Chapter 1: The Lakeshore
Trajan was in his castle, managing what’s left of the Roman Empire ever since the Corruption of Reality had happened in his world. After Ike, Crono and Deedlit had left, the emperor had been building up an army and constructing a new town, in order to accomplish his goals of protection. Trajan was in his throne room doing paperwork, as he was deciding on what to build next, after the completion of another set of walls along with a castle to provide more defenses. Then a scout barged right in, and told the emperor that there’s an army of Primids and many other monsters from other corrupted realities that are leading an attack. The scout was already exhausted from running too much, as he then collapsed onto the ground, as he died. Trajan wasted no time upon hearing this, not wanting his scout's death to go in vain. So he went into the mess hall, where all of his legionnaires were eating, and told them they were under attack. This caused all the legions to get up, grab their gladiuses, pilums and scutums to head out to the city walls
With the walls surrounded by the Subspace Army, as they all without effort managed to break through the castle wars, and the Subspace Army would fight against the Roman Army, who all were already defending the citizens that Trajan brought along with him. While the Emperor was fighting with his allies, more enemies that are not a part of the Subspace Army came along and started to corrupt the Roman people, as the citizens and the Legionaries started to turn into Primids from the Shadow Bugs, while the allies of Subspace turned them into various monsters that appeared in the main story like vampires, mavericks, droids and others. Upon seeing that his empire is now defeated, Trajan had to flee or become corrupted himself. His survival instincts kicked in, with demands to flee and leave the remaining Romans behind. Trajan started to have some grief, but he knew this is not the time. He and four surviving legionaries who were beside him went into a secret tunnel only he knew about, that’s right under the table in the meeting room where he talked to Crono and company. They all managed to get out at the end, and saw that they were at a grassy field where they saw a nearby lake. Trajan and his four soldiers ran across the side of the Lakeshore, but they did not count on facing more Subspace Goons. So as they fought against even more Primids while fleeing from the rest of the army, they would suddenly get ambushed by two people, Metal Sonic and Shadow the Hedgehog. Trajan and his four troops were knocked down upon their feet by the attack, as the emperor puts his head up to see Dr. Eggman in his Egg Mobile. Dr. Eggman laughed at Trajan mocking him, at the fact that Trajan rejected the offer from Smithy and Rhea, and he would not even deal with the corruption if he agreed to the conditions set forth by the Subspace Army. As Gandhi took the offer instead, Eggman mocked the emperor further, saying that Trajan could have been ruling his world and many others, and even siding with the greats like himself. The emperor yelled at the evil scientist, saying that he preferred to rule his reality by himself, and wants nothing to do with other worlds, as that would take forever for him to develop them into big cities while draining away resources from the lands he had. Trajan would also mention that he dislikes the very idea of erasing identities of others and forcing them to join his side, as he prefers them to side with out of their own free will. Eggman just mocked the emperor further, and since he got a message from Tails the Fox, another of his corrupted minions about the fact that he’s needed back there at once. Eggman told Metal Sonic and Shadow to finish the job with Trajan and the four legionnaires, as he then teleports away to another reality.
Metal Sonic held Trajan, while aiming some weapons at the four soldiers as a threat, who were all knocked prone. Shadow had a sadistic grin, punching the emperor's face, and said that he would love to beat up an old man. Just when Shadow was about to beat up Trajan further with more damage, a blue blur appeared out of nowhere, and hit Shadow in the face, and grabbed Metal Sonic, and rolled on top of the robot. The blue blur revealed himself to be none other than Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic asked if the Emperor is alright, and told the hedgehog that he is and thanked him. Then the four legionaries came up to Trajan, all being thankful that they were lucky the Hedgehog saved them. With Shadow angry that Sonic actually escaped, he and Metal Sonic decided to beat them both up. Trajan told Sonic that they should team up together to beat those guys, and the hedgehog agreed, saying that Eggman was an old foe of his, and would love to ruin another of the mad scientist's schemes and not let another person get hurt.
