The Universe of All Reality

Part I the Voice and Face of all Evil.

Chapter 39: A Long Day

Chief raised his arm, using its armor to shield himself from the red energy ball thrown at him. It crashed into his armor and like a wave, washed over his entire arm before dissipating from the impact.

His shields were at half strength, and he was forced to dodge roll another blast of fire that came raining down at him. He spun to his feet and looked down the street. Cinder was grinning at him, and she raised her arms, pooling red energy around her.

He fired the rifle he had been using before she got the chance to attack again. In response, her energy formed a wall in front of her, absorbing his attack before launching itself at him.

Again he evaded and retook his stance. He had to give Cinder credit-she was smart. He had attacked her in close range and with his sheer speed and strength had almost managed to overwhelm her. But she was smart, and got a good amount of distance between them and was keeping him at bay. So long as he was at range his weapon could do nothing to harm her. It didn't matter how accurate he was since all his bullets were intercepted before they could even hit her.

He squinted and calculated the fight. At this rate neither would kill each other, but she was getting tired, her attacks were just milliseconds slower, but he could tell. If he kept it up long enough, he could tire her out then move in for the kill.

"Ah!" He heard the cry of one of his allies but kept his head forward. He couldn't afford to get distracted right now.

On the other side of the street from the Spartan and witch, stood Shepard with a warp in one hand and a pistol Javik had given her in her other. Her rifle had run out of ammo long ago.

She panted heavy breaths and looked at the Black Knight, who stood a dozen or so feet in front of her with a red sword of pure energy drawn. Her eyes were locked on his helmet and she swore he was mocking her.

The Knight charged and she stepped back, blocking his sword with her omni-blade, then discharged her warp at point blank range. His shields only flickered at her attack and his leg spun around and landed a blow to her side.

Her ribs screamed and she was sent tumbling end over end. Then she stopped and pushed herself back to her knees, spitting blood from her mouth. She looked up at the knight walking towards her and rolled her eyes. This whole mess was way above her pay grade.

A sword of red slashed at her head, but she ducked and leapt back to her feet, shooting her pistol right into the Knight's helmet. Of course, her bullets only reflected off it, but she knew that would happen. The Black Knight instinctively moved to block her shots by grabbing her pistol. He was close now, and she detonated a nova around her.

The attack was enough to throw the Knight back, but she fell to one knee. She felt the pain in her head, and tasted the blood in her mouth. She snorted when she felt the blood starting to run from her nose.

It was too much. Her body was going too far past its limits. But she had to keep going.

A blast of red biotic energy flew at her and she blocked it with her own before getting back up and spitting a blotch of blood on the ground.

While the two soldiers confronted their deadliest enemies, aside from Vatuu who was dueling Hope somewhere in the sky, Korra was dealing with Zaheer. The Airbender wasn't so tough without his friends but she was hurt. Broken bones, seared skin, and cuts all over her from Vatuu and the Titan were more than enough to even the playing field.

So when she was hit with a slash of air that threw her against the building, she just growled under her breath. She needed to end this fight before Zaheer got too much of an upper hand on her.

Another air based attack came at her, to which she responded by just dodging it. The man spun, letting a small tornado race at her. She used a wall of earth to counter that then let loose several bouts of fire at the man. He dodged, but not without getting hit by a small rock she launched at him.

Out of the corner of her eye she saw ice racing at her and turned to deal with her new threat when a friend of hers jumped in her way and crashed his fist into the ground which counteracted the ice with his own fire.

"Mako!"

The boy grinned at her before yelling, "Look out!" She turned just in time to block another blow from Zaheer.

She stepped back to recover from the counter and ended up back to back with her friend and old lover.

"Well isn't this just great." The boy said with as much sarcasm as he could muster.

She scoffed, "Just another day as the Avatar." Then the two unleashed a river of flames at the Titan and Zaheer.

Above the four, high in the clouds was Hope. Battered, bruised, and cut, she floated in mid-air, panting as green fire glowed around her. Before the flames had been like the sun, but now she looked more like a torch. Her power was fading. Without the dragon of Shao-Lou to constantly power her like it had with the Phoenix Force, she was forced to rely on her own strength and reserves. Needless to say, her power had limits. Vatuu's did not.

Her eyes went wide and she rocketed downward, as a massive pillar of serrated ice raced at her. The even scarier part, was that it seemed Elsa's powers had no limit. In the hands of Elsa herself the power was almost laughable, but with Vatuu in control of such power, it seemed unstoppable.

She twisted awkwardly to avoid the pillar, then breathed a wave of fire up in the air to where she knew the Spirit of Chaos was.

Vatuu laughed as it blocked her attack then raised its hands, forming three large shards of ice. Then they were launched at her like comets, streaking through the air at soul wrenching speeds.

Hope charged head on, the green fire extending around her. The first pillar meet[met] her head on, and she crashed through it, obliterating it entirely. It dazed her for a second, and she was unable to dodge the second pillar, which crashed into her and rocketed towards the ground.

She didn't even hear her own screams as both her and the ice slammed into the ground with enough force that shook the entire south pole while the buildings still standing started to crumble.

Several blocks down the street from where she landed, from where Chief, Shepard, and Korra fought for their lives, stood the Arbiter on the edge of the Normandy's ramp.

