The Dominion of Everything

"Alright, so that makes three hundred and sixty-five. . ." The sorceress announced to nobody, checking off another tally on a sheet of parchment paper while she stood in a rocky clearing in a forest. Malisa began drawing up a summoning circle, her preferred method of travel across realities, making sure all the lines were in check. The circle had to be drawn, as using straight up magic like she uses in combat is a very unstable platform for interdimensional travel.

Once the circle was finished, she stepped inside, uttering the incantations needed for the spell to activate. As she did this, the portal began to glow and the edges brought up a barrier, stopping anything from getting in or out. But then, something went wrong. Later on, she would realize that this interference was brought on by a higher being, but for now she was trapped in the present.

"Wha-what's going on?!" The mage exclaimed as the air inside the portal began to shake rapidly. "Something's not-"



The rocky clearing stood empty.

 

A loud roar echoed throughout the black skies of the World That Never Was. Flying around the mechanical silver castle was a large black dragon. It's wingspan at least twenty five feet and it was at least fifteen feet long. As it flew the dragon released a long jet of blue fire straight into the sky. It flew up to the top of the castle as it stopped the fire and gave out one more loud roar. Finally the dragon grabbed onto the sides of the castle near the top, the platform being too small for him to land normally. Waiting on top was a man that seemed unfazed by the mighty dragon. Suddenly a voice rang out without sound, only being heard in the mind. "I have sent out the call. The others will be here soon Zabryth. Any chance you would tell me why you had me call this meeting for you?" Intrio spoke with his mind as he stared at the man he served.

 

"There is a rather simple solution." Matthias spoke as he appeared to the meeting area. "The universe is playing into our hands. We've been deemed a threat. And so, the universe is opting for a way to stop us. The only question is how many are there." He turned to Zabryth. "Am I wrong? As doubtful a suggestion as that is." Matthias turned to the dragon. "Soooo. Ransacked any darven mountains full of riches yet? If you do, beware of the little one who isn't a dwarf. He might be the event that leads to a rather negative path for you." Matthias chuckled at his obvious reference.

 

"Dwarves? I find your stereotyping rather ignorant Matthias. I have no care for material goods. Like you I thirst more for intellectual treasures. And here I thought we were of like minds. Seems I mistook your intelligence for one of those little dwarves you spoke of." Intrio gave his own chuckle at what he said. He didn't really care for any of the other members but Zabryth was interesting. And Matthias, well he was entertaining and nice to get into debates with. But outside of that Intrio didn't like the human much. "Now will the others hurry? I'm growing impatient."

 

As if on cue, Xohka appeared out of the shadows. But the shadow he came out of belonged to Intrio's on the building and he fell. "Dammit! We really need to get a bigger platform for this guy," he yelled. Xohka grabbed a ledge and swung himself to run up the wall and to the platform where the people were standing. He walked a little ways away from the dragon because he knows that Intrio hates weaklings. "Hey, what's up, Intrio?" he said meekly. "So, you guys called?"

 

Zabryth pondered about the new threat to the chaos he had created and turned towards Matthias and nodded in agreement to his suggestion. "'Simple'." Zabryth said with a smile, noticing Matthias's choice of words, "Simplicity does not define the situation we've been confronted with. The universe, on the other hand, has its own plans for us and renders The Syneptophy an unfathomable dilemma."

He sighed, "Now. If you'll let me begin, I'll start off with the obvious, everyone."
He sat down in a small throne that stood at the Alter of Naught. "We, as most of you should be aware of already, are NOT the only beings with the capabilities of control and domination in the universe, and we are by no means the most powerful. We ARE the most threatening, though, and we have a whole horde of reliable soldiers to corroborate this specificity. Now, there are a group of freedom fighters who will try to bring... us... down."

Zabryth touched his forehead, massaging the skin with his index and middle finger.
"My 'third eye' has determined this, and so I have gathered you all today to send a selected officer on a reconnaissance mission, leaving the infantry to continue our... supremacy over the other worlds we don't have coverage over already." He turned toward Intrio. "As for you, your powers shall not serve as an advantage on this mission, so I'm sending Matthias to do the search and recover mission."

