*The Overlook; Kai 0-00 Alpha; June 14, 2021; 7:15 AM*

"Catalysts? As in, besides the Adenienite?" Arturis demanded.

"But of course. You didn't think there would be only one key to the salvation of life itself across the multiverse, did you?"

"But, who are they? I must recruit them into my order if it is to survive!" Arturis demanded with a shred of hope.

"As I've already said, Arturis; The Ancient Orders shall be left behind in the wake of the Great Cataclysm. Each of these Catalysts are either already in league with the first, or are soon to be. Your influence is already naught but a faint whisper, Illuminatus. I would advise figuring out how to save yourselves rather than your precious order." The Oracle suggested.

Arturis growled.

"Very well.."

"Now, then. I must ask for each of you to leave my presence at once. Let's just say there's a show going on right now that I can't afford to miss."

*Meanwhile; The Subterrains, Vytal, Remnant*

"Fall back! Fall back!"

The Armies of the reformed E.R.C were facing a practical tidal wave of Red Star forces. Their front lines had been overwhelmed, forcing the Vanoss Crew, Kat and her Nine-Tailed Fox division, and the Enforcer Battalion led by Karis and Mako back towards the main caverns, where the Elements and the Doctors had been hiding in for all this time.

"Seal the main gates!" Karis ordered as hundreds of soldiers forced the main gates shut as the Vanoss Crew blew away any uninvited guests with their Wonder Weapons.

"Mein Gott! What the hell is happening up there?!" Richtofen demanded.

"We thought we were dealing with a measly 1 Million tops, but as soon as we turned around, BOOM! 5 Million fucking Red Star with about twice the artillery and shit!" Vanoss shouted.

"Not to mention Alex and his group of whoever-the-fuck-they're-called have their hands full with the entire fucking Inquisitor Elites, so it's literally just us!" Wildcat added indignantly.

"SICK! FUCKING! MEMES!" Basically practically jumped as soon as he heard the forces trying to break down the door.

"HEY! DOCTOR BITCHES! DO WE HAVE SOME BACKUP, WEAPONS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, 'CAUSE WE COULD FUCKING USE IT!" Panda shouted, trying to hold the door back.

"As a matter of fact, we do." Doctor Clef replied evenly, bringing with him an entourage of alternate-universe counterparts.

There was the Pyrrha, Ember, and Russell from the Battle of Vanhoover. They had mysteriously disappeared in the chaos that night, but it seemed as though they were back. The Three were discovered to be from Oum Alpha 0-14, as opposed to the main Oum Alpha 0-12 Dimension they currently resided.

"Out of the frying pan and into the fire. Figures." Russell B 0-14 grumbled.

"You're telling me." Pyrrha B 0-14 added.

"... Is that me?" Pyrrha A 0-12 wondered.

"And is that me, too?" Ember 0-12 asked.

"Look at zis place, Yang. Even shittier than our timeline." A familiar, yet distinctively German accented voice indicated.

The entire room turned around to see Alex, Yang, and Cade, as well as an entire division of post World War 1 German troops.

"Am I seeing this?" Kat gaped, now thoroughly confused.

"They're from Geo Sigma 1-14. It appears this Alexander was born in Munich 100 years earlier." Doctor Glass stated.

"Mein Gott! Richtofen?! Is that you?! We thought you were long gone by the time Ze Excavation Site went dark! We figured The Tommies and Doughboys had gotten to you!" Yang S 1-14 gasped in shock.

"Umm... Am I hallucinating again?" Richtofen wondered, much to the dismay of the S 1-14 Crew.

"Easy, Mother. We are in another universe, after all. Zis Richtofen is probably much different from the one we know." Cade S 1-14 reasoned.

"So... German Alex, Yang, and Cade aside. Who else did you manage to find?" Karis asked.

"So... This is where they told us to be, huh?" A cold, but curious voice asked.

"Y-Yes... At least, I think so.." A more timid version of a familiar voice asked.

A more innocent-looking Cinder Fall, accompanied by a helmeted, battle-scarred, and equally terrified figure stepped inside the room.

"Cinder?!" Delirious gasped.

"And who are you?!" The Armored man raised his sword in front of Cinder protectively.