His eyes watched as the dust from where a pillar of ice had chased into the ground cleared. He could've swore he saw Hope underneath the thing when it crashed.

"Arbiter sir?" He turned back to the ship and looked down at a male crewman. He nodded and handed off Anna to the crewman.

"Hey don't touch me!" The fiery girl snapped at the man as the Elite turned back to the battle. She would've said something to the Arbiter but instead turned the other Elite that handed off a broken Elsa to a woman with gray hair.

"She's critical," the woman said to a rather large buff man, "Get her to the med bay and radio Hackett for immediate evac."

"Got it." Then the man was off and Anna sprinted after her sister without a second thought.

The Arbiter ignored her and the blonde man who stood next to him. He watched the battle as Hope flew back up into the air and continued her fight with Vatuu. Around the pillar of ice that had shattered into a million pieces, were the others that continued to fight. The Forerunner he watched as she fought a human swordsman whose skill was unparalleled. He watched as Korra and a boy engaged a bender and the Titan. As Wrex and another alien he had met once of twice engaged two other benders, while a third and fourth bender fought with earth and lava.

"I don't think she's going to win," Kristoff stated with a soft voice. He wasn't a soldier, but he sure as hell knew when someone was losing a fight, and the girl with green fire was losing.

"She won't."

"Well we have to do something!" The ice harvester exclaimed.

"There is nothing we can do other than flee. Vatuu is more powerful than us. He will win even if we keep fighting." The Arbiter replied tiredly.

"Come on when there's a will there's a way!"

"An old human saying that's useless in such a situation." The Elite sighed and looked down at the man, "You have heart human. As does your mate. Go with her and live to tell our tale. We will fend them off."

With that he stepped down from the Normandy, his single remaining Spec Ops Elite following him, "Arbiter are you sure this is wise? The fleet needs a commander."

He shook his, "Thran is a capable commander, and an honorable death is more than enough to suffice for one as old as I."

With that he marched towards the battle.

Chief rolled again, this time going back to back with Shepard. She was smaller than him, but it didn't matter. At least he had someone watching his back.

"Well this is a shit storm." The woman coughed from behind him.

He didn't reply and only charged forward at the Black Knight, while Shepard simultaneously fired off a warp and throw at Cinder.

The witch blocked as the Black Knight spun around and tried to kick the Spartan in the chest. John ducked under the kick and tackled the Knight down, only to be thrown off by an area effect biotic blast the Knight unleashed.

He quickly got to his feet after being thrown off, and retook a fighting stance. The Black Knight charged.

He blocked a kick, then ducked underneath the sword swipe aimed for his neck, before punching at the Knight's side. The Knight blocked with his forearm and tried spinning to elbow Chief in the head. The Spartan backstepped before punching the Knight in the head.

He stumbled backwards and the Spartan pressed his advantage. The Knight swung his sword and Chief easily evaded. He spun and kicked the Knight in the chest which sent him stumbling back again. He kept on and delivered a series of punches to the Knight, but in return he let loose another biotic attack that hit John and drained his shields before blasting him backwards with a push.

In a few seconds the Black Knight was once again on him, and John was forced to dodge over and over as the Knight drew a second sword and continued his assault. John ducked, weaved, and slid around the Knight looking for an opening.

A sword sliced his armor when he was a second too late to move, and cut through the top layer of his skin. He felt his suit react and start applying biofoam, but he kept moving. Another slash was aimed for him, but he dodged and let the Knight impale the ground instead of him. He kicked the Knight[']s arm, who then used the momentum to spin around and try decapitating Chief in return.

John sidestepped and stopped up a chunk of rock from the ground then crashed it into the Knight's chest. He backstepped, John grabbed another rock and hurled it at the Knight. Two red swords cleaved the rock in two and Chief rolled as a biotic warp was sent at him.

He stopped and looked up at the Knight. He saw Shepard in the background fighting Cinder, but the witch was gaining an advantage on Shepard. The Commander was an excellent fighter but he could see her wounds were making it hard for her to fight properly.

The Knight hesitated for a second, and Chief knew to leap backwards. He did, and two pairs of swords imbedded themselves in the ground of where he once stood.

Mikasa spun on her heel and tried to take his leg off, but the Spartan was quicker and spun around to avoid the attack.

The girl stared at him through her black hair, and the Spartan saw nothing but cold death in her eyes. A look he knew he had worn so many times before. A look he knew was fake.

She lunged at him and he ducked.

Chief grabbed her wrists and snapped one with a fierce squeeze and twist. The girl didn't even flinch and stabbed at his shoulder. He was forced to let go so he could sidestep but ended up getting blasted by the Knight's biotic ability.

He tumbled over but landed on his knees. He readied himself to continue fighting when something pierced the air.

A screech choked out across the city, and he gazed up to the sky. He saw the hunk of green fire racing down at him and he opened his arms just in time to catch Hope. She crash into him, and the two flew backwards, smashing into the ground and ripping open the street from the sheer force of their landing.

Shields spent and armor creaking with overuse, Chief sat up, holding Hope in his arms as he got to his feet.

