Finale: Ne Plus Ultra

The Minustry had no clue about what was coming to their village. They were disturbed by the presence of an orange glow approaching. It was Duno. The Certus was still merged with his sword, still ablaze with it's power.
"Duno Sabiz?!"
"You're not welcome back in the village!"
"Go away!"
Instead of listening, Duno emitted a fiery wall of positive energy, launching the Minustrings away and allowed himself into the village. The villagers were in a state of panic as the rogue Minustring made his way into the village center to meet with the elder, Osiris.
"Duno Sabiz!" Osiris shouted.
"Greetings, my elder," Duno greeted.
"You were shunned from the Minustry village! You're not supposed to be here!" said Osiris.
"I mean no harm, Osiris. I've come with wonderful tidings. The Certus is in my possession and without it, the Plussembly will cease to be. But in order to restore the balance of polarity, I'll need the Xin as well," Duno lectured.
"Oh, hell no! The Xin is off limits to everyone," said Osiris.
"The Polarity Zone won't live on if the balance isn't set right again. Sounds like a reason to claim it, if you ask me," Duno thought.
"When will you be able to accept the Minustry and the Plussembly fued is over?"
"I see a new age for the Minustry to prosper. As our forefathers fought to achieve in the past. And so it will be."
However, Osiris, for the safety of his people, wouldn't allow that.
"Seize him!" he ordered.
The Minustry tried to overrun Duno who exhaled a breathe of negative magic that blew his people away, leaving Osiris defenseless. Although Duno had enough respect for his elder to not harm him.
"I didn't want to do that, Osiris. But I'll leave you be. I want you to witness the new Polarity Zone," said Duno.
Leeds flew down to fly Duno to the tower. Osiris was left concerned.

Rod and the group reached the Minustry village to find it in disarraY.
"Clearly Duno's already been here," Andrew figured.
Osiris noticed the five and asked,
"Who the hell are you?"
"You must be Osiris, the Minustry elder," Adam presumed.
"Vireo told us about you. He sent us here to help you against Duno," Rod informed.
"He did? Well la-dee-da. Too bad you showed up thirty seconds too late," said Osiris.
"Don't worry sir. My friends and I were sent to keep Duno from reaching the Tower of Negativity and claiming the Xin. He's already got the Certus," said Rod.
However, Osiris didn't know if he should really depend on these absolute strangers for help.
"How am I supposed to trust you? No one's allowed to enter the Tower of Negativity. I don't care if you say you're here to help. You're not getting to the Xin!"
"We won't have to. If we can stop Duno before he reaches it," said Myles.
"Just talk to Vireo. He'll explain everything," said Rod.
Everyone stormed out of the village. Osiris was still unsure.
"Here we are. Your holy saviors sent from above without any rhyme or reason for being here. You don't know who we are but just trust us and we'll save the day," Osiris derided. "Forget Vireo. I'm not about to trust total strangers in the tower. The Minustry will fight for itself."
Osisir then got to work assembling his own troops to journey to the Tower of Negativity before Duno gets there first.

It wasn't exactly as long of a journey as it was on the Plussembly's half of the zone, but that will all change the minute Rod and the group meet up with Duno.
"I'm totally exhausted," said Myles.
Leeds, carrying Duno, was soaring overhead, screeching savagely as the two flew off to the Tower of Negativity, which was right across the land from where the humans were standing.
"Duno!" said Rod.
The tower's beacon glowed with a purple light at the very top. That was where the Xin was stored.
"The Tower of Negativity! It's right there!" said Adam.
Everyone hurried as quick as they could. And now the real adventure was about to start.

Duno arrived at the tower. But rather than fly up to the top, he instead landed right outside the entrance on the bottom.
"I could just fly up there but I mustn't rush these things. The legends state it's supposed to be dangerous for the Certus and the Xin to be so close to each other. Just in case, I'd better do this carefully," Duno thought.
And then the sorceror heard something in the wind coming toward him from behind. He quickly moved aside and Rod's hammer flew right by him. The hammer instead hit Leeds. Duno turned to find Rod and his friends.
"You forgot to yell "DUNO!"" said Andrew.
"To give away the surprise attack?" said Rod.
Enraged, Leeds let out an awful shriek for that attack. But he was quickly cut off when Rod called his hammer back and it flew back into his hand, hitting Leeds from behind along the way.
"It was inevitable. I knew all along that you were following me," said Duno.
"We want the Certus back," said Myles.
"You're not on quite the power level to make demands. Your chances of victory are one in a million," Duno stated.
"Those are some good odds," Rod swaggered.
"What confidence. That smirk on your face will soon disappear," said Duno.
Leeds leaped over Duno and landed with a quake before the humans.
"Do what you want with them, my friend. Keep them out of the tower," Duno ordered.
He left Leeds to take care of the humans as he entered the tower.
"Duno's getting away!" said Adam.
But Leeds let out a powerful roar that blew them back. He wasn't going to let them interfere with is master's plan.
"Clearly this guy's not going to allow us to pass," said Angie.
Leeds flew at them and swung his tail, which sliced through the ground like a sword. Rod swung his hammer at the creature who slapped him away with his wing. Adam and Andrew tried to get around him to enter the tower, but Leeds blasted them away with his breath attack. It wasn't going to be that easy to get past him.

Osiris had assembled his own troops and they were all venturing across the land to the Tower of Negativity to deal with Duno Sabiz themselves.
"Glad to know you got my back, homies. We should've done something Duno Sabiz a long time ago," said Osiris.
"I knew you were too soft on him, Osiris."
"Me soft? You're cray-cray. Duno is still one of us. And I could never bRing myself to harm another Minustring. But enough's enough," Osiris claimed.
"Osiris, he has the Certus. He could kill us with positive energy before we even have a chance to confront him."
"He could. But that would defeat the purpose of his plan to make the Polarity Zone better suited for us. If he kills us, there'd be no reason for him to go through with it, would there?"
"Since you put it that way, maybe he won't kill us."
"Well I wouldn't be too sure. If Duno gets to the Xin with the Certus in hand, who knows what'll happen. It's supposed to be unwise to have both of those objects too close together. Why do you think we keep them far away on opposite ends of the Polarity Zone," said Osiris.
"So you're saying we might die after all?"
"I wish I could say 'no,'" Osiris admitted nervously.

While Rod and his friends fought Leeds outside the tower, Duno was studying the ancient writing on the walls. He was looking at the same images Rod saw back at the Tower of Positivity. And that was the images of both towers and their respective objects.
"Seems ancient Minustrings shared the similar beliefs as ancient Plussemblings. These two towers house the sources of both energies. Energies that supply them with life and keep the Polarity Zone balanced," said Duno.
He saw another set of images. Two of different ones. One of them featured what looked like two titans or god-like beings fighting. Another looked like a war between a race of pointy-eared creatures and weapon weilding human-like beings. It also featured a man with a hammer fighting against one of the pointy-eared creatures holding a trident. The writing of these seperate images were in black and blue respectively.
"How intriguing it is that the Certus and the Xin possess such outstanding capabilities which together could allow someone to change the Polarity Zone how they desire. If that's true, I can't help but try to imagine what else these objects could possibly do. Or what effect they could have outside of the Polarity Zone. But I don't have any time to waste on imagining," said Duno.
He turned toward the steps leading up to the second floor.
"Time to fix what was broken for centuries," said Duno.