"This is the Alex Walker and Cinder Fall of Faust Omega 9-72. It seems Their Equestria, Remnant, Earth, and Adenien counterparts had hunted down and destroyed the Inquisitors, who were dedicated to the defense of the people in those dimensions. They've been constantly on the run, if I'm right." Dr. Kondraki explained.

"I figured, they're a little beaten up.." Dempsey figured.

Alex O 9-72 gasped in fear when he met eyes with Yang S 1-14.

"Y-Yang Xiao Long?!" Alex O 9-72 and Cinder O 9-72 raised their weapons at the S 1-14 Crew, whose infantry immedately raised their weapons.

"Hold your fire! We will NOT be firing upon our allies today!" Alex S 1-14 commanded.

"And last, but certainly not least. These fine boys and girls are from Oum Beta 0-12." Dr. Bright introduced.

This one seemed to screw with everyone else.

"God Dammit. Yang, What did you do this time?!" A familiar, yet feminine voice asked.

"Hey, don't look at me! I wasn't the one who opened this portal!"

"Can all of you shut up?!" A distinctly male, upperclass voice demanded.

"No fucking way." Mako smirked.

Author's Note:

This is just as awful for you as it is for me. It's a multiverse story, this was bound to happen at some point, thank God it's practically at the end.

tl;dr, This hurts me 500x more than this hurts you.

"Rule 63 for the win!" Doctor Bright and Doctor Rights cheered.

"WHY GOD?! WHY DID THIS HAVE TO HAPPEN TO ME?!" Wildcat begged for mercy, clawing his eyes out, or at least trying to.

"MY FUCKING EYES!!!" Basically screamed.

The B 0-12 Crew, consisting of Alex, Yang, Rubien, Weiss, Blake, Cait, Auburn, as well as gender-swapped versions of the ENTIRE CAST.

"Get a grip. You guys are cringy as fuck to us too, y'know." Alex B 0-12 rolled H E R eyes.

"Can I fucking shoot myself now?" Vanoss B 0-12 asked.

"Fuck you, we'll shoot each other!" Vanoss A 0-12 retorted.

"QUIET!!" Kat ordered.

The entire room fell silent, looking to Kat's direction.

"We're listening, Fräulein." Alex S 1-14 Stated.

"We all share the same goals. The same perspectives. The same motivations. Our only differences are in the vast diversities of the Multiverse itself.

Our situation is dire. We stand now with our enemy just outside those blast doors. More vicious than those who have pursued you. More equipped than anyone you've ever faced.

And this is just the beginning. This battle will pave the way to a greater war just beyond the horizon. We must stand as one. We must defend our counterparts as we would defend our comrades.

We stand here, as a force of over 5 million descend upon us. Those of you who wish to return to their homes may do so, but know this. You stand now, face to face, with fate itself. Will you answer it's call, or be swept to the wayside?" Kat elaborated.

"She is right. Adenkorps! Stand and fight!" Alex S 1-14 Ordered.

"We'll go through with it. It's us, after all." Rubien B 0-12 shrugged.

Alex O 9-72 stepped back.

"Wait... If we go through with this... Will you defend us from the E.R.F ?" Alex O 9-72 asked timidly.

"The E.R.F?" Twilight tilted her head.

"T-The Inheritor-controlled coalition that's been hunting us down..." Cinder O 9-72 replied.

"Hey, you guys seem cool. We'll get your backs." Rainbow flew between the two.

"And is it just you two?" Cade S 1-14 wondered.

"Y-Yes.. Everyone else with us was killed years ago, during the Blood Red Night.." Cinder O 9-72 answered.

"Scheiße.." Yang S 1-14 gasped.

"Before we go hog-wild. We need to hand out some weaponry." Dr. Glass stated.

"Of course. This is a model belonging to Terra Epsilon 9-75. It fuctions similarly to a Rocket Launcher minaturized into a standard automatic weapon. I believe they referred to these as 'Bolters.'" Dr. Kondraki stated, handing the weapons out to each infantry unit.

"Sounds like something out of a badass sci-fi game." Mini noted.

"Can't quite figure out what it was called." Nogla added.

"UNCULTURED HERETICS!" Dr. Bright shouted indignantly.

