...But was worse was soon to follow. Omni and Megethos rushed in the room where Peter and Sid were. Omni looked momentarily confused at the sight of Sid, but quickly put on a frown. "Where is everyone else?" he said, in a distraught voice. "We have big problems." Megethos, the Dimension demon, wore a robe like all the rest, but this one was black with four-pointed star designs on it. His skin was a light purple. he seemed to be keeping his composure quite well. Peter related. "Chuck is teaching Cerulean something...and Zestos and Katie are training Time and Dimension." Omni blinked, quite surprised by D, all of the above. "Well there's no time for that." He snapped, slightly. "Go find them at once!" Peter and Sid scrambled out of the room and went to find the three.

Sid found Cerulean and Chuck, just as they were finishing up the lesson, and he related the happenings to Chuck and Cerulean. The three-some headed back while Peter found the other two, which were now quite confident that they could cause some damage with the combination of Time and Dimension. Those three ran back as well. When they arrived, they were all already seated. they quickly seated themselves as well. Omni spoke. "We have some...very bad news. The Crystal Demon is breaking the last of Universal Barrier as we speak. We need to leave immediately to the Universal Nexus.

"The where?" Katie interrupted. Omni rolled his eyes. "It's the place where all Universes touch. Consider it the center of a Venn diagram. Anyways." He then continued. "We trapped the Crystal Demon there many years ago, but now we can't keep up the...net, to lack better term. We need to take it out, now." All eyes in the room were worried. "We'll of course have every demon come with us...and we'll be counting on you four." He meant Katie, Peter, Zestos, and Cerulean. "We're leaving immediately. I have all of the demons waiting at the portal, minus the three of us." He included Sid. "Let's move." he broke the meeting and was already moving out to the portal he had apparently made.

The group followed quite closely. Peter kept up with Omni. "No more fighting?" He asked. Omni shook his head. "There's no need. Your little group is quite capable. I don't see why we need to test you further...unless you want to see this fight as your exam or something... Just don't get killed." They arrived and were met by demons they were familiar with, and many they weren't. Omni spoke loudly. "This is where it begins to end. Let us all be triumphant!" There was a mixed roar of demons and suddenly, everyone was warped to the Nexus.

The Nexus was quite a spectacle. The sky looked like space as it was in every direction. The group was standing on large square of rock, with pillars all around and going along a staircase from each side. At the top of the staircase was a giant crystal, along with two medium sized crystals. A faint aura came from both of them; the one on the left was white and the other one on the right was black. The giant central crystal had an enormous aura which could only belong to the Crystal Demon. The area around already looked like ruins. Peter wondered what the ruins would turn into once the Crystal Demon got out. Omni sighed. "This, place used to allow people to go to other Universes...But that has been gone since we sealed that here... Your grandfather, Peter, is in the crystal on the left." Peter frowned as he looked to the crystal that was far above him. "Let's get him out then." Peter said. Omni nodded sadly. "Yeah... Their barrier is about gone anyways...We might as well." Omni was, however, looking at the right crystal. The large group made their way to the top on all four sides of the staircases.

Katie and Cerulean flinched when they got to the top; Zestos almost fell over. The Crystal Demon had been frozen in a shocking pose of it about to slash the life out of someone (Peter had been inspecting the crystal of his grandfather, and he didn't notice). Omni looked into the other crystal. "Ah...Perfectly preserved." Inside was the unconscious form of a Dark Human. He was wearing all black. It was a robe of some sort and was probably demon in origin. Around his neck was a brilliant onyx amulet. The Dark Human's skin was a very pale color which had nothing to do with him being preserved, and the only spot it wasn't was around his eyelids, which were black, supposedly from lack of sleep over the years. His hair was also quite black. Omni smiled and said quietly. "My nephew... Neon." He put his hand to the crystal, and it cracked. He spun to Peter. "It's worse than I thought. Just touching it will free them now..."

Peter, meanwhile, had been examining his Grandfather. Inside was an unconscious Light Human. He was the exact opposite of Neon. He wore all white, but he also was wearing a robe of demon origins. It appeared that he too had an amulet around his neck. It was a white stone, so he knew that it had to be an opal. His skin wasn't tan, but it wasn't pale either. Compared to Neon, though, he would look African. The Light Human's hair was a beautiful snowy white and his facial expression was actually a smile. "Skylos...I'm told." the crystal cracked on its own as he heard Omni.

Zestos, Katie, and Cerulean jumped back as the crystal casing on the Crystal Demon splintered and shattered to the ground. At that moment, every demon began an onslaught and went at the demon. Neon and Skylos were freed themselves, but they were still unconscious. "I'll take them to safety." Chuck had come with them and had volunteered. He scooped up the two bodies and then found that the other humans were helping him. "Don't you have a fight?" Chuck asked. Cerulean voiced. "Yes, but these two need attention..." Chuck knew what she was getting at...after all, he had taught her just minutes before. "Go ahead." he said quickly. Cerulean closed her eyes and a watery aura lifted in the form of a mist. The mist flowed gently down on Skylos and Neon and their bodies glowed bluish.