Both Trajan, his four legionnaires and Sonic successfully defeated the two villains, and Shadow swore to Sonic that they will capture him once again and put him under torture at that "virtual reality" set. Sonic asked who the Roman is, and he introduced himself and his soldiers, and explained his backstory with everything that happened his world, and admitted that he was a bit like Eggman, to decide that it would just be better at this point to survive, as he admits that he screwed over most of his people just so that he and the four legionnaires could survive. Sonic admits that he's not one to judge, especially what he did in order to survive the corruption, with him only focusing on saving his friends after finding out that he can't defeat Eggman. He even said that he went through a lot, and having that headset on really destroyed him as a person. He does not want to talk about what happened, since he found himself getting traumatized through mental torture and saw stuff he wished he could unsee. Trajan did not understand about seeing traumatizing stuff, but was sympathetic to Sonic, as he'd seen the horrors of war both before and now during the Corruption. They both knew with the Corruption of Reality at hand, they should work together to survive and hopefully get to a reality that is at least safe and free from the Subspace Army. They survived the attack on their home worlds, and they both hope that they will survive the Corruption of Reality. Trajan had saved a portal ball from before, as he asked Sonic if he had any in his hands. The hedgehog said that he ran out, as he was escaping from everything that he had saw with his speed, and he used up every single portal he had on hand. Trajan would tell the hedgehog not to worry, as he has plenty in hand just in case something like this might happen. So the Roman threw the portal ball, as the duo went in there and will work together to survive in a world where all is lost.
CHAPTER 2: GENSOKYO
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Chapter 2: Gensokyo
Ness was able to get right to another land through a portal ball, and found himself in a different land. Remembering what happened back in his reality, where his world got taken over by the Happy Happiests as they control Onett, Twoson and Happy Happy Village, as Paula ended up becoming the high priestess of the cult, Zombies once again took over Threed, with Jeff ending up turning into a Zombie and Poo as Moltoili’s right hand man, as Moltoili has once again took over Fourside with the Mani Mani Statue now taking ahold. With all of Giygas’s invasion happening once again, the PK youth wonder if Giygas was somehow behind this, as he went through another world gone through the same effect as his, and the only explanation he even had despite the defeat of him. He found himself in a forest, with the sky having a crimson hue. He explored the land to see if there’s any problem going around. He made it out, as he saw some yokai resembling young girls fleeing. Ness asked them about what’s going on, until one of the yokai, a kappa, told him that he should just run and attempt to go to another reality, as many of them are doing, or trying to do as they try to find any portal balls. He ignored this warning, and continued on anyway with his courage, wanting to help others out, as he believes that if solves what is going on there, he could by extension solve what's going on in Eagleland and his reality. He found there to be Primids and the usual Subspace enemies, but he witnessed some of the yokai turning evil, then he saw there to be some humans also fleeing, but facing the same fate, but were covered by Shadow Bugs and turned into more Primids, more Shadow Bugs came, forming into more monsters the psychic youth will have to fight. Ness was able to fight them off, as he eventually found a shrine, and figures that this corruption might be coming from there. He decides that he has to investigate, and started to wish to himself that he can just have some time to himself playing baseball with his friends rather than deal with this all over again.
He investigated the shrine, as there seems to be some kind of dark energy surrounding it, not sure what the deal is. However, Ness decided that he should go in and investigate what’s going on. Upon doing so, he found the shrine maiden who was in charge, a young woman. She had purplish skin, red hat shaped like a donation box with a Japanese symbol in red, white lipstick, long brown hair going down, coverings in the style of eastern coins, a red skirt and mask showing white soulless eyes. He asked the maiden what’s going on, to prove that it was not a good idea, as she attacked. She said her name is the Binbou Miko, and she decided to start a whole new religion praising the idea of poverty, and that she should be richest person ever. She states that she teamed up with Remilia, along with Yukari who have been taking over with their power as equals to rule Gensokyo. Ness immediately asked what was happening, but was attacked by the Binbou Miki, who decided that she will kill Ness, as she got orders from the "Ruler of Subspace" that he must be eliminated due to him being a threat to the Corruption. The psychic youth was forced to fight, as he now had his yo-yo and baseball bat out. He just said to himself in his thought that his is Mr. Carpenter all over again but in a different world. After a while, the Binbou Miko had won the fight, as she laughed evilly, as she was about to kill Ness, and she verbally abused him for being so weak and pathetic as she talked down to him for refusing to see the virtues of poverty, and her desires for wealth. However, Ness found there was no way out, and he had a vital with him, which he planned on using on his friends, but seeing the situation he’s in, he does not have a choice, and risk the chance that it may have no effect. So then Ness quickly threw the vital on Binbou Miko , although it appeared not to have any effect at first, she then yelled in horror as then a light yellowish tinge spread throughout her body, as a flash of light exploded. Then a Reimu, Binbou Miko's previous self is back to her normal beige complexion, with her usual red shrine maiden attire. She was tired and exhausted, breathing, and then Ness came up to her to see if she’s okay. She said she’s alright, but now remembering what happened to her, when she remembered there being when she saw that Remilia and her minions were once again having the skies over Gensokyo be red, and corrupting the land, alongside Yukari who broke the barrier of Gensokyo, allowing in more Shadow Bugs, as the two forces decided to team up for reasons unknown to her. The shrine maiden notes that this is highly unusual for them to act this way, but Reimu said that before she was corrupted by the evil energies as she believe she was zapped by a corruption gun. She has some recollection that it all started when Remilia had made a deal with a weird mechanical humanoid, and a light green haired woman about serving an unknown organization known as the Subspace Army. Ness theorized that those two might be Giygas’s servants, as he thought that the Almighty Idiot is back to corrupt all of existence rather than just a whole universe, and they must find what caused this and put a stop to it. Without any explation for what happened, Reimu decided to believe in Ness's theory that this might of came from his reality, and they must work together to destroy Giygas again. They nodded, as Ness pulled out a portal ball, and they went in, as they knew that both of their problems were connected in some way.
