Multiversal Crossover
Chapter 5: 5. History Lesson
Previous Chapter Next Chapter"So, who are you?" asked Finn to the holographic figure in front of him. "I am Lorina, a Starrunner artificial
intelligence," she said. "A what?" he asked. "I was created by the Starrunners, a powerful but tyrannical advanced
race which once ruled over this dimension, three other dimensions and their own, and I have noticed that in the ten
thousand years since their fall, this place has vastly changed." She said. "I want to know who those creatures that
attacked Ooo were." "What do the creatures you speak of look like?" she asked. "Some looked like skeletons, were
grey, had eight red eyes, and some looked like wolves except that they have eight red eyes." She gasped upon
hearing this. "What?" asked Finn. "They've returned, the Kronosians," she said. "Who are the Kronosians and why
did you acted shocked when I mentioned the creatures?" asked Finn. "The Kronosians were the creatures you just
fought," she said. Finn, Jake and Princess Bubblegum all gasped. "Wait, what?" Finn asked. "I shall explain but it will
be a very long one," and she began. "Thousands of years ago, there was a great race called the Starrunners that
ruled over all the dimensions which I explained earlier but that is another story and their last great emperor,
Markonian XX decided to hand the empire down to his three sons Brutus, Judorus, Cassionus and let them co-rule in
the hopes that the empire would become more prosperous," she said. "But he overlooked one thing," she said.
"What?" they all asked. "The three sons except for the youngest refused to share power and wanted the rule the
empire for themselves," she explained. "Thus, the empire split into three domains warring against each other in a
conflict known as the Starrunner Civil War and was a terrible time," she said in a sad tone. "Now, the middle son,
Judorus who would later rename himself Xanazor was the most evil of the three brothers and had absolutely no
regard for life and was even willing to kill innocents, also willing to test dangerous weapons on prisoners of war
regardless of whether they were Starrunner soldiers or civilians or slaves from the dimensions and planets they
ruled, and was not above genocide," she continued. Princess Bubblegum was shocked at how evil this person was.
"Now," she continued, "In an attempt to turn the tides of war in his favor, he created a device called "The
Converter," which drained the energy and essence from a body, leaving the body an empty husk and turning the
drained energy into a machine called a Kronosian which can come in different forms," she said. Finn and Jake's
mouths were all open in surprise and shock at what she just said. "Xanazor captured countless inhabitants from the
worlds to test the Converter on them to create Kronosians, which was successful and the Kronosians themselves,
helped turn the tide of war in Xanazor's favor, allowing him to crush his older brother, Brutus and utterly destroy
Brutus's forces by annihilating them all or turning them into Kronosians," she said. "Tell me more about the three
brothers," said Princess Bubblegum to Lorina. "Very well," she said. "Brutus was the oldest, was strong-willed, and
like the average Starrunner but was prone to military blunders and believed that the empire was good the way it
was and Cassionus was the youngest and thought that the empire should be kinder to its slaves and make some
reforms," she said. "Now where was I, oh yes, now in the final days of the Starrunner Civil War, Xanazor, now fully
corrupted by his use of dark energy and having plenty of Kronosians at his command and even corrupted a
Starrunner general to serve at his side and in a climatic final battle, Cassionus and Xanazor fought each other
above the former Starrunner capitol planet of Trantoruscant and when it seemed that Xanazor was about to win,
Cassionus sacrificed the last of his energy which cost him his life to seal Xanazor and all the Kronosians inside of
their capitol, Horribus along with its solar system," she continued. "Shortly, a few long months afterwards, the very-
weakened Starrunner Empire, unable to put down the large amount of slave rebellions against their rule,
abandoned all of their colonies and retreated to their homeworld and its solar system and hid there," she said.
"Then afterwards, there was ten thousand years of peace in all of their former conquests in their home dimension
and the other dimensions but the seal of Xanazor had a time limit." Finn could tell where it was all leading. "But
Xanazor has come back, hasn't he?" he asked. "Sadly, yes," she said. "The time limit on Xanazor's prison has worn
off and he has awakened after a long imprisonment and had decided to conquer all of the four dimensions." "Then
what are we supposed to do to stop him?" asked Finn. "Before Cassionus died, the created energy sources called
the Gems of Light which, combined with two other energy sources can destroy Xanazor once and for all," she said.
"And they are scattered in the four different dimensions and there are four Gems of Light in total." "But what are
those two energy sources that you were talking about?" asked Finn. "I don't know either but it is for you to find
out," she said. "But hurry, because Xanazor is on a search of his own for dark energy sources that will transform
him into his ultimate form and could cause all sorts of catastrophes if he does it," she said with a little fear in her
voice. "But first, do you want to know the names of different Kronosian units so you can be more familiar with
them?" she asked. "Sure," said Finn. She showed a hologram of the skeletons. "This is a Kronosian warrior," she
said, then showed one with more armor with a helmet and spines on its back and said, "This is a Kronosian elite
warrior." She showed a picture of one of the wolf-like creatures and said, "This is a Kronosian wolf and the more
advanced version is an Alpha Wolf." She showed a picture of the rod-shaped creatures and said, "These are
Kronosian flyers," then showed a picture of a mechanical eight-eyed dragon that had a serpentine body and said,
"This is a Kronosian dragon," then showed a picture of a large four legged creature which had eight eyes and long
four legs with spines on its back. "This is a Kronosian Behemoth," she said pointing to it. "And there are stronger Kronosians called mechbeasts." "Wait," said Princess
Bubblegum, "So what do the Starrunners look like?" She brought up a picture of a Starrunner warrior and it looked
human other than the fact that it had a larger head and eight eyes and slits as nostrils. "So where should we
begin?" asked Finn. "The ones in your dimension are the least of your troubles for now," she said. "Begin your quest
at the closest dimension and get as many allies as you can since you are going to need all the help you can get to
stop Xanazor," she said in a cautious tone. "Well, Jake," he said to his friend, "We are going on a huge adventure."
"One to save the dimension," said Jake.