Leeds was still giving the heroes a hard time. Considering his size and how defenseless they were compared to him, it was a terribly uneven fight. The monster dove down, digging his way into the ground.
"What's he up to now?" Angie wondered.
"More like down to now," said Andrew.
From underground, Leeds unleashed waves of negative energy that shot upwardly out of the ground, giving the heroes the run around as they tried to avOid each shot. The creature then rose back out, pushing them back with his shriek. Just before Leeds was about to attack again, something came from out nowhere, sinking it's jaws into Leed's neck, stopping him just in time.
"What was that?" said Myles.
Believe it or not, it was the future king of dinosaurs in Atro City, the heroes previously encountered: Atroshi III.
"What in the hell?" Rod gasped in shock.
Both beasts engaged in battle with the young t-rex chomping away with his teeth. But why was Atroshi here? And then a large shadow cast over the heroes from behind. It was Doc Bocks, the jack-in-the-box mad scientist, who sprung over the heroes, throwing beakers of liquid that exploded into blinding mist at Leeds. While Leeds was blinded, magical strings wrapped around his neck and waist to restrain him. It was Paxton the Puppet Master.
"Atroshi? Doc Bocks? Paxton?" said Andrew.
"What are they doing here?" said Adam.
Paxton tried to hold Leeds back as best he could with Doc Bocks and Atroshi doing what they could to stop him. Despite their previously violent encounters with Rod and his friends, they appeared to helping them.
"Get into the tower!" Paxton ordered the heroes.
"Go!" said Doc Bocks.
"Why are you helping us?" Rod asked.
"Hurry up!" Doc Bocks demanded.
The five heroes hurried into the tower leaving Atroshi, Doc Bocks, and Paxton to hold back Leeds.

Meanwhile on the second floor, Duno was about to expect some entities who were not expecting him. Purple gems lit up on the walls which made Duno stop in his tracks at the sight.
"Hmm?" the wizard said.
Out from the walls emerged the tower guardians. These were shaped like minus signs with purple gem stone eyes. As the protectors of the tower and the Xin, they couldn't allow any intruders. That includes Duno.
"The guardians, I presume," said Duno.
The guardians spun at Duno and some of them shot lasers from their gems. Duno, however, was far too swift for them and countered their negative lasers with the Certus's power from his sword. The heroes could hear the struggle going on above them and rushed to the second floor.
"Hey Duno!" Adam called out.
"How did you escape Leeds?" Duno questioned.
But there was no time for both parties to question each other. The guardians proceeded to attack everyone in the room.
"Hey! We're on your side!" said Myles.
Andrew was holding back one of the guardians as best he could. Another one spun at Adam who stopped it before it could hit him. The two then threw their guardians at each other. Duno, growing very irritated with these delays in his scheme, thrust his sword into the floor, emitting flames of positive energy across the entire room.
"Look out!" Myles hollered.
However, the flames were too large to evade and got both the heroes and the guardians. Duno escaped to the third floor.

Leeds was growing weary of Atroshi, Doc Bocks, and Paxton's interference. He knew that these three were of no importance to his objective. He flew up the tower in an attempt to cut off the heroes before they reach the top.
"After him!" Paxton shouted and the trio entered the tower themselves.

Rod and his friends came to. However, so did the guardians who were really upset now. The five heroes fled, running up to the third floor with the guardians following, zapping them along the way.
On the third floor, rather than spEnd any time solving the puzzle to open the path to the fourth floor, Duno used a mixture of his magic and the Certus's power to blast the pathway open.
"Man, that's smart," Andrew thought.
Rod was about to throw his hammer at the sorceror to slow him down but was immediately zapped in the back by the guardians before he could.
"Rod!" his friends cried.
The guardians were ready to unleash their fury on the heroes. However, they were bombarded with exploding beakers from Doc Bocks who arrived in the nick of time, along with Atroshi and Paxton.
"We'll keep these things occupied," said Doc Bocks.
"Just don't let Duno reach the beacon," Paxton added.
The trio dealt with the guardians themselves as the heroes proceeded after Duno onto the fourth floor.

The fourth floor was identical to the fourth floor of the Tower of Positivity. A room with an extended ceiling that would involve a very exhausting and careful climb. The heroes arrived, much to Duno's dismay.
"You're beginning to really upset me. You're not even worth my time," said Duno.
"Give it up, Duno. This is a fight you can't win," said Rod.
"On the contrary, outsider. I should crush you right now but it'd be unwise to waste precious time should the Polarity Zone collapse on itself at any moment. I have to fix that before it does," said Duno.
Immediately, Leeds smashed through the wall from outside tHe tower to challenge the heroes again.
"Perfect timing, my friend," said Duno.
"Not again," Andrew groaned.
"This time, don't let them pass. The Xin is right up above and I haven't the time to spare for anymore interruptions," Duno instructed.
Of course, instead of doing the trial set up in the room, Duno launched himself upwardly with a fiery eruption of the Certus's energy, rocketing himself up to the entrance to the fifth floor.
"Duno's getting away!" said Myles.
"But I don't think we are," Adam thought as Leeds flew at them at great speed.
The edges of his wings knocked the heroes on all sides. Leeds wasn't letting them get away this time. As the fight went on, Rod was about to throw his hammer again but immediately stopped himself and looked up at the entrance to the fifth floor high up above. He asked Andrew,
"Andrew, can you guys keep him busy?"
"For what?" Andrew asked.
"I'm going after Duno."
"And leave us behind with this thing?"
"Just distract him. Besides, Duno's almost at the top of the tower. If he gets there, all this fighting will mean nothing. I'll go after him to try to slow him down. You guys follow when you're done here."
"If we ever get done. Alright then. Go!"
Rod didn't want to leave his friends behind to deal with Leeds but he had a point. Duno could be at the top right now. Like he did at the Tower of Positivity, Rod's hammer lifted him up to the top of the room where the entrance was. He hurried up to the fifth floor as the others stayed behind to keep Leeds busy.

Meanwhile, the Minustry wasn't too far from the tower now. They could see it just over the horizon.
"There's the Tower of Negativity, my homies," said Osiris.
The purple beacon was still lit, meaning the Xin was still at it's altar and Duno had not yet reached it.
"Osiris, the beacon's still lit."
"That's what's up. Duno hasn't gotten it yet. Let's make sure he doesn't," Osiris declared as the Minustry made their way toward the tower.

Atroshi, Doc Bocks, and Paxton were giving it their all againsT the tower guardians. Paxton used his strings like a pair of whips, Doc Bocks used his springy arms, and Atroshi swallowed them and threw them at each other encased in eggs. But the guardians kept on coming.
"It's no use. They won't stop," said Paxton.
"Stay back," Doc Bocks warned.
He threw a beaker of blinding gas that allowed the trio to escape to the fourth floor. Once the smokescreen disappeared, the tower guardians gave chase.