"Thanks," the girl groaned, pushing off him and landing on her feet. She looked up at the sky and they both watched as Vatuu flew down and landed next to the Black Knight.

John tensed as he prepared for the worst and Hope did the same, fueled by the raging fire around her. Surprisingly it did nothing to John, and his shields began to recharge.

Vatuu raised its hand, and then John saw it. A brief moment of hesitation, and a-

Ice raced out at them and Hope was forced to blocked with a wall of fire. Then the two collided and a shockwave ripped out from their collision that knocked Chief over and interrupted the battles around them.

Chief shook his head and saw Shepard on the ground, groaning in pain as Cinder was engaged by the Keeper. He looked to Hope, who was standing with a hunched back and was drastically panting for air.

He remembered what he saw and looked for Korra, the hero of this world, and the girl who said she knew exactly what Vatuu was. She was in the middle of a fight with the bald bender.

"Hope hold Vatuu off!" He ordered as he got to his feet then ran to Shepard and pulled her up to her feet to which she growled and pushed away from him.

"Don't worry about me! We have bigger problems!" She yelled powering up her biotics and turning to face Cinder who was busy with the Keeper.

John grabbed her arm and pulled her to him, "Shepard we need to help Korra. I think I found a way to beat Vatuu."

She blinked and opened her mouth to question him when a bolt of red energy crashed into her and Chief spun around to face the Black Knight. He sighed inside his helmet and prepared to fight when a blue warp crashed into the Knight.

"Go help Korra!" Shepard raced past him faster than he could blink and charged into the Knight with a crunch that sent the Knight flying. She shook her head as she regained her balance, "I'll deal with this joker."

He didn't need to be told twice and turned to help Korra when he saw the Arbiter leap into the fray of fighting and block a blast of air meant for Korra.

He ran for them and ducked underneath an air blast that was meant for his head. He saw Korra looking at him like he was crazy but tackled her to the ground just as a whip of air was meant to raze her head off.

"What the hecks your problem man!" The Avatar roared as she kicked off him.

"Korra," Chief started, grabbing her while the Arbiter and Mako dealt with the Titan and Zaheer, "Vatuu's a spirit right?"

"What does—"

"He took Elsa's spirit and absorbed it with his own correct? That's what that thing Cinder pulled from Elsa was right?"

Korra blinked in confusion, "No! Elsa would be dead if that happened and I'm not even sure you can pull someone's spirit from them!"

"But they pulled something from Elsa. Something that could possibly only be attuned with her own body and spirit?"

"What are you saying?" the girl asked, completely lost in their conversation. She wondered if the soldier had gone mad.

Chief looked over to where Hope and Vatuu were engaged in close quarters. Ice and fire clashed in a display of sheer awe-inspiring power. If he was a lesser man, he might've felt impressed. Instead, he only felt the impulse to complete his mission.

"When Vatuu attacked Hope right now," He remembered how the Spirit woman looked when it attacked, "It hesitated. It looked like he was in pain." The Spartan gazed through his visor down to the Spirit of Chaos.

"Then," He looked back to the young girl, "It's hand. There were two in one. One looked like Elsa's, the other like a hand made from red and black energy. Like his." He motioned towards the Black Knight.

Korra raised an eyebrow, and in disbelief said, "Seriously?"

The Spartan didn't reply and replayed the scene in his mind. It was only for a split second Vatuu had hesitated, there had been a grimace on its face the moment before it attacked Hope after he had caught her. He had seen its hand. It split for a moment when the ice was released, when it commanded a power that wasn't its own.

"The power." He looked back at Korra, "The power is not—"

His motion sensor went off and he pushed Korra away form him, spinning on his heel and raised his arm. A sword sheared right through his forearms armor, and embedded itself in his good arm. Blood sizzled from his arm and the sword was yanked back out, cauterizing the wound as it left.

He bit his lip and stepped back to avoid another swipe from Mikasa's swords.

"It's not compatible!" He yelled, dodging another sword. Korra leapt over him and slammed her fist into the ground. The earth ripped up and a few shards of earth tore apart the surface and raced at Mikasa. The girl flipped backwards and used her 3D maneuvering gear to fall back a dozen feet or so.

Korra tuned to John, "What's not compatible!"

"The power!" He said pushing her out of the way as Mikasa launched herself back at them. He dodged her then kicked her in the chest, knocking her back a few feet. "If I'm right Elsa and his powers aren't compatible."

Korra used a vortex of air to blow Mikasa back as she charged, giving them another second or so to speak.

"You're from this world. Is there any way to do what Cinder did and pull that power out from Vatuu?" John asked.

"No I've never even heard of that happening!," Her eyes went wide, "But…. but I can pull Vatuu from the power instead! He did it to me once! I bet I can do it to him!"

Chief nodded then spun around just as Mikasa swords went past him, "Go and deal with Vatuu! Use Hope to help!" He then focused completely on the swordswoman who twirled her swords then pressed on her attack of the super soldier.

Korra moved, using her firebending to rocket her towards Hope and Vatuu. She remembered the day she fought Unalaq for the fate of the world. When the man had used Vatuu's power to rip Rava right out from her, ending the first line of Avatars with Rava's initial destruction.