"Next in line... Some... Condensed Tesla Cannons. These babies... They pulse out condensed plasma, then destroy any target in a 1 yard radius." Dr. Clef stated, handing the weapons out to every 9th person.

"Anything else?" Alex B 0-12 asked.

"Just... one thing..." Dr. Rights stated, handing a small, white glowing vial of light to Alex B 0-12.

"What is this?" She asked.

"That's Dimensional Essence. It's used to create extremely powerful magic Charges. We weren't able to create one since the battle started." Twilight explained.

"And why are you giving me this?" Alex B 0-12 asked.

"Because, last I checked, our Alex is in deep shit." Dempsey bluntly stated.

A̵̪̻̙̪̣͘ḏ̶͐͋̂͒̊͂̈́̎̃͊͊̅ǰ̸̧͌ǎ̵̡̭̳͚̘̖͖͖̣̝̳̰̍̀͌̂c̵͕̍̉̿͊͜e̴̝͓̹̮̬͓͍͕̪̔̐̅̀̈́̉͑̎͂̃̈̅̕ņ̸̧̛̺͚̻̰͎̮͔̟̪́̏̓͂̈́͊̐͋͘͜͝͝͠ẗ̴̤̤͕̰̤͍͕̻̫͖̳̠̩̝́̾̆̈́̇̆͛̂̕ ̷̧̡̨͉͓̬͍̣̦̪͎͉̝̀̎͛̓ȩ̴̣̼͎̟͒͂́̾̏̃̆̌̿̈̾̂̚n̶̘̩̙̖͑̉́͆̇̋͊͆̇͊̓̐̿̊̿ͅț̶͉̯̯͚̤͉̝̘̀̇̄̍̿͐͂̔̓̿͘̚͝į̸̛̦̻̜̙̫͆͊̋͊̀̋͘̕t̵̡̧͇͖̟͉͙̻̦͓̖̹̯̩̔̈́͑̏̀̎̏͑̌̾͠i̵̢͙͎̣̼͈̩͚̱̭̦̋͐͐̈̀̂̕ḙ̵̛̳͇̲̲̑͂͋̄̉́̿͗͂̿͑̈́͝͝s̷̨̛͖̦̮͈͈͕̩͓̭̫̲̀̊͜ ̸̗͇̦̞̘̙͙̯͗́͜s̷̡̱̥̹͎̗̣̲͎̝̓̅̏͌̀̽̓h̷̢̰̪͓̬̱̝̫̟̳͚͕͌͑̀͛͒͊̆̊͆͗̏͘̚͘͝ͅͅả̶̡̧̛͖̟̖͍͇̰͛̾́̃̈́̀͛̊̄̇͘͜l̵̤̱̗̺͂l̸̙̜̥̠̪̬̫̔̓̍̚͜͝ͅ ̶̭̽͒̏͑͒̚m̷͙̪͎͇̞̖̯̲̺͋͌ͅe̴̳̜̭͓̳͙̝̫̖͓̝͒͆͊͌̄̓͒̐̑̉̚̚̚e̶͈̯͈͍̞̖̊̉t̶̡̼̥̫̦͖̆.̶̡̧̢̢̭̯̲͎̹͓̩̹̩̳̈́͛̎́̇͊͆̈̅͗̒

*Five Minutes Earlier*

Cade and Alpha had been closely engaged, trading blow for blow relatively equally. Where Cade had raw power, Alpha had decades of experience. So much so that Cade was quickly being worn down.

"D-Dammit... I can't lose here..."

"You were a worthy opponent, Cade Walker. But this ends here." Alpha glared, raising his weapon at Cade.

As Cade prepared to block the attack, Alpha was quickly taken down and overpowered by three warriors in Ryder gear. Two men and one woman.

"Are you all right?" The older man asked.

"Just peachy... who are you?" Cade asked.

"We'll explain later. For now, let's just say we're family." The younger man shrugged.

"He's getting back up..!" The female warrior shouted as Alpha raised his sword again.

"You'll pay for that... Insolent pests..!" Alpha glared.

"'Insolent'? It's been a long time since I've been called that.." The older gentleman shrugged, removing his helmet to reveal greying black hair, piercing blue eyes, and a slight stubble.

