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"I am not sitting here doing nothing, I'm combing through Pandorian data looking for information of a useful nature. It is a time-consuming process. you're the one that's just sitting around here doing nothing, when you could be off ruling your hives, getting them ready for war, doing research of your own, touring various nations. So don't stand here bitching at me for your mistakes.

Check back, or come back in a month, or do like we did, and brute force your way through a Pandorian World. You want a weakness, you wait for the month to pass. Hell, you exist outside of normal temporal continuity, you could just walk through time to the future, when I've finally gotten all the research done, but did you ever think of using your own powers to get things done. NOOOOOOO! You've got to bitch at everyone else first." Zeta snapped at Chrysalis.

"Don't you talk to her like that!" Else growled at Zeta.

"Oh, and what's she going to do about it, I'm as indestructible as she is, the loss of a single shell is meaningless to me. I might even be more indestructible than she is for all I know." Zeta said, firmly not moving.

"I guess we'll need to move to the empty lab across the hall." Else muttered.

That sounds lovely....

*the queen orders her elite to come with her to the other room before she shuts  the door, locks it, closes all the windows, motions to her men that set up several jammer and several small EMP devices and disable any other electronics immune, she then releases several magical pulses around her the first casting a sound tight spell on the room keeping the noise within, the second is a annihilation field destroying any unknown bio-matter  within the room and the final pulse seems to cause a pop in everyones heads as it disables the ability for any foreign presence to listen in or read the minds of all within*

Listen Else I have realized something that sounds idiotic, possibly insane, but so many things just don't add up and it has been getting under my skin for awhile....

*she then begins to pace back and forth*

The lack of actual action, the fact that everything seems to go wrong with changeling intervention I know my teams are pros and always end up getting the job done but the bad luck is just to high, The fact that we exist in one of the most technologically advanced civilizations in the known universe yet process data so slow, The fact that said civilization seems unwilling if not hesitant to eradicate  a civilization consuming indoctrinating eldritch abominations as a first issue, The fact that we journeyed to some location to harvest some 11th hour superpower to destroy the pandor...yet it has never been mentioned again if not used against our enemy, and finally the fact that zeta and his men appear to know everything and respond to my men sent on a secret mission to gather more info thousands of miles in space off the mental grid and away from all surveillance....What about the fact that the others have remained silent for so friggin long...

*Hemlock Seems to nod before chiming in*

You know this seems like distraction more than anything and the lack of progress either suggests sabotage or other intervention to another benefit...

*the queen hushes her to hemlocks to begrudging annoyance*

I was getting to that...So me and the girls have came to several conclusions that may make or break everything we have been working towards...

*she seemingly pulls out a white board putting suggestion by suggestion on what she is about to theorize*

1. That zeta and his men are not what they seem and are working to their own benefit in one shape or form

2. They could be along with a unknown percent of the population controlled or influenced by the pandor in a manner similar to the indoctrination effect of mass effect lore...or worse they could be Pandor or allied with them.

3. That this is all just a illusion spend to waste are time just like the matrix in a way while the pandor converge on us...This makes more sense considering we know one of them has been watching my race.

4. Warhaven is simply a place that is really crapy then what it really is, *hemlock interjects* or we are in a pretty $@#$$! college.

5. I am just going crazy from staying inside to long and not being able to kill off the thing that seems to bug me the most at this point in time

6. This realms bad luck is just far to large...


*she then stops and asks for Else opinion on things making sure that friggin clone doesn't pop up like a wack-mole to interject*

"Well, while you've been agonizing in one direction, I've had part of my mind working in another. Namely, reading through their systems. Appearently they have reams of it, just sitting in an archive waiting for anyone to read. I had to get in via some sort of a public information act for non-citizens, but still, I got in. So, in bullet point detail:

1) Those superpowers. They were given to Hemlock and her minions too, so, you'll have to ask them why or why not they haven't been using them. As for me, I used them to boost the signal gain for my own mind to further my own education, I just didn't think anyone was interested.

2) The bad luck, To a studied citizen of The bureaucracy, your luck has been phenominal, they haven't given you fines, citations, arrested you, or anything yet. They've been letting you get away with everything you've been doing all with 0 police intervention. But I know what you're really asking here, and Zeta's a bullet point all his own. The point is, your experience is normal for the average Warhaven citizen. No one likes it, everyone's frustrated by it. Their also convinced they can somehow control it. It's actually kind of amusing. It's like a flock of sheep being convinced they can control and tame the wolf.

3) Zeta. The man's legacy is one of the oldest in Warhaven. Him and his clones have pursued the realms of science with as much fanaticism as a religious zealot might pursue faith in some god. Having studied anything and everything for several thousand years, plus access to the protected central archives makes Zeta a very hard opponent to outwit. It's why he appears to know everything, for him it's all just logic and reasoning.

