*Magnolia Station, Magnolia, Fiore; October 22, 2019; 4:45 PM*

The trapdoor of the Adenien Class V Transport Vehicle opened to reveal the shattered urban area around Magnolia Station, where buildings had crumbled and blood had been splattered indiscriminately amongst the ground.

Within a few moments, the four transports had landed near the station, an army now 100 strong had marched out over the ground.

Fairy Tail was among the first faction to step out onto the cracked cobblestone that once lined the street.

"Oh no..." Lucy gasped, having been one of the first to actually run out of the Transport.

Natsu, Gajeel, and Wendy rolled out onto the ground due to motion sickness, Natsu in particular looking relatively close to vomiting.

"It seems not even children were spared.." Erza sighed, voice shaking when she looked inside one of the war-torn buildings.

"We'll make those squid bastards pay for what they did..!" Gajeel scowled.

Kat and Liss, along with the Silver Ocelots, ran out next, quickly joining Fairy Tail.

"I doubt there'll be any survivors. Tell the others to set a perimeter." Kat ordered.

"How big?" Liss asked.

"As much as we can get. Richtofen and the others need some space." Kat replied.

Ultimus, Protá, and the Adenien Ryders ran alongside the Ocelots, the four now at a sort of strategy meeting.

"That's the least of our problems. Those monsters will be charging at our doorstep any second!" Ultimus scowled.

"Ultimus, now is not the time to show fear. I recall Grimm being attracted to such emotions. We must stand bravely." Protá chided.

"You don't know what I've seen! Cinder has spent more than a few months planning such an attack! And now that her superiors know we've defeated her and her associates, they'll come after us at full force!" Ultimus shouted.

"Oh yeah? So will we." Gray interrupted.

"BRING IT ON, YOU BASTARDS!!" Natsu shouted, effectively rallying Fairy Tail to battle.

"Protá, I'd advise you tell the transports to head back. Keep the fighters in the air in case the attack is too much for our ground forces to handle!" Ultimus demanded.

"Already sent the order. Ultimus, don't you have your own men?" Protá asked.

"Your father already forbid my use of my Militia for conflicts of interest." Ultimus sullenly explained.

"This is much more than a simple conflict of interest. The Supreme Leader will understand." Protá promised.

"Ocelots! Help the Ryders barricade Lavender Street! Fairy Tail's already bordering Violet Road, and we'll have The Elements of Harmony assist Vanoss' squad with defending Rose Way!" Liss commanded as everyone immediately mobilized to their designated main road.

Alex, Ruby, Yang, Cade, Auburn, Oreonna, and Sun ran out next, searching for a street to border while Richtofen and the others ran, searching for anything that could lead them to the Passageway into Dr. Kravinoff's lab.

"Ruby, Sun, You guys deal with Rose Way. Cade, Auburn, and Oreonna, help Fairy Tail with blocking off Violet Road. Yang and I'll worry about Lavender Street! Richtofen!"

The doctor looked back at Alex, who smirked at the four.

"Good luck down there!" Alex nodded, running next to Yang as the three groups stood past the main roads.

"Danke, Alexander." Richtofen silently thanked him.

"We gotta go, Doc!" Dempsey shouted.

"Hurry, Richtofen!" Nikolai urged.

"Here they come!!" Vanoss shouted, as a massive horde of Zombies, Grimm, Parasites, and Margwas swarmed through the streets.

"Open fire!" The Ryders shouted.

Bullets, magic, and electricity collided with the hordes, eliminating only a few as their adversaries continued the charge.

*Meanwhile*

"Come on..! Where ze hell is this 'secret entrance'?!" Richtofen seethed.

"Dammit! Not in this bush!" Dempsey cursed, kicking over the aforementioned shrub.

"Wait, Doctor? You remember Division 9? How they had that elevator?" Nikolai asked.

"Ja... Ein secret entry in ze wall? Could it be possible?" Richtofen wondered.

"Doubtful. But Dr. Kravinoff does want someone to discover his research." Takeo figured.

"We must hurry..! We have no idea how long our allies will hold!" Richtofen shouted.

"Doc! I don't know how important this might be, but look at this!" Dempsey yelled, showing Richtofen a piece of string hidden underneath a bush.

Richtofen pulled on the piece of string, and a trapdoor was revealed, pushing away some of the dirt.

"That may well be it, Dempsey!" Richtofen cheered, climbing inside while the others followed soon after.

