Issue 18: IM.

  Marculus was sitting at home. His guards walked to him with burgers. "Here you go, Master Marculus."

  Marculus looked at them. "I'm good." They looked starstrucked. Marculus was looking down at his Axe. He then saw the mirror turned around.

  Marculus walked towards it. His reflection was looking at him as he walked up. Marculus flipped the mirror around. His reflection spoke. "Well, look who finally turned the mirror around."

  His mirror had red eyes whilst Marculus had cyan. Marculus looked at him. "What is it that you want? I always surpress you! What is it that you always want?"

  His reflection looked at him. "You always mess things up, let's be honest...you're a failure! I WANT MY LIFE BACK!"

  He slammed his fist on the glass. Marculus contemplated infront of him. "Maybe you're right." His guards ran up to him. "DON'T LISTEN TO HIM, YOU CAN'T TRUST HIM-" Marculus eyes started bleeding black.

  "NO!" He blasted them to a star and killed them. He looked at the mirror and the other version of him was grinning.

  "Now, Sia hurt us both, It's best if we fuse into one. Let me takeover and solve all of your problems."

  He said to our Marculus. Marculus looked at him. "Who are you? I keep forgetting." And he smiled at him.

  "I am Inner Marculus, your inner Sia doesn't exist, I created you to cope from my past. You're just an extension."

  Marculus looked at him. "Maybe It is time for me to stand back, maybe that is how I will reach my full potential."

  And then Marculus put his paw on the glass and closed his eyes. Inner Marculus grinned and did the same. Suddenly, Marculus's eyes turned completely black.

  Marculus's Axe Color was now black and had black aura around it. Marculus flew to Cheetah Power.

  Now, the God Cheetahs were doing their duties alone but ended up finding each other. Skyfire smiled at them. "YAY, I FOUND YOU GUYS!"

  Vinex groaned. "Ugh."

  Flex looked at them. "Where is ET?" Arrex looked at them. "I think that he took today off." Flex looked down.

  "I pray that we get out of these dark times." Suddenly, they saw Death. They all stood their ground against Death. Arrex glared at him. "Now you back up Death!" Flex looked at them. "We know your faults."

  Death looked at him. "Death is not one to be commanded, but compromised. I did not attack your friend and I do not conform to Sia's rules." Vinex looked at them. "Aye guys, cool off. Death is chill."

  Death looked at them. "I am Death. I am here to rip off the bandaid." Volcano looked at him. "What is it?" Death eyed them. "I feel great premoniton, that you all will die. Very, very soon." They were all shocked except for Vinex.

  "I don't buy it, you don't know the future, right Death?" Death looked at him. "I am Death, for many shall die in the future and I already know who."

  Volcano looked at Death. "Who will we die by?" Death began to walk away. Vinex ran to him. "IDIOT, DON'T LEAVE US IN THE MUD!"

  He tried to grab Death's shoulder but Death gave him the "Look" and he backed up. Volcano looked at Death. "WHY WON'T YOU TELL US...YOU WANT IT TO HAPPEN!"

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  Death looks at him. "On the contrary, Death does not laugh at the dead but put them to rest." Death faded.

  And then the God Cheetahs went to find ET. Marculus teleported to Sia. Sia turned around and smiled at him. "You found me. What do you want?"

  Vultrex flew in front of Sia. "Back up, you are not gonna fight her today." Marculus looked at him. "I am done fighting." He said in a intelligent tone. Sia's eyebrow raised. "I am ready, Sia."

  Sia looked at Vultrex and then at Marculus. "Ready for....?"

  Marculus's eyes poured out black blood. "TO BE YOUR SON!" Sia smiled at Marculus and then she made a threat-face at Vultrex to suggest him to leave. "Stupid hamburger meat!" Vultrex flew out. Sia walked over to Marculus.

  "I don't believe you until I see action." Marculus looked at her. "What do you want me to do?" Sia smiled at him. "Do what I've ordered the Dark Trinity to do."

  Marculus thinks for a second and then nodded confidently. The God Cheetahs were talking to ET. Vinex smiled at him.

