Vengeful Return – Chapter 1: Prologue
The dark eco swirled, eternal, mysterious, the source of unparalleled power. The moment the dark eco had touched the machinery, it had begun to eat away at it, bit by bit, atom by atom. But the powerful, almighty Precursors had designed their technology well. The dark eco was uncontrollable even for them, so to protect themselves; their technology was specially built to withstand the burn of the eco.
Both siblings were trapped deep beneath the ground sinking slowly ever further into the depths of the planet. Their powers were useless they could not reach the lid of the silos without travelling through the dark eco and they had no way of moving the precursor robot head. Even if they found their way to the lid it would take the might of a precursor robot to open it and the boy had astoundingly destroyed their precious robot.
They continued sinking down into the abyss finally reaching the bottom of the silos. Gol examined his surroundings with bitterness and stared out into the dark eco. That which had given him and his sister power, now both frightened and kept him spellbound. An exponential power, so much it would take a god to control it. He shook his head to rid him of his thoughts. He needed a way out but even he was beginning to lose his demeanour as panic overtook him. Maia was slumped on the floor emotions spilling everywhere. Anger, terror, shock, panic swirled inside her and they were displayed clearly on her face but perhaps most prominent was the terror of the situation and an uncontrollable rage at her helplessness.
Maia spoke her voice cracked with emotion "How could this happen? After months of planning..." her rage was so much now it made her unable to speak.
Gol raspy voice broke in to the silence "That little brat got the best of us. How..." He began to pace up and down the limited space "Light eco is impossible! But the powers of the four ecos must have created the light eco. Its destructive power rivals even dark eco."
"What does it matter anymore anyway?" said Maia she had lost her anger and was now consumed by the hopelessness of the situation and her dejection was clear "Nothing matters anymore, we failed and were probably going to die down her e we might as well throw ourselves into the dark eco. It could hardly be any worse than waiting here for the rest of our lives and with no food we'll probably die of starvation soon..."
"Maia!" Gol's raspy voice was cold and sharp and cut through her ramblings like a knife. "Shut up. How am I supposed to find a way out of here if you keep moaning like a little girl?"
"How dare you!" her voice blazed with anger "Don't you get it? There's no point anymore, down here we're as good as dead! We might as well just throw ourselves in the dark eco! Stop kidding yourself and wake up!"
"But..." Even Gol was finding it hard to see a way out and his voice lacked any conviction.
"No! We are dead and if you can't see that it's time I introduced you to the reality!" She got up and strode to the control panel.
"Maia. What are you doing?" Gol's was clearly unnerved and worried about what she was going to do.
"I'm sorry brother but I can't see the point anymore." A tear trickled down her face as her true features shone through the control of dark eco. But with a surprising suddenness her face hardened and she pressed a few buttons rapidly.
"No!" Gol leapt forward to stop her but it was too late the exit opened and the dark eco flooded in, eagerly rushing to fill the chamber. The dark eco swamped in and he fell to the ground clinging to consciousness like a drowning man clinging to driftwood.