(Kyle enters the castle, crying.)
Ashley: Where is Paul, Kyle?
Kyle (crying): They… they took Paul away.
Sai: What? How?!
Ashley (angrily): Weren't you supposed to be by his side?!
Riley: Ash, calm down.
Ashley: Calm down? How can I be calm when our only hope to bring peace is gone?!
Valot: Our king stood no chance against them.
Ashley: I don't care! We just got to see him, and now he's disappearing again. I can't take it.
Ezra: What exactly did they say?
Kyle: I lost consciousness while they were fighting.
Valot: But Paul could take on Valefar one-on-one.
Kyle: Someone else was with Valefar.
Ezra: Kidnapped? Why not just kill him?
Valot: They need Paul for something.
Stellavore: Something about the Supreme Being awakening.
Ezra (shocked): Impossible! Supreme Awakening only happens to those with a special gift… That's why they took Paul.
Ashley: Start talking now, Ezra.
Ezra: Paul has the Mother of Nature resting inside him.
Sai: With her powers, they can become the Supreme Being.
Valot: But the problem is Paul can't control the Mother of Nature's powers.
Ashley: Enough discussion! We need to save Paul.
Riley: We're thinking, Ash.
Ashley: Then think better, because if Paul isn't here, we'll lose the battle with the Realm Leaders.
Ezra: The only person who could face an Underworld Ruler is…
Maria: Catherine—Paul's mother.
Riley: What?! We can't. Paul said we shouldn't tell his mother he's alive.
Ashley: Then I'll go to Earth to tell her myself.
Kyle: Sit down, Ashley.
Ashley: No, I will not!
Kyle: As the king's right-hand man, I command you to!
Rahm: Time is of the essence, Kyle. If she's our only choice, then we have to.
---
(UNDERWORLD REALM)
Valefar: Wake up, stupid human.
Paul (regaining consciousness): Where… where am I?
Valefar: You're awake. Oh, where? You're in the Underworld, human. Be grateful.
Paul: Binding me with chains won't work.
Guard: My Lord, Lord Valecton is calling for you.
Valefar: Alright, I'll be there. Enjoy yourself, human. Let's see if you can break free from those chains.
---
(BACK TO AETHORIA REALM)
Ashley: Have you finished planning anything yet?
Maria: Ashley, may I speak with you for a moment?
Ashley: Yes.
Maria: Please excuse us. Ashley, you need to calm down. Trust your brother—he'll come up with a plan.
Ashley: My brother is a terrible decision-maker.
Riley: Are you done calming yourself down?
Ashley: Yes.
Kyle: You're right, Ash. We need Paul's mother for this.
Ashley: The only problem is, how are we going to the Underworld?
Sai: Before that—wouldn't the Realm Leaders know Paul has disappeared?
Kyle: Ezra is maintaining Paul's fearsome aura.
Ezra: I can create a fake Paul to sit on the throne while we go save the real one from the Rulers.
Rahm: Alright. That's settled—let's go rescue our king.
Valot: So who's going to tell Paul's mother about this?
Kyle: Ezra will go.
Ashley: I'll go.
Kyle: No—Ezra will go. He must tell her everything he did to her son. He's the one who caused her depression.
Ezra: I will leave at once, right-hand man.
Kyle: Please do.
Rahm: Now you're acting like a true right-hand man.
Kyle: Sai.
Sai: Yes?
Kyle: You and Valot, prepare our weapons. We're attacking at full capacity.
Ashley: Alright, now we're making some progress.
---
(PORTAL OPENS TO EARTH REALM)
(Catherine is looking at her son's grave, crying.)
Ezra: It's been five years now, hasn't it, Cate?
Catherine: Don't you dare call me that again.
Ezra: I'm here to confess something very important.
Catherine: Confess? I told you to leave me and my family alone!
(Catherine begins to walk away.)
Ezra: Paul is alive.
Catherine: You must be joking. I saw my son's dead body.
Ezra: Let me explain.
Catherine: If Paul is alive, why hasn't he come home?
Ezra: To keep you safe. Listen—I removed the body enchantment you placed on him and created a fake body.
Catherine: You did WHAT?!
Ezra: You said you didn't want anything to do with the realms again.
Catherine: Where is Paul now?
Ezra: He's been kidnapped by the Rulers.
Catherine: You mean the Underworld?
