Roll ran as her brother fell to the ground motionless. Dr. Light attempted to run but was stopped by Astil. Shadow looked down on the unconscious robot with the ninja star in his hand. Before he could grab both him and Roll, Hardman stood between them. The wi-lights were aiming their busters on him, but he remained unimpressed.

"I'm going to say this as nicely as possible. What did you do to the kid and where are our brothers? We know they went to see you, so answer us!" Gemini spat aggressively.

To their surprise, the ninja bowed and lowered his weapon. "Your brothers are okay, as is the boy. My master is waiting for all of you to join him. If you want this to end peacefully, you will take his offer."

"You just attacked one of our own!!"

"He shouldn't be dead from such a small cut. Is he still breathing?" He asked. His surprise only made the wi-lights angrier.

"You're not even sure?!?"

"If you knew what is to happen in a few minutes, you would want to take my offer. Last chance, or I have to follow orders."

The robots heard the sound of sniffling and looked toward Sparkman. The light orange electric robot had tears strolling down his face, his electric "hands" emitting small sparks. "Y-You did something to my brothers, didn't you? I felt their signals not long ago, and they faded. But Snake...he was forcibly severed. Like he was a-attacked. And now this...you hurt them, didn't you? You're not a good person, a-are you? I don't want you hurting any more of us...leave. Leave us alone! And give our brothers back!"

A large ball of electricity was fired in the ninja's direction, and he slid toward Spark. He was in front of the robot and sighed, unsheathing a hidden kunai. "Very well. You asked for this." Spark screamed as the kunai jabbed his side. The weapon was pulled out, and wires became exposed. Before Shadow could attack again, Magnet's yell alerted him of their attack and slid away. The doctors were forcibly shoved inside as lasers, needles, punches, and ninja stars were thrown. Roll remained sitting motionless, clutching to Rock's body.

"Stand still you incompetent, half screw worth of a ninja!" Needle shouted. Shadow simply stomped on his face and attempted to slash him.

"You need to learn to bite your tongue." Shadow huffed. Magnet came next, firing several missiles.

"I don't know who you are or what your master wants, but I can't let you harm my brothers. It will be pointless to try and dodge my missiles. They can hone in on any robot made with a metal of magnetic properties. So sorry ahead of time." Shadow dodged the first two as best he could, but tripped on the last one. The missile collided into his back, the explosion colliding him into the wall of the greenhouse.

"I got him!" Magnet approached the downed opponent. He touched the burnt shoulder and blood trickled down his hand upon contact. It was a dark red color with blotches of black.

"B-Blood? But how are you-" Magnet couldn't finish when Shadow's eyes snapped open. The katana twirled underneath and pierced him in the shoulder. His insides felt like fire, and Magnet could only gasp and spasm as the ninja stood up. The black smudge and injury from the missile was all gone, and he reached for the neck. A slight jab was all he felt, and Magnet blacked out.

"Two down. Ra Moon, bring me reinforcements. I'm more rusty than I thought." He murmured.

"Fine by me!" Gemini shouted.

Shadow flinched as a laser aimed for his legs, jumping as it bounced off the grass and trees. Gemini created several clones of himself, all of them shooting lasers at every object and their opponent. As Shadow avoided as much bullet fire as he could, and Roll felt a tug as the real Gemini grabbed her. He avoided the ninjas vision and threw the twin robots inside, the doctor and botanist already assisting.

Finally, Shadow slipped on a rock and a Gemini laser hit him point blank in the face. The clones all fired on him, the lasers hitting every point of his body. Shadow fell to the ground as Gemini grabbed the top of his head. He had him right where he wanted him, with a laser pointer between his eyes.

"Where the hell are my brothers?" He spat.

The ninja, despite his situation, only glared and spat back. Gemini roared and was ready to fire, but a laugh made him stop. It was a familiar laugh, the same taunting laugh that joked about his looks and talked about his snakes. But this wasn't that joking laugh. The laugh felt forced and lower than humanely possible. He turned to his green reptilian brother, side by side with his younger orange brother, standing still with weapons drawn.

What made his stomach drop was their eyes, which remained unusually wide with blank pupils. Snake laughed again with a guttural growl, his voice warped in a lower tone.

"How touching of you to finally care."

Snakeman leapt for for the true Gemini, claws unsheathed and scratching his buster and chest. The shock of his brother's attack made the clones disappear. The brainwashed Topman rushed to Shadow's side, offering a hand with a grin. The ninja blinked before pushing the offer, forcing himself upright. "Get the other two." Nodding, the ninja and spinner robot readied their weapons and charged Hardman and Needleman.

Gemini screamed as Snake thrashed him around. His terrified eyes met the emotionless red ones of his brother, and the snake robot grinned as his scratched his clawed hand against Gem's face. Raising his pinned leg as high as he could, he kicked his brother off and grazed his finger against his cheeks. He felt a dent under his eyes, and he grabbed a shard of his reflective chest armor. Starting from the bottom of each eye was a deep cut running down to the ends of his chin, oil flowing out like black tears. He gasped in horror of what his brother had done, and he wasn't prepared for Snake sprinting towards him once more.

