Meanwhile on Earth, the non-lethal shockwave from space briefly disrupted planetary satellites, prompting urgent investigations by government agencies. Sensing the tremor, they swiftly scrambled to recover interrupted surveillance footage. Presenting the restored footage to President Baraq, they were all stunned to witness a fierce battle between two Tetronians, unable to track Terra's entry into Earth's atmosphere.
"Mr. President, it appears we are facing a potential threat. What are your orders, sir?" asked one of the agency officials.
President Baraq contemplated the implications of the footage, recognizing the "T" emblem on the Tetronians' chests, identical to Tetra's. He pondered the existence of other Tetronians and their reasons for conflict on Earth. After careful consideration, he proposed a comprehensive strategy to locate the alien intruder and understand her intentions. He also suggested reaching out to Earth's Guardians for support.
"With the one world government inauguration just a week away, we cannot afford an alien incursion. I want all resources deployed immediately," he commanded firmly.
"Yes, sir!" chorused the government officials in response.
"And someone get me Tetra," he added decisively.
Meanwhile, at the Guardians of Earth headquarters, they were already aware of the situation. They had just finished a video call with the president when Tetra emerged with the allied Doom Syndicate, stunning the Guardians with their presence. Teknight remained calm as he assessed the situation.
As the allied Doom Syndicate entered the Guardians' headquarters, Vox couldn't help but compliment the place as remarkable. A few of the heroes, however, readied themselves for any confrontation, but Tetra reassured them that the Doom Syndicate was with her.
"What's going on, Tetra? Why bring criminals into our facility?" questioned Nature, her words cutting Vox to the core.
"Ouch! Is that what you think about me? How flattering and painful to speak of your one true nemesis. If it's about the pollution of the ecosystem, that’s on mankind, especially the elite and the government, not on me. Nature, baby," said Vox.
"That's enough!" said Teknight, his voice authoritative and commanding.
"Am guessing that must be Teknight in the flesh. Eish! No wonder Blast hated him for his bossiness," Vox whispered to Zipporah.
"I heard that, Vox!" said Teknight, stunning Vox.
"But how?" Vox mouthed silently, to which Teknight also responded, further stunning Vox. "How is he doing that?"
Teknight then presented the footage to Tetra. After reviewing it, she recognized that time was short. She assured her teammates that Terra could be trusted, as it took great resolve to go against the Tetronian code.
"Are you saying there are others coming to invade Earth?" asked OLX. "How many are they?"
Tetra took a deep breath and began to reveal her entire truth to them all, stunning everyone, including Teknight.
"Well, if we are all going to fight for our lives and this planet, then it's time you know my entire truth and where I really come from," said Tetra. "My name is Tetra, and I am not from this universe. In fact, I am from a different multiverse entirely. To simplify things, I am from another maniverse, and this universe is a mere fraction and collection of a multiverse within a single maniverse."
"OLX here might have experienced such déjà vu, but it's not a trick of the mind. What you experienced is true. As you once told me when you were still figuring out your abilities, you mistakenly time-traveled and sometimes crossed dimensions," Tetra explained, her voice tinged with the weight of her revelations.
"As you know, I am from the planet Tetron, but it's not as I've described it to you before. In fact, Tetron itself is a battleground for survival of the fittest, a place where the weak are mercilessly eliminated. Most of our kind find it hard to maintain peace, so a few had to make the difficult choice of fleeing to another world," Tetra said, her voice heavy with emotion.
"Those of us who stayed behind began conquering other worlds and timelines within our maniverse. We soon realized that we weren't the most powerful in our galaxy. To build a stronger empire, we needed to study our enemies, befriend them, and gain their trust to exploit their strengths and weaknesses. Even if it meant putting our pride aside, this strategy was necessary for universal domination," Tetra continued, her eyes reflecting the harsh reality of her past.
"Our civilization was already cut in half by a powerful race known as the Primordials, beings of unprecedented power capable of vanquishing an entire maniverse without a second thought. The die was cast when we dared to challenge these beings in their territory. My sister was raped in battle against the Primordials. We were easily overpowered, and a few of us had to escape to survive. So we built new alliances with the Xentorians from our world. We gained their trust and their advanced technologies. To even the odds, we procreated with them. What emerged from our genetics was unstoppable—a hybrid known as Xentronians," Tetra said, her voice growing stronger with each word.
