(Aden's P.O.V)

I slung the blanket over Match's body and rubbed his hair. I clutched a little sand in my arms and closed my eyes. The sand poured through a small boom tube that acted as a gateway to the boundaries separating reality and my realm. This place was unbound by time or space.

It was a neutral ground that admittedly I knew very little about and the only thing to be found in it were Inverse beings. Beings that could not interact with tangible reality because they were the stark contrast to known existence. My mental feeler pulsed with the memory of the energy signature of the being I sought out.

'Brother if you can hear me, I pray to you. Let the dreams of my loved ones be full of happiness and joy. Give them a reality where anything is possible. The limit to their imagination gone. Please Morpheus.'

I added.

A second later I felt a soft brush on my mental walls.

"It shall be done... For a price, I want to meet my nieces and nephews."

I thought about taking back my request. But looking down at Match's sleeping form as well as Sai, Kai and Breeze, I realized I couldn't keep them under lock and key forever. I just had to trust in everything I had been teaching them. How to be careful among strangers. Especially the kind of beings I dealt with on a daily basis.

I felt Star's palm on my shoulder, gently rubbing. She must have noticed the look I had on my face.

"Everything is going to be alright."

She offered to which I smiled. I really hoped so because there was no taking this back.

"Okay brother. You will meet them soon."

I shut off the connection.

"Don't worry about the nightmares anymore Match. Go to sleep."

I turned to Match and softly assured. He gave a cute yawn and nodded sleepily.

Once outside, I looked out to the ocean in thought. I could feel Kori's presence behind me clearly.

"You are an awesome Dad, Aden."

My breath hitched as her voice tickled my ears.

I closed my eyes and released a slow breath.

"I don't know about that. I don't even know how my dad and mum managed to raise me." I chuckled.

"Believe it or not, I used be a little terror when I was a kid."

"Like Breeze?"

That made me laugh harder.

"Exactly like Breeze. But...I don't know. Through it all, I could count on my parents to know what to do. In every situation, they were my security. But now that I'm taking care of the kids...I realize, they had no fucking clue what they were doing. They just loved me. That's it. Just...Love."

"And that's enough."

Starfire assured.

"No...I don't think it is Kori. Not really. Not in this world."

I turned to her.

"They have sooo much power and potential and I'm afraid that others will seek to use them."

Starfire's face changed.

"You can't control everything Aden."

(Ultimate Mission Issued)

(OVERLORD)

I looked at the mission that appeared in my vision. The first and last of it's kind. I read through it's description. It was not detailed like the usual missions. The standard mission parameters, objectives and rewards were all blank. In fact it only had one statement.

(Bring All Under Your Dominion)

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It was as I was standing there, seeing the gentle waters of the sea lap at the beach, as the girl who made my heart skip a beat gently held me from the back that I made a pact. To safeguard what I had, I couldn't just be the Avatar. Not when I knew of threats far worse than Neron. Not when everything I had could be taken away in the blink of an eye.

So I decided to become more. And what's more than the lord of True balance? Guess I'll just have to find out.

I rubbed Starfire's hand and softly answered.

"Watch me."

(General P.O.V)

(The Aztec ruins)

(New Mexico)

The boom tube's light pulsed upon it's activation, The White Shadow stepping through.

The sand on the ground crunched under his landing as he warily looked around. The only reason he'd even known there was a Chaos Pocket here was because of the innate connection he had with his own chaos energy. Otherwise the old magic in these ruins clouded any energy distortions. It was...weird.

There was not much that could interfere with Chaos energy. Among what could, primordial energy, the precursor to what was there before the gods came could be used to maybe suppress it's energy imprint but not chaos itself. He breathed in...yeah traces of unrefined divinity were left here. And not only that but 'they' were here.

The boom tube behind him disappeared as he opened his eyes. The blue orbs were as sharp as the saber that appeared in his hands.

From the shadows came out two beings. A girl sitting on a hulking crystal creature and a boy with a cat in his hands.

"Well this...is certainly unexpected."

Child commented, feeling on edge yet the small innocent smile on her face remained.

Teekl's hair stood on ends as she dramatically growled.

"Teekl, what's wrong? Are you hungry? You want me to feed you? But we just ate!"

