Emergence

For 12 years, the planet was ravaged. For 12 years, the world has become a molten hell. Many have tried to return and fight back, but they all perished or became Dark Minions. It seemed to be over, no one could stop what was in motion.

"This is so boring. I'm ready to join the others and raid another world dammit." a man in a ripped jacket and army pants said, scratching his neck and chewing on a large piece of bone. No one else listened as they seemed to be opening a portal. The man just scoffed and went outside, not caring about the destruction around him. He sees multiple dead bodies, the ground hot and burning red, the sky a hot orange and coated in clouds. He smiled, and started laughing maniacally towards the sky. "So much for stopping us huh?! Pathetic dragon, this universe is ours and you can't....stop...." his massive grin slowly turned into a look of worry and dread as he saw something descend at a rapid speed. Then he felt a searing pain in his head, like he was hit with something small and sharp, but he had no more time to think, because he ended up killed. Crushed beneath someone's foot, completely flattened and unrecognizable. All that was left was a blood splatter on the ground, and the figure walked away, leaving a trail of blood for a few steps as they did so.

"What the hell is going on?! One of our spies is dead, how?!" a woman dressed like a ballerina asked loudly. No one else answered, they were all thinking about how he could've been killed so quickly. "This makes no damn sense, those fools vanished, they haven't come back in 12 years, so how the fuck is our spy dead huh?!" she kept asking. Finally the jester stood up. "It seems...they've returned." he said as he turned around to see the figure standing behind him. Their cloak blowing in the wind as they kicked the jester into the sky, and followed him at a high speed to grab his neck before anyone could react. The hood came off, and the jester saw long white hair, shining like a light filled prism. It was Merlin, smiling at him with a confident gaze. "As a famous man once said. I'm about to throw some dirt in your eye." he said before karate chopping him into the ground so fast it broke the sound barrier, the shockwave sounding like a shotgun blast as the jester hit the ground so hard that only his feet were sticking out. Everyone else looked up to see Merlin slowly descending down, the sun beaming behind him.

"Seems you're not all you're hyped up to be. That's a damn shame, I wanted to at least have a bit of fun before tearing you all to shreds with the squad. I'll be back to rip and tear another day, so be prepared. We're making a comeback." he smirked as he flew off into the sky, the shockwave parting the clouds as he vanished. Everyone was in disbelief, they couldn't imagine that he would become so strong, and it was infuriating. Merlin flew up into the atmosphere, and onto the moon where he seemingly disappeared into an invisible wall. He ended up in an endless field of grass and trees, and met with Morgan who was also wearing a cloak with a hood. She seemed older than before, and her hair had grown out too.

"Hey man!" she said while hugging him "How is it down there? Bet it looks like hell don't it?" she asked. Merlin nodded, but she didn't stop smiling with enthusiasm. G, Shikom, Rikusa, and Magna joined up with them, all of them seemed older except for Magna, who just seemed to look brand new and with artificial skin on his head and face. "Damn, 12 years and here we are ready to beat some ass. But first...we need clothes and a plan. Cause truth be told, I don't want anyone aiming for the dick like some poser with no sense of fair play, even if they're complete scumbags who turned our world into complete hell." she said. A psychic walked up to them and made a suggestion for a mythic cyberpunk esthetic, since both magicians and psychics should band together and fight. The idea sounded amazing to the group, and they got started creating new clothes. Pure energy swelled as they turned into solid matter and woven themselves together like a spider weaving a fine web.

Merlin created tight black latex shorts that stopped halfway down his thighs and showed off his hips and his butt, then made a see-through half skirt, then made a blackish pink crop top with a one shoulder sleeve top and a hood attached to it. He didn't make any shoes because he began to transform further, he grew fox ears and backward facing horns that seemed to have a circuit design engraved into it, his free arm turned into that of a werewolf up to his elbow, his nails were bright pink. His legs had transformed completely into beastial legs and had bright pink toe claws, with three toes on each foot, and the fur was pitch black. His tooth exposed a single fang out of his mouth, while his hair grew wildly in the back, while it was well kept in the front. He adjusted his glasses, exposing his shimmering blue eyes with markings that reached down to his neck, and smiled at his new and improved self.

Morgan fashioned a total skin tight body suit that stopped at her elbows and knees, and made a bright blue crop jacket and knee high boots with heels. She grew demonic wings near her hips that formed a skirt, and a succubus tail that wrapped around her leg. Her nails became a bright red, and her hair had red highlights, and her left eye turned pitch black with a bright yellow pupil.

G just grew out his bright blue hair and made large ears that looked like horns, and created a swim suit that had short sleeves and stopped at his ankles. His trident seemed to be polished, sharper, like it was forged from the strongest steel. Rikusa and G didn't need to change their clothes since they barely wore any anyways, and they were okay with that because they were both stronger than before.

Magna created synthetic skin around his entire body, then made a unisex outfit that consisted of what seemed to be a thong, with skin tight latex shorts, a sleeveless shirt with a CPU design on it, and a gun holstered to his hip. Everyone was finally ready to go down and take on the threat head on. "Just a moment everyone. We can't have them trying to identify you just yet. So I made masks for the occasion." Dr. April said. But they all knew he made them just to look cool. They were all animal masks that fit perfectly over the face, the ears reached back, and they were easy to breathe in. The eyes weren't obscured either.

"Thanks doc. We'll let you know if it's safe to come down and begin the rebuilding. For now, leave this dirty business to us." Merlin said as he began to walk with everyone out of the barrier and jump towards the planet like a meteor.