*Meanwhile*

"THERE'S TOO MANY OF THEM!!!" Vanoss yelled, dual wielding upgraded Desert Eagles while the others sent a torrent of gunfire into the ever-advancing horde of monstrosities.

"Die!!!" Delirious laughed maniacally as he ripped apart a Margwa's head with his PPSh.

Mini and Nogla fought side-to-side, blowing apart Beowolves, Ursai, and Creeps with their Breccis and Haymakers.

It seemed hopeless for those at Rose Way, as their horde seemed to be the largest.

"Evan.. I don't think we can last that much longer!" Wildcat shouted.

"Twilight!! If you have anything that can help us, DO IT NOW!!" Vanoss screamed.

Twilght concentrated on a powerful spell.

'I've been saving this one since before the Battle of Atlas... This is easily my most devastating spell, but... It's so unstable.. I might not be able to control it.' Twilight worried.

"Oh, dear.!! We need help! We're being overrun!!" Fluttershy shouted in mortal terror.

Erza, Natsu, and Ultimus gaped in horror at what was happening at Rose Way, as the undead and soulless continued pressing their charge towards Vanoss' crew.

Suddenly, air sirens began to blare overhead.

"Oh, f**k.." Vanoss gasped, now actually shaking.

Behind the Apothicons, wave upon wave of Panzer Soldats, large tank-like exo-suite containing zombies, crashed behind, charging through and burning everything in their path.

"We'll buy you guys time to reload! Hurry!!" Natsu ordered.

Vanoss' crew, and the Elements, fell back as Natsu inhaled the flames, spewing them back out to little effect.

"WHAT?!" Natsu gasped. Normally, even Gajeel's Iron Dragon Scales would be at least cracked, but it seemed these Panzers didn't even budge.

"I'll take care of them! You two get the hell back!" Ultimus roared, powering up all the way to his Evolved Zealot form, charging a powerful attack.

"IN THE NAME OF THE CRUX FAMILY, AND THE ADENIEN RYDER CORPS!! I COMMAND YOU TO DIE!!! HYPER DEVASTATION WAVE!!!" Ultimus shouted, firing wave upon wave of electricity, managing to clear out several of the advancing cybernetic atrocities.

Twilight's horn glowed a brilliant rose color, having Earth Land's energy stored within her horn, and her magic energy at 101%. She was literally about to explode!

"C-Can't... Hold... Much... Longer..!" She winced, as the magic burned away at her horn and sapped the rest of her energy.

Vanoss backed away, noticing Twilight's spell reaching an uncontrollable maximum.

"Guys.. This might be it.. Twilight's about to blow, and the Apothicons are about ready to rip us to bits.." Droidd sighed.

"W-We can help! We have to-!" Pinkie insisted.

"Listen, you horse f**ks! We can't hold out forever! Those things just keep coming!" Vanoss shouted.

"Dammit, Evan! I'm not gonna die getting eaten by f**kin' zombies!" Wildcat yelled back.

"Look.. Droidd's right.. We won't be able to hold out for this long.. Our best hope is that.. Everyone else can keep up, Richtofen can find whatever he's looking for, and someone, I don't give a shit who, but someone, has to kill those two motherf**kers in charge! And f**k it! Dying in a magic explosion sounds a million times better!" Fourzer0 suggested.

"What, do we just carry Twilight like some kinda f**king battering ram into the massive horde of Zombies?" Basically asked.

"I DON'T CARE!!! JUST GET ME AWAY FROM THE OTHERS!!" Twilight shouted in anger, barely able to control the magic blast that would surely devastate the street.

"Well, how bout it?" Mini asked, grabbing Twilight by her front right hoof.

The Vanossgaming Crew stared at one another in shock. Twilight was clearly about to die, and by the looks of it, so would everyone else..

"This is literally the worst idea ever, but count my pig ass in!" Wildcat smirked, grabbing Twilight'a back left hoof.

"I'm in." FourZer0 insisted, Grabbing Twilight's back hoof.

"We can't just leave!" Scootaloo insisted.

"Y-Yeah..! We won't lose Princess Twilight like we lost our sisters!" Applebloom added.

Vanoss knelt down, looking Applebloom in the eye.

"The best thing for you kids to do, is run like hell. Call someone, and hopefully, the explosion will wipe out only a few of us and most of them. Go! Now!" Vanoss shouted.

