6400 looked around and thought for a bit. "I've felt this dimensional energy before. It's dark... REALLY dark... " Now that I think of it, I may have felt this too. A long while ago when Gold RoboYoshi was rebuilt. said Markior as he floated, sensing the flows of energy in the vicinity. Yoshi6400 then remembered something and a look of concern appeared on his face. "The Shadow Dimension... If there is some rift nearby, it's going there... If I'm right, Kurayami's the one behind this and it seems like he's got something big planned. An energy field like the one you described suggests a rapidly growing portal."

Outside the Genesis, the scenery was quickly changing. The whole surrounding area was now covered with formations of black crystals, glowing with a peculiar purple haze... Under the Genesis, the portal to the Shadow Dimension was growing, now big enough to engulph buldings, but not the giant Warship-Fortress. Energy absorbing Shadow Crystals were beginning to crystalize on the Genesis as well, covering the area closest to the epicenter of the portal. All around the planet, energy was beginning to be siphoned, feeding into the portal, fling into the massive Shadow Crystals awaiting on the other side... Light, sound, heat... All being absorbed... All falling into darkness...

Kurayami looked up at the portal above, and at the Genesis. "A few more moments and the scenery will change once again my enemies... Prepare to enter my realm. The realm of shadows and darkness..."