He then smirked, turning back to Matthias, "And this won't be a problem for you, will it, Matthias?" Lastly, Zabryth sat up, squeezing his eyes shut as if to picture his plan a success.
"Nice of you to stop in, Xohka. An explanation for your tardiness will be most certainly expected."

 

"If the mission is reconnaissance, I wouldn't send myself either. I cannot hide my presence unless I am among my own kind." Inrio changed his grip on the castle to a more comfortable position. "Now do we know anything of these fighters? Is it possible that they are from worlds we have drained?" Intrio was slightly surprised when Xohka appeared next to him. He moved before Intrio could flick him aside, he hated the little weakling. Intrio wondered what he could have done to have gained admission to their group.

Kain was lying face down on the ground, sleeping with his shield being a pillow. It was a standard Hylian shield that had been used a few times. Next to him was a sword with a black handle and blue sheathe. It was the sword his father had given him. On his other side was an engraved wooden bow and a quiver of arrows. Kain slept peacefully, despite the events that had occurred a week ago. His world was destroyed and his father was killed in front of him before he had been warped to a strange world. Kain didn't know how that had happened but he was grateful. It meant he had a chance for revenge. As Kain slept a strange circle appeared on the ground below him. "Huh?" He mumbled as he started to wake up. Suddenly it glowed brightly and Kain fell into it with all his weapons. The circle vanished right after, as if it was never there to begin with.

 

"Touche" Matthias thought about Intrio's comment. He returned focus to Zabrynth. "Not a problem at all. I've been wondering about the changes my world has undergone in the hundreds of years since my absence. Although I would advise we just destroy them now. Giving them a chance for survival is giving them a chance to become a threat. But, to each his own." Matthias disappeared.

He appeared on Earth, in the middle of a big city. "Hmm... Interesting. They keep everything in some kind of grid. Clumps of buildings divided by black lines. And small blocks of metal moving around these lines at fast speeds." As he spoke, one of these cars hit Matthias. Matthias' body was thrown into a building. The person who was driving the car stepped out and started yelling at him. "What the hell? Get out of the road. Do you want to die?"

"Do you?" Matthias spoke, getting up. He clenched his right hand, a dark glow exuding from it. The person instantly fell down, dead. "Painful, isn't it? Your heart and brain exploding all at once. Anyways... The target would be... Nooooorrrrtttthhh West. Northwest of this location."

 

"Well, this certainly sucks," Xohka commented. "I mean, I'm a freaking ninja. It's our jobs to do recon or to assassinate." In his thoughts, though, he just wanted to get away from Intrio. There's been bad blood between the two ever since Xohka joined. "And besides, what are we going to do?" he asked, referring to Intrio and himself. Then he said, in his thoughts, to Intrio,"Did you really think you could hit me with that slow tail of yours?" He didn't mean to think it, but it couldn't be helped with what goes on in his mind.

 

Zabryth crossed his arms, "Perhaps I do have a mission in favor of the two of you, working cooperatively." Zabryth grinned.
"It'd require you both to lead a squad of thirty-six Syneptophy infantrymen I have set up to infiltrate the Disney Castle. I've gotten constant reports on a group who call themselves 'The Resistance'. Even though we already took the castle, they've set up camp there and have been growing in number by each day. Of course they weren't a real threat until now. Someone has supplied this harmless group with advanced weaponry and now they're increasing with power. That's where you two come in. After leading the squad there, they'll handle The Resistance, and you: Intro, will dispose of their weapons storage, and you: Xohka, will dispose of the unknown distributor who should be working with them in the castle. I know you like stealth." Zabryth began to walk down the steps from the Alter and opened a portal to the Disney Castle dimension.

"You will not take this mission lightly. Though they are inexperienced, they are to an advantage." He said, "Do not fail me."
Before walking off completely, Zabryth smiled, looking back at the two, "Oh yes, may you both give me a run-down on the whole mission before I leave you to your duties?"

