Thursday, August 31, 2017

Zero Episode 36 What's in your Future?!


A/N: Fun fact, this title was called Future Experience. I decided to change it. It just sounds better to me and this episode address the idea of Time Travel. It also will address what I'm doing for the world of the story and the later crossovers later on. I won't say anything on here in the Author Notes and if I don't explain it well enough here, I will do it in the author notes because I may have nothing to say in the next part. I can't say which one it may be but who knows? I also forgot about someone but I plan to explain where she's been in this part. Oh and Zane always wears the Galaxy Phones except in his superhero alter-ego being that his helmet works as that.

Zane P.O.V.
I was currently sitting in the outskirts of Cypress Park and I sighed. Today was supposed to be a day that was normal. I wake up, hang out with my family, head off to school while stopping some small crimes and maybe a super villain, going through the school day making fun of the popular kids and Kevin plus leaving class to handle crimes, and finish off my day either hanging out with my family or doing some patrol. Today was different. Lets begin shall we?

This morning, I was sitting on my bed and I was looking at my blade. Mel ,who had a pretty good human disguise, dropped it off last night. Mel asked me not to reveal it until I've had proper training in the way of the blade. I didn't have a chance to tell him that I did have some training thanks to Gwen and my Warrior Blade card. He had a drinking contest with my mom and grandpa. Both me and Atem soon learned that my family had a high immunity to alcohol but Mel didn't.

Atem had to use his bandages to keep the cyclops from destroying the house and I used my upgraded Sleeping Powder ,being that it was actually one of my hundred forms,  to knock him out for now and right now, he was asleep in the guest room. I heard Atem and Wolfram's footsteps as I hid the sword right next to my guitar. I saw them open the door as Atem said,"Daddy!". He tackled my right leg as Wolfram ,thankfully not in his beast form, tackled the left.

I smiled as I said,"So why are you two so happy? I mean this is normal but still... you two are really hyper to say the least.". "You got a letter!" said Atem. I looked confused as Wolfram looked around my room for something. "Are you looking for something?" I said. The puppy nodded as he saw the blade resting there. "What's that daddy? Is it from Mel?" said Atem. I nodded as Atem said,"I think you would look cooler if you used them.".

I picked them up as I said,"You may be right but here's the thing. I still need to learn how to use a sword.". The two looked confused as I said,"Here's something that my dad taught me. You can't do anything half-cocked.". "Really?" said Atem. "Here's the thing Atem. When I first learned how to use my powers, I didn't go and fight my opponents without any kind of training." I said. "When did you trained?" said Atem. "During the night." I said.

Wolfram began to count something with his paws as I said,"Thanks to me being an Eazairvian, I only need a few hours to recover my energy.". "That's so cool." said Atem. I tussled his hair as I said,"So where is that letter?". "Downstairs. Grandma is reading it alongside Kania and great grandpa." said Atem. "Okay. Lets go see what's going on." I said. The two were gone as I sighed. Those two are so hyper and I think giving them sugar would be a really bad idea.

I put on my gray cargo pants ,with the large amount of pockets, with me not wearing my normal top that goes with my jeans. I liked having fashion conscious friends because well, I'm not an expert on it and I don't think I'll ever be. I put on a gray sweater ,that has a black zigzag pattern, with me placing on my Z.E.R.O. watch alongside its bracelet partner. I finished off my outfit by putting on my silver necklace that has a crimson red guitar pendant and my combat boots with the steel toe caps.

I then walked downstairs with my hearing picking up tears of joy. I rushed and I jump down the last section of them. I went into the kitchen as I saw my mom crying out a excessive amount of tears and this was normal. "What happened mom? Did you start cutting onions or is something happening in one of your shows?" I said. "No! You got accepted to it Zane!" said Natasha. "To what?" I said. "The best school in the country." said Arturo.

My eyes widened as I said,"You can't be serious mom. I mean that school is for the richest kids in the country! And when did I even apply?!". "Is this school super hard to get into?" said Atem with a very confused look on his face. "It is! And my baby boy's going!" said Natasha. She hugged me with me looking at my grandfather. "Honestly, you have really good luck Zane." said Arturo. "But when did I apply?" I said.

After calming my mom down, I said,"When did I apply mom?". "Do you remember when you were little and we were living in our old house?" said Natasha. "Wait. I thought that you were born here dad. You and Uncle Danny have been friends for years right?" said Atem. "He and Danny have been friends since Danny was seven and Zane was eight." said Natasha. "My past is something that I'll tell you about when the time is right?" I said knowing my son's inquisitive nature.

I sat down in the kitchen ,after making myself breakfast, and Wolfram sat nearby me. I usually feed the puppy scraps but today, I needed the energy much to his dismay. I later saw him rushing toward his bowl as Atem poured the dog his bacon flavored food. I shook my head as Arturo said,"I've heard about this school. It takes greater than normal grades, connections beyond belief, and also something special about you. So why did they pick you?".

I shrugged as Natasha said,"So you'll be transferring to the school soon.". "Don't I have a say in the matter mom?! All of my friends are at Cypress High and I'm the student council president!" I said as my temper flared up. "Zane. Calm down." said Arturo. He then placed his hands on my shoulders and I said,"Don't touch me!". I grabbed Arturo and threw him into the living room. I looked at myself as I said,"I'm sorry.". I rushed out of the house as I heard Atem and Natasha scream my name.

Narrator P.O.V.
Atem was looked right at Arturo who was panting as he said,"Is great-grandpa alright Kania?". The dog looked at the young boy as she said,"I don't know. His Essence wasn't injured by Zane but he is very old. What has your father taught you about the Phantom biology?". "Um. He hasn't at all Kania. Ms. Reese taught me about Phantoms alongside great-grandpa." said Atem. "I see. So why do you think Zane reacted like that?" said Kania.

Atem shrugged as Arturo said,"It's simple Kania.". The two looked at the old man as Natasha, as she had kept herself from chasing after Zane, said,"What do you mean dad?". "We both know that Zane isn't used to change. Don't you remember what Zane was like when you moved to Cypress Park to get away from Shawn's memory?" said Arturo. "Is that why you moved grandma?" said Arturo. Wolfram looked at his grandmother figure with him barking.

Kania said,"No pup. We're not going after Zane. Even with our sense of smell, we won't be able to find him right now.". "What do you mean?" said Atem. "Zane has been spending time learning on how to use his powers while keeping up his social life and studies rather well. He may not have time to teach Atem about Phantoms but I think that if Zane decided to become a villain, he would be a pain to take down." said Arturo.

Natasha heard the doorbell as she went to go get it. "So did dad have school today?" said Atem. "Not today. Today is a teacher's day meaning that Zane and his company doesn't have school." said Arturo with Wolfram nodding. "Don't act like you knew it pup." said Kania. Wolfram sulked as Natasha said,"Um. We have company.". Atem saw Danny, Karen, and Kristen standing there with the puppy rushing toward the trio.

Karen then picked up Wolfram as Kristen said,"Didn't we see him yesterday you guys?". Karen was petting the little puppy with Danny saying,"You're right but according to Zane, he can remember the person but he can't remember if he's seen them in the past twenty four hours.". "That actually makes sense." said Kristen. "So where is Zane?" said Karen. Wolfram then looked down as Kania said,"You three may want to sit down.".

Danny slammed the table as he said,"Zane got accepted to Arcadia University!?". "Is it really hard to get into?" said Atem. "Well, I think Zane would be the first person in town to get accepted despite it being up the street from the town." said Kristen. "Well, he would be if he and his mom didn't move here. So where is he now?" said Karen. "Unknown." said Natasha holding a pillow. "I guess we have to go find him." said Danny.

Wolfram agreed with Danny as Arturo said,"Like I told Atem earlier, you won't be able to find my grandson unless he wants you to do.". "What do you mean? Isn't he at Fantasia? The Pizzeria? Any other food place?" said Kristen. "It's very nice to know where the Zane's natural habits are. We should get going." said Kania. "Should we go look for him?" said Karen. "Aren't you worried about him Karen?" said Danny.

Karen looked at him as she said,"I am but we both know what Zane was like when he moved here to Cypress Park.". "What was he like?" said Atem and Kristen. "He never told you. I guess he's still not a fan of his past. You should ask him once we find him. We need to make sure that he knows that this time, he has a family." said Danny. Atem nodded as he said,"I'll help you Uncle Danny!". The two were gone as the girls went after them with the dogs following behind them.

Arturo looked at his daughter ,still holding a pillow, as he said,"Natasha. Are you going after Zane? I thought you would have gone with them. I can't because of well, your son.". "No. I think he's mad at me so I'll just stay here for now." said Natasha. "I see. Well, I think we should get ready." said Arturo as he stood up. "Huh?" said Natasha. "We should make Zane's favorite foods to celebrate. You may get on his good side if you do this." said Arturo. Natasha nodded as she went into the kitchen.

Zane P.O.V.
I was currently sitting at the top of my favorite spot in town called Skyward Point. It looked over the entire town very much and well, I was the only one who knew about this place. I remember moving here when I was only nine/ten years old and well, my past isn't something that I'm not exact proud of but what can you do? I rested on the tree just relaxing and I heard,"Zane.". I looked at my watch and I said,"You won't rat me out right partner?".

Athena said,"Zane. I thought you would be happy.". "Happy? Why the hell would I be happy about leaving my life and my friends?!" I said. "You do know that the school Arcadia University is nearby Cypress Park right? I'm sure you do but I can understand what you're going through due to your past right?" said Athena. I sighed as I said,"Hey. Did we ever figure out how to travel to other dimensions or timelines?". "No why?" said Athena.

Crisis Judgement went off as I saw a portal opening up beside me. It was different from say a portal to Taelamelan or Terrarune so I had my guard up. "Okay. This is so not helping." I said. I was about to turn into Zero as I saw a woman ,being that she was wearing a purple robe, fly out of the portal. It flew past me and it looked down at me with her smiling. She grabbed me and I said,"Hey! Let me go!". "Not happening Zaney." said the woman.

After I escaped her grip, I turned into Zero and then Swamp Form. She looked at me and she flew back to her portal. "You're not leaving me when the fight's getting started!" I said. The vines flew right toward her as she said,"Gotcha.". The vines started dragging me toward the portal and once I entered it, I saw that it disappeared behind us. The portal reopened as I slammed face first into the ground and I puked. "Really hate going through portals." I said wiping the puke off myself.

I saw the woman just staring at me with her orchid eyes as I said,"Listen. I don't care who you are but today isn't the day to mess with me." I rushed toward her to punch her but here's the weird thing about all of this, she just took my attack. She landed on the ground as she was out. "That was easy. So where the hell am..." I said. I then looked around to see humans talking with Phantoms and Aliens with me saying,"Yep. I'm not in Kansas anymore.".

I heard,"Hey Zane.". I turned to see an older woman ,with her being a brunette, standing there on a board very much like my Falcon Board as she blew me a kiss. "Keep up the good work saving the Omniverse." said the woman. She flew off as I smiled. "Zane. She knew your secret identity." said Athena. "Hey Athena and Legion Zero! Keep up the awesome job!" said a boy with his friend as the two of them were flying on hover boots.

I said,"Legion Zero?". I turned around to see a statue as I said,"How come I didn't see that earlier when I got here?". It was a statue of a man with me reading the plague at the bottom. "This statue is to honored Legion Zero/Zane Vincent Alvarez, the Symbol of Peace and Justice. Is that me? Oh man, I kick some major ..." I said. The statue blew up as I made myself a vine wall to protect myself from the rubble. "Man. That statue was so cool." I said. "Focus!" said Athena.

A figure was walking out of the rubble as I heard,"Alvarez. It's been a while but I'm back to kick your ass to Pluto!". The figure stood there as it was a tiger human hybrid. He looked to be about eight to twelve feet tall with a muscular frame to him. His head looked very much like a tiger with his body covered in black and orange fur. His clothing was very simple with it being a torn and tattered prison uniform. "Do I know you? I think I would remember you furball." I said.

He got on all fours as he said,"You'll remember me when I claw your eyes out and eat them!". Worse battle cry ever. He charged toward me with me jumping over him. "He's fast!" I thought. "Okay. You should know why they call me the symbol of...." I said. I was above him with a giant plant fist and but he grabbed me. He threw me to the ground as I said,"Round two?". He was about to attack me but then I heard,"Stay away from him Barbarian!".

The tiger was blasted by an Animus Beam with me turning to see the woman from earlier. She fired them like crazy as he said,"You bitch!". His right arm turned into a cannon as a laser beam fired out of it. She put up an energy barrier that encapsulate her entirely being very much like a sphere. The beam also reflected off it and it soon dissipated. She rushed toward the feline with him saying,"I'll get your attention soon Alvarez by hurting one of them.".

His right arm fired out a single bullet but it soon turned into an net that captured the woman shocking her in the process. "You forget that I was given enhancements to handle Phantoms and Sorcerers you dumb bitch?!" said Barbarian. He turned to face me as he fired a volley of laser beams. I dodged most of them as the rest went through me. The injured parts soon regenerated as I said,"Time for you to stop in your tracks!".

Before I could launch my attack, something ,moving at an incredible speed, smacked into the tiger launching him into the air. He crashed into the ground with me saying,"Okay. What the hell just happened here?". I soon turned back to normal as I heard,"You can't be serious. You know that he hates time travel.". I turned to see another older woman standing there and I was pretty sure that she wasn't here to flirt with me I hope.

She has long and flowing violet hair that looks to be swept out at the ends, full lips, and brilliant silver eyes. She has a very womanly figure being that she has impressive birthing hips, thighs, and a very large chest. She looked to be taller than the other woman who dragged me here and saved my but from tiger boy. She's wearing a light purple armored bustier over a long white tank top that shows off her toned stomach and arms.

She wears silver armor guards with black cut-off gloves and a mini computer. She has a pair of dog tags that rest above her chest. She wears ankle high, high-heeled gold combat boots. She finishes off her outfit with dark purple/black leather jeans. The woman, who brought me here, threw the net onto him as the violet beauty said,"It looks like Countess Chimera. We better run a DNA analysis when we are back at H.Q.".

The two women looked at me as I said,"Sup.". "And sent him back before we run the time stream. I think you would remember what happened last time." said the violet beauty. "So ladies, what am I like here? Do I have more control over my powers?! Do I have my own H.Q.? This is so cool!" I said. She then looked at the woman as she said,"You know that he's still our Zaney but he's so much cuter than he was.".

I looked closer at the woman who brought me here as I said,"Dawn? Is that you?". She took off her hood revealing her short silver hair with a single purple streak. It was longer in the back being that it hangs loose down there with the front being shorter as her bangs covered her forehead. She's wearing a purple sleeveless Chinese-style dress that has gold accents, silver bands around her wrists, a gold necklace, and black stockings with purple boots.

Dawn said,"Yep! You're just like the Zaney of this time except without the beard. I never really liked the beard but it gives him a mature charm. So have any questions about the future?". "Several. So how famous am I here? Why does everyone know my secret? And why did you bring me here exactly?" I said. "I doubt that Dawn brought here to tell you about your future Zane. You need him for something don't you?" said the violet beauty.

She nodded as I said,"So why did you take me when I was sulking?". "Well, I remember that you can be quite the stubborn guy slightly more now but what can you do? I bet that Taylor here thought that taking you after you met her in the past would have been better but the time that I took you now is for the best." said Dawn. "So this is pretty much the future now?" I said. "Yep. We have pretty much everything that you could want here." said Dawn.

Taylor snapped her fingers as she said,"Focus Dawn. Why did you bring him here?". "Oh. According to my predictions, there is going to be a great battle coming very soon involving Countess Chimera and her army. Our Zane is currently off dimension along with the rest of Team Power so we need your help." said Dawn. "Wait. You two are way stronger than me. I mean you defeated that pussy cat with me not laying a scratch on him." I said.

Taylor said with a smile,"Wow. You're quite modest. I forgot what you were like back in our youth. In this time, you mastered all of your talents.". Her mini computer glowed as it said,"Alert. Sector 68-F is danger.". "So what's there exactly?" I said. "Well, it's very much like a giant vault containing all of the Omniverse's secrets." said Dawn. "We should go there girls! I'm sure that this is where your predictions is coming from Dawn!" I said.

Narrator P.O.V.
Dawn and Taylor looked at each other as Zane's Crisis Judgment went off. He then phased through the ground as the Astral Tank aka Zane's upgraded Doom Buggy rushed toward the two. Zane then reappeared as the door opened up to the side. "It's good to see that you two are still doing well." said a man's voice. Zane was shocked to see that it was an older version of Doctor Maxwell Brock and he said,"I finally got the permission of Zane to finally use this thing.".

He had more gray hairs with his missing limbs looking even more science fiction. "You know my secret too Doctor?" said Zane. "You got the time travel spell working didn't you Dawn? It's a good thing that Savant is a lot less strict about time travel." said Max. Zane turned back to normal as Max said,"It's good to see you again Zane but well, you're much younger.". "Don't you still see me? Am I like my father?" said Zane.

Max said,"Not at all Zane! You're just so busy but you always make time out of your busy schedule for your family, friends, and wives.". Zane's face went blank as he said,"Wives? I'm married?!". "So I'm guessing that you two didn't tell him about his future." said Max. "Well, you know very how time travel works." said Taylor with a small blush on her face. "Yep. Me and Taylor plus three others are your wives!" said Dawn. Zane fainted as Taylor sighed.

Max placed the teen in one of the seats as Max said,"So where are we going?". "To Athena. Dawn, I think Zane needs to be awake." said Taylor. Dawn poked Zane's right eye and he woke up. The tank flew off as Zane said,"This thing can fly?! I didn't know that. So where do I live? And why do I have seven wives?!". "Well, you upgraded the Astral Tank thanks to your smarter forms, you live with us in H.Q, and you're royalty of Terrarune." said Taylor.