CHAPTER 3: THE DEATH EGG
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Chapter 3: Death Egg
After the raid on the SCP Foundation Town along with many more adventures in between that would not be mentioned, Spider-Man and Bowser were now in the Death Egg in another space, where they saw many Subspace Goons going across with goods being transported to many worlds. As then they both telepathically heard a feminine voice said to hurry it up along, mentioning something about the secret plan that was supposed to go along in the Tower of Smash, and that she is imprisoned and would like the two to rescue her. Upon hearing this, Bowser thought they should try and seek it out the woman, but the superhero was not sure, as his experiences of the corruption were not good as he and his then partner fell to a lot of traps. They discussed, as Bowser thought it would be better to take the risk rather than simply ignore her, because what if the Tower of Smash thing is true. Spider-Man could not argue, and decided that the risk may actually be worth taking. Then Spider-Man, sneaked around staying out of sight, while Bowser was failing, as trips when he tiptoes around the base. Spider-Man told Bowser to try to keep quiet and to pretend to be a Towtow which the Koopa King should have done, as he ditched the outfit. Bowser complained about the costume giving him itches, until the superhero told him about that Bowser is not good at sleath as Spider-Man is good at it, not sure if they make a great team because of this. Spider-Man even mentioned that they should not even be here in first place and just look for a safe place just like what the majority of people are doing. Spider-Man argued that they are there to look for Zelda, the princess of Hyrule, but one that is a different person from the Zelda that they met while trying to escape when the raid took place, as the superhero said that she might know something about how to stop the corruption. Bowser moaned, as he told Spider-Man that it’s pointless now, as Bowser moaned about losing Peach, but Spider-Man said that he wants to honor Uncle Ben, and set things right, and he now realizes what if that voice actually belongs to Zelda. However, the two would soon find themselves surrounded by Badniks and Subspace creatures, so the two realized they would have to fight.
As they fought enemies while running across the Death Egg looking for Zelda, Bowser would eventually notice a room where he saw a brunette woman in a prison, and saw that she is a princess. The Koopa King went up to her, and said that it looks like he will be rescuing the princess this time rather than his usual kidnap routine. Although the princess groaned about her being taken, Spider-Man was about to tell Bowser to hurry it along, until he noticed the woman, who dresses up in a purple dress, and a crown on her brown hair. Spider-Man asked the woman if she’s the Zelda from Hyrule long past, and she would say yes, and want to know why they want her. Then Spider-Man said that he wanted to save all of reality from being corrupted, as he explained that when his New York City faced the corruption, the Sinister Six, that involves the Green Goblin being the seventh member and leader leading Black Cat, Doc Oct, Electro, Vulture, Rhino and Kraven the Hunter taking over the city along with other criminals like Venom, Tombstone and Silver Sable, with them turning all the citizens into lizards as their minions, much like with Dr. Connors, as he, his family, Mary Jane, Gwen Stacy and everyone Spider-Man ever cared about and the whole city have been turned into lizards that serve those villains now in their gang wars. Bowser would later complain about Peach turning into a Shadow Queen, and that he lost his own soldiers to Smithy, after Bowser refused to serve him. The superhero would explain quickly that they heard her telepathic voice. Zelda would then realize quickly that they were victims of the corruption, as she will then explain that she was actually brought from the past since the Sheikah were worried ever since the Zelda of their time and the champions were desperate to save the Hyrule of their time, and since the Zelda of Twilight Princess had dealt with such a similar threat, they assumed that she can help them. But the time she was forced to be brought there, she found that the Sheikah were now all a part of the Yiga Clan serving Ganon as a God. Zelda had to run, and had no idea of what to even do, as she wanted to fulfill her promise. She would hide out at Henato Village, one place that was not affected by the corruption, but she would be captured and face experimentation due to her being a result of time travel not causing paradoxes, and that is how she ended up there, being a possible candidate for corruption. She said she sent that massage to anyone who's there so she can be saved, and was glad to get help. Spider-Man sympathized with her, but Bowser already started to ask her out, as he would like another princess, but Zelda refused. Then the princess explains that she thinks that there is someone who could reverse the whole corruption, saying that he’s an unusual character who invented vitals, which could cure anyone who turned evil or a Primid or other Subspace enemy and described him as having a beak mask. Bowser smashed the glass, as both he and Spider-Man promised to protect her, although she said that she can protect herself. The broken glass set off an alarm, and many Primids and Badniks came in. So then the trio fought off against all of the enemies, and they rushed along, until they suddenly encountered Sonic, Trajan and his four legionnaires. Seeing that they were beating up the other Primids when they met, they had to trust each other, as Sonic also revealed that he was also searching for Zelda for her help to reverse the corruption, as those two heard about rumors of her being able to reverse this. The princess then told him and Trajan the same thing she did to Bowser and Spider-Man. Upon this, Trajan was disappointed that he couldn't get his empire back right away, but upon hearing about this vital, he and the Hedgehog were intrigued, as they could use this a chance to bring the whole multiverse back to normal. The team, now made up of five characters and the four legionnaires teamed up as more Primids came in from the entrances, now prepared to fight.