If she could copy that power then it was possible she could separate Vatuu from Elsa's power the way he had separated her and Rava, the way Cinder had separated Elsa's power from her. It should be even easier if the two didn't mix.

She landed next to the two fighting and ducked as a star blast of green fire almost took off her head.

"Now for the hard part…"

Shepard ducked under another one of Cinder's attacks. The woman was getting slower, making it a fairer fight. She twisted on her heel, and crashed her elbow into the woman's side. Her soft flesh buckled on the impact and Cinder stumbled backwards in a gasp of pain.

The witch tried to retake a stance, but Katherine fired off another warp at her. It threw her off balance and Shepard charged, slamming into Cinder with enough biotic force to break through a wall.

The woman flew backwards, crashing against a wall, then opened her eyes and launched her own attack back at Shepard. A ball of fire raced at her, and she was forced to roll away, only for another magic attack to hit her in the leg. Her balance gave and she fell onto her shoulder.

Her eyes went wide and she pulled her back moment before Cinder's arrow ripped into the ground. Another arrow slammed into her side, and she grunted in pain as she fell onto her back. She looked over at Cinder who pulled up another arrow from thin air, placed it on the black bow she held and fired again.

Shepard used her remaining biotic energy to form a barrier around her, and the arrow shattered on impact. She grit her teeth as the barrier faded away, and she slowly got back to her feet. She looked at her hand and willed a small warp to come to life. Nothing happened and instead she felt pain lance up her arm. She didn't have any reserves left, at least none that she could safely use.

She powered up her omni-blade and Cinder grinned, "You can't win Commander."

Katherine chuckled. She raised a hand, and taunted the witch with a beautiful bird, "Bring it on."

With a flash of energy Cinder unleashed several red projectiles at her.

Shepard charged forward, twisting as a enraged bolt missed her head by an inch, ducking under another meant to impale her body, and shrugged off a third projectile that shattered against her shields.

The grin on Cinder's lips faded and she stepped back, raising her hands and flicking them forward. Red energy sped off them and a wave of fire sparked to life. Shepard's eyes went wide, but she kept going, and leapt right into the walls of flames. Her shields broke and the heat began to burn, but she landed on the other side a moment later.

She threw a punch at Cinder, whom redirected the punch so it only glanced off shoulder. An elbow smashed into her nose, breaking it even more as well as pushing Shepard back a few feet.

Katherine cursed as she opened her mouth to breath. Her nose wasn't working anymore, that or there was too much blood for her to breathe properly though it.

A red bolt of energy flew at her, but she sidestepped. The witch charged her, and she raised her omni-blade to block Cinder's own sword. It was almost a split second too late she realized that Cinder wielded dual swords, and she barely managed to dodge the second one.

She spun and swiped at Cinder's legs, but the woman blocked with one sword, and reversed Shepard's momentum to strike at her head with the other.

The Commander pulled her head under the sword as it passed over and threw herself against Cinder. She pushed her against the wall of a destroyed building and crushed her fist against the woman's chest.

Cinder buckled but kicked her back before she could try anything else. Shepard lunged with her blade, but she missed and the blade sunk into the wall while Cinder raised her knee and slammed it into Katherine's chest.

She fell back, and Cinder leapt on top of her, bringing down her swords. Shepard grabbed them an inch from her face, and held on as the swords scraped and tore her armor and skin as they edged their way to her face. She kneed Cinder in the back, which unbalanced her and allowed Shepard to overpower her hold on the swords. She ripped them from her grasp and head-butted Cinder.

The witch grunted and stumbled off her, holding her nose. No one had ever broken her nose before. Blood seeped down the perfect skin, and Shepard was oddly glad to see Cinder bleeding.

Cinder's eyes filled with fire and she threw another blast of magic at Shepard, who spun around it, and sent a sword flying at Cinder.

The woman waved a hand and the first sword disintegrated into dust. She saw the second sword flying at her face and instinctively stepped back as she willed the sword away. The momentary lapse cost her, and Shepard rammed into her shoulder first.

Spit flew from her mouth, and Shepard roared as she threw the woman against the same wall. She punched her once, twice, then got kicked back.

"Commander, you're tired." Cinder fired a red blast of energy again.

Shepard spun around the first blast. She prepared an insult but noticed how the wall behind Cinder swayed just an inch forward. Knowing she only had one chance to win, she started gathering what was left of her biotic energy, no matter how dangerous.

"I am tired but," She ducked under the second blast of magic and met Cinders gaze with a smirk, "Fuck you."

She ignored the searing pain, and let loose a final massive warp that Cinder dodged.

"Is that all you ha-" The warp exploded on impact and the wall came down on Cinder before she could even move.

Dust flew into the air and Shepard fell to her knees, coughing up blood over and over again. She wiped blood from her face as she looked to the wall. It had fallen into pieces, but the rubble covered everything. Nothing moved underneath the mounds of rocks and Katherine sighed in relief.

One down.

Chief kicked up one of Mikasa's swords and slapped the second one away. The girl was skilled, but she was inexperienced at fighting someone faster than her. He was faster, and he had the advantage.

The girl kicked at him, but his armor absorbed the blow, and he crashed his fist into her head. He could hear the jaw bone popping out of place.