The familiar scratched Klarion's hand and growled again.

"Ouch..." Klarion cried out before his face changed "wait, flee not feed? You want us to...to run away because this new guy can kill us?"

Klarion raised his eyes, glowing red as his aura rippled out.

"You..." He roared. " You scared my cat! I am going to..."

A red portal manifested beside Klarion and swallowed him.

"Aah...much better. His whining was getting on my nerves. Now then, introductions are in order. I am your soon to be destroyer. Who are you and where are the two funny humans who have been chasing us through out the planet?"

She said in an adorable voice.

The White Shadow cocked his head to the side, surveying with all his senses to make sure Klarion wasn't planning a sneak attack.

"Hmph! How rude. Kill him Flaw!"

She gave the order and cackled madly as the crystal familiar under her ran to carry out the order.

It jumped the length of 20 meters and came down, hands raised to smash the forearms down at The White Shadow. A boom tube intercepted them, but Child felt the energy fluctuations and quickly portaled out through her own red portal.

Then they appeared behind The White Shadow. Flaw's right arm shifted into a long sword, which it used to slash out at Aden. There was a loud clang and a huge bang as a crater formed under The White Shadow's feet.

His right hand was raised to block the sword arm from slashing him apart while the other was held close to his hip. The dust settled and Child widened her eyes. On Aden's left palm was a gyrating ball of white flame.

"Oh crap."

Child muttered uncharacteristically, feeling the compressed energy in the attack.

The White Shadow aimed at them both and released the flame attack. Streaks of white lightning washed out across the surroundings as a concentrated fire explosion drowned out Child and Flaw. Finally understanding that whoever she was dealing with was not like the other two, Child decided that she had spent more than enough time entertaining him.

She and Flaw both broke apart into a swarm of red locusts, avoiding most of the attack, then flew away into a red portal.

"See you soon Mister! Don't worry next time I'll make sure to kill you." She added in a chipper tone. As if she was selling chocolate.

"So that you don't get too lonely, I have a neat surprise for you. Make sure you live long enough to see the end of everything. It is going to be fabulous! Hahaha..."

The red portal disappeared, leaving The White Shadow alone once more.

"What a crazy bitch..."

The White Shadow commented. To be honest while Aden was actively using his alter ego to unravel the Chaos Pockets scattered across the world, most of his attention was with his main body. That had been the reason he had been so silent.

The black Saber disappeared into his hammer space as he walked towards the ruins. It seemed as if the ones responsible for giving the tour through the Aztec ruins had cordoned the area off. Though it seemed to be very recent and shoddy. Probably because of the intimidating swirling black vortex above the ruins.

The White Shadow paused on his next step. Something was happening. The Chaos Vortex had instantly doubled in intensity before squeezing onto itself and then exploding out into a wide spread shockwave that fell the outcrop of rocks, standing monuments and statues.

The whole area was rendered flat. The black Saber appeared in the White Shadow's hands, before he created a shield of white flames around him. The shockwaves, noise from falling debris and dust finally died down.

The White Shadow's hand tightened. There was something present. An energy signature that distinctly felt like old magic, chaos mystical energy and funnily enough, spiritual energy.

A powerful landing heralded the full reveal. A black Jaguar large in size that possessed glowing turquoise eyes, a powerfully built front section, and was covered in traditional Mezo-American markings along his front legs and neck. Across his face was a horizontal scar in bright red. The inside of his fanged mouth a fluorescent turquoise like his eyes.

"Speak trespasser, who are you? You step on the grounds of a chosen people."

The White Shadow was silent for a while before stepping forward.

"A chosen people that do not really exist now. It's many years into the future Yaotl. I ask one question of you, who is your master?"

The black Jaguar roared, sending vibrations of sound across the whole area.

"I have no Master! I merely protect that which I feel deserves not to be desecrated. Leave, outsider or face my wrath!"

The Black Jaguar did not even notice that the intruder knew it's name. chaos must have dulled the innate connection they possessed as Aden could feel it keenly.

Unlike the others, it seemed as if The White Shadow would have to make the Jaguar submit.

"Wrong answer, Yaotl."

His black saber flashed out.