people scurry away. Seeing a pretty women trying to hide in an alley, he called to her. Come here woman. He grabbed her tight and in a way that would make anyone blush. He took her into her home, where her husband protested. He was quickly delt with so that while he raped the woman over and over again she could see the corpse of her dead husband to remind her not to resist. When he was done with her she was left shaking on the floor. He looked to his captian while he buttoned his pants walking out of the house. Burn the place. Leave her inside.

A word was given to Angel, he was to met with the rest of the Brotherhood. Large wings once again came out of the man's back and he took to the sky flying south.

As Lexi traveled through the depths of his vast mind he could sense her face twisting with worry and discontent.The memories easily penetrated her emotions and even made her lose her breath at one moment.As the images faded, she embraced Rayne in a heartfelt warm hug soothing him with her kind and reassuring words.

It's okay, Rayne. I saw. And I believe I understand now. I believe you just experienced an encounter with your yet unforseen self from this dimension. But just because you dreamed it, doesn't make it truth. All truth is a matter of perception, affected by a great many factors. You will not die by your own hand. I'll see to that.

Her soft helpful words brought a smile to his grief stricken face.She made him believe once again that he was the only one in control of his destiny and that he should not let sketchy eerie premonitions strike fear and helplessness into him.She even vowed to help him if the scenario revealed himself in such case he should face his inner and alternate demon.

Thank you sister.Your words relieve me.

He replied in a grateful and gratuitous tone.After letting her seep into his mind he now felt closer to her.Rayne had always been close to Andy and they even proclaimed each other as brothers occasionally.Anything or anyone that held a dear meaning to Andferne also held great significance to Rayne, and Lexi was one of  those people.They had never really been close but Rayne would guard her with his life if the need ever arose.She was his brother-in-arms wife, and that made her as close as family to him.The two had been the closest thing to family he had ever since his childhood days in the village of Tensou with Hotaru his best friend and lady Kohatsu, the woman who had taken him in after the death of his parents.Lexi and Andy were the only ones who held him close to their hearts as a family member, someone they could trust and rely on.

When Lexi backed away form him she received a telepathic message from Paladin, he wanted her to bring the rest of the Dragons over to what would be their new base of operations in Asgard.

Dragons, if you would all come together please. Form a tight group around me. We're on our way to Asgard, courtesy of Air Lexi. Please keep all hands and feet away from the TK field. The flight is a short one, so please stand and enjoy the ride!

The joke had made Rayne chuckle as he stepped forth closer to his surrogate sibling.As the group huddled in closely towards Lexi, a light blue oscillating sphere of telekinetic energy surrounded them like a protective bubble, lifting them over the desert's hot blazing surface.As they flowed through the air soaring towards the celestial city know as Asgard, the telekinetic field around them sparkled as the sun's rays glistened and reflected off of it.Rayne felt at ease inside of the bubble it was as if it had been created from sheer purity and holy energy, something that he had been fond of.As the soared over the desert and higher into the sky, Rayne stared at Lexi observing her carefully.There was something about her that brought back feint memories of his real mother.He reminisced on long walks by a riverside scenery holding her soft gentle hands.

Suddenly his thoughts and flashbacks came to a sudden hault as the group arrived in the floating city.When they landed the force field around the team quickly dissipated as Lexi fell to her knee in exhaustion.Rayne's expression grew into worry as he reached out for her to help, but Paladin beat him to the punch and had already been assisting the kind-hearted telepath.As Paladin escorted them through the city Rayne stared at the wondrous structures of Asgard in amazement.The city had been filled with dozens of white ancient buildings decorated with a nordish style that brought a sense of holiness to them.

Soon a massive demonic creature had revealed itself as a messenger of the governments authority.The demon spoke tales of surrender and survival.Taking his words as mere insults, Paladin made quick work of the beast with his godly power, giving it a message of his own to send back to the demon's leader.The cowered demon limped back down to the scorching desert below, humbled defeated and embarrassed by the wrath of a god.A sense of vengeance filling his face before he had taken his leave.Rayne knew that look well, he knew that the beast would return.He had faced to many enemies to have not recognized that expression, it wreaked of revenge and retaliation.

As his battle came to an end, Paladin walked over to Rayne with a smile on his face and spoke in a low tone while resting his hand on Rayne's shoulder

I can feel many things are happening as we speak. I can sense evil in the air here, be on your guard.  I can also feel the spirit of one of the Gods of this world calling to me, so he must be very close.  I must go find this spirit immediately, so I will leave for a short time.  I want you to take over the defense of Asgard and our team in my absence.  Watch the wall, Rayne and stay alert.  You are the one for this task.

Paladin had entrusted Rayne with the great task of guarding Asgard in the presence of his leave.He had trusted Rayne deeply and knew that he was the right one to complete the task.He knew that Rayne would defend Asgard and the rest of his temmates to the bitter end.

Fret not comrade, I will protect this place with my honor and life if so needed.

He replied with a confident tone.He would not let his colleague down, even if it cost him his own life.

Paladin took flight with Hawk as they made way towards their destination.The only ones that had remained in Asgard now were Lexi, Octagon, Mer-Man,Darkchild accompanied by his son Goki, Paragon with his daughter brooke and himself.Some of them had already gone and wandered off in this city making themselves feel comfortable, but Rayne walked over to the edge of the floating god city looking down at the abandoned desert.He felt an oncoming presence of malevolence in the air.He knew something with a foul aura was approaching, he could just feel it.As he prepared himself he looked over to Paragon and said.

When the time comes I will need you to gather the others and lead them to a safe haven.I cannot guarantee everyone's safety if you remain here, take cover with the rest of the team and keep them secure.Im counting on you.

He walked back over to the edge and he could see what appeared to be a small faction of crimson skinned demons making their way towards the floating city.A cataclysmic battle wouldoccur soon, the likes of which Asgard may not have seen in decades.

Hmph, thats right, come forth foul creatures, your death sentence awaits you...

The two villains had been gone and he had seen nor heard anything from them in what seemed like ages. He started to wonder if they were keeping him locked in his own head now. Trying to make him go insane, but his memories kept him company, his mind shifted to his thoughts of their wedding, how perfect it was and how beautiful she looked in that dress. Then a smile crossed his face as he started to remember Greece, their honeymoon......god those days were blissful he thought. Her touch, her warmth, how he longed to feel and touch her once more. It had been so long, so very long since he felt her. But then he picked up a scent as he rested against the shack that was off to the side of the barren wasteland he was stuck in.

His head rose up and looked across to see what or who it was. His eyes shot open as he saw Lexi running to him, he jumped up and sprinted towards her, his emotions were high as he .....as he felt her in his arms. It was really her, she came for him, she found him. Her voice whispered softly in his ear as he squeezed her tightly in a hug and lifted her up and off the ground spinning her about. "I waited so long for you Andy, Sinister came and he tried to hurt me, he got to you but we saved you. Everything is okay now, you can relax, you're safe with me". Her voice was soft and angelic, just as he had remembered, even her touch was warm as he remembered. He called out to her "Oh baby its ok, you are here now, thats what matters". He pressed those kisses against her lips and saved her taste, it was the taste of strawberries, he wasn't dreaming, it wasn't a trick it was really her, his love, his wife.

He held her in his arms the entire time as she explained what had went on. That he had come out of his coma just as Sinister had taken him. He was trying to kill him when they found out. All of ICE had come to his rescue, to their leaders rescue, fighting back the hordes of clones and traps that he had laid. Together as a family they overcame it all and rescued her Prince. Her eyes were soft and sincere as she spoke. "I want to go home Kitten, take me home so we can have our happily ever after" He smiled as she leaned in and nuzzled his nose with hers, then placing the softest kiss against his lips as she moaned in to his mouth, her eyes fluttering as she savored it. Andy's eyes closed and he let him self give in. It was all to real, it had to be real.


Unknown to him on the outside Sinister was watching, his face started as a cocky grin as he watched his pet do her work. Then is face grew with anger as he saw he climb on top of him and straddle him, leaning in for that sweet soft kiss, he heard her moan as she was enjoying it. Sinister leaped out of his chair and stormed over to her screaming, breaking her trance from Andy's mind. "Wh@re" he screamed as he pulled her off of him violently and flung her on to the ground. His hand reached back and slapped against her cheek with a swift backhand. "If you ever touch him like that again and enjoy it I will KILL YOU". His anger only exploded on her as his teeth revealed those jagged fangs. She started to cry as she got back to her feet. A bruise forming almost instantly as she ran off.

Sinister turned on Andy and grabbed his throat squeezing with his strength, closing the air way and suffocating the helpless hero. He leaned in and threatened him with a mental barrage. Inside of Andy's head the clouds grew dark and it seemed as if a storm was brewing. Something had made Lexi vanish without a word. Then Sinisters face appeared in the clouds as lightning struck. "That is the last time you EVER touch her again. Know this Summers your wife IS MINE".  Sinister eased up on his grip and headed out of the room, his anger still not sedated.

Once it was all settled another voice entered Andy's head, it was Exodus and his turn to play a part. "Embrace me brother, together I can give you the power to kill him, Embrace me and I can get you out of this Coma, you can save Lexi before he rapes her again" ....there was silence as Exodus let that lie sink in. "Ahh I see she never told you of that time he kidnapped her, Paladin and the others were too late, she was ashamed....and she didn't tell you tonight"? His laugh was evil and vile as he let those words sink in to the heroes heart "Embrace me and I can give you the power to keep it from happening ever again". Andy fell to the ground, shaking, tears coming to his eyes as he brought his knees in close to him. He just rocked back and forth as he tried to assure himself it wasn't true, it couldn't be true.

With the awaking of Heimdall the three heroes quickly made their way back to Asgard.  Paladin was amazed at the reality of this situation as he looked at Heimdall.  He was identical to the Heimdall of the Asgard which Paladin had called home back on earth.  Hopefully all the other Gods would soon join Heimdall back in Asgard.

During the trip back Paladin was thinking many different thoughts.  The awakening of the Gods had begun, however the dangers of this world were great. Paladin thought of the conversation he had with DC back in Asgard before Hawk and Paladin left on their journey.  Paladin now realized the greatest obstacle to this mission would be someone he never thought would fight against him.  Darkchild was right; the Andy of this world must have turned evil, but why.  What could possibly have happened to cause such a drastic change in Andy’s personality?

Paladin also thought of his short conversation with Lexi.  Although Paladins attempt was to shield her from hurt Paladin knew he had not treated her fairly.  She deserves to know the truth, no matter how painful and I kept it from her.   Paladin decided to let her know all, and also see if she can contact the Lexi of this world.  Maybe then we may have some answers to what happened here with Andy.

As the three landed back in Asgard, Heimdall looked around, and with a big smile on his face proclaimed in a loud voice “Everything Old is New Again.”  He looked to Paladin with approval and appreciation in his eyes.   

It was late into the night when the three of them returned.  Paladin so wanted to talk with Heimdall, as there were many questions to be asked about Preen and the others, but off on the far wall of the city Paladin saw Rayne, who was looking in earnest outward away from the city.  Something out there had caught Rayne’s attention.  Paladin knew it could not be good news.  The three of them quickly made their way to where Rayne was standing.

Paladin walked up beside Rayne and stood beside him.  At first Rayne said nothing, but kept his focus out there in the darkness.  Rayne spoke and told the group “there is asmall faction of crimson skinned demons making their way towards the floating city.

Ah, Paladin whispered, he returns and has brought back up with him.  Good he will need them.  The son of Preen warned him and his so called figures of authority what would happen if they provoked me again.  First we will do away with these attackers, and then I will send another message to the authorities here, one they will not be able to ignore.

Heimdall thenspoke, there are dozens of them, they are large creatures of great strength, but they will be no match for us. 

Paladin looked to Heimdall then remembered what he knew of him.  Heimdall was chosen by Odin himself to guard the rainbow bridge because of his uncanny abilities of perception and his great ability of a true warrior.  It was said in Asgard about Heimdall, He who hears the golden apples of Yggdrasil grow, Heimdall who hears the wool grow on the back of a sheep, and Heimdall who sleeps less than a bird sleeps. 

Paladin knew Heimdall could hear the flapping of the demons wings and by that could tell their number.  Paladin slapped Heimdall on his back and said,

It is a good day to return to Asgard, as you will now be able to once again defend your home against invaders, but this time I promise you Asgard will not fall.

The world of Asgard was something both beautiful and terrifying, time almost sped by faster here. As DC stood watching the skies move closer to night Goki came running up to him "I have some rather unpleasant. The woman you told me not to loose sight of she has taken off uttering the word Andy...and before you yell, I was paying attention I watched her take off." Goki had a smartass grin on his face. Darkchild was angered that his little sister took off without them but his mind was elsewhere he looks up into the sky. His eyes darting from right to left and back an forth as if counting.

"Goki...Tell Paragon and Rayne they were right. It is going to be one of those days." Darkchilds face twitched and his armor started to cover his body as if preparing for something. He created a long sword in his right hand and his left hand began to glow "In the cover of darkness they will come, but with the revealing light of the sun they will be shown." Darkchild said outloud as he pulled his arm back and blasted a ball of light into the air and it exploded with a bright light. The dark veil opened revealing hundreds of beasts in the sky. He got into stance taking the leader position for one moment and screamed "What are you all just standing their time for some fun." And he took off into the air flying straight into the middle of the group.

Goki stood on the ground looking at the others of the group and with a smile his entire body was engulfed in flames "Cant let him have all the fun now can we." and his arms began to surge with electricity and he launched bolts into the sky that was lite by Darkchilds attack. Falling beasts with every launch of bolts and then he took off into the air stopping behind Darkchild their backs to each other and with a grin he says "100 bucks I fell more than you do old man." Darkchild smiles and nods his head launching blast after blast.