She yelped and used her maneuvering gear to pull herself away from the Spartan. Unfortunately she wasn't fast enough and he grabbed onto her arm, pulling her back against the maneuvering gear.

The machines helping her move groaned and a fist met her face. Her nose shattered and John pulled back his fist as the girl fell limp as a fish to the dry ground.

He flexed his arm, feeling the added resistance in his movement thanks to the biofoam that had hardened to stop the bleeding from his wounds. The girl had taken longer that anticipated to put down.

His motion sensor went off again and he ducked down as a red sword swiped overhead. He stepped back just as the sword slipped back and tried to slice him from the bottom up. He grabbed the Black Knight's hands but was met with a punch in the chest.

The Black Knight advanced on him as he lost his footing but a hardlight sword met his blade mid air. Then from behind him the Keeper appeared, grabbed the Knight by the neck, and threw him backwards.

Chief looked over to her, and the Forerunner tossed him a Scattershot.

The Black Knight let red biotic power swirl around him, and the Spartan took aim with his scatter shot Scattershot.

He fired.

Korra twisted, her body angling so the beam of energy swirled past her and ripped the ground open instead of her. She pivoted on her foot, and unleashed a vortex of flames at Vatuu, who in turn blocked the fire with a palm and twisted its hands the so the fire dissipated on impact.

She bit her lip and whipped her hand upwards, sending a strong and violent stream of air at the spirit.

The being simply sidestepped the attack and kicked the ground. The ground opens and multiple spikes of ice leapt out at Korra, forcing her to dive out of the way. She rolled onto one knee and commanded the ice beneath her to melt, then she sent a whip of water towards the spirit.

It backhanded the whip, freezing it, but was hit by a puff of green fire. The being stumbled forward, and Hope slammed into it from behind, having recovered from the rather hard hit Vatuu had dealt.

Korra kicked off the ground, using the earth to launch herself at the two.

Vatuu rolled with the mutant savior, only to kick the redhead off, then blast a gust of air up at Korra that threw her off course and into a pile of rubble nearby.

The being smirked and got to its feet, stepping down lightly and letting ice spread at out at dazzling speeds. It raced at both mutant and Avatar, and each was forced to become airborne to avoid being frozen alive.

The Avatar let her eyes glow white and she placed both fists together, pulled her arms back then fired a concentrated stream of fire at the spirit below her.

A wave of snow and ice countered the stream, racing up to Korra and hitting her like a wall of rocks.

Hope unleashed her own barrage of flame-based attacks. Hers were dodged, and Vatuu fired back a beam of purple spirit energy from its hand. She flipped mid-air to avoid the attack, only to get hit by a second beam that sent her flying into the street below.

Korra wiped her face clean of snow, staring down from where she had landed towards Vatuu. They couldn't get close enough. They couldn't hold him. She had tried to freeze Vatuu, trap it in earth, and engage it in close quarters but she could never get the jump on it. The Spirit was too fast.

She launched herself into the air, used the air to spin herself, and kicked out two more lances of fire. The Spirit turned to her and blocked her attacks with its hand. It flicked its wrist upward, a vicious smirk on its face as an entire vortex of ice and snow surrounded itself in a protective gesture.

The girl landed on her feet, pressed her fists into the ground, then raised them to her sides, pulling the ice into water and surrounding her arms with water whips. She squinted at the vortex of snow but failed to see past the white flurries.

"Hope!" She looked down to where the redhead was barely getting back onto her feet. The green flames surrounding the girl were almost non-existent now, and from the sluggish movement she displayed, Korra wondered how much longer she was going to last against Vatuu.

The mutant looked at her and she continued, "I need to get close!"

Green eyes stared at her for answers, but Hope shrugged and instead flew forward, crashing through the vortex and pulling the spirit out of the other side.

Vatuu kicked her in the chest, sending her down the street by a few dozen feet as the vortex reformed around it. Then a massive burst of green flames raced towards the vortex, collided with it and turned all the snow flurries to steam.

The spirit was visible once again, and this time Korra saw what Chief had saw. A grimace of pain, then ice raced back towards Hope and her fire attacks were countered.

A grin spread on Korra's face. She had noticed that Vatuu was weaker, slower than it had been when it first fused with Elsa's powers, an obvious side effect along with the pain she was seeing. If Chief was right, she could use this to her advantage. The pain, the hesitation to use the ice powers, she could use it to get close and to rip Vatuu from Elsa's power, then she could lock him away forever yet again.

The two powerhouses collided and Korra took in a deep breath. She felt the warmth in her lungs, she felt it spread over her arms and legs, seeping into her bones, and the next moment she breathed fire out, flames spreading out and engulfing the entire area Vatuu was in as her eyes glowed violently.

The flames receded back into her body, and with a nasty frown, she charged forward. She used the air around her to speed herself up, and used it to help her jump high into the air then land right next to Vatuu.

The queen-looking spirit went wide-eyed, and she immediately wrapped her lashes of water around it, freezing the ends and pulling the spirit towards her.

She noticed the purple energy gathering on its chest, and was forced to drop the water whips to move out of the way just as a point blank blast of energy discharged. A kick in the head from the spirit sent her to the ground and she grunted as another foot collided with her gut.

Then a hand wrapped itself around her throat and lifted her into the air.