"We need covering fire!" Ohm shouted, grabbing Twilight's other hoof.

"Oh, shit.. I'll do it." Terroriser smiled, grabbing his Upgraded M60.

Twilight, Ohm, Fourzer0, Wildcat, and Mini ran towards the newly arrived horde, charging down the street as Twilight readied her spell.

The others could only watch and cover as they ran down, faster and faster as Twilight's horn began to glow brighter and brighter.

"OOOOHH F******K!!!!" They all collectively screamed.

Twilight' shorn reached to practically a singularity as all the magic stored within her body suddenly absorbed itself into a pea-sized little ball, slowly expanding until it would make contact with something, anything.

The pea-sized ball of condensed magic energy made it's way down the street, colliding with the nearest Margwa as they continued running towards the advancing crowd.

And when the magic ball hit, boy, did it hit.

The ball grew to enormous size, with Fluttershy, Nogla, Basically, and Droidd getting caught in the ball and simply evaporating.

The massive sphere eventually exploded, knocking down almost every building in the immediate radius, eliminating scores of Apothicons, Grimm, and anyone unlucky enough to just so happen to be in the explosion.

"Holy shit!" Cade gasped, staring at the explosion.

Vanoss, Delirious, Pinkie, Terroriser, Lui, Moo, and the CMC hit the back wall of the Magnolia Station building, mostly unscathed, saved for a few burns and scratches.

"H-H-Holy shit.." Delirious gasped, shaking and hyperventilating.

"I-I-Is Twi..?" Applebloom gasped before passing out.

"God... Dammit.." Terroriser coughed.

Alex ran over to check on Vanoss and the other survivors.

"Evan! Evan, wake the hell up!" Alex shook him.

"I'm fine.." Vanoss coughed.

"What the hell just happened?!" Yang demanded.

"T-Twilight used a spell... It went out of control.. Ohm, Fourzero, Wildcat, and Mini ran her into the horde.." Moo explained.

"What?!" Cade gasped, how could this happen? At least 9 people just died in front of him.

"Oh, no..." Ruby gasped in shock, beginning to cry.

"I-I'm the only one left... I-I'm the last Element..." Pinkie sobbed, her usually poofy hair deflating to a straighter hairstyle.

Oreonna coughed as the dust blew out over the Station, racked with disbelief and horror.

"This isn't much better than the old timeline..!" Auburn coughed.

"No.." Erza winced, being reminded of what happened at the Tower Of Heaven, and the loss of her childhood friend, Simon.

"God damn.." Kat gasped.

"The Silver Ocelots will never forget the sacrifices Princess Twilight and her friends took to preserve the lives of this world. I swear." Liss raised her right hand.

"Nor will the Adenien Ryders. Their bravery shall not be forgotten." Protá swore.

The screeches of the undead once again filled the air.

"This isn't over." Ultimus scowled.

The Ryders, Ocelots, Fairy Tail, everyone, came to the same conclusion.

After the explosion, there was no plan, there were no choke points.

There was only one objective left.

Kill them all.

Natsu growled, seething with rage.

"I'll.. I'LL MAKE SURE THOSE CREEPS PAY FOR WHAT THEY DID!!!" Natsu roared, blowing a massive torrent of flame at the hordes, continuing to advance on them.

"Attack!!" Kat shouted, letting the Spirit of Sekhmet overtake her once more.

Ruby's hair stood straight on end, growing to a shade of pure white as her eyes glowed with a brilliant light.

"YOU MONSTERS!!!!!" Ruby shouted, silver light pouring out her eyes as she repeatedly blew apart dozens of Beowolves.

Yang went directly to her Enlightened Berserker, blowing apart the ensuing horde in front of them.

Alex stared in horror at what had happened. He just lost nine more of his friends, and several others might very well follow.

"ALEX, HURRY UP!!" Yang shouted.

"Father! There will be time to grieve later!" Auburn added.

"There's no time!" Cade yelled.

Alex sighed. They were right.

As he walked towards them, joining his comrades in battle, he was left to wonder about the circumstances this apocalyptic battle would transpire.

'How many more of us are going to die before the day is over?' Alex solemnly thought.

*1 Minute before*

"Doc! We got undead in here!" Dempsey shouted, killing the zombie with his Colt .45.

"Verdammt! We'll have to fight our way down there!" Richtofen scowled.

The four walked cautiously down the stairs gunning down any zombies they could.

