Sarah chases the Sauran henchmen until they vanish into the undergrowth.  Suddenly, a huge metallic Dragoon-Fly swoops down and opens fire! 

Sarah dodges the shots and manages to bite off a wing with her Metalsaur.  It spirals away into the trees.

Pushing through the overgrowth reveals ancient, overgrown ruins, arranged like a fortress... or an arena.  No sign of the Saurans though.


The others soon catch up.  DW-40 finds an old, faded poster...  It seems, before their Exodus from Earth, some humans were treating Melinzerg as their personal playground.


Chet climbs up vines and over the wall, and drops down to the other side to look for a door.


Talos decides to make his own entrance, expertly prying a panel off the wall like a garage door.


The courtyard beyond is filled with overgrown scrap.  But as they begin looting, more Dragoon-Flies attack!

Sarah's Metalsaur manages to wall-jump into biting range, while Chet uses all four arms to shoot the others down with scrap rifle and slingshot.

In the next courtyard, DW-40 finds a familiar wreck- a Mk 40 Cancan automated ammunition drone- from his home dimension of Hellborg!  He sets to work salvaging parts.


The crew finally reach a large ramp leading underground.  Sarah's claustrophobia kicks in, so she volunteers to stay as a rear guard.


The others plunge into the rusty, foetid depths.  Along the walls are cell doors.  Ellie peers inside...


A corroded Arachnomech inside leaps at the door, attempting to escape its prison!


Other cells contain strange beasts, Carnosaurs, and worse.


Outside, a Sauran patrol approaches.  Sarah hides behind her Metalsaur, and her cohorts do a surprising job of convincing the patrol that they belong here. 

The Saurans chitter that the main event will be starting soon, and scurry off.

Underground, the crew hack their way into the final cell, marked with a dangerous looking prisoner tag.


But instead of a monster inside, the crew find... Marden Tannhauser! 
He too is a prisoner, held by his former test-subject turned tyrant- the self proclaimed "King Rex". 
Marden is now forced to create deadly, dark-matter corrupted combatants for Rex's Arena...

Whether true or not, the crew take Marden into custody, and head back out of the compound.

That is, until they run into a heavily armed Sauran patrol!


A forcefield snaps down around the crew, and each are taken to separate holding cells, in preparation for "the main event"....


Above, King Rex holds court over the arena of Saurans. 
"Today, we shall find the cruelest warriors in history.  They will become my unstoppable army.  We will conquer not just this world, but every world-  in every dimension!"
Cheers and roars rise from the Sauran spectators, and the first contestants- savage Carnosaurs- are let loose.


Just outside the Arena, one of Sara's escorts steals a translator device, and its growls become words.
"Look - what - I - Found!"
"What's happening?"  Sara Asks.
"Big Fight! Enemies Fight! Friends... Fight!"
"Head back to the outpost and get help!  I'll see what I can do here."


In the arena, the Carnosaurs stalk each other, egged on by Saurans alarmingly close to the action.


Rising up on a platform against his will, Chet appears in the middle of the chaos.
Thinking quickly, he uses all his wits - and arms - to take down the nearest Carnosaur threat!


Talos arrives next, and immediately dive tackles another Carnosaur before it can strike.


But next on the scene, an entire wave of Metalsaurs, reprogrammed to kill! 


Somehow Chet's salvaged ID plate still works, allowing him to avoid a Metalsaur, which is ambushed by an even more deranged Arachno-Mech!


Meanwhile below, DW-40 is reprogrammed for violence, as Saurans mount a deadly quad-cannon to his frame.


DW-40's arrival is announced by blind volleys of gunfire, damaging the arena, as friend and foe alike dive for cover!


As if that wasn't enough, another Jagger rises up out of a pile of debris and looks for a target...


Sarah manages to hack the arena's PA system, playing one of her songs from Elvenspring to encourage her friends and disorient enemies...


Marden arrives next, unwillingly accompanying his deadliest creation- a dark matter fueled Warp-Drakken from beyond!

Marden runs away from the deadly creation.

The Warp-Drakken's weapons spray in all directions, mutating the Carnosaurs into massive, twisted horrors!


Reacting quickly, Chet unleashes a blast of lightning, stunning the Warp-Drakken...


Meanwhile, Talos grapples the enemy Jagger and directs its fire into the central tower of the Arena!


As the tower shudders, Ellie unleashes a psychic scream that staggers King Rex into a control console...


...causing the SLAPR to rise out of the depths!  King Rex must have recovered it, and plans to use it to invade other dimensions!


Sarah enters the arena, bringing Marden back to his terrible creation, so he can shut it down for good.


As his tower finally collapses, King Rex falls into the arena, where the mutated Carnosaur awaits... sealing his fate.


Suddenly, the back wall of the arena explodes as the Sleeping God crashes through... the help Sarah sent for has arrived!


With no way to stop its activation, the crew gather around the SLAPR, hoping it will provide a way home, or at least deprive the less scrupulous of its power. 
They shout their goodbyes to the people of Melinzerg as the device engages...


Unfortunately, the Warp-Drakken is caught in the warp radius, and disappears along with the crew.


Realizing she has made more friends in Melinzerg than anywhere else, Sarah willingly stays behind, and bids the crew farewell.
Marden also realizes, his people are here in Melinzerg now- there's no going back.

Freed of their tyrant, the Saurans and Settlers agree to rebuild this world together, finally free of the dangers of dark matter.

As to the fate of the crew, only time - and space - will tell.