Remnant's Protectors

Down But Not Out

3rd POV

The rift closes as the blank space continues to collapse around the heroes.

Super: *strained* "We've gotta get outta here. Before this place fully falls apart."

Iron weakly mashes the dial of the A.M.I.D. The heroes are all transported to Iron's lab where they're granted a moment's rest.

Super: "What the hell happened back there?"

Faunus's arm resets itself. He then returns to normal, holding his arm.

Faunus: "We got our asses kicked, that's what happened."

Speed vibrates his legs before moving them back into place. Once his body heals itself he sighs in relief while uncovering his face.

Speed: "Look on the bright side. We may be broken, but at least we live."

Y/N is enveloped in Amica, allowing him to heal. He then wraps tentacles around Iron and John, repairing the damage dealt to them.

Amica: "But thanks to Deus the blank space is destroyed. And if we don't fix it, and soon, every known world is in danger."

All of a sudden a rift opens. Through it walks Rider. He eyes the heroes.

Rider: "Someone wanna explain what happened?"

He's explained everything that just happened. By the end he sighs while raking his hands through his hair.

Iron: "So just how screwed are we?"

Rider: "Royally. Thanks to Deus the barrier between worlds is gone. And now chaos will erupt everywhere."

Super: "Exactly what was the role the blank space had?"

Rider walks to the chalkboard. He draws several circles. Within each circle he writes various words. He then draws a line between each circle with lines connecting the circles to the line.

Rider: "You guys have been read fairy tales right? Tales of everything from dragons to demons to angels and everything in between. Well what nobody knows, is they all exist. But each exists within a world throughout the multiverse. But thanks to the blank space these worlds are separated. But without that barrier,"

We scribbles out the lines between each world.

Rider: "Elements from each world are now allowed to bleed into another, disturbing the natural order of a world. If that disorder is not corrected, chaos will only continue to bleed into more worlds until..."

He draws a massive X on his picture.

Rider: "Nothing remains but the cold grip of the void."

Iron: "So in other words. We need to fix the blank space. And quickly."

Rider: "That won't be easy. There's only one person who can fix it. And he hasn't been seen is eons."

Speed: "Who's this he?"

Rider: "The great creator."

Amica: "Deus mentioned him. Who exactly is he?"

Rider: "A being who created the very multiverse and all known worlds."

Faunus: "What happened to him?"

Rider: "No one truly knows. One day he just up and left. To this day no one knows why or where he went to."

Iron: "So that means we're on our own."

Amica: "That's how we've been doing it. And we've always won."

Faunus: "Until we met Deus and that whacked out power of his."

Speed: "Anybody got any ideas to what it could be?"

Super: "From what I could gather, it seems that whatever he says, takes a physical effect. Meaning whatever he says will happen."

Rider: "Any of you have any powers that can overcome that?"

John: "I might."

They all look at John who finally opens his eyes.