On the way back to the Patriarch Isaac sees another vision similar to the ones he's had before but less violent but still intense enough to hurt his head, he sees a mass of black liquid swirling about making growling noises. A few fluxes of static like patterns, the images flash and change to a maker with bright white light in its background making it stick out in his sight then the vision ends.
"Isaac?" [Dayloos senses his irritation]
"I'm okay."
"What did you see?"
"I… I'm not sure it looked like a puddle of black stuff and I saw a marker, do you think since now I'm more sensitive to the moon's signal I can track where it is?"
"It's possible… and it may also be a falsehood made by him, we should be careful."
"I agree that first bit that black puddle… I think it might a warning."
"Of incoming danger?"
"Yeah, every time I get something like that something happens or shows up."
The group returns to their ship, Isaac enters the hold first and is greeted by a cloaked figure similar to McConner.
"Hello Isaac so at last we meet."
"Who are you?"
"I have no name at least not anymore, but when I owned one it was Simon but I hardly ever respond to that name anymore I'm only know now what I command with us the elite servants of the gods… we are the Necro Knights."
Simon looks up at Isaac with his face shadowed by his black hood.
"Unitologist."
"Yes and no we like to think of ourselves as something more... you can remove your helmet my ship's shields have been expanded to envelop your ship and the area around it, there's air to take in."
Isaac retracts his helmet being able to breath as Hex and Carver enter the hold seeing the man on their ship they ready their weapons.
"Isaac who's you friend?" [Asked Hex]
"Not entirely sure, apparently he knows me."
"What marker head doesn't know you, your like celebrity now with the government and these freaks."
"Indeed I do know you but you seem not to know me, have you ever seen me before?"
"Can't say I have why have we meet before?"
"Once but it was a while back you might not remember it was about a year before you met Nicole, but it matters not… you and your friends have been quite meddlesome to us and our beloved god to say that he is "pissed off" is an understatement." [Chuckles]
"Ah good at least we know he's not ignoring us, anyway I take it you here to kill us?" [Isaac questioned]
"Indeed but her holiness was insistent that I try to sway to just accept what awaits you and your race resistance is pointless sure you prolong your life to fight another day but how many more days do you think you can keep extending your time, you really only postpone the inevitable?" [Asked Simon]
"You mean my mother?"
He looks at Isaac as if enraged.
"Yes… she speaks a lot of you frankly I've been annoyed by it and having that double of you hasn't made it any more tolerable… I guess she favored you over me."
"What... what do you mean she favored me over you?" [Isaac intrigued by his statement]
"My, my your slow to catch on aren't you, I'll just spit it out then you and I share the same last name Clarke and the same mother."
[Isaac stands baffled]
"What… no hug for your little brother?"
"Bullshit I was an only child."
"I was born a year after you left home for good and startled building your own life, going to college to follow father's footstep as best you could… I'd say it payed off you turned out alright I'm sure father would be proud."
"I know you and your friends have him."
"Oh do you now?"
"Yeah and let's say if I were to believe you're really my brother do I dare ask if mom put you up to unitology or did you go to it on your own?"
"Mother raised and brought me up into it she made sure my existence was kept secret from the government especially from you."
Behind Hex and Carver, the black oil-like creature the Demented slithers up behind them forming into its solid form while softly growling. Hex turns around seeing it observing them. Hex is startled by its hideous appearance, Carver turns too and the creature roars and tries to reach for them. It grabs hold of them both, before it can hurt them Simon snaps his fingers and it stop in its tracks gazing on him.
"Put them down I know I told you not to play with your food." [Said Simon]
It does as he commands and gently releases them, both quickly move to Isaac.
"Say hello to another relative of ours."
"That… there's no way?"
"It's very involved and sadly I haven't got the time to explain the whole thing to you but I'll do my best."
"Your doppelganger was created from the research of this creature we call the Demented, he is our brother as well… you see our mother she had a third child besides you me later only it was never born." [Simon explained]
"Never born?" [Asked Isaac]
"She gave up the child for our researchers to experiment on, they removed the fetus form womb and they used it as they saw fit… as you can see our baby brother became something much greater then human." [Pulls back his hood]
Isaac looks at him examining his appearance, he notices his eye that are the same his own only darker in color. His skin and his hair the same as Isaac only longer, half of his face tattooed with marker script.
"Greater then human my ass, this thing is an abomination if you guys think that this and all those damn walking corpses are the future you people are truly beyond help."
"I don't expect you to understand this is the way of nature we find a way to live or we die those are the options and unlike heretics we choose to survive and our way is the only way… enough talk we'll see each other again soon, but until then way don't you bond with our brother." [As he walks away towards the Demented]
"Have some fun with older brother then return to me." [As he walks off the ship]
It growls in response then lunges at them. They evade its attack as it splashes on the floor into small puddles then they gather and reform.
"How the hell do we kill something like this!?" [Exclaimed Hex]
"I don't know I don't see any weak points." [Said Isaac]
"Just shoot the damn thing we try our new tools!"
Isaac, Hex and Carver use their alien weapons they shoot at its torso with it having little effect for each shot blasts chucks of black goo off its body but it quickly returns and regroups with its body making it stronger.
"This isn't working every time we mess this thing up it keeps regenerating!" [Shouted Carver]
Isaac looks at the creature as it's lost masses rejoin it dimly glowing mass on its arms are quickly covered up.
"It's limbs keep shooting and wear it down again then, aim for is arms!"
They try wearing it down again but it grabs Hex and the Demented jumps on the ceiling, it opens its mouth revealing multiple rows of teeth as it attempts to eat him.
"Guys some help!"
"Hold on!" [Isaac Shouted]
Isaac shoots at its head distracting it, as it roars Hex catches a glimpse of a pulsating glowing orb in the back of its throat, knowing he's found a soft spot he struggles to free his right arm holding his pistol. The weaken it enough that the glowing yellow tumors on its arm are visible, enraged it lashes its arm like a whip knocking Carver and Isaac against the wall. Hex frees his arm and as it directs its attention back to Hex he reaches and aims his gun at its weak spot in its mouth and fires multiple times till it drops him screeching loudly and holding its neck in pain. Hex quickly grabs gun and shoots its arm shattering it like glass it, falls from the ceiling splattering a large portion of itself on the floor.
"Yeah you like that ugly fuck!?" [Exclaimed Carver]
It roars then changes into its liquid form swirling out of the ship Isaac chases it outside, He sees the creature boards Simon's ship.
"Simon!" [As he put his helmet back on]
"Another time Isaac, another time."
He laughs as the boarding ramp closes and his ship speeds away, Carver catches up with him.
"Damnit, Isaac if these guys are here we need help we should contact Colonel Ashatear have him bring his squad." [Carver explains]
"I agree, is Jordan okay?" [He walks back to the hold]
"Yeah I helped him into the lounge he's a little banged up but he's a tough kid." [Said Carver]
"That he is for a sixteen-year-old he is."