Duno could just imagine the perfect world for the benefit of his race which was only moments away from becoming a true thing.
"It will be the extinction of the Plussembly race and the new lifestyle of the Minustry to survive for centuries to come. The dreams of my ancestor's will become a reality. And it's only a little further away," said Duno.
He was then abruptly smashed to the side from Rod's hammer which he had extended and enlarged the head of. The hammer returned to normal size and length.
"I nearly gave up on myself, Duno. But my friends reminded me of what a hero I am. I've thwarted so many enemies over the years, some even from different worlds. Despite the disadvantages I was at, I still managed to defeat them. My rival, aliens, beings from other dimensions, even a guy in a chicken costume. I've never lost before and I won't lose now," Rod claimed.
Rod's interference really pushed Duno over the edge.
"Filthy, despicable, weak, deficient, annoying vermin! That's the last mistake you'll ever make!" Duno retorted.
Having had enough of Rod's meddling, Duno projected magical orbs from his finger tips, which grew in size as they flew at Rod. Swinging his hammer, Rod bashed the orbs away as he charged at the sorceror with a mighty swing. Duno simply countered this with his sword, pushing the hammer like it was nothing. Duno then attacked with a fiery swipe of his sword, throwing Rod against the wall. Then he lifted it high over his head and summoned flaming plus signs that crashed through the walls like comets. Rod was only able to barely dodge them in time then threw his hammer at Duno. The wizard instead held his hand out to grab it in midair. When he did, the hammer pulled him along, crashing onto the floor and unable to lift the hammer off the floor due to Nerkoth's enchantment which didn't find him worthy. The hammer then lifted Duno up and slammed him repeatedly on the floor before returning to Rod's hands.
"Believe it or not, this isn't even my fullest potential. I'm unable to unleash my true strength in this dimension but the words of my friends inspired me. That I don't need any special powers to be a hero. And we'll all manage to stop you together, despite our disadvantage," Rod stated.
Duno flipped back up.
"You continue ramble on about how you could possibly overpower me. Care to explain?" Duno questioned.
"It's simple really. My friends have overcome tough obstacles before. So have I. We can overcome you too. And besides that, I know your weakness," said Rod.
"You know my weakness, you say? Is that so?"
"The Certus gives you all that extra power. It makes you stronger than everyone in the Polarity Zone. We're all nothing but picnic ants compared to you. But that power is all positive energy, which you can't live off of beinG a Minustring. It's likely to kill you if you let it get too far out of hand which you couldn't even hope to control."
"Who are you to say that?"
"You have to learn how to use it before you can unleash it's fullest potential otherwise it's useless to you. And since you can't live off of positive energy, if you even try to control it in the slightest, you'll kill yourself."
Duno, grasping his sword which housed the Certus, stood silently staring Rod down.
"Oh, you're much wiser than I give you credit for. Indeed, the Certus's energy would kill me in an instant if I didn't use it carefully. How clever of you to realize that," Duno flattered.
And then he charged up, surrounding himself in negative and positive energy to even his power out.
"And so I'll just kill you before the Certus gets too far out of my control!" Duno shouted.
Now in a magical force field of both energies, Duno unleashed his fury upon his new nemesis. This time, Duno was far too swift and strong for Rod to keep up with or even damage in the slightest. Rod's hammer swings only pushed Duno back just a bit, not quite enough to give Rod room in between them.
"What's the matter, outsider? You said you could do better than that," Duno swaggered then projected an orange ray from his eye inside the black growth on his face, pushing Rod across the whole room.

Adam had a grip on Leed's tail and was holding him as best as he could. But Leeds took flight with Adam hanging on.
Myles, Andrew, and Angie grabbed on to free Adam as Leeds flailed them around, throwing them back onto the floor. Atroshi, Doc Bocks, and Paxton arrived to assist them.
"Just in time," said Angie.
Atroshi headbutted Leeds, pushing him away and kept him busy.
"Where's your other friend?" Doc Bocks asked.
"He went on without us," said Andrew.
"He probably needs you. Leave the monster to us," said Paxton.
Just then, Leeds bashed Atroshi away and roared at the whole team with fury. That's when the tower guardians arrived and witnessed the battle. After seeing everyone fight this menacing creature, the guardians realized that maybe they were wrong to attack them. They joined the fray, zapping Leeds with their gem lasers.
"The guardians," said Adam.
"They're helping," said Angie.
"Well it's about time they caught on," said Doc Bocks.
"Hurry! Your friend could be in trouble," Paxton advised.
"We don't know if we have time to reach him," said Andrew.
"Climb on," Doc Bocks instructed retreating into his box.
The heroes climbed on top of his box.
"Wait, you're not really going to launch us up there?" Myles asked.
And Doc Bocks did just that when he sprung out of his box, launching the four to the top. The dinosaur king, the doctor, and the puppet master joined the guardians in their fight against Leeds as Rod's friends carried on to help him.

It seemed Duno was easily gaining the upper hand over Rod who practically stood no chance against the wizard now. Duno imprisoNed him in a orb of a mix of negative and positive energy then magically pushed Rod away, crashing him into the wall. Rod's friends arrived and saw Rod's condition.
"Roddy!" Angie cried.
"More pests! I've had about enough of you!" said Duno.
"And vice-versa," Adam retorted.
The other four heroes charged at Duno in a desperate attempt to stop him.
"No, don't!" Rod hollered.
The four heroes were immediately pushed back by a barrier of positive energy. Duno began warping here and there, delivering powerful blows to each one of them, knocking them all down without so much as taking a breath of air. Adam groaned in annoyance and came at the wizard with a mighty punch. Duno instead froze Adam with his magic and pushed him with a force form his palm. Myles attacked from behind only for Duno to warp and reappear behind Myles, zapping him with rays from his eyes. Andrew and Angie then rushed down the sorceror who responded by swiping his sword in plus-shaped swipes, launching flames at the duo. Meanwhile, Rod was still too horribly beaten to help.
"It's no use," Duno proclaimed.
He felt as though the fight was already won.

As the Minustry was walking along, they suddenly felt a slight shaking beneath their feet.
"Hey yo, what the hell?"
"Man, what is that?"
Osiris knew.
"Crap! The Polarity Zone is already beginning to fall apart," he thought.
The quake was also reaching across the Plussembly's half of the zone. Like Osiris, Vireo, who was still ill, could feel that the Polarity Zone would eventually destroy itself. With negative energy overrunning the zone and positive energy disAppearing, their world will be gone before Duno could even fix it or Rod and his friends could even save it. In the end, all of this fighting probably won't mean anything.