The younger gentleman and the woman also removed their helmets. The younger man looked similar to Alex and Saisho, only much younger, and the woman's blonde hair practically cascaded over her shoulders.

"Cade, go help your half-sister and your mother, we can take it from here!" Chūkan shouted.

Alpha quickly transformed to his Evolved state.

"You will pay for your transgressions. THIS ENDS HERE, INSOLENTS!!!"

Yang landed just behind Chūkan, glaring as Corvus landed in front of her.

"I'm in a bit of a pickle here... Oh, hey Chūkan!" Yang smirked.'

"Yang?!" Chūkan gasped.

"We'd love to catch up, but we have our own problems..!" Jason shouted as Alpha launched himself at him.

Yang parried Corvus' attack into Jason's blade as Alice kicked Corvus away.

Yang transformed, glaring at Alpha.

"I don't believe we've met. I think you might be my son? I don't know.." Yang grinned.

"You... I've already faced Father... I've yet to face you in combat!" Alpha shouted, brandishing his sword.

"Ditto. Hey, since I'm dealing with Alpha here, maybe you wanna deal with Corvus? Yeah, thanks.." Yang shrugged, raising the Relic of Destruction.

Alpha immedately recognized the Relic, brandishing his Relic of Creation.

"Where did you get that?!" Alpha demanded.

"Same place I learned how to do this..! OVERCHARGE: BURNING EVOLUTION!!!"

Alpha stepped back, pointing the Relic of Creation at Yang.

"I WILL NOT FALL TO YOU AS I DID TO FATHER!!! FACE THE MIGHT OF MY DESIGN, DESTROYER!!!" Alpha roared as a beam of white light shot out at Yang, who quickly deflected it with a beam of purple, destructive energy.

YOU'RE GONNA, OR I'LL PUT YOU IN A TIME-OUT WHEN THIS IS ALL OVER!!!" Yang shouted back, struggling as the equivalent to an immovable object meeting an unstoppable force rippled across the battlefield, tearing it asunder.