"The Xentronians, with our unfathomable strength combined with the Xentorians' abilities, magic, and cosmic tech, were able to defeat the Primordials. Soon, we became jealous of them as they began to overshadow us and our pride. Fueled by envy and arrogance, we waged war on the Xentronians and the Xentorians," Tetra concluded, her voice a mixture of regret and determination.
"The battle was fierce and brutal, wiping out half of the growing population, but we emerged victorious in the end. Soon, we crossed paths with yet another powerful race known as the Curtechyians. Their immense abilities surpassed any beings we've faced. While similar to the Primordials, the Curtechyians were far more powerful—beyond gods and any cosmic or abstract entities. They called themselves the extraterrestrial gods. With their unfathomable speed and ability to manipulate any known abilities, they could alter the fabric of existence, erase time itself, grant, absorb, or take away any abilities. They became our biggest threat after the Primordials. They were too smart for us to trick, and their source of abilities, the Curtechyian Force, was only accessible to them," Tetra explained.
"We needed to get rid of the Curtechyians, but each time they faced death, they resurfaced from it. It seemed they had found the key to cheat and manipulate death with their abilities, and we were outnumbered. So, we devised a plan. Since we figured the Primordials were almost on the same power level as the Curtechyians, we studied the remnants of their lifeless forms alongside the Xentronians. Soon, we discovered that omnicide was the key to ensure our victory, but omnicide alone wasn't enough. As long as the Curtechyians had their Curtechyian Force, there was no putting an end to them. So, we devised another plan that was much more convincing to the Curtechyians and their pride, blinding them from realizing our true aim," she added.
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"Truly, pride goes before a fall, and that was what we used to overcome the Curtechyians. Beings who are untouchable, could perceive and manipulate the future in a Planck time without any consequences, chose to neglect their abilities to perceive our plot since they knew they were untouchable. Even if they tried to look into our future, it became a glitch to them, unstable for them to predict our outcome. All thanks to the fusion of Xentronian and Primordial we studied and the abilities we harnessed from them, granting us various different additional abilities that varied from our original abilities," said Tetra.
"So, the empire sent me on a mission to gain their trust after a well-thought-out process. I was temporarily put as an outcast, making it believable just as the empire planned. There, I began infiltrating the Curtechyian empire after being discovered by a member. I befriended one of their own. At first, I was solely focused on the mission, but soon, little did I know that my emotions got the best of me. That's where I learned the truth—that the Curtechyians weren't conquerors of dimensions but protectors assigned to them by their queen known as the Empress of Time, or Lady Empress," Tetra concluded, her voice a mixture of revelation and sorrow.
The Guardians and the remaining Doom Syndicate members were stunned by the revelations. The weight of Tetra's words hung in the air as they processed the gravity of the situation.
"So, you're saying the Curtechyians are protectors, not invaders?" OLX asked, trying to grasp the full extent of the information.
"Yes, and they are the only reason why many worlds have not fallen into chaos. Their presence is a balancing force. But my mission, though successful in gaining their trust, was also the beginning of my realization that we, the Tetronians, were on a path of destruction. That’s why I chose to leave and protect Earth," Tetra said, her resolve firm.
"And after gaining their trust, they taught me the secrets of their powers. A few entrusted me and infused me with a portion of it. My best friend XL, a royal bloodline of the Curtechyian empire and the future empress, soon discovered that I was a spy who had had a change of heart. She revealed the secret to me of my doings and actions of the past but not my future. She also revealed to me a few surviving races of the Primordials, Xentorians, and Xentronians which they had sent across different dimensions and alternate realities. But soon after much time spent, she revealed the fate of her own people to me. She knew that the Tetronian empire would strike to end their reign, and that I would be the one forced to betray them. XL wasn't offended by this as she had already foreseen it before the moment I began my mission. She mentioned that time chose my very own blood for a successful future, for a possible alternate world, but one thing was certain: there would always be the Curtechyian Force as well as other alternate Curtechyians, be it mixtures of both otherworldly races. Even if it were to be destroyed, as long as the Maniverse existed, there was always a way," said Tetra.
"But little did I know that when I was to report back to the Tetronian empire about my success, I hesitated and they knew something was amiss. I tried reasoning with them but they scolded me. My sister Tetora persuaded me to reveal the secret of the Curtechyian empire, to which I refused. They saw my sentiment for the Curtechyians as weakness. That's when Tetora blamed me for my mistrust and failed duty to have her back against the Primordial previous encounter when she was raped, and now being pregnant with a child of a mixed race of Tetronian and a Primordial. She blamed me for it. Terra, having my back, defended me as we have been fighting side by side for ages, but that wasn't enough as the empire had decided to execute Terra and my sister in front of me if I failed to reveal the secret," said Tetra with a heavy heart.