Bowser told everyone that he and Spider-Man were on his airship, and he says that is the only way to escape, so they followed Bowser to the docks. Eggman in his Death Egg Robot was waiting for them, as appeared right in front of them. Dr. Eggman let out a huge laugh, as he finally meets again with Sonic, as the evil roboticist mock Sonic about having a new set of allies, as Eggman bragged to Sonic about Tails, Knuckles, Amy Rose, Rouge, Big the Cat and all of his other friends being robotized servants of Dr. Eggman, and said that he would capture Sonic yet again for his torture by being put to sleep forever in his “wonderful dreams” as Eggman puts it. Sonic is starting to actually panic about the memories that he had over this as he showed signs of regret and fear over what happened over the fact that Eggman now had Mobius under his control. Zelda would stand up for Sonic stating that everyone Eggman did was cruel, stating that he’s not even capable of redemption for siding with the Subspace Army, although Eggman says that he does not care, as he attacked the gang, causing a battle between the team of nine. After the battle, Dr. Eggman appears to have a backup plan, as he got out in his Egg Mobile with several cannons attached. Spider-Man would quickly block the cannons with his webbing, and although the roboticist mocked Spider-Man in a smug attitude, the superhero just said it was just a distraction, as he swung towards the ship, as Bowser told everyone to hop on. Eggman was angry, as Bowser's Airship quickly left the Death Egg. Dr. Eggman was angry especially with Spider-Man’s joke about the webbing, so he ordered for as many Primids and Badniks to get on the ship as possible while it’s taking off, and unfortunately, that was the case, and with them on board, they have to fight them off. After finishing every last one, Sonic already wanted to know how the hell this whole corruption even happened, and Trajan admits that although he knew who Eggman might have gained his power from, he had no idea of how, and suggests a better question would be how they can reverse it all. Then Bowser would later mention the SCP Foundation, and that they have dealt with “ammonolus” stuff before, and they have been fighting off against the Subspace Army. The mention of the SCP brought back short memories that Zelda had, as he said that she worked with the Foundation since they rescued her from being corrupted by Ganon and the Zelda of the time, but they worked together not for long, as the SCP Foundation screwed her over by using her as bait to distract the Subspace Army when many scientists and the Task force were escaping with their stuff, and this brought back memories from the Infinite Ikea raid that Spider-Man and Bowser remembered that the SCP decided to ditch everyone, and everyone fleeing at once was chaos, as the two only made it out due to luck, as they had Batman with a second backup Batmobile. Then memories of Batman turning into the Batman Who Laughs, serving the Joker and Harley Quinn did not age well for them. Zelda would continue to say that SCP-049 or “The Plague Doctor” would be the one who could actually cure everyone and reverse this all, as he was the one who invented the vitals that can reverse the effects of the Corruption of Reality. Bowser said that he installed his ship with a IDT Energy Tank, and set off to go to another world.