"I told you Rava! You cannot defeat me!" The Spirit raised its free hand to her, purple energy gathering around it, "I am beyond you!"

Suddenly a green biotic attack hit Vatuu, and the loss of balance allowed Korra to kick free of her momentary captor.

A wall of green armor slammed into Vatuu, and she watched as Chief lifted the spirit and sent it flying into a wall.

Two people ran up beside her along with some strange alien creature with four eyes that she didn't know.

"Bolin! Mako!"

The older brother smiled at her then let loose a bolt of lightening where Vatuu had landed, and his brother gleefully stated, "Korra! Its so great to see you!" A purple lance of energy forced them apart.

Bolin coughed, "You know if it weren't for the homicidal spirit trying to destroy the world again!" He grimaced and kicked up two massive chunks of earth and sent them flying at Vatuu.

"Humans." Javik muttered under his breath, firing off another biotic blast.

Korra joined in with a few shards of ice, and a few well placed kicks of air. Their attacks all met the spirit, but a wall of ice took the brunt of their assaults, then several beams slashed into the ground around them. They flew back, and most of them hit the ground hard before rolling to a stop.

She grit her teeth and pushed herself back to her knees.

Vatuu floated in the air, looking down at her and her two friends, Javik and the Chief.

"Die—" A blast of green fire hit Vatuu, lowering it towards the ground, its back towards them as it looked to face Hope.

She saw her opening and entered the Avatar state. She pulled her arms up and tendrils of water raced up and grabbed the arms and legs of the feminine form of Vatuu, pulling it down towards her.

Javik, noticing her strategy, fired a singularity the moment the beast was next to her, and the Avatar in turn froze each tendril of water.

A blast of ice from the spirit's mouth almost skewered Korra on the spot, but she managed to duck just in time. Then a spirit energy attack released from its chest, which she barely side sidestepped to avoid being disintegrated.

Vatuu shattered the tendrils of water, but Korra lurched up and placed her hand on Vatuu's forehead, her other hand on its chest.

The two froze and a flash of white light filled the air.

Anna looked on through the window as Chakwas and a few other works don[worked on] her sister. She had no idea what they were doing but she didn't have the heart to ask. All she knew was that they could help her. At least, she hoped they could.

A familiar arm wrapped itself around her shoulders and she leaned into the ice harvester's waiting arms.

"She'll be ok."

"I know."

Then there was silence.

What would she do if Elsa died? If Elsa didn't make it, what would she tell her people? Kai? Olaf? What would the others do if Elsa was gone and what if they had no need to keep her and Kristoff around? Would they let those Flood creatures take them? The Reapers?

Her heart began to race, her hope faded. What was she going to do?

Suddenly she saw something flicker past her, a brief flash of white that slipped past her faster than she could see, and the next thing she knew a bright blue light filled the medical bay and she closed her eyes for a moment.

The next second she opened them back up.

There was snow all over the place and she looked through the window.

She saw blonde hair. Blonde.

"No!" Vatuu roared, his spirit form floating in mid-air as he looked after the power Korra had just pulled from him and sent flying towards the ship still landed down the street.

Below him Korra grinned then looked back up at him. She had gone into the Avatar state, and using Rava's cosmic power managed to pull Vatuu from Elsa's power. The moment the two had separated the blue form of Elsa raced off towards the Normandy, towards its rightful home.

She had done it. She had beaten Vatuu.

The Spirit loomed over them, glowing in anger. Its hieroglyphs turned a bright purple and a blast of energy raced at Korra. She pulled up a wall of earth with a motion from her hands, but the wall shattered. She stumbled back but as she stumbled back, a stream of lightning, rocks, and hardlight ammunition pelted the massive spirit. Holes tore in its sides and body, its spirit form giving way to the relentless assault.

It quickly rushed to the ground, using its massive tendrils to smack Chief towards a building, and the other two benders into each other, while another wrapped around Javik and threw him back towards the Normandy.

Korra blasted off into the air, readying herself for another fight when someone raced paced her in the air and collided with Vatuu. Green fire exploded outward in a brilliant flash, and she was forced to look away for a brief moment, only to look back and see Hope falling towards the ground while Vatuu roared in agony.

Whatever had happened left a massive hole in Vatuu's side and had knocked the mutant girl unconscious.

She rolled her eyes and with a burst of fire from her feet sent herself towards Hope. She raced through the air, zipping past Vatuu, and grabbed the mutant by her foot. She used a quick burst of air to cushion their fall, and they landed on the roof of a nearby building.

She laid the girl down and looked back at the spirit who was slowly starting to heal itself from Hope's charge.

Her eyes glowed white and she jumped off the building, catching herself mid-air with a tornado then raised her hands above her. The earth shook below her, and massive chunks of it tore apart from the ground and floated up towards her. They encircled her and two lances of fire left her palms and slithered around her, the earth and fire forming and X around her. Finally the ice all around broke free from the ground, turning to water as it flew up to meet her and made its own circle around her, perpendicular to the X the other two elements had formed.

"I'm locking you away for another ten thousand years!" She roared. The Spirit of Chaos turned to her and the elements surrounding her immediately shot off towards it, while a gust of air wrapped around the spirit. The elements encircled Vatuu and they each began to glow a brilliant purple.