Everyone in the tower could feel the quake themselves. The ceilings above and the floors below were already crumbling.
"What's going on? What's up with the earthquake?" said Angie.
"It's not on earthquake. We're not on Earth," Andrew corrected.
"Blast!" Duno groaned. "Your delays have cost me valuable time. If I don't retrieve the Xin right now, the whole Polarity Zone will cease to exist."
"The end of the Polarity Zone?" said Adam.
"You mean we'll die inside of it?" Myles asked.
Duno turned to leave and resume his climb to the top of the tower. However, Rod knew that even if Duno could restore the balance, he will still have both the Xin and the Certus and in the end, it wouldn't matter anyway. Duno would still win.
"Not... if I... can help it!" Rod said using what strength he had left to throw his hammer at Duno.
The hammer slammed right into Duno's sword, directly into the Certus itself. This caused a terrible explosion of fire that pushed everyone in the room aside. The explosion was even strong enough to destroy parts of the surrounding walls in the room. And much to the horror of everyone there, the jaggedy stone exterior of the Certus had shattered, releasing the fire inside of it. The true form of the Certus. With nothing to contain it, the Certus began to rapidly spread, just like real wild fire.

The Certus grew enough to engulf the entire tower, in what looked like a volcanic eruption of flames. The whole sky was orange with dark red clouds, as though the apocaplyse was approaching the Polarity Zone. The Minustry immediately witnessed this.
"Retreat!" Osiris ordered.
The Minustry retreated out of harm's way to avoid being engulfed by the burning pure positive energy. Otherwise they would all die just by making contact with it.

The whole tower was crumbling piece by piece as everyone inside tried to hang on to keep from being sucked into the flames. The first to go were the Tower Guardians who were obliterated in the eruption. Atroshi and Paxton were holding onto Doc Bocks to keep from being pulled in.
"Quick! Get inside!" Doc Bocks said taking the two into his box and closing it tightly to keep them all safe.
Meanwhile, Leeds, who couldn't get a grip on the floor because of his hooves, was sucked into the Certus, Burning inside the flames as he screeched in pain. It appeared that Duno's monster was gone at last.

Meanwhile, on the fifth floor, Duno was very much displeased with Rod's interference.
"Fool! Nimrod! Now look at what you've done!" he shouted.
Rod's friends helped him to his feet. Though each one of them were barely able to stand, while at the same time, trying to hold their footing to keep from being sucked in.
"The stone casing was meant to house the Certus to keep it from expanding out of control! Now that it's been shattered, positive energy's overtaking the Polarity Zone! And unless the Xin restores the negative energy, we'll all be dead!" Duno stated.
In a fit of anger, he rushed up the steps to the reach the beacon.
"Duno's escaping!" said Adam.
The five heroes hurried after Duno up the steps. And once they reach the beacon, who knew which of them will get the Xin first? As they climbed, there was a huge problem going through Rod's mind. Even if they somehow, miraculously stop Duno from getting the Xin, how are they supposed to fix the damage themselves? Time was running out. The positive energy of the Certus was growing more and more and only the negative energy of the Xin can counter it.

Duno finally reached the top of the tower. In the center was the beacon where the Xin was housed behind a cement casing and a single ray of purple light shined upward from it.
"The Xin. I have it at last," said Duno as he walked toward it.
Rod and his friends finally arrived but it was far too late now.
"Oh no!" Angie cried.
"You're too late!" Duno told them.
The whole roof of the tower crumbled and the debris was sucked into the Certus. The five heroes tried to keep their footing. Could this Armageddon in the Polarity Zone?

Standing in triumph, Duno held his arms up to make his declaration for what is to come for the Polarity Zone out to everyone out there. Both the Plussembly and the Minustry.
"Plussemblings! Behold, your Saviors! What Good have they brought you?!" he announced, rubbing in the fact that Rod and his friends had failed. He went on,
"Minustrings, rejoice! I, Duno Sabiz, bring you, my people, a new age of rapture! As it should have been! Centuries of war from the Plussembly race will not be forgiven! My forefathers believed in a better world fit for the Minustry! And finally, after countless, meaningless years of living with such verminious beings that is the Plussembly! You shunned me for my intentions to better our society! But I will overlook your ban upon me as what matters to me the most is for you, the Minustry, to prosper for eternity! And you, Plussemblings, will plague my people no longer!"
The five heroes rushed down the sorceror in what might have been their most desperate attempt to stop him. But even without the Certus, Duno was still strong on his own. Despite the grim situation, Rod got to his hands and knees and used his hammer to lift himself back onto his feet. Having come all this way, after so much effort he and his friends put in to save the Polarity Zone, still it was all for nothing. He had conquered powerful foes in the past but Duno Sabiz was too far out of his league. Rod refuse to accept this loss and insult.
"This can't be. I! Never! LOSE!!!" Rod roared, slamming his hammer on the floor, with rage.
With a flick of his finger, Duno easily zapped the pathetic human, making him drop his hammer. In the end, Duno Sabiz was the last one standing.
"You can't win them all," he said.
As Duno walked toward the Xin's altar, everyone did their best to get back up and keep fighting. They refused to let it end like this after all the effort them put in to coming this far. Rod held his hand out to call his hammer to him but immediately stopped when something came to his mind. Maybe he had another idea?

The source of all negative energy that the Minustry requires to survive was just inches away from Duno's possession. He zapped at the stone housing with magic to break through it and retrieve the object.
"The Minustry failed to see the world I saw. To see the Polarity Zone as their land of harmony. And they would never think too look past it..." Duno said when the housing broke. "... to discover it's beauty."
There it was. In all of it's splendor. The other sacred, ancient object in the Polarity Zone: the Xin. It resembled a purple crystal with an orb that contained a minus sign inside of it. It gave off purple, electrical sparks of negative energy. And it was just as glamorous to the eye as the Certus.
"Such magnificence," Duno said admiring the Xin.
The heroes were awestruck by the sight of the object themselves.
"That's the Xin?" said Myles.
"Duno's taking it! Stop him!" said Adam.
"No! Let him have it," Rod insisted.
His friends could not believe what he just said.
"Let him have it?! Are you crazy?!" said Myles.
"If he wants the Xin so badly, then it's his," said Rod.
"What the hell's the matter with you, Rod?" Adam questioned.
However, despite Rod's advice, Adam refused to let evil win the day.
"Over my dead body!" he proclaimed as he sprung to his feet and charged at Duno.
"ADAM! NO!" Rod shouted.
At that moment, Duno grabbed the Xin with his hand, which suddenly caused an electrical explosion of negative energy that knocked Adam back to his friends. The Xin's energy circulated through Duno's blood veins as the sorceror cried out in agony. Despite being a Minustring, the Xin's negative energy was too much for even a single Minustring to take. The sorceror was completely overtaken by the Xin and stunned, entirely unable to move a muscle as he continued shouting. And if that wasn't too much for him, the flames of the Certus spiraled around him, getting mixed with the Xin's electricity in a fiery, electrical cyclone.
"RUN! RUN!" Rod cried.
All five heroes retreated, running down the steps leaving Duno to suffer the combined overwhelming might of the Certus and the Xin. Both positive and negative energies flowed through Duno's body, who was unable to gain any sort of control over these two forces. Their powers were far beyond what he anticipated.