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CHAPTER 4: SITE 19
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Chapter 4: Site 19
Ness and Reimu find themselves in a facility, and saw that it’s under control by soldiers in black suits, and saw that the symbol they had was a red dot surrounded by black sticks like a sun, with “Chaos Insurgency” written all over it. Seeing that those folk were clearly on the side of the Subspace Army, with all the Primids everywhere. Just as Ness was prepared to fight, Reimu suggested to the psychic youth that it’d be wise if they just stay out of sight, and not fight them. Although Ness was a bit courageous, feeling like they would end up having to fight anyway, as the Subspace Army is after them. Reimu would then told him that it’s better if they don’t engage at least right away. But then Ness agreed, but if they do get into a confrontation, they should get it over with ASAP, before more guards can be alerted. As they were running, Ness said that he has heard rumors that the SCP Foundation has kept a man who appears to be a doctor locked up, and he is the one who invented the vital, the very cure for someone who's been corrupted. He even said he gained one indirectly from the SCP Foundation while working for them before he met the shrine maiden. Ness states that he has not heard from them in a long time, wondering what even happened to the organization back at the Infinite Ikea for such a thing to happen, after Reimu asked him what had happen.
The duo went across the Site, seeing all kinds of cells while avoiding the Insurgency forces and from time to time. Meanwhile, Sonic’s group were there, as they were looking for the Plague Doctor, the same exact person both Ness and Reimu were looking for, and the same reasons. Zelda was leading the group, as she had an idea for where SCP-049 could be stationed. They were already fighting against Primids and the Chaos Insurgency, and by chance they would eventually encounter both Ness and Reimu. Both sides were confused, as Trajan asked the two about them being two young teenagers in a facility, then Ness said that he and Reimu are doing everything they can to save their worlds, which then Sonic would say that is exactly what they were doing, except they had to run away every time they attempted to even do anything about this. As more insurgency troops came and told the whole gang to put their hands up, the duo decided to join up with Sonic’s group for a greater chance at survival, and they fought the troops, and as Reimu asked for their motivations, Trajan said that they are looking for SCP-049, because they believed he could undo everything the Subspace Army has done, and hopefully bring things back from before it even happened in the first place. Hearing this Ness and Reimu agreed with this, as they both wanted to save their world, so now the whole team is now made up of 7 people plus the four legionnaires. After exploring the area, they found the Plague Doctor in his cell, as he was making more vitals, and sending them off to other worlds through the use of portal balls, along with a recipe attached to every few. They met with him, as he saw the seven, and asked them if he wanted him to give them his vitals that he was making, as he knew who they all are, and why they want them. Trajan himself would say yes, as he wants the Plague Doctor to cure everyone to stop the Corruption of Reality and erase it from the memories of everyone and have things return to normal. The Plague Doctor laughed, as he states that although he is still doing his work, just for his personal joy, he claims that the Corruption of Reality, or the pestilence as he calls it, that the Subspace Army is doing, he knew all along before it happened, but refused to say how, as he states that is very goal is to prevent it through questionable means, as many zombies surround him. He states that he has been focusing his whole life on it, to make sure that it never comes, but with the SCP preventing his work, he blames it all on them. He would claim that despite that he never stopped his work despite the Chaos Insurgency now being in charge, said that there is nothing that can be done at this point, as the corruption is already permanent, and that Tabuu, the leader as he said is the ringmaster made sure that it stays that way. This did not sit well with any of the 11 in the team, as the very thought that they can’t reverse anything that was done was heartbreaking for them. Ness was mad that he can never have his friends, and that the fact that SCP Foundation was responsible for not letting the Plague Doctor making the cure hits hard for him. He would be calmed down by Sonic, who understood the psychic boy's pain.
Then the alarms went off, as more troops from the Chaos Insurgency were now heading their way to the cell of SCP-049 to capture everyone there. The Plague Doctor gave the team some Portal Balls, and told that that despite there being no way to reverse anything about what already happened, the Plague Doctor instead said that they should just leave instead of staying at the cell, as he warned that if they get corrupted, they will be corrupted forever, and told them to get out. Bowser wanted his ship back, as he claimed it’s all he had left, until Zelda said that it’s gone like with Peach, as she and the rest of the team went in. Spider-Man was sad about Gwen Stacy being corrupted, he wanted to know if there was still a chance, but SCP-049 said no, then demanded for Spider-Man to leave. The superhero was reminded about Uncle Ben and Captain Stacy, as losing them was bad enough, but his friends were even worse. He would try to beg SCP-049 to come, but he refused, claiming that his life’s work is not done, and still wants to make edits. Spiderman had no choice but to leave the Doctor behind, entering the portal himself. SCP-049 would then inject himself with a needle, as he then collapsed onto the floor, becoming motionless like a rag doll.