Max said,"You always try to make time for us even though you're super busy. It's nice to see that even with great fame, you don't change too much Zane. It's weird seeing him without the beard right?". "It is but you're still Zane." said Dawn as she pinched his cheek. Zane groaned as Max said,"We're here you guys.". Zane looked out to see a giant tower as Dawn said,"You built it after the Sorcery Tower back in Taelamelan and replaced an older building here in town.".

Max parked the car as the two older women got out. Zane looked at Max with him saying,"I know that you're worried about your future seeing all of this may not help but Dawn and Taylor are trying to help. Remember that Zane.". Zane got out of the car with Max saying to himself,"It's really weird seeing him without the beard.". The tank soon flew off as Zane said,"Time to show you ladies how I became the Symbol of Peace and Justice!".

He turned into Werewolf Form as Dawn said,"So why are you the living incarnation of a Werewolf Zane?". "Because I think it would better since Thermal Form burns things and also I wanted to be okay?" said Zane as he scratched his nose. "Yep. Same old Zane." said Taylor. The two women then giggled at Zane causing him to roll his eyes. The three rushed into the tower with them heading up to the eighth floor.

They looked around for the intruder with Zane's Crisis Judgement going off. He fired off a sonic howl protecting them from rubble. The three looked at the smoke cloud as Zane heard,"Wow. Looks like the women took out Barbarian with the help of young Zane. Quite impressive don't you think my children?". Zane saw Countess Chimera coming out with her body looking more animal than him and she was way taller than he remember. "Wow. You got ugly." said Zane.

She stood there as she said,"Look all of this. It has the DNA of every animal in the Omniverse plus some tech stuff but who cares about that ? I can defeat you and your over a million forms Zane with my army!". "Oh yeah snake lady. You and what army? Oh wait, you don't have one but you do have this!" said Zane as he rushed toward her. He was soon hit by Benny ,whose horns were now made out of metal, plus Marvin who looked more robotic than ape.

Taylor said,"Zane!". She rushed toward him as Dawn noticed Falcon ,oddly looking more bird than robot, and she said,"Not happening feathers. Frost Bite!". She fired a light blue beam out of her palm as it froze Falcon. Benny said,"You're not needed here Zane! I mean the future you is so much of a threat but you? You're nothing more than a joke.". Marvin agreed with him as Zane said,"I know that you two are still animals so have a load of this!".

He fired off a sonic attack ,equal to a nuclear bomb, with the two grabbing their ears. Zane slammed them into the ground as he rushed toward Countess. "Howling Fury!" said Zane. He fired off a pair of forward and extended with both fists on Countess. He fired off a sonic howl ,up close, and it left her in a stunned state. He slammed her with a hard tail smack and he fired off several sonic attacks in a row.

Countess smacked him back as Taylor said,"Wow. She's much stronger than Zane.". Zane got back up as he rushed toward her. "Yeah but Zane isn't giving up." said Dawn. The two had finished off the animal trio with Dawn saying,"Are we forgetting about someone?". Taylor shrugged as Zane soon switched into his Boxer Punch. He punched her back as Zane switched into Mummy Form. He then slammed his arms into the ground causing Countess to get trapped in a wrapping prison.

She broke out of Zane as she grabbed one of the empty test tubs. She threw it at Zane with the tub going right through his body. He stood on the top of it as he said,"Not going work. I'm dead.". He threw his wrappings at her trapping her. He threw her away as Zane turned into Water Form. Her eyes widened as a giant burst of water slammed into her causing a huge explosion of water. She slammed into some test tubes as Dawn said,"Yep. You're a younger Zane.".

Zane turned into his normal superhero self as he said,"You guys got her right?". "Sure." said Taylor as her hands glowed. The area around Countess turned into liquid metal with it soon hardening. "So what am I like?" said Zane. "First off, we need to drop Countess and her cronies into the Prison which we can leave to the police" said Taylor. Dawn smiled as Zane said,"Can I see my H.Q.?". "I don't see why we can't." said Dawn. Taylor nodded as Zane cheered.

Zane ,thanks to his Falcon Board, flew with the two women as he said,"So Countess Chimera is still around and what happened to Wildcat?". "Wildcat or Lois has turned back into a normal human but she is the only one. The latest president approved of human and animal DNA slicing so it's not that bad to be honest." said Dawn. "So do I have like any major enemies in the future because right now, I only got Hyde right now." said Zane.

Taylor said,"He's still around but he's not that much of a threat compared to the Odium Society who can be your main enemies.". "The Odium Society?" said Zane. "They're a group of villains but since you became a full time hero, you have made them a complete joke." said Dawn. "They're still a threat Dawn. So are you ready to see your H.Q Zane?" said Taylor. He nodded as Zane said,"Lets go!". He flew ahead of them as the two women flew after him.

Back in the lab, Countess Chimera smiled as Benny said,"So why did you get yourself owned by that younger hero again Countess?". The four were walking around after they took out the guards and their pesky cameras. "To keep them busy. You know how they can be." said Falcon. "This makes sense." said Great Ape. "Stop my children. We have found our ally." said Countess. The three looked up to see Remane ,in a giant test tub, with his body ,except for his right eye and arm, missing.

Countess Chimera said,"Watch and learn.". She held out a remote with her saying,"It's good to see you again Remane. I heard that our good pal Zero is alive and making a name for himself. What are you doing? Sitting in a tube. I'll give you a chance for revenge on Zane if you wish.". The trio behind her noticed that Remane's eye glowed as EC said,"Welcome to the new era!". She pressed the big and red button on the remote as it covered Remane in a red light as his body reformed.

Back with Zane, he stood there as he said,"This is Zero H.Q.?". It was a giant tower ,which looked to be taller than a normal Skyscraper, with his logo rotating around on the roof. "I must hang out here a lot." said Zane. "You sure do." said Taylor. The three went inside as Dawn said,"Three up to main floor Auto.". "Yes Ms. Dawn." said a voice. The three were teleported as Zane puked. "I forgot that you seem to do that." said Dawn. "You forgot?" said Taylor.

Zane said,"So I'm not like,"There's no time. I have to be a hero twenty four seven. No time for surfing or maybe skydiving from the moon.". "Nope. You did those two things after you got approved by the president." said Taylor. "I met the President huh. Which one?" said Zane. "The one in your time or the the forty sixth president." said Dawn. "So should I just wait here and not touch a single thing because I could ruin the time stream." said Zane.

Zane heard,"Not exactly younger me.". Zane turned around to see him standing there but older. He had a full beard with him wearing a normal red t-shirt, blue jeans, and combat boots. He had a more muscular frame with him being almost seven feet tall. He still has a fighter's frame. The sides of his hair was gray and his hands were covered with medical tape. "Wow. I'm so...." said Zane. "I"m Incredible? No Amazing? Wait a micro minute Spectacular?" said Future Zane.

Zane sweatdropped as he said,"Unique.". FZ sighed as he said,"I guess I'm just not that impress huh younger me?". "So aren't you going to ask why he's here?" said Taylor. FZ put his arms behind his head as he said,"Meh. I guess Dawn had a reason right?". He kissed her as Zane gagged a little. "Get used to it Zane. You'll be doing it a lot" said FZ. "Way to ruin the future older me. So where are my kids? I want to see them." said Zane.

Dawn said,"They're with Grandma on a trip right?". FZ nodded as he said,"You won't be seeing her Zane.". Zane crossed his arms as he said,"I'm fine without seeing her.". "Dawn. What time did you take the Prime Zane from?" said FZ. "Prime Zane?" said Zane. "Oh. I knew there was something that I forgot to tell you. This is just one of your futures!" said Dawn. "You can't be serious?! Am I married in all of them or do I have a single bachelor future Zane?" said Zane.

Taylor said,"According to Savant, there is one but you'll know soon enough.". "The Prime Dimension aka your dimension is the main one with all other dimensions being created from that one. There is a dimension where Fish are the dominant species, there is a dimension of fire rain, cat and dogs living together, and...." said FZ. "And where Hamsters rule?" said Zane with FZ nodding. "You two are the same." said Dawn as she sighed.

Taylor nodded as she said,"I never got the appeal of those movies.". "I'm the Future you that you will mostly like be but who knows?" said FZ. "So is there a future me whose a total jerk and focus on his work?" said Zane. "Bingo." said Dawn. "Alert. Section 7-P is in danger." said a voice. "So whose that guy?" said Zane. "That's my Athena. In this Dimension, Athena is male named Auto." said FZ. "So what's going on?" said Taylor.

FZ looked at Dawn as he said,"This may be too dangerous for you Zane so Dawn, get the portal open and send him back before he gets hurt.". He was gone as Zane said,"Well, I'm not going anywhere. I always wanted to kick ass alongside an older version of myself. So where is Sector 7-P?". "It's down below and I mean really far down." said Dawn. "Please tell me we're not taking the transporter. I'm so over that." said Zane. "Nope." said Taylor.

Down below, Countess Chimera was pushing some buttons with the Animal Trio standing guard over her. A machine ,looking like a giant gateway, lowered down in front of her as Future Zane stood there with him saying as his hands turned into Diamond Form,"You're going down Countess!". "Oh dear Zane. Our fight is just beginning." said a voice. Zane turned to see Remane standing there as FZ said,"Remane!?".

Remane ,who looked to be more muscular with both arms looking very much on steroids, rushed to FZ with him aiming his claw toward the hero. He dodged the attack and Remane kept on trying to hit him. FZ flipped backwards and he slammed into a wall. Remane slammed his fist into Future Zane and it caused a huge explosion. Countess smiled as she walked toward the machine. She was soon blasted by several Animus Spheres.

The animal trio saw Dawn standing there with both Taylor and Zane and she said,"Countess is trying to open up the Omni-Portal!". "Which means that this dimension is going to be over run by creatures right?" said Zane as he saw Remane holding Future Zane and then throwing him. "Whoa, he looks more jacked up than I remember. I'll go help myself. Take care of Countess and her weirdo brigade okay ladies?" said Zane. "Gotcha." said Taylor.

The two rushed toward the four as Zane said,"Okay Athena. You ready to show these guys what the past is made out of.". "I already got the form in mine for the job partner." said Athena. Zane turned into Gadget Form as he said,"This is going to be good!". Back with FZ, he was currently hanging off his tower with Remane walking toward him. "Coming to you live from butkick City, it's your host Zero!" said Zane's voice.

Remane was then slammed by a giant bulldozer as it reformed into Gadget Form. "I told you that I got this! Now go help Dawn and Taylor!" yelled FZ as he got back onto the platform. "Listen. I'm not sure what happened in this future but I know that you were taught the same lesson as I was by my dad. We never let a friend fight on his own and you're my friend." said Zane. Future Zane looked at his younger self as he said,"Okay but first...".

Future Zane turned more beast like as he rushed toward Remane. "Wow. Did you see that? I think that he's Beast Form now!" said Zane. Zane turned his arms into battering rams as he rushed after his older self. Back inside, the machine was slowly opening with Countess being totally occupied by the women due to the duo taking out the trio earlier on. Taylor tried to kick Countess but it failed due to her block. She landed back as Dawn said,"Taylor!".

Several appendages were coming out as Countess said,"You're too slow!". Dawn clapped her hands as a huge tidal wave of fire came rushing toward the woman. Back outside, Future Zane was slapped back as Zane tried to smash Remane using two giant hammers. Remane's right arm grew bigger and he punched Zane back. Future Zane's body turned into half fire and ice with him saying,"I won't let you hurt the kid!".

He threw a huge amount of fire and ice at Remane with it making a smoke cloud. "That won't work on me anymore Alvarez!" yelled Remane. He rushed toward FZ and he uppercutted the hero into the air as FZ turned his arms into Gravity Form with him launching several pieces of rubble at the once Phantom. "You can't destroy me like you did in the past!" said Remane. His left arm fired out a rope grabbing FZ slamming him into the ground.

FZ turned his body into Swift Form by rushing toward Remane with the Phantom saying,"You may have the power to turn your body into the different forms of your Prime Counterpart and you can access their powers that way...". The left arm fired out several balls which tripped FZ up as he said,"And the Countess gave me the power to defeat all of them with ease.". FZ turned into Brawn Form ,in terms of physical appearance, with his face being slammed into the ground.

Remane said with a smile on him,"This time, I'm ready for anything you got Cross...". Zane ,in his Cartoon Form, swarmed the Phantom as Zane said,"Charge!". The clones rushed toward Remane as he smacked several of them back. "You're weak Prime! I'll destroy you and your future so that I may have my revenge!" said Remane. His rope grabbed Zane and he said,"Um. Can we talk about this?". "Get your dam claw off him!" said a voice.

Remane was blasted into the tower by an energy beam as both Zanes turned to see Max sitting in the Astral Tank. "Go help Dawn and Taylor! They may need help." said FZ. Max nodded as the tank flew off. The two stood there as Zane's Crisis Judgement went off. Remane soon grabbed the two and he said,"Time for you to taste defeat!". They were heading toward the ground as both Zane said,"I don't think so Beasty!".

The two turned it around him as the revived Phantom got slammed through several bridges with the present Zane thinking,"I really hope that I don't have to pay for any destruction on the job.". FZ saw a crowd of people standing there with him saying,"Go now!". They ran away as Remane got slammed into the ground hard. Back with the ladies, Taylor was dodging Countess's swipes as she said,"Do you honestly think that you two could win? I'm much more advanced than the both of you.".

Dawn floated behind him as she said,"Oh yeah. Magma Wave!". A huge wave of magma appeared as Countess ran from it. Taylor kicked her in the face as the wave flowed her. Countess climbed up the ceiling smacking Dawn in the face. Taylor rushed toward her with Countess grabbing her and then throwing her into the wall. Taylor looked up to see that Countess was about to slam into her before she was saved by Max's left arm.

It soon turned into a cannon with him saying,"I hope you two don't mind the company.". "Not at all Mr. Brock." said the two. The trio rushed toward Countess with a smile appearing on her face. Back with the Zane, Future Zane stood there as Zane went back to his normal superhero form. "Listen. I don't know what happened between you two but your powers seem to be based off mine." said Zane with the future Zane turning to look at him.

FZ said,"So?". "Meaning that think outside of the box. Don't be normal, be Zane. Use your unique powers rather than mine. I mean you must have something right?" said Zane. FZ looked at his young self as Zane's Crisis Judgement off. He made a steel gray Nether shield blocking a explosion but the two were still knocked back. Zane looked up to see that Remane was walking toward them. "This fight is over! I'm the winner!" said Remane.

Zane looked at his future self who said,"It's time to power up right kid?". Zane smirked as Remane said,"I forgotten what you looked like. So weak and fragile. Are you going to surrender and give me the power to rule over this world alongside the animals?". "Not happening shelly. Kicking but is my main focus right now but first...." said FZ. He looked at Zane with him saying,"Time for you to see one of the best things about your forms Zane. Clockwork.".

A card soon appeared inside of Zane's chest plate as Zane looked down to see it there. The card has a black frame with a giant silver gear in the center of the card being that several small clocks were rotating around it. It looked like the gear had orbit and caught in that orbit were the clocks. "How did you do that exactly?" said Zane. Before FZ could answer him, Zane transformed. He looks like a robot with him being twelve feet tall.

His head is made out of a silver metallic and he has two glowing red eyes. His mouth is a black titanium mask with red and silver lines across it. His head floats above his body thanks to some kind of magnetism. This invisible magnetism works as a non existent neck. His body is rather muscular with it made out of titanium. It's a solid silver color with black arrow-shaped stripes wrapped around his arms and legs. 

These arrows on his arms represent the minute hand of a clock and the arrows on his legs represent the hour hand of a clock. His forearms have gold details and are shaped like a cylinder. His hands look to be the combined shape of horseshoe magnets and crab-like claws. They are also different colors. His left hand is colored blue and his right hand is colored red. He doesn't have feet or toes. His chest has a translucent ,with it being in the shape of a clock, window that displays the innards of his body. 

His innards are a reddish white color with several gears floating around. His body is producing a faint ticking sound constantly. This sound isn't at all annoying. Nine small silver ,metal, gear shaped magnets are floating around Zane's back aka a ring magnet. "Robot Form! I must say that I'm quite annoyed older me. Changing my appearance without permission is quite rude and you may be an expert on your powers but I'm not yet. Huh. I just noticed that I'm British." said Zane in a British accent..

FZ smiled as he said,"Kid or young man. Just follow my lead. Alvarezs of the Omniverse are best at working on their feet.". He grabbed a nearby hoverboard flying toward Remane. The Phantom swiped at the older Zane with him saying,"You're up kid!". FZ dodged the attack as Remane was hit with several pieces of metal and it stuck onto him before being tossing away. "So this form is able to control and manipulate metal. This is very interesting." said Zane.

Remane landed on the ground like a cat with Zane saying,"Magnetism brings a healthy assortment of attack and defensive possibilities.". Remane ignored Zane in general as he swiped at the Future Zane who was dodging all of his attacks. "You know something Remane. I really thought that with that freak's upgrade, you would be a challenge. I guess I was wrong. Kevin was a bigger threat than you are which is so sad." said FZ.

The Phantom growled at FZ as he said,"Your humor will always be sad Zane no matter what age you are or wherever you come from. Your death is coming very soon.". FZ flew off as Remane chased after him. Remane swiped at anything in his way which mainly consisted of FZ and said hero was dodging all of those attacks. "Come on. I'm like the best at hoverboarding and dodging your attacks so give me a challenge!" said FZ.

Remane roared as FZ lead him over to a small lake. He swung back toward Remane as he destroyed the hoveboard. FZ turned himself into Frankenstein Form aka the giant conductors and he fired a giant burst of thunder at Remane. The phantom tried to push through it but he couldn't. FZ stopped as Zane stood in front of him. "Sorry about the delay older me but gathering enough metal and getting here with it was a bit of challenge." said Zane.