The effect ended moments later, and they came to with a large gasp for air. At this point, Omni and Robbie had joined. "Thank goodness," Robbie began, "they're alive." Skylos looked around wildly and figured out what was going on. "Oh...It's been ages since I could move." he said. Neon had already stood up and was receiving a hug from a grinning Omni. Peter offered a hand to Skylos, Skylos took it, and he then looked at Peter when he was on his feet. He stared slightly and gave a soft laugh. "I'm not sure who you look more like...me, or H--" He was cut off as Omni hugged him too. Omni stared talking really fast. "WefoundawaytobeattheCrystalDemonwhichinvolvesthesefour--" Neon covered Omni's mouth and stared slightly. "Slow down." He said in a deep, unemotional voice. Omni took a breath. "Crystal is like glass. Fire and ice should actually do the trick, so here we have Zestos and Cerulean." he said, introducing them. Sounds from the battle echoed all around. Crystals were flying everywhere and explosions were erupting. "...Reunion later." Zestos said. "We still need to win this fight." They turned to rejoin the fight.

"Wait!" Chuck suddenly said. "Your card is finally burning, Skylos." Skylos turned and blinked. That fortune had to have been 60 years old... "You remember...The card was the one that pointed towards a solution. Do you have one on you or something?" Skylos looked at Neon and exchanged glances. "We have... Some artifacts that we've collected over the years... We tried using them ourselves, but it didn't work." Neon cut in. "You mean six of them didn't...two worked quite fine." His blue eyes fell to Skylos's amulet. "We have six people here. Give yours out." Neon finished. He took from his pocket a green amulet, a violet one, and an orange one. He handed the green one to Robbie, the violet one to Peter, and the orange one to Chuck. Chuck exclaimed. "The Dimension Jewels!" he was shocked. Skylos pulled out a red one, a yellow one, and a blue one. He gave the red one to Zestos and stopped. "Your granddad used to own this. I'm sorry it took me so long to return it." He gave the yellow one to Katie, and then the blue one to Cerulean. Omni looked quite pleased. "Ho ho! All eight of the most powerful things in the universes." Neon held up a hand. "Save them. You only get to use them once. Use your own powers first. They're only a last resort." With that, he teleported to the top and began fighting. "Follow him!" Katie shouted with a jump. Up the stairs they went.

The demons were all fighting to the best of their ability, and they appeared to be winning. The Crystal Demon was firing blue shards all around which scraped the skin of a demon every now and then. The air was filled with the scent of the black demon blood. The Pantechs all joined the battle, minus Peter, who stayed with his group. "Alright." he began. "Let's stick with the plan. Katie shall freeze the time of attacks. Zestos will then heat the Crystal Demon's body up into extreme temperatures. Cerulean will then immediately douse the demon in icy water. We'll repeat this until the demon is filled with cracks. Once this happens, We'll all go for a final attack, with the help of the Sol Core. Any questions?" Everyone shook his or her head. "In that case, 1, 2, 3, break!" They rushed to the battle scene and took up positions. While the demons were distracting the Crystal Demon, Zestos let out a wall of searing white flames. He knew that he needed to heat up the body, but that would take some time. Flare saw Zestos and then decided to speed up the process by helping him. He had a cheery look to him and commented. "Just like old times..." Cerulean stood ready as Peter helped to destroy the crystals being thrown around. Large energy beams also threatened anyone in front.

Finally, The Crystal Demon appeared to be red-hot. "Now, Cerulean!" Zestos yelled. Cerulean took her place and in one move, she doused the Crystal Demon in freezing water. A loud cracking sound was heard, but it then stopped. Katie frowned. "You'll have to do it again... or wait. Run around the demon and fire continuously as you run around! The cracks will be distributed more." But the Crystal Demon was now aware of the danger and was attacking Zestos and cerulean now. Katie quickly froze the attacks. Peter was fending off claws. "Do hurry! The Demons are running out of strength as it is!" he bit his lip. Cerulean put herself on the opposite side as Zestos. They began running around the demon and attacking as they went. The confusion of temperatures was already starting to take its toll, since there were already cracks. Peter took his place next to Katie and then a shattering sound was heard as the layer of crystal broke away to show the tender layer of crystal skin. "Now!" Peter yelled and they all converged on the demon, using the Sol Core as one, the Crystal Demon's body glowed orange, and then exploded in a wild display of blue.

Shockingly, where the demon had been, an unconscious human was floating down to the ground. Peter and Omni reached the body first. The human was wearing a two-toned robe. The sleeves were black, while the body was white. It was trimmed in black, but the belt was entirely black, just as the boots were. His face seemed young, but his hair was dazzling silver. The body was quite cold and only seemed to be a shell. Skylos and Neon, tired from fighting, bent down and examined the human. "The old guy looks dead..." Skylos said, with a frown. Neon shook his head. "His body cannot live without his soul...or in his case...souls." he took off the amulet and placed it on the old human's chest. Skylos followed suit and understood. Peter was quite confused...How could their main enemy have been human? And how did they know who he was... The two amulets both shone brilliantly and seemed to sink into his body. With a gasp, the old guy woke up and looked around. His eyes were brown. The human met Peter's eyes and gave a look of surprise. "Who are you?" Peter asked first. The human got up and brushed himself off. "Well that's simple. Omni Pantech."