A Dark Omen
Horus examined the data files, hundreds of images flickered on the displays as the data was downloaded to the Nexus. Suddenly the flickering stopped and a single image appeared. It was a deep energy scan made by scientists some years ago. It showed Earth’s core, but there was something unusual about it.
“No…. Not this…” Horus’s aura irradiated surprise as he filtered other data, looking for more information on the anomaly.
“Is that…” Djohaal felt a shiver down his back. “Is that a Lavos?”“This can’t be! When we were here way back to seed this world we didn’t find anything, and there are no records of meteor accidents… but look at the size of this thing’s signature” he paused as he did a quick estimative “must be ancient, up to many millions of years”“I recall reading some stuff about a meteor event 65 million years ago on this planet, it almost sterilized the biosphere”“Could it be?” he navigated through the data looking for earlier records “I don’t know, although this may account for the unexpected outcome of your infiltration attempt.” He looked at Djohaal “It is aware of us and already is using its powers to thwart our actions”
”I felt something strange back in that building and for a moment my powers did not work at all.” He looked back to the image “And I believe it won’t take long for the humans to try using its power”That thought suddenly made memories that were buried deep in Horus’s mind surface once more.
“Omicron Lyrae, V too many years to ago to count." he stood up "We were late. When we arrived at the planet it was but a scorched land. Nothing was alive, no sentient life, no animals, no plants. Just an endless desert with ruins dotting here and there. We’d often find mummies of people who starved to death, so hungry they didn’t even rot.He walked in a circle and continued his explanation “They tried to tap on the power of one of these creatures. But it just woke it up” he looked at Djohaal, his aura pulsating with uneasiness “It surfaced, killing the planet in the process, and sending infant spawns to over a dozen worlds. It took us a millennia to clean up all the parasited planets”
“And here we sit, right on top of one of these…”
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