On the ground Chief looked up with concern. He wondered what Korra was doing, but figured she knew best in this matter. He gazed down the street and saw Shepard and the Keeper subdue the Black Knight with a couple of well-placed hits that sent the remains of a building on him. The others- the Arbiter, Korra's friends, and Shepard's crew members- all continued fighting the four benders and the Titan left standing. Outnumbered now, their enemies were being subdued and beaten.

The Black Knight was under a building, Cinder was under mounds of rubble, and Mikasa was unconscious.

Then he remembered the man. The man with red hair who had brought Garrus to this world. He was nowhere to be seen.

His scanned the entire street and as a ball of white began to enclose Vatuu, and as the Titan came under attack by his allies, he heard a noise. A screech, that pierced his soul, that sounded worse than anything he'd ever heard.

It was like the sound of metal being torn apart, of nails on a chalkboard, of the high pitch ring that happened when a flash-bang went off right next to you.

He grabbed his helmet and feel to one knee. It was inside, it was outside. The noise was everywhere. His heart pounded, and his vital signs spiked, but his suit picked up nothing. Not a single physical sound.

All around, Shepard, Korra, and the others all fell to their knees. The Titan stumbled, roaring in agony and Vatuu's cage of light fell apart.

John watched with pain as the Spirit looked to the sky, "The fourth is free." It turned back to them, "We will meet again."

The being glowed all around, and its tendrils shot out, not towards its enemies, but at the rubble where Cinder laid and the Black Knight had fallen. Its tendrils pulled them out, then grabbed the Titan, and a second later the horrid sound filling John's head stopped.

It was a relief, and instantly the Spartan got to his feet and fired at Vatuu. No way was he going to let them get away.

His rounds were blocked by another tendril, and a piercing ring broke out as the light around Vatuu climaxed.

"Till next time Rava!" It taunted with a dark chuckle. Then it began to swirl, colors and what he could've swore were stars twisting and turning like a whirlpool in the middle of the sky.

Fire, rocks, biotics, plasma, and more hardlight rounds raced at the being, but before any could hit the whirlpool suddenly accelerated and closed into nothing. Every attack they sent at it harmlessly sailed through the air of where their enemies had once been.

Chief lowered his weapon. He took in a breath and glared at the spot. They had gotten away. In his gut, he knew the man with red hair had something to do with their escape. Something to do with 'the fourth being freed', whatever that meant.

He turned around and tilted his head in a pleasant surprise.

Not all of their enemies had gotten away.

Four psychotic benders, and one unconscious or dead swordswoman.

He heard someone walk up to him, and he looked over at Korra.

The girl had a frown on her face and bags under her eyes. She followed his gaze and said, "So, what do we do with them?"

Shepard frowned, her heart heavy and her body exhausted. She stared out of the Normandy's bay as the ship slowly rose up into the sky. Its engine roared and the ship began to sail forward to what she knew was the rest of the fleet.

The city below, the capital city of the Southern Water tribe, slowly began to fade away. The fires, the rubble, the smoke, and the scene of the Flood rampaging through the streets all became to small for her to see.

Footsteps then a voice spoke up, "You should get come rest Commander."

Katherine nodded, but didn't bother to pay Jacqueline a look. The blonde N7 looked at her, then back out as the ship's ramp began to close.

"How'd the natives take it?"

The Spectre shook her head and turned away. She started off towards the elevator, careful not to bump into anyone in the ship's loading bay. Most of the people down here were natives of the world, like Korra's friends and a few other stranglers they had rescued. The Arbiter and his surviving Elite were also down here helping Wrex and Javik repair Legion. The Keeper had returned to her ship with her slipspace traveler and Korra was probably in the med bay getting her wounds looked at. Chief had taken their prisoners to the one of the viewports. He was keeping an eye on them till they got home and could put the five in a proper prison.

After all, the benders didn't have their elements to bend anymore, except for air and the exploding eye lady, though they thoroughly explained blowing a hole in the ship would kill them all.

The only one she had been worried about was Mikasa, but they had stripped her of her armor and locked her up in another room. She was unconscious and Shepard had Liara helping Chief watch her.

She passed a glance at the boy she knew was named Mako, and he gave her a respectful nod before returning back to a girl named Asami.

They hadn't taken the news of abandoning their planet well. None of them had. Korra had been even hostile at the thought but fortunately, the Arbiter and her were able to talk sense into them. After all, almost every major city on the planet had already fallen to the Flood.

Give it a week and she knew they'd have the whole world.

She slipped past Cortez who greeted her with a friendly smile, "Good job out there Commander."

"Thanks Cortez," She sighed,pressing on the elevators call button. The doors opened with a ping and she stepped inside. The doors closed and she leaned back against the metal wall.

Her eyes sealed and her breathing slowed.

"Commander?" A synthetic female voice asked from overhead.

"EDI?"

"Admiral Hackett has ordered an immediate evacuation of the system."

"Good."

"Would you like me to inform the ship of impending jump?"

The Commander nodded, "Yes, thanks EDI."

She signed again.

"Is everything all right Commander?"

"Its been a long day."

She coughed.

