Taltruant smiled calmly, as if he had 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 took me years of searching through forgotten timelines to obtain everything I needed."
He held the gem up.
"This is the Universal Gem. It possesses the power to create an entirely new Universe."
Then, with a wave of his hand, a strange metallic throne formed behind him.
It shimmered with shifting energy, while pieces of different clocks flickered around its frame. Each clock displayed a different point in time.
"This... is the Chrono Throne." He slowly sat down as time around him shimmered unnaturally.
"With these powers, I will create a perfect Universe—one that exists outside time and space. I will take the strongest fragments from every Universe and combine them into a single, perfect realm."
He lifted his hand, showing off the Destroyer.
"The Destroyer will allow me to break apart pieces of every Universe and collect the fragments I need."
Then he held up the glowing Universal Gem.
"This Universal Gem will shape those fragments into my new Universe."
Finally, he nodded toward the core embedded in his chest.
"And the Dwarf Star will provide 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. Freedom created war. Choice created suffering. I will remove both, and humanity will finally know true peace."
He smiled.
"I will control everything. Everything will be... perfect."
Sharky's face twisted with disgust.
"Perfect? That's not peace. That's a lie."
Taltruant frowned slightly, surprised by 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.
A man stepped out of the wormhole, 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 golden trim shining faintly.
Brown and black pouches lined his sides, while a white scarf fluttered beneath a black turtleneck. A brown vest with golden buttons fit snugly over it.
A pair of goggles hung around his neck, while a metallic gauntlet glowed faintly on his right hand—the Chrononavigator, a device said to connect all timelines. His left hand was covered by a fingerless glove.
His pants were black and armored at the knees, while his brown boots featured golden straps that shimmered with technological energy.
He was Professor Timex—the Timekeeper of the Ultimate Multiverse, an entity who existed beyond all timelines and realities.
He was the only version of himself in the entire Ultimate Multiverse. He had no counterparts in any other Universe.
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."
Just then, a bright wormhole burst open behind them.
A man stepped out of the wormhole, calm and composed. He had fair skin, gray eyes, and black hair streaked with silver. He wore a green coat etched with clock-like designs over a black turtleneck, while a metallic gauntlet glowed faintly on his right hand, the Chrononavigator, a device said to connect all timelines.
He was Professor Timex, the Timekeeper of the Ultimate Multiverse, an entity who existed beyond all timelines and realities.
He was the only version of himself in the entire Ultimate Multiverse; he had no counterparts in any other Universe.
Professor Timex stepped beside Sharky, his Chrononavigator glowing softly as the distorted flow of time around them began to stabilize.
"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. Entire timelines will begin leaking into one another. Enemies from one Universe will appear in others. Heroes will be ripped from their own worlds and thrown into different times and places."
"The laws of reality will collide. One Universe may think time is frozen, while another believes it is running at full speed. These contradictions will tear holes in space."
His tone grew heavier.
"Soon, a massive wormhole will open, one powerful enough to begin absorbing everything. If that happens, it won't just destroy your artificial Universe... it will collapse the entire Ultimate Multiverse."
Sharky stepped forward, glaring at Taltruant.
"See? That's the truth you failed to understand."
"We won't let that happen. Not me, not Johnson, not Biotrix Sharky, and 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 Professor Timex had said, Taltruant refused to 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."
"But... Biotrix Sharky is still frozen."
"Leave that to me," Timex said calmly.
He vanished in the blink of an eye.
Less than a second later, he reappeared beside Biotrix Sharky, who was still frozen in mid-action.
Timex raised his right hand, and the Chrononavigator began glowing with golden energy. He gently pressed his hand against Biotrix Sharky's chest, and a glowing, clock-like circle formed around them.
"Time Resume."
The frozen layer around Biotrix Sharky cracked like glass before shattering in a burst of light.
He gasped and staggered forward, blinking in confusion.
"Wha—? I'm back?"
"Yes," Professor Timex replied. "And we need you."
"You—Timex!" Taltruant roared angrily. "You dare interfere again?!"
He raised his hand and ripped open glowing portals, all of them spinning wildly across the sky.
Through the portals, pieces of different Universes could be seen, floating cities, alien planets, alternate Earths, and strange dimensions.
"You can't stop me now!" he shouted, laughing.
From within his cloak, he pulled out the Universal Gem.
Then he took the Dwarf Star and slowly pushed it into the Universal Gem.
A massive pulse of energy erupted around the gem, forming a shining energy shield around it.