As he waited on the edge of the flying city, he stood with a solemn expression on his face.Night began to fall revealing a sea of stars blanketing the heavens above.The wind blew a soft cool wind against his face fluttering his spiked bangs to the left of his face.His eyes set out into the distance, focusing on the incoming assault.As the demons made themselves visible Paladin had returned with a resurrected god and Hawk at his side.Goki made his way back to the group revealing unfortunate news of Lexi's departure.The group looked at Goki with concerned and worried looks grimacing on their faces.Most of the men of ICE including Rayne, Paladin and Darkchild all had viewed Lexi as someone to protect and keep safe out of harms way.There was just something about her that made them feel as if she were a fragile young sister who they felt obligated to shield from danger.Sometimes they had kept details and information from her, but it had always been for her sake and well being.They knew she was an emotional girl and if she knew some of the harsh things they knew she would begin to worry and might even hurt herself to make sure that the problem would be resolved.

Lexi had stormed off into the inner complexes of Asgard but Darkchild had sent his son to keep an eye on her.At first she had sobbed herself into sleep but when she awoke it seemed as if she had been stricken with grief but suprise at the same moment.Whatever it had been, it had led her to do disband from the team and seek it out.When Goki had told the group, Rayne realized that whatever the case was, it must've had something to do with Andy.He was the only reason she could have left.Maybe she had sensed this world's Andferne and that feeling must have called out to her.All she ever really wanted was to be with him and feel his companionship at her side.Rayne knew he couldn't blame her, not now at least with the horde of demons on the horizon.

When Rayne had finally recognized the squadron of demonic warriors he made it clear to the rest of the team to prepare for battle.Paladin returned with a battle hardened expression on his face he made his way to Rayne's side and said in a confident tone:

Ah, he returns and has brought back up with him.  Good he will need them.  The son of Preen warned him and his so called figures of authority what would happen if they provoked me again.  First we will do away with these attackers, and then I will send another message to the authorities here, one they will not be able to ignore.

Rayne smiled as he looked over to his eager comrade.It had been a while since he engaged in a battle alongside his teammates and the thought brought a sense of pride and honor into his heart.As he looked over to the left he could see that ICE's most confrontational member Darkchild had already begun his offensive with his son at his side.He exclaimed with excitement and joy

What are you all just standing there for? time for some fun!

Without any further hesitation Rayne dashed off the edge of the city grounds gliding through the night sky, his clothes wavering with the winds touch along with his hair, making his way towards the small army of demons.His first victim had lashed out at him with a whip ablaze with fire, it missed its target as Rayne flipped over the crack of its slap performing a vertical slice amidst his somersault.As he made his way over the demon he kicked off of its shoulder activating its wound which split him directly in half, spraying a shower of blood into the atmosphere.Rayne glided over to a nearby demon landing on its back making hold of its wings.He spun himself while clinging to the crimson demon and let loose, sending it flying into one of its allies causing a collision between the two.He floated in the air before he sent off a diagonal upward slash at the pair which emitted a shockwave of energy that split them in pieces.

Another demon had already spurred forth behind him in an attempt slash him with its Icy blade.It had almost appeared to have connected as the blade phased through him, but the silhouette of his body faded in an illusory like movement.Rayne reappeared behind the demon calling out to it with an almost cocky grin on his face

Hey hellhound, over here!

As the demon turned around with a confused and worried look on his revolting grimace he faced a barrage of lightning speed paced slices and swipes which ended his assault against the members of ICE, Leaving him in hundreds of crimson remains.Rayne took flight into the sky as he bolted off of what seemed to be an invisible floor at high speeds.His hair swayed down at the sides of his face against the force of gravity's hold, a comet like aura surrounding him as he broke the sound barrier.Once he had been high up from the onslaught of demons he turned himself into a stance which had been facing them horizontally.It seemed as if he had been standing on an unseen wall as he bent his knees in a samurai like stance sheathing his vibranium chokuto, while holding its scabbard at his side with his other hand.As he slid to a hault, he looked down at the remains of what had been a horde of demons.The majority of them had been slain in battle against the other ICE members and only a dozen or so remained.Rayne's face stretched out in a eager smile as he grabbed the handle of his sheathed blade and clicked it halfway out of of its holster more than a dozen times in what seemed to be half of a second.

A few seconds later, a wall of huge dark purple shock wave slices, made in all directions rained upon the remains of the demon faction obliterating them into tiny particles.Satisfied with his success in battle Rayne teleported back down to the edge of Asgard awaiting the others to gather around and celebrate their glorious victory

His breathing was coming out hard and fast as he pulled and forced away at the restraints, he had to break free, he had to save her, to stop that evil b@sat@ard from raping her. She was crying, those tears were ripping at Andy's very soul as he screamed for her. Then he heard it, that vile voice in the back of his head.....Exodus! "Embrace me Andy, let me in and I can give you the strength to break the bonds. Together we can save her from him, together we can stop this madness, all you have to do is let me in". The offer was there, the time was now, he had to do it, he had to give in to save his Wife. She needed him, he just prayed that she could forgive him.

"Do it" were the only words that Exodus needed to hear as he felt Andy give in to the darkness. His body grew cold as Exodus flooded into his system, filling him with all of his power, an unleashed fury that was about to erupt. Andy's fists clasped down hard as he strained and then they popped. The restraints went flying off as he used his new found brute strength to free himself. With one leap he covered the distance between himself and Sinister. He slammed in to his back landing a powerful punch right to his spine as it sent him crashing against the wall he held Lexi up against as he took her, claimed her for his own. She crashed to the floor, her body ravaged and bruised from Sinister, tears were still going down her face as she fell over. "DIE, DIE, DIEEEEEEEEE"!!! were all Exodus screamed as he grabbed Sinister and slammed his head over and over into the wall. The wall cracking and breaking from the impact.

"Traitor" Sinister yelled out as he broke away from Exodus's grip. "You dare betray me like this" In that same instant Sinister let loose with a strong energy blast from both his hands. The yellow energy blasted into Exodus and flung him backwards like a ragged doll. He sent a mental barrage into his mind to try and separate Exodus from Andy, all while calling out for his Clones. Sinister mind reeled at how strong he was, then another surprise came as Exodus let out a strong blast of energy from his eyes, it ripped right in to Sinister and knocked him down. "How....how is this possible, the power damplifiers are still on" Just as Exodus was about to charge Sinister again the clones came in. Clones of Paladin, Rayne, Nighthunter, all of the former Zero Squad all rushed in powers firing off and blasting at Exodus. The bombardment gave Sinister enough time to regather his thoughts and he joined in the assault. Minutes passed as Exodus fought on, tried to gain his long fought freedom, but in the end it was all too much.

"Wake up fool, look at your wife, in your rage and lust for power you killed her" Sinister sneered at him as he showed him what he has done. When Exodus had taken over he did not know the power of his own strength, when he crashed in to Sinister Lexi's head had hit the wall, it had cracked her skull and broken her neck. He .....he had killed her....The tears formed in Andy's mind once more he had given in to the darkness and it had cost him the only thing that mattered to him in the world. He had killed his wife.

The plan had played out perfectly, the hero was broken.

As they touched down on on Asgard, curtosey of Air Lexi, Paragon and Brooke separated themselves from the group to have a little father-daughter talk. They wandered the barren streets of the city, discussing their situation.

"Now Lemon, it looks like you're staying, but that's not nessisarily a good thing. We don't know anything about this place, so I want you to stay with someone on the team at all times, or if we tell you to hide, you have to do that right away. Got it?" he asked Brooke, who simply nodded her head with a big smile on her face, before he continued. "Paladin said something about this world being like our's, but evil, so there could be a you, or a me, or even Mom, so we need to have a secret word incase we get seperated. How about  Royal With Cheese?"

Brooke giggled at the code word and asked "Is that from that movie you won't let me watch with all the bad words and the guy from Grease?"

"Yea it is." he laughed. "Now let's figure out how we're going to keep your mom from killing me when we get back."

They continued to walk through the city, having a nice little talk between just the two of them, while taking in the sights of the city of the Gods. They saw ornately carved statues depicting the gods like Heimdall, Tyr, Baldr, Sif, and Freyja. Each stature was a marvel to behold, and Paragon explained to Brooke that they were here to help bring them back. This of course confused her, as she had a simple perception of life and death, which resulted in another conversation that left them both confused. As they continued their way down a darkened street, a bright flash lit up the sky, revealing a massive horde of vile, ferocious demons.

Paragon looked over to Brooke. "Remember what I said about hiding? Now's a good time for it."

Brooke, wide eyed in fear, nodded and took off at her top speed, in search of a hiding place. Flashes of fire and electricity flew from the city, which Paragon could only assume was DC and Goki, pre-emptively hitting the creatures. "Well, damn." He mumbled, drawing his sword. "Can't let them have all the fun now, can we?"

With a flash, Paragon appeared in the sky, and fell onto the back of one of the demons. "Hi, can I get a Diet Coke, and what's your in-flight movie today?"

"Mortal, I will eat your heart!" snapped the demon, attempting to throw him off, while avoiding a pillar of fire.

"Hmm... Never heard of it. I hope it better than Flicka." he joked, before his danger sense went off. With a flash he disappeared just as another demon came swooping in to attack him, tackling the other, resulting in the two tumbling back down to earth. Paragon reappeared on the back of another, as if he were surfing the creature. "Cowabunga!" he yelled as he kicked the demon in the head, knocking it out, sending it too, down to the desert floor below. As he fell, Paragon grabbed onto the tail of another demon, swinging through the crowd, slicing and dicing at whatever creature would be dumb enough to come within range of his blade, before he reached forward and stabbed his ride in the chest.

"Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!"howled the creature in pain, as it was suddenly struck by a bolt of darkness from DC.

"Race you guys. Last on there gets there, gets owned by ICE!" Paragon yelled to the demons , as he teleported back to Asgard in a flash. He reappeared next to Paladin and Heimdall. "Hey, it's one of the guys from the statue!"

Goki soared through the midnight skies turning beast after beast into nothing but dust. His eyes burned with fire as he slammed his enflamed fists turning the beasts into ash in matter of seconds. The beasts screamed in agony as they were turned into nothing, their bodies littered the ground of asgard. Wave after wave of beast slammed into the both Goki and Darkchild. The father and son making little effort to defend themselves they were too into the battle at hand.

Goki stood for a moment in the air his body glowing yellow and red and his body bursting with elecricity and flame. He smiled over to Darkchild and said "Lets give their bosses something to see huh?" Darkchild grinned and soared up to Goki grabing my by the feet as the boy charged his body and then pulled back and threw him into the massive wave of creatures. As Goki grew closer he screamed "Suppa time!" and then slammed into the front of the wave the second he did a wave of heat flew out from his body incinerating them on contact. The creatures screamed in agony as the skin peeled from their bodies, the creatures in the back of the wave meerly fried compared to the ones in the front. As the ash fell from the skies and their bodies littered the ground Goki and Darkchild flew back down to the ground, The others stared at the twosome. Their power combined was incredible Goki looked at the gawkers his arms in pain from releasing that much power. He hadnt really trained his body to do so much so quickly, his father Darkchild mearly walked over without a care in the world and no pain at all.

Goki looked at his new aquantices and asked "Alright we have two choices right? One eat fried demon and whatever or figure out how to get the woman back no?"

The sun had gone down, and so had the unbearable heat. Ghoul had been kind enough to cast a spell on Francis, making him feel cooler. He didn’t think he could ever be more thankful. There were pressing matters against them, and Francis didn’t want to think of them. The image of a dark version of everyone he knew and cared about on the original Earth was uncanny. He prayed that he would not have to face any of them, but Ghoul knew something he didn’t. Dark Cryo was here somewhere, and they would have to face him. As a demigod, Cryo was a tough opponent, but when he had no care for the life of his friends and the life of his own brother, things would get worse.

It got closer, the snarling, the barking, the gnashing of teeth. He was a lone warrior set apart from other members of his team in the middle of the fray. He tried to find his footing in the ground, trident in hand, ready for battle. The hound leaped at him, fire in its eyes. In those few seconds it was in the air, it stared at him. It made him feel all empty inside. He had to get rid of it, and with a thrust of his weapon, the staring stopped, but it was still not over. They were still out there, and army of hell that seemed never ending, bent on destruction.

An even more appalling creature approached, Its skin was like molten lava, and the ground shook when it took a step. There was no way he would be able to touch it with out his hand being incinerated. He would have to take it out from a distance. With all his might, he through his trident into the air, and it came down like a missile into the behemoth’s chest, making it stagger back. Now was the time to make the final blow.

Electricity coursed through his body as his eel like powers took over. With a thrust of his hand, thousands of volts shocked the monster at one time. It’s body began to shake violently, and Francis just wouldn’t quit. Instead, he threw more electricity at it, and the whole demon was on fire. It got smaller and smaller until it was nothing but charcoal. Francis walked over to  what was left of the demon and spat on it.

“It seems you weren’t so tough after all.” Said Francis confidently. He turned around to see hundreds more Hellhounds running at him at a fast speed. “Oh sonnova…”

One of the rabid dogs jumped on him, trying to get his neck while 4 others were on his body trying to tear him limb from limb. The bastards had sharp teeth, but his hard scales were enough to protect him for now. He used his arm to block the dog from his throat and his eyes closed. From all over his body came out poisonous spines. He was very thankful for the puffer fish. The spines penetrated the dog’s skin and simultaneously injected a powerful neurotoxin. After about three seconds, the hounds stopped biting and began rolling on the ground, going into convulsions, and after 15 seconds, the convulsions stopped, and the demon dogs stopped breathing.