Suddenly, several pieces of metal ,of all types, hit Remane knocking him into the water with Zane saying,"Cannonball!". FZ nodded as he turned into Frost Form. He took a deep breath as a huge blizzard soon came out of his body. The water was soon frozen solid as Remane was stick trying to get out. "You got the next part right Zane?" said FZ. Several pieces of metal grabbed the giant ice cube launching it toward the sun as Zane said,"It's Elementary, my dear Future Self.".

Back with the women, Dawn was holding Taylor and she said,"Ready?". Taylor nodded as Dawn then threw her at Chimera kicking her hard. "Explosion Burst!" said Dawn. A giant explosion launched the hybrid into the air. Max rushed toward the animal with him uppercutting the woman into the air using his robotic arm. She was out cold as Max turned off the machine with the two women smiling at each other.

Back up on the main floor, Zane ,still in his Robot Form, said,"So Remane became my arch-enemy in this timeline? And I can mess with time?". FZ put his arms behind his head as he said,"Yep. As the Prime Zane, you're the creator of several timelines. Let me give you an example. Lets say you wanted to kill off a dictator ,before he became the evil bastard, in your dimension, a new dimension where that dictator died is created.".

Taylor looked at the confused Zane with her saying,"It's like choosing between having Chocolate and Strawberry. You can either pick Chocolate, Strawberry, or both but the choice of you picking one or the other is still there.". "Understand?" said Dawn. "So what you're saying is that whatever I do either good or bad, a new dimension is created right?" said Zane. "And everyone said that public school was a bad idea." said Max. "It is." said Dawn and Taylor.

Zane said,"So why bring me here?". "You're thinking about going to Arcadia U aren't you but you don't want to leave your friends behind." said Dawn. Zane looked away as FZ said,"Zane. Arcadia U isn't the worst place in the world. Being in a Dimension where Hippos rules is much worst. Trust me on that.". "You'll meet people that you'll never forget there trust me okay." said Taylor. She kissed his forehead as Zane's metallic face blushed crimson.

FZ said,"Hey! Your husband is right here!". "Oh hush. He's you honey." said Taylor. Dawn smiled as she said,"Ready to go back Zane?". A portal appeared as Zane gulped. "I guess that I'm puking for a third time today. This is so super. So when am I going to go back to normal?" said Zane. "Soon little guy. Oh and cherish your mom." said FZ. "Is she?" said Zane. "Nope but she cares a lot for you. Don't forget." said FZ as he pushed his younger self through the portal.

Zane ,back to normal, landed back on the hill face first as he puked. "Great. I really need to learn how to control my stomach during portal travel. Oh. I forgot to ask how Future Me's powers worked. He didn't have Athena so..." said Zane. "I got the info. It seems that he access the forms using himself as a catalyst. He became a hero just like you will be. We should get back to the house." said Athena. The boy nodded as he turned into Swift Form rushing off.

Natasha looked at Danny, Karen, and Kristen with her saying,"You couldn't find him?". "I don't think he left town Mrs. A." said Karen. "Yeah. He cares too much about this place." said Danny. The door opened as Atem said,"Daddy!". Zane took in two hugs being that they came from his hyperactive puppy and son with him saying,"Hey! I missed you guys too.". Zane looked at his mom and he said with a smile,"I'm sorry about this morning.".

Danny punched him as he said,"Bro! Where were you?!". "I was away but at the same time, I was nearby." said Zane. "Huh?!" said Kristen. Kania smiled as she said,"We're just happy to have you back idiot master.". "Giving me names. I'm so touched Kania. I decided on something. I'm going to Arcadia." said Zane. "What?" said Karen. "I thought you would want to stay with us." said Atem as he sulked.

Zane placed his hand on his head as he tussled his hair. "Atem. I'm not going to be leaving. I'm going to do both schools. It may be more stress on me but I'm not leaving behind my family." said Zane as Natasha tackled her son. Arturo popped his head out of the kitchen as he said,"Ah. It's dinner and it's your favorites.". Zane rushed into the kitchen with the others smiling at Zane's unique style and they went after him happy to have him back.

Next time,
Zane meets a person very much like him but at the same time, different. This and more next time on Zero!

Future Zane's Transformations. His body transforms into mimics of them.
Diamond Form, Beast Form, Thermal Form, Gravity Form, Swift Form, Brawn Form, Frankenstein Form, and Frost Form.  

Thursday, August 24, 2017

Zero Episode 35 Royal Engagement


A/N: Sorry about not updating in over a month. I was doing editing for this series and with my attention span, it took longer than I wanted it to be. I plan to have at least five posts a month but I can't promise that. So Fairy Tail ended and I feel like it was an okay ending. It wasn't what I wanted in most part being that I wanted some characters to die. I will be changing Fairy Tail when it comes to the crossover but that won't be for a long time so wait.

Lets do a chapter review for Fairy Tail's final chapter. I know that I did them during the days that I wrote Power Guild way back in later 2015 and I did do chapter recaps for when I was writing in early to mid 2016 but after it was all erased, I couldn't just do it any more. Lets begin with the first thing we see if we open it on Mangastream or any mobile manga reading app. You know that you're a fan if you have problems even when the chapter doesn't even start.

It's the cover for the magazine showing some of the main characters of the series and Plue but no Lisanna. Is she considered a main character? Anyway, I like how Hiro drew Natsu grabbing both Lucy and Wendy's chest. Really enforcing Nalu there and whatever you're doing with Wendy. So the chapter starts with Lucy actually writing her book and winning her award. I'm shocked to see that plot point go finished so good for her I guess.

Also too much fan art. I'm not against fan art in the slightest but I like it either at the beginning or the end rather than in the chapter itself. So we next see all of Fairy Tail and Plue. I mean the main cast not like Mickey or Krov. So Lucy based her book of her journey in Fairy Tail and I did like how we have a fancy dinner party but then we see Fairy Tail making a mess of everything. We later learn about her story which is okay.

We later see Anna alive again and I hate this. I hate Time Travel in a story and I didn't like how that her and Ichiya's sacrifice against Acnologia was in vain. So does Natsu like Lucy because she smells like Anna or other reasons? As a strong Nalu hater, I'm going to say no. I also like Gajeel and Natsu's banter here. Also Gajeel and Levy are a couple. Yes. This is the pairing that I wanted and well, I want to see a baby. Please do something like Boruto Hiro. I would be so happy to see mini Gajeel.

So Sherria got back her magic so we can count another sacrifice being ignored. Two so far, lets see if we can get to ten. Ichiya became the HOY (Hunk of the Year). I know that doesn't matter in the story but I like Ichiya so I wanted to include. The next part confuses the heck of me. Why the heck did Mermaid Heel become models? I mean was that part of the story that I missed but I don't remember that. Is that just for fan services or what.

So are Gray and Juvia a thing? I'm not an expert on romance unless it's SUPER obvious. It took me twenty plus chapter to figure out that Natsu was END so yeah. I'm happy that Elfman and Evergreen got together I think? Those two are very much my favorite background character couple despite one of them being a main character and defeated a Spriggan off screen. I did like how Laxus was teased with three girls or maybe all three? I hope that one.

So please tell me that Erza and Jellal won't be a thing. I don't care if Natsu gets with Lucy in that Fairy Tail Boruto story thing but if Erza and Jellal, that would be a major kick in the balls to me as a fan. I've said before that I don't like them together because Jellal should have died back in the Tower of Heaven arc and it ruins Erza's character. I guess this is like Sasuke and Sakura but I'm very meh to Narturo so I could be wrong.

Hisui became queen because the former king retired. I don't get that but go Hisui. So after Zeref well die, I was kinda hoping that Alvarez ,the county, was destroyed or kept a monarchy thanks to one of the Spriggan or maybe Yajeel but we don't get to see that. We get to see Crime Sorciere pardoned for their crimes by Hisui in Fiore. The Magic Council may have something different to say about that but let them enjoyed it. So Jerza may be a thing in the Boruto story thing. Hooray.

Also Makarov lose the use of his legs because he was revived by Master Mavis and Fairy Law. I'm in the camp that say that Makarov should die in Alvarez making Laxus the next master. I would love to see that and it may happen in my version but who knows? Lets talk about the biggest problem with this chapter is that Mavis and Zeref are back alive. Can Hiro kill anyone off? For the longest time, I recall only the big bad of a dark guild being killed along with some of the members.

This happened again with the Spriggan and I guess in Zeref's place, Acnologia died? I mean that's just stupid. I mean why would the gods bring them back after they caused a war? I'm not a fan of them as a couple but good for those fans. So do those name mean anything. Also I feel bad for August since his name was mentioned but he was such a let down like ALL of the Spriggan were in the long run.

I also see Max with a broom so Max and Broom pairing confirmed plus Erik and Kinana. Good for them but is one a snake? I mean this is Fantasy so I'm taking it. I may not be a Nalu fan but that ending was really sweet. I think it shows every arc with some Nalu moments except for the Macao Arc, Lullaby Arc, Tower of Heaven Arc, X791 Arc, and Sun Village. With the series having 21 arc including the anime filler at this point of time, I thought it was nice over all. Lets begin already.

Dream Narrator P.O.V
Zane looked around and he said,"I'm in that barren wasteland again. I come here again.". He began to walk around as he said,"I haven't been here since my encounter with that weird voice. Why does it sound so familiar?". Crisis Judgement went off as Zane turned himself into his costume. He looked all around him as he said,"Okay. Crisis Judgement won't trick me but I can feel danger.". He jumped back as a giant bone creature came out of the sand.

It looked like to be a hybrid creature of an elephant, hippo, and rhino. It looked right at Zane and it said,"You! What are you doing here?". "Not clue but I'm going to find out." said Zane. He turned into his Diamond Form and he launched the creature into the air with a diamond fist from the sand. Zane slowly noticed that the world was disappearing around him and he heard,"I'll be seeing you real soon Zaney Kins!". Zane then covered his eyes as he woke up.

Narrator P.O.V.
Zane woke up to see that he was in his bed. "Okay. That was a dream." said Zane. He stood up as he saw that he was still in his super form. "Why am I. Oh right. I was up all night chasing Cinder. I still can't believe that he evaded me six times last night. He's a giant walking forest fire!" thought Zane as he went into his sleep wear. He placed on his watch and he headed downstairs. He turned to the living room as he saw Rachel sitting there playing with Wolfram.

Rachel smiled as she said,"Morning sleeping beauty.". "So why are you here? I thought you would be with the girls." said Zane as he pet Wolfram who wanted to play with Zane. "So why can't I come see my best friend in the entire world?" said Rachel. "You usually has a reason Rachel. We're friends but you would hang out with Karen more and I would hang out with Danny." said Zane. "True but I can't talk about my dating life with the others." said Rachel.

Zane then sat down on the arm chair, with Wolfram resting in Zane's lap, as he said,"Yeah. I still can't believe that you haven't told anyone beside me about you.". "Well, you know Karen's dad and his viewpoints." said Rachel. Wolfram looked confused as Zane said,"It's fine Wolfram. He's a good man but he wouldn't like Tara as much he would Roxy.". The puppy was still confused as Rachel said,"He isn't very bright but he's adorable.".

The puppy barked as Zane said,"He liked that compliment.". "I can tell that. So why is that we can understand Kania but not him? I mean you and Kania can but not us." said Rachel. Zane shrugged as he said,"No idea. I guess me being a quarter Phantom may have something to do with it or maybe it's Athena.". "You could be right. So where's the little Zane?" said Rachel. "Hanging out with his great grandpa. Mom's in the basement cooking something up." said Zane.

Rachel said,"Are you talking about food or a new invention?". The two heard an explosion with the puppy rushing toward the sound of it as Zane said,"I think you know which one.". The two followed the dog as Zane said,"So how did your date with the drummer from Celeste's band go anyway? She seemed nice.". They were going down the stairs as Rachel said,"It went fine but...". "I forgot how picky you can be when it comes to finding a date." said Zane. "Shut up." said Rachel.

The two saw Natasha covered in dust as she said,"Ah! You finally woke up Zane.". "I was up until the wee hours of the morning." said Zane. "I still can't believe that you lost Cinder." said Rachel. "In my defense, I was busy trying to stop the fires made by the living forest fire. So are you building me a brother or sister down here?" said Zane. "Not exactly. I think Athena could tell you but she's busy isn't she?" said Natasha.

Zane looked at his watch as Rachel said,"You just noticed that she isn't talking with you yet?". "She usually talks with me when I talk to her not the other way around." said Zane. "You two sure have an interesting partnership so what are you building?" said Rachel. "A battle mech suit?" said Zane with stars in his eyes. "Not yet Zane. When you were asleep, Athena asked me to build her a body so she can help you guys out." said Natasha.

She stood in front of a curtain as Rachel said,"So why did you have this install again?". "Dramatic effect." said Natasha and Zane. "Yep. You two are very much family." said Rachel who shrugged her shoulders. "Anyway, let me introduce you to the brand new Athena!" said Natasha. She removed the curtain as the two teens saw a teenager girl standing there. She has a petite form with a beautiful face with her smiling at the two.

She has shoulder length silver hair that covers half of her neck ,with her bangs swept to the right side of her face, and blue eyes. She's wearing a plain white t-shirt, blue jeans, and white tennis shoes. "Hi you guys." said Athena. "Athena? What happened to you?! Are you ditching me?" said Zane. He was punched into the wall by Athena as she said,"I'm still your partner idiot. I just asked your mom to built me a body.".

Zane said as his forehead was bleeding,"I knew that. I was just testing you and you passed.". "Right. I guess we should go shopping then." said Rachel. "How about no?" said Zane. He stood up and he said,"I have some training to do today.". "You can train later Zane. I think you're plenty strong so how about having some fun?" said Natasha. "Yeah Partner/Zane." said Athena and Rachel. Zane sighed as he said,"Fine.".

Tara was currently walking toward Ray's place of employment aka a garage as her phone rang. She answered it as she said,"Dad. I'm fine. No creepy nano chip woman is attacking me.". "I know that sweetheart but can't a father be worried about his daughter?" said Edward's voice. "Yes but I already have an overprotective family member. I really don't want two." said Tara. "Zane is just worried just like me." said Edward.

Tara said,"Yeah but I can take care of myself.". "It's a man's duty to protect his family. So where are you going?" said Edward. "Visiting Ray. We're heading out to lunch since it's a Saturday and Ray has a short shift today." said Tara. "Huh. I thought you would ignore him after what happened. You two were very much a...." said Edward. Tara sighed as she said,"I don't like him in that way.". "So does Zane know that?" said Edward.

Tara soon reached the garage ,which looked normal for a mechanic garage, and she saw that Ray was under a car with its hood up. "Yep. He'll be fine with that and I'll call you later." said Tara. She then hanged up as she said,"I know that you can hear me Ray.". Ray got out from under the car and he said with a smile,"You're earlier.". He's wearing a long sleeved light red mechanic jacket ,that has several oil stands on it, with a green muscular shirt, blue jeans, and black boots.

Tara said,"Well, I have to get away from my dad and overprotective cousin.". "Yeah. Zane just cares too much." said Ray. "So how did you two meet anyway? I mean I know how Zane met most of his friends except for you." said Tara. She sat down on a stool as Ray said,"Well, I told you about my time in the Infinite Void right?". "Yeah. You didn't happen to see..." said Tara. "The Infinite Void is the biggest dimension in the Omniverse so mostly not." said Ray.

Tara said,"So your meeting with Zane?". "Let me start from the start. I was born in the city by the Bay aka San Francisco. I was born to two loving parents but my old man and mom died at six. I hated my foster more than anything so I ran away at ten." said Ray. "So did they try to contact you at all Ray?" said Tara. "Nope. I don't plan on seeing them. I became friends with Zane when I hide out in Cypress Park for a while. We kept in contact ever since." said Ray.

Tara said,"So how did you get yourself lost in the Infinite Void?". "Well. It was a normal day. I had just finished my time on Ultimate Showdown when I enter a portal to the dimension not by choice. I was lost there and I taught me how to use my powers in order to survive. It wasn't pretty but I somehow escape. Don't know how I escape but I'm happy that I did." said Ray. "Ah." said Tara. The two heard an email notification go off as Ray said,"I'll be back.".

He walked into an office as Tara pulled out her phone. She sighed as Ray came back out. She noticed that he looked shocked. "Ray. What's wrong?" said Tara. "It's nothing. I just got a bad email is all. We should get going. Lunch isn't forever." said Ray grabbing his helmet. Tara shrugged as she walked to the spot where she placed her helmet. Ray thought,"She isn't coming here. It was a lie but I need to make sure that Zane doesn't hate me for this.".

Later, Zane ,after changing into the outfit he wore in Episode 4, was enjoying a slushie at Fantasia as both Athena and Rachel watching him. "So how many of those has he had?" said Athena. "More than ten. I'm impressed that he isn't broke because of all of these." said Rachel. "Well, it isn't my fault that my powers drain me like a battery." said Zane with him finishing off another slushie. Courtney placed another one at their table as she said,"The chef says that it's Blueberry mixed with...".

Athena said,"I don't think he cares.". Courtney looked at her brother as she said,"You're right. So you a friend of Zanes?". "Yep. She's new in town and Zane may friends with her." said Rachel. "I see. You know that you're always welcome here. Normally, Zane would be broke due to his massive love of this place but since he's my little bro." said Courtney. "Does your boss know about this?" said Athena as Zane finished off another slushie.

Zane patted his belly with him saying,"Not at all. He loves me right?". "You drink a lot and eat so he likes you for that reason bro." said Courtney. She walked off as Zane said,"So when are we going to the mall?". "After your lunch right Zaney?" said a voice. He turned around to see Ray and Tara as the girl said,"Hey cos.". "What are you two doing here?" said Athena. "And together." said Rachel as she saw Zane with a frown.

Ray said,"Easy there overprotective. I just came here to treat the lady for lunch and then take her out shopping. So this is Athena right?". "Yep. It's finally nice to meet you two in real life rather than the way we met before." said Athena. "You're so cute Athena." said Tara. The three girls were talking as Ray said,"Come on Zane. Lets get some drinks for the ladies.". Zane shrugged as the two walked off toward the counter.

