"Taltruant... What is your real plan?" Sharky asked seriously. "Why are you doing all of this?"
Taltruant smiled calmly, as if he'd been waiting for someone to ask.
"Finally, someone wants to understand. Very well... Let me show you."
He reached into his armor and pulled out a glowing gem—it pulsed with deep cosmic energy. It was the Universal Gem, it has the power to birth a new Universe.
Then, with a wave of his hand, a strange metallic throne formed behind him.
It shimmered with shifting energy, pieces of different clocks flickering around its frame. In each clock there was a different time.
"This... is the Chrono Throne." He slowly sat down as time around him shimmered unnaturally.
"With this, I will create a perfect universe—one outside of time and space. A singular realm, built by taking fragments from every other universe in the Ultimate Multiverse."
He lifted his hand, showing off the Destroyer.
"The Destroyer lets me break apart pieces of every universe."
Then, he held up the glowing Universe gem. "This Universe gem will shape the structure of my new universe."
Finally, he nodded toward the core on his chest.
"And the Dwarf Star will give me the limitless energy I need to complete the process."
Taltruant leaned forward, his voice smooth and convincing.
"No one will age. No one will die. There will be no pain, no war... only peace. I will control it all. Everything will be... perfect."
Sharky's face twisted in disgust.
"Perfect? That's not peace. That's a lie."
Taltruant frowned slightly, surprised at the interruption.
Sharky pointed at him.
"If people have no choice... no free will... then they aren't living. They're just puppets."
He flew closer.
"A world where no one can think for themselves isn't a real world. It's your prison. And you're calling yourself the warden."
Just then, a bright wormhole burst open behind them.
Out of the wormhole stepped a man—calm and composed.
He had fair skin, gray eyes, and black hair with silvery streaks on the sides. He wore a green coat etched with clock-like designs, its gold trim shining faintly.
Brown and black pouches lined his sides, and a white scarf fluttered in the breeze beneath a black turtleneck. A brown vest with golden buttons sat snugly beneath it.
Around his neck hung a pair of goggles, and on his right hand, a metallic gauntlet glowed faintly—the Chrononavigator, a device said to connect all timelines. His left hand was covered by a fingerless glove.
His pants were black, armored at the knees, and his brown boots had golden straps that shimmered with tech-energy.
He was Professor Timex—the Timekeeper of the Ultimate Multiverse, the one who existed beyond all timelines and realities. The single entity in the entire Ultimate Multiverse, there was not any of his counterparts.
He walked up beside Sharky and faced Taltruant.
"Taltruant... You've already done irreversible damage."
Taltruant narrowed his eyes. "Professor Timex... So, you decided to show yourself. Too late to stop me now."
But Timex raised his hand, and spoke with urgency.
"Your actions will create Dimensional Overlaps. Whole timelines will leak into one another. Enemies from one universe will appear in others. Heroes will be ripped out of their own worlds and thrown into different times and places."
"The laws of reality will collide. One universe thinks time is frozen, while the other believes it's running at full speed. These contradictions will tear holes in space."
His tone grew heavier.
"Soon, a massive wormhole will open—one strong enough to start absorbing everything. If that happens, it won't just destroy your fake universe... it'll collapse the entire Ultimate Multiverse."
Sharky stepped forward, glaring at Taltruant.
"See, that's the truth, which you didn't understand."
"We won't let that happen. Not me, not Johnson, not Biotrix Sharky, not even Professor Timex."
Professor Timex adjusted the Chrononavigator on his wrist.
"Taltruant, you still have a chance to stop this. Power means nothing if you become the last being in existence."
Even after hearing everything from Professor Timex, Taltruant still didn't stop. His eyes burned with determination.
"I don't care about the consequences. My world will be perfect. No chaos. No failure. Only control," he growled.
Professor Timex turned to Sharky. "Sharky, you don't have much time. If he completes this... it'll be too late."
Sharky nodded and looked to the side. "But... Biotrix Sharky is still frozen."
"Leave that to me," Timex said calmly.
He vanished in a blink, from his place.
And in a less than a second, he reappeared beside Biotrix Sharky, who was still frozen in mid-action.
Timex raised his right hand, the Chrononavigator glowing with golden energy. He gently pressed his hand to Biotrix Sharky's chest, and a glowing clock-like circle formed around them.
"Time Resume."
The frozen layer around Biotrix Sharky cracked like glass and shattered with a burst of light.
He gasped and staggered forward, blinking. "Wha–? I'm back?"
"Yes," Professor Timex said. "And we need you."
"You—Timex!" Taltruant roared in anger. "You dare interfere again?!"
He raised his hand and ripped open glowing portals, all spinning wildly in the sky.
Through them, pieces of different universes could be seen—floating cities, alien planets, different Earths, strange dimensions.
"You can't stop me now!" he shouted, laughing.
From within his cloak, he pulled out the Universe Gem.
Then, he took the Dwarf Star, and slowly pushed it inside the Universe Gem.
And soon around the Universe Gem, a massive pulse of energy erupted, and a shining energy shield formed around it.
And then through the portals, many other Universes started pulling toward it.
While Taltruant punched through the portal, which break a part of the Universe.
Timex turned to Sharky. "He's begun the final stage. You must stop him now... or everything ends."
Sharky narrowed his eyes and tapped the Valortrix, activating the power of Energon.
A surge of energy flowed through his body—his fingers sparked with currents like wires, and his body glowed faintly with pulsing blue lines.
He turned toward the glowing shield around the Gem.
"Alright... time to break this," Sharky muttered.
He flew straight at it, both hands charged, and tried to phase through the energy shield—but the moment his hands touched it, a blast of force threw him back.
BOOM!