CHAPTER 5: ROME, ROMAN EMPIRE
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Chapter 5: Rome, Roman Empire
The team would then find themselves in what appears to be a modern city with various landmarks such as the Pyramids, Stonehenge, Colosseum, Hagia Sophia and many others. Spider-Man made a joke as if they traveled back in time or if the world gotten smaller, and then Trajan panicked as he recognized this place as Rome, the capital of his empire, now taken over by Gandhi. The Emperor saw that all the people are just mindless zombies. Trajan was disturbed that this happened to the population he left behind, wishing that he fought to keep everyone safe, now filled with regret that he did not fight to the death to protect his capital from the forces of the nuclear warmonger. Everyone shared their feelings on their lands being taken away, and their friends. But Reimu would say that they all must move on, mentioning that they have each other as allies, and the fact that they could possibly get to a safe reality if they continue on their search. The shrine maiden then saw that a few zombies spotted them, causing them to have to fight against them. Trajan remembered that he had an unknown mask which was dubbed the “Fierce Deity's Mask” which was supposed to turn the wearer into a god. The emperor suggests that they take the mask in order to use against Tabuu himself to protect what might be left that has not been affected by the corruption. Everyone agrees with this idea, as then Bowser started to right away attack the Zombies right away, but then Shadow Bugs appeared, and they all started to form into Primids and other creatures giving trouble to the team. They fought against all the monsters on the way, as they were on the way to the museum. Trajan led the way, as Sonic ran ahead to make sure if there were any more zombies waiting for an ambush to occur.
Once they got there in time, they barged right into the Museum, and easily found the Fierce Deity’s Mask at the front entrance. Bowser smashed the glass, as the Koopa King announced it as he told everyone that they all must go now before they are caught, although it ended up being too late, as all exits are blocked by Zombies and Primids. Then Gandhi appeared as he slowly clapped his hands with a grin. Gandhi mocked the team for coming to the museum in the first place, then insulted Trajan, and said that the emperor should have never come back to his former capital, as he was slowly turning it into a zombie factory to sell to other villains. Trajan was speechless, as he knew that would have done the same as Gandhi if the Corruption of Reality had never happened, only to rule the reality only, and did not speak. But Zelda would stand up, and notes that she knew about Gandhi’s obsession with nuking cities and the like from what she heard from other survivors, and that war never gives anything good in the process. Reimu backed the princess up on this argument, as the idea of using WMDs is just insane and wastes resources through the mass of explosion, and suggests that nature must be respected at all costs. Gandhi did not care, as he demanded for his army to move forward, only to decide that he will fight the team by himself. He unleashes an immense amount of Nuclear Power out of himself, showing that he is now a powerful entity, suggesting that he will capture the team and return them to their respective realities, as he even mentioned that he wanted Reimu captured so he can return her to Remilia and Yukari for her to be corrupted again. Not having any choice the team now had to fight him, as Ness decides to take up the charge against the white robed man.
Although they all won, the 11 took heavy casualties, as Gandhi was able to beat them harshly, with his immense atomic power. Plus the warmonger still had some nuclear power that he was about to use to blow up the team, but then Ness used PK Thunder as a distraction, and Zelda threw a Portal Ball, and everyone quickly got in there. Although Trajan was reflecting on his past, the four legionnaires that assisted him quickly grabbed him and pulled him into the portal, and Ness was able to get in on time. Once it closed, Gandhi was disappointed, but he smiled, as he saw a purple orb absorbing everything. He knew that portal balls are now useless and that everything is going to be a part of the Great Maze due to Protocol TOS SUBOM THITAN, he knew nothing would stop him from losing everything unless Tabuu is defeated, and that the 11 would find themselves screwed. This puts a glee of sadistic happiness onto his face, as he would finally be able to continue nuking the worlds, and as he heard that every villain, himself included would fight an eternal war with no side ever getting stronger than the other, he was already looking forward for that
CHAPTER 6: PANDEMONIUM
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Chapter 6: Pandemonium
On the other side of the portal, out everyone, and Sonic notes that they are in some weird place, noting the blue marbles and the pink textures everywhere. Ness says that this is nothing compared to what he’s faced against, although this reminded Sonic of the terrible nightmares that Dr. Eggman has given him. Ness apologized for bringing up, until Zelda notes that they should move and focus on survival, as she also said to Trajan in particular who was moping about Rome. Trajan confessed that although he was a warmonger no different than Gandhi, he admits that he rejected the call to serve Tabuu himself, more out of a desire for power only for himself. Spider-Man told him that is at least a good part of reflection he did, and that he at least did better than his other . The 11 would have to move on though, not knowing where they were. Then they found themselves fighting against Primids once again, as then Reimu started to get a bit upset over this fact that they have to fight these creatures again and again, as she states that she's not even used to fighting anything like that, in addition to the fact she is not used to working with people who did not wear dresses. Spider-Man responded by saying that he is not used to fighting with young anime girls who can use magic for real, along with a talking blue hedgehog and a Roman Emperor as he thought that alone could make believe he jumped into a fantasy game.
