\u201c…What?\u201d asked Megumi as she still controlled Vortex: Trinity Soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAfter I had killed my people,\u201d explained Vortech, \u201cthe Chizarans asked me what the reward would be for seeking Eternity…but I still haven\u2019t found it! What is this hopelessness?! I see all of reality before me…and it is useless! Does this mean I have dragged myself through the rift…for NOTHING?! Why do I not know what my reward will be?! Am I…insignificant?! The mere question is…is…sickening<\/em>! …I have been in one place for too long! I…I cannot…! I am…tiny! I am…incomplete! I cannot…process this without…without…! They can\u2019t help me now! The Vortonians cannot give me what I seek anymore! I am…I am…I am…unimportant! No, not true! …It\u2019s true, though. Nothing matters! Nothing I do matters! The multiverse doesn\u2019t care if I turn it into one universe or not! It…it simply IS!\u201d He then grabbed Vortex: Trinity Soul by the shoulders with fear and pleading in his eyes. \u201cI need existence! I need reason! GIVE ME LIFE! GIVE ME FUNCTION! I…I CANNOT…!\u201d He then released Vortex: Trinity Soul and stumbled to the portal generator ground controls. \u201c…I fear!\u201d he gasped. \u201cI…I can\u2019t process this! I am MORE than this…but I am tiny! …Nothing I do matters! Tell me! I beg you! Tell me how I can exist! How I can live!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSo THAT\u2019S what you\u2019re afraid of,\u201d mused Arsha as she took control of Vortex: Trinity Soul. \u201c…Honestly, it\u2019s the same thing I\u2019m afraid of. One day, we expire and that\u2019s it. Not even rank will make people really remember you. Nothing we do matters before we die. …But it does.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cShe\u2019s right,\u201d agreed Optimus as he took control. \u201cThere\u2019s always something new. There\u2019s always something to test you and make you better. Maybe…maybe you could turn human? Abandon the quest for a bit and live out…\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNO!\u201d roared Vortech as he slammed his fist to the ground and made an energy shockwave, knocking everyone back. \u201cI know your experiences! I know your existence! I have been part of you for three of Megumi\u2019s years! I have seen your ups and downs! I KNOW how life works! I have seen all of your battles! YOU ARE SMALL! I AM…!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTiny,\u201d replied Vortex: Trinity Soul as all three of her components released their hold. \u201cYou said so yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou are but dust!\u201d snarled Vortech. \u201cI am the fiery core of a planet! I am the rocks that destroy a town! I am the seas that flood the lands! I am the wind that rips buildings out of the ground! Don\u2019t even dare to THINK that your existence compares to mine!\u201d He then swung wildly with his staff and tried to land a hit on Vortex: Trinity Soul. She didn\u2019t permit herself to be struck down. She leapt up into the air and pressed the button on the Transcendant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTriple Final attack!\u201d it announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cRIDER TRINITY KICK!\u201d she declared. She flew through the air, foot first, and struck Vortech down. Vortech was gasping for breath before an explosion engulfed him. When the flames died down, Vortech was on his knees as Vortex: Trinity Soul removed the Transcendant and split into Megumi, Optimus, and Arsha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI am the fiery core of a planet!\u201d whispered Vortech as he curled into a fetal position. \u201cI am the rocks that destroy a town! I am the seas that flood the lands! I am the wind that rips buildings out of the ground! …But what is the fiery core of a planet to Eternity but a smoldering ember in a firepit long doused? What are the rocks that destroy a town but grains of sand on Eternity\u2019s beach? What are the seas that flood the lands but a glass of water to hydrate Eternity? What is the wind that rips buildings out of the ground to Eternity but a breeze generated by a fan? There is nothing that lasts within Eternity. …I am afraid. …I…I cannot bear this confusion any longer! I am…I am alone.\u201d Blue mist then came from Vortech\u2019s skin. \u201cI am…irrelevant.\u201d By then, Vortech was no longer clutching himself tightly. \u201cThere is no reward for seizing Eternity, is there? Mortals know this and still continue to live.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c…No, there isn\u2019t a reward for seizing Eternity,\u201d replied Megumi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI have only the same questions since I began my crusade,\u201d sighed Vortech. \u201cNow…now I am falling apart.\u201d He gestured to the blue mist coming from his body. \u201cFor some reason, I feel no pain. I always thought death was painful. I guess it depends on how one dies.\u201d Speaking of which, Death arrived with her scythe. Vortech looked up, the white lights making up his eyes fading and revealing brown eyes, HUMAN eyes. \u201c…It\u2019s getting dark now,\u201d he muttered. \u201cThe game is over; the players depart from the table. I am alone. …I am afraid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid,\u201d soothed Megumi as she, Arsha, and Optimus knelt by Vortech. \u201cWe\u2019re here with you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c…Death, will you permit me to ask my last questions?