Colossus By Design: Entry 0069 - Angel Fallen

[November 28, 2145]
[Khanpur, former Middle-Eastern state]

[G.U.D. "Nightfury" uncloaks above the city of Khanpur; Tzar Bomba V2 and Union's Warrior release their locks and drop into the evacuated city below]


(Sasha Kalashnikov): Alright, Karen, this city is one of the major P.E.M.F. infestation zones.

(Karen Marais): Are you sure? I see the signs of them having been here, but......

(Sasha Kalashnikov): Not them here right now. Well, we better search the area. I'll cover this space, you go that way. Holler if you see anything.

(Karen Marais): Got it.


[Tzar Bomba V2 and Union's Warrior begin patrolling the city, looking around the various parts of the area in search of P.E.M.F. activity]


(Sasha Kalashnikov): Hey, I found something!

(Karen Marais): So did I!

(Sasha Kalashnikov): What did you find?

(Karen Marais): Well........


[Union's Warrior has discovered several P.E.M.F. corpses, all completely unrecognizable as they're being fed on by a group of Betas]


(Karen Marais): I found our P.E.M.F.s.

(Sasha Kalashnikov): And?

(Karen Marais): They're dinner right now.

(Sasha Kalashnikov): Betas?

(Karen Marais): Betas. So, what'd you find?

(Sasha Kalashnikov): I just need to know something.......

(Karen Marais): Yeah?


[Tzar Bomba V2 has discovered a large cluster of car-sized eggs in a hole dug out in the city's Grav-Ball stadium]


(Sasha Kalashnikov): Do P.E.M.F.s lay eggs?

(Karen Marais): Well, they lack reproductive organs and no defining sex traits. Why-- Ohhhhhh............

(Sasha Kalashnikov): Yeah.....

(Karen Marais): Don't do anything rash. Right now, these Betas seem more concerned with feeding on those P.E.M.F.s, so I'd rather--


[Tzar Bomba V2 steps on the cluster of eggs, squishing it into a pile of slime and mush]
[All the Betas look up from their feeding; all simultaneously shriek]


(Karen Marais): Not excite them yet.......

(Sasha Kalashnikov): Oops.

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The Betas take flight, circling around the two Warmongers; the two back up and bump into each other.


(Karen Marais): Sasha, in what context could squishing those eggs just now have been a good idea at all?

(Sasha Kalashnikov): Well, they might've hatched.

(Karen Marais): We could squished them AFTER taking care of the Betas.

(Sasha Kalashnikov): Whatever. I was itching for a fight anyways!


The circling Betas begin to descend, prompting the Warmongers to take battle stances. However, before the flying creatures fly in for a strike, a dark fog blows in from the west, covering the entire area; sensing an unknown presence of some sort, the Betas fly off into the distance.


(Sasha Kalashnikov): Dammit, they're getting away! Let's go after them!

(Karen Marais): Wait, Sasha!

(Sasha Kalashnikov): Why?

(Karen Marais): Look!


Union's Warrior points up towards the sky. A large and unseen figure with a few glowing lights on its body slowly floats down to the ground; long writhing tentacle-like objects protrude from its vaguely humanoid shape.