"Let's just say those worlds couldn't handle the amount of changes they were put on," Evil said as he stopped at the opening to look at where Matsu was looking at, "The best example I can give ya would be putting a weight on a piece of paper. That paper's gonna support that weight up to a certain point, but any heavier and it's gonna rip apart!"

"Pretty much something ya wouldn't wanna see after the first," Evil added as he waited for Matsu to catch up before entering, "Worlds breaking apart isn't something that usually happened - people getting lost, yeah, they come this way and we lead them back home."

The inside of the tower was made of solid stone, with gravity starting to pull both of them down and end up having the hole directly above them. The place has a feel similar to an observatory or a hall for people to gather, with carvings of directions set upon the floor and walls leading up to the opening.

"What is this place?" Matsu asked,looking around the tower. "And if your name is Evil, Why help me? Shouldn't you be... ya know... evil?" he added awkwardly.

"That's just how others often call me, doesn't mean I really am what you call evil!" Evil laughed and explained as he motioned for Matsu to follow him to a flight of stairs down the tower, "As for this place, we decided to put it together and call it a home. Beats just floating around out in the void - you can leave important things out there in the open after all, and it's annoying to wake up with your face sticking on to some weird things. Not that we really need the sleep!"

"The four of us just agreed on calling it the Nexus," Evil then added as they arrive to an expansive interior full of pathways and stairs leading to all over the place.

The brown-haired girl followed her guide through the dark sky, hair and tail whipping in the wind. She wasn't terribly sure about trusting this guy calling himself Night, but there wasn't much of a choice for her.

"Where're we going, anyway? All I see is more woods."

"Cast aside given perceptions..." Night replied as he motioned for them to fly higher, "The void is susceptible to one's perceptions, and that will affect how well you can travel out in the middle of nothingness..."

As they fly higher, Challah would notice the woods beneath her would fade from sight. In its place would be a bottomless void with objects in the distance that resembled giant marbles. Taking a closer look at these marbles would make one realize that universes exist in each of these spherical objects.

Up ahead, Challah could see a planet-sized spherical structure with what looked like a small tower jutting out from it. Night motioned for the Saiyan to follow towards the tip of the tower, rounded in shape with a big hole on the end of the tip.

"Hm?" Matsu turned towards the void.

"I sense someone else on their way here. I thought you said that this space was empty?" he said turning towards Evil.

"... Whoa."

After a moment's hesitation, Challah followed her guide, doing her best to ignore the steadily-growing block of ice in her stomach.

"And I thought time travel got complicated..."

Night and Challah soon enter the massive structure, spotting Evil and Matsu close to the stairway down.

"Yo! Looks like you picked up a stray on the way back, eh?" Evil called out to his colleague, noting the young woman that accompanied Night.

"The same can be said of you," Night simply said with a nod as he directed his attention to Matsu, "I hope my colleague here wasn't being a burden to you, young man."

"Wh-what do you mean by that!?" Evil exclaimed as he looked to Matsu for backup, "I'm the one who got him out of a bind!"

"Uhh... It was no problem..." Matsu replied before glancing at the girl next to the entity know as Night. She had a monkey's tail. That wasn't very peculiar considering his past experiences but he also could feel that whoever she was, she had a vast amount of power. This unsettled him slightly, but he sensed no malice from her.

"Hello." he said to her, giving a curt wave.
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The girl landed in a crouch and quickly stood up, tail swishing about behind her.

"Hi!" she said back, raising two fingers together in some sort of salute. It was kinda cute. "Name's Challah. You new here, too?"

"Yeah. I suppose so." Matsu said, the bags under his eyes more prominent as he slouched over in a tired posture.

"Both of you should get some rest for now," Night offered as he motioned for them to follow, "We are never short of room for guests, and wanderers like you are always welcome in our abode."

"Well, you guys get comfortable for now," Evil then added as he stretched his arms overhead before waving to the others, "I'll go ahead and check up on other matters."

Challah found a chair and sat in it Indian-style, slightly hunched so she could rest her arms on her calves.

"So what's your name, red-eye guy? Unless you want me to call you Red-Eye Guy. Kinda catchy, really..."

