*Mantis starts to meditate on the Grey Wing and contacts the Yuuzhan Vong leader once again*
Mantis: I need you to search for something... Something as old as your galaxy... If you do not bring it to me, Zaon will be very displeased
Yuuzhan Vong: I will do as you ask... What is it we shall search for?
Mantis: A sword... The Sword of Creation... It should be located within the core of your sun... Good luck with that.
Yuuzhan Vong: We do not have the technology to go that far into a sun!
Mantis: If you do not retrieve it in four days, I will kill you and your people... But that's not nearly as bad as what Zaon will do to you in the after life...
Yuuzhan Vong: No... No please spare me!! Please!!
Mantis: As long as you deliver the Sword of Creation in time you will be fine...
*Mantis severs the connection as the Grey Wing docks in Liberty Station, he then turns to Chaos and Guardian, he then speaks*
Mantis: You guys don't need me on this minor mission... All you have to do is get the Object of Origin. I need to return to Coruscant...
*Chaos nods and opens a door, Mantis jumps out of the descending ship and lands into the starfighter which traveled along side the Grey Wing. It then enters hyperspace, destination Coruscant*
As Pob sat before the overmind, meditating, he was stirred by one of the soldiers, nudgging his shoulder. As PoB looked up, the overmind was stirring. One of its gargantuos tentacles was bending down, when it touched the ground, it began it accent. As it rose it dropped and egg.
Overmind: I leave you this. He will be of great use in your war agaisnt "he who think himself great."
PoB: Who? You mean, Mantis?
Overmind: If he is the one who stays far from the senate, than yes him. *PoB shrugged, about to return to meditation, when the overmind interrupted him again.*
PoB: Yes?...
Overmind: We seem to have run into some ressitance, what are your orders?
PoB: Have the heavier engage the ships. Move the gargoyles into the station.
Overmind: You know of our race?
PoB: All too well...
*Meanwhile on the dark planet Umbris... Lord Zaon sat on his throne meditating, observing what his minions were doing so far*
Zaon: Why would Mantis go back to the senate building? Intresting...
*Zaon's meditation then broke, a hooded man in white robes had entered the dark throne room. A little chuckle came from Zaon as the man in the white robes was at the base of the steps in which lead to the throne*
Zaon: Hmm... Dagon, do you have the third object?
Dagon: Yes my lord... I have it right here.
*Dagon then revealed one of the three objects in which Zaon needed for his master plan*
Dagon: The Amulet of Purification is now yours...
*Dagon slowly let go of the amulet, it levitated towards Zaon and fell into his hands. The amulet then teleported to the hidden room and landed on the altar furthest to the right.*
Zaon: Very good... Go now, assist Chaos and Guardian in finding the Object of Origin...
Dagon: My lord, what exactly does this object look like?
Zaon: It is a black gem the size of your fist and holds wonderous power... The gem was last heard of on Liberty Station. Retrive it for me
Dagon: I will go at once.
*Dagon placed his white hood back on and left the ancient temple, he then entered a giant flag ship named the Judgment and left with several fighters which formed from the planets surface along it's side. The ship then vanished with a blink of an eye into the night sky. Dagon then sat down in a seat and focused on one of his ally's force power*
Dagon: This cannot be... This is not Mantis's energy signature... It's not even Aegis's... Is it possible someone or something is inhabiting that body without the two? This is most disturbing...
Overmind: My creatures have engaged their ships. The gargoyles have intercepted this "object" of yours. They are on their way back.
PoB: Tell me, are they able to use the warp?
Overmind: Perhaps, but to avoid corruption, I would have to disconnect myself from them. I would have no status on them until the exit.
PoB: Do it. *With that, the Overmind tears a rupture through space, a vortex of black and purple. As the gargoyles swooped into the warp disappearing in seconds, the larger more slower creatures continued to engage the ships until the entered it and disappeared.* I dare Mantis to enter the warp. No one person can man a fleet, especially one that corrupts the minds and makes them into the fallen Chaos.
Overmind: You speak of the history of the Imperium like you were there, you vast knowledge of that day and age intrigues me. Tell me, what archives could possibly hold that information?
PoB: None, I know all this from experience.
*Meanwhile, Zaon steps outside of the temple with a glowing black scepter*
Zaon: Rise my minions of darkness.... Rise to scatter the darkness within...
*Zaon the struck his scepter against the ground. As that happened, ships of all sizes started to form from the dark depths this planet holds. An infinite amount of soldiers now started to appear, they borded the ships and levitated above the ground waiting for a command. A holocron now appeared from the dark planet, it then activated to show the face of the Yuuzhan Vong leader*
Yuuzhan Vong: We have the ancient relic you seek... You can recieve it at the wormhole.
