[center][h2][b][color=ed1c24]Reign of Chaos[/color][/b][/h2][/center]

In the now collapsing portal room, hundreds of troops from the RoC ranks began to push and shove rapidly into the various portals leading to safety, they only had 5 minutes to get in, and time was running out extremely quickly. At this point, some will surely be left behind, for not everyone will be accounted for. At least most of the lieutenants and Executives had already entered and are already back at the main HQ. Only Shinnok and Ridley are still behind, making sure as many of the troops had made it in, as well as having one last look at the collapsing planet.

"You know..." Ridley remarks with a hiss, "This planet's destruction along with our base is going to be a heavy moral loss for the troops. Are you sure this is what you've planned?"

[b][color=ed1c24]"It is."[/color][/b] answers the Elder God, [b][color=ed1c24]"As soon as they got the plans leading to this base, I have foreseen them destroying this very base. It is a battle we simply could not win, but instead gave us the chance to prepare and lead them out of their protected core-universes."[/color][/b]

"Why didn't you simply blow up the base?" the space pirate asks curiously, "Was it really necessary to blow up an entire planet? It's just like how Zebes was destroyed..."

[b][color=ed1c24]"I figured I might as well take a chunk of their ground forces. Surely everyone won't survive the destruction, maybe even a few of their own lieutenants will perish as well."[/color][/b]

"And if they didn't?"

[b][color=ed1c24]"It doesn't matter. As long as we lure their fleet away and distract them, we will then strike back... right at their hearts. I've already figured out a nearby Resistance Universe system in which we can destroy one of their major bases."[/color][/b]

"And that will be sir?"

[b][color=ed1c24]"Universe 2211993, or commonly referred... as the Star Fox Universe."[/color][/b]

"Oh? You mean where those animals fly their little fighter ships?"

[b][color=ed1c24]"Precisely. Our spies have found it to be a high cultivator of Resistance espionage activity, which appears to have been how they were able to locate Eldritch IV. If we can take that outpost out, we'll have an inside view at the core-universes and will be able to locate their hidden main base, ending this multiversal rebellion once and for all."[/color][/b]

Just then, another alert blares out over the intercom.

[color=9e0b0f][b][i]*ALERT* *ALERT* *PLANETARY DESTRUCTION IN T-MINUS 1 MINUTE* *EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY*[/i][/b][/color]

A slight pause comes in between the two as the last of the troops stagger into the base.

[b][color=ed1c24]"Come now Ridley."[/color][/b] Shinnok mentions the Space Pirate leader, [b][color=ed1c24]"It's time that we prepare for our counterattack."[/color][/b]

And with that, they both disappear into the portal and back to base.

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[center][h2][b]Resistance Fleet[/b][/h2][/center]

The dropships and various transport units quickly carry the footsoldiers out of the exploding battlefield, Bayonetta, along with the other nearby Ops units and lieutenants, travel into the portal MC so generously provided them and managed to teleport back to the Home One capital cruiser. There will be some troops that have unfortunately be abandoned due to the rapid time delay, but their sacrifices will not be in vain. The ships began to move away from the planet's orbit and were able to quickly get out of range of the exploding planet. And then...

[b]KABOOM![/b]

The planet explodes, first issuing a bright light that filled the whole view of our heroes and issued a massive fireball and shockwave as Elderitch IV becomes nothing more but a new asteroid field. The base was finally destroyed and all the evidence with it. It was a rather bittersweet moment, for they've destroyed one of the Chaos' major headquarters, but didn't capture Shinnok or retrieve any information on the whereabouts on their main base. Regardless, they were all still alive and pretty well. 

Just before the ships were going to jump to hyperspace, the Home One had received a message from a shuttle ship that just decloaked.

[i]"Greetings, Resistance. I'm low on fuel, and near stranded in space. Requesting permission to dock."[/i]

A small pause followed after until Leia Organa then initiated a quick scan of the ship before replying.

"This is general Leia Organa of the Home One," she says, "Permission granted to dock."