As the team walks throughout the maze, they would soon enough find a portal they entered, bringing them to what appears to be a small village in a field. They were unsure about what the village could be, as Zelda told everyone to be cautious as it could be a trap, especially with everything they have been through. And kind of was right, as many soldiers wearing SCP task force uniforms all came out with guns pointing at all of them. Everyone had to put their hands up, and Bowser demanded to know what the big idea was, until Zelda told him not to make it any worse. Dr. Clef came, and he demanded for the 11 to tell him who they were. Reimu would then explain that they are simply just survivors that are looking for a safe place to be, and to avoid the corruption. Dr. Clef decided that it would be better to just scan them to see if they have been infected, and so he did right away,
Bowser- Clear
Zelda- Clear
Trajan- Clear
Legionnaire Commander- Clear
Legionnaire 1- Clear
Legionnaire 2- Clear
Legionnaire 3- Clear
Sonic- Clear
Ness- Clear
Spider-Man- Clear
Reimu- Recovered!! CAUSE: Vital thrown by Ness.
Seeing that nobody in the group ever got corrupted, and the one who did was cured, Dr. Clef saw that he probably had no choice but to let them in, as he recognized Bowser and Spider-Man, and they in turn were upset with how the SCP ditched everyone, ever since Homer Simpson had a tracking device on him, as they felt like that all of the refugees were nothing but bait, along with Ness who was not there when the raid happened. Bowser was furious, as he then demand for the scientist to explain everything that happened. Dr. Clef in response justified his decision, on that the O5 council decided that eventually, they will ditch everyone after a proposal by someone that claims that normally can come into order for their world if they study everyone, and see their skills, so they can use the survivors in order to gain the three artifacts that be a threat to Tabuu, being Shaggy’s shirt, the Star Rod, and Doom Slayer’s helmet. He revealed that with the use of those three artifacts, they can operate as a Deus Ex Machina, restoring only one reality to before the corruption, acting as if it never happened, and locks it up in a way that nothing can go in or out. This upset everyone in the group, as they all felt like they were scammed, especially with the three that worked directly with the Foundation, as Ness spoke up, calling the SCP selfish, and claiming they were nothing but cowards. Dr. Clef did not care what any of the group thought, as he believed what was done was necessary despite that he did not agree with the method, and since the Corruption of Reality is permanent, and may come back to hunt them again. He decided that he will just spend the moment he had left to destroy Tabuu in an act of revenge, as he would go and practice shooting in order to do so, and even admits that their whole organization ended up collapsing due to the fact that they spent most of their time fighting against Primids, and a large chunk either turned into Primids, or were corrupted themselves, due to Tabuu’s power, as he mentioned that the O5 council ended up killed.
Despite the fact that the whole team wanted to punish the SCP, for their selfish goals Spider-Man notes that while he is upset with the SCP due to their selfish motivations, he said that they may actually have to team up with them, as they all can’t defeat Tabuu all on their own, as from the damage the Subspace Leader has done, it would make sense that they may need help. Although Bowser was not happy about this, seeing where he is, he hopes that he can at least screw the SCP remints over when the time comes. They all decided to rest for a while, and they hope they can get some leads on how they are even going to defeat Tabuu. Once it’s mourning in the town, everyone all sat on the table to discuss in the dining room of the inn, and Ness is already wondering if Giygas was still behind this, as he explained who he was, and that Tabuu might of resurrected him, using the entity to spread his evil, if Tabuu is really the leader of the Subspace Army. Although Trajan thought the idea does not make sense, as does Zelda, Sonic, and Bowser. Reimu backed Ness up, then the four argued about this. Spider-Man tried to stop them from arguing for the pro-Giygas side, and said they should look for proof, until a hooded man with a skull face came to them, and said that Ness was indeed right, that Giygas was used to spread and corrupt people, but also that another entity known as Lavas, a parasite had also been resurrected, and used to bring all of realities together to make it easier to spread said corruption. Upon the skull entering, he said that his name is Skeletor, then Zelda said to him that maybe she is not so sure if anyone in the team can even trust him, as she explained that she remembered Skeletor was at point Tabuu’s third in command, and Reimu backed Zelda up, being glad that they agreed on something, as she too remembered that Skeletor was there in her world corrupting everyone. Skeletor admits that he had been behind the corruption, and even confessed about the fact that he planned on overthrowing Tabuu who he says is the true leader of the corruption. He explains about the consequences, and now his desire for revenge against Tabuu for tricking him over a promise. Skeletor apologized for everything, but more that explained why he did what he did, and not excusing anything, as he knew that he should not be attempted to be alone, and to appreciate the allies had had, now knowing they turned on him. Then the team became unsure if they should even team up with him in the first place, as Reimu and Zelda knew from experience that trusting Skeletor is not an option. However Trajan says that they might not actually have a choice in the matter, as Skeletor somehow knows how to defeat Tabuu, and who he even is. If they want to all survive and protect what’s left, they may have to work with him. Spider-Man also knew about how Skeletor too had been leading the attack, and from the looks of it, he may actually have a grudge against Tabuu, hearing him wishing to defeat him, although for different reasons. At the end, everyone decided to take a risk trusting Skeletor, as he appears to be the only one that actually knows how to defeat Tabuu, and his power. So with a unanimous vote, they all decided to trust Skeletor, and give him a chance for the meantime, until he proves otherwise.
