New character. You guys should know me by now. If the speech is bold underline, the the character is the main bad guy
Reavus was in his Phantom form flying over the city heading towards the main tower. He looked down the tower perimeter and could see the Ghost teams and berserkers preparing to enter the facility. The berserker was the newest infantry unit of the Necris Empire. It stood at eight feet tall and was a hulking beast that is as tough to kill as a tank. As the name implies, pissing it off will be the last thing any enemy will ever do.
Reavus being himself didn't look for a window to fly through or a landing pad for his insertion into the building. Instead, he released his Dreadnaught transformation and shot straight into the reinforced building. Upon entering, he landed on one platform area to get his bearings and revert back to his Phantom. He saw the building was hollow with rows after rows of cloning vats on the walls and in the central structure for the building. He looked up to the top of the tower to see a main control centre/observation deck in the middle of the roof. Around it on the walls of the tower were the cyber implant factories and indoctrination centres that had Promethean clones going through them as the cloning vats moved up the building.
Reavus engaged his mental link again and could sense his brother in that control centre at the top. He flared his wings and began his fast ascent through the tower. He was met by some defence drones on the way up but they didn't stop him. Reavus either dissected them in half as he flew past them, shot them with biotic flares with marksman accuracy or fired his biotic missile spike out his wings. Reavus had only one intent: get to the top no matter what.
After the dogfight in his ascent, Reavus came up to the control centre. Using his advanced reflexes, he looked inside with what little time he had and saw several Promethean soldiers, some kind of Promethean elite on the main screen the soldiers were staring at, and one occupied cloning vat behind the Prometheans. Upon closer inspection on the vat, Reavus released his rage.
Reavus dashed at the room and went through the window and main monitor that the Promethean cyborgs were staring at. He unsheathed The Ripper and decapitated one Promethean as he landed. He immediately dashed at two more, cutting one down the middle and impaling the second in the chest. Not a second later, he pulled out his sword and slashed a biotic swipe at four more mechs, sending them out the windows. Only two Promethean soldiers were left. One was trying to get a Promethean rocket-launcher out a crate whilst another was lining up with his gun. Reavus replied to the second one by raising his arm and firing a biotic beam that charcoaled the Promethean and went through the walls of the tower.
Reavus then turned his attention to the last Promethean who was slightly hesitant. The Necris slowly got up from his crouch and casually walked over to the cyborg on the far side of the room. The Promethean tried to use his rocket-launcher but Reavus simply cut the rounds in half with his sword as they came it. Once he was up close with the final guard, he impaled the Promethean with the ends of his wings at diagonal angles. He then sharply pulled his wing back to their positions, ripping the final cyborg in half.
With the peons killed, Reavus turned his attention to the cloning vat. He turned back to his human form as he felt happiness flow through him. After 500000 years, Reavus could see his brother alive, even if he was a clone. He raised a hand to touch the tank and saw his brothers eyes open. Vraton was just how Reavus remembered him; sure they were twins except for two distinguishable features. Vratons hair was pitch black and his eyes were emerald green; as opposed to Reavus' snow white hair and crimson red eyes.
Reavus the elder brother then heard a voice in his head, "Reavus. Brother, help". Reavus obliged and walked over to the main console three meters away. He pulled up CABAL on his omni-tool and CABAL immediatly started his hack on the vat. While it was hacking, Reavus saw the QEC in the room activate. He saw an abnormally large Promethean spider-like mech with crab-like arms and the Promethean body at the centre.
The Promethean spoke with a deep sinister and mechanical voice, "So you found one of our cloning bases Reavus. High Admiral of the Necris Empire". Reavus rolled his eyes and said whilst looking to his brother "*sigh* Yet another jackass who just want to monolog. So who are you and why do I care, other than the fact that you're probably just another cyborg jackass headed for the scrap heep". The Prmethean mech replied "I am Karikus, warlord of the Promethean armies. I took over our race after you thoroughly despatched your father along with an entire planet".
Reavus looked at Karikus uninterestingly and said "Ahh, So your the dumbass driving the Promethean Empire into the ground even though the psyco who built your philosophies is dead". Karikus arrogantly replied "Don't feel so confident. The Promethean Empire will fight to the last soldier for our sovereignty. Oh and I wouldn't bother with that test-tube behind you. We were planning to abandon him anyway due to his biotic inferiority". Reavus' felt an enormous level of rage build within him because of this Prometheans arrogance and simply said back in his sinister sadistic tone "We'll see. You be sure to remember that when you die".