Zane said,"So about your job, how big is your cot man?". "Yeah. You need to hide me Zane." said Ray. "From Tara? I know that you two were like in love a week or two ago but seriously. She doesn't like being kept in the dark but just like...." said Zane. Crisis Judgement went off as Zane said,"We've company.". A portal opened up across the street from the restaurant as Zane heard,"Is he here? You better be right about this Kurse.".

Three Phantoms walked out of the portal as they are a unique trio. The one to the left looked the tallest mainly due to his legs belonging to a dinosaur. He has really buff arms with green lights bulbs on the shoulder blades. His mouth looks very large and red. He has on silver brass knuckles with his mouth covered part of his chest and his head is a square shape. On his head, his two small yellowish white eyes sticked out. His skin was a dark gray color.

The one in the middle looked to resemble a human dragon but with some elements of frog and lizard to her. Her figure is curvy with a nice sized chest. She has light blue scales. Over some battle, she's wearing a sleeveless purple battle styled dress with white stockings, black knee high boots that look to have a hard heel, matching purple battle style gloves, silver bracelets around her wrist, a navy blue war helmet that slightly hide her long purple hair, and a pair of goggles worn over her black eyes.

Finishing her outfit, she had on cherry red lipstick. The final one on the left looked to in his eighties or nineties. His forehead was noticeable and his brown eyes had noticeable large bags under them. On his red skin, he has several gray hairs on his head. He had a noticeable mustache with the ends having boxing gloves on the end of them. For clothing, he's wearing a decorated scarf, pinstriped pants, and a white collared shirt. He had a walking staff with it having a strange symbol on it.

It had the symbol of a crown on fire. "Yes Princess Nightmare. He's here." said the old man. "Get his attention by blowing things up would you Shayde?" said the princess. "Yes." said the man as his hand turned into a rocket launcher. Several missiles went flying toward the girls as Zane said,"I got to go....". The rockets hit causing an explosion but the two noticed a force field. Ray noticed that his bike was destroyed with him saying,"This is a pain in my ass!".

Zane looked at him as Crisis Judgement went off. Several lasers beams were heading toward them as Zane pushed him and Ray to the ground. "What's the big idea....." said Ray as he saw the beams. The two saw several skeletons soldiers heading toward them as Zane said,"We're taking later!". The two were saved by Tara ,who was blocking the laser beams as Force, as Zane said,"So what's going on and how did you change?".

Tara said,"I'm really good at changing under pressure Zane. The girls are bringing the car around and Athena doing something.". The three heard honking as Athena drove the Doom Buggy with Rachel hanging on for dear life. "Get it!" said Athena. "Gotcha!" said Zane. The three jumped in as Zane took the wheel. The skeletons stopped as the Princess said,"Don't just stand there! After them now idiots!".

Ray looked behind him as he said,"Okay. They're riding on skeleton horses now.". "While that may be cool, we need to get you out of here." said Zane. The doom buggy turned into Astral Tank as Zane said,"Take the wheel Athena. I got some cleaning to do.". Athena nodded as Zane turned into Frost Form and took a deep breath. He released out a huge blizzard freezing everything in the radius as Athena picked him up. "Never a day off huh Zane." said Rachel as the car drove off.

Outside of an entrance to Springs Gate, Ray was looking over the Astral Tank. "So you get to drive around this beauty. I'm impressed man." said Ray. "The car's nice bro but what's going on? She and her army came out of Terrarune with a reason." said Zane. "And it must have a killer array of battle ready stuff right bro?" said Ray. Zane walked away as he went over to the girls. "Got anything about our royal pain in the but?" said Zane.

Rachel said,"Talking about Ray or...". "I'm going to go with A." said Athena. "No idea. She wasn't after you right?" said Tara. "I don't think I've pissed off any royalty yet." said Zane. "And you say that with such honest in your voice." said Athena. Zane rolled his eyes as Ray said,"Dude. We have to go drive around in this bad boy one day. Me and you on the road. Oh Danny can come too but me and you man.".

He put his arm around Zane as the teen said,"What's going on?". "We have to stay hidden. You may be wanted in Terrarune after kicking his but." said Ray. "Whose?" said Zane. "That isn't important right now man. I think." said Ray. "You think?" said Zane. "Lets get going okay?" said Ray. "Fine. I think Springs Gate has several places to hide." said Zane. "Lets go then. I need to buy some new parts for my bike which got wrecked." said Ray.

Zane stood there in the center of town with the stunned trio of Rachel, Ray, and Tara with Athena saying,"Yep. This was under our town from the very start. Impressive no?". The five were walking around as Zane said,"Beats me. I just know that this place sells pretty sweet cotton candy down here for sure.". Zane overheard,"Hey Tony. Did you happen to hear about the "Princess" coming to visit our Earth.".

It was a hippo talking with a octopus as the octopus said,"Yeah but why is the question? Did that ass of a fiance come out of hiding or what?". "Fiance?" said Zane. "I don't think I'll get used to this place any time soon." said Rachel. "Lets look around I guess." said Athena. "Okay." said Tara. The three walked off as Ray said,"There are a lot of eyes around here Zane. Lets find somewhere to hide.". "I think you know that princess Raymond." said Zane.

The two were looking for a hiding spot as Ray said,"Seriously man? I can't believe you just called me Raymond. I thought we were better than that.". "We are but it's my problem when she destroyed the city just to get to you! I thought you would be pissed off." said Zane. He pointed to a water tank as Zane said,"Go nuts my friend.". Ray jumped in as Tara said,"So what is he doing?". The girls stood there as Zane said,"I think he's working on a plan to find something.".

Ray's voice echoed,"Yep! It's a plan Tara!". Tara sighed as Rachel said,"So are there any clothing shops around here Athena?". "A couple but they could have been ripped out of the ground. Black Fridays down here are stuff of nightmares according to rumors." said Athena. "So do you two know why Zane is trying to hide Ray?" said Tara. The two girls looked at Zane who was pointed Ray into several hiding spots as they said,"No idea.".

The two boys hide behind a corner as Ray said,"Okay. This is good for now.". "Tell me what's going on Ray. We're friends right?" said Zane. "Well....." said Ray. Zane's Crisis Judgement went off as he went hero. An explosion went off as the three from earlier appeared with Tara getting ready. Rachel was holding a plasma weapon as she looked at Athena. "I'll be fine." said Athena. "Hello! My name is Princess Auratina Nightmare and I came here to claim my husband!" said Auratina.

Kurse said,"Raymond Graves. We know you're here so there's no point in hiding. Your friend Bonkers gave you up.". "HUSBAND!" yelled Tara. She glared at Ray with Auratina said,"Ray. I think it's time for you to come back home with us.". "You're married? Congrats. I guess you have another secret don't you Raymond?" said Rachel. "We're engaged okay?" said Ray. He looked at a very pissed off Zane and Rachel as he said,"I was going to tell you two honest.".

Zane said as his eyes turned red,"TALK NOW RAYMOND.". Auratina ran toward him as Ray said,"I will be a little busy for a while.". He ran off with Auratina chasing after him. Ray was stopped by a wall as he touched it. His skin was now steel with Aura saying,"Why did you hide from me? You and I were blessed by my father....". "I wasn't hiding Aura! I was just um...." said Ray. He dodged a punch from her.

Ray said,"I was dying of Cancer. My bike broke down.". He got punched with him later saying,"I lose my jacket!". He got punched again as he said,"I got stuck in a hurricane.". He got hit twice and Rachel said,"Shouldn't we do something?". Ray was thrown in front of the four as Zane said,"You better tell us who she is Ray or else your ass is mine.". He cracked his knuckles with Kurse saying,"I have no current issue with you Zero but this is the Nightmare families problem.".

Aura was trapped in a forcefield with Tara saying,"Well, it's my problem though.". Zane turned into Gravity Form with him saying,"I think I should be giving her highness the view of the town while she's here!". Aura broke out of the force field heading toward Kevin with her saying,"Out of my way now!". She slammed into Zane with him grabbing onto her using gravity as he was now in his sphere form. "Lets fly!" said Zane.

The two were gone as Aura started punching him. "Okay. Your punches are hurting me so time to make you get off!" said Zane. He threw her toward the ground as Aura's tongue stick out and she swung back toward Ray. "Not happening!" said Zane. He manipulate gravity around her and she threw to a different part of town. Zane went after her as Kurse said,"Princess! I will go with the soldiers to retrieve the princess. You bring us Ray and get rid of the concubines.".

The skeletons and old man were gone as Shayde looked at the girls plus the battered Ray. "Just give me the bastard and we'll be gone kids. I honestly don't care about who the princess dates but I care about not pissing off her dad." said Shayde. "We may be pissed off at Ray right now but he is still his friend." said Rachel. She then fired a plasma blast at Shayde with Tara making a forcefield go around the Phantom.

Athena said,"Rachel. Get Ray out of here. We'll handle him.". Rachel picked Ray up by dragging him away, He mumbled something out with Rachel looking at him, "We are friends Ray despite you not telling us about your fiancee. She's pretty cute isn't she?" said Rachel as Ray saw several explosions go off behind her. The Phantom broke out of the forcefield by eating it with Athena saying,"So are you related to a Phantom by the name of Crunch?".

Shayde nodded as he said,"He is my Phantom brother but when we were alive, I didn't know him at all. You got my attention children so bring it on.". He charged up Nether as he fired off an Red Nether blast. Athena's arms turned into shields blocking the attack. "Okay. That's pretty cool." said Tara. The two girls noticed Zane ,in Gravity Form, floating toward them and he said,"Get ready to fly you guys!". The planet was running from Aura, Kurse, and the army.

The two girls jumped on Zane with Rachel and Ray soon joining them as Zane flew off. Aura and the rest of her group was stopped by Shayde who said,"We'll find them but we can't have the humans bringing in their big guard.". "He's right. I'll get you soon Ray." said Aura with her punching a nearby wall into pieces causing the owner to be upset. In the sewers, Zane was floating over the water as Tara said to the recovered Ray,"Really hoping this explanation of yours Raymond!".

Ray said,"You see. Auratina has been after me for about a year now. It was right I got out of the Infinite Void.". "So do you owe her money or what? I mean you did steal to get what you want when we were kids." said Zane. "It isn't that rocky. It's something more complicated." said Ray. "I think it was your bike!" said Rachel. "Not at all Rae. It's actually..." said Ray. "Hold on. Zane, we lost them so turn back to normal after stopping on land." said Athena. "Okay." said Zane.

He stopped causing all of the passengers to get off. He turned back to his normal superhero form as Ray said,"Yep. We're free as a bird now.". He turned around to see the others looking at him with Ray saying,"Man. You guys are just like the jury. Okay. I found myself on Aura's territory in Terrarune. I bet you've noticed that your Phantom buddies didn't show you some parts of it.". "I guess." said Zane shrugging.

Ray said,"Well, the Nightmare clan was the rulers of Terrarune before your grandpa came along and took over. They still have some authority in Terrarune. I was caught by them soon after and I was offer a deal by the king on his good day according to a guard. I either die by Shayde aka the big mouth guy or I marry Auratina. I picked the latter but I don't feel good about it.". The four looked at him as Rachel said,"You should have just fought for your life. Seems easier in the long run.".

Ray said,"No way! I didn't want die after I just got out of that hell! I mean that rat bastard is going to get his ass kicked for ratting me out to Aura. She's so spoiled rotten and she wanted me to have kids with her at sixteen! She's so weird plus I kinda borrow her dad's car to get back here and I broke it as well.". The four looked at him as he said,"Oh no.". "So you did all of this to escape Terrarune before you become a Phantom and you broke the king's car?!" said Zane.

Rachel said,"Is that a bad thing?". "According to the data, Phantoms are known to be quite vengeful when it comes to personal items such as cars. I think if say you broke Celeste's guitar Zane, you will be a full Phantom." said Athena. "I'm not the one in trouble here. I seriously thought that cars made in Terrarune were invincible to damage. I guess you broke it somehow." said Zane. "Don't ask me how I did it Alvarez but I made it back." said Ray.

Tara said,"That poor princess.". "Poor? She has more money that all of Cypress Park's spoiled brats combined!" said Ray. "That's a lot of cash." said Rachel with Athena nodding. "I totally thought that you were going to be the jealous girlfriend cos." said Zane. "We aren't dating and it's his fault. Every girl dreams of getting married some day and you tricking her like that isn't a good thing." said Tara. "I think that she's going to kill you for all of your crimes Raymond." said Athena.

Ray walked away as Tara said,"She's sad Ray. She must have been crying her eyes out because her fiance ditched her before they reached the alter.". The wall next to him exploded with Aura standing there. "I found you beloved!" said Aura. She hugged him as Zane said,"Wow. She found him in the sewers.". "Don't doubt the power of love Zane." said Rachel. "I will not." said Zane. "You two are so sweet together." said Tara.

Athena and Rachel looked at her as Ray said,"Not though my end it isn't!". Zane turned into Swift Form as he said,"Time to go super sonic!". He rushed toward Aura as she looked at the thing going toward her. She let go of Ray ,letting him free, as she punched Zane in the face hard. Zane got back up as he said,"You may be stronger than me but here's the thing I'm....". Aura slammed her fist into the ground causing Zane to go flying into the wall.

Aura said,"But I'm not annoying. Come along Ray.". She grabbed him as Tara said,"Hey! Don't hurt him!". "Allow me to take care of this you guys." said Athena. She turned her right hand into a magnet as she said,"Raymond! Turn your body into metal!". "Not happening Robot!" said Aura as she jumped up. "Technically, she would be an android." said Zane as he got out of the wall. The princess landed in a sewer pipe as Ray said,"Help me Alvarez!".

Zane said,"Coming!". He ran up the wall and after Aura with the girls following them. They reached a construction site as the girls found Ray. "Where's Zane?" said Tara. The four looked up to see Aura holding Zane ,whose still in Swift Form, into the ground. "Ouch. This hurts a lot." said Zane. "We're coming Zane!" said Rachel as she fired a plasma beam at Auratina. "That wasn't even an..." said Aura. She didn't see Athena heading toward her with her hammer arm.

Aura later saw this and by swinging Zane like a ragdoll causing the android and hero to fly off into a building. Rachel, Ray, and Tara saw Aura heading toward them as Rachel said,"Anyone got any ideas to stop her?". "Listen. We should be grownups about all of this." said Tara. "Out of my way!" said Aura. She punched Tara with her blocking said fist. A forcefield was above her as Tara said,"I don't want to fight you princess." said Tara.

Aura smiled as she said,"I wouldn't dare spend a minute of my time fighting a girl whose weak even for a humans standards.". Tara growled as she fired out a huge forcefield around her which knocked Aura back a bit. Aura swung her fist at her with Tara dodging. "Eat this!" said Tara. She fired off a huge force field launching Aura into some pipes. She turned to Ray as she said,"And as for you, Ray.". "Now isn't the time." said Rachel.

Tara turned around and Aura was coming toward her holding a pipe. Ray stood in front of her as he blocked attack launching himself into the ground. "Playtime is over!" said Aura. Tara looked at Ray as she along with Rachel rushed over to him. Aura turned to see Athena and Zane standing there but they were stopped by steel gray nether walls. Several skeletons soon began surrounding the group as Zane said,"So what's going on?". "My father is coming Zero." said Aura.

Zane gulped with a portal opening up. Out of the portal, a large well-built Phantom walked out. He has white skin with a gold outline around his face. He has glowing purple hair which goes down to his back with a matching beard going to his shoulders. His black eyes glared at Ray with his right eye having a large scar going across it and a mechanical left eye. He's wearing dark green full-body armor with gray shoulder guard and brown boots.

His gray gauntlets had red spikes on the cuffs and knuckles. He wears a silver belt with a skull belt buckle. He has his weapon ,an ax, fastened to the black shoulder strap that crosses over his right shoulders. "RAYMOND GRAVES! YOU HAVE ANGERED SPIRO MIDNIGHT, RULER OF TERRARUNE! TURN YOURSELF OVER TO AURA OR EARTH SHALL FALL!" said Spiro with his voice booming.

Shayde grabbed Ray holding him as he said,"Hey Spiro. What's up dad?". "Raymond!" said Spiro as Zane felt his aura getting stronger. "Daddy!" said Aura. The dragon hugged him as Spiro said,"It is a good day to see my still growing daughter once again along with Shadye and Kurse. I can tell that you have your parent's strength!". She let go as Spiro said,"I hope that your mother is out there watching how good you're doing as the princess.". "Daddy. Stop it." said Aura.

Spiro looked at Zane with him saying,"Grandson of Arturo. I wish not to fight over the scum that is Raymond Graves but if we must, I'll bring my full forces to this weak rock just to make sure that my daughter is happy.". "Seriously?! I'm the protector of this town and I won't let you do anything...." said Zane. He was smacked into a nearby wall by Spiro with him saying,"I'm more of a fighter than you are so don't try anything stupid.".

Zane turned back to his normal human self with him saying,"Well, I guess I'm stopping a wedding now.". "Let the union between my daughter and the scum becoming reality!" said Spiro. The group was soon trapped in an hexagonal arena with Aura and her father smiling as they were on a higher platform. Zane and his friends were on a lower platform with Tara saying,"You guys work quick.". "Thank you human." said Shayde.

He along with Ray plus the skeletons guards went over to the king. Ray was soon held in place by chains as a priest walked over to them. "My dear Phantoms and Humans! We are here today to..." said the priest. "We have to stop this." said Zane. "I know that you're right Zane but part of me wants to see this go though." said Tara. "Yeah but if Ray is going to be married, I want to make sure his ass gets kicked before you get a chance!" said Zane.