“Come and get me…”

Running through the celestial wood work, he felt a strange pulsing within his being....he had felt like there was another presence, but...not who he was looking for, definitely not. This seemed darker, more sinister, more....evil. He brushed through what he was trying to get past, and wondered how he was still alive at this point, there was no electricity in this place....

He came to figure that he was in a place with divine lightning as one of the main elements of the sky, making it much much easier for him to breathe calmly...he felt that he was more powerful here than he had ever been, in any position in his life thus far. The dark beings were closing in on him....he could feel it...some dark sense of irony hit him as he jumped through the trees in a parkour like manner.

And then he saw them....three hell hounds, some form of mythical demonic beasts chasing after him as he ran through the huge forest looking area of Asgard, a place he did not know....had the portal he had walked through been some kind of trap? Was he supposed to be in this place? he didn't think so, as they began to charge faster, all of their muscles, or whatever they had, contracting and convulsing as they ran at high speeds towards him.

One of them leapt into the path of branches he had been swinging and limping from, and began to shoot flames from it's mouth like it was spitting...the sparks flew into the branch in front of him, causing him to lose his footing and fall onto one of the lower ones, his stomach colliding with it and blood coughing up from his mouth, as the ones chasing from the ground leapt up and tried to bit off his left shin as it dangled and he tried to gain his footing again.

The one that had shot the fire leapt down and bit onto his right shoulder, the gnarled teeth sinking into his flesh an inch or two, and him screaming as the blood slowly poured out of his punctured back. In an act of rage his brain broke the physical limits for a moment, due to Levrore being in pain, and he grabbed the animal by it's snout and crushed it, bone snapping like thick sticks in his hand, as he tossed it over his shoulder and gained his footing agian.

That one was on the ground for a moment, and in his still fury filled burst he zapped several of the dogs below him, killing them near instantly....he figured he was safe for a moment, where he could calm down, until he felt the pain of fire on his back again, and fell from the tree limb he had been in running. He turned around to see the hound that did it, and was unable to get back up before it was already on top of his arms and torso, its teeth in his face, trying to bite...he reached up and grabbed it by it's snout, and in a fit of hatred bit at it's neck and sunk his own teeth into it, stood up, and ripped it's right front shoulder off, it's arm hanging limply without a support. As it stood up and tried to blast him with fire one last time, he spat it's shoulder into his hand and threw it at the dog's mouth, suffocating it.

Angered that he was now held back even more than before, he started up again, until he saw a large demon hulking towards him....as if it was enraged that it had lost it's team mates. He was still in a blood thirsty mood though, so this was nothing to him... the demonic beast known as a balor thrusted it's body weight in entirety towards him, in an attempt to crush him, when he just pulled his arm back, light flowing to it and he thrust it forward, a giant spear of lightning flying towards it and annihalating it with ease....the speed it had hit had ripped the huge hulking demon into near shreds, just something for the crows to pick at....

As he continued his way forward he sense a dark presence....his black wing had lifted itself from his right shoulder, meaning that he was in full vampyric mode, prepared to slaughter anything that needed to be killed. But first, he needed to find the rest of his team...he was lost, but he felt close for some reason....Asgard gave him a sense of brutal nostalgia, for an unknown reason....he felt like he knew it, even though he was just running in one direction hoping to find someone...he couldnt be that far off.....

Ghoul walked the halls of Asgard, admiring the various depictions of Gods. She always found Gods fascinating; not mortal, yet so concerned in their ways that they could be. She ran her hand across a carving etched in the stone wall when she sensed a presence charging for them. Then she heard it, an unnatural growl that sent fear exploding up from the pit of her stomach. She knew of the creature the sound came from. It'd been her favorite book series for ages, and now it was coming after her. The thought made her legs stumble slightly as she took a fighting stance, her arms outstretched. She knew what was coming--Hellhounds.

As they appeared, engaging the others, one moved straight for her. Her fists flared with  violet spectral energy, as she awaited its pounce. "Come on, Come to Momma." It leaped forwrd and up, as did she. She rose higher, flipping forward and kicking straight down with her boots. She sent a sudden bash to the skull of the creature, uttering a cry from its jaws. It hit the ground, deterred but not stopped. It got up and shook its head, once again growling and snapping up at her. Descending at a great length, she outtretched her arms at her sides, and violet curtians unfurled from them. "Here, puppy. Be a good boy." She muttered something quickly under her breath as the hound charged. Within inches from mauling her, she flew up, and the hound dove straight into a brick wall, hidden by the curtains. "Mysticka Arcana Exorcisma!" Ghoul cried, pointing her flaming fingers to the hound. It howled in pain as it vanished in a cloud of black smoke. She let the curtains fall as dozens more hellhounds came toward her. She dropped to one knee on the ground, looking at them all. "Ok, Fido. Let's play." Her hands flared once more, and she began firing at them all one by one as they came at her. She spun and ducked until each lay on the ground, motionless.

"Mysticka Arcana Exorcisma!" Ghoul yelled, tilting her head back as she shot her arms into the air above. The wolves simultaneously vanished. Ghoul emerged from swirling black smoke, some trailing out after her. "I knew I always was a cat person." She said, blowing a bit of black fur off her shoulder. She began to run for her friends when something stepped into her path. She stopped, face-to-stomach with a flaming creature. She looked up into its burning eyes. It looked to be formed from shadows, with flames erupting from it. It stretched its wings and roared, flames flaring from its nose and mouth. The stench was unbearable, causing Ghoul to lean back and jam her eyes shut, the heat whipping her hair around. The demon silenced and she stood tall once more, looking back up at the demon and blowing a stray lock of hair that had been dislodged in the blast out of her face. She breathed in, then let out her Banshee Scream, the ghastly decibels overpowering the demon's roar. She stopped abruptly, the scream forming eerie echoes in the distance, to see that the demon was uivring in her wake. She levitated herself to eye level with the beast, and the moment it open its eyes, she whispered, "Boo!"

The demon ran screaming only to be shot down by Ghoul's Exorcism blast. She turned on her heel, blowing the spectral energy from her gun shaped fingertips. "Fastest blast in the West." She smiled, pretending to whirl her pretend guns around before jamming them into her pockets. She ran off to help the Dragons fight the demons.

LstPaladin stood on the balcony watching as the evil hoard of demons made their way toward Asgard.  The battle would be swift and deadly, but it would be the demons that would face death this day.

Suddenly DC and his son in their eagerness for battle were off toward the attackers.  They were soon followed by Rayne, Paragon, Mer-man and the rest of the members of ICE. Paladin hesitated for a moment watching with pride as the ICE team attacked the demons.  Although very powerful, and strong the demons proved to be no match for the superior power of these heroes.  The dead bodies of the winged demons were falling from the skies like rain.  If Paladin had any concerns for his team or the safety of Asgard they were wiped away with this incredible display of power and ability of these warriors, his family.

After the battle Paragon joined Paladin and Heimdall on the balcony.  Paladin greeted him with congratulations on the swift victory.  Paragon looked at Heimdall, and said. “Hey, it's one of the guys from the statue!" 

Yes Paragon, meet Heimdall, guardian of Asgard. Heimdall, this is Paragon, a mighty warrior and member of the ICE Dragons.  He has come here to help along with the other members you see before you in battle.  Heimdall nodded his head in acknowledgement.  

Then Paladin talked with Paragon explaining to him the urgency for the son of Preen to leave again.  I can sense more spirits of the Gods, and I must make haste to restore them.  Paladin was not worried about leaving, for he knew the ICE team here along with Heimdall would be able to handle anything which was foolish enough to come against them.  Paragon understood and Paladin turned and flew up into the night sky.

LstPaladin didn’t really know where he was going, but was following the voices in his head.  It seemed the spirits were aware of his presence, and they called to him.  Paladin streaked across the night sky, heading for somewhere in .  Once Paladin reached the location he was sure he would find more spirits which needed to be awakened once more.

Octagon awoke to a soft sobbing from someone. He had drifted off in the upstairs room he had been sitting in. He felt strange now, in this place. He felt as though Hell was coming itself. Octagon's attention was snapped back to the situation, when a blue ball shot off into the sky. Lexi.... Octagon didn't know her very well, but he worried. He didn't want to say anything. She seemed to have enough protection from everyone else.

Octagon sighed as she flew off, and he looked around the street again. Then he sensed it. A group sent to attack the city. Octagon teleported out of the building and into the streets, half running, half teleporting to the edge of the city. Octagon looked up into the sky, and saw a myriad of demons surrounding the city.

And I heard, as it were, the noise of thunder: One of the four beasts saying: "Come and see." And I saw. And behold, a white horse. There's a man goin' 'round takin' names. An' he decides who to free and who to blame. Everybody won't be treated all the same. There'll be a golden ladder reaching down. When the man comes around. 

Octagon stood in amazement of the creatures forming against them. There was no point in standing still, he thought, and he teleported to the highest building he could find. He stood there as the demons rained down past him. Everything slowed down as one flew past, and saw Octagon standing on the rooftop.

The hairs on your arm will stand up. At the terror in each sip and in each sup. For you partake of that last offered cup, Or disappear into the potter's ground. When the man comes around.

The beast sliced it's flight path, and charged toward Octagon at full speed. Time came back to normal, and Octagon formed a giant fist of darkness around his own, and gave the creature a wicked right hook. It fell on the rooftop, with it's face bloodied and broken, with bones tearing through the flesh. Another demon saw Octagon, and soon, a whole flock had gathered on the rooftop. One threw the body of the dead one off, and charged at Octagon.

Hear the trumpets, hear the pipers. One hundred million angels singin'. Multitudes are marching to the big kettle drum. Voices callin', voices cryin'. Some are born an' some are dyin'. It's Alpha's and Omega's Kingdom come.

Octagon side-stepped the demon, as he crashed into the wall of demons that had formed. They threw him back into the fight, and several more joined him. Outnumbered, Octagon swirled the darkness around him. He formed a sword in each hand and started swinging at the demons. He was no expert swordsman, but he knew his way around a blade. Octagon made clean cuts across vital parts of the demons, as the fell one by one. The others joined in, and threw the bodies off the building top.

Whoever is unjust, let him be unjust still. Whoever is righteous, let him be righteous still. Whoever is filthy, let him be filthy still. Listen to the words long written down, When the man comes around.

Octagon was being overwhelmed. He unleashed an energy wave that threw back all of his attackers. He struggled to gather energy from around him. The darkness left in the sky flooded to him, and he unleashed it with a mighty force. An orb surrounded the top of the building. The orb swirled and turned around the top of the building. Then it burst back into the night sky where it belonged. Octagon was on his knees from such a concentration of power. The demons were all gone. Not even bodies graced the surface of the building. Back pools of black smoked, evaporating into the air.

And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts, And I looked and behold: a pale horse. And his name, that sat on him, was Death. And Hell followed with him.

Octagon heaved air into his raising and dropping chest. He fell on his side, laughing slightly.

"I didn't know I still had it in me."

After he had arrived at the beckoning of his dark brother, Andferne had signaled for him to take his seat in a nearby commander's throne.In his king's chamber the leader of the evil brotherhood had made sure that there was a place for his council of dark comrades.Rayne had taken his seat already to the right of Andfene as Paragon and an animalistic wolf humanoid walked in with a sarcastic comment to compliment his entrance.In this world, even the kind spirited Cryo-wolf had been corrupted by the horrific destiny of the dimension resulting in his more villainous appearance known as Pyro-Wolf.Moments later Lord's Angel had arrived.He was notorious in the brotherhood for his cruel actions and reign of terror throughout the land.His demonic soul had shown no mercy to the weak and unchallenging.With the gatherance of the brotherhood, Andferne began to fill in his comrades on detailed information regarding their his need for their assistance.

Good we are all here, it seems some twerp has decided to challenge our reign. He has brought back the fabled city of the gods. He recreated Asgard, that display of power must of weakened him some. I have dispatched Errut and the Dark Legion to test their true power. They strike at night fall and we shall see what comes of it. I am staying mentally linked with Errtu so I may see through his eyes once the battle starts. We will learn of their powers and tactics soon enough. But our task it two fold, my minions have brought me the location of the Reality Gem. IF Errtu fails to kill these infidels then I leave it up to you my brothers to bring them to their knees. Isolate them, separate them and take them out in groups. Do not underestimate these outsiders there is something off about them.

The news of the intuders had brought no suprise to Rayne as he listened to the information that Andferne revealed.Not long ago, he had sensed the arrival of beings into his world that seemed as if they did not belong.His possession of the Soul gem had allowed him to keep tabs on the souls that dwelled within his realm.As he had made his way over to Andferne's hidden Castle, e encountered someone who had looked familiar...A little too familiar.He smiled at the figure as he stared back at him remembering his days as a hero and that same look that he used to wear.The same look that the split image had given him had already told him what he needed to know about the all too recognizable face.The power of the soul gem granted him the ability to look deep within his soul discovering his identity and persona within a matter of seconds.

He shot a mischievious grin at his dimensional twin before he faded into the depths of the desert.He knew the time would come where he would face himself again so the need to rush had not been necessary at the least.The dark legion that had been led by the prince of balors, Errut, had been destined to fall the moment their quest had been given to them.They would die horrible deaths, expecting to be on the giving end but only suprised to find an ironic end to their pitiful lives.As Andfene made his way into his private chambers, Rayne remained in th throne room, looking at his fellow council member's with a grin lit up on his dark face.He waited for news of the Dark Legions failure.He would soon be grasping and manipulating his alternate soul in his bloodstained hands, absorbing it making him stronger faster and more intelligent.After all, it was his plan from the beginning, after the retrieval of the Space gem he would utilize its power to travel into alternate dimensions and take the life of his own over and over again until he was the only one that remained.Their souls infusing with his, he would become unstoppable, leading him one step closer to his true goal.

