Saber Lily was not happy. What was supposed to be a day of fun at the beach before heading off to face Arteries in a final battle had turned into a complete disaster. First, Artoria Archer had gone missing after she left to secure them a spot and then, her boyfriend Leo went to go look for their missing friend only to go missing himself. After an hour of waiting, the Knight Princess got tired of waiting and gathered the others to search for their two missing companions.

However, after three hours of searching, the group realized that two must have been kidnapped by Arteries at some point during the day. The girls then made Merlin take them back to the Castle's residence where they find a way to track their friends down before the Demon King did something horrible to them. Now the group was back in the house in the living room as they watched the wizard try to look for their missing friends.

"Can't you go any faster?!," Assassin exclaimed dressed in her combat attire. "They could be being tortured by Arteries right now or even worse...dead!"

"She's right!!," Nero said with a nod. "Praetor Leo's life is on line. We have to find him for the future of Rome!"

"Umm...I think you mean the of the world and also Archer's live is also on the line.," Lancer said giving the Roman Empress a glare.

"Oh yeah. Her too.," Red Saber said with a sheepish smile. "Sorry. I forgot about her."

Saber Artoria just sighed as she turned to Merlin. "Merlin...have you had any luck finding them?"

The wizard shook his head. "I'm sorry, my kings, but I'm unable to find them. It's like someone of equal skill in magic is shielding them from my sight, but I'll keep trying. Don't worry...we'll find them."

"I hope so...who knows what the monster is doing to my poor Leo...," Saber Lily said with a worried frown. "I should've gone with him...then this wouldn't have happened."

Lancer turned to her younger self and gave her a hug. "It's not your fault. You didn't know and even if you did, you may have been captured yourself."

"She's right!!," Nero exclaimed with a bright smile before pointing to Merlin. "If it's anyone's fault, it's his! It was Merlin's idea to go to the beach and besides...he jinxed us by saying 'what could possibly go wrong?'"

"Why you little --," the wizard began to say as his eyes widened in amazement. "My Kings and Nero, I think I found something! It's not Leo and Archer, but seems to be another version of you, but it seems different somehow. Anyways, I think our best course of action to retrieve this new version before Arteries--hit the deck!!!"

"Huh?," the girls said confused before the house was hit in a violent burst of red lighting causing it split into two as debris rained down on them.

As the dust cleared, the girls slowly rose to their feet as they looked up to see a familiar face.

"Hello Fathers...bet you didn't expect me to show up, now did ya?," the Knight of Treachery stated with a smirk.

"Mordred!!," Saber Artoria yelled as she and the others summoned their weapons. "How dare you show yourself to us?! I know you're here to fight us, but do you expect to fight us alone?!"

The Saber of Red just continued to smiled. "Who said I was alone?"

Just then an arrow raced towards the King of Knights's chest, but luckily deflected by Lancer as a man with long red hair walked up next to Mordred with two Altered Artoria's by his side. One was in a Santa Girl outfit and other was...in a swimsuit?!

"Archer?!," the girl cried seeing their ally turned into their enemy.

"Sorry, but it's Maid Alter thanks to the glory of my reeducation by Lord Arteries.," the Alter servant said with a cold smile. "This is my counterpart and fellow Rider class servant, Santa Alter. I also believe you met our other friend. Say hello Sir Tristan."

"Hello my Kings...it's good to see you.," the man known as Sir Tristan stated with a sad smile. "However, I'm sorry to say that I serve my new King, Lord Arteries. I hope you can forgive me for what I must do next."

"What does that mean?!," Merlin asked as he he dusted himself off. "Why are you here?!"

Mordred just smiled as she pointed her blade at Saber Artoria. "Oh that's easy. We're here to kill you. You've only lived this long because Lord Arteries let you, but now it's time to end you pathetic fools for the glory of our new empire!!! Now time to die!!"

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As the attack on the house began, on the other side of town at abandoned train station, Leo stood ready in his armor with his sword in hand with Mashu and Mordred Alter at his side. The boy was determined to succeed and bring back the key to his bride's success. He would not fail to do what needed be done and no one would get his way.

"Are you sure this is the place?," the pale blonde haired boy asked. "We have no time for mistakes. The others should be engaging the enemy as we speak, giving us the time to collect what we need."

"Don't worry, Senpai.," Mashu Alter said with a smile. "The coordinates given to us by Lady Morgan is correct. All we have to is go in and collect Lord Arteries's prize."

"Then what are we waiting for?," Mordred Alter stated with a smirk as she cracked her knuckles. "Let's go kicks some ass!"

The boy turned to the Alter servant. "Why aren't you in your armor? We're about to go into combat!"

"Oh shut up!!," the girl yelled back at him. "I'll do what I want! Now let's just go in already. I'm starting to get bored!"

"Fine...," Leo said with a groan. "Let's go...we've wasted enough time already."

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Meanwhile, inside the train station, three servants waited for their approaching enemies to arrive. One was a tall man with purple hair in white armor and next to him was a young girl with light lavender hair wearing high tech armor holding a giant shield. Both stood by a young man with blonde hair and emerald green eyes with a golden holy sword in his hands.

"My King....two altered servants and one Demi-
Servant are approaching the building.," Mashu stated to the boy. "I suggest we make a tactical retreat as my deadbeat father stays behind to keep them distracted."

"Really?!," Lancelot said as gave his daughter a glare. "I know you hate me, but do you really want me to die?! Besides, it's too late to retreat. We have no choice, but to fight. It's our only way to protect our king now."

Arthur turned to his friend as smiled. "Your father is right, Mashu. It's too late. We have no choice, but to fight. If we don't, Arteries will finally get what he needs. We can let that happen...now prepare for battle because here they come!!"