Dr. Strange passed the cup of tea to Lilith and began pouring in another cup for Joker.
"Thank you doctor," said Lilith.
"Your welcome," said Strange.
"Um so Dr. if you don't mind..." said Joker.
"I know, I know," said Strange. "You want to hear more about Oblivion Aura correct?"
"The what aura?" Lilith asked sipping her tea.
"Oblivion Aura," repeated Strange. "It's U.S.E's main energy source,"
"U.S.E's main energy source?" repeated Joker.
"I'm sure, you've heard about the six beasts right?" asked Strange. Both Joker and Lilith nodded. "Well Oblivion Aura is the life source for Ultra, the beast of destruction,"
"Well that makes sense," said Lilith.
"We've heard some things about Oblivion Aura," said Joker. "But we would like to know how it can affect humans,"
"Well, before we get to that, I've gotta ask you two something," said Strange giving Joker his tea.
"What is it?" asked Lilith.
"Do you know what U.S.E. is planning to do with this aura?" asked Strange. Lilith and Joker looked at each other, then back at Strange and shook their heads. "They're trying to resurrect Ultra," said Strange.
"What!?" Lilith asked in a surprised tone.
"You heard me right, but it's not that easy," said Strange. "Because Ultra was sealed away in the Altar of Destruction many years ago, he's been completely drained of energy and the only way to bring a guardian beast back is to feed it some of it's energy source,"
"How does that work?" asked Joker.
"First off, U.S.E. needs to harvest Oblivion Aura," explained Strange. "Now even though Ultra has been drained of Oblivion Aura, as long as the Alter itself is flowing with it, Ultra can't actually die,"
"So the Altar of Destruction has Oblivion Aura?" asked Lilith.
"Not exactly," said Strange. "You see every Altar contains a jewel that protects the beasts,"
"Oh I've heard about this," said Lilith. "Isn't the Prism of Chaos the thing that's protecting Ultra?"
"Yes, and actually the prism itself is overflowing with the energy source for each of the six beasts,"
"Ok that makes sense, but then where does the humans come in?" asked Joker.
"Patience we're getting to that," said Strange.
"Here let me show you something," said Alphys as she began typing on her keyboard. Asgore and Reimu looked up at the screen as a giant black prism appeared on screen.
"Is that?" asked Asgore.
"The Prism of Chaos," growled Reimu.
"You see how this works is, each Altar has a priest protecting it," explained Alphys. "These priests have the ability to create smaller jewels using the jewels protecting the beasts,"
"The same applies for the Prism of chaos I assume," said Asgore.
"Yes, using the Prism of Chaos, the priest of the Altar of Destruction is creating something called Void Jewels," explained Alphys.
"Void Jewels?" asked Reimu.
"Void Jewels, contains the Oblivion Aura that Ultra needs," said Alphys. "U.S.E. is using the Void Jewels, they get from the priest and attaching it onto their victims, infecting them with Oblivion Aura,"
"And the side effects?" asked Reimu.
"Well, anybody who gets infected will fall into a coma like state in which they will lose conscious and become extremely hostile, destroying and killing everything and everyone that comes across them," explained Alphys. "Now I know that sounds bad, but that's not all,"
"What?" asked Asgore.
"Not only do the victims fall unconscious and become hostile, but their life energy will be drained the longer they are infected," explained Alphys. "Once a victim is completely drained of their life energy, their body will shut down and die,"
"What!?" gasped Reimu.
"The life energy that is drained from the victim will be transformed into Oblivion Aura and absorbed by Ultra, giving him more strength eventually leading to his resurrection," explained Alphys.
"Does this apply for every victims infected with the aura?" asked Lilith.
"Plus every living creature that's not human," added Strange. "The Oblivion Aura that's floating around us is constantly sapping every creature of their life and transforming it into energy that Ultra can consume,"
"Is there anyway we can help the victims?" asked Joker.
"As of now, I haven't managed to find a solution," said Strange. Lilith and Joker looked at each other and nodded.
"Dr. Strange would you mind coming with us?" asked Lilith. Strange looked at her with a confused look.
The dark clouds above the town flashed with thunder and lighting as the anthropomorphic goat stood on the roof of the crumbling building, his black cloak flowing in the wind. He looked up as the young witch with blonde hair flew down.
"How was it?" he asked.
"Not good," she answered. He bit his lips.
"Damn, if only dad was here," he said.
"Reimu hasn't returned as well," said the witch.
"We should turn back," said the goat.
"But Asriel, I can keep searching," she protested.
"Marisa, I know you're worried, but if we stay out here for too long, then they'll find us," said Asriel. Marisa was about to protest when someone interrupted them.
"Too late for that don't you think?" snickered the voice. Asriel and Marisa turned around as Mephilas walked out of the purple fog followed by Dimentio, Sakuya, and several U.S.E. soldiers. "Hello young prince," snickered Mephilas.
"You," growled Asriel.
"Sakuya you again!" hissed Marisa.
"So Marisa, we meet again," said Sakuya fiddling with one of her knives.
"What do you want?" asked Asriel.
"Oh don't be playing with me young prince," chuckled Mephilas. "We know exactly what you're up to,"
"Master really thought that we weren't gonna notice eh?" laughed Dimentio. "Honestly I don't think Lucina would even come close to fulfilling her mission,"
"Wha, how do you know!?" gasped Marisa.
"Oh please," snickered Sakuya. "If it wasn't for Ludwig, we wouldn't have been able to hack into Snake's computers," Asriel's eyes widened as he tapped on his microphone.
"Snake, snake are you there!?" Asriel asked in a panicked tone. But the only thing he could hear was static
"It's useless," snickered Mephilas.
"You bastards," growled Marisa.
"What a shame ain't it, knowing that Prowler might have already gotten to the king," snickered Mephilas.
"The king!?" gasped Asriel. "No you wouldn't,"
"It's too late, we already sent him after the king and the shrine maiden who went to visit Alphys in her lab," laughed Dimentio. Asriel clenched his fists and gritted his teeth in anger.
"What can't speak?" sneered Mephilas. "Seems like the shock robbed you of your voice,"
"Marisa, we're going to Alphys's place," said Asriel.
"Sorry but we're not letting you through," said Mephilas. He snapped his fingers as the U.S.E. soldiers blocked their path with their weapons.
"I don't think that's happening," said Marisa.
"No it's happening," said Asriel.
"What?" asked Marisa.
"Cause you're going to Alphys's place while I hold them off," said Asriel.
"What are you crazy!?" gasped Marisa.
"Please, Marisa, my father and your friend could be in danger," said Asriel. "Plus, Master Hand gave us a mission, we're not letting it go to waste!" Marisa looked into his eyes and saw the determination burning wildly. Marisa nodded as she hopped onto her broom and flew off. Asriel wiped the tears from his eyes and faced Mephilas.
"How sweet, too bad you won't survive," snickered Mephilas.
"We'll see," said Asriel. "When I cut you all down," Asriel growled as the chaos sabers appeared in his hands.
"Funny," laughed Mephilas. "Get him!" The soldiers let out a war cry as they charged.