He turned into Frankenstein Form landing on the platform above them. "Okay! I don't want to fight you guys but I won't let you take Ray away from my ass kicking!" said Zane. "Do you accept this Raymond Graves?" said Spiro. "Go Zane!" said Ray. "Excellent! Let the battle begin!" said Spiro as Zane looked confused. He soon found out as he was punched directly in the face by Aura with him slamming into the ground below them.    

Zane got out of the crater and he saw Aura jumping toward him. He charged up electricity and he fired it at her. She deflected it as Spiro said,"My precious daughter is immune to the elements thanks to her mother's natural scales.". Aura slammed the ground as Zane was knocked back. He was about to rush toward her but she was gone. Zane looked for her but she reappeared behind him and she threw him into the air using his conductors.

Rachel and Tara were shocked at Zane's fight with Spiro floating down to them. "So how long has this one been training for?" said Spiro. "About three to four months sir!" said Zane as he dodged Aura's fist. "I think you see why Zane isn't that much a threat to your rule at all your highness." said Rachel. "Way to be a friend Rachel!" said Zane as he got punched into the ground. "I still don't see he defeated Dyno twice. He seems weak." said Spiro.

Athena said,"The first one was by luck and the second one was due to Nexus.". "Seriously?! I get no support!" said Zane. He back flipped away from Aura with him thinking,"Okay. She seems to be better than me at many things mainly close combat so lets switch things up.". He turned into Slime Form as Spiro said,"Interesting. This one is different from other Zeros. My daughter was able to defeat the last two Zeroes before him.".

Aura growled as she said,"Aren't you a man Zero? Why did you hide behind that gooey form of yours?!". "Because I don't want to die before my seventeenth birthday!" said Zane. He was soon grabbed by Aura who began spinning him around. "Come on man! Earth is on the line!" yelled Ray with Rachel glaring at him. Zane freed himself from Aura as he moved into the air. He threw a part of himself at Aura punching it. She was soon stuck in place as Zane smirked.

Spiro said as Aura was getting herself free,"Interesting. He uses his forms other than for combat. I see that this Zero is quite different.". "Come on man! New Form! That one ain't do anything to her at all! Go really big and squash her like an ant!" yelled Ray. Zane turned into Radiation Form as he said,"I hope you like a little nuclear service miss.". He was then thrown by Aura with Spiro starting to cry a bit. "What's wrong daddy?" said Aura.

Spiro said,"Nothing at all. This is how me and your mother met so many years okay. Arturo's grandson isn't that bad of a fighter but he needs some serious practice.". "Get serious Zane! I don't want to be married!" said Ray. "You really need to get your priorities straight." said Tara. The princess was soon grabbed by Zane in his Beast Form. She freed herself from Zane promoting her to backflip over him.

He turned around only to receive a face punch causing him to fly once again into the wall and rubble fell onto him. Aura smiled as she said,"You may have more powers than me but without any kind of practice hero, you're nothing more than a brute.". "Well, I was entertained by that but we need to get going. I have to watch my shows and having a son in law by my side would make it just perfect." said Spiro.

Ray gulped as he said,"But I'm bad to watch TV with. I talk during the shows to ask stupid question and....". "Hey Ray! Shut the hell up! You may have time to hone your strength than me but here's the thing. I never give up because I'm a man and real men never give up a fight!" yelled Zane's voice as he stood there. A new card appeared as it had a black frame with a bovine like creature resting and eating some grass. It also had a ax/spear hybrid weapon on its back.

Zane grew to twelve feet tall with him having a brawny figure. He looks like a humanoid Spanish Fighting Bull with black fur. He has messy dark green hair and small dark red eyes with a thin nose. His head is bovine shaped with medium short ears. Above his ears, he has two gray long horns that points upward. In his nose, he has a gold ,steel, nose ring. His outfit looks to be extremely unique in its design and looking to be a mixture of a business suit, cowboy, hiker, martial artist, and samurai.

He's wearing a black V-neck buttoned-up vest with a standing dark long-sleeved forest green dress shirt with black jeans and ,gold lined, brown cowboy boots. He's wearing a black tie with a forest like theme to it. He's wearing white bandages around his forearms up to his fingers. He's wearing dark forest green armored gauntlets on both of his arms, large rectangular plates known as Sode on both of his shoulders as well, and a dark forest green Kabuto and Shikoro with a black menpo over his face.

The menpo looks like a gas mask. He's wearing two large and simple brown belts that cross his chest diagonally and pass over his shoulders. The belts are connected due to a simple gold belt buckle, in the center of his back, that has a weapon aka a an and spear hybrid resting there. The spear part is quite large with the sides being a mixture of a double hit Axe and Hatchet Axe. They can be separated to make two weapons. His tail is sticking out of his pants moving back and forth.

Zane said,"Bull Form! Time to get your ass kicked little lady.". The two opponents rushed toward each other and their fists collided. Aura was sent flying back ,from it, and the impact soon destroyed the main platform. "Okay! Now we have a fair fight! This one is so strong." said Ray. "Yes but my daughter is much stronger than normal female Phantoms." said Spiro. Aura got up and she kneed Zane's chin with her punching Zane's gut causing some spit to come out.

Zane jumped back and he pulled out his spear. Aura rushed toward him with Zane blocking any kind of attempt using his spear. "Keeping her at a distance. I guess being pummeled is teaching a new boy some tricks. Is that the Earth expression?" said Spiro. "Actually your highness, it's teaching an old dog new tricks." said Rachel. The bull uppercutted Aura into the air with him spinning his spear rather faster. Aura rushed to him as he said,"This match is over! Billion Worlds!".

He stabbed Aura with the tip causing her to fly into the ground with her out. Zane smiled with the group cheering. "Well done my boy! Welcome to the family!" said Spiro. "Wait a minute. What did you say?" said Athena and Rachel. "No way! I'm too young to marry!" said Zane. "Daddy! I don't want to marry him." said Aura. "Wow. I'm not good enough." said Zane, in a hurt tone. "Not at all Zane. I just know that if I marry you, people would be pissed off." said Aura.

Spiro said,"You can have anything in my kingdom as you will someday being ruling all of your homeland Terrarune. We can help you conquer Earth if you want.". "I think he's good on that so did Ray just get out of being married?" said Rachel. "I did! Now let me go!" said Ray. "Can we hit him first?" said Athena. "Sure. I was hoping to get a hit on my ex-son in law." said Spiro. Ray was then punched by the group and king. 

Zane jumped up to the ragged body of Ray and he said,"So you used me from the very start of all of this!?!?!!!!". "Maybe." said Ray. "Hey Aura! Care to beat this crap up with me?" said Zane as held the teen up. "Sure thing Zane!" said Aura. "I guess I've to find my princess a new husband. Maybe one of the snow tribes will give me one." said Spiro. "Bye Zaney!" said Aura as she waved to him.

The arena and Phantoms were gone as Zane turned back to normal. Ray looked up to see Zane with a smile as he said,"You're not mad at me?". "Oh. I'm boiling with rage right now but I have a way for you to repay me." said Zane. He looked at the girls with him saying,"Take him shopping and make him pay for EVERYTHING.". The girls nodded as Ray was dragged away by Athena. "Okay. I now feel way better." said Zane as he went off to go finish off that slushie from earlier.

Next Time,
What does the future have in store for Zane and Company? Is it good or bad? This and more next time on Zero!

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Zero Episode 34 A Magical Encounter


A/N: This title makes it obvious about whats going on. It will involve magic and an encounter. You may have noticed that I've been pumping out episodes of Zero lately. I'm trying to get the Crossover because I'm really looking forward to them. Fairy Tail will be done by the time I start working on it or as it going on but I will be showing everything maybe some of the anime exclusive stuff. You'll see what I mean when I get to that part. Lets begin on the rooftops of Cypress Park. This was written around Late June and also has grammar mistakes but it can be read right? Also Gwen's Text only goes bold when she uses Chronos's power. I may have mention this before but I could be wrong.

Narrator P.O.V.
Zane was finishing up his nightly patrol and he said to Athena,"I can't believe it Athena.". "Yeah. A single person almost took over Cypress Park using flowers." said Athena. "No. I mean the book that we found. It had the perfect way to stop her. It mention something about the Astral Realm that I didn't even know about." said Zane. "So who is the author of this book?" said Athena. The boy held the book as he said,"The name is scratched out. I wonder what happened to the other ones.".

Athena said,"Have you used your bracer to track it?". "I have but it isn't on Earth. It's in Taelamelan partner and I plan on going there tomorrow with Gwen. She needs to go see a professor of her and she told me that the professor wishes to meet me." said Zane. "I hope you find what you're looking for Zane. I believe in you." said Athena. "Thanks. So do you know if I have super smell?" said Zane. "I should ask why but go nuts." said Athena.

Zane then followed the scent and he saw Dragoness sitting there on the rooftop. She was sitting on a blanket with a bottle of wine and two glasses. "Wow and here I thought that seeing a woman sitting on a rooftop would be less romantic and more life threatening." said Zane. She turned and she said,"I didn't think you would show up after what happened last night.". "Well, I didn't think I would be up against zombies. So what are you doing?" said Zane.

Dragoness said,"After our last encounter, I couldn't stop thinking about you. You want to talk or what hero?". Zane stood on the roof as he said,"About what? Like how you're giving up on crime and will return all of the items that you have stole?". "Cute hero. I just don't meet any interesting guys in my line of work." said Dragoness. "You do try and steal objects from people like Robin Hood except I'm pretty sure that you don't give it to the poor." said Zane.

Dragoness said,"You wound me good sir. I'm so happy that you came here after seeing one of my ads in the mail. It's the best way for us to meet because if I went online, the cops would find me.". "How much have you stolen?" said Zane. "More than I can count and most of the people that I have stolen from were bad guys." said Dragoness. "So you want us to have a date on the rooftops instead of done there?" said Zane.

Dragoness said,"Do you know how hard it was to bring wine up here? I don't have two extra arms if you haven't noticed.". Zane stood in front of her as the two stared at each other. "So are you married hero?" said Dragoness. "Nope." said Zane. "Like girls?" said Dragoness. "More than boys. They can be such rude jerks." said Zane. "Cute. So why do you wear the helmet? I'm sure that you'r not a freak under there." said Dragoness.

She sat on the blanket as she said,"Come on Hero Boy. You take off the helmet because I don't at all bite.". Zane sighed as he removed his helmet. Dragoness saw that he had gold hair, steel gray ,with a blue tint, eyes, and a warm smile. "Hand me a glass." said Zane. She handed him a glass as she said,"To friendship?". "Yeah." said Zane. The two chinked their drinks as they started talking and soon Dragoness was laughing.

Zane said with a blush,"It isn't that funny.". "It really is honey. I mean you were...." said Dragoness as she looked at Zane. Zane looked down and he heard whining from a machine. "What's up hero? Are your super hero senses tingling?" said Dragoness. "You don't hear anything?" said Zane with a confused look. "I may be a human mixed with some dragon abilities but my hearing is really awful. So what is it hero boy?" said Dragoness.

He pushed her and himself to the ground with him putting on his helmet. Dragoness looked up to see that Agent Phoenix was standing there on her hoverboard with her arms crossed. "So is she a friend of yours?" said Dragoness. Several red dots appeared on Zane as he said,"I think we should run or are you?". Dragoness swiped toward Agent Phoenix which got rid of the dots and Zane said,"Yep. She's a fiery one already.". The two girls were fighting as Zane said,"This is awesome.".

Agent Phoenix flew off as Dragoness said,"I guess she gave up after seeing us together.". "Yeah. We should probably..." said Zane. Dragoness took off his helmet and she kissed him. Zane was stunned as Dragoness said,"See you around Hero Boy.". She was gone as Athena said,"So are you going to tell anyone about this?". "Not planning on it." said Zane as he put on his helmet. "I won't tell anyone I promise." said Athena. "Thanks." said Zane as he flew off.

Meanwhile, there was a man sitting in the center of a room. He looked to be a tall Caucasian man with a very lean face and deep brown eyes that you could melt into. Over his head, he's wearing a headdress that was made out of a silver coronet and black covering most of his head except for his face with him wearing face paint resembling a vulture. Over his body, he is wearing a jumpsuit that looks very like a straight jacket. He was sitting criss cross and floating in the air.

He was currently sitting in a prison cell in Taelamelan and he mumbled,"I will get what I want. The Tome of Conquered Dimensions Arcane Lexicon.". Two men were outside of his cell and they were both members of the Sentry Corps. They wearing black flight-suits with crimson red ballistic vests that on the back had FS in white, and to finish off their outfit, they were wearing gold knee-high combat boots.

On their heads, they were wearing black, gold, and white armored berets with a chin guard. On there person, they had grenades and each one was holding assault rifles. "I can't believe that we got stuck watching this dam poser when we could be watching the ball game right now. I've twenty drachma on that game and I'm stuck working." said the guard on the right. "Jerry. You do know that this poser almost destroyed the Shopping District right?" said the guard on the left.

Jerry said,"I don't care Ben. I wish that something would happen.". The guard got his wish as a fellow Sentinel went flying toward them along with the door to the wing of the prison. The two aimed their guns at the smoke and they heard,"Sorry but I have to free my stupid uncle from jail. I guess I owe him from springing me out of juvie.". The smoke cleared as a fair colored skin teenage girl stood there and she was holding a magic staff.

It looked to be made out of wood with it having a mammoth theme head piece on the top with its tusks being rather big. It looked to be about three feet tall. She has a thin figure with her being a bit taller than a girl her age. She has pointy ears with her being beautiful, cute, and hot. She has long flat silver hair with it going to her thighs even with most of it in a ponytail and orchid colored eyes. The fringes of her hair was spiky with the tips of her hair and ponytail is purple.

She was wearing a black undersuit ,made out of nylon, that covers the upper half of her body which includes her arms ending off in finger less gloves, a mahogany red robe that has some pink accents around the bottom of the robe and on the shoulders of the robe are dark purple shapes roughly in the shape of a heart outlined in pink. Under her robe, she's wearing a purple dress with a pink ribbon around her waist.

Her legs were long with her wearing black stockings and matching black leather heeled boots. For accessories, she is wearing a black princess like crown on her head and a gold amulet with a red gem inside of it resting on her collarbone. Over her eyes, she is wearing black Gothic inspired Eye of Horus styled eyeliner and black lipstick over her lips. "Get her!" said Ben. The two aimed their rifles at her as several bullets went flying toward her.

She sighed as she said,"Seriously guys? Wow.". She slammed her staff to the ground as a pink and purple magic barrier went around her with it blocking all of the bullets. The girl held two balls of magic energy with her throwing it at the two. It landed causing a red explosion which launched the two guys into the wall. She looked into the cell and she said,"Stand back or float uncle.". A magic ball appear in her hand and she threw it at the cell door.

It caused the door to exploded with her standing by the door. "So are you really here uncle or you in the Magic Realm?" said the girl. The man opened his eyes as he said,"Dear Dawn. I thank you for freeing me from the Alliance but I can deal without your sass.". "Seriously Uncle Shaman? Do you know how much time and planning goes into breaking you out of prison." said Dawn. "Show me respect or I will throw you back." said Shaman.

His eyes then glowed gold as Dawn looked down with her saying,"Sorry Uncle.". "Good. Get me out of this garment. It is preventing my magic powers beside levitation." said Shaman. Dawn made her staff disappeared and a broadsword ,made out of magic energy, then appeared in her hands. She then slashed the jumpsuit off Shaman and he glowed gold. After the light was gone, he was now wearing a black long sleeve muscle shirt that covered his neck.

Around his hands and legs, he has large metal bands like cuffs with strange magic writing. Over his muscle shirt, he has on a diamond covered tunic that goes down to his knees and also covers the upper part of his arms. He wears a red slash around his waist like a belt. "Its good to have Animus back in my body." said Shaman. A yellow beam came out of his hands with Dawn jumping back from the beam only to turn around to see that it hit both Ben and Jerry knocking them out.

Shaman said,"We are running out of time niece. Time is drawing near.". He fired the beam to the nearby wall breaking it as he said,"We must go.". He got on the destroyed door with Dawn following suit as Shaman said,"Soon, the ones who put me here will pay with their lives after I gain unlimited power.". The Sentinels rushed into the room as they saw the two fly off. On the wall, it had a picture of Eon and Gwen with a tied up and glaring Shaman in the background.

The next day, Zane was walking with Gwen as she was silent. "So what's up Gwen? You have been looking forward to this trip back to Taelamelan for a while now." said Zane. The two were heading to the town's abandoned subway that would take them to Taelamelan. "It's nothing Zane. I just hope that Daniel would be okay." said Gwen. "Danny is a good guy and he can handle a cold." said Zane. "But I didn't mean to." said Gwen. "And he knows that to. So don't worry okay." said Zane.

Gwen said,"So Zane, why are you ignoring Karen?". "Huh?" said Zane. "I know that you can be quite dense but I think you would noticed Karen by now." said Gwen. "Notice Karen? Of course I do." said Zane. "Really?" said Gwen. "Yeah so you and Danny?" said Zane. "Well, he is my best friend here on Earth." said Gwen. "I see. We may be rivals because I'm his best friend." said Zane. "I don't think we have the same feelings toward him." said Gwen.

The two reached the abandoned subway station with Zane opening the subway. Gwen went in with Zane re closing the door. They walked down the stairs and Zane said,"Well, Danny and I have been best friends for almost ten years now. He was my first friend outside of my family due to me being a sheltered child.". "It may have to do with your mother being slightly worried about your destiny and your dad." said Gwen. "I know that now but back then, I didn't." said Zane.

The two reached the bottom of the station as Zane said,"So where is the train?". "You need pull down a lever and we need to find it to enter Taelamelan." said Gwen. She made a small fire ball appear in front of her as it lit the room up. "Wow. This place looks real empty." said Zane. "We should look for the level because we really shouldn't be late for meeting with the headmistress." said Gwen. "You're right Gwen." said Zane as he turned into Cartoon Form.