After Ness told Skeletor that they will trust him, Skeletor was glad, as he said that the SCP Foundation remains was out there while they were all asleep, attempting to do what they said they’d do with the three artifacts, and then the SCP got finished off for good, as everyone died, including the scientists with the exceptions of Elias Shaw due to his resurrection amulet going onto the last person, and Dr. Clef, who just wants to kill Tabuu just like with him, having that same determination. As Skeletor knew that nothing can be reversed, he did say that they can get out of the Great Maze, the main universe they are now in, which he won't get into much detail of how it happened. He says that Pandemonium the place they are at is a part of the Great Maze, and that Tabuu must be defeated in order to do so and to get to the only world that have not corrupted. The team would be on board since everything they knew was gone, as Skeletor says they must find all three artifacts, and use them as a weapon to destroy Tabuu, which could of been done before if everything was not in Subspace already, so with those three artifacts Tabuu could be weakened enough to defeat him for good. Skeletor finishes off with a warning that they should try to obtain them as fast as possible, rather than taking time, as he said that Pandemonium is a part of the Great Maze where time goes faster than on the outside. So he said that it’s wise to hurry it up and get them all in time. He gave them all a map of where their locations are, and Skeletor wished them luck, as he said that he had to meet with 15 characters who told it’s better to be good than evil, and that he realized that he can’t survive on his own, but promised that he will reunite as soon as possible.
Everyone went out of the town, through the portal, back at Pandemonium. Zelda still wondered if they were being up at a trap, as Skeletor was after all a mastermind of the Corruption, however, Trajan notes that they may have to trust him in the meantime, but still be cautious of any betrayal, as he does not want to discuss this again, preferring to get the artefacts as soon as possible. So the team carried on, and went through all of the areas of Pandemonium while fighting against any enemies on the way, and had to get a key to obtain each of the artifacts. In order to even get those artifacts, they even had to split up into 3 groups, with Spider-Man, Sonic and Reimu targeted the Star Rod, Bowser, Zelda and Ness going for Shaggy’s Shirt, and finally Trajan and his four legionnaires went for the Doom Slayer’s helmet.
After gaining all three artifacts, everyone was gathered at the exit that leads to the Great Maze, just as Skeletor instructed. However, the map warned that there is another servant of Tabuu guarding the exit, so they must defeat the opponent within 10 minutes before it’s too late, where Tabuu will win, as the wizard instructed this heavily. Everyone was walking down the hall, when they suddenly faced the Emperor, a handsome man with yellow hair, and an attitude of superiority. Everyone stopped, as he had lectured about the fact that Tabuu thought him “his place” and that he will serve the ruler of Subspace in any manner possible. With that, he was ordered to kill all 11 of the fighters, so without any interruptions, the Emperor just decides to fight everyone without question, breaking out of his usual behavior there, to then say that it would be an honor to be killed by him. Then Skeletor arrived, as he told everyone that he at least made it on time, and told them that they will have to hurry, reminding them, and then soon enough, the battle had now begun.
They defeated the Emperor of Pandemonium, and actually killed him, and as he exploded in defeat, he cursed them out, as he said that Master Hand needed Tabuu, in order to function as well as reality itself. Seeing the portal, Spider-Man quickly told everyone to enter, as they saw that Link’s group were right now face to face with Tabuu. Upon entering, and joining up with the fifteen, they were unsure what would happen, but the fate of themselves and everything that’s left that has not been affected remains to be seen.
This story here will continue on the main story about Mario’s group of 15 characters, himself included in the Next Chapter, sorry I have edited this from when I moved it from Achieve of Our Own.