Through the portals, countless fragments of other Universes began being pulled toward the Universal Gem.
Taltruant then punched through one of the portals, tearing apart a section of a Universe.
Timex turned toward 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 electrical currents, while his body began glowing with faint, pulsing blue lines.
He turned toward the glowing shield surrounding the Universal Gem.
"Alright... time to break this," Sharky muttered.
He flew straight toward it, both hands charged with energy, and attempted to phase through the energy shield.
But the moment his hands touched it, a powerful blast of force sent him flying backward.
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 and reached out. To Taltruant's surprise, his hand passed right through it.
He slowly gripped the Universal Gem containing 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 Universal Gem in his hand, while the pull of the other Universes through the portals stopped.
Professor Timex stepped forward with a serious expression. He quickly took out a glowing, orb-shaped containment device, silver and gold, with faintly 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 with both hands.
He was just about to hand it to Professor Timex.
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 his armored foot into the ground, summoning a violent shockwave that made everyone turn toward him.
Then he raised his hand. "Time Freeze!"
A beam of warped blue light charged from his palm. The Chrono Throne behind him pulsed with energy, amplifying the temporal attack and allowing it to bypass Biotrix Sharky's normal time-based defenses.
Sharky immediately sensed the danger.
"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 Biotrix Sharky, but he couldn't reach him in time.
The Time Freeze beam struck Biotrix Sharky, 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.
The Universal Gem hit the ground and cracked open, releasing reality-bending energy in every direction.
From its core, a swirling black hole formed and began absorbing everything around it.
"I'll control it!" Sharky shouted.
Still in his Energon form, he thrust both hands forward and used his energy-manipulation abilities to absorb and redirect part of the raging energy.
For a few seconds, he managed to slow the black hole's expansion.
But the amount of energy was simply too great.
His body began shaking from the overwhelming force.
"I... can't hold it!"
Biotrix Sharky, still frozen in time, could only watch with wide eyes, powerless to act.
The black hole continued growing, consuming the surrounding energy faster and faster.
Then, suddenly, it began to collapse.
The enormous amount of energy it had absorbed could no longer be contained. The black hole compressed violently before collapsing in on itself.
For one brief moment, everything became completely silent.
And then, the black hole released all the energy it had accumulated in a single catastrophic burst.
A massive wave of red, flaming cosmic energy erupted outward, forming a gigantic dome of destruction.
The blast struck Sharky and Biotrix Sharky head-on.
Nearby, Johnson gripped the console, his eyes wide with 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 its 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 through the chaos.
The red energy continued to rage, destroying everything in its path.
But then it stopped.
Taltruant's laughter died in his throat as he noticed the energy from the Universal Gem, which had been spreading outward, suddenly begin shrinking back.
"No… no… what is this?" he whispered, stepping back from the Chrono Throne.
As the energy contracted, a silhouette emerged. At first, it was only a shadow. Then, a full figure.
He resembled an Energon—same build, twin tails trailing behind him, and the same electric glow around his fingers—yet something was different. His body was not blue, but a deep obsidian black, with crimson energy pulsing through him. His eyes still burned bright blue.
The remaining energy of the Universal Gem shrank into one of his hands. He did not even need both hands to absorb it.
Soon, every last trace of the Universal Gem's energy had vanished into his palm.
Taltruant stumbled backward, sweat forming on his brow, his eyes wide with disbelief. He could not comprehend who could possibly be powerful enough to control and absorb the energy of the Universal Gem.
"Who… what are you…?" he gasped, his voice trembling.
The figure slowly descended to the ground as the final remnants of energy disappeared into his palm.
He looked up—directly at Taltruant.
That was when Professor Timex stepped forward. His normally calm expression had shifted into one of genuine concern.
"You… Why have you come here?" Timex asked, a clear hint of fear now present in his voice.
Taltruant's eyes darted between Timex and the mysterious figure.
"Who… who is he?" he asked, noticing that even Professor Timex—the man who remained composed even when the Multiverse itself trembled—was now visibly tense.
Biotrix Sharky, who had just broken free from the Time Freeze effect, also regarded the dark figure with unease.
Sharky stood motionless, his Energon-enhanced body still glowing, yet his eyes remained locked on the shadowy presence before him.
A moment passed.
Then, from behind him, Johnson's voice broke the silence.
"Is he…?"
Sharky slowly nodded, his jaw clenched.
"Yes. He is… Devil Sharky."
Devil Sharky slowly turned his head.
His eyes held no visible pupils; they were completely 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 uncertain whether to fight or flee.