He crashed onto the ground, flipping through the air before landing on his feet.
"Hahaha!" Taltruant laughed. "I already told you—no one can stop me now. Not even you, Guardian of Valor!"
Sharky gritted his teeth.
Before he could try again, Biotrix Sharky stepped forward, still in his powerful Proto Nexus form.
"Let me try," Biotrix Sharky said calmly.
He walked toward the shield, reached out—and to Taltruant's surprise, his hand passed right through it.
He slowly gripped the Universe Gem holding the Dwarf Star and pulled it out of the protective energy field.
"HEY!!" Taltruant screamed in panic. "What are you doing?! You'll ruin everything! You're destroying it all!"
Biotrix Sharky held the Universe Gem in his hand, while the pulling of other Universes through the portal had stopped.
Professor Timex stepped forward, with a serious expression. He quickly took out a glowing orb-shaped containment device—silver and gold, with faint glowing gears orbiting its surface.
"Biotrix Sharky, carefully give it to me," he said.
"If that Gem falls… the Dwarf Star will erupt. And something dangerous will happen."
Biotrix Sharky nodded and slowly turned toward him, extending the Gem outward with both hands.
He was just going to give it to Professor Timex.
But Taltruant clenched his fists, his eyes burning with rage and disbelief.
"No… no, NO! I won't let this happen! I won't lose everything again!" he roared.
In one motion, he slammed the ground with his armored foot, summoning a violent shockwave, which made everyone focus on him.
Then he raised his hand.
"Time Freeze!"
The beam of warped blue light charged from his palm.
Sharky immediately sensed it. "NO—Timex, he's casting Time Freeze!"
Professor Timex's eyes widened. He activated a time shield with the gauntlet on his right hand, sending a ring of protective energy toward Sharky—but he couldn't reach Biotrix Sharky in time.
Biotrix Sharky turned, trying to shield the Gem—but it was too late.
The Time Freeze beam hit him. And his body locked mid-motion, frozen in place.
In that instant, his hands loosened.
The Gem slipped from his fingers.
"NO!" Sharky and Professor Timex shouted at the same time.
The Gem containing the Dwarf Star glowed dangerously as it began to fall…
Downward… toward the broken ground.
And just it hit the ground,
It pulsed once, —twice, —and then it cracked open, spilling reality-bending energy in every direction.
From its core, a swirling black hole formed, it started absorbing everything.
"I'll control it!" Sharky shouted, still in his Energon form, he quickly tried to control the energy through his hand by absorbing it.
He was able to pause it for a few seconds.
But it wasn't enough.
Biotrix Sharky, still frozen in time, could only watch, wide-eyed in place, powerless to act.
And then—
BOOM!
The black hole collapsed in on itself.
And in its place—
—a massive explosion of red, flaming cosmic energy erupted outward in a wide dome of destruction.
It hit Sharky and Biotrix Sharky head-on.
Nearby, Johnson gripped the console, eyes wide in horror.
"NO—SHARKY!!"
Professor Timex slammed his gauntlet against the energy, but nothing happened, "This is bad. This is VERY bad!"
Taltruant, standing atop his half-formed Chrono Throne, laughed madly as the shockwave illuminated his silhouette.
"Hahaha! Yes! SEE!? No one could stop me! I told you all!" he howled.
"I will create the new universe! I will write the laws! I will be its beginning—its creator—its ruler!"
"I will be the DAD of this universe!" he screamed.
"I AM THE KING!"
His laughter echoed.
The red energy still raged, destroying every thing in his path.
But then—
it stopped.
Taltruant's laughter died in his throat.
He noticed the energy from the Universe Gem, which was spreading outward, now it had started shrinking back.
"No… no... what is this?" Taltruant whispered, stepping back from the Chrono Throne.
Then he noticed, as the energy was shrinking back, a silhouette emerged.
First it was just a shadow.
Then, a figure.
He looked the same as the Energon species, same build, twin tails behind him, same electric glow in his fingers—but something was different.
His body wasn't blue.
It was black. A deep, obsidian black, while the crimson color energy pulsates through his body.
His eyes still burned bright blue.
And the power of Universe Gem was shrinking back in his one hand, he didn't even require his both hands to absorb it.
And soon all of the Universe Gem's energy was absorbed in his hand.
Taltruant stumbled back, sweat on his brow, eyes wide in disbelief. He didn't know who was so strong that can control and absorb the energy of the Universe Gem.
"Who… what are you…?" he gasped, his voice now shaken.
The figure slowly lowered to the ground, the last remnants of the energy shrinking into his palm.
He looked up—
Right at Taltruant.
That's when Professor Timex stepped forward, his normally calm face had changed into a worried expression
"You... Why have you come here?" Timex asked, but this time, his tone was filled with a little fear.
Taltruant's eyes darted between Timex and the figure floating above the ground.
"Who... who is he?" Taltruant asked, noticing how even Professor Timex, the man who stood tall, even when the multiverse trembled, was now visibly tense.
Even Biotrix Sharky, who had just broken free from the time-freeze effect, looked toward the dark figure with unease.
Sharky stood frozen, his Energon-enhanced body glowing, yet his eyes were locked on the shadowy form before him.
A moment passed.
Then, from behind him, Johnson's voice cut through the silence.
"Is he…"
Sharky slowly nodded, his jaw clenched.
"Yes. He is... Devil Sharky."
Devil Sharky turned his head slowly, in his eyes, there was not a small black pupil, but his whole eyes was black.
He scanned every face around him—Professor Timex, Biotrix Sharky, Sharky, the still-sleeping Angry Sharky, Johnson, Spanner and even Taltruant, who now seemed unsure whether to fight or flee.
There was a silence, till he didn't speak.