The Hagane and it's company were able to turn the tide against the Einst Hydraloid. Slowly but surely, the Personal Troopers were weakening the Einst and were close to defeating it. Just when the Hydraloid was about to be defeated though, black smoke began to envelop it. The Einst then turned into a large black sphere of energy which flew away from everyone.

"Hey, what's going on?!" Katina exclaimed.

"Captain Tetsuya, we're detecting a massive energy surge a few miles away from us!" Adzuki informed Tetsuya.

"Where's the location?" asked Tetsuya.

"It's…" A look of surprise slowly appeared on Adzuki's face. "It's at one of the forest clearings next to Riksent. That's where Sonic and his friends are at!"

(scene change)

The Mobians, Axel and Alfimi watched in surprise as Beowulf continued emanating his aura. At the same time, a large black sphere flew towards Beowulf and engulfed him causing his aura to further intensify. It was so intense that a gust of wind blew from where Beowulf stood at.

"What's happening?" Sally asked while everyone shielded themselves from the wind. As the wind continued to blow, Alfimi began to feel a sense of dread.

"Axel…"

"What's wrong, Alfimi?" Axel asked.

"This feeling…" spoke Alfimi. "Something's coming… It feels… too familiar…"

"Everyone, look! Beowulf's getting away!" True to Tail's words, Beowulf turned into a black sphere and flew off causing the wind to stop blowing. At this, Blaze cancelled her transformation and turned back to normal. The Sol Emeralds remained levitating around her.

"We must give chase," Quasi-Beowulf spoke from within the emeralds, his voice sounding disturbed. "I fear that something terrible is about to occur,"

"Alright," Sally said. "Come on, everyone!" The group then ran towards where they had left the Sky Patrol, Soulgain and Personlichkeit. The three machines lifted off and pursued Beowulf. Soon, they were hovering above Riksent.

Facing the Sky Patrol and it's company was the black sphere which Beowulf had turned into. It was crackling with electricity and remained stationary in the air. A distorted and malevolent voice came out from it and resounded throughout the kingdom of Riksent.

"Foolish mortals… You will regret opposing me… Now, witness… my true form…"

"True form?" A look of curiosity surfaced on Axel's face. To everyone's surprise, the sphere began to expand at a rapid rate casting a shadow over Riksent. Princess Shine and the soldiers stationed around the kingdom looked up at the sky. Most of the soldiers displayed a mixture of surprise and alarm while Shine looked worried.

"Nicole, get us out of here!" Sally said to Nicole who was projected from the bridge's terminal.

"It's too late! We can't move away in time!" Nicole said as the Sky Patrol, Soulgain and Personlichkeit were engulfed by the sphere.

"Alfimi!" Axel called out. Hearing her name being called out, Alfimi had the Personlichkeit summon two familiars. The two familiars conjured an energy barrier which shielded the Sky Patrol, Soulgain and itself. Suddenly, the three machines began to rumble violently. In response, their occupants braced themselves.

"Something's happening!" Cream said.

"Such force!" Lightning exclaimed. "What could our enemy be planning to do?!"

"Call the others!" Axel said.

"I can't," Nicole said, her face showing shock.

"What do you mean?!"

"I just tried to establish communications with the Hagane and the Hiryu Kai but, I can't reach them. Our communications have been shut off!"

(scene change)

Tetsuya and his group could not believe what they were currently seeing. They had arrived at Riksent's shore only to find that a black sphere was engulfing the whole kingdom. In the midst of this, the Hagane tried to establish communications with the Sky Patrol, Soulgain and Personlichkeit.

"Are you able to reach them?" Tetsuya asked his crew members.

"We can't!" Eita said. "Something's preventing us from getting to Sonic and his friends!"

"We also can't contact Axel and Alfimi!" said Adzuki.

"Could it be that anomaly is causing this?" Tetsuya gazed at the sphere.

"That thing's getting bigger as we speak!" Katina said. "We got to go in there and get to them!"

"We cannot do that," Shu spoke seriously.

"Why not?!" Katina replied while sounding slightly impatient.

"There is no telling what is occurring inside that anomaly. If we are to head in there, we could put ourselves in greater danger than we may expect,"

"But, we can't just sit here doing nothing!" said Ryusei.

"Everyone, look! Something's happening!" Kusuha pointed out towards Riksent. The sphere had completely engulfed Riksent. Suddenly, in an instant, it shrunk and disappeared. To everyone's astonishment, it was not just the sphere that disappeared.

The entire kingdom had vanished along with the Sky Patrol, Soulgain and Personlichkeit.