The heroes made it down to the fourth floor where Doc Bocks had released Paxton and Atroshi who didn't have a clue what was happening.
"What's going on?" Paxton asked.
"The tower's falling apart! It's gonna blow!" said Andrew.
Atroshi lifted Adam and Angie onto hIs back and carried them off. Doc Bocks took Andrew and Myles into his box and rolled away with them. Paxton and Rod followed after. But then Rod remembered,
"My hammer! I forgot my hammer!
"Well you can't go back for it now!" said Paxton.
The two followed after the others. Along the way, fiery plus signs and electric minus signs came crashing down like a meteor shower. Back up top, Duno's flesh was burning away, his robe caught fire, and the black growth on his face was bulging. Soon, negative energy in the form of purple lightning struck from the sky and combined with the Certus's flames, mixing together. Duno's growth exploded, taking off half of his face.
"THIS IS BOGUS, DAWG!" Duno shouted, speaking slang like his people for the very first time.
The amount of energy from the Certus and the Xin caused Duno's whole body to explode in an orange and purple explosion, killing the sorceror. The explosion caused the Xin to shatter, unleashing it's true form as purple electricity from inside. The explosion was so massive and powerful that it blew everyone out of the tower and reached as far as to the ends of the zone. Finally, after one last enormous explosion, the screen shattered. The pieces of the shattered screen became black shards which pieced together to form the Yresyr. Then a blue tidal wave splashed across the screen, forming into the shape of water drops: the Fyl. A fiery plus sign slashed across the screen before the flames solidfied into the original stone containment of the Certus. Finally, a purple horizontal bolt of electricity swept the screen before solidfying into the crystal containment of the Xin. Like two magnets, the Certus and the Xin were repelling each other to seperate themselves. In one final explosion of fire and electricity, the two objects scattered, soaring across the land of the Polarity Zone.

After such a scary experience, it seemed, surprisingly, that the Polarity Zone was left entirely intact. There was no destruction done. Everything was as it should be. Over on the Plussembly's side of the zone, the villagers instantly felt the positive energy restore within their bodies and were no longer weak or ill.
"What's crack-a-lackin' homies?"
"I feel excellent, dude! Like awesome!"
The three Plussemblings Rod met when he first arrived, checked on Vireo who was resting in his bed. Suddenly, their elder awoke and felt totally energized again.
"Vireo!"
"You're alright!"
"I'm... I'm alive?" Vireo said. Then he happily cheered, "I'm alive! You're alive! We're all alive!"
The whole Plussembly village celebrated with joy. Positive energy was restored in the zone and their race can continue to live on.

Meanwhile, back on the Minustry's land, Osiris and his men all survived the explosion themselves without any harm.
"Osiris? Are you okay?"
"I'm... I'm fine. I'm alright! We're all alright!" Osiris cheered.
The Minustry celebrated their survival themselves. Both races survived what was almost the end of their world.

As for our heroes? Like the Tower of Positivity, the Tower of Negativity was completely demolished itself, no longer standing. Nothing left but a pile of ruBble. That was all that remained. Or was it? Out from the pile, Atroshi arised. He shook his head a little dazed from it all. He dug Adam and Angie out from the debris and the two came out just fine.
"Angie?"
"Adam?"
"Where's everyone else?
Doc Bocks's box leaped out from under the pile and the doctor sprung out, dropping Myles and Andrew.
"Myles! You're alright!" said Andrew.
"You too!" said Myles.
"Is everyone alright?" Doc Bocks asked.
Paxton's hand reached out from under the pile and Andrew and Myles dug him out.
"Thank you, friends," the puppet master thanked.
"But where's... where's Rod?" Andrew asked.
Some slight whistling in the air arose and from out of nowhere came Rod's hammer, Caer, which flew right past everyone, luckily not smashing into them. The hammer flew right over another pile where Rod's hand rose out and caught the hammer. The hammer lifted Rod out from under the debris. Though he was feeling pretty banged up from that experience.
"Rod!"
They were all thankful for his survived and crowded around him.
"¡Aye! Not so hard!" Rod said.
Paxton, Doc Bocks, and Atroshi were relieved themselves. Despite the odds, our heroes successfully and unbelievably worked a miracle. Rod chuckled and said,
"We won."
He then laughed again and said,
"We won without doing anything."
Everyone joined in on the laugh and celebration.
"In the end, Duno defeated himself," said Andrew.
"I guess he never stood a chance of controlling both the Certus and the Xin at the same time," Adam thought.
"Exactly as I thought," said Rod.
"Huh?" everyone gasped.
"Vireo said that it wouldn't be wise to have both the Certus and the Xin too close together. They've all been too afraid to risk it. Duno was too blinded by his own motivation to change the Polarity Zone to remember the warning. That's why I allowed him to claim them both if he wanted them so badly. And the result wasn't pretty. It was very risky because I wouldn't have known whether or not it would've killed us too. But thankfully it worked out the way I hoped it would," Rod illustrated.
"His own mistake was the result of his demise. Clever!" Doc Bocks flattered.
"Thanks doc," Rod thanked.
"Yes, very clever," the voice of Osiris said offscreen.
The Minustrings went over to the heroes. Osiris was most astonished.
"Color me impressed. Guess I didn't give you dudes enough credit," he said.
"Osiris? You followed us?" Angie asked.
"Hey, I wasn't about to place my trust in you strangers who just so happened to show up when we were in trouble. No way I was gonna believe that. But you proved me wrong. Congratulations, yo!" Osiris praised.
The rest of the Minustrings cheered in celebration of our heroes's victory over the rogue wizard of their own kind who had been plagueing both them and the Plussembly for years.
"Duno Sabiz has been destroyed. He believed our race to be superior and well cultured. He believed the morals of our ancestors. But time has changed and the Minustry wants to live with the Plussembly in peace. With Duno defeated, neither of us will have to worry about war waging once again between us. And we owe it to you, strangers," said Osiris.
Paxton stepped forward.
"Forgive us," Paxton apologized.
"How rude of us to assault you before. When the Certus was gone, the disruption in polarity caused us to behave erratically," said Doc Bocks.
Atroshi made a slight growl and Paxton asked,
"No hard feelings?"
"Nah. Guess not. You made up for it by helping us," said ROd.
But their moment of triumph was cut short when something began to move underneath the tower's remains. Everyone stood still, fearing the worst. That Duno might have survived. Instead of the wicked sorceror, however, it was Leeds who was still alive somehow.
"¡Hijole!" Rod gasped.
However, before the monster could unleash his fury, he instantly dropped to the ground. Soon the creature stopped breathing and remained complEtely still with his eyes closed as though he was dead. Everyone stood still waiting for Leeds to make any sudden movements but nothing happened.
"Is he dead?" Andrew asked.
"No," Osiris answered.
Osiris walked toward the inanimate monster's body just lieing there and stated,
"Every 40 years, Duno Sabiz reawakens this monster which stays awake for five days. It's fifth day has past."
Now that it's time was up, the destructive monster of Duno Sabiz, Leeds, had returned to his hibernating state. And so it will stay asleep, for another 40 years.

