With all that said and done... Ladies and Gentlemen, Chapter 5 begins now.
The Protectors had finally gotten back to The Sanctuary with The Machine and they made sure that it was being analysed as soon as possible...but just to be extremely safe with a hostile object within the only safe place in The Multiverse, a lot of Protectors were waiting...making sure that it didn't reactivate. Meanwhile, the rest of The Protectors were speaking with Lukas and they were trying to find out what he was hiding. Analysing The Machine didn't bring many desirable results but The Protectors did find out it's codename which was found within its code... it was labelled as "OMEGA.0X" So from that point onwards, The Protectors referred to it as Omega. Nobody got any answers from Lukas however... he either wouldn't speak when asked a question or he would give an answer that completely contradicted every thing else that people saw.
The Protectors were getting no where by analysing Omega... they found out where it came from but it didn't make any sense... all signs indicated that it came from The Void... the endless abyss that surrounds The Multiverse... but that was impossible. Even if it was possible for something to exist in The Void, it's not like The Protectors can do anything to track down the creator of Omega as signals get extremely corrupted in The Void. One day, The Protectors found a letter just outside of The Sanctuary... it read "Meet me here in three days and I'll tell you what you want to know." Everybody was out of ideas at this point... they wanted to track down the creator of Omega but they couldn't and they couldn't just wait either... as there is the possibility of another machine like Omega appearing somewhere else... so they listened to the message that they found.
After three days had passed, The Protectors took turns in waiting for the messenger to arrive... but no one had seen them... it was now Lukas' turn to wait and after a few seconds of waiting, he messaged everyone else to tell them that they had arrived. Everyone else came to Lukas just to make sure that he was safe and, to everyone's surprise, Nightmare was stood talking to Lukas. Nightmare is covered in a black substance... the only thing that isn't covered is his left eye that glows blue. He has also learnt to manipulate the substance to turn it into several appendages that can help him defend himself. Nightmare was classed as a Destroyer purely because of the fact that he gains power from other peoples negative emotion and he manipulates other people to try to make The Multiverse full of fear, anger and hatred... he will then reign supreme as the true god of The Multiverse.
"I would like to speak to Lukas alone if you don't mind." Nightmare explained, annoyed that his conversation had been interrupted. "That's not happening because we know what you're like." Delta retorted. "Fine... let me make this simple... leave me and Lukas alone to talk or you will not obtain any information that you desire so desperately." Nightmare said as he was already tired of arguing. "Well that's too bad for you... I thought you were the one that wanted to tell us this." Delta answered back as he was already incredibly annoyed. "Delta just stop talking! I can handle this." Michael yelled as he was tired of the argument already. "Lukas... Nightmare is extremely manipulative... I think that you'll be able to handle it but... it was just a heads up for you." Michael warned Lukas. Everyone then left to let Lukas and Nightmare talk... when Lukas came back, he told everyone everything that Nightmare told him... he said that Nightmare saw Omega appear through a portal along with a few humans... the humans left but before they did, they mentioned some coordinates that they would be meeting at... the coordinates were once again at the edge of The Multiverse. The humans also mentioned a time which Lukas was told as well.
The Protectors went to the coordinates at the specified time and waited... and just like Nightmare said, a portal opened... everyone prepared themselves as some humans and another machine travelled through the portal. These humans were in strange uniforms... they were mostly black with bright neon blue lines down their clothes... they were also wearing glasses that seemed impossible to see through. The humans seemed surprised to find so many Protectors waiting for them. "Who are you and what are you doing here?" Michael asked demandingly. One of the humans put a hand up to his ear and spoke. "Sir, there are some beings here and they seem to be aggressive... I think they know sir... Indeed... about twelve sir...are you sure that we'll need something as strong as X sir? Very well sir." The human then took his hand away from his ear. "I'll ask you again... who are you and why are you here?" Michael demanded again. "I will say this once and once only... do not interfere and you will not be harmed." One of the humans shouted, unresponsive to Michael.
"We are not leaving here until you tell us what you intend to do to our Multiverse!" Ink shouted. "Very well... we plan to expand our empire to other Multiverses, this is our fourth target, now...how about you tell us something... where is Omega?" One of the humans yelled back. "You mean that other machine you sent to cause destruction? We defeated it and we are analysing it for as much information as possible." Lukas replied slowly as he seemed to be trying to calm the invaders but to no avail. The human put his handback to his ear again. "Sir... they have enough power to be able to best Omega sir... yes sir... the guardians as well? Yes sir... we shall await their arrival... yes sir? One of them seems to be entirely mechanical sir so I would assume they are just below our level at best... Indeed... okay sir... we shall await their arrival." At that moment, five more figures appeared from the portal.
One of the humans stood in front of them and spoke aloud. "These are five of our champions... they are known as Harpuia the Lightning Jet, Fefnir the Magma Warrior, Leviathan the Frozen Siren, Phantom the Translucent Shadow and X the Master Mimic. Pick five of your own warriors to duel each one separately... if you do not follow these rules, you will face everything we have all at once... and believe me... we have a lot more than five champions. Make your decision now." Everyone was confused... why was the enemy giving them the chance to fight fairly when it is obvious that, with their power, they would easily be able to win? Well... none of The Protectors were complaining about having a fair fight so... they decided who would be fighting who.
It was decided, Harpuia would be fighting Lukas, Fefnir would be fighting Delta, Leviathan would be fighting Cross, Phantom would be fighting Michael and X would be fighting Ink. Everyone was terrified... they had no idea what these machines would be capable of... although, thanks to the titles that were given to them... The Protectors had somewhat of an idea of what to expect... Harpuia had wings so he would fly and his title, the Lightning Jet, would mean he would most likely use electricity and he would be rather fast, Fefnir is called the Magma Warrior... so he would use fire attacks and be mostly close ranged, Leviathan is called the Frozen Siren so she would use Water and Ice attacks, Phantom is known as the Translucent Shadow so he would probably be able to manipulate darkness and he would probably be extremely fast and finally X who is called the Master Mimic... he would most likely copy anything the opponent did. Everyone stepped towards the challenge in front of them anxiously...they gave each other some reassuring words before finally going their separate ways. "We're ready!" shouted Michael... and each of the champions stepped forth.
The human spoke once again. "Now I have been told that we should stay here to witness this battle and tell our boss the results so...I'm at least going to make this a bit fun... ahem let the battle between the Multiverse Protectors and the Champions of the Cult of Perfection... begin! Protectors, send in your first challenger!" With that, the opponents pulled out their weapons and... everyone took one last breath...because for all they knew, it could be the last one that they would ever take.
"I know you won't let me die here... I know that you need me alive. I'm just worried about them... you don't care what happens to them... they'll die for all you care. Well... knowing how sadistic you are... if I were you I would sit back and enjoy the bloodshed. Although... if I was really you, I would've stopped what I was doing long ago... why did you start doing this? Why did you continue? Why are you so... why am I still asking questions... you don't care...you never did and you never will care... I pity you... you will never know the feeling... of being positive... of happiness... you will never feel fear rushing throughout your body... you will never feel anger pushing you to do things that you never thought you could do...you'll never feel satisfied... but then again... at the same time...you'll never care that you can't feel emotions."