He and his clones walked around the station as Gwen said,"Should you really be using your powers for stuff like this Zane?". "Well, my grandpa says that I should practice using my forms even at the risk of losing myself. I want to protect all of you so I can handle being a little cuckoo." said the head Cartoon form. "Hey boss! I think I found it!" said one of the clones. Gwen saw that one of the clones was holding a level as she said,"You found it. Well done.".

The head Cartoon went over to the clone and the clones went back to the main form Zane pulled down the level and the two heard a train. A regular subway train appeared as Gwen said,"Are you coming Zane?". The cartoon jumped in as the train said,"Welcome to Taelamelan's Instant Travel Service Slicer and Zero.". "I'm happy that they didn't call me my dad's son but by Zero instead." said Zane, turning back to normal and sat down.

Gwen sat in the seat across from him as she said,"Do people in Terrarune call you Johnny?", "More than I would like to admit. I'm pretty sure that they see me as Johnny and not Zane. That may change but I'm not sure. So do people see you as Slicer?" said Zane. "Yes but all of you see me as Gwen so I'm okay with being called Slicer in one place. I understand that you're still getting used to this." said Gwen. "Yeah. I mean I like being a hero but having most of the town hate you isn't a good thing." said Zane.

The train stopped as Zane said,"That was fast.". "It is called Instant." said Gwen. "True." said Zane as the two left the train. It was gone as they waked around the magic capital. "Wow. I can't believe how much of a fantasy town this can be and yet at the exact same time, it can be so dam futuristic. Magic is truly amazing." said Zane. "Well, we do build things that can survive our magic because of the fact young Sorcerers have no control of their magic." said Gwen.

Zane said,"Did you have trouble with your magic?". "Well, I did have help from Master Eon but I did have some trouble." said Gwen. "It's good to know that you're not perfect. You're still human despite not being one." said Zane. "Thanks I think. Should we head toward the school or find out about the book? I will tell the headmistress of our choice." said Gwen. "To be honest with you, I was thinking of stopping by Mel's place. I need some help with a project of mine." said Zane. "Okay." said Gwen.

Meanwhile, Shaman was sitting in front of a fire and he was chanting something. Dawn stood nearby him as she said,"So what's going on again?". "Dear niece. Do you not understand how much time and planning it takes to find Arcane Lexicon." said Shaman. "Isn't Arcane Lexicon just some book that you can get at a store?" said Dawn. "It seems that you leaving Raliara at such a young age make you unknown to the most powerful book of magic." said Shaman.

Dawn said,"Right. So do you need me to help you or could I go?". Shaman fired a beam of energy as it barely hit Dawn. "You will leave when I'm done with you." said Shaman. "Fine Uncle." said Dawn as she sat down on the floor. "Arcane Lexicon allows the user to use high level spells, have luck that can't be matched, make others unlucky, be immortal to pain from physical wounds and injuries and time time itself, and also increase my magical and physical ability." said Shaman.

Dawn said,"Ah. I get you. So where is this powerful book?". "Somewhere in Taelamelan. We will be searching throughout the city using a distraction." said Shaman. "Why? I mean we can handle those goons." said Dawn. "Slicer and Zero have arrived in the city. I don't want either one stopping me and I want my revenge on Eon." said Shaman. "Zero?" said Dawn. "Such a naive child. Let me tell you about the hero who has been around since the start." said Shaman.

Zane then opened the door to Mel's shop and he heard,"Welcome customers! I'll be with you in a moment.". Gwen looked around as she said,"Mel's shop smells quite nice for a blacksmith's shop. I thought it would smell like fire or something else.". "I guess Mel wants customers." said Zane. The cyclops stuck his head out and he said,"Zane and Gwen! My two favorite students!". The cyclops hugged them as Gwen said,"We missed you too. Right Zane?".

Zane said,"He's crushing my kidneys.". The cyclop let them go as he said,"So what is both Slicer and Zero doing in Taelamelan?". "Well, Zane wanted to stop here." said Gwen. "Yep. After three months of being Zero, I decided that I need a weapon." said Zane. "Hold on Zane. We found out that you're a hand to hand fighter." said Mel. "He is right. I mean we tried teaching you how to fight with an ax or hammer but it failed horribly." said Gwen.

Zane said,"Ray had it coming but look at this you two.". He pulled out a notebook and Mel grabbed it from the boy. "Oh wow. You have been working hard on this Zane." said Gwen. "Well, I have spent any free time working on it." said Zane. "I see! You wish to have a weapon much like your father did. He used a shield which by the way, hurt." said Mel. "Yep. I was also inspired by Gwen's Time Rune. It's a powerful blade." said Zane.

Gwen made the sword appeared in her arms and she said,"This blade was created to handle any kind of threat since this sword was made for me.". "Meaning?" said Zane. "You may have the design of the blade down Zane but we need to make this blade unique to you as a Zero." said Mel. "Oh. I got that too. It's on there." said Zane. Mel read through the notebook and he said,"Wow. You really put everything into this Zane.".

Zane said,"While I was designing it, I knew that I had to have elements that well is me. The metal of the blade will be from the Astral Realm since I am a quarter Eazairvian. I have immense power so I plan to infuse my power into the blade. I want to absorb, cut, and use any kind of magic thanks to me being a Sorcerer in training. I also want to use Phantom abilities as well so I'm going to add Nether as well.".

Gwen said,"Zane. Are you sure that the sword will be able to handle all of that energy? I remember learning that Animus and Nether can't work together.". "You know that I can use Animus and Nether right?" said Zane. "At the same time?" said Gwen. "Well, I could try." said Zane. "Gwen and Zane. I can make this weapon for him." said Mel. "Seriously?" said Gwen. "You rock Mel!" said Zane. "I want to know how you're going to do this." said Gwen.

Mel said,"I made Zane's father shield with it being the most powerful weapon that I have ever made until now. Zane, I promise that this blade will be the powerful.". "Thank you Mel. So how long will it take?" said Zane. "Maybe a couple of hours. You should head to the school in the mean time." said Mel. "That sounds like a good plan to me. Ready to go Zane?" said Gwen. "Sure thing." said Zane. The two were gone as the cyclops went to the forge.

Later, Gwen and Zane were heading through the city as Zane said,"So what's the headmistress like Gwen?". "I think she's nice but I was a star student so my judgement may be skewed." said Gwen. "I see. Don't piss her off?" said Zane. "Yep." said Gwen. The two heard screaming as Zane said,"I think we can be a little late right?". "If it's for a good reason, she will understand and this is a very good reason Zane." said Gwen.

The two later saw several people about to be crushed by a collapsing building and Zane said,"I'll hold it!". He turned into his Brawn Form as he rushed toward the building while growing in size to be at 50 feet. The people then looked up to see Zane and he said,"Run now!". They ran away as he said to himself,"Okay. This is heavy.". He heard something coming at him as it was a giant blade and it was coming toward him at an alarming speed.

Gwen ,as Slicer, blocked the blade and she said,"Are you okay Zero?". "Peachy. Could you help me by slicing this building? It's getting heavy!" said Zane. "Ah. These buildings were made to last for centuries and they were made using...." said Gwen. "Slice and dice!" said Zane. Gwen nodded as she sliced the building into several small pieces. Zane then stretched while he shrunk back to the Brawn Form's original size.

Zane said,"So what was with that blade?". "Who knows but I don't think we're done." said Gwen as she made Time Rune appear from its pocket space. Zane removed Brawn Form and he looked up to see a light blue giant ,who is wearing Norse inspired armor, walking toward them. "Is he friendly or not?" said Zane. Gwen activated Chronos's power and she said,"He isn't. Get ready to fight.". Zane nodded as the giant roared at the teens.

Gwen jumped toward the giant and she said,"Clockwork Slashes!". A giant clock appeared in front of the giant causing him to freeze in place. She landed on the giant and she slashed the man several times before the giant glared at her. He swiped at her with his fist as she jumped back. "Now Zero! I think this is the best chance to strike!" said Gwen. The giant then turned to see Zane ,standing on the top of a carriage, and a new card appeared in his chest plate.

It had a black frame with a beast like creature standing in the center of the card and it looks to be roaring. Zane grew to be about ten feet tall with him having a hulking frame to him. His arms are larger and longer than normal. He has muscular pecs with him having a slim yet muscular abdominal to him. He has large triceps and biceps with his entire body getting covered in gray fur except for his face and stomach.

His hair grew longer to about his shoulders. His ears are point with him having sharp teeth. His exposed skin and the skin under his face was now scales. Armor plating covered his face with his eyes and sharp teeth being the only part of his face seen. His black jeans are still on him. "Beast Form!" said Zane. He jumped toward the giant and he smacked the giant with a hard right punch being that it looked painful.

As the giant went crashing directly into some buildings, Zane landed back on the ground and Gwen said,"Zero. Are you in there or are you?". "I'm in here partner. This form may be my animal side released and if I get mad, I will destroy the city. Lets take care of biggie." said Zane. The two rushed toward the giant who was standing back up. The giant swung his fist at the two once again but they dodge it and they struck the giant in the chest hard.

Nearby, Dawn and Shaman watched the two fight the giant. "Wow. That boy is Zero and he's partner with her?" said Dawn. "Not exactly. Zero has a partner and it isn't the Slicer. She and him are just friends due to their mutual friendship with Morph." said Shaman. "Morph? He's a superhero from Earth right?" said Dawn. "You know more about that culture than your own. How sad." said Shaman with him shrugging his shoulders.

Dawn said,"So where is the Arcane Lexicon anyway uncle?". "I found it in the Hall of Ancestors and Sorcery which is right next to Raliara, Institute of Magic." said Shaman. "So? Lets go." said Dawn as she was about to go. Shaman stopped her as he said,"Patience is key to victory. We will use the duo down there to get it.". Dawn watched as Zane turned back to normal with him firing a giant steel gray nether blast which defeated the giant as she said,"Okay Uncle.".

Zane was stretching his arms as Gwen said,"You seem rather relaxed.". The two were in Raliara and it looked like a kingdom from both the inside and outside. "I'm used to going to the principal's office or in this case headmistress office but this time, it's good." said Zane. "You head to Mr. Underwood's office at least twice a day." said Gwen. "Yeah. It isn't my fault. Those stuck up sons of bitches blamed me for punching Sam. She had it coming." said Zane. "You shouldn't punch her." said Gwen.

Zane sighed as he said,"You used to go here right?". "Yes. All students from First Grade to Twelfth Grade go here." said Gwen. "I noticed. So am I famous here or what? Several girls were giggling at me." said Zane. "Your hearing always seems to be impressive." said Gwen. Zane tapped his ears and he said,"And you know why I wear the Galaxy Phones right?". "Your ears are your biggest weakness beside the other ones." said Gwen. "Bingo so about my question." said Zane.

Gwen said,"You are Zero which means you're quite famous in Taelamelan already and your family is the other reason.". "You mean my dad right?" said Zane. "Yes. Shawn was a good man and a sorcerer that will be remembered for centuries." said a voice. Zane turned to see a woman in her early 30s who also has an impressive figure standing there. She looked to be 5 foot 7 with her heels gave her three extra inches.

Her light blonde hair ,which goes to her shoulders, had curls handing down both sides of her face and she had orchid eyes. She is wearing a white long sleeved pleated top with a wide keyhole necklace that slightly revealed her chest, a black high-waist pencil skirt, black stockings, and white boots with gold heels. Over her eyes, she is wearing thin ovular glasses with her have a snow white decorated hijab on her forehead.  

The woman said,"Oh. I forgot to introduce myself to you Zane. My name is Morgan Ballard and I'm the headmistress of the school.". "It's nice to meet you. May I ask why you didn't call me Zero like the students and other teachers have?" said Zane. "Well, I was good friends with your father and I was the first people to hold you." said Morgan. Zane's eyes widened as Gwen said,"Maybe I should have told you that.". "Yeah. You should have." said Zane.

The three were in Morgan's office as Gwen said,"So why did you call us down here Headmistress Ballard?". "I have a little problem." said Morgan. "Then ask the Alliance to handle it. I'm not saying that I don't want to help but don't they usually solve problems in Taelamelan?" said Zane. "They do but I can't ask the Alliance for help with him." said Morgan. "You're not talking about?" said Gwen. "I am Gwendolyn." said Morgan.

Zane said,"Mind filling in the peanut gallery about who you two are talking about?". "His name is Henry Bradley or should I call him by his sorcerer moniker Shaman. He is an evil man and he hates the Alliance plus us in the Mages." said Morgan. "Before you ask Zane, the Mages are a title held by the seven best sorcerers. Headmistress Ballard is one of them alongside your father." said Gwen. "But my dad isn't with us anymore. He shouldn't count right?" said Zane.

Gwen and Morgan looked at each other as Zane said,"What?". "Let me ask you something. Have you heard of the Infinite Void?" said Morgan. "I do teach. My dad went there after saving everyone in Taelamelan from the Infernal King when I was five." said Zane. "Yes but there is something else. The book that you found during your encounter with Xona. You have it?" said Morgan. He pulled it out as he said,"Do you know of it?".

Morgan nodded as she said,"This was written by a powerful Sorcerer known as the Astral Priestess. It along with its other six copies were written about the Omniverse and its many things about them by her special magic.". "It's true then. The Multiple Universe Theory is true or is it All Universe Theory now?" said Zane. "Wait. You mention something about her special magic plus the fact that Shawn is still a Sorcerer despite being lost in the Infinite Void." said Gwen.

Zane said,"Gwen. You don't have to say lost. He's dead. It's been ten or eleven years since then. I'm slowly getting over his deaath. So what is her special magic?". "It is known as Ultimate Perception. I have done some research on it and think of it as the best form of precognition." said Morgan. "I think one of my forms can see into the future and Crisis Judgement can but the latter can only for about a only few seconds up to five. We've trained to find that detail out." said Zane.

Gwen said,"So where are the other six books?". "An unknown location. I know that there are in either on Earth, Taelamelan, or Terrarune. I think that should be your goal if you have some time off work and your studies Zane." said Morgan. "Yeah. So why did you call Gwen down here anyway?" said Zane. "It was about Shaman right? Is he after the Arcane Lexicon again?" said Gwen. "Again? You think he would try something else after the first attempt." said Zane.

Morgan said,"He's quite stubborn in his desire to out class the rest of us due to him not being one of us.". "So he's a Cross Species like me?" said Zane. "Nope. He's all human. I think a magic portal had opened and well, he entered it. He gained magic power." said Gwen. "Really. Huh. Neat. So where is he right now?" said Zane. "In the city. He may be planning on attacking the Hall of Ancestors and Sorcery since that this is where we keep it." said Morgan.

Zane said,"So I'm guessing that you need me and Gwen to keep a close eye on it.". "Correct. You are smarter than you look." said Morgan. "Zane isn't seen as a strategy genius but according to Danny, he is an expert on both Hero Journey and World War Infinite." said Gwen. "Those are games played with others online on Earth correct?" said Morgan. "Yep. You got the perfect duo working here. Ready to protect Taelamelan?" said Zane. "Indeed." said Gwen. The two high-fived as the woman smiled.

At the hall, Gwen ,in her costume, was standing in front of the safe where Arcane Lexicon is guarded under a high advanced security system mainly for Sorcerers. "So any sign of criminals there Zane?" said Gwen as she touched her Galaxy Phones. "Yeah. Everything is fine and I don't think they can escape the sight of this form." said Zane's voice on the other end. "Correct. Do you seen anything out of the ordinary?" said Gwen.

Zane's voice said,"You do know that I'm not familiar with Taelamelan as well you but me and Danny have played more than enough fantasy games to understand what is normal here and what isn't.". "I see. Be prepare for anything Zane." said Gwen. "Understood Slicer. You and the rest of the team have protected my Cypress Park at least ten or more times so its time to protect my dad's home plus yours!" said Zane.

Gwen smiled as she said,"You're a good man Zane Alvarez. I'm sure that Taelamelan will respect you as Zane Alvarez rather than Zero and Shawn's son.". "Thanks Gwen. You're perfect for the job of being my ally so lets finish this job up faster than you can say.." said Zane's voice. He was silent as he said,"Are we the only ones here?". "Yeah. Why?" said Gwen. "I'm sure that we'll be causing a lot of property damage so be ready for a fight!" said Zane.

Shaman stood with Dawn as she said,"Are you sure that this was a good idea uncle?". The two of them were surrounded by a army. They were made out of rock ,being brown with glowing white lines covering their bodies, and has sharp claws. "Niece. The creation of an army of golems was a good idea being that they are quite easy to control as well. Now, take care of any opposing forces!" said Shaman.

The army rushed toward the museum but they were stopped by a pillar of fire. "What the? That isn't a fire based spell." said Dawn. "That's because I'm not using magic!" said a voice. Something then jumped out of the fire and Dawn said,"Is that Zero?". "Who knows Dawn but I don't like it at all. Kill it!" said Shaman. He and Dawn were gone as the golems rushed toward the unknown object but they were blasted down by a beam.

Earlier, Zane was on the top of the museum with a new card appearing in his chest plate. It had a black frame with several eyes plastered all over it. As the card entered, Zane looked to be a mixture of a human, reptile, and eyes. He looked to be 6 feet tall with him having black reptile like scales over his body except for his chest which are gray scales. He wears black pants with red prison like cuffs around his arms and legs.

His body is more muscular on the upper half despite having slightly bulky legs with him having five fingers and toes. He has a giant green eye on his chest and face. He wears a silver metal helmet that covers his hair and exposing his face eye and mouth. On both shoulders, he has a pair of medium sized green eyes resting there. He also has eyes on each palm. "Vision Form!" said Zane. His eyes then looked around him as Zane was talking to Gwen, he spot Dawn, Shaman, and their army.

He turned into his Thermal Form and he launched a giant fire ball which turned into a giant pillar of flames. He landed in front of the army as he said,"Bring it on!". The army rushed toward Zane and he said,"I don't think fire would stop you for long. Golems usually align with the element of earth so I don't think fire will work but maybe ice would stop you.". A golem was about to hit him but it froze.

