Nextgen Kids: Legend of the Nine Newborn

God Killing, Part 13: Kill the Prisoners

I don't mention this during the chapter, but Dido equips the girls with charms to protect them from the Underworld's natural drainage. Dido is also Sarstar98's character and she first appears in our one-shot, "Toxic Encounter." You don't need to read it for this story; there's already a ton of pre-reading for this fic. XD

Shadow obeyed the directions on the strange invitation. He wasn't expecting anything special. Probably just a mysterious client wanting to hire him. He flew to these coordinates on Coruscant and landed atop a gloomy, near-abandoned parking garage. He traveled downward until he met one of his new acquaintances. "What's up, Shady Hair?!" Deadpool danced. "I spoke with the bros (and sisses), and despite the unexpected problems, your initiation test was great! You ready to join the team for realsies?"

"This is your hideout? Not exactly an elaborate lair."

"Buddy, we're assassins. We can't just be all, 'Hey, look at our badass secret lair, feel free to break on in!'"

"Point taken. So... when do we get started?"

Miyuki Crystal and MaKayla stood a safe distance from the parking garage. "The memory feels stronger now." Miyuki confirmed. "I'm positive this is it. This is their hideout."

"Let's go get everyone prepared." With that, MaKayla focused her timebending and Reloaded their Save State, seemingly "warping" them away.

...

A portal festering with demonic energy replaced one of the doors in CP0's hideout. Leading straight to the Underworld, it cast an unsettling, chilling air through the hideout. The men merely waited, partaking in a pizza lunch to ease the tension. And besides, the three of them were partially exhausted fighting the KND, while neither Akame nor Mandy engaged in much combat and had strength to spare. It wasn't just the direct door to Hell that had them on edge... it was the idea that the KND could bust in on them at any moment. And that these seven dangerous gods sat trapped on their shelf, the Black Boxes shaking from their struggle. On the bright side, Mandy had procured the six other Chaos Emeralds Nya was lent, the six gems resting in Francis's backpack. Shadow would make use of them in a pinch... but he would rather save them for a much bigger threat. Not to mention, after "Super Shadow" wore off, the emeralds would scatter to who-knows-where.

"I wonder..." Sephiroth began. "When you first started this quest, how far did you expect to get?"

"I was never too sure myself." Shadow answered. "I think we at least wanted to get far enough to make a difference. Yet... I was always doubtful we could target the higher gods. Even if those two succeed in killing the Underworld Prisoners... how much farther can we go?"

"We'll go as far as the crow flies!" Hattori flapped, gobbling some worm pizza. "You fellas should be proud of all you accomplished, so rip off those sorry frowns and twist them upside-down, coo-kachoo!"

"Let me out! I have to tell them!" Verglora squirmed in their box. "His name! I have to tell them his name!"

"What are ya shoutin' about over there, ya idjit?!" Skaios' muffled voice demanded.

"We know at least those ones need to die." Chase glared. "Or who knows what they'll do?"

"That one said it remembered the name of their leader." Shadow mentioned. "Does that mean... there's another Newborn besides the one we're missing?"

"Perhaps we should ask it to just tell us." Seph suggested.

"Don't. It's probably just a desperate attempt to bargain. We can't let them out. Ugh..." Shadow glared at the three-fourth trident. If only they had the last piece... if only they had a clue where it was. Just where... How...