(scene change)

The Sky Patrol, Soulgain and Personlichkeit were still above Riksent. However, their surroundings had changed. In place of the blue sky is a purplish space filled with white stars. There were also purplish white crystals floating around the space. Shine and the soldiers stared at their surroundings. The kingdom's citizens did the same through the windows of their homes.

"Where are we?" Tails asked as the Mobians, Axel and Alfimi looked at the alien surroundings.

"This is the realm called Einst Space," Quasi-Beowulf said to the group. "Only Einst which possess immense power can conjure this realm,"

"Are you saying that we've been sent to a different world?" asked Sally.

"Yes, and at the same time, no," answered Quasi-Beowulf. "However, the main point is that there is only one kind of Einst which is capable of such a feat,"

"One kind of Einst?" Axel came to a grim realization. "You can't possibly mean-"

"Yes," Quasi-Beowulf's tone turned serious. "I am referring to the being called the Einst Regisseur," As Quasi-Beowulf finished speaking, Alfimi began to sense an ominous presence.

"Axel…" her voice was calm yet cautious. "It's coming…" Soon, descending from above the group was a gigantic Einst which bore similar resemblance to Beowulf. It sported the same biomechanical armor donned by Beowulf. However, it's right arm was oversized and had claws. It's left arm was the Hydraloid's eight heads which hissed menacingly. The Einst's body had several orange colored polyps and on it's back were multiple green vines that slowly waved around in the air.

"What in ze name of Mobius is zat abomination?!" Antoine exclaimed as the giant Einst towered over the group. Shine stared at the Einst while the soldiers aimed their guns at the Einst from below.

"I am Einst Beowulf Regisseur, the bringer of the end," the giant Einst introduced itself. "Your lives shall end here,"

"To think that my other half would achieve this form," spoke Quasi-Beowulf. "One that would endanger the existence of many worlds,"

"You just called Beowulf your other half again," Blaze said. "I have been meaning to ask but, exactly what is your relationship with our enemy?"

"Yeah, is he like your brother or something?" Sonic spoke to the Sol Emeralds.

"This is not the time to inquire about that," Axel said seriously. "Beowulf is in front of us! We can learn more about that after this battle-"

"Axel," Quasi-Beowulf cut Axel off causing the latter to be slightly surprised. "It's alright," Despite Axel's surprise, he decided not to say anything further.

"I was hoping that I would be able to explain everything after this battle," added Quasi-Beowulf. "However, given the current situation, it appears I should do so now,"

"Please tell us," Sally said as the Mobians looked at the Sol Emeralds. "Just who exactly are you?" Everyone including Beowulf, Axel and Alfimi began to listen to Quasi-Beowulf's words.

"On the day of my defeat, my body became destroyed. However, my consciousness remained intact and was split into two halves. The first half represented benevolence. The other half represented malevolence. For a long time, the two halves were in conflict with each other. In the end, the malevolent half prevailed and took over my consciousness. The result was the rebirth of Beowulf,"

"Though my evil half resided within my body, my subconscious remained uncorrupted. In my subconscious, I bided my time waiting for the right moment to make my move. It was when Beowulf discovered the Sol Emeralds that I decided to do so. Using what little power that remained in me at that time, I transferred my subconscious into the emeralds. In addition, I implemented into them one duty-Should Beowulf ever tamper with the emeralds, they are to call upon those capable of stopping him,"

"That means the reason we were brought into this world was-" Elias spoke as he came to a realization.

"Yes, it was I," spoke Quasi-Beowulf. "After I entered the emeralds, I remained dormant in them. During my period of dormancy, my powers began to recover albeit at a slow pace. At the same time, I had been watching over all of you. From the time that Beowulf began absorbing the emeralds' powers to the time that all of you fought against him,"

"The moment your young friend was injured by my other half, I saw in your hearts the strong desire to defeat Beowulf. It was that desire that led me to being revived with enough power to assist all of you,"

"To put things simply," Quasi-Beowulf added. "I am Beowulf. But, at the same time, I am not. I am merely a reflection of my former self," "

"Whether you believe my words or not, is your choice. But, I will say this-I wish to put an end to the ambitions of my other half. It is for that purpose that I did what I deemed necessary. However, I too would like to apologize especially to you, Princess Blaze. In a sense, I had dragged you and your friends out of your world all so as to fulfill my wish," For a moment, the Mobians, Axel and Alfimi pondered over Quasi-Beowulf's words.

"We will talk more about this later," Axel then said. "For now, our main priority is to defeat our enemy,"

"I agree as well," Sally turned towards her friends. "What do you all think though?"

