Chapter LV: Executor controlling the Forces. -Lord Ulrezaj
Ulrezaj rubs his hand together while looking at the screen. He grins. "Heh... how interesting..." He succeeded into pulling another archnemesis to Zolott, after having peered into Kyle's memory. He looks at Havering, whose eyes are still blank. "You use all of your other forms to lure those insects here... but to pull their enemies here is cignificantly easier..." He lays back and waves his hand, the screen becomes the size of the wall. He concentrates and guides Gigyas. "Go forth, fellow dark entity... oblitherate those insects..." He laughs and observes the screen. His plan was fairly simple. As soon as Markior tried to warp in a Nexus from Aiur, he used Haverings machinery to alter the location of the warp, thus warping Gigyas to Zolott. He smirks. He doesn't notice Ratch has mysteriously disappeared...
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"Quickly!!" Markior yells. "Dev, fetch my Protoss Probe! NM! Help the one who came from the forest! Kyle, whats Gigyas' weak point?" Before Kyle can answer, a black beam comes from Gigyas' Eye, and Kyle gets flung backwards. "Adundammit!!" Markior growls. NM rushes towards the tree. He sees Vector trapped underneath it, and pulls out his guitar and hits a snare, the tree splits, freeing Vectors foot. He picks him up, holding him on his back. "Oof... heavy..." Markior looks at Gigyas, and sees a picture of him in its eye. He realizes he targets that way. He thinks fast. He points his hands into the sky and moves his arms down in a circle. "Illusion!!" He yells. Out of poofs of blue smoke, three other Markiors appear. Gigyas is confused and attacks one. Another black beam comes from the eye, and hits an illusion. It vaporizes into blue smoke again. Markior grins. "Wrong guess..." He roars and points at the ground. "Psionic Wrap!!" From the ground beneath Gigyas, a large tentacle of Psionic energy forms. It glides over the ground and wraps itself around the black entity. Markior hovers as the Psionic Wrap takes away energy from Gigyas, which he receives. Kyle runs back at the group. "Try hitting its eye!!" He yells. Lich nods and concentrates. The warp almost cleared some mana from the area, but there's still some present. He holds his hands together and a stalactite of ice appears infront of him. It flies towards Gigyas, and hits it in the eye. The entity roars and twists around in the sky, a black wave pushing Markior, Kyle and Lich back. The two fake Markiors disappear when hit. Kyle jumps up and points his hand at Gigyas. "PK Fire!" A small energy zap flies from his hand, and on impact with Gigyas it becomes a surge of fire. Markior grins and stops hovering, having received enough energy from Kyle's nemesis. The Psi Wrap disappears. He roars and charges up a bolt of Total Grey in his hands. "Stand back!!" He yells. He twists around and dashes his hands towards Gigyas. A surge of Total Grey energy leaves him and hits Gigyas straight in the eye. The entity roars and disappears. The sky becomes normal blue again. Markior smiles and turns to Kyle. "Is he gone? Did we destroy him?" Kyle shakes his head. "I know for sure he's still around... and I also know for sure that the Warp took a lot of energy out of him. He usually is even stronger then this..." Markior widens an eye. "Really? ... We'll have to be carefull..." NM slowly walks towards the group. "Can't... hold..." He mumbles and collapses beneath Vectors body. Lich pulls him out from under Vec. "Little to heavy, right?" NM grumbles. Markior looks at Vector. "That's Vector Sprint... I've met him numerous times..." Lich uses his magery and creates some water in his hand, which he splashes on Vectors face. "I think he'll recover soon..." Dev returns with the Probe. luckily, it isn't damaged. Markior smiles and reaches for the Probe. "Good Zergling. Gimme the Probe..." He takes the Probe, but Dev doesnt let go. "Gimme!! Gimme the frickin probe, Dev!" He pulls the Probe. Dev grrrs and doesn't let go. Markior pulls more. "Hand over the.. PROBE!!" He yells as he falls backwards as Dev lets go. Dev greheheh's. "Thank you." Markior says sarcastically.
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"My liege, Gigyas has been temporarily vanished.." Sir Havering says to Lord Ulrezaj. Ulrezaj grumbles. "He wasn't at his strongest yet... it'll take time." He stands up and walks towards an other screen. "Lets see... I must obtain these artefacts. At least, that was your plan, right Pseudo?" Sir Havering nods. "Well well... the Uraj and the Khalis? Those are Markiors... the crystals of Light and Darkness." He turns back to the other screen. "Markior tried to warp in a Nexus." Ulrezaj thinks. "If he succeeds, he will most likely use Protoss technoligy to warp the Twin Crystals to him as well... I need those two, but they also increase his powers when they are in his possesion..." Ulrezaj grins. "Too bad, but it's the only way to obtain the Twin Crystals... I'll find a way to get them from Markior..." He pushes a button and the wall-screen returns to its original size. "Let him warp in his Nexus... it won't help him..."
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Markior pushes a button on the Probe. A number of bleeps are heard, each following one a little louder. He puts it down again. "Lets hope it works this time..." He mumbles. The group sits around the fire, it has gotten dark already. Lich keeps on splashing some water on Vectors face, he is slowly waking up. "That must've been some crash for him." NM mumbles as he looks at the semi-unconscious Vec. Markior observes the Probe. It moves to the mineral patch and starts warping in a Nexus again. Markior crosses his fingers. "Let's all hope it works this time guys..." After an hour, Vector wakes up. "Where am I?" He mumbles. "Thats a good one. First things first, are you feeling alright?" Kyle says. Vector rubs his ankle. "Yeah.. I'm fine..." He looks around. "Hey... you're Lich." He turns to Markior. "And you're the Markior! What are you two doing here?" After explaining everything to Vector, NM and Kyle introduce themselves to Vector. Markior introduces Dev to him. Suddenly, a bright flash lights up the area. Markior looks around. "Yes!!" He smiles. The group turns around and looks at the mineral patch. In the middle of it, a darkblue surge, mixed with white arise. It slowly becomes a triangular shape. Soon, there's a flash again, and the Protoss Nexus has been warped in. The yellow building is huge, about half the size of a skyscraper. Ontop of it a Khaydarin Crystal points at the sky. Markior floats towards it, and signs the group to follow him. Vector walks a bit slowly, his ankle smarting slightly. Inside the Nexus, they take an elevating platform towards a large circular table. There are large windows, and the surrounding area can be seen, bathing in the night. Markior touches a crystal on the table, and a chair appears. He sits in it and a screen appears infront of it. He grins at the group who're looking around in awe. "... I'm going to relive my Executor days..." He touches the crystal again. The Nexus hums slightly and a second probe gets build. Then a third one. They appear from the building, and start collecting Minerals from the patch. The first Probe does so too. Markior smiles. "It has begun. I've made the first steps of a small economy..." He grins and points at a door. "Behind that door there are numerous sleeping quarters. Please take a rest... I'll watch over the Nexus. When you awake tomorrow, I might've started warping in new buildings..." The group shrugs, and Kyle and NM yawn. They move through the door. Markior leans back in his chair. "Things are turning out for the better..." Dev hops on the table and lies down infront of the crystal. Markior smiles and starts working on his Protoss base all through the night....