As Rayne sat in his commander's throne he gazed into the faces of his dark brothers.Each of their faces filled with a malice expression.Together, him and his brothers had conquered the globe in a matter of a few years.Soon enough, with the power of the infinity gems their absolute rule would stretch out to the far reaches of the universe, seeping into even the farthest reaches and corners of space.He sat in his chair with an expression of boredom upon his almost apathetic face.His right elbow against the armrest, his face rested upon his palm his cheek mushed upwards.He sighed a deep breath and waited for Andferne to return form his personal chamber.Over the years, Rayne had morphed into a completely different person.All of his former principles throw out the window, he craved power, power which would allow him to grasp the world in his possession making all fall under his unquestioning leadership.Throughout the years he had remained loyal to Andy, keeping close to him and watching his every move.He had stuck by his side, handling his vast requests without question, taking care of his dirty work.Rayne showed and proved his loyalty as an unmatched virtue and gained Andferne's trust as his elite general, his devoted brother and his confidant.

As the minutes passed, he stood poised in his seat with the same expression.He soon began to grow tired of waiting, but he knew his leader would return shortly.Suddenly the conference hall's door's creaked open hastily as a man with white shoulder length hair dressed in a leather black garments rushed in.The man made quick to Rayne's commander seat and bowed before him in respect.Rayne began to shift into and upright position and looked down at the young soldier

What is your status report?

Your holiness, I bring you great and fortunate news.We have retrieved valuable Intel locating the whereabouts of the space gem.It has been said that it lies upon a flying kingdom, one which inhabitants dwell as gods ruling over the earth from their heavenly thrones.The kingdom lies to the north just above the Bikanel desert.It has recently been resurrected by unknown forces which identities have not been revealed yet.We continue our observation of the city of Asgard and await your further orders.

Rayne smiled as the revelation of the space gem's whereabouts reached his keen ears.

Well done Xin you are dismissed.

The young man nodded his head in respect and within a matter of seconds, evaporated into the air leaving behind a misty cloud of violet smoke.Rayne stood up from his chair and began to walk down the corridor leading to Andferne's chamber.As he drew nearer he could hear screams of agitation and fear coming from the room.Slowing his pace down to a quiet sneak, Rayne pressed his smooth face against the rough wooden touch of the door's surface.Soon enough he had heard things that brought a sense of disappointment yet eagerness to him.

For all of this power I gained it was all for nothing. With all of this power I gain nothing but death, because of my lust for power I killed the one thing in my life, the only chance I had. D@mn the Devil and his lies, his manipulation. It all ends now

Rayne shook his head in a discontent manner as he heard the words flow out of his once powerful and fearless leader.He leant his face away from the door and whispered to himself

Hmph....Pathetic....

 He glanced down at his palm which, embedded in it, lied a deep seated green oval gem.As he began to focus his power the stone began to glow vibrantly emanating a green ambiance.He put his hand forth unto the door and closed his eyes.He began to scan the soul of his once beloved leader to see if their remained anything of a ruler worthy to conquer the remains of the universe, but as he searched deeper and deeper into the depths of his soul, he saw that there was none.He could sense that he had given up all hope and in his heart remained the desire for nothing.Only death.

As Rayne walked down the halls back to the conference chambers he took his seat once again, awaiting the empty shell of the man he once called a leader and brother.

LstPaladin took flight up into the heavens.  He used the magic of his hammer and searched for another location where he may find more sprits that needed to be awakened.  Then as he searched he became aware of a very strong sensation, and knew if he went to this location he would find more of the Asgardain Gods.

To Paladin’s surprise he was heading back toward Asgard.  The location was in the desert only a few hundred miles away from the risen city.  Paladin landed upon the desert floor, and using the hammer he located an entrance to an underground corridor.  Paladin raised the heavy steel door, and entered in.

At first Paladin found stairs, which went down, deep into the earth.  The stairway was dark and there was hardly any light within the corridor.  At the bottom of the stairs Paladin found two double steel doors.  Paladin pushed the doors open, and they squeaked as they slowly swung open.  Paladin walked inside a large dimly lit room.

When he entered into the room the son of Preen was shocked to see rooms on both sides with bars, in which many people were being kept, locked up.  As the people saw him, they began to cry out for help. Saying help us, save us, get me outta here.  The urgency of their pleas touched the heart of Paladin.

LstPaladin walked over to the cell and asked them, “who has done this thing to you”

The people began to cry and say, “We don’t know who did this, but he gathered us from all over the world and brought us here.”  “You have to get us out, please before it comes back.”

Paladin listened to them then said, Be at peace, for you all now are safe, I will release you.  Now stand back away from the bars…….

Then one of the women behind the bars looked at Paladin and said, “I know you, I know you, please help me”

Then before Paladin could break down the bars, he heard the sound.  It was the loud Boom Boom Boom .sound of a massive individual walking closer to them.

Paladin yelled out to whoever was coming, Come forth and show yourself, stealer of innocent people, the God of Thunder would have words with thee”

BOOM………..BOOM………..BOOM………….BOOM…………BOOM

Paladin stood his ground and waited for whoever would come forth.  As the creature was finally in site, Paladin was shocked to see someone he knew. 

DESAK………..killer of the Gods

Paladin knew Desak well, for Thor had fought this one back on earth and was almost defeated.  Finally in the end Thor was victorious, but this opponent would be more than a handful for Paladin.  This creature has superhuman strength and endurance.  Desak, whose stone like skin makes him almost indestructible and he can fly as well as teleport; an awesome adversary indeed.

The two powerful beings charged each other, and as they collided neither of them budged.  The impact was incredible and the fight was on. They battled each other, with neither of them able to gain an advantage.  Finally with a mighty blow, Desak knocked Paladin across the room.  The strength of the blow knocked the wind out of Paladin as he slumped to the floor.  It was then that Paladin pulled his hammer and called forth his most powerful weapon, the God Blast.  Paladin fired the blast directly at Desak, and struck him directly in the chest.  However to Paladin’s surprise Desak was not injured by the blast.  Up until this day, Paladin had never seen any being able to withstand the God Blast, yet Desak was unharmed.

Paladin knew if they continued to fight here, some of the people in the cells might be injured, so Paladin quickly flew toward Desak, and charged directly into him.  Upon contact Paladin grabbed him and flew straight up, through the roof of the room, through the ground until he reached the surface.  Paladin and Desak broke through the ground and the battle continued up on the surface of the desert.

Paladin fought valiantly, but he was losing.  He was severely injured, having taken injuries all over his body.  At the end Paladin could hardly even move.  Paladin stood looking at Desak, then dropped to his knees.  Paladin was exhausted, he had done all he could, and it was not enough.  He had failed.

Paladin reached up and touched the dragon pendant which he wore around his neck.  His thoughts turned to his loved ones, his father, and his team.  His chest heaved as he tried to catch his breath.  Desak smiled at Paladin as he was confident the battle had ended.

4 months after leaving Ice dragons

The sky was the color of the apocalypse, You could her there frightened screams of the women of and children of japan, the village was in complete utter destruction, homes were ablaze sending smogs of smoke into the air, you could smell the overwhelming smell of fire fill the air as villagers ran around off in fear. The clouds covered the setting sun making the land look more chaotic, the grounds of the village was covered in a crimson red liquid, the wind gust were strong amping the flames that consumed the houses, A mob of Villagers came towards me Vehemently, in pursuit of my life. they Carried Pitchforks,torches, any type of Utensil that could be used fo a weapon

 I stared at the mob angrily as the charged for me,i wanted to kill with no remorse, i have no sympathy for the people, nothing but rage overpowered my heart, the lust for blood was strong  in  my mind,  I needed to avenge my brother, there was no way i would let anyone from this village leave, it will hinder me as man, as a good brother. I will cut though this village madly until i find the murderer of my brother. I will kill women,children, and men until have find who slayed my beloved brother valen zao. i did not leave my beloved Clan the ice dragons to come from this place empty handed. I WILL AVENGE MY BROTHER.

 I  vaulted into the air in rage as the mob Got closer to me, I Took out my Katana bestially sending sparks into the air as the blade of my sword rubbed against the sheathe. I glided in the air over the furious mob., I pointed the blade of my sword aiming to stab the ground as i lost altitude, I channeled energy, through the sword making it luminous with a dark Purple Light. the closer and  to the ground More rage build in my heart, i couldn't wait to kill all of the innocent lives below me, i craved to see there blood stain my katana, i want people to see how it feels to love a loved one, how it feels to be alone in this world,being the only ling relative of your family alive.

I WILL KILL YOU ALL!!!!

 i finally hit the ground Crashing the end of my blade into the Ground in a barbarous matter, as i stabbed the floor a dark energy Burst from the ground tearing chunks of earth and herbage into the air making a crater, the force of the energy was so great that it sent some of the people into the mob flying causing them to crash into people who were close by them. After the attack many people Fled away from me, it made m feel powerful to see people flee away from my attacks, there were till some brave people left still willing to fight me, but they were more stupid then brave. as  i Pulled my blade from the large crate that it embedded itself in, a man charge at me with a rusty dagger.he screamed viciously  as he ran towards me, when he cam close enough he came at me with a Pathetic thrust aiming for my lower torso area,i Simply spinned to the side and a i terminated the spin i slashed at his headed without hesitation hacking through his neck and striking more fear into the heart of the innocent who surrounded me. i felt my blade  get caught in the bone in his neck, so i grabbed the man long hair and began to sever through his head as if i was cutting through meat. as i cut though his neck blood gushed from his deep wound uncontrollably making blood roll down his neck to his chest, pieces of flesh was visible making me force an unwanted smirk. After cutting through the bone of his neck i tugged and ripped his head off by the thin Piece of flesh that it was held together by. i held his head up into the air victoriously with blood dripping on my arm.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

The remaining people began to dart off screaming in fear, i ran after them in lust for more blood, the urge to kill grew within me driving me insane, i wanted to see the crimson red liquid that aroused me so much, i ran after them laughing maniacally, there was this fat man running, he knew that he wouldn't be able to get away from me so he stopped and started to gasp for air from the exertion of running. i walked towards him as he was crouched holding his knee's tiredly. i looked at him with a grin, took out my dagger and grabbed his chin tight and forced him to look up at me. his face was plump as a pigs and pale, he had a bushy mustache with Blae trimmed glasses.i rubbed the blade of dagger gently across his right cheek before stabbing his eye ball, blood rushed from his eye as he screamed loudly in agony, i laughed as my blade stuck in his eye,his scream was irritating though, so i took my katana and slashed diagonally through his body, he did not feel the pain because i slashed so quickly, didn't want his scream to intensify so i ended the job quickly. his body parted into diagonal halves and dropped to the floor, blood pumped from both halves staining my sandals. I crouched down at the halved corpse, i dug my hand through the lower halve of the corpse and began to dig through carnivorously, i pulled out the entrails of the dead man, his kidneys. i took his liver and began to bite into it ferociously as if i hadn't eaten years. the taste of blood was overwhelming in my mouth, the slithery organ wasn't the best Ive tasted but it was better than nothing. blood and saliva rolled down my mouth to my chin as i ate.

after my feast i began to wonder round the village in search of more survivors, or more prey

The chamber of the great conference room held a dead and cold silence as the members of the Dark Brotherhood awaited the lord of the manor to return.They each look at eachother intensely with the expressions and eyes of murderous and villainous intent.All of them had joined for mostly one reason.And that reason was power.As Rayne glanced over to his front right he could see Pyro-Wolf, an animalistic being whose cruelty and brutality knew know bounds.He was the brotherhoods vicious battle axe that would sever the heads of any opposers who questioned the authority and rule of the evil alliance of villains.Looking over to the front left he saw the angel of death himself, Lord's Angel.Lord's Angel was a being whose destructive and heartless manner escaped none.Ravaging villages and pillaging them had been a simple hobby of his, and taking the lives of thousands of innocents is what  truly brought sheer pleasure and bliss to his evil soul.The three waited looking into eachother, remembering the pact and action that was going to take place as their Lord and leader Andferne made his way through the private chambers hall entrance.Their attention shifted quickly from one another to their Dark Ruler, as they stood up from their seats and bowed their heads in respect.

As Andferne made his way into the hall of conference, his crimson cape wavered hesitantly behind him before he came to a hault looking dead into the eyes of his villainous and evil brothers which surrounded him.His cold and dark lips opened letting out his new orders unto the open ears of his infamous brotherhood.

Brothers it is in our best interest to leave the city of Asgard alone for now. Plans have been set into motion and soon they will all bow down to us, to our will. Go back to your palaces and await my final call. Then we shall take over new power and challenge hell itself

His words almost seemed as if they had emotion to them.Something different in his tone.Was it fear? whatever it had been, Rayne had intercepted its revelance and made a clear acknowledgement.Soon he challenged his brother and comrades orders with a question of his own.

And what are these plans you speak of brother? Would you care to share in the knowledge of your intentions with your commanders and comrades that stand before you in an undying alleigance to your goal? Or is there something you hold from us, deep within your weakened soul?

As his words reached out to his once cold and dark ruler, the man know as the Dark Lord of the brotherhood began to squint his facial features in confusion, in a facade to cover his acts of honor and commitment to his dearly beloved.

Your words trouble me brother.Do you no longer hold faith in my leadership? What is it that makes you think such thoughts that I would not even care to call blasphemy and disobedience?What is it that guides your soul to other reasoning rather than my commands? Have you lost your trust in me my dear brother?

The words reached into the depths of nothingness as his vocal cords echoed empty words that meant nothing in the hall of conference.Rayne closed his eyes and smirked an evil grin before taking a few steps towards the lord of the Dark Brothehood.