 

Mattias appeared in Vancouver, where Jaden was earlier. He stopped, smelling the air. "He's already skipped town. Damn. The universe is good. This guy must be pretty important to leave when I get here." He smelt the air again. "But this is strange. This is... Familiar. Similar to me." Matthias stretched, yawned, and cracked his neck. "And now... I must know. What is it about this person that is like me." Matthias thought of several different scenarios concerning this person. "For me to know, he must live. Should I poke him in the direction I want him to go so he will live long enough for me to learn. This goes against everything I know about threats." Matthias dissapeared, heading towards Yen Sid's tower.

 

Intrio focus his telepathy so only Xohka could hear him. "Who says I would've hit you with my tail?" Intrio watched as Matthias left and was about to leave himself when Xohka complained. Intrio groaned in his mind but kept it to himself. As Zabryth explained their mission Intrio nodded. "Take this weakling and some of our troops to destroy this pathetic beginnings of a resistance. I destroy their weaponry while he kills the supplier. Simple, though I wonder if he can complete his end of the mission." Intrio laughed before jumping off the building and spreading his wings. Intrio flew around, building up speed before he went high above the castle. He waited for a moment, a silhouette against the sky, before he dove down and vanished into the portal Zabryth conjured.

Kain was rubbing his head as all his things were lying scattered around him. "Ow, that frickin' hurt." He shook his head before he stood up. He slung his quiver and bow over his back before grabbing his sword and attaching it to his belt. He picked up his shield and put it over his quiver on his back before looking around at where he was. It appeared to be a floating island with a crooked tower as the only building. Who lives in a messed up building like that? Kain thought before he noticed a kid walking towards it. Kain ran over to him while yelling, "Hey you! Do you know where the hell I am?"

 

"Yeah, yeah," Xohka said to Zabryth's order. "The oversized lizard destroys the weaponry and I take out the supplier." Xohka saw Intrio fly off and come back. The dragon flew into the portal and would've beheaded Xohka if he hadn't ducked. "Hey! Watch it," Xohka yelled. He looked at Zabryth and mouthed," Why?" Then the ninja jumped into the portal.

He appeared next to Intrio and a group of the Syneptophy infantry. "Okay, guys. You just raid The Resistance, the old dragon will destroy the weapons, and I gotta go on an errand," he said quickly and ran into the shadows of the vegetation towards the castle away from Intrio.

 

Kain was about to yell about how rude it was to ask someone something when he asked first but then the kid said Link. "How... how do you know my father? I'm the only survivor from Hyrule." Kain asked. His hand twitched slightly. He wanted to be ready to draw his weapons in case this was a trap.

Intrio laughed as Xohka ran off. "Such a coward. I'll bet I can complete my task and the soldiers before he even locates the supplier." Intrio said to himself. He then turned his head to the men next to him, many he was delighted to see were staring at him in a mixture of fear and awe. "You will assault the barracks and kill everyone while I torch their weapon storage from the skies. After I finish, I may join you in your slaughter. If I do, you will want to run unless death by melting in your armor sound nice." Intrio opened his wings and took off into the sky as the troops marched forward. This will be entertaining. At least for a small while. He thought.

 

Matthais watched from afar, hidden away. "Soooo... Upon first obersvation, this boy is a clueless idiot. Strange how he's aware of what certain things are, even if never having encountered them before. And this new boy. He's not much of a threat. As I recall, I slayed his father right in front of him. A true irony if the universe has picked him to be one of the ones in our way. But he too is not ready to fight. He'd be defeated in an instant. Although, when the time comes to fight I have the perfect idea in mind as to how to fight him."

 

"Created our world? What nonsense is that? Hyrule was created by three goddesses." Kain didn't know what the kid was talking about but he did have a point, he wasn't armed so he wasn't much of a threat. Kain did listen when he mentioned where they were. While he wasn't sure of the kid's sanity, it was at least something to go off of. "Well then let's see this Yen Sid guy." Kain then whipped out his sword and pointed it at Jaden. "You first." The hylian didn't want to risk the kid doing something, especially when he was speaking nonsense.