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"Oh... Sorry bout that. I'm Matsu." The 'Red-Eyed Guy' said with a chuckle. "I'm going to assume that you're from an alternate reality?" He asked, his crimson eyes glinting with curiosity.

'What I would give for some scotch right now.' he thought to himself while trying to process everything happening to him while simultaneously conversing with the peppy girl in front of him.
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"I... I guess so," Challah replied sadly. "I got into a fight with a bunch of fruit-eating bug-dudes, and their boss killed me, apparently. But I'm gonna get 'em all back!" She smacked a fist into a palm, before smiling and slouching over again.

"So how'd you get here? Night said I'd be meeting really strong people. Are you one of 'em? What's your Power Level? Who'd you train under?" Her tail swished about behind her.

Matsu raised his eyebrow in confusion. "What are you talking about?" he asked the girl, more confused than before. "What's a Powerlevel?" he continued, crossing his arms. "And uh... I got sent here by time travel... I don't understand it myself."
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Challah looked confused about Matsu's confusion. "Uh... It's... Well, it's supposed to measure how strong you are, but I don't think it's very accurate. It's okay for getting a rough idea, I guess."

She scratched the back of her head. "Wow. This 'alternate dimension' stuff must be more messed up than I thought. At least with time travel, you had a pretty good idea who could do what."

"Yeah... and are you some sort of mutant? I don't know may humans with tails. That is if you ARE human. I can certainly tell you're a hell of a lot stronger than one." he asked, giving a fanged, yet amused smile.

The girl huffed and sat up straight, arms crossed, though trying to suppress a smile. "Hmph! I could say the same about you! Lucky for you, I've decided to take it as a compliment! I'll have you know that I'm a pure-blooded Saiyan Warrior of the planet Vegeta. Well, that's where I was born, anyway. Suddenly ended up on Earth one day after a huge ball of light appeared in the nighttime sky. It was really weird...

"So how 'bout you, Red-Eye Guy? I don't know any Humans, Saiyans, or Hybrids that have red eyes and fangs, and-- well, since we're not even in a dimension, apparently, all bets are off. So what's up with you? What can you do? Ooh, you wanna spar?! It'll be fun!"

"I'm a special case." Mastu said, his eyes glinting. "If you want to spar, you'll find out what i can do..." he added, giving into the urge to fight. he began to stretch and loosen his muscles.

"YES!" The girl sprang out of the chair like a rabbit, landing expertly about ten feet in front of Matsu in a practiced fighting stance: Right hand drawn back against her side in a fist, left foot forward, left hand extended toward her opponent, fingers flexed into a claw-shape. Her eyes were narrow and focused, but her childish grin and swishing tail gave away her excitement.

Better start off fairly light, she thought. Get a gauge for how much he can take. Don't wanna hurt him too much.

"Well? C'mon, don't tell me you're afraid to hit a giiiiirl."

"Nice try. I don't fall for that kind of provocation." Matsu said, his teeth growing longer and sharper. he then began to flex his muscles as they hardened into an exoskeleton. In a short span of 3 seconds he had transformed.

'I can tell that she's stronger than me... so maybe instead of a direct assault... i should try a different approach...' he thought to himself before sucking in some air and releasing some hellfire in Challah's direction.

Challah quickly leapt backward to avoid the fire, though some black spots ended up on her shirt.

"Whoa! 'Special case', eh? Not half as dumb as you look, either! Sniper battle it is!"

With that, she opened her right hand, revealing a rapidly-growing ball of yellow light, which she thrust forward toward Matsu, hoping to catch him in the chest.

The blast would knock a normal human back several feet if it landed, but not do much damage on its own... but it was clearly not the best the girl had to offer.

Quickly tossing his body to the side, he put his body out of harm's way. Recovering, he lugged at Challah, tiny spines on his knuckles protruding as he threw a punch at her, going at high speeds beyond human comprehension.

Night was observing quietly as the two spar, a brief smile on his face at being able to watch two individuals from different worlds face off with completely different capabilities. Moments like this was extremely rare, considering that lost people rarely come by with more than one individual.