Ancient Forces - Break Down [Intellect]

At the Lair...

Eli was tired, and sweaty. Zayne and Damien were on the floor, nearly dead from exhaustion. Ver just sat in the background. She wasn't involved in this. Eli helped Zayne get up and walked him k ear to the couch. Then he did the same with Damien. After rigorous training, everyone needed rests. Eli had figured that out when he pushed them in the last universe. That was one reason why they went down so easily. He had pushed them too hard. He wouldn't make that mistake again. This was much more than just a war over a universe. This was a skirmish over all universes.

"Dude, you're really strong. I mean, I knew that, but I mean you're REALLY strong," Damien said, his breaths were heavy and rapid.

"Yeah, I could say the same for you two together. But our foe won't be so easy," Eli said.

"What do you mean 'easy'!? None of this is easy!" Zayne shouted in a spit of rage. He was tired and angry.

"I know. But compared to what had happened, this is an entirely new level of insane," Eli replied, wiping some sweat from his forehead.

"I need some sleep," Zayne said as he stood up and walked into his room. Damien followed soon after. Eventually, it was just Eli and Ver watching Tv.

"You know, pushing them harder than they need to may be the only way to get through to them that they need more training," Ver suggested.

"I know. But it's so hard when they don't know what's actually going on," Eli replied.

"Then tell them. I have held beach doing it myself, but having you around, I just get a feeling like you're eventually going to tell them," Ver responded, turning off the TV and standing up.

"I need to get to bed. Got more Stream searching to do," She added as she walked off.

"See ya," Eli called out as Ver's door closed.

Eli sat alone in the room. He sat in deep thought and concentration. Then, it was like something hit in the back of the head. A sudden surge of pain washed over his mind and he began seeing things. He began thinking about things he had never even known possible. It was impossible, and set he was seeing it. It was like a vision sent to him by the Stream Guardians.

The Stream Castle was sitting in peace, waiting in the Stream Realm, until a dark hand reached over it and grabbed it, throwing it into eternal darkness. Then it hit him. It hit him like a cement truck. This was a different universe, not because it was predetermined to follow the same path as them, it was an alternate universe used as an alternate universe. It was a dimension that was here specifically for all of the events that had been happening. Death Blade, Arachnid's new form, Thunder Fang being in Joplin, Zayne becoming a Cosmic Dragon just to come here, it was all predetermined.

Eli know understood. This universe never was going to have the same fate. It was always going to lead up to what Eli had just seen. The Stream Castle, destroyed and thrown into darkness. Eli now had a new mission. Now to stop the Stream War, which would never happen, from happening, but going through this universe, and see what the end had in store. Hopefully, if he was lucky, they would be able to stop it. Together.