Our heroes and their new friends had gathered on the Plussembly's side of the Polarity Zone. Polarity was restored, both positive and negative energies will enrich the lands and allow both the Plussembly and the Minustry to live on in peace without fear of Duno Sabiz ever again.
"You know something, boy?" Vireo said to Rod. "You're tight. I didn't even really believe in you. I just told you that I did. But everything you told me when we first met was true and I'm sorry I doubted you."
"That's okay, Vireo," said Rod.
"We're just thankful that we were able to help you," said Myles.
"Yeah but uh... what about the Certus?" Andrew asked.
"And the Xin?" Angie added.
Osiris and the Minustry were there too.
"Well homie, maybe they're better off apart from us," Osiris thought. "You feel me?"
"I feel ya, dawg," Vireo agreed.
"You think they're better off lost?" Rod questioned.
"But what will you do about the energies?" Angie asked.
"You can't live without the Certus or the Xin," said Myles.
"Chillax. Yes, the Certus and the Xin are responsible for keeping polarity in check. When the Certus was gone, the Xin was spreading negative energy all across the Polarity Zone," said Vireo.
"That's because it was the only one of the two that was still active. But now that both have been removed, polarity is balanced again. Plus that big explosion that we thought was going to be the end of us caused a widespread of both energies for all of us," said Osiris.
"Enough to give back my people their life source," said Vireo.
"But what about the towers? They're both destroyed," said Andrew.
"The towers are not of any concern right now. Without the Certus and the Xin, what's the point?" said Osiris.
"After that explosion, the Certus and the Xin scattered and went their seperate ways. They're lost somewhere in the Polarity Zone," said Vireo.
"And somewhere, they're both spreading their respective energies for the Plussembly and the Minustry to keep on living. But for now, their the most safest when they're lost," Osiris thought.
"Hell yes. If they stay lost then no one will ever find them. And if no one ever finds them, we'll never have to face another disaster like this again," said Vireo.
"As long as they're lost for good, we'll be completely safe and sound. Isn't that right, homeboy?"
"Positively, mah brotha."
Vireo and Osiris were very sure about that. The might of the Certus and the Xin are beyond anyone's control. TThat kind of power isn't meant for anyone to possess. It's for the best that they stay lost for good so no one will ever try to take advantage of them again. And wherever they are right now, they'll continue to spread their positive and negative energies for the Plussembly and Minustry to live off of. That's what matters the most.
"Thank you... Rodolfo. Thank you, all of you," Vireo thanked.
"The Polarity Zone's not our world. But there was no way we could go home and leave you hanging," said Andrew.
"In fact, we owed it to you," said Adam.
Doc Bocks was walking around with some sort of contraption.
"If I could only find any sign of a gateway leading back into your world, you'll be able to return. Damn, this thing must be bugged!" Doc Bocks groaned, pounding his fist on the device.
"What about you guys?" Rod asked Paxton.
"Don't worry about us. With the Plussembly and the Minustry welcoming me to their lands, I'll never feel lonesome again. It will be like having a real family at last," Paxton said, taking out one of his cheerful puppets to show.
Angie petted Atroshi's head, and the young dinosaur really enjoyed that.
"I'm sure you'll make a fine king," she told him.
"I guess that's it, then," Rod thought. "We're on our way home."
The three Plussemblings Rod met when he first arrived were there to see him off.
"Write us, will ya?"
"I don't think my postal service delivers to other dimensions," Rod thought.
Doc Bocks was still pounding his device when it finally located something.
"Ah-ha! Yes!" he said.
He threw the device onto the ground wHich made a tiny rip in the fabric of time and space that steadily grew wider.
"I finally found a gateway. This should take you back home. But it won't stay open for long. You'll have to take your leave immediately," Doc Bocks advised.
Our heroes knew that it was time to say their final good-byes. They had quite an adventure that could've them their lives as well as the Polarity Zone itself. And that was one journey they'll never forget.
"Bueno. So long Vireo. Osiris. I wish your people the best," Rod wished.
"So long, Rodolfo. Goodbye everyone," said Vireo.
"Thank you again. You truly and rightfully are our heroes," said Osiris.
The rest of the Plussembly and Minustry as well as Paxton, Doc Bocks, and Atroshi said their last farewells as Rod and his friends approached the ripple to go back home to Earth where they belong. It was pretty tight squeeze for them as the ripple wasn't really wide enough but they managed to get through. Once they crossed over, Doc Bocks deactivated his device and the gateway was sealed. Their adventure in the Polarity Zone was through. After overcoming all obstacles they faced, all the enemies they made along the way, as well as some friends, all the mistakes that were made, all the risks that were taken, they were still successful in triumphing over Duno Sabiz. The wizard will never plague the Polarity Zone ever again. Failing to heed the warnings of the legends behind the Certus and the Xin, Duno became a victim of his own foolishness.

Peace has been restored to the Polarity Zone. The Plussembly and the Minustring continue to live in harmony. And that's much better than living in never-ending war as they did when the Polarity Zone first came into existance. The Magnificent Paxton never felt lonely again. The Plussembly and the Minustry did not mind his presence. And he continues to whittle away and add to his puppet collection and putting on the best performances to the amusement of both of these races. Doc Bocks returned to his castle performing all sorts of experiments and inventing. Of course, that was just a side hobby. He also ran a dental service and had quite a lot of business from both the Plussembly and the Minustry. Atroshi III became the new monarch of Atro City among the dinosaurs. His followers will worship and obey their newly born king until the birth of Atroshi IV. The Polarity Zone will continue to revolve.

Somewhere in this world, there lie these two almighty objects of infinite powers. Beneficial or destructive, depending on what hands they're in. And there may not be any chance of finding them ever again. Somewhere in this world, something was glimmering under the sand and was unearthed when the wind kicked up. There was the source of all negative energy in existance in this world: the Xin. Suddenly, out from the ground emerged a giant hook on a chain which pulled the Xin into a mysterious and frightening void as an unknown being cackled demonically. Meanwhile, the Certus's whereabouts remain unknown.

