The Darkness paced once again in the throne room of the palace ruins, his thoughts were his only company... well... other than the orange splatter at the foot of the throne.

"How!? How could my predictions have been off?! There is no way these creatures were supposed to access E99 technology! Not even HE had enough E99 material to make that many weapons...unless... unless my calculations were off and these creatures posessed raw E99 the whole time..." The Darkness stopped in his angered pacing and looked toward a small portal-esque object floating in the air near him, his thoughts then drifted to something that made him a bit happier.

"Even if I cannot bring the Singularity back online... I can still bring my soldiers through time, and even these ponies wouldn't stand a chance against my elite spetsnaz soldiers." He raised his TMD at the portal and gave it energy. Immediately the portal expanded to about human size and he quickly stepped into the past, where all his soldiers lay in wait for his commands.

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Several uniformed men saluted as their commander walked through the portal that had suddenly appeared in the command chamber. When their leader stepped out of the portal only one man moved toward him, the man wore the uniform of what certainly seemed to be a high-ranking officer, he bowed deeply before speaking.

"What are your orders Emperor Renko?" The Darkness smiled as he remembered his name once again, he had a lot of work to do.

"I want a squad of lurkers and a battalion of bruisers through the next portal I create, I have another time to conquer." the evil Renko replied to the officer with a cruel smile.

Nearly twenty minutes later Emperor Renko stood in front of a small army of elite spetsnaz soldiers, each one armed in Anti-E99 armor and carrying special weapons that utilized E99 energy. As he gazed at each soldier lined up before him a silly thought passed through his mind.

"It almost looks like I have an entire army of robots, each one armed to their eyeballs in weapons that could bring down even the most fortified bunker... It does my heart proud." With a twisted smile he quickly turned to face the opposite direction of his soldiers, his frown only faltered when he noticed the light of the singularity in the distance was faltering once again.

"Oh well... not my problem soon enough..." He thought as he raised his hand to create another portal in front of him. This one was big enough to let at least five soldiers stand shoulder-to-shoulder on their way through. He was the first to step through, followed shortly after by his soldiers, as he made his way to the throne his soldiers seemed to fill up the entirety of the main hall. He scanned the growing crowd of soldiers and waited for them to stop entering the room before speaking.

"This world is ripe for conquest, its residents have never known bloodshed as you have. This shall be our fortress, but it is not yet complete and it is vulnerable... That is why you are here, I want you all to secure this location so that none who come here before it's complete leave the premises." With a nod he dismissed his soldiers, they all saluted at once before turning on their heels and moving to different locations of the castle. A man that looked about the same height as Emperor Renko walked up to him from the shadows, he wore a full-face gasmask and his uniform was similar to the other soldiers but sleeker he also wore something that looked like a hooded trenchcoat that had an almost invisible hex design, he bent down into a bow before speaking to his leader.

"Emperor, how shall Serpent squad serve you?" The question was immediately answered as the lurker saw his master tense with anger.

"The citizens of this world have an ally that is not like them... I want you to bring him here so that I may convince him to switch sides." The man in the hooded trenchcoat was confused as he thought about his master's orders, but none of his confusion showed in his voice as he prodded for more information.

"What does this man look like sire?" Emperor Renko brought his hands together and began drumming his fingers together as he replied with a cruel smile.

"You couldn't possibly miss him... he sticks out like a sore thumb since he is taking no measures to disguise himself." With a bow the lurker seemed to vanish into the shadows, seeking his new target.