Zaon: Very well... The Sword of Creation is within my grasp...
*An enormous ship called the Oblivion hovered above Zaon, the bottom then opened up and Zaon jumped inside. As the ship rose towards the sky, so did all the other ships. It the vanished from the Umbris surface and entered hyperspace along with its minions*
*Mantis then landed in a docking bay and walked towards the Senate building*
Mantis: The gem...
*Mantis then rushed towards the senate building, he then teared the doors out with the force and ran inside trying to locate PoB*
Mantis: I know you here... I can sense it...
*Mantis then destroyed another door revealing the throne room*
Mantis: He's not here...
*He then sensed the Overmind with PoB*
Mantis: I've found you...
*Mantis then destroyed the wall to the right of the throne, revealing a ominous green room. At the end of the room can be seen a giant malevolent creature with PoB meditating infront of it*
*Mantis then stepped into the room, walking towards the two*
Originally posted by Darth Mantis
*Mantis walks past PoB and directly to the Overmind and ignites his new red lightsaber*Mantis: Hand it over...
Several of the creatures, become agitated by this hostile movement. Swarming together letting out hissing sound, as many of them scrap their hand blades against each other. "Even with the help of the force, you could not possibly take on the overmind. This thing you see before you, isn't even an 18th of what he is. The incredible vastness that was once the galactic consumer The Great Devourer. I am very disappointed by your current actions. This empire was never doomed to fall, but becasue her exsistance interffered with your masters plans, it was either she was gone or he. But I have sensed a change in you, one for the worst. You are no longer the force wielding arbitor that I knew. Now, now your an errand boy for a milenia old consept." PoB takes the object, and twirls it in his fingers, using a complex mix of the force and physker power to keep it within my grasp. "You can try as much as you want, but you could never pull it out of my hand. Do you know why? Of course not, because it has only been done once in the history of this galaxy, and they are here to repeat it."
*Mantis turned towards PoB and let out a chuckle as he pointed the red lightsaber directly at his face. He then deactivated it and placed the hilt in the air where it levitated. He then pulled out two orbs. One orb had a white flame burning within and the other had a black flame. Mantis then gave out an evil laugh and then spoke.*
Mantis: Do you know what these are?
Originally posted by Darth Mantis
*Mantis turned towards PoB and let out a chuckle as he pointed the red lightsaber directly at his face. He then deactivated it and placed the hilt in the air where it levitated. He then pulled out two orbs. One orb had a white flame burning within and the other had a black flame. Mantis then gave out an evil laugh and then spoke.*Mantis: Do you know what these are?
PoB😛erhaps, but only vaguely.
Overmind: I don't trust them *the overmind begins to get a bit flustered letting out a few high pitched shrieks, that rustled most of the warriors. Tensing them, readying them to strike*
*Mantis turned towards the Overmind and yelled.*
Mantis: Quiet! You overgrown puss ball... Hahaha...
*Mantis then turned back towards PoB. Mantis chuckled once more, he then threw the orbs up in the air and then caught them. He did this reapeatedly.*
Mantis: By now you should know that I am not Mantis... Hehehe...
*Mantis then stopped throwing the orbs up and down, he then showed PoB the white flame*
Mantis: This is Mantis... Well his soul anyway... Zaon separated his soul from his body when he tried to destroy him... He couldn't even ignite his saber fast enough to strike my master... Hahaha... So I am a parasite that wondered this galaxy looking for a host. But what's better than a body that doesn't struggle to get rid of you... Hehehe... So Zaon gave me this body if I become one of his minions. So I did... Hehehe... And it feels great having a body of my own...
*The white orb then vanished in thin air and the Parasite then showed PoB the black flame orb*
Parasite: Now this is Aegis' soul, tainted... He tried to strike Zaon, for he wanted to defeat Mantis and to prove that he was the strongest of the two... So he suffered the same fate that his counterpart did... Quite amusing isn't it?
*The black orb now vanished from the Parasite's hand*
Parasite: They will be sacraficed for the master plan soon enough... So now that that's over... Give me the gem!
PoB: Ha!!! a parasite?!!? HAHAAHAHA *pobs abrupt laughter echoed with a cold resonance throughout the halls.* You come before me, a parasite, in a body that you did not even claim. Do you honestly think you would be worth my time, let alone expended energy? *The overminf lets out another shriek as the warp is opened overhead.* I see we'll be having company. I will make you a deal. If you can strike me down, not only will I hand you the gem, but also the object of origin. However if I suceed, not only will you hand me both orbs, but you cease to exsist...forever. Do we have a deal?