The other golems were confused as Zane said,"This form allows me to control both anything hot or...". Several golem were frozen solid but some were burned. "Cold. However, I seem to have a little control issue with both so I use my fire more than my ice powers but since we're the only one here, I can go all out on you bastards! So lets see how you like my Thermal Pit!" said Zane as the entire area was covered in fire or ice.    

Back inside, Gwen was waiting for either Dawn or Shaman with her holding Time Rune in a battle ready stance. The two in question were currently in front of her but she couldn't see or feel their magical presence due to the golems. "So how isn't Slicer able to hear or see us?" said Dawn. "It is due to the golems outside. They have the Zero occupied and Slicer occupied meaning that they can not see us stealing Arcane Lexicon from under their...." said Shaman.

He stopped as he noticed Gwen's blade was glowing. "I know you're there Henry and I won't let you take Arcane Lexicon ever again." said Gwen. She slashed down as Shaman blocked her attack using a magic circle. Dawn was revealed as Gwen thought,"Isn't that?". "She's distracted. Eat this." said the man. Gwen blocked a fireball aimed at her with Dawn saying,"I'm totally not sorry about this.". She fired several magic energy blades at Gwen.

Gwen blocked most of them but she was pierced to the wall by a couple of blades. Gwen tried to get out of her hold but Shaman appeared in front of her. A giant magic circle appeared and a giant ball of water appeared. It soaked her from head to toe as Gwen said,"Why are you using her? Did you trick her or did you?". Gwen was shocked by a bolt of lightning and she was out cold. Dawn stood there as Shaman said,"Well down my niece.".

Zane was running through the hall and he noticed that it was mainly destroyed. "Hey Athena. Can you contact Gwen? I may need help in restoring the place after I finish the person or persons who do this?" said Zane. "I can't track her Galaxy Phone signal or her magic presence." said Athena. Zane stopped as Athena said,'What?". Zane got ready to fight as he said,"We have company and it isn't the nice kind.".

He activated Vine Form and he aimed his vines at the person running toward him. It was Dawn as she said,"Stop!". The vines went down as he said,"So who are you? I thought everyone was out here. I was sure of it.". "Um, I...." said Dawn. She remember what her uncle told her to say if Zero or one of the Sentinels found her and she said,"I was trapped in a detection proof room.". "Really now? I see. I think I should get you out of here." said Zane.

He was about to walk off as he thought,"Wait a second.". He then dodged a magic explosion barely as Dawn said,"Oh. That missed? I'm shocked but he was right about your impressive reflexes. That isn't magic right?.". Zane looked at her as he said,"What are you doing? You are working with or for a man who plans to hurt millions!". "Helping the only person whose seen me not as a monster but a human being! Eat this!" said Dawn.

She made two knight like creature come to alive as they rushed toward Zane. Zane deactivated Vine Form as he dodged the swords which clashed above him. "Too close." said Zane. "You're my age? I thought you were older." said Dawn. "Well, I tend to act old for my age. How about you get a taste of my magic?" said Zane. A black magic circle appeared in front of him with a steel gray energy beam coming out.

Dawn went back as she said,"Dragon Blaster Lance. A basic first year spell. I thought Slicer or Eon would have taught you something at least level 5 or above.". "I can't grasp magic just yet. I'm so dam pathetic sometimes." said Zane. He covered his mouth and Dawn said,"Wow. You fell for a negative spell. That's pretty sad.". "Shut up!" said Zane. He fired a steel gray nether beam at her but it was blocked by a magic circle.

Dawn said,"Are you seriously trying to fight me? I mean you're nothing compared to me and plus you don't stand a ghost of chance against my uncle.". "I'm not fighting your uncle! I'm fighting you and if I have a sliver of a chance, I will keep on fighting!" said Zane. He made Boxer Punch appeared and he rushed toward her. "Stay back!" said Dawn. She fired magic explosion at him with him dodging each one as he said,"Light Speed Uppercut!".

His right fist was covered in light as it moved extremely fast. It hit Dawn back and Zane said,"You've given me such a performance honey. Maybe you should take a bow.". He leg swiped her causing her to fall hard. "Are you okay?" said Zane. He held out her hand as he said,"Sorry. I know for a fact that I have a strong kick or punch but I'm pretty sure that you're stronger than a normal girl my age.". She swiped it away as she said,"I'm your enemy! Why are you being so nice?!".

Zane smiled ,under his helmet, as he said,"Well, I don't know why but I can tell when someone is serious in a fight. You may be a magic expert compared to the novice but here, I can see that your talents are being used by an awful man. Help me and Slicer.". She looked away and she said,"Okay. I will but how are you going to defeat my uncle?". "With brute force!" said Zane. He punched his fists together with Dawn thinking,"You're perfect.".

Shaman looked at Gwen ,who was tied up, and he said,"Look at you. You are nothing more than a disgrace to Eon's "good" name.". "Shut up! You are just a false Sorcerer!" said Gwen. She was then slammed into the ground by a giant magical hand as Shaman said,"You have no right to talk back to me woman! I now have the Arcane Lexicon. I just need to unseal it and well, I'll be the only ruling Taelamelan.". Gwen saw that the man was holding a normal sized book.

It looked rather worn out with a gold lock, locking its content. The cover had an eight leaf clover ,in the center of it, on it and it's a black color. Gwen's eyes widened as Shaman said,"You know of its power but here's the thing, it hides even more power once all of the keys are in place and I am only missing one key.". "Key?" said Gwen. "They'll open the door to unlimited power. The keys are all in place here in the Hall of Ancestors and Sorcery. Let see if fate plays out like it..." said Shaman.

Thanks to a magic circle, he blocked a steel gray nether beam which caused a smoke explosion. Gwen looked up to see Zane in front of her as he said,"Are you okay Gwen? Did he?". He freed Gwen from her prison and she said,"Not yet. We need to get out of here now.". "But..." said Zane. She dragged him out of the room with Shaman releasing the smoke by smashing the window on the ceiling and he said,"Yep. He's a Phantom.".

Dawn walked up to him and she said,"I really didn't expect him to sneak up on you. I was trying to get him to work on releasing the book for you.". "It's fine." said Shaman. "It seems that he isn't like his father. He would trust you even though you're his enemy." thought Shaman. "Uncle?" said Dawn with her tilting her. "I think harming them before they make it outside will be a good idea. Stay in the shadows dear niece." said Shaman. "Sure." said Dawn. She was gone.

Gwen and Zane were running through the museum as Gwen said,"So you can't contact anyone? I thought that the Galaxy Phones were...". "Yeah but I think Shaman made a jamming spell. That's a thing right?" said Zane. "Yes. It shouldn't effect technology though. I suppose that Arcane Lexicon ,in its locked form, is slowly giving him more power." said Gwen. "Wow. So why is locked up? Did Eon and the Headmistress?" said Zane.

Gwen nodded as she said,"After the last time, Eon and Headmistress Ballard placed a seal on the book and it requires certain things to open it.". "Certain things?" said Zane. "Yes. I don't know what exactly and I would ask Eon but I can't send a signal out." said Gwen. "How about we try finding our way out of here? I mean haven't we been running for like a while." said Zane. Gwen stopped as she said,"He is changing the layout.". "Wow. Magic sure is advanced." said Zane.

CJ went off as Zane dodged several magic explosions. "Gwen. If you don't mind, find the Sorcerer who is doing this!" said Zane. He phased right through the wall and Gwen looked around to find the Sorcerer. She spotted Shaman standing there holding a magic book. It was rather small with it being dark blue with gold stripes. "Wait a minute." said Gwen. She spotted Zane ,in his Beast Form, popped from the ground and crash into shaman.

Zane said,"Give me back Arcane Lexicon!". "Zane! Get back!" said Gwen. He then looked at her with Shaman blasting the beast back into a display. Shaman turned into Dawn as she said,"You're so cute for a beast but you need a collar boy.". Several rings went flying toward Zane and he punched one. However, it didn't go back but it went bigger. Zane ran away from it and he hid from the ring as he took a breath but several stone creatures surrounding him. "Son of a..." said Zane.

Dawn smiled as Gwen kicked her back. "I don't know why you're working with Shaman but me and Zero will stop you and your uncle's plan for sure." said Gwen. Her wrist was grabbed by a stone beast which looked an ape or dog hybrid. "You know that you can't win against me or my uncle even with Zero's help." said Dawn. "Sorry but I'm not the same Slicer as I was before." said Gwen. She kicked the stone beasts to pieces with Dawn shocked.

Dawn was about to fire a magic explosion at her but Zane ,after finishing off several creatures, was about to push a metal knight statue on her. She noticed the shadow and she dodged it. Zane roared as Gwen said,"Even with those stone creatures of your uncle, you can't defeat us.". Zane stood next to her as he said,"Why are you working with him? I may not know a lot about Animus but I know when someone is being used and trust me, you're being used.".

Dawn looked down as she said,"Eat this!". Several stone golems with them having violet colored runes on their body stood there as Gwen said,"I'll handle her pets and you...". Zane jumped over one to slam Dawn to the ground as Gwen said,"Yep. You're a beast already.". With Time Rune, she sliced one of the golem in half before stabbing another one. "Get off of me!" said Dawn. Zane was blasted to the roof by a magic explosion and then landed a feet from her.

Dawn said,"Sorry but you won't be returning back to wherever you came from.". She fired several tiny but powerful magic explosions at him causing the floor to collapsed under him. Zane sighed as he fell into the ground. Gwen finished off one golem and as one was about to attack her, she blasted it to pieces using her sword. She went toward Dawn and she said,"Get back!". She fired out a wave of pure animus which launched Gwen into the same hole.

Zane caught her as he said,"Are you alright?". "Yeah but we're trapped." said Gwen. Zane placed her down as he looked confused. "The basement to the Hall of Ancestors and Sorcery contains weapons that once tried to hurt Taelamelan. The only way out of here is to smash through all of them." said Gwen. Zane turned into Brawn Form as he said,"I'm liking those odds. Are you ready to fight all of them?". "Yep. Ready?" said Gwen. "Yeah!" said Zane. They rushed off.      

Dawn was walking around through the hall and she stopped in front of the Shawn Alvarez statue as she said,"So? You're supposed to be some kind of hero right? I mean you were just like me right? I guess I should follow in your footsteps but well, I don't know. My uncle wants me to help take over Taelamelan but for some reason, it feels wrong. I mean I have both Slicer and Zero defeated but for some reason, I should help them.".

She was stopped from her inner monologue by a unseen force by a smacking force. She looked up to Zane ,in Camouflage Form, with a smirk. "Sorry. Threads of Fate!" said Zane. The girl was caught in the wrappings as she said,"Wait! I want to help you defeat my uncle!". Zane looked at her with him saying,"Why should I trust you? You did try o kill me and Slicer but I see the good in you. My gut is telling me that I should have Gwen using some truth detection spell on you.".

Dawn said,"Do you think that everything here is done with spells?". "Yes! I mean I may be a new visitor but there's a spell for something. I saw one for turning on an freaking fan!" said Zane with him crossing his arms. "My uncle made me do all of this. I didn't want to hurt anyone." said Dawn. "Do you seriously think I'm going to buy that? Why didn't you just leave him in jail? I mean you're the one who broke him out right?" said Zane.

Dawn sighed as she said,"Yes. My name is Dawn Ballard. My uncle forces me to do things that he wants under the idea of threatening me with violence. I can help you get Arcane Lexicon back and stop his evil plan.". "Are you making new pals dear niece?" said a voice. Zane soon looked to see Shaman standing there with the book attached to his hip. Zane looked up to see Gwen held in the air as Shaman said,"Surrender Zero or else, she'll die!".

Dawn said,"I won't let you hurt any more people Uncle!". Several stone bats came flying and Zane thought,"Note to self, Threads of Fate doesn't negate Animus. Good to know.". The avian creatures surrounded Shaman with him saying,"Dawn! How dare you betray me?!". He was dragged away by the bats as Gwen fell to the ground. The bats dropped him outside in the fountain. "I guess you're an ally after all." said Zane.

Zane went to Gwen as he said,"Are you okay?". "I'm fine. He caught me off guard is all. Don't worry okay?" said Gwen. "My uncle is going to be steaming mad and well, I don't want to be around when that happens.". "Okay but me and Slicer are here to help you. If the three of us work together, nothing in the nine realms can't stop us." said Zane. Dawn hugged him as she said,"Thank you! I owe you one for sure Zero!".

Zane blushed as he thought,"Wow. She's really big. I think she's wearing active wrapping bandages around her chest. Mom told me that it was to make sure that girls ,who were athletes, wear them to look smaller and keep them out of the way while they're doing stuff. It's weird but this may be my weird and random fact that I know.". Zane was heading toward the exit but he was blasted into the wall as he landed right in front of Shaman who was all dry.

Shaman moved Zane into the air as he said,"Hey ladies! A little help here!". "Sorry Zero but they'll be helping me instead." said Shaman. Dawn stood there as Gwen disappeared right in front of Zane as he growled. "Don't growl lizard boy. Old Slicer got caught by Uncle Shaman after you two split up like a bad duo. I don't how you're going to stop us without your magic but oh well, it was nice and I'm a hater of pervs." said Dawn.

She placed his hand on his chest as it glowed pink. Zane howled out in pain as he reverted back to his normal not superhero self with him falling to the ground out cold. Dawn then held a dark purple orb of Animus as she said,"We got the pieces right?". "Yes. We have the magic power of both Slicer and Zero in our grasp. We'll see each other real soon Zero. It will be the end of days for all who oppose me and my conquest!" said Shaman. Both him and Dawn were gone as Zane was left defeated.

On a rooftop nearby, Dawn was juggling both Zane's Animus orb and Gwen's Animus orb which was a lagoon blue color. "Well planned Dawn. I didn't expect you to trick both Slicer and Zero. It is a sneaky move." said Shaman. "Yeah. Well, I learned that in juvie. So what's up next?" said Dawn. "To gain unlimited power, we must go to the Sorcery Tower. It is perfect." said Shaman. "Whatever you say uncle. This is going to be fun." said Dawn. The two were gone.

Zane heard,"Zane. Wake up.". Zane slowly opened his eyes to see Mel with Gwen and Morgan at his left and right. Gwen was wearing her normal street clothes as Morgan was wearing something else. She is wearing a large snow white magic robe with a blue and red trim. If she rose her arms, the sleeves of her robe looked like the wings of a swan. "What happened?" said Zane. Zane slowly stood up as Gwen said,"Dawn tricked me like just she did with you.".

Zane said,"Wait a minute. I didn't see this early but your last name is Ballard right headmistress? You and Dawn are related right?". Morgan sighed as she said,"Yes. She is my daughter.". "So are you and Shaman?" said Zane. "Not even. Morgan here is an only child and her husband died just a few months after Dawn was born." said Mel. "Yes. She was abandoned by her..." said Gwen. The two then noticed Zane's eyes changed from violet to red.

Zane said with a growl,"Why did you give up your daughter?!". "I didn't!" said Morgan. Gwen said with a frown,"She didn't Zane. Her daughter was taken from her right after she lost her husband so calm down.". Zane's eyes went back to their normal color as he said,"Morgan. I'm so sorry. I didn't know. So how did she end up with Shaman?". "You know that he has a name right?" said Gwen. "I don't see him as a human anymore but a mad man." said Zane with a shrug.

Morgan said,"I don't know but I spend several resources from the school's budget to keep an eye on my daughter. She went to juvie for stealing a magic staff when she was ten years old but here's the thing, that staff was used by her father before he died.". "Wow. If I knew that one of my father's tools was being used as something other than its intended purpose, I would totally steal it too. So where is the shield that was used by my..." said Zane.

Mel said,"It die with him Zane. So what did Dawn do to you before you passed out? Both you and Gwen's Animus are missing.". "So is that like my Essence?" said Zane. "In a sense, look at this chart Zane." said Morgan. She pulled a chart as Zane thought,"What can't magic do?". He noticed that there was a diagram of the human body ,much like in a science lab, with him noticing a glowing orb where the lungs were.

Gwen said,"Everything in the Nine Realms and Omniverse has Animus inside of them including your kind Zane.". "What do you mean by your kind?" said Zane. "She doesn't mind anything offensive Zane. Phantoms have Animus but they use it as Nether instead. Right now, Gwen is useless to stop Shaman. He took yours and her ability to use Animus for something." said Mel. "Hey. Can you use a sword right now Gwen?" said Zane.

She nodded as she said,"Eon had me trained in swordsmanship. What's the plan?". "We can still fight even with our magic gone. I have a plan. Athena, did you ask what I asked you to do?" said Zane as he looked at his watch. "Zane. I have found all known knowledge on the Arcane Lexicon. They need to be at the highest point in Taelamelan with two Animus of high power aka yours and Gwen. There is a way to stop it." said Athena. "Really?" said Gwen and Morgan.

Zane smiled as he said,"So are you in?". "I will be by your side forever Zane. I made a promise to your mother to protect you from yourself." said Gwen. "Thanks I think?" said Zane. "As am I. We are bonded thanks to your father but thanks to your newly made sword, we are partners in a new art as well." said Mel. "If I can save my daughter, I'm in." said Morgan. "Okay. Here's the plan to save Earth and Taelamelan." said Zane.

Later that day, Dawn and Shaman were gliding through the air with them heading toward the Sorcery Tower. "So how is this isn't any kind of levitation or flying magic again uncle?" said Dawn. "As you can see even with Arcane Lexicon sealed, I can bend space and time which in turn allows us to glide through air like birds except without gravity holding us back." said Shaman. "I totally get it uncle. I hope." said Dawn. "We're here." said Shaman.

The girl saw the Sorcery Tower. It was extremely tall with it being immense in size and shape. It has a cylindrical design to it. On the outside, it looked like a skyscraper with a roller coaster track going around it. Dawn noticed that the entrance ,which was a hexagon shape, was guarded by two members of the Sentry Corps. "So how are we?" said Dawn. She saw that Shaman aimed his hands at the two guards causing them to be blasted away with her saying,"Never mind!".

