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	Umbraxis’ wispy form buckled and rippled with each punch from the ragtag group of metas.  Chunks of Dark Matter were flung from its body, its form puddling with the force from each devastating hit.  The speedsters were first, each releasing hundreds of punches in a matter of seconds to its form, its body swaying with each assault.  Before it even bothered to return fire, they came back in to swipe out its legs, cutting through the smoky mass and causing its face to be low enough for Skyquake’s devastating hit, causing Umbraxis to buckle, parts of its head flying to the wall behind it.  It returned fire lazily, only grabbing Skyquake with an outstretched palm before tossing her into a wall, barely enough to damage her.  Then came the colossus known as Demolition, charging the shadowy being and pushing it back into the lobby with a vicious tackle.  An inky column arose from the floor as soon as they hit the lobby, slamming Demolition into the ceiling and dropping back to the floor.  Before it even could prey on the man, however, The Herald of Graa'tazken came in with his blade, and for a moment, the entity was severed, its body splattering across the room as its last attempt, a swing of tendrils, nearly collided through the walls to Supercell and Skull-Thrasher.

	Its body fell to the floor, the shadowy puddle eking along the tiles as Boom loosed a taunt at the creature.

	A taunt that would soon be drowned out by the sound of amused, horrific laughter.

	[color=92278f]“Impressive.  At least for what this planet has shown me.”[/color]  Umbraxis’ voice rang across the entire police station as the puddle of black stretched out, spreading along the walls, darting along shadows and snuffing lights. [color=92278f]“I can safely say that your little group here has been the most intriguing thing I’ve come across on this little backwater planet.  It looks like the neighboring civilization was right, your kind is capable of extraordinary mutation”[/color]  As it spoke, the shadows closed in on the group, boxing them together as it advanced. [color=92278f]“Do try to keep this interesting, will you?  Maybe you’ll last a little longer than the last humans I brought to oblivion.”[/color]

	Almost as soon as its words finished, it unleashed its power.  Skull-Thrasher was the first, almost instantaneously ripped from his standing position, impaled to the wall with mass amounts of Dark Matter piercing into his chest, eyes, arms and legs.  With another swipe, Umbraxis lashed out with two tendrils from the floor, snaring both Boom and Thunderbolt  by the legs and tossing them into Supercell, sending the three tumbling across the floor and impacting with the drywall.

	Skyquake was next, barely able to register an assault before a mass of Dark Matter lashed out from the wall and blasted her out of the building, shattering the front wall of the Police Station as her body was flung through multiple layers of concrete, bouncing off of tar and slamming into a nearby Police Cruiser, embedding herself in its hood.  The figure reformed as it had assaulted Skyquake, apparently registering her as the larger threat and pursued her.  As she came to a sitting position, a tendril of darkness rose from the ground and whipped itself around her neck, causing her to strain and gasp as she reached for the mass, attempting to pull the tendril off as she stared down the advancing Void.

	However, Umbraxis had left Demolition unattended to, and he was more than happy to oblige as he chased down the figure, increasing to the size of the Police station itself.  Raising a foot, Demolition came down on Umbraxis, trying to squish him against the ground while his attention was focused on trying to kill Skyquake.  Umbraxis did not even turn to address the attack, instead a wall of Dark Matter rose from the ground in response, catching the stomping foot as if it was merely a light bunch of leaves.  Slowly Umbraxis turned to the attacking Demolition, the tendril around Skyquake’s neck slowly releasing as the entity had lost interest, taking Demolition into its sights.  With a flick of its wrist, the giant’s feet were amassed in darkness, another flick caused the shadows to grip around his feet, abruptly rotating them in opposite directions.  The grotesque sound of the giant man’s shins snapping echoed through the block, followed by his screams as he fell to the floor, clutching his shattered legs.

	[color=92278f]“Ugh...how pathetic.”[/color]  Umbraxis muttered, another motion with its hand caused a larger shadow to wrap around Demolition’s large head, the size of a car now.  As the figure squeezed its hand, so to did the shadowy mass begin to tighten and crush around the muffled screams of Demolition’s head, until a sickening crack signified the end of the Meta’s life.  Even more terrifying was the fact that when the shadow’s vanished, there was not even a head for Demolition’s body, the darkness had completely deconstructed it in the bubble Umbraxis had created.

	[color=92278f]“Is that it?”[/color]  Umbraxis said, chuckling as the metas began to recover. [color=92278f]“How utterly disappointing, all these getups and powers and this is the extent of it?  Tsk, maybe I really am wasting my time...”[/color]

	Umbraxis’ cruel words were met by a war cry The Herald of Graa'tazken, his shining blade poised to cleave into the shadowy humanoid.  He never got to land the hit, however, as he was met with an attack not yet seen by Earthlings.  Raising a hand to The Herald, Umbraxis’ palm was wreathed in what looked like a mass of darkness wreathed in blackened lightning, a charge of Dark Energy was forming in its hand as The Herald advanced.  When launched, it ripped through the air, not so much travelling through it as tearing, eating away at the air around it.  A shockwave erupted as it collided with The Herald, blasting straight through his chest as he was launched straight back into a nearby truck.

	Now mortally wounded, The Herald could only cough blood as his hands shakingly found their way to the hole in his chest, about the size of a football was now missing from his body.  And yet, the humanoid was not done with him, a familiar tendril now wrapping around his neck and lifting his body, bringing the struggling, dying man eye-to-eye with the entity, now being the closest anyone had been with Umbraxis for an extended period of time, long enough to see into its white wells, and know what fear truly was.

	A fear that was broken when a man in Silver and blue descended from the sky, calling out to Umbraxis and breaking the Endless Void’s attention.

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[b]“Umbraxis I take it.”[/b] Icon said as he looked the being in the eyes. [b]”I think it’s time we had a chat.[/b]
[/quote]

	Umbraxis responded with a small bow. [color=92278f]“The very one.”[/color]  It said, its attention fully on the Hero of Lost Haven. [color=92278f]“I can only assume by your confidence and the intensity in your eyes, along with your garb, you are the one these people call Icon.  In which case, you have my attention...if you could hold on just one moment.”[/color]

	As it spoke, it made a twisting motion with its hand.  The Herald of Graa'tazken’s body twitched as his head was spun around by the tendril around his neck, killing him instantly.  As his body was thrown off to the side, Umbraxis continued.

	[color=92278f]"Couldn't have the poor fool just hanging there...at any rate, are you here to stop me?” [/color]It asked, [color=92278f]“I can only assume such, one tends to get defensive when their planet is on the line.”[/color]