There are four doors here, check all of them!" Richtofen ordered.

"Da. Let us continue." Nikolai nodded, blowing apart the door to his left.

Takeo, Richtofen, and Dempsey all took their own doors, stalking through and killing their way through their own routes.

Eventually, the four met back in one central room, with several zombies blocking the path.

"Dammit! Open fire!" Dempsey shouted.

Suddenly, a large earthquake shook the inside, causing rocks to fall down and kill the zombies in front.

"What the hell?!" Richtofen demanded as he fell to the ground.

It seemed as though the ground had collapsed in on itself, rocks and debris now littered the room, leaving the four heroes stunned.

"The hell just happened? Everyone okay?" Dempsey asked.

"I feel like I will throw up.." Takeo grumbled.

"Our allies are in trouble.." Richtofen concluded.

"Then we should get going.! Now!" Nikolai demanded, dragging Takeo with him.

Dempsey tossed down a couple Trip Mines, and pulled the pin on a grenade.

"Get back!" Dempsey shouted, tossing the grenade and blowing apart the rocks, making the door visible.

The zombies behind them roared and screeched, trying to get past the rocks keeping them away.

"Hurry!" Nikolai shouted, blowing away zombies with his KRM.

"Get inside, now!" Richtofen ordered, tossing a Lil' Arnie behind him as the Origins Crew climbed inside the room.

"Holy shit.." Dempsey gaped.

"What... Is that?" Takeo wondered.

In front of them was a massive computer, connected to what looked like a massive server with several hard drives attached. Obviously all of Dr. Kravinoff's research.

"Should we activate it?" Nikolai asked.

"Ja... It seems like ze best course of action.." Richtofen concluded.

*Princess Celestia's Castle, Canterlot, Equestria; October 22, 2019; 4:55 PM*

"Your Highness!!"

Princess Celestia's looked behind her to see Princess Luna, Supreme Leader Krete of Adenien, and Qrow. The group in it's entirety looked deeply concerned.

"Is this about the Incident in Fiore?" Celestia asked.

"You and I both know it is, Celestia." Supreme Leader Krete stated.

"Tai told me everything as soon as I got to the Dimensional Gate. Said that some kind of demon was released." Qrow explained.

"Then why aren't you there, helping your children along with Taiyang?" Luna asked.

"Tai insisted on gathering as many Inheritors as he could find. I'm not there because I'll literally only make things worse." Qrow replied.

"I'm familiar with your Semblance, Mr. Branwen. Tell me, are you aware of what has just transpired?" Supreme Leader Krete asked.

"The explosion?" Qrow sighed.

"Explosion?" Celestia asked.

"Don't tell me you are so uninformed, Princess. Your student is dead, as well as 8 of her fellow warriors." Krete stated.

"Dead?!" Princess Luna gasped.

"It appears so. My son, Protá, is the current head of the Ryder Corps. He told me everything." Kreme stated.

Celestia shook, shocked that her student, who she had known so well, had suddenly died.

"How..?" Celestia asked.

"Twilight used some kinda spell. Does this look familiar to you?" Qrow asked, handing Celestia footage of the explosion.

"It seems she used a highly concentrated form of the Teleport spell. She intended to drive the Apothicons out into another dimension. She lost control, it appears." Luna elaborated.

"Then there's-!" Celestia gasped.

"I don't think so. The possibility of even one person in the blast radius surviving that spell is extremely low." Krete explained.

Celestia and Luna both faced each other, deeply shocked at what Krete and Qrow told them.

"Send the Royal Guard. All of them!" Luna demanded.

"Sister.. I believe there is a better way... You know what we have to do.." Celestia explained.

Luna sighed.

"The new Nightmare Forces are extremely volatile! Who knows what could happen!" Luna yelled.

"We have no other choice! Send them out." Celestia commanded.

*Outside Magnolia Station, Fiore; October 22, 2019; 4:58 PM*

Alex ducked underneath a Margwa, shooting at a Horde of undead, being careful not to attack with his sword. He figured he would save that for the Salem.

The Margwa grabbed Alex by the leg and raised him up, only to be dropped when Yang took out all the Margwa's heads with one hit.

"Here, get up!" Yang demanded, pulling Alex to a standing position.

"Transform, Saigo! Don't you want to avenge your friends?!" Ultimus demanded.

"I have to recharge! If I transform now, I'll pass out!" Alex yelled.