4) The Central Bureaucracy is the worst and most intimidating part of Warhaven. As I mentioned, everyone's frustrated by it, but also convinced their on the verge of figuring out how to control it. They've grown up under its influence, and each has heard how some lucky individual has tricked a fortune out of The Central Bureaucracy. I've seen the actual records, it's happened, repeatedly, but differently each time.

5) Why not go to the world of Ephseus and slaughter a few Vizzerdrix? You've probably got cabin fever from anticipation. I got a peak at the volume of data Zeta's ship hauled in. Sure, this is advanced machinery, but it's an equally vast amount of data. I'm not talking Gigabytes or Terrabytes, I'm talking Exaquads. Not only do they have to translate the language, but they have to understand things from a Pandorian viewpoint, and that's never been done yet. Their not changlings who can simply change their mind. Their clones of other creatures.

6) This realm's bad luck is so incredible, it once converged upon itself and became the manifestation of Bad Luck, an entity named Murphy. He could be hanging around for all I know, I can't sense spirits. The easiest cure is to contact the god of Fortune, a man named Domino, and request Luck neutralization.

Heck, why not combine five and six. Go meet with Domino, then slaughter some Vizzerdrix to let off steam. You don't need a license. In fact Vizzerdrix hunting is encouraged. As for the others, well, I don't think the answer to that lies in our plane of existence, but with the cosmic writers." Else replied.

*the changeling looks a bit suspicious in her partner*

You know I am beginning to wonder about you...I am not sure if you have had selective hearing but you are missing a explanation for theories 1-3...you have mentioned the symptoms but not these 3 causes...

*hemlock and her elite proceed to try to calm the slowly boiling over queen*

My queen she is just trying to...

*hemlock is tossed to the ground the queens eyes shifting from green to orange shimmering like flame*

Avoid the point, prolong the inaction, look for tid bits of information that could indoctrinate seemingly the only person on the blasted rock or station or whatever that want to protect your citizens and slaughter every last on of them besides me...

*Her hair slowly turns from green to yellow as she seems to grow more enraged in her rant*

We are given a power which was told to give us the ability to slay these pandorian scum yet  It seems to provide nothing currently but what equivelates to a library card allowing us to gather more information, I don't want statistics and letters on trivial matters...I WANT A TARGET!!! she shouts breaking the rooms glass seemingly decompressing the room from the sound spell.

*Her skin goes into a demonic red and the temperature of the room skyrockets from a sterile 85F to 110F, Hemlock and her guards stand far back behind a over tuned table*

I HAVE NOTHING AGINST YOU, OR THE STUFF GOING ON IN FACT I AM GOING TO GO RELESE SOME STEAM, BUT KNOW THIS IF I HAVE GOOD REASON THAT YOU ARE DISLOYAL OR UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE ENEMY I.WILL.END.YOU....

*she proceeds to hop through the window and land shattering the ground before running off to start mayhem, destruction, and all matter of violence on the planet*

she gone yet...

*Hemlock peaks over the table*

Wow I pray to Celestia for everything in the wake of that destruction, a normal queen has been known to when her anger fully encompasses her leave absolutely nothing standing, by the time she has cooled down whole systems had been left barren death worlds...

*she then looks at a tablet*

Shes currently 25% angry...but she is the highest queen in the changeling order so i guess collateral damage may be...

*the changeling calculates using the device and then drops it clears the data*

still way to high. the changeling elite lets out sheepishly.

"OH! You want a Pandorian Target? Well why didn't you say so? You made it sound as if you wanted the entire war to kick off right this very second. The fault isn't with us, it's with the cosmic fates. Mine wasn't understanding yours. Their territorial edge is ten light years to the west and four dimensions up. I can't promise it'll be Glennick, but they'll undoubtedly have sentries patrolling their borders. You just can't take a Warhaven ship, that's all. It's not considered right to kill a species just because it's hostile and willing to wipe out the rest of civilization. That Alicorn we met earlier, Starfire? Him and his human companion are the ones preventing it. They say it's no more correct to kill all Pandorians than it is to kill all wolves. A creature should not be slaughtered because of its nature. Those that prove themselves threats via actual invasion are deemed worthy targets, but none have invaded. Thus, the child worlds are left in peace.

Why, if you can secure a fast enough changling ship, we could be there in, an hour." Else said, finally understanding.

"Also, uh, this isn't a planet, it's a planet sized ship. There goes the enviro-Sim." Else sighs.

*Hemlock looks a tad bit confused if Else was speaking to her*

Ughhhhh... Queen Else you did  see the whole changeling hopping through the window, slamming the ground, and going off on a fury bout...Right? the changeling looks a tad bit confused.

"I saw that, that's why I mentioned it was an Enviro-Sim she'd crashed into, and that this was a planet-sized ship she was in." Else said.