Ezra: Yes. I need your help.
Kyle (appearing): We need your help.
Catherine: Kyle?! No wonder your mother didn't come searching for you all.
Ashley: We lack the strength to face even one Underworld Ruler—let alone four.
Kyle: That's why we need your power to save him.
Catherine: Of course. He's my son.
Ezra: It's settled, then.
Catherine: It's not settled. You owe me a lot. First, we head to the Castle of Creations.
Kyle: Please—let me handle that.
---
(PORTAL OPENS TO AETHORIA)
Catherine: It's been a long time.
Valot: It's the king's mother!
(Castle people murmuring.)
It's the king's mother… We haven't seen her here in ages.
Ashley: We have a plan.
Catherine: That's good. But I need to know who kidnapped him.
Valot: Valefar and Valecton.
Catherine: I see. And what do they need him for?
Kyle: They said something about the Supreme Being awakening.
Catherine: That again?
Ashley: That again? Do you know what it means?
Catherine: Yes. It's about a being ascending to the Upper Plane—becoming a universe itself, for example, and more.
Sai: Becoming a universe? That means you can control an entire galaxy without restrictions.
Rahm: That's bad.
Maria: Welcome, ma.
Catherine: Kate? What are you doing here?
Maria: I'll explain later.
Catherine: Alright. First, I'll be taking charge here.
Kyle: Fine by me.
Catherine: From what I heard from Ezra, I don't think an Underworld Ruler can consume Paul.
Ashley: What do you mean?
Catherine: When I was carrying Paul, he absorbed too much energy—both positive and negative.
Sai: I see. The Underworld Rulers rely on negative energy. They can't counter positive energy.
Rahm: Which means they want to use him to awaken someone else.
Sai: A Supreme Being…
Kyle: We need to hurry to save Paul.
Ashley: But Kyle said half of Paul—?
Ezra: They can consume Paul, Cate.
Catherine: Paul's negative energy alone is enough to feed all four Underworld Rulers.
Usurper (appearing): Then why did he lose?
Kyle: How did you do that?!
Sai: Appearing out of nowhere like that…
---
(UNDERWORLD REALM)
Valecton: Are preparations complete?
Valefar: Almost.
Ukoballon: Greetings, Lords of the North and South.
Valecton: What brings you here, Ukoballon?
Ukoballon: I came to see how the progress is going.
Paul: Your plan will never work.
Valefar: Oh? From the looks of things, it already is.
Paul: Mythol, I command you—attack them!
Valecton: Impossible. That won't work. By the way, someone wants to meet you, Paul.
(Footsteps approaching.)
Harry: Hello, Paul.
Paul: Harry, you bastard! So you joined them?!
Harry: Just like your fake mother, with that stupid temper.
Cremoneth: Enough. Start already, before his allies come for him.
(Paul is placed in the middle of the Underworld circle.)
Valefar: Someone is coming…
(A dimensional gate opens.)
Catherine: Get away from my son!
Paul: Mom? What are you doing here?
Catherine: You have a lot of explaining to do after this.
Kyle: Time for a rematch, Valefar!
Valefar: It's the pitiful human again.
Cremoneth: I told you to erase every problem.
Valecton: We didn't have time to.
Ashley: Enough talking! Hand Paul over!
Ukoballon: What's going on here?
Catherine: This one is bad news…
Ezra: That's Ukoballon.
Ukoballon: Leave now, before things get bloody.
Catherine: Aren't you a little too confident?
Ukoballon: I know a lot about you, Lady Creation.
Catherine: What a pity.
Ukoballon: I heard from your elder brother that you drove him to the brink of death.
Ezra: Just release our king!
Ukoballon: So that pathetic human is your king? Head of Creations, you must be…
(Ashley launches a massive Universal Control Sphere at Ukoballon.)
Ashley: Enough chit-chat!
Valefar: It's that human again… the only one whose presence can't be sensed at all.
Valecton: Hmm.
Kyle: It's the two who took Paul!
(Catherine tries to strike Valefar, but is blocked by Cremoneth.)
Cremoneth: Harry told us a lot about you, Catherine Stark.
Riley: That bastard was here?!
Valecton: Yes. He even conducted the ritual for us.
Nighma: The ritual is complete, my lord.
(Paul screams in agony as his body begins to divide into four pieces.)
Valot: We need to hurry!