Ţ̶̢̛̛͔̝̦̉̅͌͌͊̄͗̓̾͌̽́̚͜h̵͈̪͍̆̅͒̾̋̄̒̊͛̏͠ễ̷͓̲̝̳͍̠͌̏̏̇̏̔̾̚̕̚ ̷̟̥̰̘̀̀̏̏̂̕̕͝͠F̴̢̲̩̝̳͘o̸̭̳̠͛͋͒͆͒͆r̸̘͎̔̔́͊̂̆͌̃̉̇̀̾͝c̷̨̛̫̣͈̳̩̥̠̣̭̩̝͒̓̀̅͗̏̋̍̈́̈͛́̂̕͜ë̸̢̲̯̙̻͙̣̬̩́̈́̋́̇s̴̬̟̙͔̱͍̃̍̉̑͂̈̉͊̐̿͊̓̽ ̶̨̡̧̡̪͕̖̟̙̳̘͓̙͆̈́̊̿̒̌̒͠o̸̡̨̤̲̮͚͍͈͈̣̚͜ͅf̴̛̘͈̮͇̑͊̓̊͗͗͒͐̈̓͌̇̕ ̵̧͈̠̰̠͙͇͙̟͎̒̂̄̍̐́͗̓̀̇͛͘C̷͈͎̘͚̙̞̼̍̋̏̑͘͜ŕ̴͈̟̪͎͙͙̬̜̭̝̗͈͜e̷̡̬̞̭̟̣͙̞͕̔̀̐̅̈́́a̵̡̛̤̮̣̒̑̅͂̋̄̒̕t̵̯̲͉̮̪͙́͂͑̈́̽̕i̸̢̤̻̫̫͕͗͌̏̾̍̊̄͑̊̾̄̕͝ǫ̵̡̱̪̙̖̝̫̘̮͈̱͐͌̈̄͋͊̎̇̽͒͒͂̕̚͘n̶̨̼͔͍̥̐̓͛́̆̀̀͒̋͘̚͜ͅ ̶̻̱͙̘͙̩̺̻̦̙͕͔̱̾̆͋̍̓̕͝a̵̛̙̬̙̹͍̫͓͑͗͌̌̃͐̈̊͐̂̕ņ̶̛͔̙͈̱͕̙̗̙͈̟̳̦̬̬̄̈́̀͗̏́̋̂̎̌̈́͂d̶̢̦̩̩̩̪̬̼̞͔̬̗͚̘̲̆ ̶̡̘̠̼̍͜D̵̩͚̼̯̲͉̝͔̘͈́̅̈̓̀̓e̸̛͍̓̒̋̓̇͌͛́͒͆̈́̚̕ș̵̛̠̈̈́̀̌͑͑̈̾̈̕͝t̶̨̨͎̦̯̻͈͓̞̭̤̅̋̓͑̔̔̊̑͐̕r̴̢̞̬̹̩̥̻͎̯͇͑͋̐̆̀̈́̆̕͘͜ͅͅȗ̵̳͇͉̖̳̦̖̠͕̦͚̄̓̍͒͌͛c̸̡̧͉̳̤̪̦̈͋̋͆̽̿̏̀̅̓͘̕t̷̨̧͇̦͈̙̗̩͐́̇̔͆̍́͒̊ĩ̶̗͕̯̩͉̜̮̯̅o̵̢̠̹̫͎̻̲̾̉͛̈̕͜͝ń̸̥̙̗͖̗͈̮̙̩͙̼̳̀̉̚ͅͅ ̷̢̢̻͈̤̳̳̦̻̻̲̞̪͂̈̾ͅs̴̨̢̨̯̮̗͕͔̝̈́͊̈́͋͊ȟ̶̛̳̤̮̗̮̟̝͙͇̮̖̩͊̕͠ä̴̠̱̦̪̩͇̣̲̤̜͔̖́́͠l̷̨̢̨̨̤͙̣͓̝͓͓̤̹͚̝͋͊ļ̷̨̢̟͉̺̬̪̟̗͓̘͚̗̔͆̀́̈͋̉͝͝ͅ ̷̱̈́̓́̐͆̓̃̾͛̈́̀c̶̜̳̞̗̻͙̙͂̐̈́̿̀̑̉͂̋͆̈́͊̀͜͝͝o̵̧̙̩̜̥̭̫̬̲̳̰̙̻̜̘͐̏́̊̇͌̽͂l̴̡̢̖͈̞͚̫̱̀̂̃̓͆̓̃̽̍͠͝l̷̡͐͌̐̈́̀͛̀͌̔͊͌͌̓͗͝ͅi̵̧̧̮͎̩̘̺̫̺̘͈̹̱̇̀͛̊̋͋ͅd̴̡̟̮̙̻̰̠͚͍͔͖̰̩̹̬̀́́̂̅̋̈́͘͠͝ȅ̸̠̺̻̀͘͝.̴̛͔̥̗͊̊̒̃͛̆̅͛͌͘͠

Alex kicked Cinder away, knocking her completely down.

"Dear God, you're still alive after all of that? I can't tell if I'm more proud or annoyed after this." Alex mocked.

"You... I'LL END YOU!!!" Cinder shouted, brandishing both of her swords.

"Did I hit you so hard you forgot how badly I'm kicking you around, Cinder?" Alex scathingly asked, tossing her aside like a rag doll.

Cinder slashed at Alex with both blades, with Alex blocking both blades with his fingertips and casting them aside.

"W-What?!"

"Do we need a demonstration?" Alex grinned wickedly, launching off in another direction.

Alex practically teleported in between Illiya, Spyden, Julius, Theta, Eta, Iota, and Jäger. Raising an energy-pulsing hand, he allowed a torrent of electricity to shimmer forth, only a mere tell of what was to come.

"BIG BANG SHOCK BREAKER!!!"

The attack exploded forth, making contact with Jäger first, causing him, as well as the other Inquisitors, to violently explode in a blaze of electric fire. Only a faint trace of liquid metal remained in the resulting smoking crater.

Cinder, Illiya, Spyden, and Julius stared on in abject horror as Alex vanished towards his next target:

Epsilon.

Weiss and a badly wounded Scarecrow gazed in horror as Alex grabbed the Griffon Inquisitor by the neck, slowly closing his grip as he begged for mercy in short breath and desperately clawing at Alex's metal arm.