"Isn't it obvious? We're all in this together. Right, guys?" The Mobians nodded in agreement to Sonic's words.

"Then, it's settled," Axel smiled. Looking at Beowulf, he added with a serious tone, "Beowulf, I always thought you were a madman who became lost in power. But, now, I think that you are suffering. You're suffering because of the conflict that occurred between the two sides of your consciousness. If putting an end to your ambitions will relieve you of your suffering, then let's put an end to this, once and for all!"

"Suffering you say?" Beowulf replied. "That word holds no meaning to me,"

"Tell us," Alfimi said to Beowulf with a concerned tone. "Are you really intent on destroying all that lies in front of you?"

"No matter what words you say, my convictions will never change," Beowulf replied seriously. "And this is my proof!" Beowulf conjured a ball of black smoke and hurled it down at Riksent. The smoke began to envelop Riksent and clouded Shine and the soldiers' vision. It even seeped into the homes of the citizens.

"What's going on?!" Axel spoke in surprise.

"Guys, you might want to look at this!" Nicole projected an image of Riksent. To everyone's shock, the soldiers of the kingdom were lying on the ground and appeared to be in pain. Shine was kneeling on the ground and felt uncomfortable. The citizens were coughing and falling unconscious in their homes.

"What is this?" Blaze asked.

"What have you done?" Quasi-Beowulf asked his twin.

"I am depleting the life force of the people residing in this kingdom," said Beowulf. "Soon, their lives will end and after that, I shall destroy this kingdom along with all the people in it,"

"This can't be…" Sally spoke as everyone became horrified.

"Is there no end to your cruelty?!" Lightning shouted at Beowulf. "Have you no compassion at all?!"

"Yeah! There are women and children down there! How can you do this?!" Honey said.

"Enough talk!" shouted Beowulf. "All that matters is to kill and destroy everything in my path!" Hearing this, Sally bowed her head down. Her eyes were covered by a black shadow. "Unforgivable," she then muttered. Lifting her head up, Sally's eyes began to look resolute.

"Nicole, deploy all of the Sky Patrol's weapons. Our target… is Beowulf,"

"Understood," Nicole had the Sky Patrol deploy all of it's weapons. At the same time, Axel and Alfimi prepared to fight.

"Freedom Fighters, charge!" At Sally's words, the Sky Patrol, Soulgain and Personlichkeit charged at Beowulf. The Sky Patrol fired it's arsenal of weapons at the gigantic Einst. In response, the Hydraloid's heads lashed out and blocked the Sky Patrol's attacks. They then charged at the group.

The Sky Patrol, Soulgain and Personlichkeit began to dodge Beowulf's attack. However, one of the heads managed to quickly hit the ship by the side causing it to slowly go down. Smoke came out from the part of the Sky Patrol that was damaged.

"We have received significant damage! The ship is going down!" Nicole exclaimed as the Mobians braced themselves. At the same time, the bridge's alarm began blaring.

"Get us back on course!" Rotor said. No sooner had the Sky Patrol began to rise up than Beowulf launched several vines towards it. Seeing this, Axel and Alfimi quickly moved in front of the Sky Patrol.

"Seiryurin!" Axel had the Soulgain fire a surge of energy out of it's hands to intercept the vines. Alfimi had her machine's familiars fire energy blasts towards the vines. As Axel and Alfimi's attacks disintegrated the vines, more vines suddenly came in and wrapped themselves around the group's machines.

"What?!" Axel became surprised as his machine along with the Sky Patrol and Personlichkeit were rendered immobile.

"You cannot hope to defeat me," Beowulf mocked. "The moment I attained this form, my abilities have vastly improved," The polyps on Beowulf's body began to glow a faint light. At the same time, Beowulf's faceplate opened, revealing a monstrous mouth. Beowulf began gathering energy at his mouth and the polyps.

"And now…" Beowulf spoke menacingly. "Be destroyed!" The situation was now grim for the Freedom Fighters and their company. Not only were they unable to move, but, they were going to be obliterated by Beowulf's next attack.

"Zis cannot be…" Antoine looked as if he was falling into despair. "Is zis the end for us?" Inside the Sol Emeralds, Quasi-Beowulf could feel everyone's fear and concern about the current turn of events. Bowing his head down, he clasped his hands as if he was in prayer.

"Oh, almighty one who watches over us," Quasi-Beowulf spoke softly. "Though I am once a being who committed horrifying sins and in turn, do not have the right to ask for your help, please spare the Mobians and their friends. If anyone's lives are to be taken now, it shall be mine alone," As soon as Quasi-Beowulf finished praying, a bright white light enveloped him.

"This is…"