Hmph...You ask what troubles me and sways my faith brother? Would you really like to know the retort to your obvious inquiry?....Tis your soul my lord, it wreaks of weakness and emotion, emotion that is for the feeble and unworthy.You no longer serve this council at the full potential you once held.And that my dear friend, Is punishable by Death!

Within a matter of moments the menacing Rayne had made his move and was now upon the now rediscovered hero, at his side, their faces meeting toward polar opposites, his left arm rested on the left shoulder of the once Dark Lord.

Goodbye old friend, it truly was an honor to have served at your side.But the fates have decided otherwise, and now your death is a necessary advancement for our illustrious organization.But fret not my departed brother, your leadership shall be replaced with one that will not fail to live up to your previous standards.Farewell Andferne Summers.

Rayne's words flowed smoothly into Andy's ears as a deadly hollow whisper.Grasping the hilt of his all black vibranium chokuto, he unsheathed it flipping it in his hand several times in an impressive sword weilding manner before bringing down the tip of its cold and unforgiving blade into the spine of his once closest comrade and ally.As the blade penetrated into Andferne, his eyes shot open in a shocked matter, his pupils dilating, with an accompanying trickle of blood flowing down the side of his lower lip.As the blade dug in midway, Rayne felt it reach a sturdy surface.He paused for a moment, and smirked the evilest of grins before pushing it through the Hero's quilty and heavy heart.As the blade pierced further inward, Rayne could feel the rupture of the vital organ vibrating the tip of his blade.Blood exploded out of Andferne's mouth in a burstful motion as the blade pierced his weighted heart, coughing up the dark crimson liquid which sustained his life.Once the blade had made it all the way through to the center of his chest, his eyes began to fade slowly, drifting off into darkness but before he could rest his eyes they shot open with pain and agony as the blade that Rayne held twisted clockwise, and within a matter of seconds he felt his eyes close into an eternal darkness.One which would reflect the memories of his dark hideous deeds and the reason why he did them.As the darkness consumed him, he saw the one thing that he treasured the most....Lexi.She slowly faded away from him into the depths of the darknes her beautiful kind soft features, becoming ensnared in complete darkness.His life of vengance and tyranny had been over...

Rayne gripped the handle of his blade tightly and began the retraction of his blade from his fallen leader's corpse whilst holding him up with his left arm form falling.Once the blade exited the once hesitant Dark Lord's body, he let down his arm, dropping his departed brother in arms.Swiping his blade to the right at high speeds, he stopped its course as it pointed to a nearby balor demon, blood crashing into his already crimson skinned face.The demon flinched in fear as the blood struck his grotesque grimace, and bowed immediately at to what was the leader of the new Dark Legion.Sheathing his blade once more, Rayne walked over to the remainder of his evil brotherhood and smiled.

Today is the dawn of a new brother hood, From now on forth, we shall be known as the Crimson Dawn, our quests and path shall leave behind a sunrise full of blood and conquest.This universe is ours my brothers and we shall claim it TODAY!!!

His voice echoed through the silent halls leaving the remnants of a devious and cynical whisper which seemed to repeat endlessly.Under new leadership the brotherhood would retain its dominant persona and crush the heroes who had entered their world of Darkness leaving them to rot in the depths of oblivion...

As i wondered through the Obliterated village, I came across a little girl in fettle position behind a broken water well, her eyes were beady and innocent, her hair was long frizzy and dirty as if she was going through hell. Her long pink  dress was torn and wrinkled, exposing her hip to the public. her face was round and young , covered in dirt and tiny scratches. I felt an odd feeling in my heart that made me want, to tear at her sight, my stomach came in butterflies,i began to feel guilty about what i was doing. the girl then spoke to me in a scratchy scared voice.

Mister why are you doing this to my home? i cant find my mommy and daddy because of you, you broke my house into pieces,and my baby brother wont wake up now!

My heart got a sudden chill from the girls statement, i stared into the palm of my right hand in confusion, as i stared into my palm of my hand i wondered if killing all of these people was the right thing to do, were all these lives that were lost worth sacrificing beacuse of the death of my brother?Because of my selfish motives to avenge my brother i killed people who probably had nothing to do with my brother dying.i i felt like a monster , i took a little girls parents and brother away from her, she doesn't realize that they will never come back, that they are finished, that they are dead.

then a demonic voice in my mind appeared

YOu are weak!!! this village is responsible for valens Death! No one here Deserves to Live Sephirim! dont let some child Hinder in your mind and make you weak! slaughter this whole village assuring that you brothers Murderer is dead!
 
Pulled at my hair at anger, i didnt know what was going on with me, i didnt know who this voice was in my head, i wanted to get it out, all of this hatred that polluted my mind was because of my negative conscious, it was like something taking control of me after i got angry, i had no control of my actions, it was like being another person, a ruthless killer bent on destruction. After a epiphany , i realized that there was something inside of me , something that had no heart, no remorse, no mercy.

I looked up into the sky to look at the red deadened sky,i couldnt believe waht ive done to these poor people, i let rage consume my heart, there was nothing i could do to fix what ive done, this event will change my life forever, i would never be looked upon the same again. I am a monster, a killing machine, unmerciful slayer, i crusade through villages to avenge my brother. this was truly not worth the mental scar. I began to cry gently into the dusk sky as it started to pour rain onto my face. I hate my life

I fled vulgarly the Destroyed village, into a nearby forest, to release all of the anger that was trapped within me.

GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!

 As i roared in confusion and anger, flocks of nested birds fled from their tree,i  began to pound into the  trunk of the tall pine trees. it was the only thing i could do, i didnt know what to do, my heart was a black abyss, i didnt want to be around people knowing that i had this type of anger dormant in me, that i had a demon that surfaced itself when ever rage uis developed. My life is over, i cant expose myself to the world, its to dangerous,i have to find somewhere to nest myself, i wish i had lexi to talk to.

I wandered the dark gloomy forest alone, it was now night time, the moon was luminous in the sky, the Stars emitted bright lights lightening up the sky making me ease my pain, the winds were gentle as a womans touch across the face.The rain was more of a drizzle, it caused the smell of wet leaves and woods chips to come. The soil was damp from moisture,chunks of earth were getting stuck to my sandal, but it didnt bother me.i didnt know were i was going, i couldnt barely see in the darkness of the forest, it made me tense and paranoid a little.

I kept walking wand walking no stop, i began to feel tired, i wanted to rest,but i felt to close to the village still and i didnt want people creeping up on me while i slept. I still couldnt get over the fact that i slayed all of those people, it was awful,i also ate some of them. When angered i have a urge for human meat. dont know why but if i dont eat i start to feel weak, like a vampire that doesnt have their blood to feed on.I just hope i could find away to tame myself,before this gets out of hand.

Crack! ARRRRRRRRRRGH!!!
 
 i took a step  of a large clift, as i fell large chunks of earth fell down along with me as my head directed itself head fisrt to the direction of the ground. as i feel my stomach knotted in fear, ii had an indescribable feeling in my head that made me feel sick to my stomach,I felt as if i was going to die even though there was water below me to brake my fall. My heart raced uncontrollably at hearrt attack level. causing cold sweat to apper on my forehead. All i could think to myself was" AwwwwwThis isnt my day"

Splash!

As i fell into the water with a big splash i banged my head into a hard surface, i screamed in the water causing me to lose the oxygen that i had stored within my cheeks.My vision began to Blurr and darken, i felt weiry and heavy eyed. nausea had come also, before i drifted into my underwater sleep, i thought to myself once again" Im Dead...."

Who knows what exactly happened to Hawk, flying back to the Lz that they had set up, he fell from the sky. Trying to make contact with the animials of this world he was calling to the birds to fly with him when a sharp pain pierced his mind. His eyes that were once looking through the eyes of the birds now flashed with the image of a young naked woman falling from the sky. As she fell the eyes that he was looking through dove with her staring at her face as she screamed with terror. The flash ended when he landed just before she hit the ground. It was so real it felt like he was seeing it for himself. Hawk could hear laughter.

He awoke in a field covered in mud, The divot in the ground told him that he fell from a very high hieght. In the distance he could see the HQ, he would walk. As he walked Hawk tired to stretch his mind first to the wolves in the woods just off in the distance, then linking his mind a greater distance until he found him. He was looking over a large army of men red wings painted on their shields. There were battle plans laying on the table in front of him, Hawk tried to focus on them to get an advantage in the battle that he knew was coming. Quickly the eyes turned away from the plans and Hawk heard a whisper.......Get out of my head.

GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!!!

Darkness once again filled Hawk's eyes as he hustled to the HQ, he would prepare once again for war. 

As Paladin dropped to the ground he was about to lose consciousness.  His vision was blurred and his head was spinning.  Then Paladin was lying on the ground.  What happened in the next few moments is unknown to Paladin.  All he knew was for a brief moment he opened his eyes again and saw his friend Nighthunter was bending over him, examining the severe wounds which had been inflected on the Son of Preen.  As Paladin again closed his eyes he thought he heard Nighthunter say “We have to take him to a doctor now!”

The next thing Paladin knew he opened his eyes in a strange place.  He was on a cot, and was covered with a bloody sheet.  Paladin tried to sit up but was immediately reminded of his severe wounds by the dreadful pain shooting through out his body.  He looked over and could see many men, which were wearing what had to be powersuits made by Nighthunter.  Then he again heard the voice of his friend Nighthunter, who said “Hello old friend”  "I present you...The freedom fighters"

Paladin smiled as he looked on the powerful force which Nighthunter called the freedom fighters.  Seeing them and Nighthunter gave Paladin hope, and inspired the thunder God to continue with his mission.

Paladin forced himself through the pain and sat up on the side of the cot.  He looked around and did not see his hammer, so Paladin whispered a call out to the hammer, and within a short few moments the hammer appeared in his hand.  Paladin had summoned the hammer and the hammer quickly responded.

Paladin slowly stood to his feet, and asked Nighthunter, “was I dreaming, or was Andy there in the desert with you, I thought I saw him just before passing out again.”

“I must return to the place in the desert in which you found me, there are many of Asgard there to be awakened, and they are trapped in cells below the ground.”

Nighthunter started to protest, to tell Paladin he needed rest, but Paladin was determined and would not be persuaded from his course, so his friend honored the request, and once again Paladin found himself just outside the entrance to the underground jail.

Paladin made his way down the long stairway, and went through the double steel doors.  All the people were still there, locked behind the bars.  Paladin walked to the middle of the room and began the process to awaken them all at once.

Paladin started to swing the hammer, slowly at first, and then as he fought through the pain he increased the speed by which the hammer swirled around and around.

FWOOM    FWOOOOM  FWOOOOOOOM   And the magic hammer was spinning faster and faster.  Lightening formed all around, striking all over the room.  A bright blue light flashed in the room, and then suddenly all the people that had been behind the bars were no longer there, but the Gods of Asgard now stood where moments before mortals stood. 

The physical exertion of awakening the Gods reopened Paladin’s wounds.  Blood began to flow from the wounds, and Paladin quickly grew weak from the low level of blood left in his body.  He again dropped to the ground, and fell over.  He did not pass out, but was lying on the ground, bleeding

Now the woman who before thought she knew Paladin had knowledge of powerful magical spells.  She closed her eyes and phased through the bars, she appeared next to the fallen thunder God. 

A tear appeared in her eye as she ran her hands over Paladin’s wounds.  Paladin opened his eyes and looked up at her.  She was very beautiful, with long dark red hair, and she looked upon him with kindness.  The pain grimaced on Paladin’s face as she began to call upon her magical powers.  As her hands covered his wounds, a blue glow surrounded them both.  Then her hands began to glow a bright red, and the wounds slowly began to heal.  As the wounds disappeared from Paladin they appeared on the body of the woman, then they disappeared from the woman also.

After a few moments Paladin’s wounds were completely gone, but he was still weak from the great loss of blood.  She helped him gain his footing and after thanking her, turned to the task of opening the bars so the others could also be free.

7 hours later

as i awoke from my forced slumber,a grueling pain hindered my head, my skin was paler than usual resembling the skin of the dead,i couldnt even attampt to get up out of bed  because of how weak i felt, my vison was blury, i was completely blind or anything but my eyes needed to become accustom to being open again, they were heavy.I dont really know where i am at th moment,i cant even remember what happend to me, all i can recall is falling of a cliff into a stream, anything after that was a bit hazy in my mind. I coughed raspily gripping the soft flowered bedsheets i laid in tightly. the taste of salt arised in my mouth as i coughed , causing me to squivle in disgust of the horrid flavor.i igently touched my head in a circling motion feeling the bandages that were wrapped around me head somehow. began to wonder how i ended up in this place?

I am in a small missionary looking cabin, the wood walls looked decayed and ready to collapse with a soft touch. the wood flooring also looked fragile, you could see the soil beneath the house through the long gaps between each would pannel, there were no windows but small square like hole that seemed  be  the windows substitute. i sat up slowly with stiffened with sharp pains in my back and beagn to rub my face roughly and slowly to fully awake myself, i  stood up out of my the bed feeling a mixture of heaviness,dizziness,and light headed.I began to walk carefully and slow towards the door that was vertically away from twrere i gotout of bed, i stumbled a few time as i walked to the door in a lethargic matter. i needed to see the setting of where i was at to make sure i was somewhere that iwas dangerous.

i walked out the door, and a divine warth of light blinded my eyes casuing me to put my right hand on my forehead as if i was saluting a soldier. the place where i drifted upon was beautiful, the cearulean skies were filled with white cotton fluffs of clouds that  screened the sunlight periodically, and parted slowly over my head, the soil was soft and fertile , i cold tell the soil was fertile beacuse of the slugs and earth worms that nested in it. the wind blew gently barely moving the leaves on the weaping willows. the mocking birds and insects notes fused creating a refined a lydian song in the tranquil community. the aura of fresh pasture and dirt filled the air, making me feel in a  more natuarl primative place. small huts and cabins spread across the perimeter, close to a nearby stream, this Community must be agricultural. The people of this viggae looked more modern then the setting, they wore armor and regular average clothed clothing.

i walked  around the main road of the village examining it, everyone stared at me in curiuosity, like i was an unfamiliar face as i was.I was glad that i didnt drown in that river, i couldnt really swim, so i wouldve splashed madly unitl i lost all of my energy and eventually drowned. i wondered who saved my life? i wanted to think him or her for it, i was expecting to die like i said so the least i could do is thank the person. as i walked through the village,i was planning on aksing people how i got here, and who saved me until i suddenly heard a voice from a vikllager that resembled a guard or something.