"Recharge, huh?" Vanoss grinned, grabbing a Wunderwaffe.

"Brilliant! Men! Raise your electric wonder weapons at Alex!" Protá commanded.

Alex raised his arms out.

"Let's do this!" Alex smirked.

"Delirious! Moo! Terroriser! Lui! Any of you guys have anything lightning related, now'd be a good time!" Vanoss shouted, shooting Alex with his Wunderwaffe.

"I got Electric Cherry!" Terroriser shouted, reloading his M60 as Moo and Delirious shot their Lightning Bows at Alex.

"Lightning Staff, bitches!!" Lui yelled, shooting Alex along with Vanoss.

Alex continued to raise his electric energy as Vanoss and his remaining friends continued to pelt him with lightning.

Before long, Alex reached his Evolved Warrior form.

"That's good! I think I have plenty in me!!" Alex shouted as Vanoss and friends returned to the defense.

Alex raised one finger, pointing it straight into a horde of Grimm, particularly at a Griffin leading the charge.

Merely shooting a tiny spark out his fingertip, The Grimm Griffin collapsed, and a massive arc of lightning spread to each of the others, causing most of them to explode.

"Woah, what?! That was Alex?!" Natsu gasped.

"I didn't know he was that charged up!" Gray added.

"Impressive.. Mind if I add to your power?" Erza said, transforming to her Lightning Empress armor.

"I'll take what I can get!" Alex grinned, charging up his power.

"LIGHTNING BEAM!!" Erza shot a massive bolt of Lightning at Alex, raising his energy up to further heights.

"This should be enough! Thanks, Erza!" Alex waved.

"You're welcome." Erza smiled.

"Wait for us!" Someone shouted.

"What the?!" Pinkie gasped.

Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Applejack, now appearing as spirits, surrounded by a dark fog, waved at the group.

"Dash?!" Yang gasped.

"The one and only!" Rainbow Dash replied.

"YAY!!! I GET MY FRIENDS BACK!!" Pinkie cheered.

"How are you guys here?!" Delirious asked.

"It's easy, my hockey-masked friend! Arabus did kinda absorb us, so when he died, we were pretty much released... So now, we're the new Nightmare Forces!" Applejack explained.

"And Cade? Remember what I told you to tell your sister?" Rarity asked.

"God dammit.. I told you guys I heard Rarity's ghost!" Cade shouted.

"I didn't think you were serious!" Oreonna indignantly retorted.

"What were you meaning to tell me?" Auburn asked in her monotone voice.

"Darling, Weiss' jacket and your otherwise yellow wardrobe clash! Without my glasses, it all looks like a green smudge!" Rarity explained.

"Explanations aside, why are you guys here?" Alex asked.

"Luna sent us to help you guys!" Rainbow explained.

"Great! 'Cause..." Vanoss began.

Gesturing towards the revived horde of Parasites and Ursai, Vanoss glared at the Nightmare Forces. The three quickly stared in shock.

"...We actually need it." Vanoss finished.

"Yeah! Let's get 'em!" Sun shouted.

"Spawn of Salem! Meet your end!!" Kat shouted, unleashing a barrage of light claws and flaming attacks.

"FIRE DRAGON TALON!!"

"ICE-MAKE LANCE!!"

"DANCE, MY BLADES!!"

"THUNDER CANNON!!"

A barrage of attacks from the Fairy Tail Wizards, Ultimus, and Kat, reduced the first wave to piles of ash skewered by ice slivers and swords.

"Auburn.. Let's finish off this next wave!" Cade grinned.

"Agreed. Oreonna, get behind us." Auburn nodded.

Cade and Auburn held their hands out, forming a condensed ball of fire and lightning that ripped apart the ground underneath.

"Whenever you're ready!" Cade shouted, pouring a vast amount of energy into the attack.

"Let's end this!" Oreonna shouted, playing an elaborate song with her viola, causing small flecks of the energy ball to fly off and incinerate the individual Parasites, waiting until a Deathstalker charged into sight.

"Now!"

Cade shot the ball of energy right into the Deathstalker's maw, blowing it and several other Grimm to pieces.

Yang and Ruby charged in, wiping out entire groups of Zombies with their attacks, before Ruby used her silver eye powers to freeze a Nevermore in place, with Yang leaping and punching it's stomach, blowing it to bits.

