It had been days since his encounter with whatever had dwelled within the crystal. At this point he was back aboard the Guilty Sin with nearly all his time being spent on the labs it the gym, trying to figure out what the energy had done to his body. The scientists were amazed at the results of the various tests and experiments but wouldn't tell him much about what was going on. It seemed that his physical strength and stamina had been increased exponentially due to the power in the crystal. It didn't take him long to figure out how to summon and dissolve the strange gauntlets and boots that had appeared with the Crystal's awakening and it also seemed that the weapons couldn't be given to anyone either. Every time he tried to hand them to a scientist for research purposes the whole thing would  blink away the second it left contact with his skin and would only reappear back on his arm or leg when he summoned it again. It was very odd indeed. 

Ian spent hours every night contemplating the voice that had spoken to him, trying to depict the meaning behind her words. He hadn't heard her again, Not since the accident, but he didn't forget a single word she had spoken. It haunted him in his sleep and followed him during the day. “What exactly does she want from me…” he wondered often as he went about his days, training and going through test after test. 

It was during one of these tests that Ian discovered what he had truly been given. It was a common test to determine his increased speed and strength in which the testers would launch small orbs, about the size of a tennis ball, at Ian and he tried to catch them. He had gotten better and better as they days went on and often times got through a session of this with only one or two welts on him to show for the ones he has missed. Today was different tho. He could feel it. He felt energized. It started easily, as it usually did, but quickly picked up the pace, often launching two orbs at a time. He still found it easy to catch or evade the orbs even when 3 or 4 were fired at once. What he wanted expected was the fifth orb. As the first four came out him he easily plucked two out of the air and sidestepped the other two before looking up at the machine to prepare for the next volley. He hadn't heard the delayed launch of the fifth orb and when he looked up it was inches from his face. He closed his eyes, preparing for the impact, knowing it would probably break his nose and possibly some teeth, these orbs were solid mass and were very very painful. After a few seconds when he feet nothing, he opened his eyes again. The orb was still there frozen by some unseen force. [color=662d91]“there it is.. I was waiting for you to find it on your own“[/color] the voice spoke to him softly. He once again found himself lost in it. Lost in a seemingly empty void as she spoke. [color=662d91]“You have inherited the power over gravity, young one. And I am Lupus. I will be your guide in this power. I will help you to become who you need to be” [/color] she told him in a rather calming voice. [color=662d91]“All will be explained in time. Master this power. You will not have much time left with the people  aboard this ship. Terrible things are coming and you need to be ready. We will speak again soon”[/color] he could feel her presence retreating this time, slowly withdrawing to the back of his mind to wait and watch what he would do next.

In the next few weeks Ian's training took huge leaps and bounds with his ability to control gravity. He could walk on walls, stop objects in midair and even create fields around himself that changed the gravity. But even with all this progress, lupus still hasn't spoken to him again. Her silence was very annoying to him. He wanted to know what was going on. He wanted to know about the warning she had given. But he could get nothing from her on the matter and it annoyed him to no end. he had no idea how much time he had left and he wanted the answer to that question before anything else.

Oddly enough the answer came in the form of a message tho not from lupus unfortunately. Ian had been called up to the bridge due to a request sent to their ship from the U.S.F. that demanded Ian be turned over to the Pantheon of the angel of death (a religion that worshipped some old god that  no one payed any attention to anymore). It seemed that the pantheon still had some sway  within the federation and when word had traveled about what had happened with the crystal, they demanded he be brought to them for reasons unknown.

[color=662d91]”he found us faster than i had anticipated.. we will have to leave  before this ship docks to hand you over.. or we will never escape. with no way to escape you will need to use your archon powers to riftwalk away.. an ability that only archons have”[/color]  she told him in a panic. they only had hours before they arrived at the meeting point set by the pantheon. against his will, and much to his displeasure, the captain had Ian confined to his room due to the demands.

Lupus had explained how it worked. she had practically shown him how to riftwalk with her memories. all he had to do was focus on a location and focus. it required an incredible amount of focus and was very disorienting to be ripped out of a universe and thrown into another, especially since he still didn’t quite get the whole ‘multiverse’ thing. it sounded like a bunch of crap to him. Complete and utter bullshit. But at this point he didn't have much of a choice but to try.

[color=662d91]”you aren't focusing… you don't seem to be motivated to escape” [/color] she told him over and over again as time went by. He knew she was right but he would never admit to it. It wasn't until he felt the rocking of the ship as it docked with another that be realized exactly how much time he had wasted simply because his heart wasn't in it. It hadn't really occurred to him what the pantheon would do to him but it took the sound of heavy boots in the hallway to make him realize he didn't want to find out.

Ian once again closed his eyes, focusing hard on the inside of a temple, a memory that lupus had shown him. He imagined himself there, walking through its halls, examining it's architecture. He heard the sound of the door to his room open but didn't open his eyes to look “get up” he heard a deep voice from a man that he knew want from the ship but when he opened his eyes to identify the man, all he saw was arches of stone and granite. 

[color=662d91] ”you did it! The temple of the Archons” [/color] lupus expressed with more than a hint of shock and surprise in her voice. 

[color=662d91] "This temple was last used by the first archons before they gave up their powers. it truly is a beautiful structure" [/color]

"What about the second generation of archons? why didn't they use it?" Ian asked curiously.

[color=662d91]the second generation based aboard a star ship captain by the archon of light" [/color]

"why would beings able to step through the multiverse need a space ship??" he said, shocked at how ridiculous that sounded. 

[color=662d91]"I will never truly understood it myself" [/color] lupus said with a sigh

[color=662d91]"it appears we are the first ones here.. Let us prepare for the arrival of the others” [/color]