You! come here! our leader would like to speak with you

Without replying , i followed behind the warrior, guard, whatever he was. He was talk muscular wearing this emerald green armor that covered all of his body including his face. It looked heavy, it hade spikes poking out of the pauldrons the Cuircass had a strange medievel symboy in the middle of it. we walked  up this large dirt hill that lead to a large religous looking temple, it was made of stone covered in vines. it looked like an old ancient temple from the pre habitants of this area. we enetered a large stone dorr that lead into a massive hall with a large confrence table. the interior of the place looked old,  paintings of people that looked important was posted on the walls, stone sculptures stood near each painting. The cieling had a giant  square in the middle of it  l exposing sunlight to the desolate hall. we walked to this throne with an elder sitting  there. the elder had a long whit beard with wrickles all over his face, his bushy eyebows covered his eyelids making him look asleep. he wore an long emerlds green robe with white trimmings, and a white sash. two emerald guards stood beside him stnaind still as a statue. The elder spoke.

i am tymerallin the elder of this village ,we found you In our okai stream drifting along the curents, one of our warriors found you unconcious, any  later he would have found you dead , i htought you might have wanted to know how you ended up in this village, but i have to ask, ho did you end up in our stream unconcious?  Tymerallin said

Well i was woondering in your forest in the darkness, i couldnt see where i was going, then i took a step and ended up falling of a big cliff  I said embarrassed

The two guards my escort and tymerallin  laughs echoed the hall loudly causing me to cover my ears. I felt even more embarrassed, i wanted to leave the village and not speak of this term of event again. Tymerallin tehn spoke again.

Phew, that was a good laugh lad, what a trip you took HAHA, but anyway,would you like to meet the warrior who saved you live? he's here in the hall, he said he knows you very well< he also has something's to tell you about  one of your friends.

 i answered eagerily wanting to se who saved me, i also curiosity struck my head, i wondered who this person was, he is somene i know? i wonder what he has to tell me about my friend. i honesly never been to this palce so how could i possibly know someone from this place

well let wait and see!

Within a few cold matter of events, Rayne had proclaimed himself the new leader of the Dark Brotherhood and taken the life of his beloved leader and old comrade, Andferne in a bloodstained lust for power.Seizing his opportunity at ultimate power, He took advantage of his leader's weakness and vulnerability, slaying the man he once called a brother in cold blood.He had awaited the day that Andfene would grow weak on the brotherhood and fail to sustain his unshakable rule and the moment he had requested his old beloved was the same that he decided his deathly fate.As Rayne's blade peirced through through the Dark lord, there was a voice screaming in horror and sadness.A woman's voice echoed through the halls loudly as she came running out of the shadows in a desperate attempt to stop the brutal assassination.

ANDY!!!! NOOOOO!

Lexi's voiced peirced the halls of the dark manor breaking the deathly silence that rested upon it.Tears streaming down her face as she darted forward to her departed love's body.Dropping the gems aside, she picked his head up and cradles it in her lap, beginning to rock back and forth as tears rolled down her reddened face.She tried to whisper words of comfort but her words reached into closed ears as he faded, dying in her warm loving arms.As she sat there, mourning over his body, Rayne looked at her with cold peircing eyes, observing her thoughtfully before his glance shifted over to the luster of the infinity gems that rested beside her.Pointing two fingers up then forward, his young commander Xin stepped forth and began to walk over to the grief stricken heroine.As he reached down, grabbing for her arm she yelled out in an angered sorrowful tone

GET AWAY FROM ME!!!

In a burst of raw emotion, she unleashed a powerful blast of clear blue telekinetic force sending the young silver haired commander flying across the room into a wall.Feint grunts could be heard as the boy made his way back on his feet.Rayne looked over at his injured commander and began to shake his head in dissapointment before adjusting his sights back on Lexi.As he walked over to her, he began to click his toungue behind his closed mouth and shake his head in a dissapointed manner.

He was a good man, tis a shame really...

The words reached Lexi in all of its sarcastic glory filling her with sadness and rage.Her watery eyes looking back up to him she exclaimed in a confused raged manner.

Rayne Why!!?? Why would you do such a thing!!?? He was like a brother to you!!! HOW COULD YOU!!??

Rayne's half smirk grew into a grave and stern expression as he looked back at her with his crimson red glowing eyes.The look of a cold hearted assassin on his face amplified by a shadow creeping halfway over his grimace.His eyes beaming from a shadowed surface with a red aura.

Why?.....In the brotherhood we have no room for the weak hearted .We do not have the necessity of such emotions as love.His death was necessary for advancement towards our goal.In death, I still honor him, but as a leader his actions proved unworthy.He was simply....No longer needed.

Within an instant he had reappeared behind the sorrow stickened Lexi, with the gems in his hand.He looked into his palm observing the the gems with complete infatuation as he lifted his hand into the air.The gems slowly began to rise from their nest in his hand, circle around him slowly.As they slowed down, they made their way back into his grasp once again.Rayne looked down at Lexi once more with solemn expression upon his face

Your friends possess one of the two gems I seek.If they value your life they will hand it over voluntarily in exchange for your precious exsistence.

Closing in on her within an instant, he struck her on the neck in a vital pont sending her into a deep unconsciousness.As she collapsed next to the fallen Dark Lord, a map slipped from her hand onto the marble floor, revealing directions to a secret location.

I see...Xin, take this woman to the holding cells and follow the directions on this map.Retrieve the reality gem and return it to me, take two Balor demons with you if needed.

Looking back over to his council of dark bretherin he continued his statement that had been interrupted by Lexi's cry of grief.

Soon we shall achieve complete rule of this universe my brothers, and no one will challenge our divine rule.We strike the city of Asgard at the break of dawn, be prepared.

After recovering, Octagon sat on the building top, and watched the desert as the sun began to rise. The sand streched for miles, and accept for the town, and the road leading out of it, there was nothing but sand. As his necked turned slowly, allowing his eyes a greater field of vision, Octagon spotted an injured LstPaladin crawling under the sand. Octagon grew puzzled, and decided to see if he could help.

Octagon hopped off the building, and teleported to the street. He ran to the edge of the city, and formed a black bubble around himself, and floated to the ground. He cranked his head around, and spotted the huge metal door jutting up from the surface of the sand. He quietly and cautiously approached the door, and looked down. There was a long tunnel that didn't seem to end. Octagon teleported down to the bottom, and still had some catching up to do with Paladin.

Once inside, Octagon saw that Paladin was swinging his hammer around, awakening the gods. But in his condition, Paladin shouldn't have even been out of bed. Paladin's hammer shot lightning around the room, in a spectacular display, and the gods stood where mortals once were. Octagon looked around at each of the gods. He hadn't studied Norse gods very much in his time on Earth, so he didn't recognize anyone in particular.

But what Octagon did notice was the most beautiful woman he'd ever laid his eyes on. She phased through the bars that held her captive, and gracefully glided over to Paladin, who had collapsed on the floor. She caressed his wounds, and they disapeared. Then after healing Paladin, and helping him to his feet, she looked up and spotted Octagon standing in the doorway.

At first, her eyes turned to an angry emotion, parhaps she thought that Octagon was an assistant to Desak. Octagon walked into the room slowly, with his hands in the air, saying,

"Calm down ma'am. I'm Octagon Freak, nice to meet you," he bowed, "and I am a teammate of Paladin's. I mean you no harm, and I wanted to know if I could be of assistance in any way?" he smiled, but of course, they couldn't see. He slowly lowered his arms to his sides again, and awaited a response from those gathered before him.

Paladin was standing on his feet, but it was difficult to maintain his balance. The beautiful Goddess grabbed his arm and helped steady the thunder God.  It was at this time Paladin noticed his friend and team mate Octagon Freak was there, and moving toward them.

Paladin could feel the Goddess beside him tense up, as she was about to do whatever she had to in order to defend them.  He could feel the power flow from her.  But before the situation escalated Octagon was able to let her know he meant no harm.  He walked toward them with his arms lifted into the air.  He told her who he was and why he was there.  The Goddess stayed her hand, but continued to watch Octy.

Paladin smiled as he was glad to see Octagon.  Paladin knew his friend may be able to help with getting the steel bar doors open.  There was some powerful magic spell upon the doors which would prevent the doors from being opened by force.  Paladin explained this to Octagon, and watched as he turned and moved toward the doors.

As Octagon worked on opening the doors, Paladin began to breath heavily.  Even though his wounds were completely healed, he was still weak.  Somehow he had to get past this weakness, for his task was not yet complete.  He looked to the Goddess and thanked her for her help.  She just smiled at him and said,

“The prophets foretold of someone who would come and awaken us from our sleep.  I along with the others waited for such a long time.  As some of the others gave into despair and gave up they are now lost, but the ones who continued to believe can still be awakened.”   

“And what of my father, Preen.  Is he still able to be awakened?”

“Of him I know not, for he was one of the last to fall.  As this Goddess was struck down, Preen was still fighting and had not yet been defeated.”

Paladin considered what she said, and hoped he would still be able to find Preen and bring him back to Asgard.  To awaken the Gods would not be enough, they must be strong enough to survive in this evil place, and they would need a strong, powerful leader in order to stay alive.

It only took Octagon a few moments and he had all the doors open.  As the Asgardians moved from the cells, they were thankful for their rescue.  Paladin could recognize many of them as the counterparts of his friends back on earth.  They came around him, looking at him and some marveled at the appearance of one long lost, never having seen the son of Preen as an adult.

Paladin looked to Octagon, and asked him if he could transport them all to Asgard.  If not then Paladin would once again swing his mighty hammer and create a portal, but in doing so may injure himself.

i awaited for my anonymous savor to appear excitedly, you weren't able to sense it on my pale face,but i really wanted to see who this person was. Tymerallin's was awfully quite now, his eyes were closed as if he was meditating, his face gave a slight redden as he sat there quietly, he then opened his eyes  in a shocking cynical matter that made me teeth gritter together in interest . Tymerallin forced an, gleaming smile towards the temple door with his surprisingly white teeth and yelled  in welcoming matter.

AHHH! DESTRA! SO GOOD TO SEE YOU!

I turned my face at neck breaking speeds to the door, there he he stood in the bright sunlight in silhouette, as he walked into the temple you could here his footsteps echoing loudly in the hollow temple, i was able to have a clear look at him, i couldn't believe what i was seeing, the Felicitous adept stood before me, The close friend of my sword brother rayne, A legendary savior to many villages , the one who saved my life from the Powerful demon warroir of asia"Kaan", it was destra! He was About  '5, 10" with golden brown mid length hair, his face is white  with a rounded angle jaw, he had on an white kimoto  that revealed a v shape of his chest.

Hello Sephirim, i was surprised to find you In That stream, that was the least likely place i would have expected to see you, how have you been these past 30 years? i have spoken to rayne often ,but not you! why havent you kept in contact? cant you sense my telepathic
signals? he spoke with his smooth harmless voice

He walked over to me  as i smiled widely, at him shocked to see him again,i was very happy to see my dear friend once again, i did not think i would ever see him again, it was just a miracle, something that the gods above had planned to cheer me up all along.He arched his arm over my neck and put me in a tightly vase arm lock as swung my head around directionessly in his strong grip. he let go after i banged my head on his lip accidentally.

My god  30 years since ive last seen you? christ im sorry havent kept in contact , i am not able to pick up your brain signals at all, i did have any idea where you lived or anything, i am sorry most sincerely my friend. Ah yes by the way tymerallin told me you have something to tell me? i said curiously

His faced went from a cheerful happy smile to a disconsolate frown, it did not look like he wanted to talk about it beacuse of the  shallow silence that filled the room for a the moment. i looked at the elder tymerallins face wondering whats going on. The elder faced  had an disappointing expression on it too, i began to wonder if they found out about the fearsome genocide that ive done in the toji village. I began to feel sick to my stomach as it knotted in nervousness.

well lately, i have been picking up raynes brain waves, thats not really a good sign. i can pick up a person brain waves whenever i want even f they are sleep,but if im not able to pick up any brain signals from a person that i seek, that usually means that theyve departed. Destra said in saturinity

An algor chill went down my spine causing me to shudder in shock, my heart raced abnormally pulsing the blood through my veins expanding them to make them visible in my skin. I balled up an fist in attempt to suppress my incensement.there could be a mistake so i didnt let myself get to wild up. i have to see if rayne is ok, but if anything is wrong with rayne then certainly the rest of the ice dragons are in  trouble.

Damn...i think i should head back to the ice dragons lair and see whats going on there, i dont want anything happening to any of the ice members, they are the only family i have, if anything was to happen to them i would die in sorrow i said meaningfully

Well Sephirim  rayne is like a brother to me and if anything happened to him i would feel the same was as you, so i will go to the ice dragons lair with you just in case you need any assistance,let me know when you are ready he said calmly

You if you please i need the companionship for the travel anyway, i will be leaving at the break of dawn so be prepared by then,i said readily.