Finally, our heroes, who have returned back home to Earth, were about to go their seperate ways again. Everyone had gathered at the airport for Adam to see them off.
"It's too bad our time together was spent elsewhere. But maybe you can come visit again next time," Adam thought.
"It's not the vacation I was expecting. But it was pretty adventurous," Myles thought.
"Well, Adam. Guess this is goodbye for now," Rod said bidding his friend farewell.
"Of course. Have a safe flight back home," said Adam.
"We can't wait to see you again, Adam. Whenever that'll be," said Andrew.
The flight to the US was called and Rod, Andrew, Angie, and Myles were all seT to go back home. Adam waved goodbye to his friends and his friends waved back.
"I think I've had enough adventure for a while," Rod thought.
Just as they were leaving Andrew stopped in his tracks then instant he remembered something.
"What's up, Andrew?" Myles asked.
"Hey guys, we forgot the rental car. We left it back in the Polarity Zone," Andrew recalled.
"Oh crap! And we totalled it," said Rod.
"We didn't even own that car," said Angie.
"So what do we do?" Myles asked.
Everyone exchanged awkward glances then quickly boarded the plane to leave the country in a hurry.
"I guess they couldn't wait to go home," Adam thought. "Oh well. We'll meet again, I'm certain."
And so Adam went on with his life at his home country while his friends went on with their own in the US. The Polarity Zone wasn't exactly the vacation destination they had in mind but at least they spent their adventure together and triumphed over the mad sorceror. They'll probably never return to that world ever again but it's for certain that the Plussembly and the Minustry will never forget their heroics. As soon as Rod returned home, the first place he went to was his gallery of rogues he conquered before. After Peckatrice, he added a new piece and a new villain to his collection. The Sword of Duno Sabiz and a portrait of the rogue Minustring himself. When that was done, he went to finally enjoy his own little vacation after his vacation. During the week he was away, the Mighty Lightning's fame had spread through Austin, praising his victory over the foulplayer, Peckatrice. Rod sat there enjoying the newspaper and magazine articles about the hero that saved their city and made a grand return after a year of absence. If only anyone could ever believe Rod's adventure in the Polarity Zone.

Unbeknownst to anyone, however, some strange happenings had been occuring during the events in the Polarity Zone. In Forever Realm, the home of the Forever Deities, the holy Prospedite, Exaltheart, and Sacremight were racing frantically to their vault where the Yresyr was kept for safe keeping.
"What do you think that was?" Sacremight asked.
"It came from our vault," said Prospedite.
"I have a bad feeling about this," said Exaltheart.
To their horror, the entire door of their vault was blown off and tiny black shards were scattered everywhere. Fearing the worst, the trio hurried into the vault, assuming someone had attempted to steal the Yresyr that was sworn to be kept safely inside. But oddly enough, although the vault's treasures were wrecked, the one thing that stayed entirely intact and undisturbed was the Yresyr itself. No sign of any intruders but plenty of damage. If there was no break-in, then why did the vault suddenly explode?

The royal servants of Prince Ulrich and Prince Xander of the Bendigedig Kingdom were cleaning up a blue flood that had overtaken the castle.
"What do you mean the vault just randomly burst open?" Prince Ulrich questioned the guards.
"Your majesty, we assure you that no one was around nor did anyone get into the vault," one of the guards insisted.
"Why would this flood suddenly happen?" Prince Xander questioned.
While the servants were cleaning up the mess, a familiar friend of Rodolfo entered the castle, unannounced.
"We granted you no such permission to enter our royal abode," Prince Ulrich told the man.
The man was Kul Nerkoth, the one who fought Ymundra the Frost Elf centuries ago and gifted his own hammer to Rod. And he was not in any mood to show any respect for the two royal brothers. He was rather angry, in fact.
"You promised the Fyl would be kept safe in your possession," said Nerkoth.
"We don't know how this happened," Prince Xander claimed.
"I trusted you to ensure it never falls into the wrong hands ever again. You've betrayed me!" Nerkoth argued.
"Betrayed you? How dare you!" Ulrich snapped.
"We can assure you, sir Nerkoth, that the Fyl still resides within our vault. Have a look yourself," Xander stated.
The Fyl was in fact still in the royal vault. Though the whole vault was flooded with Fyl liquid. But the object itself was still there just as the two princes swore.
"The Fyl's been sealed safely inside all this time. Our guards claim the vault happened to explode and unleashed a flood throughout the castle," said Xander.
"But why that happened, we haven't the slightest clue," said Ulrich.
Nerkoth pondered a little and figured,
"The Fyl's still here and something suddenly caused it to react spontaneously. If no one had gotten in then it shouldn't have acted the way it did. I can only assume that somewhere else, some of these fragments had gotten a little too close."
"You're muttering, sir Nerkoth. What are you saying?" Ulrich questioned.
"Stories that I've been told claim it's too dangerous to keep these objects too close to each other. That's why I didn't leave the Fyl with the Yresyr. If I had, they would've both reacted to the other's presence and done an unbelievable amount of damage. This damage here is harmless compared to the wrath of two objects together," said Nerkoth.
"But if the Yresyr and the Fyl are in two different places, this shouldn't have happened," Xander thought.
"Stories also state that these objects can sense each other's presence even from afar. I can only assume that somewhere else, at least another two have surfaced and been brought together. The Fyl likely sensed that which would explain why this explosion may have happend. I'd suppose the Yresyr did the same in Forever Realm. If my theory's correct, that could only mean at least two others have been discovered," Nerkoth thought.
The Soul Crusader continued pondering on the subject as the two princes watched him, unable to follow his complex theories.
"It makes no sense whatsoever. These fragments have long been forgotten for milleniums and have never resurfaced. However, at least four have recently been discovered in the following years one after another. That can't be coincidence. If so, there remains two more out there," said Nerkoth.
"I don't believe we follow," said Ulrich.
"I don't expect you to. I'll have to look into this myself," Nerkoth decided.
"Couldn't at you at least help us tidy up the castle before you go?" Xander requested.
But Nerkoth walked away anyway. He had some important matters to attend to.
"I suppose not," Xander thought.
Both the Fyl and the Yresyr remain in safe hands. But their reactions may have been the result of two other powerful objects coming to close. Nerkoth took out his book of these legends and objects and said,
"The universe was born as a single mass of matter. Then the great explosion occured which shaped the universe as we know it now. In six days, the worlds we live in were forged, each day represent by a single fragment of the universe before. These fragments existed as one just as the one universe until the explosion which caused them to seperate. Legends state the explosion was their own doing. These objects wished to be kept apart, refusing to be united again. Doing so would cause another universal explosion, obliterating all existing worlds, and reshaping an entirely new universe all over again. Each one of them possess extraordinary power beyond compare."
He flipped through the pages of his book and discovered two pages that showed the Certus and the Xin, with the words "Positivity" and "Negativity" written on them.
"If another two have been found, it only seems logical that it would be these as they're said to exist in the same world. I must make haste to that world to investigate," Nerkoth declared.
The Soul Crusader departed from the Bendigedig Kingdom to take a trip into the Polarity Zone himself. And maybe he'll find some answers to these mysterious happenings himself.

