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Nitros Oxide stands in his large spaceship, analyzing the holographic screens before him. He is comminicating with a pink, egg-shaped being known as N'Trance, with the two talking about failed plots to takeover the universe in alternate timelines.
"What about the one where I challenge Earth to race-" Oxide begins.
"No," N'Trance interrupts.
"Well what about the one where I joined Emperor Velo to-"
"Ugh, no," N'Trance interrupts again.
"How about-"
"We didn't win any of them!" N'Trance exclaims.
"That's preposterous, how is that even possible. Every single time?" Oxide prods.
"Every. Single. Time. We lose," N'Trance states.
"I can't believe this, who am I meant to be if not an evil galactic dictator?" Oxide frowns.
"It's those nimble Earthlings! Always interferring in our plans!" N'Trance yells out.
"Someone outta do som-"
"Hold on, a new timeline was just created," N'Trance says.
"Oh don't bother telling me about it, I'm sure it-"
"We win in it."
Oxide stops midsentence and quickly looks back at N'Trance.
"Say that again." Oxide commands in disbelief.
"We. Win. In. It." N'Trance happily reiterates.
"Then that's the timeline we're replicating! Get ready, N'Trance! I can feel things are finally changing for us!"
Nitros Oxide and N'Trance drive off in their ships and head towards a black hole in the middle of the galaxy. As they fly through space and time, glimpses of all the other realities fade in and out of view around both ships. Eventually, Oxide hits what appears to be an escape pod floating in space and stops to see what it is.
"We don't have time for this, Nitros," N'Trance begins, concerningly.
"There's something...different with this piece of space junk..." Oxide says as he leans over the escape pod.
The door on the front of the escape pod then begins to open upward, revealing inside an unconcious Dr. Neo Cortex.
"What's this? An Earthling? Is this part of our success timeline?" Oxide asks N'Trance while picking up Dr. Cortex by his left leg into the air.
"Actually...it is? It calls itself Dr. Neo Cortex and has knowledge in mind control," N'Trance answers.
"Then aboard my ship it shall be!" Oxide proclaims as he carries Dr. Cortex over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes.
The two alien beings make their way back to their ships and head off for the Milky Way Galaxy, where the first phase of their plan begins.