  "We kind of feel like we are lost without you. Marculus wasn't working today either, he is probably up there shoving food down his throat."

  ET looked at them. "Then we need to get him." Volcano looked at the distance while they were speaking. "He's already here."

  They all looked and they saw a giant dark figure in the distance, standing in the fog holding a dark axe." Vinex looked at them. "I guess I'll see you guys tomorrow-"

  They grabbed him. ET shouted to Marculus. "Are you just gonna stand there? Come over!" He smiled.

  Marculus clinched his Axe. Volcano looked at ET. "I think something is wrong. Flex looked at Volcano. "You go talk to him, he's your brother."

  Volcano looked at him. "You go talk to him, you're much wiser than me." Vinex looked at ET. "You are more mature than all of us, you can speak to him."

  ET grabbed him. "No, I am a child." Arrex pointed his finger at Marculus. "Looks like he's coming to talk to us instead...with his Axe."

  Marculus started rushing over there quickly and was building momentum. Volcano looked at them. "Maybe he wants to hug?"

  Volcano opened his arms and Marculus jumped...Holding his axe and chopped Volcano's arm off. "ERHHHH" Volcano groaned in pain. ET yelled.

  "VOLCANO!" Marculus slammed Volcano on the ground and tried to decaptitate him but Vinex used Omni fist on Marculus but Marculus punched it out of existence. Vinex yelled. "HOW? THE OMNI FIST IS STRONGER ENOUGH TO RIPPLE REALITY-"

  He got knocked to the clouds and Marculus was already right there and used Dark Punch and knocked him to the ground whilst sending a Divine Ink Beam to blast to him down and Vinex felt immense pain.

  ET dashed to Marculus but Marculus could react quickly and he used Dark Force and held him up with and used Crumbles Of The Dark, a power that crushes reality around what it is holding. And he killed ET.

  "AH-" ET said before dying.

  "NOO!" Volcano regenerated and jumped over to Marculus and used Infuriated Infernal Flames and blasted at Marculus but Marculus dashed through his power.

  "HOW-" And he blasted Volcano's face into oblivion and rose him up and destroyed him. Arrex was so loyal that he didn't fight him,

  instead he tried contacted the Master God Cheetahs through Spirit Calling. But Sia was interfering with his connection.

  Marculus ran to Arrex and used Dark Divine Axe and threw it at him. Arrex closed his eyes and then opened and saw that Rockano took the attack for him.

  "CHEE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WENT INTO MARCULUS BUT I WILL ALWAYS BE LOYAL FOR MY FRIENDS AND DIE FOR THEM! THANK YOU FOR BEING MY FRIENDS!"

  He fell on his back and the darkness took away his life. Arrex yelled at him. "NO!" Skyfire was in shock. Marculus lifted him up and used his shock to end him.

  Flex didn't really know what to do, so he stood there and he was trying to contact God but Marculus erased his thoughts and teleported to him. Using Dark Consumption, 5 dark spirits flew out of Marculus's paw and tackled within him.

  The impact started shattering him and then destroyed him.

  Vinex slowly got up and used DI-Vine on him but Marculus punched it out of existence and grabbed Vinex by the neck. "HOW ARE YOU SO STRONG?"

  Marculus glared at him. "I never needed you guys, all I needed was SIA!" and he was about to destroy him but suddenly...

  he got knocked across the world and back and landed on the ground next by Arrex. They looked and saw Devilani jump from the ground.

  "What the me are you doing?" Marculus looked at Devilani. "THE DEAL IS OFF!"

  He used the Dark Force to lift Devilani but nothing happened. "Eh, that doesn't work on me." Marculus beamed Devilani out of the universe and trapped him in a spirit box that could never be opened and he made is slowly shrink to where it'll crush him.

  Arrex and Vinex flew to Marculus but he paralyzed them and they felt immense pain. And then Marculus yelled and used The Curse Of Sia. A Black and Red Shock wave that warps around and then closes on the enemy. He killed them...all of them.

  Marculus smiled and started laughing. Marculus teleported to Sia. Sia smiled at him. "Well done...my son."