The QEC shut down and the cloning vat opened up. Reavus rushed to the side of his younger brother as he hit the ground and wasn't moving. Reavus turned him over onto his back to see what was wrong. Vraton's eyes then suddenly shot open again and looked straight into Reavus' eyes. Vraton arm was clutching his chest as if he were in pain...like someone stabbed him. Reavus understood; Vraton was reliving the day he was killed. Vraton's then passed out. His breathing was shallow and Reavus could feel his heart rate slowing.
Reavus brought up CABAL from his omni-tool and shouted out "CABAL. What's wrong with him. What's happening". CABAL quickly scanned the body and replied "His vital signs are falling Reavus. It appears that it seems to be coming from a lack of dark energy eezo in him". Reavus' head dropped as he realised. Vraton diedafter he ascended into a super-biotic. Therefore his DNA has super-biotic characteristics to it, and since the power bonds to the host's life source, Vraton was dying from having no power.
Reavus however was not prepared to give up, for he never knew how. He summoned Archon and desparatly asked "Archon, can you make an exact duplicate copy of my power for me to despense". Archon replied in his usual flemmish voice "Yes, however there is a catch. If you do this, your powers will be out of commission for 48 hours". Reavus instantly answered back "Not a problem, do it. Make a full copy of my power; Phantom, Dreadnaught, EVERYTHING".
Reavus' right hand suddenly glowed with an immense intensity. His whole body started to secrete dark energy around him as his power duplicated and accumlicated in his palm. He looked down to his brother who literally had only moments left. Reavus strongly said "Don't you dare die Vraton. I've had to give up FAR too much in my life and I'm not going to lose you again". With that, he slammed his hand onto his brothers chest, causing Vraton to shudder and scream in absolute pain.
Reavus watched his duplicate power surge through the body of his twin brother. He saw how there was a dark blue and purple fire and lightning surgeing around him and the power was trying to nest within him (that and he was gaining his own Phantom and Dreadnaught AT THE SAME TIME). Reavus then saw how Vraton's left arm started to course with dark energy; the power found its nest. Vraton's power came out differently however. His left arm started to change and have the same detailed characteristics as Reavus' did but instead of light blue like his, it went deep red. Same with the armour; instead of black, it came out sort of brown. It probably depended on the person.
Reavus groaned for a few extra moments as the power transfer completed. Then as fast as it started, abruptly it stopped. Reavus was drenched in sweat and was breathing heavily. He could feel exactly what Archon meant, about having no power for 48 hours. Reavus felt exhausted and weak and his arm emitted no biotic glow. Vraton was dazing in and out of consciousness but his vitals did at least stabalise.
Reavus now had to go the next part of this ordeal: escape. Reavus quickly tapped in a command in his omni-tool to bring over his personal fighter: The Stinger. He then heard an explosion outside the control centre somewhere down the tower. He grabbed one of Vtaron's arms and pulled it over his shoulder. He walked over to the large hole in the wall he made and looked down to where the explosion came from. As Reavus was walking while carrying Vraton at his side, Vraton noticed the mess of Promethean corpses. Reavus heard his brother utter before he passed out "Some things never change I see".
Reavus got to the hole in the side of the control centre and looked down the tower. He saw his Ghost teams fighting the cyborgs and their berserker escorts literally tearing their way through the Prometheans. Reavus looked out to the hole in the side of the tower he made earlier with his biotic beam and saw The Stinger coming in fast. It entered the tower and stopped right by the hole to the control centre. He got Vraton to his fighter and put him in the back seat. Once he and Vraton were in, he piloted out of the Promethean cloning tower and into the open.
Reavus looked around and saw all his forces starting to pull out of the city and start their ascents into space. "Maya must have ordered the withdrawl once all Prometheans were gone". Of course he could still see a Capital ship and a few gunship shuttles waiting by the tower for the Ghosts teams to finish up. He quickly saw The Nightmare Apex ascending with the rest of the Necris ships and he set course to his personal docking bay. Reavus then brought up Maya on the comm, "Maya. I've got Vraton. Get a medical team ready now, I'm coming in fast". Maya did so and the team was waiting as Reavus landed.
Vraton was rushed off to the ships hospital. Reavus knew his brother would be fine, he could sense it, but he would rather make sure his brother was ok and would still be the same man he was all those years ago.
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