"It was no threat but a planned one that I failed to foresee, an idea from Tetora given to the empire and a weakness I knew I could not overcome. With that, I revealed the truth to them, only to find out that I was being tricked by my own sister," said Tetra. "As soon as I tried warning the Curtechyian empire, I was imprisoned. I escaped later with Terra's aid, but it was too late. The Curtechyian empire was conquered alongside everyone. Little did they know that the Curtechyian Force had spread across every Maniverse, timeline, and dimension. What was left was a Curtech chronosphere, which was later fused with Xentorian tech, revealing other realities, so many worlds to conquer. But we knew we were outnumbered, even if we had the resources to do so. Every world and timeline differed. With the aid of the XentCurt Chronosphere, we traveled across dimensions looking for a suitable world, which we eventually found. But our attention was drawn to this universe and we knew it was suitable for us," Tetra concluded.
"Our arrival in this universe was certain when we first discovered another Primordial. We were fully confident in our victory this time as we vanquished them all effortlessly. With that, we moved on to the next galaxy. We kept on conquering, and as we began to conquer galaxies, I started to question myself, my past, and my present actions. Soon after, I diverted from my missions constantly to either Earth, a fragile race without developed civilization, where it became my first place of choice, keeping my identity and arrival a secret, or to desolate planets to rethink my purpose and actions. There, I encountered some alien scientist species known as Xenomorphs who were with their rulers on an expedition to understand other desolate planets to replenish life," said Tetra.
"I also realized that their technology was a fusion of Xenomorphs and Xentorian tech. Soon after, my solitary presence was sensed by their emperor and empress. Harmless and hospitable to me, they could sense my worries and welcomed me into their planet with open arms. I couldn't hide my feelings from them, which they had already perceived from the desolate planet we once were. As time passed, they understood that my intentions were pure. They had allied themselves with Xentorians as well and taught in their ways," said Tetra.
"I realized I couldn't compromise them, so I had to inform them to stay alert against my people. But little did I know I was being trailed. At first, it was Terra who informed me that I was being followed to the planet Xeno. She had always covered my tracks by eliminating the spies sent after me. But on a fateful day, it was my sister who spied on me. When she confronted me, I had to deny it, but as she looked deeper into my thoughts, she realized I had found a worthy planet to conquer. She thought I had kept the planet a secret for my selfish gain to conquer alone. Soon, she revealed to me that they had discovered the Xentorian of this universe and that we had vanquished them. I couldn't bear the fact that I too had a hand in this after my sister had persuaded me before putting to bed, giving birth to a powerful hybrid race. He was named Tetramand, trained from birth by me, my sister, and the finest Tetronian soldiers. He went into combat and conquered the galaxies with us. That's when my sister revealed the planet Xeno to the empire, where they also discovered that they had allied themselves with the Xentorians residing on their planet and conquered them," said Tetra.
"I couldn't stand by and let the Xenomorph race be eliminated entirely, so I had to make sure the royal bloodline was safe. I allowed Zipporah's parents to send her to Earth before their demise with their planet," said Tetra. "I couldn't bear to see any more planets conquered by my people, and I knew I needed to act fast. Soon after, a few were sent to explore other hiding galaxies in the universe to conquer, whereas a few stayed behind to safeguard our newfound home. With that, I acted swiftly, knowing the consequences would later haunt me once I obliterated our newfound planet as I moved to Earth afterward."
"Wow!" Supreme whispered in shock.
"Does Mark know?" questioned Teknight, to which Tetra slightly shook her head in disappointment.
"If we're going to counter the rest of your kind, Tetra, and with all you've said, then we're going to need all the help we can get," said Teknight with a commanding voice and strategy.
Suddenly, Tetra questioned Teknight if he still had enough Xentrinite (Xentorium core), Tetrenite, and Tetrenium that could aid them in their battle. He responded that he had more than enough, stunning the other Guardians and Doom Syndicate, an understanding passing between Tetra and Teknight alone.
"We can use these resources to create weapons and defenses that can stand against the Tetronians," Teknight explained. "But we'll need time and coordination."
Tetra nodded. "I'll help you with the preparations. We have to move quickly. The empire won't wait."
The Guardians and the Doom Syndicate, now united under a common cause, began to strategize and prepare for the inevitable confrontation. The fate of Earth and countless other worlds hung in the balance, but with their combined strength and the knowledge they now possessed, hope flickered in the darkness.