Beyond: Horizons

**Beyond: Horizons** is the ninth series installment to the Beyond Franchise. It is preceded by the first twelve seasons of Beyond: The Golden Age, coincides with the final season of that series and is succeeded by Beyond: Next Gens 1.0. The series focuses upon the Earth-99 variant of Kai Smith (also known as the Red Eye or X) and his quest to dethrone corrupt powers from realities and provide realities with a new chance for what they call "order" and what he knows to be justice. The series is comprised of two seasons which add up to a twenty-eight episode tale of one man's long haul for the multiverse. The main antagonists of the series are Knightmare and Lucifer, who have aligned themselves with Blade's motive to oppress those who have forsaken them. The villainous factions of the series are the Scarlet Collective and the Order of Lucifer. The series acts as a spin-off to Beyond: The Golden Age and a prelude to certain events in the first few seasons of Beyond: Next Gens 1.0.

## Overview

With his work on Earth-21 to awaken them to the Cycle of Chaos complete and Jaxon Walker having been put on the right path to find his identity, Kai Smith, formerly known as the Red Eye and now X, sets out to take a more direct route to freeing realities from cycles and giving the corrupt a taste of justice. His quest puts him on the trail of Blade, the Demon Panda that is the core spokesman for the dangerous essence of Scarlet magic. With this trail brings horrors that Kai has seen before and all new wonders for him to observe while he gathers enough strength to oust the beast and his pawns from power.

## History

### Part One - Book I: One Lie

#### The Red Eye's Beginnings & End

Kai reflects upon his many visits and clashes with the Defenders of Earth-21 and how he not only changed them but how they changed his outlook upon justice. During his look into the past he narrates to himself and a few other stragglers of the defected 49th Dark Order Division, the man known as Bloodshot gets a new calling.

#### Deal With Darkness

In order to deal with the coming threat he must face, the Bloodshot journeys into the Keep of the Inferno Demons within an undisclosed reality's Realm of Shadows, however, when he makes the contract there will be conditions that benefit him so he can't be betrayed. Knightmare is called forth by Blade after news of the Kyojin losing an essential host reaches the ears of his supporters.

#### The Unrighteous

Kai arrives upon a world with a capital city ruled by one of the Scarlet Collective's Big Three and seeks out a local vigilante that can help him learn more about this enemy, only to get something in return that he wasn't expecting. Knightmare, eager to regain a connection to the spokesman of the essence that he controls so he can exploit their partnership, gathers the Collective to find representatives from all the allied or visited realities of the MPC.

#### Foster the People

Kai forms a close bond with the female warrior known as Jodie and begins to let go of his past as a loyalist to become a leader to the misguided peoples of Earth-82's Terra Realm, attracting attention from the Collective and making him a target for their higher-ups.

#### Prime Karma

With the people of Earth-82 flocking to the graces of Kai's wisdom, protection and knowledge, the Scarlet Collective's influence begins to lessen prompting an action from Sienna to stay on the good side of Knightmare who is busy gathering representatives. Little does her faction know that his mission is close to completion and he has become aware of the Bloodshot's presence.

#### Acts of Injustice

Ignoring Sienna's pleas to keep her faction's world within the Collective, Knightmare makes a move to sever his weakest link; this puts the people Kai has radicalized at risk, prompting the Bloodshot to show the people how to stand up to injustice, with backing from his three warriors.

#### Sweet Little Liar

Leaving his disciples and followers to find their own path for their world, Kai, backed by Jodie, Sefu and and Constantine, travels to a core world of the Collective to shatter the syndicate's morale and mission. Knightmare hatches a plan to connect the worlds of the Syndicate through supernatural and metaphysical means.

#### Searing Judgement

The King of Terrors, Knightmare, and the Bloodshot, Kai, come to blows as the syndicate falls around them; both seeking to exemplify their ideas and visions through blows that can be felt by the world. At the same time, Kai feels a connection to a former foe of his and resonance to someone he barely got to know.

## Installments

Beyond: Horizons
Season
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 Season 2: Blackest Night