Me and Destra left the temple silently thing about rayne and if he was ok, we didnt even say goodbye to the elder,we were to dwelled up on the subject of our dear friend. we walked back down the hell where i fisrt walked from back to the house where i first a woke up. Destra went and made a cup of gren tea why i sat dare dazing off into space.

Flashback

it was geledity of the mountain caused me to shiver , the path leading up the mountain was foggy because of the frigid temperatures, you could see the my breath as i exhaled into the air, the blizzard winds were so cold that it gave my nose a burning sensation every time i inhaled, my eyes watered,in the mountain, because of the wind pressure. The you couldnt see the path before you beacuse of the thick white blizzard that raged the mountain range.

Rayne , followed by destra stood in front of me in single file,enduring the harsh temperatures of this region, i dont know how they could do it. my fingers were so numb that i felt like i had hypothermia ,the tips of my ears hurt, it felt like they were going to freeze off. at this mountain we were in pursuit of a demon general named Noob. This demon attacked my village and killed both of my parents in my youth,resulting in me becoming a lonely child,growing up through the hardships of japan.

we traveled up the large mount Everest for hours before finally coming across a small Negritude cave it looked like if we wanted to enter it we would have to crawl into it. we all in contention,got into the the small cavern entrance. it was pitch black,as dark as the aybss,you couldnt wander through this cave without a source of light. then i could hear someone scuffling through something. Suddenly a bright white rod looking object blinded me, destra had brought  some type of  lantern like rod.

we walked though the cave, as we walked a flock of bats flew over our heads making us flinch in surprise, you could see raynes cynical face turn pale and dismay. destra nearly dropped the light he was startled so bad. we continued to walk through the narrow cave, icle spears hung from the cavern, you could here our footsteps echo in the cave. began to feel a bit skeptical about this place, it was too quite , you didnt here any roars from the demon Noob you didnt even here any activity going on in the cave besides our footstep and squeaking bats.

after of 45 minutes of walking through a narrow cavern, i began to feel drops of water fall on my face gently, it was suddenly warm, rayne as usual had the same apathetic expression on his face,nothing seemed to make rayne care, he was always like this ever since i was a child. Destra bean to fan air into his black leather jacket because of how intense the heat was getting. We could see a reddish hot light luminous on the cavern ceiling. i began to feel nausea because of the sudden weather change, i also began to feel tired and sluggish.

we finally  terminated the narrow cavern below us was a vast circular area surrounded by lava, it was so  hot,the average human would melt in a place like this,i began to sweat uncontrollably,even rayne was forced to show some emotion to his environment, he swore angerliy because of the high temperature, he stomped the ground off of aggravation too. Me and destra laughed at his reaction hard because he rarely show any emotions he turned around quickly towards us and gave an indescribable face that amped up me and destra's laugh. soon rayne couldnt help but to burst out laughing with us.

After a Moment of laughter we decided to jump down into the battlefield like perimeter, rayne was in front of me with along with destra as  we lost elevation heading towards the ground, we all landed in a luxurious  matter rayne in front of me and destra standing straight while we are in 3 point stance, it was quite funny. The in the middle of the arena looking area we see a dead corpse, i examined it closely, it was the dead old decaying corpse of Noob...............

Back to Reality

I laughed at the reminiscent of me Rayne and destra's journey, it was hilarious. Destra walked up to me with the cups of tea asking what was so funny and i explained, he laughed also with me, with laughed so hard that we began to tear. it was surely a memorable mom,net to have if rayne did die, that was the first time he ever laughed with us.

Me and destra talked about what went on with our lives for the pst 30 years , then nightfall came, we went to sleep early for our departure to the dragons lair in the morning

D@mn he thought, as soon as he had gotten there his friends had vanished. He looked around the hot desert and let out a little sigh as there was nothing but barren land as long as the eye could see. Just as he picked a direction to head he felt this whisper in his mind. Stopping in his tracks his head darted about, searching, looking for whoever it was trying to talk to him. he didn't see anyone and shortly gave up on the thought. Thinking he had just heard the wind, but was it the wind? the soft voice was angelic almost, he could almost even catch a scent of....a feel of...panic?

"Pull yourself together man, its just the desert, so what if you are out here all alone with no water, so what if you are here talking to yourself and hearing things. Lexi is out there along with the other Dragons and you need to find them. Pull yourself together man and lets go". With that he contiued north for god knows how long, the unforgiving winds constantly blew dust into his mouth and he could taste nothing but sand. God what he wouldn't give for a cold bottle of water right now.

Sweat was streaming down his face as he stretched out, he went to roll his neck around to loosen it up from the long hard walk and then his eyes popped open. Looking through the Visor he magnified his sight and saw......saw a floating city? "oh wow, now theres something you don't see everyday. Hmm wonder if anyone is home, or if they have something to drink". He walked until he was almost directly under it and then cupped his hands against his mouth, making a cone shape to try and help make his voice reach father into the skies, hoping someone was up there, and that they could hear him. "HELLO UP THERE! CAN ANYONE HEAR ME? I"M TRYING TO FIND LEXI SUMMERS, SHE's MY WIFE, HELLO? There he waited in the blazing hot sun as the temperature was getting hotter.

When the battle had ceased, Rayne continued to scan the city for any more threats.After a full search and recon of Asgard he walked over back to the edge of the city limits and looked down upon the barren desert.Somehow the floating city had defied natural law, the temperature within Asgard was relatively cool and low.But down on the surface of the desert it had been a different story.He could feel the intensifying heat rise up to the atmosphere as he stood on the edge the lookout.His hair swayed gently upwards from the hot wind wind that came from the sea of sand below.As he stared off into the distance he could make out what seemed to be someone approaching Asgard.Quickly he grabbed the hilt of his sword and prepared himself for battle, waiting for the right moment to strike.He didn't know who or what the figure was but it was better to be prepared in the events that the dark legion had sent back up.As the figure came into view he saw familiar bright shining colors.Red White And Blue.But wait it couldn't be, before the Dragons had left, Andy had been induced in a deep coma, how could it possibly be him?Rayne waited as the man made his way closer and closer to the city until he had been directly under its location.

HELLO UP THERE! CAN ANYONE HEAR ME? I"M TRYING TO FIND LEXI SUMMERS, SHE'S MY WIFE, HELLO!!??

It was him! It had to be Andy, searching for his wife after he had awoken from a coma that he didn't even know how long he was in, it would've been the first thing he'd done.The sound of his brother's voice was inspiring and without a moment's hesitation, Rayne flipped off the edge of the flying city dropping to the desert floor below.As he lost elevation, his facial expression grew wider into a smile his clothes and hair wavered upward as the wind rushed past him.As he landed on the grainy sands, his knee's bounced down and back up and a cloud of sand erupted forming in a mushroom like shape.

Andferne!! It is good to see you! How did you get here? Better yet, when did you wake up?As a matter a fact you can tell me and the others once we go back up.

Excited from the return of his leader Rayne walked over to Andy and rested his hand on his shoulder, and within a split second, they had returned to Asgard, Via his teleportive abilities.

This is Asgard, We've traveled here from our dimension to help Paladin save his fellow gods which have been locked away in mortal souls, he is freeing some of them as we speak.The others are lurking around the city, we will meet up with them soon.

As he revealed more information about their mission and what they were up to, Rayne escorted the leader of ICE into the illustrious inner city of Asgard to reunite with the others.In the back of his mind, Rayne couldn't help but thin at how pissed Andy would be once he found out that Lexi went missing.When he asked for her once more Rayne knew he would be the bearer of bad news but he had to let him know, after all he could never lie to his sworn brother in arms.

Octagon shook his head in agreement and asked the entire group to stand as close as they could, then using his great powers Octagon teleported them all back to the home of the Gods, Asgard.  Once they were all safely in Asgard Paladin thanked Octagon for his help.

All of the Gods were ecstatic to be once again in Asgard.  It had been so long for them, they hurried off to find their homes, and to see if their loved ones had also returned.  As for the Goddess helping Paladin she stood by his side, knowing he was still weak from his recent battle.  Paladin stood tall, stretching his tired muscles and testing his body to see if he had full mobility.  As he did the beautiful Goddess with the long red hair told Paladin, “be careful my lord, you are still weak and are not yet at your full potential.  I have items in my home which will restore you.  I will go prepare them for you and soon you will be yourself again.” 

Paladin thanked her, and as she rushed away he looked around for Rayne.  Paladin wanted an update from Rayne about what had happened here in Asgard since Paladin had been away.  After a few moments of looking around Paladin saw Rayne, but he was not alone.  Rayne stood with someone, and at first Paladin could not believe his eyes.  The person standing with Rayne was…….Andy.

Paladin rushed over and before he knew what he was doing picked up Andy in a bear hug.  Then he set Andy back down and with a huge smile on his face Paladin exclaimed “Andy, my brother, I knew somehow you would join us.  I hoped against hope you would be able to come here and help us with our mission.  Are you well, tell me how you managed this.”

It was not long after his call up to the floating city that he was answered. A man had leaped off of the side of the city and plunged down towards the ground. Dust flew about the area as the dirt wrestled around in the sky, just as it cleared out stepped Rayne one of Andy's team mates, the real Andy's Brother in arms. "Andferne!! It is good to see you! How did you get here? Better yet, when did you wake up?As a matter a fact you can tell me and the others once we go back up". His voice was full of excitement to see Andy and it showed on his face, he rested a hand on his shoulder and instantly the teleported up into the fabled city. "This is Asgard, We've traveled here from our dimension to help Paladin save his fellow gods which have been locked away in mortal souls, he is freeing some of them as we speak. The others are lurking around the city, we will meet up with them soon". Andywas amazed at how much he went on, he acted like they had not seen him in a while.....how long was the real Andy in that coma he wondered. One by one the rest of Ice started to all gather to meet and greet their old friend. A sincere smile was on his face as he returned that greeting whole heartily. But a part of it was all in vain as one by one he did not see the one he wanted to most. Just as Rayne placed a hand on his shoulder again he told him how Lexi had slipped out, that they had not heard from her since. His eyes widened in fear which quickly formed into a rage and anger. Just as he was about to speak out a large man with a hammer rushed him and held in into a giant bear hug.

Paladin had arrived back in time to see his fallen comrade return, a smile was on his face as he set Andy back down and began to speak. "Andy, my brother, I knew somehow you would join us. I hoped against hope you would be able to come here and help us with out mission. Are you well, tell me how you managed this". Andy shook his head and everyone could tell he was not in the mood to share his story, not while his wife was in danger, while she was out there alone. "There is no time for that Paladin, Rayne, Lexi is in danger, my Wife is in danger, I know this and we have to find her. I did not come back from death to lose her, not here in some other reality, not home in ours. I don't care what it takes, Paladin, use that hammer of yours, trace her power with it. I know it holds godlike power and you too hold that. Use it, bring me back my wife my brother."

He went about talking to them and they had set up defenses in Asgard, they had told him about the Dark Legions attack and how they came at night, again it was logical if these beasts attacked once more it would be at night fall. Andy glared at Goki for a moment as it was his watch his duty that has let Lexi slip away alone, but he did not let it linger long and went about planning. He took great care to speak with Paragon, to let him know how worried his wife was about Brooke, and that is when it hit him "Brooke? Wheres Brooke?"

The dawn had enlightened the dark room forcing me to oped my eyes hurry, sprung up from the bed rushingly  and smacked myself to wake me up, i made up the bed neatly  and looked beside me on the floor to see Destra laying on the floor on his side drooling , he was snoring loudly, i could here the irritating vibration in his voice. stared at him and gigly softly before picking up one of his socks, i picked it up and smelled it, it burned my nose the smell was so potent, it smelled like vinegar and cheese, it was nauseating. I placed it by his nose, in a matter of seconds he sprung up angrily, he swore into the air like no tomorrow until he realized we had to go to the ice dragons lair and see whats up.

Destra prepared his stuff while i groomed myself, after destra got hid clothes ready i he started to groom himself, i did the opposite. after getting ready we headed to the temple to visit the elder tymerallin, he was awake, destra told me that the elder never sleeps because of a curse that was put upon him, if he slept some parasite would take control of him and do cruel things to people. the elder Smiled when we entered the door, we walked towards him and acknowledged him. we then told him that we would be leaving back to the ice dragons lair. We said our goodbyes and then left the village  and dashed through the forest and its obstacles at superhuman speeds , to check up on there dear friends at the dragons lair.

the arrival

After 7 hours of traveling we finally  arrived at the dragons lair, but in front of the lair was a giant, vortex or portal of some kind, me and destra looked at it skeptically and walked into the mansion, destra still couldn't sense Raynes brain signals, i bagn to worry about rayne. We looked thorugh the whole ice lair including the back yard and the only one that was there was paragons wife, i asked her i few questions about whats going on she claimed she didnt know. i began to think the portal had something to do with this, me and destra walked back outside to the portal, detsra touched the portal with his finger tips to examine what it was but then  was sucked into it , i then jumped in the portal not leaving him alone.

we ended up in this barren desert land,  was very confused i didnt even know what just happened, all i know is that it was hot  and i could see a floating city........A  FLOATING CITY?! WHAT THE HELL? destra looked at me and then looked at the direction that i was looking his mouth dropped , and his eyes widen in shock

WTF?! HEY I COULD SENSE RAYNE UP THERE!

 destra grabbed the collar of my shirt exictidly,and began to channel energy, He charged so much energy that i small wind of sand surrounded us , he then vaulted into the air with me in his grasp, i choked as he elevated into the air at massive speeds heading towards the City. i couldn't breath so much wind was flying into my face

I just spoke to rayne he said that he is going wait from us in front of the city gates!

"Remember what I said about hiding? Now's a good time for it."