\u201d asked Vortech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cVery well,\u201d replied Death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEveryone, let\u2019s assume, hypothetically, that I won,\u201d pondered Vortech. \u201cI would give you the perfect lives you\u2019ve always wanted. No stigmas. No tragedies. No need to suffer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnd we wouldn\u2019t be here talking about it if our lives went exactly as we wanted it,\u201d countered Batman. \u201cYes, every day I wish that my parents didn\u2019t die. But, while I always miss them, if they didn\u2019t die, I wouldn\u2019t be fighting crime right now. I would be a bratty rich kid with only the name Bruce Wayne as the single identifier. I wouldn\u2019t have made the friends I did; I wouldn\u2019t trust Commissioner Gordon; I wouldn\u2019t constantly reach my hand out to those that needed help. I wouldn\u2019t be Batman.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIf my life went the way I wanted it,\u201d supplied Gandalf, \u201cI wouldn\u2019t consider the Hobbits as very heroic in their unique fashion. I doubt I would even be in Middle-Earth. I would still be a scared Maiar spirit staying in the Undying Lands.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI doubt I\u2019d have any drive to join a resistance group if my life went the way I wanted it to,\u201d mused Wyldstyle. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t have met Emmet or fought against Lord Business.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI wouldn\u2019t be the one inspiring others to fight against evil if Shocker didn\u2019t make me what I am today,\u201d continued Hongo. \u201cI would just be a nobody who never really learned anything outside of a textbook and spent his days riding his motorcycle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI had five people die under my command,\u201d recalled Arsha. \u201cI always thought it was a Captain\u2019s duty to keep every single crew member alive. My crew told me that was an unhealthy conceit and I saw why. Without having them die, I wouldn\u2019t come face to face with the fact that they knew the risk of death was there as they signed up. They wanted to protect the Realms and they gave their lives to do so. If they didn\u2019t die, I don\u2019t think I would be a good Captain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe fact that my brother leads the Decepticons still breaks my Spark,\u201d recounted Optimus. \u201cI also stumbled as Prime as I let my arrogance take hold. Still, I came out stronger and continue to do so. There\u2019s no reason for me to need a different life than the one I\u2019ve got now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI know exactly what would have happened if Hiro acted as a father to me,\u201d mused Megumi. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t be adopted by a more loving family. I wouldn\u2019t have moved to America. I wouldn\u2019t have made many friends. I wouldn\u2019t have met you. I wouldn\u2019t be a student of After Academy. I wouldn\u2019t be married to an American. I\u2019d be a normal Japanese woman, unknowing of her dad\u2019s old home in the Kamen Rider universe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou believe there\u2019s a point to existence, even if that existence is imperfect,\u201d Vortech summed up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019ve always thought so,\u201d replied Megumi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhat if you\u2019re wrong and there isn\u2019t?\u201d asked Vortech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThen I hope that, if I ever DO regain my mortality and die,\u201d answered Megumi, \u201cthat I die thinking that I would do it all over again still.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c…Braver than I am,\u201d sighed Vortech as he shut his eyes. Death swung the scythe and Vortech simply turned into blue mist that faded away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Up in space, the Vortech Clones fell to the floor and returned to a HumaGear state. They were no longer functional and all weapons-fire stopped as everyone saw Vortech die. Everyone performed sensor sweeps for any lumps of Vortech left behind. \u201cAll scans…negative,\u201d sighed Rosadera in relief. The other ships reported the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cN…no,\u201d remarked Caan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s over,\u201d sighed War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNo,\u201d repeated Caan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWell, I don\u2019t know about you,\u201d growled Megatron, \u201cbut whatever deal Hiro made with me is no longer worth it. I\u2019ll stick to conquests within my own universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNo!\u201d snarled Caan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs shall I,\u201d muttered Dr. Borg. \u201cThis whole adventure has cost me dearly and I intend to return home and…\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNo, no, NO!