//------------------------------// // Murmur // Story: Pokemon Destinies: Wrath of The Taken King // by Metroid Prime //------------------------------// "All the vastness of out universe is but a blank page on which they scrawl their words of hate and death." -Eris Morn, Darkhollow Grasps Opening Intro Omnigul, Will of Crota "That shriek, that wicked laugh. If you listen closely, you can hear power in its song.” INTEL: Consort of Crota, Omnigul commands Crota's Spawn in the battlefield, she is the will of her mate and the architect of his plans. General Ahmos struggled against the bonds that held him, but to now avail he was nothing more now then a captive of his foes "Xyor, would you do the honors?" The Hive Wizard floated down to the quivering stallion and placed both hands at the sides of his head. "Whatever you think your gonna do wretch it won't work!" The wizard ignored his shouts as she began to chant a spell that would sends shivers down a persons spine. The zebra tried to squirm as he felt his mind being picked apart like putty, memories, knowledge of secrets being siphoned and eaten, like the creature was looking for something specific. And it was finding what it wanted. Xyor looked through the memories of the captive general, while she had already created a translation spell for the other Hive(which she had already cast upon the whole group), she also found something of great interest. From his memories she learned that apparently another God named "Arceus" who was from an alternate dimension had recently brought his people, creatures called Pokemon to this world, the Pokemon had came to this world to escape evil and they all posseded strange and powerful abilities. This...was something Oryx would also need to know. "Lets dig a little more aannnd, Oh whats this? *Ahmos's Memories* A Young Zebra laid in his bed as his father tucked him in. "Daddy, will you tell me a story?" "Well son, what kind a story do you want to hear? A War Story? or a Tall Tale?" "War Story!" a young Ahmos exclaimed. "Well then" The zebra sat by he sons sides "Allow me to tell you war story as old as Celestia herself" The young Zebra sat up earnestly as his father spun the tale "Once upon at time, in the land of Equestria, Peace and Harmony stood as the pillars of which the Kingdom were built on. Its rulers the sisters Celestia and Luna defended it from many evils who wanted to rule with fear and terror." "But the greatest threat the sisters would face came not from Tatarus, but from the stars." "Oooohh" "It was a Demon who called itself Crota, and he had come to Equus with a Hive of followers. He wielded a sword that could make cracks in the earth as large as canyons, and wherever he went the sky turned green, his army scorched most of the world before turning their scrying eyes to the Realm of Equestria. Ahmos grinned as his father got to the good part. "Crota met the sisters and their armies on the borders of their land, while the sisters were able to hold the demon off for as long as they did, the Hive slowly but surly pressed into the heart of the pony homeland, it is even said that a strike from Crota's sword created Ghastly Gorge" "It was only after days of battle and bloodshed on both sides that Celestia was finally able to defeat the demon Crota, sending his soul screaming into the pit between the stars." "Whoa!" "And so with their leader vanquished, The Hive scattered to the winds and peace returned to the world, The End" "Another daddy more more story?" The father gave a low chuckle "Sorry daddy has to go to bed too! How about tommorow?" "Oh, okay. Good Night daddy" "Good night my little Ahmos" "I got what we need" Xyor said as the she left the Zebra's mind "And more" "What do you mean?" Urzok inquired "Oryx may have some....significant resistance when he comes to this world" "Let us find Sardok, you can give the information to him." Xyor nodded, Sardok was called the "Eye of Oryx" for a reason, Everything he saw was broadcast directly to Oryx's mind he was basically a direct line to the Hive King, all they had to do was just relay what Xyor had learned from the zebra's mind. "Very well, I last saw Sardak and Urrox Taking these 'Pokemon' near that large building where I believe their leadership is held" The Hated and the Unwed then proceeded to march with their troops in the direction of the castle. "HEY!" Xyor looked back at the still bound Zebra, realizing that since she had cast the translation spell, he had heard and understood every word they said. "If you think you will get away with whatever it is your planning to do, then you got another thing coming, I don't know much about Arceus, but he is a God and he will protect his own!" Urzok walked up to Ahmos with a blank expression on his face, knelt down and looked the General in the eye. "Well then its a good thing we brought-" Ahmos noticed the Knight's gaze look above him for second "-a contender" All of a sudden the General felt something latch onto him, then the zebra felt himself being pulled through a narrow space, his body becoming fluid as his vision of the world was replaced by blackness. When he could see again, his eyes could not believe what they beheld. He found himself floating in a infinite void their where various shapes and sizes, some he could make out, other threatened to drive him to insanity trying to at least comprehend. But despite the strange