They reached the top of the tower with Shaman saying,"Seal off ways of entry niece. I wish not to be disturbed by anyone.". He crossed his legs as he was floating in the air with both Gwen and Zane's Animus Orbs floating around him in a clockwise fashion and Arcane Lexicon was in the center of the spinning Orbs. Dawn placed a magic bubble around the top with her saying,"You're welcoming uncle.". He began chanting with Dawn rolling her eyes.

On the bottom floor, Zane and his group arrived in front of the tower. "We're running out of time. The ritual is almost done and I don't think we can take the front door." said Morgan. The door was warped shut as Gwen said,"So what's the plan Zane? I mean we can't use magic.". "Gwen. You're my ally no my friend. We can do this together plus we have the Headmistress and Mel with us. Do you trust me Gwen like I trust you with Danny?" said Zane.

Gwen said,"Zane. What can I do without magic? I'm not like you or the others. Magic is my way of well living.". "Gwen. I've seen you fight enemies without using magic and you kicked Ray's but more times than I can count without using any magic according to Eon. Believe in yourself." said Zane. He placed his hand on her shoulder with her smiling. "So how are we getting up there?" said Mel. "So the roller coaster track works right?" said Zane.

Mel smiled as he said,"I see. Plan to use one of your forms to activate it so we can get up there in a second.". "No. That would be the plan Mel except my daughter has placed a magic barrier meaning no one with Animus can get in..." said Morgan. Zane turned into Zero with him saying,"Gwen. I will get your magic powers back. Lets go save your home.". She nodded as Mel said,"He is more like his father than he knows.". "Right." said Morgan.

On the roof, Dawn stood nearby Shaman as the book was slowly opening causing meteors to hit the entire city of Taelamelan. "Did you honestly think you could get rid of us by taking away our magic huh Henry?" said a voice. He was then blasted with a Plasma shot as he and Dawn turned to see Gwen on a roller coaster car with her holding a Plasma Rifle. "If you give up now, I promise this won't hurt as much." said Gwen.

Dawn said,"This is annoying. I mean she doesn't even have any magic anymore. It's a trick.". The man made Gwen fly as he threw her into the magic barrier. "Your feeble attempt at stopping me has failed." said Gwen. "You should know better than anyone Shaman that magic isn't just about power or having the best spells. It's about leading your attention away." said Gwen. Shaman looked to see Zane ,in his Atomic Form, flying toward him.

He smashed into the wizard with him saying,"You just got owned sucker! Yee ha!". Zane began to dodge Shaman's magic beams with Shaman saying,"I shall not be deny my revenge on all who made me suffer!". "Taking revenge is so last year pal. I'm going to show what's hip." said Zane. He charged up energy with him saying,"Take this!". A ball of nuclear energy went toward Shaman but he smacked it away with a magic energy staff.

It exploded in the air as Shaman was focused on Zane. "Hey Dawn! Get a lot of some Plasma!" said Gwen. She fired the gun at Dawn with her making an magic circle barrier. "Are you serious? Did you think that it would...." said Dawn. She was smacked to the ground by a kick to the stomach as Gwen said,"I learn that this is where a Sorcerer is weakest. You may strong in magic but your physical body is not.".

Gwen looked around for the magic orbs and she spotted them. She rushed toward them as Dawn said with a smile,"Not happening!". She threw several magic explosions but they were blocked by Zane with him saying,"Magic may be effective on my other forms but Atomic is able to take a lot of damage. Now Slicer!". She held both orbs as Shaman said,"No! Niece! Stop her!". "I understand. I won't let you..." said Dawn.

Gwen's Animus orb went inside of her as she said,"Oh yeah. I'm feeling the magic rushing through my body! Zero! Catch!". The orb went into the hero and he said,"Oh yeah!". Zane switched forms as Dawn and Shaman fired their attacks on him causing him to fall off the tower. "Zane!" said Gwen as she turned into Slicer. She went toward the edge as Dawn stopped her. Dawn made a broadsword as she said,"Rematch?". Time Rune appeared as Gwen said,"Rematch.". The two fought.

While falling, Zane said,"So are you ready Athena?! I'm going to become a pancake if you're not and we need some serious magic power". "Yes. With your Animus returned, this form is at its best!" said Athena. "Sweet! Hey Shaman! I hope you're ready for a performance!" yelled Zane. Shaman looked at Zane as he had a new card in his chest plate. It has a black frame with a wizard standing in the center of the card with a sun exploding in the background.

Zane looked to be eight feet tall with him having a noticeable broad chest and shoulders. His posture was similar to a warrior. His skin is grayish purple with it being scales rather than skin. He has four purplish yellow eyes with black sclera. His hair is a dark purple color. He has pointy ears which are covered by his hair. He has five-fingered hands with sharp claws at the end and humanlike five-toed feet with sharp claws in place of toenails. 

He had a red diamond cut gem with a black outline on his forehead which looks totally natural. To the left and right of the diamond, he had small bumps. He wears a silver couter and rerebrace on his right elbow and arm respectively, and silver metal spiked vambraces on his arms. He wears silver chest armor as well. His body is covered in red body markings very much like war paint around his eyes and any expose part of his body. 

Zane is wears a dark blue cloak ,with a high collar and hood that he's currently wearing over his head at this very moment. It's fastened to him with a gold latch. Under his chest armor, he had on a short sleeved black muscle shirt with a red magic circle in the middle. He wears matching colored gloves ,to his shirt, that covered his entire forearm plus his hands with the only part not covered being his middle finger, pinky, and thumbs. 

He's wearing dark green combat boots and dark blue boots that look very durable. "Magus Form! Lets see what this form can do." said Zane. Shaman noticed that Zane was gathering shadows and several claws came out of the shadows. They grabbed onto a nearby building with Zane swinging himself toward the tower and he said,"Miss me didn't you Shaman my good pal?!". He grabbed Shaman and Shaman said,"Hands off your future emperor demon spawn!".

Zane dodged his attack as he said,"Arcane Emperor....!". "Arcane Emperor? It can't be. He can't know those..." thought Shaman. His thought was stopped as Shaman was punched in the face by Zane's left ,dark purple metallic scales with a spiral pattern to it, fist. "Adamantine Punch!" yelled Zane as Shaman went flying in front of Dawn and Gwen. Shaman slowly got back up from this. Zane stood there as Shaman yelled,"How does a freak like you know the Emperor spells?!".

Zane looked confused as Gwen said,"Zane. Does this form increased your control of magic?". "Yes. I think these Emperor spells are powerful right?" said Zane. His Crisis Judgement went off as the niece threw several explosions at him. Zane went into the shadows to avoid them as he said,"Thank the gods that I can still use Crisis Judgement.". "Why are you fighting Uncle?" said Dawn. "He's a bad man." said Gwen. "Blunt much huh Gwen?" said Zane.

Dawn held several pebbles as she said,"Arise from the pits of Deadacia!". She threw the stones to the ground as several stone golems appeared. "Gwen. Can you keep them busy while I complete stage two of our plan?" said Zane. "Sure thing Zane." said Gwen as she activate Chronos's power. Zane then placed his hand on the ground as he said,"My name is Azrael Soutlfire in this form Gwen so remember that. Shadow Ramp!". He made a ramp which went toward the ground. 

Morgan looked down as Mel said,"Are you alright?". She looked at the cyclopes as she said,"Zane is very much like Shawn isn't he?". "Yes but in many ways, he isn't. I wonder if the Phantoms sees that." said Mel. "Maybe. This sounds extremely racist mind you but from what I read about this JV character, it's hard to compete with." said Morgan. The two noticed a ramp of shadows as Mel said,"I think this is Zane right?". "Yep." said Morgan. The two ran across them.

Dawn looked at Gwen and later Zane as Shaman said,"You two are too late!". The teens looked up to see that there was both a moon and sun above them. "How did we miss that?!" said Zane. "Beats me Zane." said Gwen as she blocked a stone creation's punch. The planets soon fused together as Zane said,"So you made an eclipse right?". "Dawn. I have no longer any use for you." said Shaman as he charged up an attack. He fired it at her causing her to fall off the tower.

Zane growled as Gwen said,"Zane! Look!". He looked up to see that several meteors were coming out of the fused planet as Shaman said,"I soon will have the power!". Zane blasted several meteors using shadow hands as he said,"Not happening. Gwen.". Gwen rushed off to check on Dawn as the man said,"Why do you care so much about Dawn? She's nothing but a pawn for my conquest. To be honest with you, I took her for that reason alone.". 

On the ramp, Morgan saw this as she yelled,"Dawn!". She rushed toward her as Mel saw two shadow hands ,appear from the ramp, and grabbed Dawn. "Well done." said Mel. The teen looked at the two as she said,"So who the hell are you two?". "Friends of Zero." said Mel. Morgan nodded as Dawn said,"You know that he can't stop Uncle Shaman right? He's just a Cross-Species now.". "Don't doubt the Alvarez family." said Morgan. "Alvarez?" said Dawn.  

Her eyes widened as she said,"Is he related to Shawn Alvarez?!". "He is." said Morgan. "That's so cool! I mean Shawn was the savior of Taelamelan." said Dawn. "Mel! Morgan!" yelled a voice. The trio saw Gwen as Morgan said,"I'm guessing that Zane is handling Shaman.". "He is but Shaman is about to unlock the Arcane Lexicon." said Gwen. "Not exactly. I'm not sure if you guys know this but Uncle... I mean Shaman found a different way to open it." said Dawn.

Mel said,"What do you mean?". The four were running up the ramp as Dawn said,"So normally, you would need to be at the highest point with two powerful Animus aka Slicer and Zero. Shaman found another way being that he's going to use his Animus instead.". "Doesn't that man know what could happen to him?!" said Morgan. "He does but he doesn't care." said Dawn. The four reached the top as they saw Shaman standing there panting as Zane ,in his normal form, stood there.

Earlier, Zane was dodging Shaman's Animus blasts as the pseudo-Sorcerer yelled,"Stay still!". Zane went into the shadows avoiding the attack. Shaman looked for Zane but he didn't see the young hero coming out of the ground. "Arcane Emperor Steel Punch!" said Zane. Shaman was hit by a steel fist as he was sent flying. Shaman caught himself as he said,"Die now!". He fired several missiles right at Zane with Zane smiling. 

Shaman noticed that Zane's hands were gathering bright red energy and he said,"Are you trying to use Nether against me? A god of Animus!". "Not exactly." said Zane. He fired two bolts of the red energy at the missiles. It causes a massive explosion upon hitting two of the missiles and Shaman was blinded by it. He didn't noticed that Zane had appear right behind him using a pair of purple demonic wings that had a wingspan of ten feet.

He clenched both of his hands together and he slammed it on Shaman launching him toward the tower. Zane landed on the ground and he turned back to his normal form after his wings folded back into his body. Shaman slowly got back up as he saw the four standing there. "Dawn. Come to my side and defeat this child while I finish the ceremony." said Shaman. "Did you not just blast her off the roof?" said Zane.

Shaman said,"I saved her boy so you have no right to talk.". "We're going to have a big problem here boys." said Dawn. The two looked at her as Mel said,"So what's going on?". "It's simple Cyclops. It is finally time for people to see the real Dawn Ballard. I'm taking the power of Arcane Lexicon and you get nothing." said Dawn. Shaman was about to fire an energy beam at her but it was blocked by an explosion launching him into the elevator door to the top floor knocking him out.

Dawn walked over to him as she said,"Zane may have weakened you and totally kicked your but. I still won in the end because I got you to create the ritual without using my Animus so thanks.". "We can't let her do this!" said Gwen. Zane nodded as the two teen rushes toward her but they were then stopped by several vines. "Not going to happen you two and don't think I forgot about you two." said Dawn as Mel and Morgan were trapped in vines.

Dawn said,"Okay. Time to begin my reign of Taelamelan!". She held out her hands as the sky started to darken. The city was getting scared and Dawn said,"Arcane Lexicon will be mine!". "Dawn! Stop before it's too late!" yelled Zane. He struggled in his vine prison as he said,"Listen. You don't have to be like him. I mean he's crazy from being bulled and I know that you were too.". Dawn glared at him as she increased the vines.

Dawn yelled,"What do you know about me huh?! I was treated like trash for sixteen years! You know what it's like not knowing where you came from Shawn's Son?! I bet you think you're so cool because you're his kid but you're not! You're just a Cross-Species!". "You're right but you're wrong. I didn't know about all of this until three months. My mom kept this entire world for me for more of my life Dawn but she did it to protect me. Your mom didn't want to become this." said Zane. 

Dawn grabbed his helmet and threw it to the sides. "And what do you know about my mom?! Going to say that she's disappointed in me!" said Dawn. "I'm not Dawn." said Morgan. Dawn looked at her as she said,"You're my mom? The Head Mistress of Raliara is my mom?!". "Yep. So if you could let us go, that would be just great." said Zane. "Your favorite color is purple. You wanted to learn magic so you could make us happy." said Morgan.

Dawn fell to her knees as she said,"I don't know what to do.". Gwen ,thanks to her sword, sliced her way through the vine prison as she said,"Dawn. Tell us how to stop all of this before the city gets destroyed.". "There are three ways to open Arcane Lexicon. Either have two powerful Animus at the top of the highest building in the area, have strong enough Animus to focus it own, or the chosen one who can use the Emperor Spells can save us but there is no time." said Dawn.


Mel said,"Emperor Spells? Those spells were used by one of the most powerful sorcerer way back when. I can't remember his name but he was powerful.". "Which means that." said Gwen. The four looked at Zane with him tilting his head to the side. "What?" said Zane. "I think you're the chosen one Zane." said Morgan. "Wow. That's convenient. You really have good luck don't you partner?" said Athena. Zane flew up and he opened up the book causing a huge flash of light ending the storm.

Later, Zane was currently resting on a bench as he saw Shaman being taking away by the grunts of the Sentry Corps. He looked at the closed Arcane Lexicon as he thought,"Great. I have to study how to use magic even more. I'm thankful that I'm immortal.". Gwen slowly walked over to him as she said,"I guess we had a pretty interesting trip then.". She sat next to him as Zane said,"Yep. We defeated a bad guy, reunited a family, and well, I got some new toys.".

Gwen said,"So did Mel give them to you?". "Nope. He gave them to my mom. She says that we will be training real soon so pumped for that." said Zane. "Hey Zaney!" said a voice. The two saw Dawn running toward them with Morgan behind her. "What's up?" said Zane. Dawn hugged him as Morgan said,"She wanted to thank you Zane for saving her from her soon to be downward spiral. Oh, let me just make this clear. If you hurt her...".

Gwen said,"Um. I think Zane is unable to answer the phone right now.". His face was pale as he had no air. Dawn looked at Zane as she said,"I'll see you real soon Zaney. I want you and I to be real good friends.". She was gone as Morgan said with a sigh,"I do hope that she isn't going to be too much of a hassle.". She was gone as Gwen helped Zane up with her saying,"Yep. You're just like your father Zane aka a real lady killer.". The two were gone in a magic portal.

Later Shaman was back in his prison uniform with his body covered in chains. He was currently sitting in the back of a prison transfer vehicle. "What are you idiots doing? I can't see anything but I know that we're going the wrong way!" said Shaman. "Shut up you faliure. We are heading to your new home so be quiet." said one of the Sentry Corps. Shaman went quiet as he thought,"So where could they be taking me?".

The car stopped as the driver said,"We're here General.". "General?" said Shaman. The door opened as he saw two people standing there with several grunts. One was a girl about the same age as Dawn and Zane with her having pale skin. She has dark blue hair ,which goes to the middle of her chin and shoulders, which she has some of it in a side ponytail on the right side. She has a light blue snowflake tattoo on both of her bicep. She's wearing light red lipstick and nail polish.

She's wearing a beautiful silk black yukata. It has light purple highlights and has a light blue snowflake pattern. The sleeves of the yukata are very big going to her hips extending far past her arms. She wears a snowflake design white sash around her waist. Under her yukata, she wears a sarashi over her chest. She finish off her outfit by wearing traditional wooden geta sandals. The person next to her was a man at least twenty plus years older than her.

He's tall and tanned with a lean muscular figure. He has on a pair of black round sunglasses over his gray eyes. His light blue/green hair which went down to his chin and looked to be frozen solid. He has a beard. He wears a large thick blue and white jacket that's open with brownish animal fur lined the helm, neck, and wrists of the jacket. Under his jacket, he's wearing a dark gray v-neck shirt with him wearing a dark blue bandanna that covers most of his head except for the back.

He's wearing a pair of brown leather gloves, blue jeans with a black belt, and large military issued gray leather boots. The left side of his face and neck are covered in scars from a fight. His right leg is pitch black being a prosthesis. "So what do I owe the pleasure of seeing you two?" said Shaman. He felt the air getting cold as the man said,"Settle down Valerie. He's nothing more than a false sorcerer and he also got defeated by someone younger than him.".

Shaman rushed toward the man before he went to the ground. "Didn't you tell him about if he starts to attack us, his chains increase in weight?" said Valerie. "We didn't Snow Nun!" said the two grunts saluting her. "So where am I?" said Shaman. "The worst prison in the Omniverse. Welcome to your new home. Take him away." said the man. Several guards dragged Shaman away as Valerie said,"I'm shocked that someone like him was defeated by a child sir.".

The man said,"Well, the child is Zero.". "I don't think that should matter." said Valerie. "He is also the son of Shawn Alvarez. I see a lot of Shawn in Zane but at the same time, I very much see Zane as his own person." said the man. "So are we going to increase it?" said Valerie. "Yep. You can call me by my name Lucas Hammond." said Lucas. The two were walking away as the era of Shaman ended by Zero.

Next Time,
Royalty comes to Cypress Park and she wants someone who isn't Zane! This and more next time on Zero!