Further on, Chrysalis would encounter two clones examining the foliage closely.

"Did you hear about the experimental ship Zeta's building?" one clone asked the other.

"The warship based off of all known Pandorian data?" The other asked.

"I hear it'll be ready for testing soon." The first one said.

*the changeling seems to pounce one of them ripping him into visera or really something similar before impaling the other on a sharp blade jagged wing that seems to form from nowhere*

OH EFF YESSSSSSSS!!!! she practically seems to disturbingly get off to the idea that finally she was going to kill something challenging for once...even better she was going to use take that annoying clones toy and breaking it in like the most wonderful pair of pants.

* the wing pulls him closer convulsing upon its blade to her menacing slasher smile on her face covered in the blood and guts of his friend that was there seconds ago*

Why hello there, your conversation piqued my interest...

*she looks at the horrible wound she has inflicted*

That and the copious amounts of blood leaving your body...

*she proceeds to lean in and lick some off with a long snake like tounge savoring it as the flavor explodes in her mouth her saliva irritates the skin causticly*

Mhmmmm I could do this all day...but i have bette things to do...

*she wipes off the blood on her lip*

Would you be a gentlemen and tell me about this wonderful device and where it is being housed. she asks in seemingly echo chamber, seductive voice as she looks into his eyes as he is slowly bleeding out on her sharp wing.

Colberius X recoalesces next to Else, having spent the past twenty minutes teleporting around, getting used to his newfound abilities.  Apologizing to Else for startling her, he then notices the Queen off in the distance, casually goring two clones.

"What in blazes is Chrysalis doing???"

*hemlock looks through a rangefinder at the queen only to be startled by colbe*

Oh lord colberius we were wondering where you have been, Chrysalis is a bit...

*notices the queen thrash the impaled clone around on the wing trying to get a response*

disgruntled is a really good word...

*she tries to keep colbe back from the window with else*

Listen I need you both to stay back...Let chrysalis do what she must and what she wants it is in the guard handbook on how to deal with queens...

*she gulps*

Make a queen angrier the more damage...chrysalis is a high queen so the potential damage is catastrophic. she informs while returning to watch if things progress.

"We're supposed to just let her rampage across this entire world? I think not."  Colberius took a minute to concentrate, and then closed his eyes, reaching out a hand towards Chrysalis.  "If she wants to go on a rampage, that's fine with me. But not here."

Out of all the powers he discovered in the twenty minutes after getting back, manipulation of Void Nexuses was his favorite.  Using the powers of the Void, Colberius created a portal right under Chrysalis.  Before she could even be surprised, the Queen found herself falling through the atmosphere of a Pandorian world.

"I hate to see unfocused anger." Colberius shrugged towards the others.  "I'm sure she'll be fine. I'll apologize to her later."

Unfocused no.... she appeared to have some goal in mind...

*hemlock notices the dying labtech on the ground with the range finder*

If this was truly unfocused she would have killed Else, Me, and everyone else she saw...Why would she interrogating someone?...

*before she can follow up her train of thought seemingly a shadow forms on the ground by the former scientists before chrysalis reappears warping back into existence*

COLBE YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS CONTROL OF THE VOID REMEMBER?! she looks towards him starring unamused.

*a sort of cloak appears around her masking her presence in the void leaving teleportation targeting rendered null, she then notices the dying lab tech on the ground a wound in his chest where his heart should be*

now now now...I need that information, I am going to say this might be painful, but if you look into your heart which is currently against that tree over there you will likely handle this better. she jokes before the following scene.

*she opens her mouth revealing a number of sharp teeth and proceeds to eat the lab tech alive very messily, when the deed is done she awaits a flow of information she had gathered from the recent Genetic memory encoded on the beings genetic material*

Chrysalis would find that all information was being deleted faster than she could learn it, and it was even being erased from her. All clones had swarms of secially designed Nanites inside them to carry out various functions, one of which was the prevention of data theft by genetics. In direct retaliation for Chrysalis's crime against The Collective, all leniency was now gone. The Nanites began to destroy Chrysalis from the inside out, starting with her genetics, and her vital organs, plus blocking her body's ability to use any and all supernatural power. Acidic blood was meaningless to these nanites, the material from which they were made came from the depths of the Mephidross on Mirroden, a very HIGHLY corrosive swamp.

The dead clone reappeared next to her in a minty fresh new body.

"I don't know. Zeta keeps his secrets well, all I know I learned via the grapevine. Ours just happens to be very precise. A shame you probably won't get to ask him where, as by now, the Nanites in my former body, will have now begun destroying you, in totality. Good luck getting them to stop, I can't do it, only Zeta can. Zeta is the only one with Master Control over all systems. Once my last body died, my control key died with it. I can only control the Nanites in this new body. Of course, if you look into what little remains of your heart, I'm sure you'd understand." The clone said, returning Chrysalis's own joke to her, before slapping her then teleporting away.