\u201d roared Caan. \u201cIT\u2019S A TRICK! VORTECH\u2019S STILL ALIVE!\u201d He opened a rift and arrived on the Tiger<\/em>\u2019s bridge. He then keyed in a command and beamed everyone on the ship into space. Hiro was rescued, his crew wasn\u2019t so lucky as the ship\u2019s weapons fired on them, then targeted the satellites and fired streams of energy at them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHailing frequencies opened!\u201d called Mikhail on the Virginia<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCaan, what are you doing?!\u201d demanded War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019ve increased power to the portal generators! There is NO escape for Vortech!\u201d replied Caan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSomeone get him off that ship! Destroy it if you need to!\u201d called Hiro from the Scorpion<\/em>\u2019s sick bay. The ships fired on the Tiger<\/em>, but it proved fruitless. The shields wouldn\u2019t budge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHe\u2019s adapted to our weapons fire!\u201d reported Megatron. \u201cWe can\u2019t stop him!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIn one hour, the portal will be large enough to swallow the planet!\u201d called Caan. \u201cVortech will NOT escape this time! This sacrifice will not be made in vain! I will kill Vortech! Behold, the end of this game! The Daleks are supreme! Dalek Caan, the last of the Cult of Skaro, the last Dalek veteran of the Last Great Time War, WINS!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCaan! No! Please!\u201d begged Mickey. \u201cDon\u2019t do this! You\u2019re smarter than this!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCaan, there\u2019s no need for us to continue the hunt!\u201d called Eggman from the Nemesis<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou two may act foolish,\u201d replied Caan, \u201cbut you are the only two beings I have respect for. You recognized the danger before anyone else and took the appropriate actions to bring us to victory. I am sorry for what I must do to protect reality itself.\u201d He closed the communications channel and stood at the now abandoned helm. \u201cAs it was before, so shall it be again. Caan, alone against evil. Let this saucer take me to the edge of infinity if it must; I will end you, Vortech!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The fleet was still trying to hail Caan or destroy the ship, but nothing was working. \u201cIt\u2019s no good!\u201d sighed Mickey. \u201cNothing\u2019s going to get through to him!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHe\u2019s right,\u201d sighed Rosadera. \u201cAzuliterii\u2019s trying to circumvent the shields, but it\u2019s going to take the hour needed to bring down the portal!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWell, we have to do something!\u201d argued War. \u201cWe can\u2019t just…!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEr, guys?\u201d asked a voice on a broad transmission. \u201cWhat\u2019s going on?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cPrime?!\u201d asked Megatron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s all of us,\u201d replied Optimus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMinna-san, why is the portal getting bigger?\u201d quizzed Megumi. \u201cVortech\u2019s dead! We need to shut that thing down!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s Caan!\u201d called Mickey. \u201cHe\u2019s completely lost his mind! He thinks Vortech tricked us again and he\u2019s gonna use the portal to swallow Chizara!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBecause, of COURSE, he would!\u201d rasped Batman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDid he even use his clairvoyance to check?\u201d asked Gandalf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI don\u2019t think he bothered to!\u201d replied Eggman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe portal would have closed itself if Vortech went into it, right?\u201d asked Lacey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cRight,\u201d answered Azuliterii, \u201cand I\u2019m trying to find a way to shut it down, but Caan\u2019s blocked us out. The longer we wait, the bigger the portal gets, and the less chance we have of getting out of this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI think I have a plan forming,\u201d mused Lacey, \u201cI just need a distraction.\u201d Optimus got an idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cGrimlock,\u201d he called, \u201cdo you still have my Holo-droid?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat\u2019s where the Fear-o-tron came from,\u201d answered Grimlock. \u201cWe just heavily modified it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBeam it down,\u201d ordered Optimus. \u201cI need to tinker with it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSERIOUSLY?! RIGHT NOW?!\u201d protested Teletraan. \u201cKID! PRIORITIES!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI DO have my priorities, Teletraan,\u201d answered Optimus. \u201cOne of those priorities is keeping my skills up! 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