No OP or joke OCs, you know the drill.

Cass: ...Looks like i'm doing this the hard way.
*cass places her hand on their sword and begins to walk up the stairs*

A figure stands at the top of the staircase, in front of a massive door. They glance at Cass.

“…so many people dying today… I wonder what’s going on down there.”

Cass: i'm sorry what? who are you? what are your intentions here?

"I am the keeper of the gate. And my intention is to guide you through it, into the afterlife."

Cass: Afterlife? I'm dead?

"Yes. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news."

Cass: how?

"...well most people don't consider hearing that they're dead to be good news, so... yeah."

Cass: no i mean how did i die?

"...you were slain by an entity known as the Omega."

Cass: oh.

"...if you so wish, I could revive you, though you would likely die once more."

Cass: Y-you can?!

Cade: *walks up the stairs*

A figure stands at the top of the staircase, in front of a massive door. They glance at Cade.

“…so many people dying today… I wonder what’s going on down there.”

Hero slowly stepped up the stairs, his armor, shattered. The only parts still intact were his left arm, the bottom part of his helmet, covering his mouth, and his boots.

"You have told your story. You have spoken of your feats. And yet you died all the same."

The god appears next to Hero. It's Goatfire.
"...You. Of all my friends, YOU'RE the one that gets revived? Jeez."

"That's rude. I am, in fact, a very nice and strong person. Plus, I got an adrenaline rush right now. Or, whatever the alien equivalent is for it." He folded his arms.

"Strong doesn't mean shit against whatever the hell this is."

"Well, how do we defeat him then?"

"...you say that as if I know."

"Well, I could get my friends and family...if they're still alive."

"...I suppose it's worth checking."

"Alright." He pulled out a pad on his suit, typing something into it. A few seconds later, everyone showed up through a flash of lightning. Shadow, Illy, Five, Issac, Caroline, Lylia, and a whole lot more. "Oh, yeah, forgot I knew this many people."

The Omega laughs.

"More fodder for the apocalypse."

Illy: A purple aura appeared around her claws. "I'll let you know that my mother is a goddess. Come for her, and both me, and my father, will rip your ass to shreds."

Shadow: "This for reality, my family, and my-'

Five: "My god, kitty, can you shut up about her?"

The Raven King stood there menacingly, ravens covering him. "I've killed uglier."

Lylia: "Oh, my dad can kick your ass, I bet." She pulled out her pistols

Caroline: "Try not to die again, sweetie."

Wasteland: "I suggest you stand down, fool. Unless you wanna die to a dead man."

A figure stands at the top of the staircase, in front of a massive door. They glance at Hero.

“…so many people dying today… I wonder what’s going on down there.”

"Where...Where...I'm dead? What about...Caroline..Lylia...the others..."

"...All will be dead soon enough. None can stand against the atrocity that destroys your world."

"But I saved my world...so many other times..I didn't even know I could.."

"...this is different. Whatever this thing is... it has the power of countless celestial entities. Some of which you may have encountered before."

"I have. I thought I could...but I don't remember fighting."

"...it seems to have that effect on people. Anyone felled by it cannot remember what happened, so that they cannot learn how to fight it if they somehow come back."

"Is there a way I can come back?"

"...I could perhaps bring you back, but you would likely just die again."

"Hmmm...is there a way I could...remember?"

"That is beyond my knowledge."

"Damn...Plus, my armor is destroyed, so I'm at an event large disadvantage."

"I can restore you to how you were prior to your death, minus your memories. That is the best I can offer."

He thought. "Okay, do it. Maybe...I'll get lucky."

The figure waves their hand. Hero wakes up in a destroyed world. Commotion is heard nearby.

He checked out the commotion, making sure he was as quiet as possible.

A mysterious entity that is presumably The Omega faces off with...
...impossible. Is that one of the Icruvian gods?

...The Omega is winning. Its opponent doesn't stand a chance.

"I need to help. They're gonna die if I don't step in..then again, I probably will." He slowly stepped closer.

The Omega pauses, glancing at Hero.

"You return? Intriguing... but no matter. You could not defeat me last time, you will not defeat me this time."

"Well did I tell you that an incident caused me to become a generator for the energy that literally created reality? No...really, did I? I seriously can't remember." He chuckled, somehow both keeping his composure and making jokes.

The Omega draws a sword made of some unknown form of energy. Its other hand becomes a massive cannon, and turrets pop out of its shoulders.

"I am the messiah. And it's time for the heretics to die."