In Rodolfo's gallery, there was an elderly man showing his three grandchildren, two boys and one girl, one of the boys being only a toddler, some of the relics. He held in his hands two different spears. One had an arrow head on one end and a ring at the other end. The other spear had a cross on one end and a ring at the the other. Looking closely, these spears resembled the Mars and Venus symbols used to represent males and females.
"That's so cool!" said the oldest of the two boys.
"We didn't know you went into space, grandpa," said the girl, who was at least one year older than the oldest of the boys.
"Those two almost caused the end of superheroes and the end of the world. But my friends and I pulled through," their grandfather said putting the spears back on display.
"Then what happened, grandpa?" the smallest of the boys and the youngest of the three asked.
"Well we never found him. Didn't even know where to look for him. So we couldn't give it to him. Instead we got rid of it ourselves. We made took an oath stating that neither of us would tell anyone what we did with it. And no one would ever find it," their grandpa went on.
"Wow! Are all those stories true, grandpa?" the oldest boy asked.
"Every story I've told you is true. My birthday. Fear incarnate. Superheroes. The Frost Elves. The wizard. The fight in New York. Our trip into space. It's all true. And believe it or not... that still wasn't the end of it all," said their grandpa.
"There's more?" the girl asked.
"I promise you, the next story will be the best one I've ever told you. All the adventures I had before were nothing compared to what you're about to hear. But that's for another day."
Then a young man and woman entered. The young man looked like Rodolfo but with brown hair and green eyes and the young woman, his sister, looked like JUMP agent Rhonda but with black hair and brown eyes.
"Renzo. Remo," the woman called to the boys.
"Renay," the man called to the girl.
The boys, Renzo and Remo hugged their mother and the girl, Renay, hugged her father.
"Were they any trouble, dad?" the woman asked.
"No, Ronica. You know I always love the company of my grandchildren," the grandfather, her father, responded.
"Grandpa told us more of his stories," said Renay.
"Dad, why do you tell them these stories?" her father asked.
"Ramiro, you don't live to be 65 years old after accomplishing so much and live to tell it. I've waited a long time to tell you, Ronica, and your kids those stories. Hey, I could've died long before and none of you would've been born," said the grandfather.
"Grandpa and grandma are taking us to lunch," said the youngest boy, Remo.
"Si. Rhonda and I made plans and we'd like to take the kids," the grandfather said, giving his daughter and son a suspicious expression as if it were a secret or something.
"It's alright with me, Renay," said Ramiro.
"Go ahead, boys. I'll pick you up later," said Ronica.
"Thanks mom!" the boys thanked.
"Thanks dad!" the girl thanked as well.
"I'll be right there, kids. I need to talk to your mom and dad first," said the grandfather.
The three grandchildren left their mom, dad, and grandpa to talk alone. Ronica and Ramiro knew exactly what to expect to hear from their father's mouth.
"Mis nietos. They don't know?" he asked.
"We didn't tell them anything," Ronica confirmed.
"Just keep them safe. Will you?" Ramiro requested.
"Bueno. I'm too old to fight anymore so I'm leaving it up to you to take care of it. But don't you even think about dying today. You're supposed to bury me. Not the other way around. Remember, you're my kids," their father told them as he took one look back behind them then walked away, leaving his two children to their task.
"Get ready, hermana," said Ramiro.
Ronica held out the Worthy's hammer in her hand and Ramiro took out the Mighty Lightning's transformer. They looked on at something among their father's gallery that was contained in a glass display and restrained by chains. The vicious monster from the Polarity Zone: Leeds. The two stood there waiting for the fiend to once again awaken. The exact date on the calendar? September 15, 2055.

THE END

(cue credits accompanied by "All Star" by Smash Mouth)

POST CREDITS

It had been one year since Ricardo, Rodolfo's rival, had retreated to DUMP's dimension after his defeat by the Unleashers. He and Rebecca were deeply asleep. As he slept, he started to dream. Or at least, that what he would be doing but he was really talking with Effron in his dream. Ric stood in the center of a ruined planet, his scepter in hand, as Effron went over.
"We haven't forgotten, Ricardo," said Effron reminding him of their agreement.
"I've been stripped of the Yresyr. It's gone forever," Ric replied.
"Nevertheless, our agreement was to eliminate the Forever Heroes in exchange for allowing you to keep the Yresyr and your precious Earth, which you've failed to comply to. Your alliance with Deceassus is at risk," Effron stated.
He hovered over to Ric, standing directly before him, as though to deliberately strike fear into him.
"Deceassus demands to see you. This instant!" Effron informed as he instantly retreated into the distance.
A hall appeared before Ric which would lead him to Deceassus. He reluctantly followed down the hall eventually arriving at Deceassus's throne, which was turned away from him. Effron was watching.
"You have, at your command, your obedient lapdog of a servant to do your bidding but you call on me instead."
"Careful how you speak in his presence, human," Effron warned.
"Since the start, I felt that perhaps I could not fully trust you," Ric claimed.
"You are the one here who hasn't kept up his part," Effron spoke over him.
"My intuition told me that you were going to betray me all along," Ric accused.
"Show your respect in his presence! I demand..." Effron ordered when Ric shot him with a blast from his scepter to silence him.
With Effron out of his way, Ric looked up and confidentally asked,
"What do I have to fear?"
The throne rotated to show Deceassus, who was obscured in the dim lighting, only appearring as a silhouette, his scythe in hand.
"There is much for you to fear, human of Earth," Deceassus stated.
Both Ric and Deceassus made eye contact as Deceassus spoke,
"You accuse me of treason yet you're the one who failed to uphold our deal. Your arguments are meaningless to me. Your attitude annoys me. And most infuriating of all, you allow those Forever Heroes to continue to roam the galaxies as they wish."
Still, however, Ric displayed no sign of fear of Deceassus's words. However, Deceassus was willing to look past Ric's attitude and claimed,
"I have no desire for your tiny Earth or those who inhabitant it, human. It isn't worth my time. But a deal is still a deal. I will still honor our agreement... if you comply. Eliminate those Forever Heroes as you promised and we'll be even. But if you insist on refusing, your planet becomes fair game. And the cosmos will run red with your blood."
This was a warning. Deceassus has no purpose for Earth and was willing to give Ric one more chance to come through with what he promised. Despite this warning, Ric still felt there was nothing to fear. Or maybe, at least, that's the impression he was giving to mask his fear underneath. Ric stared directly at the corrupted former Forever Deity, and replied,
"Frankly, I really don't care what happens down there."
With that, Ric turned away and left. Effron snarled and scowled in disgust. Though Deceassus himself seemed unfazed by Ric's attitude. The throne turned away as multiple scythes lowered down, circling Deceassus. Ric woke up from his telepathic dream. Was he really afraid of Deceassus and tried not to show it? Or was something else on his mind?
"I'm hiding like a coward in this other dimension away from my enemies, which I've made too many of over the years. No matter where I go, it always feels like I don't belong. This place, DUMP's place, even I feel unwelcome here," Ric thought.
He took his scepter and decided,
"My intentions are what made me infamous and why I'm hiding. But I'm done. It's time I finally wised up and found my true calling. I've been on this hell road for too long and have gotten nowhere. It's time I made some changes... for the better. And make a new name for Ricardo."
Without waking and telling Rebecca anything, Ric left, taking his scepter with him. He took out a small device and activated it, which in turn, activated something else on Earth.

Things seemed to be quiet in Austin right now. The Mighty Lightning's publicity had spread through the city in a seven day time span. However, he's not the only one who was coming back. Somewhere in a familiar laboratory, a massive ring-shaped machine activated. A rift in the fabric of space appeared inside the ring and a pair of hands reached out from within and tore through the space rift. Someone stepped through the rift shrouded in black energy which started to shape into black and gold armor along his body. He let out a loud snarl as he crossed over into our dimension. After one year of absence and not showing his face since his defeat, Ricardo, AKA the Kroni, had returned.