Nighthunter had stood quietly seeing how Lstpaladin had freed everyone of the fallen gods and how without any real problem he had teleported all of them to the rebuilt city of Asgard, a place that was as magical as the name itself, a place where mortals and gods walked together as if they were equals knowing that any difference that they could have had in the past would have to be put aside in order to defeat the common evil.

A smile was formed on Nighthunter's face as the thought that this war of terror could finally end and that the world still had a way to triumph, however that smile was short lived as it dissapeared as soon as he heard Rayne say one name. Andferne!! It is good to see you! How did you get here? Better yet, when did you wake up?As a matter a fact you can tell me and the others once we go back up. Suddenly the world stopped for Nighthunter, was Andferne really here? Could it be that bastard was now with them?

Nighthunter turned around and saw the man that had started all his hell infront of him, the man that he had forgiven his life and that it had costed the lives of millions of innocent people, all of that could have been prevented by Nighthunter but he had chosen to don't do it, now Nighthunter had as much blood as Andferne, atleast on his opinion and there was no way he could forget that or forgive himself.

Puting himself against the wall Nighthunter stood quietly seeing how the ICE dragons greeted their friend and teamate, for what Nighthunter could tell this Andferne wasn't the same as the one of his dimension, darkness couldn't be seen on his eyes and it was a few years younger and still used the old uniform that Nighthunter knew so well. Nighthunter decided that it was time for him to leave he went to where Lstpaladin was standing and gave him a small device. "I'll gather my men. When you are ready press that button and in a matter of seconds we'll be here to assist." said Nighthunter and then as fast as he had appeared the first time he dissapeared to a place that only he knew where it was.

Now in his base Nighthunter called a meeting, ordering every single one of them to appear infront of him, there were hundreds, maybe even thousands of them that were highly trained and ready for action, all of them ready for the greatest fight ever fought, knowing that not all of them would come back but that if they were victorious the reign of terror would be over and that they would be able to claim this world again.

Having finished telling the news to his warriors Nighthunter went alone to his room and for the first time in alot of time took his powersuit off, revealing the scar that went all the way across Nighthunter's head, a scar that had been formed when he single handely defeated one of the best generals of Andferne a few years ago, that was the moment when he knew that the old ways were gone and that there was no comming back, meaning that he would have to prepare himself, recruiting as many mutants as he could and preparing them for the war that was comming.

FIrst thing he did was to make them train using their powers against each other, while they were doing that he realized that they weren't enough, they had powers but they weren't trained and weren't that powerfull, knowing that they had to be better and that they could be better he decided to take things in his own hands, thinking of Andferne and the super soldier serum and how with enough time he could recreate it and make it better.

It took Nighthunter almost a complete year, but it was finally done. This super-solider serum not only gave the user a body as skilled as the one of Andferne without needing any intense training, it also improved the powers of the user; guys that barely could light a candle were now able to burn entire villages with just looking at them, the results were even better than expected and so Nighthunter decided to improve his powersuit and make it mass, making all members of his army carry it but keeping the best one for himself as he wasn't any fool.

With the basic things done he started to single handely train everyone of them in all kinds of combat, soon he learned that the serum had made them so good that they didn't even need to sleep, eat or drink anything because of the new super soldier serum, it was impressive how much could be done by having 24 hours every day to train without getting tired, it surely had made things easier and speeded up the proccess.

Nighthunter looked himself at the mirror, he not only had a scar that went all the way through his face, he also now had a completely white hair, funny thing is that it wasn't because of the age but because of the stress that he had put himself through in just four years. In only four years he had recreated and improved the supersoldier serum, improved his own supersuit, make both of them in mass and train hundreds maybe thousands of mutants for this one moment.

Paladin was surprises to see Andy but he was even more surprised to hear Lexi was not in Asgard, and that she was in trouble.  Paladin’s joy to see Andy quickly turned to fury as he thought of Lexi in peril. Paladin exclaimed in a loud voice “By the Gods, if Lexi has been injured by anyone’s hand then I will not be the only God they face this day.”

Paladin could feel his godly power begin to surge through his body.  He stepped away from the group and cleared his mind.  He began to think of Lexi, and only her.  He tried with all his might to focus on her, and to let her know somehow she would be safe this day.

Paladin looked down at the device Nighthunter had slipped to him.  The knowledge that Nighthunter and his force would fight with them made the thunder God more at ease.  The forces of evil were strong on this world, and all the powers of good would need to work and fight together here if they were to be defeated, and also to keep the peace afterward.

Although many Gods had been awakened Paladin had not yet found Preen, and this concerned him.  Where was his father, was his spirit still able to be awakened?  There were many questions to be answered.

At this time the lovely Goddess with the long red hair approached Paladin.  In her hands were some herbs and a bottle.  As she walked up to him her smile seemed to put Paladin somewhat at ease.  Somehow he began to feel that all would be fine.  She explained to Paladin if he would eat the herbs, and drink the potion his strength would return to him.  He took the items from her and ate and drank them.  Quickly he could feel a warm feeling going all through his body.  He could feel his strength returning as he clinched his fists. Paladin was once again ready for battle.

Paladin turned to the group and said, “We need to know what we face, how strong our opponents are, and if they have Lexi where is she being held.”

Paladin looked into the eyes of Rayne, Hawk, DC, Paragon, and Andy.  Then he walked toward the edge of the balcony on which they stood.  The thunder God who controls the lightening and the storms raised his hammer, and closed his eyes.  Paladin was calling to the elements, and bringing a force of which this world had never seen.  The time of holding back had ended.

Rayne stood on the edge of a deep canyon that laid on the outskirts of the Dark Brotherhood lair.As his eyes divulged into the depths of the hollow depression in the earth he pondered thoughts of his total domination and rule over the universe.Soon he would be the emperor of all existence and their would be no one to challenge his reign of power.Suddenly a loud boom was heard as the main doors to the dark fortress exploded outward sending several guards flying past Rayne into the far reaches of the canyon, they screamed in fear as they descended deeper into the canyon before their pitiful lives came to an end.Rayne grinned an evil smirk as he watched the minions fall into oblivion, his hair and red/black cloak wavering with the wind in a soft fluent motion.When he turned around, he could see dozens of prisoners fleeing the mansion frantically.They had been prisoners of the last Dark Lord's oppression and their freedom after countless years had caused them to run as if there had been a cataclysmic disaster.After a few moments and the clearing of the prisoners, a woman with long flowing red hair emerged from the darkness of the manner.It was no surprise to Rayne that Lexi had managed to escape the cells confined within the dark fortress, Andferne had never even reinforced them to prevent the escape of super powered beings, but after all he was one of the most powerful beings himself at the time, so the need for power resistant cells never had been necessary.

Leaving so soon?

His cold and evil tone would have sent shivers down the spine of any normal being if their ears had received such words.He continued to look onto the determined heroine.A fierce blazing will in her eyes.He could see into the depths of her soul, she wanted revenge for her lost love and justice to be brought upon him.The sight of Rayne made her heart flare into rage and anger.As she continued to walk through the sandy winds her eyes glowed a light blue.Her emotions running high and her power along with it.

You will pay for what you have done!Your evil tyranny will soon come to an end!

Without further warning, Lexi let forth a telekinetic force field sphere that crashed hard into the unsuspecting Rayne.As the energy of the telekinetic wall collided into him he flew back and grunted with agony.He couldn't understand why her powers had become so strong.It seemed as if they had amplified somehow.Before he could even have a chance to retaliate, Lexi continued her onslaught by flying over him as he fell into the canyon's grasp and unleashing a series of psychic and telekinetic wave blasts that crashed into him, sending him closer and closer to the bottom of the canyon.As the telekinetic impulses crashed into him, he tightened his face in pain, coping with the  torment of her attacks.Crashing hard into the red canyon depths he coughed up blood from the impact.Clouds of smoke and dust lifted up into the atmosphere as Lexi continued her assault on Rayne sending his body deeper and deeper into the rocky red earth.As he was driven farther and deeper into the ground he muttered vehemently.

Damn!...You!!

After ten minutes of her rampaging offense Lexi had finally calmed down and landed back down to the side of the deep cliff.As she glanced to the floor a glint orange and blue light shined brightly.In her assault on the new Dark Lord, she had managed to make him drop two of the infinity gems which contained the powers of mind and time.Lexi quickly grabbed the two gems into her hands tightly.She knew she had to make it back to Asgard and warn the others of Rayne's cynical plan to collect all of the gems power.She glided off into the distance of the desert, hurrying her way back to the others before Rayne could compose himself and seize the gems once more.

After a few moments of being buried under heavy and rocky rubble, Rayne erupted from the earth like an awakened zombie.Dirt marks stained all over him, he made his way back to the dark fortress hastily in anger.His eyebrows arched and eyes blazing red

Damn that woman!I will destroy her and precious allies and claim the gems in the name of the Crimson Dawn!

Once he had reached his way back into the main hall where the rest of his brethren awaited, he looked at them with fury in his eyes.He didn't like being taken by surprise and he surely did not like the fact of someone else taking what was in his possession.

My brothers!! Tonight we strike the city of Asgard with the fury of HELL!!!Let There be NO MERCY!!We shall slaughter all who reside within the city and burn it to the ground by midnight.By the break of dawn there shall be nothing left but the burnt crimson remains of its former glory! Now Is The Time My Brothers To Take Back What Is Ours!!!

His dark and furious voice shook the halls of the citadel, leaving it with an echo of his rage.Soon Xin had returned at his side with an object covered in a silk cloth.

My lord, we have retrieved the gem of reality...

Unfolding its protective covering, Xin revealed a stone which shone a magnificent yellow hue.Rayne seized it immediately without the slightest of proper thanks.Vengeance was on his mind and their was no room for kind mannerisms and proud appraisals.

Xin! Gather the dark legion we leave immediately!!

As the dark army strode through the desert sea, the earth rumbled from each step that the soldiers took in complete unison.At the front line of its fleets, stood Rayne, Pyro-Wolf, Lord's Angel and an evil Paragon all on horseback.Their steeds as black as night and their army as vast as the ocean.When they stood only a few miles away from the floating city, Rayne glanced up into it wondrous structure.The skies crackling above him with the sound of an approaching storm.

Tonight They Die!!!And We Live!!!Our Names Shall Be Heard Throughout The Universe As The Emperors Of The Galaxies!!My Brothers!!!Are You Ready For Eternal Glory!!??

In response to his morale raising speech, the massive army yelled a roar of agreement in unison that echoed throughout the desert vicinity, vibrating the earth.

Let Us Seize It Now Then!!!

As the army ran towards the floating city Rayne trail blazed the path in front of them with gleaming crimson light in his eyes.He would soon be the ruler of the universe and all would bow down to his rule and any who disobeyed would die a brutal death.The fate of the world and universe now laid in the hands of Rayne and the illustrious team of heroes know as the ICE Dragons.The battle to come would shake the world with its destruction and leave it devastated in the wake of its power.Would the brave courageous heroes be able to stop the onslaught of Rayne's dark legion?....Or would they fall in the shadow of his power, and be caste into an eternal oblivion which saw no end...

It was just before evening, and the view from the floating city was breath taking. There was a slight wind blowing, as the evening sunset was glowing on the horizon. Soon darkness would be upon the city.

This could have been a peaceful time were it not for a certain Thunder God who was calling to the elements of this world.  Paladin knew the forces of evil were going to make a stand against them, and Asgard.

Heimdall approached Paladin and whispered to him, our enemies now approach. Paladin looked at his friend Heimdall and knew he was correct. Back on the earth Paladin called home Heimdall was the God Odin entrusted the defense of Asgard too because of his uncanny ability to hear.  It was Heimdall who could hear the wool grow on a sheep, and his awareness would sound the alarm to all of Asgard should they be faced with danger.

Heimdall said “and there are thousands of them, marching toward us as we speak.”

Paladin now reached for the device Nighthunter had given him, and pressed the button which would bring Nighthunter and his freedom force back to Asgard.

Paladin now remembered the words he had spoken earlier to the demon and had sent them as a message to the rulers of this world.

And for your masters, since power is all they seem to understand tell them that Paladin says this…….If I am provoked again I will unleash such a fury of storms upon them which the likes they cannot even imagine. No city or structure will be able to survive the fury of those storms.  And those storms will be only the beginning of their education. For now I will stay my wrath against them, do not give me reason to change my mind.

It seems the authorities of this world need a lesson of what true power really is.

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Paladin held out his hammer.  He pointed it up and toward the heavens and called out.

LstPaladin, Son of Preen, God of Thunder and he who controls the lightening and the storms calls to you now.  I command the forces of nature to unleash their fury and power upon this world, and upon the forces which dare to oppose the righteous in their quest. 

As he spoke Paladin began to swing his hammer as he had never done before.  The clouds rolled in quickly, in only a matter of seconds the entire sky was covered with thick perilous clouds.  Thunder began to crack and rumble with such fury even the brave ducked their heads in fear.  Lightening raced across the sky, and struck the hammer often, surrounding Paladin with the glow of sheer power.

This event was not limited to the immediate area of the location of Asgard, but covered the entire continent of . 

As Paladin and Heimdall looked out they could see the army of the brotherhood. It was an impressive site as they marched in unison as one complete unit.

Then all in Asgard noticed there was a sudden drop in temperature.  Then the clouds began to release huge pieces of hail.  Hail the size of softballs began to rain down upon the approaching army.  The hail rained down upon them with tremendous force.  As the hail fell, Paladin was not finished, as he also called to the earth to open itself, an earthquake causing a huge canyon to open up.  The canyon ran around quickly and encircled the oncoming army.

At no time in his life had Paladin ever fully released his Godly power, but current events here now dictated the complete release of that power was necessary.  Now the mortals, mutants, and the evil of this world would have to face the wrath and power of a thunder God, and with the ice dragons and the Gods of Asgard united in this struggle victory would surely be theirs.