He raised the buster but it was too late. Snake's tail had whipped him in the neck, forcing him to the ground. Gem couldn't see from the oil smeared across his face. All he could do was scream his brother's name, and Snake plunged his teeth into the neck.

Snake, with his mouth covered with his brother's oil, looked to Shadow and Top. They were surrounding Needleman and Hardman, who continued to block the door to the greenhouse. He approached the ninja's side like a bodyguard, ready to strike when given the chance.

"Still want to do this?" He asked.

"Go to the scrap heap, you little monster!" Needleman was ready to fire, but he heard a piercing ringing in his receptors. It quickly got louder and louder until he body started to shake. He yelled in pain as he fell to his knees. "What is happening?!? Hard, what is-!" Needle couldn't concentrate by the sheer force of the noise. He got the courage to look for a second, and Hard's body rolled on the grass with his eyes completely white. Steam bellowed from all over the body, and Needle soon felt himself going hot.

The three robots only stared at the robot, ignoring his distress and pain. Then Shadow smiled.

"Prepare yourself."

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PREPARE YOURSELF. MY REIGN BEGINS."

A blast emitted from the heart of the temple and spread past the heart of the Amazon to surrounding towns. The surrounding towns soon was past and next the far away cities. The lights turned off like little switches by the large EMP, and the wave continued to move fast, racing past farther cities, and not too long the country went dark. The blast travelled across the ocean, the cities and people on the other side unaware of the horrors about to happen.

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It took 3 minutes as the blast swept by the cities to unleash chaos. No one would see it coming, but it was effective like the alien had predicted.

Five seconds.

Street lights and house lights shut off like a giant switch. The cities under the cover of night are sent into darkness. The electronic clocks slow to a gradual stop, and the time is lost.

Ten seconds.

Kids and adults were complaining as their phones, tablets, and computers flickered and shut down. The gradual complaining turned to yelling and screaming as the screeching of cars filled the streets. Cars collided with one another and the streets piled up quickly with flipped and crunched auto mobiles. The people trapped among the wreckage could do nothing but plead for help.

Thirty seconds.

Robots helping the trapped and scared people started to spark and spazz along the concrete. The simpler programmed robots crumbled to the floor. Some were overheating and exploded where they stood, leaving humans already panicking helpless to whatever came their way.

One minute.

For the robot masters around the world, it was horrific pain the longer it lasted. While they didn't explode, the pain inside felt like they were every moment they were alive. For one, it felt like a thousand knives were stabbing their circuitry. For another, it was being struck by lightning. But the end result was the same, and it was screaming for their creator or master and blacking out, with the last thing they saw being the horrified glances of their peers.

Two minutes.

Children and onlookers watched as they heard noises from the sky, and witnessed planes descending to the ground.

Three minutes.

The EMP made its worldwide mark. Cities were left in the dark, with no one to call for help. Robots around the world were shut down or suffered the blast. And humanity was panicking.

The reign of Ra Moon began.

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Needle body overheated and flopped to Shadow's feet flowing with steam. The ninja looked out to the town below, hearing the cries and shouts of distressed humans. He shook his head and directed to the fallen robots.

"Gather them."

The brainwashed Top and Snake wasted no time and pulled the steaming pile of robots to the forest. Shadow moved Needle aside and stepped through the door, meeting the distressed doctors holding Rock. Roll, who had been by her brothers side the whole time, was panting as steam flowed from her. Shadow took a step closer, and the only thing between him and her was a distressed Pedro Astil.

"Move."

But Pedro refused to move. Shadow squinted and drew his blade, the tip barely touching the botanist's shirt. "Plantman!" He shouted.

Plantman, sparks flying from his head, stood up and whipped the ninja with his prehensile vines. Vines and stems from the greenhouse erupted and slammed the opponent several times against walls. One vine gripped the leg, and Shadow was swept out of the building and hit a nearby tree. With no time to lose, Plant spoke to the ground and all of the plants. The dirt outside was turned and split open. Thorny vines and rocks formed a ring around the greenhouse as a barrier.

Shadow looked to the barrier and laid down his weapon. He turned to the others and whipped the down Geminiman on his shoulder. "Forget them and follow the path back to the temple."

Plantman waited for the figures to disappear before he collapsed on the wall. The sparks on his body were slowly disappearing, and his vision started to fade. "Sorry doc...it was all...I could do..." He whispered as his eyes closed.

As the doctors tried to process what was happening, Roll started to feel a great heaviness in her core. The ringing was filling her head, gradually getting louder. "Rock..." She murmured quietly, roping her arms around her brother. Her legs shook as she got to the small repair room.

Her core felt warm to the touch, but she didn't care as she rolled Rock over. She grasped the ninja star lodged in his back, pulling it back. The sharp edges cut into her synthetic skin, and she felt the side effects of the poison. With one final pull, the star fell to the floor and the black poison was leaving her brother's wound. She could feel her energy rapidly leaving as she wiped the liquid off.

"Rock, you're going to be okay. Don't worry about me. I don't want you to worry about me. ...I'll be okay."

Roll's eyes flickered closed, and she fell against the table clutching her twin's hand.