Red Guard flew around before he looked at the vision from Vee's oracle spell from his watch. He narrowed his eyes before flying even faster.

And in classic evil villain fashion, it was some kind of abandoned factory. Red Guard crashed through the window, spinning around his staff as he began to land. He struck a pose as he landed.

Red Guard smirked. "I LOVE doing that!"

He then stood up and started looking around. He spun around his staff so light orbs would fill the dark room, just so he could see. He kept looking around before seeing a small trail of machine parts that led to an open door.

Red Guard slowly followed the trail, just in case it was a trap. He peeked inside the room and saw...Belos sitting down and facing a desk. Red Guard clutched his staff tightly. This may not have been HIS Belos...

But he remembered PERFECTLY what his Belos did to him. Did to Luz. Did to Vee. Did to Kikimora. And even to King. He didn't want vengeance to take over him, so he tried to keep calm...at least for now.

Belos seemed to be sitting completely still, not making a sound. It was like he was WAITING for Red Guard to come in and beat the crap out of him. Or perhaps, it was a trap.

Red Guard didn't wanna risk taking his time to be trapped, so he zoomed over to Belos and whacked his staff into his stomach, causing Belos to go flying against the wall. He then walked over, smirking. "WOO! Wanted to do that to SOME form of Belos for a long, long time!"

Belos didn't respond.

Red Guard became a little confused before he walked over and ripped off Belos' mask...only to see Belos himself was unconscious. He checked the Emperor's pulse. For some very strange reason, he couldn't tell if there even was one.

He stepped back. "W...What happened?"

Then? Someone teleported into the room...and a familar voice cackled. "You just fell for our trap..."

Red Guard's eyes widened in horror and he turned around to see...Darcy, but some of her armor was golden and her eyes were red with orange pupils. And finally, she had a long cape that was similar to Belos'.

"...no...you didn't." Red Guard breathed.

'Darcy' smirked. "Oh, we did. Belos and I wanted to play smarter...so we fused into one being." She then took out Belos' staff and lunged at Red Guard, whacking it into his chest and sending him crashing through the wall. "Not to mention? Anne and Marcy can't fight back in the Hivemind anymore! Belos' mind and magic is keeping them at bay for as long as we want!"

Red Guard stumbled as he got up, but then looked into the multiple eyes of this new villain. "N-Not as long as I'm standing, Core..."

"Oh, please...CALL US TITANESS."  She boomed before blasting Red Guard with a red and orange energy blast. The blast itself was devastating and blew up in Red Guard's face as he was sent flying through the wall again and outside of the factory.

Titaness flew out, flying above Red Guard before she crashed down, causing a giant shockwave that once again sent Red Guard flying. To add to the pain, she grabbed her staff again and blasted him.

Red Guard screamed out in pain as he tumbled onto the now burnt grass. Titaness zoomed above him, grabbing him by the cape and spinning him around before throwing him onto a moving car, which crashed as a result.

Titaness then suddenly shrunk her staff, which turned into a red and orange energy saber. She gripped it tightly before she swung it down, with Red Guard just barely able to block the saber with his staff.

Red Guard then teleported the two of them away from any citizens, but when they landed on the roof of the abandoned factory, Titaness broke their clash and slashed him across the chest. Red Guard felt a burning pain and screamed in pain before being punched down, causing him to smash through the roof.

Titaness then flew down the hole Red Guard's impact created and cackled. "And here I thought you would be stronger than my Hunter..."

Red Guard coughed, pieces of his mask falling off from the impact as he shakily got to his knees.

Titaness shook her head, clicking her tongue lightly before smirking. "You know...Silver Soldier shared such secrets with me, Hunter. Secrets that are now mine to know...and they're fascinating! You befriended a Basilisk just because they were tortured. Kikimora of ALL people befriended you because deep down, she was a good person...oh, but King? The demon you consider your nephew?"

She landed on the ground across from the hero. "You never told him what happened to his mother. You never told him that the Silver Soldier was his mother."

Red Guard's eyes widened. "N-Not even she knows...h-how did you-"

"I figured it out." Titaness cackled before stepping forward. "Edalyn and Raine are much like this universe's, hmm? Then what about your precious EMIRA? I bet she gets lonely when you're out saving the day! Maybe I should pay her a visit...keep her company."

Red Guard's eyes widened and started to glow. He zoomed over and blasted Titaness in the face. "YOU STAY AWAY FROM HER!!! YOU HEAR ME, YOU MONSTER!!!"

Titaness laughed wickedly before she took the full force of the blast and then grabbed Red Guard by his neck. She then flew through the hole with the hero struggling in her grasp.

She then teleported to the middle of the city, well aware it was her time to shine. She blasted The Red Guard a final time, leaving him helpless before throwing him down.

Right where the heroes were, realizing that they had just fallen into her trap with her fake hologram and the other villains serving as distractions.

Her very PRESENCE made the sky go blood red and she cackled, her eyes glowing brighter as she looked down at the heroes.

"WHAT DEFINES EVERY HERO? TRAGEDY." The Titaness cackled with her menacing voice as she floated down.

Luz and Anne's eyes were wide with horror as they protected their fallen comrade, with Hunter pulling Red Guard close.

"...what have you done, Belos?" Luz asked, clutching her staff.

Titaness smirked. "I'VE BECOME YOUR DOOM!" She roared, shooting out her fist and letting out a devastating red and orange energy blast.

And in that single blast, it caused a GIGANTIC explosion that sent all of the heroes and even the villains flying. The blast was so powerful that it leveled the streets, causing cars and various other things to go flying.

Vee coughed and coughed, with Sasha standing up. The other heroes joined soon after, injured from the blast and rubble covering their outfits and armor.

Titaness laughed. "Still standing? Very well...HOW ABOUT THIS?!"

She then flew above them and started using both The Core's and Belos' magic at once, conjuring up some kind of holographic being.

A gigantic glowing orange skeleton the size of a skyscraper appeared, with long axolotl horns on its head. And finally, 6 eyes on its skull. A red aura surrounded its body.

"THE TITAN?!?!" Vee shrieked.

Marcy shook her head. "N-No! It's their own- LOOK OUT!!!"

The Dark Titan then slammed its fist downwards, but Hunter AND Luz quickly formed a forcefield around their team, stopping the impact. The Dark Titan growled and placed both hands against the forcefield, beginning to squeeze and crush it. The forcefield began to crack.

Red Guard looked up at both The Titaness and her monster in horror. Their plan was failing horribly...but then, he noticed Silver Soldier's staff right next to him. It must've been flung over from the explosion.

He grabbed the staff and used its magic to make a portal right beneath them. To HIS universe.

Luz turned. "RED! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"

"WE GOTTA GO! EVERYONE INSIDE!!!" Red Guard shrieked.

The heroes looked at each other before they all hopped inside the portal, with Hunter being the last one inside. The forcefield collapsed when they went through the portal and The Dark Titan disappeared.

Titaness smirked and floated down. "HIDE AWAY ALL YOU'D LIKE..."

She then saw the other villains get the same idea as she did. Grom, Silver Soldier, Golden Guard, Cloaker, and Andrias ALL hopped inside the portal. The Titaness was the last one inside before the portal closed.

The Titaness: The fusion of Darcy and Emperor Belos. This villain is nearly unstoppable with demonic and dark magic at her disposal. And to prevent any futile efforts to break their connection, Emperor Belos has become the guardian of The Hivemind. Now not even Anne and Marcy can break free, leaving The Titaness free from them.