"Well, there's a reason we're called the 'Reality Defense Order'." Hero chuckled. "Let's do this." They all ran at him. Illy got on all fours due to her lizard nature, bringing out her claws to run faster. Shadow continuously shadow leaped toward him. Hero just casually stepped towards him. Bringing out his music player. "Wait, hold on, I need some tunes first." He played some 70's music, before running at him.

The Omega's shoulder turrets fire rockets at Illy while it slashes at Shadow with its sword and fires its energy cannon at Hero.

Illy suddenly uses magic to push back the rockets. Shadow attempted to block it with his katana, and Hero fired an a beam of energy of his own to combat it.

The Omega fires a small pulse that disables Illy's magic. The Omega's sword cuts through Shadow's katana. The energy cannon's beam melts through Hero's beam.

Goatfire stands on the sidelines thinking of potential methods of defeating this thing.

Illy looked at her hands. "What the, how is this possible-"

Shadow luckily shadow leaped out of the way in time, but sat on his knees in front of Omega, in tears. "No...mother...father, I'm sorry."

Hero turned off his beam, seeing this, leaning out of the way, before getting closer.

Five fired at Omega with her M1 Garand. "I hope you know, I am not afraid of death. You will not scare me. You cannot. You are not powerful enough."

Goatfire suddenly pauses.

"GUYS! I HAVE AN IDEA THAT SOUNDS REALLY STUPID BUT MIGHT WORK!"

Hero flew over to him. "Well say it now, cause Illy lost her magic, Shadow's having a mental breakdown and literally not even a foot away from him, and Five is literally firing a gun from the 40's at him.

"It seems to want to kill everyone in existence. So... what if we somehow kill everyone, and then bring them back? If everyone dies, I get the feeling this guy won't know what to do and will probably suffer a fatal error in whatever computer is running it."

"I mean, I've killed everyone once. But I get the feeling people won't really like that, especially Shadow, he's a little protective over a certain someone that he recently met, and apparently fell in love with. There's also Illy's dad, who, trust me, is really protective, and..reaaaallly capable of crushing our skulls inbetween his chest."

"Do you have a better plan?"

A skull floats up to the duo. A body forms under it. Corvus, god of death.
"You better hurry up and decide if we're doing this before that thing decides to kill me."

"I could just try and, overload it with my energy. It'll either kill it, or get even stronger. Wait, Corvus, didn't your son date my...or am I thinking of another god? There's so many, I get them allll mixed up. Also, we should probably act before Shadow gets curbstomped."

Corvus sighs.
"Yeah okay I'm just gonna create an existential genocide."

Corvus' eye sockets begin glowing white and he levitates into the air. He chants in some foreign language. The screams of all who have died thus far are heard in unison. His chanting is heard and understood by everyone now.

"IN THE NAME OF DEATH ETERNAL, I CALL FORTH THE GREAT RANCOR. BRING FINAL DEATH TO ALL THAT EXIST, AND LET THE COLD GRIP OF THE END CLAIM ALL."

Everything goes white for everyone in existence excluding the Omega. EVERYONE appears before the staircase.

The gatekeeper is panicking.

Five is unamused, looking around.

Shadow is somewhat frightened. "A-Am I dead?! B-But, I'm not ready to leave her-!"

Hero looked at him. "You know, I'm scared that you can do that."

Wasteland sighed. "Make this a second time."

Corvus coughs.
"...that was... a one-time thing."

Someone creates an image of what's happening to the Omega. It looks around, scanning.
"...no lifeforms detected anywhere. Mission... complete? Completion protocol activating."

The Omega proceeds to quite simply delete itself from existence.

Hero: "Huh, neat. Well, let's all head back now."

Shadow: "Wait...we can come back? Will I...be a ghost or something, will I get my katana back?"

The Gatekeeper storms up to the group and punches Corvus' head off.

"What the HELL did you guys do? Do you expect me to revive all of you at once?"

Hero scoffed. "We saved reality. Well, this is like...I lost count, but you should thank us. Plus, you'd really deny this poor kitty to reunite with his true love? Mm, mm, mm." He shook his head.

"UGH!"

The Gatekeeper takes a very deep breath and slaps Hero in the face. Everyone is revived.
Including the Gatekeeper. Who promptly collapses.
...oops.

He rubbed his face. "That's what I thought. And I guess now there's nobody to guard the gates of the afterlife. Well, now that I hear what Shadow said, how do you become a ghost, since you die, you go there, but when you come back, you're not..."

"...that is the One True Afterlife. Normally when you die you either become a ghost or go to a traditional afterlife. But when you experience True Death, you go there. I was the only being to ever be rejected by the One True Afterlife, so I served as its gatekeeper. But now I am alive again."

