“He’s not here, fool.” The Inquisitor snarled at Fury’s sudden entrance, the engineer quickly running over to cower by his side. The Fireen’s eyes glowed briefly, the area around him become little more than light of varying hues, before he was satisfied the Inquisitor spoke the truth. He regarded him then, briefly considering how best to approach the warrior, who would almost certainly have heard he had gone rogue.
“Where is he?”
“At this very moment, he is flying his prison cell to the planet surface.” The Inquisitor answered in a distracted manner, hefting his mace and sizing up Fury. “It would take some time to gather a crew together, direct transportation to the surface is unviable in its current condition.” His eyes narrowed as he thought about what he knew of the Fireen. The strange man was known to hold hatred greater than any he had ever known for Skallagrim, but he was unlikely a match for him. By the time a crew could be mustered the Dreamer may have already escaped, or put some other plan in motion. He could have even mustered enough of his power to pose a threat to the fleet, and orbital bombardment would be unrealistic for eliminating a single target. Fury could not be trusted, in fact he should be executed, but perhaps there was a way to eliminate two birds with one stone.
Fury had been pacing the ship in frustration, knowing he was cut off from the technology required to bring himself to the planet, even he would struggle to cross that distance through space, it was a treacherous area after all. Still, he was planning to do just that when the inquisitor raised a hand towards him.
“Fury, I have a proposition for you. We both know you want to destroy Skallagrim, as you may be aware we plan to execute him. You can be teleported to the higher stratosphere and reliably survive the drop, no?” Fury nodded. “Then we will do just that, and in reward for our gracious gesture you will not only eliminate Skallagrim for us, but return the machine and accept exile.”
“Yes.”
“Indeed?” The Inquisitor smiled beneath his helmet. “So be it.” He spoke quickly through comms, and Fury felt the familiar feeling of gathering transportation residue. He could shake himself violently to escape it should he wish, but this was his opportunity to destroy Skallagrim, so long as his aims and the Empires had truly aligned, there was nothing to be feared.
He disappeared; re-appearing high above the surface of a half burned half over-grown T1 civilisation planet. It did not factor into his mind whether his own faction had destroyed those who once called the place home or not, as he plummeted towards the ground. The friction of his descent produced excess heat and provided him with all the energy he needed to create the dense shield necessary for his favoured method of entry to any conflict. One glance below him was all he required to know the engineers had done their job well; he was less than a mile off target.
He hit the ground with a classic rupturing of earth and shattering of nearby ear-drums. His excess energy bored a nasty crater below his feet, while his body was unperturbed by the immense forces which had come together around and within him. He’d landed in a forest, evident by the split trunk and burning leaves either side of his landing point, and the scattering of small creatures before him. Slowly he hovered above the crater, concentrating on the signature of his greatest enemy, feeling the tug of insanity with every breath. It would be difficult to describe the rage that was poured through every fibre of his being by the Void then, as it knew an end was soon to come.
The forest cut off to a lakes edge perhaps half a mile south of his position, which was incidentally where his foe lay. It was time to issue a customary challenge, and this time hopefully his enemy would actually hear it, and know Fury had come.
He roared, and half a mile of forest splintered and burned in response, clearing a path directly to the lakes edge, the beam of iridescent and intense energy cutting out over the waters.
“SKALLAGRIM, WE’LL HAVE AN END TO THINGS YOU AND I!”
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