"H-H-Have...M-Mercy.." Epsilon gasped as Alex tightened his vice-like grip around the Griffin's windpipe.

"S-Stop..!" Weiss demanded.

Alex smirked wickedly he quickly closed his fatal grip, a resounding crack echoing through the battlefield as Epsilon fell still, blood dripping out of his beaked maw.

Throwing his now dead adversary aside, he moved along to his next victims.

Blake and Adam were still engaged in a fierce battle, both one-time White Fang acolytes locking blades before Adam stopped his assault cold.

Alex had grabbed Adam by the back of his neck, sending fatal pulses of electricity into his body, causing him to collapse before Alex kicked him skyward and prepared an energy blast.

"GALICK GUN!!!"

A purple wave of energy shot from Alex's palms, an energy wave that collided with the newly deceased inquisitor mid-air in a fiery explosion.

Before Blake could say anything, Alex now stood in front of the young Cinder again, glaring coldly at her.

"You're way out of your depth. It's over. Surrender, and maybe I won't kill you as slowly as I did the others." Alex threatened, a ball of energy in his hand, pointed at the young Cinder's face.

Cinder, staring on in horror, soon bore a devilish smirk.

"What are you smiling at? Did you finally realize how funny your name is about to be in a few seconds?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyk0OuL3pQA

Alex's world soon turned black and red as he felt raw energy being ripped from his being.

Weiss, Blake, Illiya, Spyden, Julius, and Scarecrow looked on in shock at seeing Alex collapse as a beam of orange and black pulled away at his essence.

The Elder Cinder, carrying a strange, crystalline device, cradled it to her side as raw power funneled into it, turning a knob at it's side to it's maximum.

Alex quickly powered down against his own will, unable to contain the screams befitting the pain of having one's soul being ripped away bit by bit.

"Do you like it? It's our latest creation: The Absorption Charge." The Younger Cinder smiled, now towering over him.

"This will rip away every ounce of energy.. Every bit of power your soul possesses before it simply flickers out." The Elder Cinder explained.

"Meh. What can I say? Crazy bastard deserves it." Julius shrugged.

"Julius, have you gone mad?! If he dies, we die too!" Spyden urged.

"Not necessarily..." Julius replied, coldly piercing Spyden through the heart, killing him instantly.

Weiss, Blake, and Illiya stared on in abject horror at the scene before them.

"Just say the word, I'll kill the son of a bitch myself." Scarecrow grinned wickedly, pointing a rifle at Alex's head.

"I'll do it. My family and his have been gunning at each other since day one." Julius grinned, raising both his deceased brother's sword and his bloody xiphos at Alex's neck as he sprawled out onto the ground, writhing and crying out in agony.

"Stop this now!" Illiya demanded, raising her sword at Julius.

Weiss and Blake faced off against Scarecrow and the Younger Cinder, still leaving the Elder Cinder to absorb Alex's energy.

The Elder Cinder grinned as she stood, unopposed, and finally gaining the revenge she so deserved once more.

...And then she heard someone land behind her.

...Or rather... Something.

*Meanwhile; The Overlook.*

The Oracle sat on the edge of her seat, hood completely back, revealing mid-length pink and white hair.

"Two of my predictions have come to pass..." The Oracle came to realize, watching the battle through several divine screens, keeping track of each element of the battle.

"Osiris has landed. I'm curious how their reality affects his coming." The Oracle noticed.

Author's Notes:

tl:dr.

There's now 5 versions of our heroes converging: The regular one, the one where Panda reunited with the Crew, One where Alex fought for the Central Powers in World War I, one where The Inquisitors are somehow good, and a literal Rule 63 world.

A couple of the Oracle's predictions come true; that and Yang with the Relic of Destruction and Alpha with the Relic of Creation actually fight. More on that next chapter.

And, after Alex goes all 'Anime War: Episode 7' on several Inquisitors, we finally find out what the device the Cinders had was for, and it's not exactly good.

Oh, and The possible main antagonist of this arc has landed.

Yeah... Things are getting crazy.

What will happen to Alex? What are the consequences of Creation and Destruction in direct conflict? And what stake does Osiris have in this fight?

Find out on the next exciting chapter of Blood Red Shadows II: Electric Boogaloo- I mean- The Crimson Shade!