Shadow sighed. "If only she went to the afterlife. She deserved better than to stay there all of those years...alone."

"Huh, who's the gatekeeper now?"

Nyssa sneaks up behind Shadow and hugs him.
"But if I had gone to the afterlife I'd never have met you, kitty cat."

"...I suppose there isn't one. But people will know to go through the door anyhow."

Shadow smiled, blushing. "The afterlife you deserve is way better than me."

"Hm." He thought, and chuckled. "The time I ended reality must've been a real busy day for you. Actually, nevermind, I think it temporarily destroyed the afterlives as well. And nobody knows. Except me."

"Nonsense. Nothing is better than a warm fluffy kitty boyfriend."

The Gatekeeper rolls their eyes.
"I knew about it. The Gate and the One True Afterlife were the only things that DIDN'T get annihilated by your antics."

"You're just...so adorable, and kissable, right now." He turned around and kissed her.

Hero rolled his eyes. "Well excuse me, I didn't know that the thing that created reality itself would blow it all up when I messed around with it.

Nyssa melts into the kiss.

"...whatever. Not like it matters anymore. Now I have to worry about surviving the living world."

He smirked, wrapping his arms around her.

"Well, try not to die. It's...kind of hard to do that."

The Gatekeeper shrugs.
"Right..."
They glance at Five.

She was staring at Shadow and Nyssa in a bit of disgust, if anyone could see under her gas mask, before she noticed them. "...Vhat?"

"...bit of an odd question, but are you just wearing the gas mask or is it, like... part of your face? Because I have met someone whose face is in fact part gas mask."

"Nein...I wear it. Mostly because I don't want to die breathing toxic gases, and because...my face doesn't not match my personality. Well, my personality used to match, before ze bombs dropped."

"...you were in a war?"

"Well, I didn't fight in it. It was...1944, I presume, when radioactivity flooded ze Earth. I've been living on my own for 9 years."

"...poor thing. I suppose I can relate. I've been on my own for... honestly, I've lost track at this point."

"Well, we're both loners. I guess...I'm the reason I'm alone. The radioaction was...different, stronger. My parents turned into...monsters. I used my dad's rifle to shoot zhem. Shoot them dead."

"...I don't remember my parents. I don't remember much at all, really. My life as far as I remember has just been standing in front of a door. I've done things to pass the time, of course, but exercise only keeps you occupied for so long. I spent two centuries acquiring the perfect physique and then I got bored of it."

"I can see. You are...very muscly. I have acquired mein physique by surviving. I never had any time for games, or fun. I was always busy trying to survive, that I never got to experience life." She sighed. "As if there was any to experience anyways.'

"...I have forgotten what life is like. Perhaps... we can experience it together."

"It would be nice to have someone to talk to."

The Gatekeeper nods.

"But, do not think I will show you my face just yet. Many men have tried to flirt with me, just for my looks. That's why I look for a man who does not care about appearance.",

"A respectable goal. I do not mind not seeing your face. Not knowing what you look like gives you an air of mystery that I find intriguing."

"Hm. That is new."

“Or perhaps, given how long ago I lived, it’s old.”

She chuckled. "Yes." She glanced at Nyssa and Shadow. "Bleh."

“Shall we be off, then?”

"I do not see why we shouldn't."

Illy walked up to Hero, glancing at the others. "Well, I should be off now, I bet Echo's waiting for me."

TMO was lying on the ground, having done nothing in the battle other than smack a few rocks together.

The Gatekeeper nods, motioning for Five to follow before walking off.

Corvus seems concerned about something.
"...what if- no, he couldn't... but maybe..."

Five followed them.

Hero raised an eyebrow. "What is it?"

"Well... my senses might just be messed up from being revived, but... I think that strange 'gatekeeper' fellow revived a few people that were supposed to stay dead."

He thought. "Wait, that mean they could've revived The Black Mist. The guy who almost ended reality, before I did. But...that also means..."

"...I'm more worried about the Big Five being brought back."

Well, The Black Mist can end of realities by himself. He killed my parents. We should hope he doesn't come back as well.

"...let's hope none of them came back. I don't want to deal with the doctor again."

"Yeah...although, now I have to live with the fact that my parents might be out there."

"...they aren't, Hero. They've probably moved on to the One True Afterlife by now."

He sighed, slowly nodding. "Alright."

Wasteland was playing Five Finger Filet with Issac.

Shadow, of course, was cuddling up on Nyssa, keeping her warm with all of his fluff.

The Raven was silently standing by himself, still covered in ravens.