*The queen begins laughing maniacally*

YOU THINK SOME BITS AND BOBS WILL DESTROY ME!!!! the queen coughs up blood.

*She then uses the new void abilities to warp the nanites from within seemingly dissolving herself into a goo from displacement of bio-matter*

Colbe, Else I think we might want to get off world...

*hemlock and her guards motion to a nearby portal*

YOU THINK YOU CAN KILL A HIGH QUEEN!!! The stations speakers rang out.

*The queens body regenerates with a odd circuitry look to her veins*

FOOLS YOU HAVE GIVEN ME THE KEYS TO YOUR DEMISE!!! The queens voice gets more and more distorted.

*little did that clone know while she displaced the nanites her body was able to using synthetic materials that were warped within her bio-mass to create nanites of her own and after accessing the warhaven network had installed a rather crippling virus that went past all firewalls infecting all synthetics and those possessing nanites within warhaven*

Oh nononononononononono. hemlock says as she arms herself prepareing for whats about to occur.

*Within seconds the station was hers and chaos rang out, Riots stated as men and women went insane for the vast voices of the hive mind and experienced wicked hallucinations driveing them to uncontrollable violence, all manner of craft began to crash into buildings, and all security systems seemed to turn on their masters...the very world seemed to light aflame*

GET DOWN!!! Hemlock jumped to push ELSE out of the way as a transport craft smashed through the window separating Colbe and the 2 girls....

*The changeling queen looks around at the beauty of destruction*

The perfect distraction to get my hands on that ship...lets find it now that I have the whole network under my command and influence...

*she then notices she may have left a few holes open*

I better raise my own firewall on my control to the network...I don't want some hacking twit to possibly do anything. Her calculated mind balanced by her connection to the hive establishes a firewall across the network the vast amounts of information she has being spread out across the collective of both the changeling horde and the citizens of warhaven.

The Collective's network and The Hypernet were two distinct systems, and while The Collective's network was indeed taken over temporarily, The Hypernet was not, due in part to The Aquamarinian Hive-Mind, which was the under-laying super structure of The Hypernet. Better entities than Chrysalis had tried and failed to take over The Hypernet from Aquamarinian control and failed, she stood no chance.

The Nanites in the clones, and Alyssa, an A.I. made entirely of Nanites were enslaved. While the clones simply suicide into new bodies in other places, Alyssa purged herself of the Virus and continued on. Only Zeta and The Board of directors remained, for their Nanites could not receive any outside input at all.

"It would seem we've found the perfect test subject." One Board Member said.

"I concur, the final testing of Experiment 9 should commence immediately." Another said.

"All agreed?" A third asked, and indeed, all did agree.

"Then, release Omega Weapon." Zeta decreed.

Each board member teleported to a different spot throughout the collective, and produced a special key, using it in a normally unused key slot. Zeta used one in his office. From across 13 dimensions a signal came, and a signal went.

Klaxons on the wall began to sound a general alert.

"WARNING! TESTING OF OMEGA WEAPON HAS COMMENCED, ALL PERSONNEL ARE TO REPORT TO OBSERVATION STATIONS IMMEDIATLY. ALL E CLASS WEAPONRY AND ABOVE IS TO BE READIED AND EQUIPPED IMMEDIATLY. ALL X CLASS DEFENSES WILL BE RAISED, ALL ESCAPE WILL BE IMPOSSBLE ONCE THE DIMENSIONAL BARRIERS HAVE BEEN RAISED. I REPEAT, TESTING OF OMEGA WEAPON HAS COMMENCED!" came a pre-recorded alert that repeated itself endlessly across the system.

Dimensional barriers began to raise, as armored bulkheads began to replace the normal bulkheads. In terror, Else teleported away back to Warhaven, currently in a different dimension. The Void became sealed in totality against all usage, Colberius X would find himself safely transported away, leaving only Chrysalis and her changlings to face Omega Weapon.

After the barriers rose, a pocket dimension opened, and from it came a monster so powerful the only way to contain it was to seal it in a pocket dimension and scatter it across the Multi-verse. And so it had remained, until the signal across 13 dimensions brought it together again. Even with dimensions sealed, all in Warhaven, all in insectum, and people in other places beyond knew something, somewhere was amiss. A creature that was a crime against nature, an affront to the gods, and blasphemy against Creation itself bellowed its bloodthirst from the lower decks with such strength that the sound of its voice alone shook all decks of The X-2 research facility.

With a terrible screech, the armored bulkheads of X-2 proved meaningless to the creature as it burst through the floors and closed its massive jaws around Chrysalis, biting down to not only kill her, but grind her meat between its teeth, before disappearing again, and it was only a giant pair of jaws that could be seen thus far of the creature.