and yet for some reason terrifying sight, he soon began to feel a cold presence as if something was behind him. Ahmos looked behind him to see what it was. But the thing about being alone in a dark dimension, is that no one can hear you scream. "How much use will he be as a Taken?" Urzok said "Don't know don't care, but one thing we know about darkness, once its inside you, it never leaves" "Indeed, so were do we start looking for Crota's spawn?" "Oryx provided me with her energy marker, so I will about to track her once we are done here" "Done taking citizens, or killing them?" "...Yes" Sev for the most part was either having the most fun in his life or was possibly dreaming about conquering and warfare again, but considering Princess Luna was not here it was most likely the first. "They fight with the fire of warriors, but they are still not worthy of fighting me!" "Is that your biggest worry right now?!" Gard said as his psychic powers melted the minds of another wave of aliens, the General for the most part was more then happy to have an excuse to kill something for once. "Their is always time to consider the optics of the situation General Gard, especially in a crisis" The Embrace Pokemon mental rolled his eyes as he and Sev continued to battle wave after enemies. All the while Gard tried glimpsing in the minds of the creatures to see what they were thinking in hope that they which give him a clue as to why they were here and why they were doing this, unfortunately he could not concentrate long enough before an alien tried to claw his eyes out. Soon the pair after 5 minutes of fighting found themselves surrounded by a field of ash that was what remained of the aliens, "Ha! Look at them we beat them so bad all that remained was dust, this is what happens when the foolish dare challenge the great Commander Sev!" Gard paid him no mind, as he was currently looking into the brain of a dying Acolyte, as he peered into its mind he found a language of glyphs and carvings of a language he had never seen before in his life, so it was nearly incomprehensible to understand what they were thinking. But in the short time he had with the dying creature he did manage to pull one legible sentence from its mind Vengeance, for Crota! "Crota. What does that mean? Is it a name? Someone or something?" "Gard!" The general snapped out of his train of thought and turned to face Sev. Are you listing?" "Yes, of course, pardon me commander but were are the others?" "I sent Lia with General Char to take her back to base were she would be protected, as for the other they are probably of fighting these creatures" "We need to call everyone back to base, I believe I may have learned something from these creatures that may help us understand why they are here" "Hmm, very well send a signal" Gard nodded and them concentrated as a sent a mental message to throughout the PLA's mental mind link that each of them shared. Attention all PLA members in the area! Regroup back at base do we can asses the situation! General Ag was busy pounding a group of Thrall into dust when she received the message from Gard, much to her chagrin. "And just when I was starting to have fun" The Aggron said as she dropped an unconscious Knight she had knocked out. The General then began walking down another path when along the way she spotted General Drill looting an abandoned store. "DRILL!" Not expecting anyone around the Excadrill gave a yelp as he dropped a handful of jars he was carrying. "Ag! Don't sneak up on people like that!" "I could say the same about you stealing things!" "Hey look I'm not stealing I am merely collecting things for the commander!" "......That excuse didn't work with Gard so why do you think its gonna work on me?" "Ehh worth a try" "Ugh just walk with me, we are expected back at base with everyone else" Drill shrugged his shoulders before walking behind the Iron Head Pokemon. "You know Drill when this is over, these zebra's will want to rebuild you would think they will want something to come back to" "Okay okay! I get it, you really know how to guilt trip someone" The two walked through the battle torn streets of the city before arriving at the town square. "Whoa, this place has become a warzone" "I suppose it is-" "Yeah but its probably a good thing we are an army, after all you can't fight a war without an army am I right" But Ag wasn't listening anymore, she was staring at a very specific spot on the ground. "Hey Ag? What are looking?" Drill walked around her to see why she had stopped "What's got you soooo.....oh no" Laying before the two Generals in a pool of his own blood was the lifeless body of Genreal Rio. Sardok for the most part was an observer, his duty was to act as the eye of his King, to guard his shines and never lose them until the Formless one had reclaimed the universe. But now he was on the battlefield overseeing the first salvo of the coming war. The Castle which apparently was home to the leadership of this land was on lockdown, no one could get in or out even if they wanted to. Chosen Shriekers, security measures to Hive used to guard their deep architect, had been set up all over the Castle a total of 40 floating void spitters surrounded the giant building, should a zerba attempt to try and escape the Hive would now. And they had all the time in the world to wait, one of the perks to having indefinite