Kim Possible- Endings and Beginnings.

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One moment, space was empty. Then, dozens of ships appeared. Unlike the Lowardians, there was no shower of high energy particles to announce their presence. These ships were far more advanced than that.

All ships have entered the target system, Eldest.

Good. What awaits us?

The voices were carried over a network, fast as thought. The intelligences speaking didn't need anything as mundane as voice, after all, their minds being contained in positonric and quantum based housings.

A very heavy concentration of Lowardian battle sats. They are arranged in a standard blockade orbit around the third planet...but they are very densely packed.

AlienExpert?

It is...unusual for the Lowardians to leave like this. Normally blockades are a preparation for invasion, but I detect no Lowardian ships in system.

Theory?

Something has disturbed or frightened them. I-Hold! A transmission from the blockade.

Let us see it.

Moments later, the crewmembers saw the image of a Lowardian commander.

"I am Worl'rd," He said, eyes slightly dilated. "Leave this world. Do not attempt to breach the blockade. It is not for our sakes, but your sakes. This world has been touched by Abomination. If you attempt to land, the drones will destroy you- a greater mercy than what you would find on the surface."

Interesting. That word, "Abomination," sounded different.

It is a very old word Eldest. The Lowardians are mostly a secular empire now, but the word comes from their pre-space days. To use it... they were very frightened.

Hmmm... Can you scan the world, Fleetmaster?

That worthy, currently named Fleetmaster (names changed with duties, after all, what was the point of a name that stayed the same? You changed after all. Only one being had a single name- the Eldest and Creator.), paused for several hundredths of a second.

Nothing. There are no active power sources on the planet. Some examples of non-Lowardian technology in the high orbits, here and here," The images were displayed for all. But they show no signs of power generation- I deem them to be dead. They were too small for much in the way of industry or habitation in any case- likely communications and scientific devices. This world did not seem to have an advanced space technology.

Save for one case, you are right, the Eldest mused. The others remained silent. The Eldest had certain quirks, but It would explain Itself in good time.

Fleetmaster continued, Sensors indicate that the level of industrial pollutants in the air are indicative of a primitive technology, still largely petrochemical based. From the levels of pollutants remaining and the size of the urban population centers, I would state that most industrial processes ceased or started to severely decline about one hundred rotations of the planet around its primary ago.

Understood. AlienExpert, is it possible for us to penetrate the blockade without triggering the defenses.

Of course, Eldest. I have already subverted their computer systems. They are only Lowardian. Shall I destroy them?

No. If the Lowardians realize the blockade has been penetrated, they might... act rashly.

True. They do tend to that.

We will deploy probes. I will go. Six others agreed to accompany the Eldest, including AlienExpert- though "Accompany" was a misnomer. Their primary intelligence would remain onboard, linked by thruspace communicators. Seconds later, six projectiles, were launched, falling past the blockade satellites, the few dead research stations, including one with a mummified monkey onboard, and fell into the atmosphere. Morphing into tear drops of silvery material, they fell, ignoring the heat of their reentry and then same to a gentle stop on a hill before a ruined metropolis.

They quickly adopted forms, whatever the individual sentience found most effective. The Eldest for some reason chose bipedal locomotion, while the others used the more effective counter gravity systems.

No voices greeted them, save for birds and the rustling of small animals. No fires burned in the age ruined city below.

No signs of electronic or for that matter, any other evidence of sentient life. AlienExpert was curious. This is quite unusual. It appears that the world has suffered an extinction level event, yet there is none of the damage that usually accompanies such an event.

Nanoweapons?

Unlikely. I have been running scans and even self-disassembling weapons rarely remove all evidence of their effect. Ours might, but we do not use such things.

True, The eldest agreed. After all, while they had the capability to destroy most any other species in the known universe, or conquer them, why bother? Their needs were provided for, and what they found interesting in other life forms could not be taken by conquest. Those hostile races, such as the Lowardians, they avoided- there were vast amounts of matter in the gulfs between stars where organics did not venture, and matter and energy were all they needed to be quite content.

Let us consider. Moments later, the individual sentiences had merged into a fusion. The group mind thought and a few microseconds later, separated again.

Consensus was reached.

The fate of this planet demands further investigation. We shall separate and examine individual artifacts. If any living members of the formerly dominant species can be found, we shall question them.

With that, six of seven forms separated, quickly heading to their selected zones, leaving the Eldest alone, standing on the hill, looking down upon the dead city.

TBC