Blood. That was what she tasted. The iron, sticky, thick sensation of blood. She'd never tasted her own blood. Just the dragon's blood to gain her imperial arms.

Her eyes slowly opened. She saw nothing from where she laid on her stomach. It was darkness all around her, with wisps of gray smoke swirling about the darkness in random intervals and speeds.

She felt the black marble floor beneath her, and placed her hands on it, then pushed upright to where she was on all fours.

Was this hell?

She grinned. If it was, it was a poor hell. She expected more.

Then she felt the cold air stroking her bare skin. She looked down and saw she was completely naked. Her long sky blue hair covered most of her body from prying eyes but she didn't care about who was watching.

She was confident in herself. She was more than confident. She knew men and women who would do anything for her looks alone, so she stood up to her full height and let the darkness view all of her.

It was strange that no one was watching her, or trying to watch her, but it was stranger how she didn't feel dead. She felt alive. She could feel her heart beat, feel the cool air. She could smell the dampness of whatever laid around her.

But she had died. That demon sword had cut her down, infected her with a poison that had no cure.

She looked around, studying everything around her.

Maybe the afterlife was just another life, a second chance so to speak.

She looked around for the boy she had held when she died. For Tatsumi. He was nowhere. Her eyes glowered and her fists clenched. Even in death, Akame had kept him from her.

They had both died, but he was gone, and she was here.

She heard it then. The sounds of slithering creatures heading toward her. She spun around with a grin, ready for the next hunt, for her next victim, when pale tendrils of decaying flesh appeared from the darkness and slithered on the floor towards her.

She opened her hand and a sword of ice appeared in it.

"Do not be afraid," The voice was deep, so deep it resonated inside her very bones, "I am peace. I am salvation."

The tendrils moved towards her then she heard footsteps and a woman stepped out from the shadows.

This woman was shorter than her, had a fitting red dress with yellow coloring on the edges, and jet black hair that accented her orange, fire filled eyes.

"Esdeath," The woman greeted without a smile. She looked Esdeath up and down, but when she met Esdeath's eyes they lacked impression.

Esdeath blinked, gripping her ice sword tighter and getting ready to call forth all her power if she needed.

"There's no need for that," The woman waved at her sword, "We have a proposition."

"And what is your proposition?" Esdeath asked, surprised that this woman knew her name.

Another pair of footsteps, this time heavier and obviously created by someone wearing boots filled her ears and she looked over her shoulder towards a figure in black armor and black cape.

"You wish to see the boy again yes?"

She squinted at this new armored foe. How did they know about Tatsumi? About her for that matter?

"I can give you him. Return him from the grave and from the place no mortal can reach."

Again Esdeath turned around. She saw a massive figure towering over her with dark red shades of its body and a hieroglyph in the center of what she would call its torso.

"And what would I have to do?" She asks skeptically.

"Simple," The woman in the red dress steps towards her, "We need to you to kill."

Esdeath laughs, her eyes bright and her laugh high and full, "You want me to kill for you?"

"Yes," The decaying tendrils floated in the air around her then they retracted back into the darkness where a monstrosity reared its massive head with razor sharp teeth, decayed flesh, and the smell of thousands of dead bodies.

It grumbled something in another language then spoke, "We have defied gods and demons."

"Who is it I need to kill?" Esdeath asked, letting her sword fade into nothingness.

The armored figure from behind her speaks this time, "That is for us to decide."

She looked back at him with a smirk, "And who exactly, is us?"

"I," The towering figure made of dark red and had a hieroglyph on its torso rose higher, "Am the Spirit of Chaos. The Spirit of Darkness."

"And I," the monster with teeth and tendrils moved closer to her, "Am the monument to all your sins. The face of all evil."

A new voice spoke up, " And I am the voice of all evil." Esdeath looked to a floating, ghostly looking child that floated above Cinder. The child smiled.

Then a new presence strode forward from the darkness. It was massive, bulky and had a dark purple skin with golden armor. "And I am the power of Evil. The one who does it himself if these three fail."

There were snarls, and she felt the tension rise.

Esdeath laughed. Ridiculous. These creatures thought themselves gods. She laughed at their folly, at their lies. Still, they offered her Tatsumi. They offered her prey.

She grinned with white pearly teeth, and gleaming eyes.

"Well," She placed her hands on her hips, "Let the hunt begin."

A/N Hey guys. So here is the final chapter to the Universe of all reality Part I. Vatuu and the villains are beaten for now, and the heroes are returning back to the ME verse with plenty of figures from the Avatar verse as well as Frozen's universe. Elsa has her powers, Korra's pissed, Chief and Shepard know how to fight together and the Flood and Reaper threat over their universe is still in play.

Part II, The Power of the Grail, will be published at the same time as this, so to continue the story go to my profile and click on the story "The Power of the Grail". The story will continue on with the Star Trek arc first, though Akame Ga Kill will be a sub arc within it, then we'll keep going from there.

If anyone has any questions let me know! The pairings, plot line, and story arc, are all set in stone as of now, though I may consider adding in a few other characters and sub plots as it goes along. Also I will set up another Poll about who you want to see more of! So depending on how many votes each character gets I'll start writing more from their view point.

Anyway, thanks for reading! Please review! God bless.

—Metal4k