lifespans. "Sardok" The Exalted Hive Knight looked back to see Urrox approaching him. "Are we not going to storm their castle and wipe out their leadership? After all they are on the losing side." It was true, in the hour they hand invaded the Hive pretty much controlled the entire city, all its inhabitants were either dead or being Taken, the only resistance left was the few who holed themselves up in the castle, all they had to do was bust down the door any eliminate whoever was found. Oryx told me not to kill them, he wishes to have to first blood in killing their leaders, once our King gets here then we shall resume. Before more could be said, Urrox noticed Urzok and Xyor arriving at the castle. "Ah good, your here, tell me what news do you have about our enemy?" "I bring both Good tithings and Bad tithings" "Oh, how so?" "We have the name of the one who killed Crota a being of Light called...Celestia, she apparently presides over a land called Equestira, but we have yet to know were that is or if she is still alive" "That will be up to our king to find out, but what are the bad tithings?" "We have reason to believe that this planet has become the new home og a God of creation called "Arceus" and the these creatures of power, these "Pokemon" are his progeny" This....was not something Sardok was expecting to hear, Oryx had face a number of beings who claimed to be deities and slew them just to prove a point. But if this Arceus was really a God of Creation, which was in Contrast of Oryx's nature as a God o Destruction, then their King may have more resistance them initially prepared for. "Very well we shall make the necessary arrangements should this Arceus interfere with our plans for this world" Within the Dreadnaught Oryx began to ponder all that Xyor had told Sardok, which was in term relayed to the King himslef. "Well this.....makes things more interesting" Alak-Hul, the Darkblade who stood beside his foster dad as he pondered the news of this revelation was confused at his fathers statement. "Forgive me my King, but what do you plan to do about this?" "Nothing, we shall continue as planned" "And what if this other god, this Arceus should interfere with your quest for vengeance?" "....Then he and his children may share their fate, either way the Sword-Logic demands that this Arceus must prove his right to exist" "Very well, shall we advance the fleet on the planet now?" "No, not yet...Sardok!" Yes my King! "Proceed as planned, awaken my daughter's spawn then I shall join you, once these "Zerba" have been taken we shall, send a message to this world" "As you wish my king" Back on the ground Sardok barked to newly received orders from their King, Urrox with his brood would take Xyor and Urzok to a nearby system of caves which lead underground, as it was the most likely place were Omnigul and her spawn slept. "It is also most likely we shall encounter more of these Pokemon beneath the Earth do not hesitate to destroy everything in your path" "As if we needed convincing Urrox" Meanwhile The Griffin stood atop the hill, her eyes gazed upon the damage these invaders has brought to the Zebra City, much blood had been spilled, no doibt she would use that blood to empower herself to further aid in bringing back her master, but she knew how outnumbered she was and could not make a move until the creatures have had left the city. But then again Thirst had waited 1,00 years to resurrect Ragnoros, she could wait a little longer. Verse 1:4 — Syzygy The Syzygy — Carved to endure by Aurash — The high vengeance — Only Xi Ro’s bait stars let us escape. Only Sathona’s tricks let us reach the coast. But now that we have my ship, I must lead the way. I am the navigator. We may never see our homes again. Xi Ro seethes with hate and fury for Taox. But this is my deepest fear — Our civilization drifts on the Fundament. At the Tungsten Monoliths I learned that thousands of other species drift with us, coexisting on a vast world sea. And the tides of the Fundament move us all. The Timid Truth says that we are the smallest, most fragile things alive. The natural prey of the universe. Taox would have us believe that our ancestors came to the Fundament to hide from the hungry void. My father died afraid. Not of vile Taox or the Helium Drinkers, but of his orrery. He screamed to me — “Aurash, my first daughter! The moons are different! The laws are bent!” And he made the sign of a syzygy. Imagine the fifty-two moons of Fundament lining up in the sky. (It wouldn’t take all fifty-two, of course: just a few massive moons. But this is my deepest fear.) Imagine their gravity pulling on the Fundament sea, lifting it into a swollen bulge... Imagine that bulge collapsing as the syzygy passed. A wave big enough to swallow civilizations. A God-Wave. I have to find a way to stop it. Before the God-Wave annihilates my species. If I could only get back into my father’s orrery, I could learn exactly when! We are weeks of travel and many continents away from home. When I’m paralyzed by fear, Xi Ro sits in the cabin with me and comforts me with soft, brave words. But more and more we have come to rely on Sathona’s wit. She will go off to be alone (she insists she must be alone) and return with some mad idea — steer into the storm, throw down a net, eat that strange beast, explore that menacing wreck. Somehow Sathona seems to manufacture good luck by sheer will.