Alex, on the other hand, suck with the CMC and Wendy, who launched spells, apples, anything to keep them at bay. Alex shot down several Ursai, preferring to save his energy for fighting Salem and the Shadowman.

'Weird.. I should be able to power down, but I can't.. It's almost like I've charged up too much and this is my base form, for the time being.. I wonder if this means I can step up to a higher form than even Overcharged Berserker..' Alex thought.

*Meanwhile*

"Alright... Let's see if this works.." Richtofen pulled the switch on the power, and the computer gradually turned on.

"Hello, soldiers, I am Dr. Kravinoff. I wish to thank you for discovering my laboratory and my research, but there is more to worry about. I have been surveying the battle above, and it seems the worst is yet to come." Dr. Kravinoff began.

"What's going on here?! And why're you saying that when the whole city's up in flames?" Dempsey asked.

"It appears that Lucien Sombra is trying to reach Fiore, and letting him do so would be catastrophic. If Sombra does make it back, then my calculations show little chance of survival..." dr. Kravinoff answered.

"How can we prevent Sombra's arrival?" Richtofen asked.

"Ah, yes.. You must... Wait.. I'm detecting a vast amount of energy above, it is likely Sombra coming to take his revenge on the Traveller. Do not allow The Shadowman and Salem to reach Sombra. Take my research, Richtofen, and give it to The SCP Foundation or Dr. Monty. If you are unable to do so, destroy it all. Good luck." Dr. Kravinoff explained.

"Thank you, Machine." Takeo nodded, removing several hard drives and placing them into his pockets.

"Grab as many as you can und head to ze surface!" Richtofen ordered, grabbing another bunch of Hard Drives and running away.

"Stay back!" Dempsey commanded, wiping out a path with his Zeus Cannon.

"We must hurry! Who knows how long our allies have?!" Nikolai shouted.

"Come on, we're almost there!" Richtofen yelled, tossing a grenade behind him in case more zombies decided to show.

*Meanwhile*

"WUB A DUB DUB, YOU SQUID PUNKS!!" Vinyl yelled, unleashing a massive soundwave that blew the undead clear across the horizon.

"Woah!! You can do that?!" Sun cheered.

"Hell yeah!" Vinyl cheered.

"ALRIGHT, YOU SQUID PUNKS, BRING IT ON!" Nasty roared.

"Wait. What is that..?" Lucy asked.

A dark purple vortex suddenly appeared as everyone crowded around it. Except for the Silver Ocelots, who knew well what happened the last time they surrounded a portal.

A shadowy, royal-looking unicorn walked out as the portal closed behind him.

"Is that..? Sombra?!" Kat gasped in horror.

King Sombra glared at Kat with a furious scowl.

"Katherine.. You foul traitor.. We meet at last." Sombra greeted, obviously disgusted at the mere sight of her.

"Nein! He cannot be here!!" Richtofen shouted.

Sombra glared at the Origins Crew, causing spikes to rise from the ground, blocking their path.

"And why is that, Doctor?" Sombra dismissively asked.

"Because we have been waiting for you, King Sombra." Salem greeted.

Alex's eyes widened in shock as he looked behind him, seeing Salem and The Shadowman float down in front of them.

"You." Dempsey scowled.

Ruby growled angrily, leaping at Salem's throat.

"SALEM!!!!!" Ruby shouted, Blood Rose in scythe form, ready to tear Salem limb from limb.

Before Salem could look past to see her attacker, The Shadow Man teleported to Salem's right side, grabbing Ruby by the neck, causing her to power down and fall unconscious until he simply cast her aside.

"Ruby!" Yang immediately leapt to Ruby's aid, powering down.

Yang checked Ruby's pulse. She was definitely still alive.

"Still alive?" Yang gasped.

"I need her for later. But for right now, Sombra. Would you care to join us?" The Shadowman explained.

The entire crowd stared in awe at King Sombra, mostly glares.

"And why should I concern myself with the demands of you pests?" King Sombra asked, deeply dismissive.

"That is not your choice. Shadow Man, if you will?" Salem asked.

The Shadow Man cast a sadistic grin, as he transformed into tentacled, monstrous being with a sun-like symbol on his chest.

"With pleasure." The Shadow Man, now in his true form, cackled.

Author's Notes:

The Shadowman And Salem have arrived!

What does this mean for King Sombra? Will their combined power be too much for our heroes?

Find out next time on Blood Red Shadows 2!