AN: Originally I posted this on Space Battles's Forums. But I figured it would be best if I put this here as well. I will post the chapters I have written so far, and then will add others as they come. To those that know my writing, this may be a long while.
PRELUDE:
THE NORTH ATLANTIC, 1998
Deep in the depths of the Northern Atlantic swam the Second. It moved as it desired, going where it pleased. It was required to attack at a certain time. And shortly before it did so it could hear the whispers across dimensions that were the guidance of its sibling, the Third. The Third had not yet shown itself to the natives of this world yet, but its actions were already being felt as the First and the Second both followed the guidance of their sibling.
When not following it's sibling's advice though, the Second simply liked to swim lazily in the depths of the oceans. The surface, and its inhabitants did not impress the Second, but anything that dwelled within the oceans the Second called home and its own domain, it had a fondness for. Its musings on the ocean creatures was cut short as it swam over an underwater rock outcropping and its tail stopped propelling it forward as it beheld what lay beyond and below.
There in the distance was a city that resembled the constructed homes of the surface dwellers, resting at the bottom of the ocean. The Second knew it had not been the result of this, as it had for other cities. True many of the towering buildings rising up in the darkness were dark. But not all. The second's feet settled into the sediment and standing on the underwater ridge beyond the city it spent a great time observing this strange city under the sea. The Second's eyes could pierce the darkness of water perfectly and it could see a great many things even from distances such as this and beyond. It observed the few buildings that were still illuminated, it's asymmetrical four eyes watching now and then when figures that somewhat resembled the surface dwellers journeyed through enclosed connections between the lit buildings.
On the surface days passed, but beneath the surface time meant nothing to the Second. It was free to do what it willed until it had to attack and destroy, to test, to fulfill it's purpose. If it had been capable of blinking it would have done so when one of the buildings that was dark began to be filled with light. Very curious, but a little confused it sent a message to the Third.
[QUERY]
There was the space of but a moment before a reply came across dimensions. None but the Second and the First were aware of it as the rest of this world they inhabited continued in ignorance.
{AFFIRMATIVE. QUESTIONING}
The Second thought for a moment, its eyes watching as in the far distance a figure that vaguely resembled one of the native creatures of this world swam outside of the buildings, agilely moving between buildings filled with darkness.
[LOCATION. QUERY.]
{LOCATION is source of future CONFLICT. Leave unharmed. Do not TEST. Will generate future CONFLICT amidst local host species.}
There was no further questions or answers as the Second did not bother the Third more. If this strange underwater place would be useful to them in their mission, it would not destroy it as it had destroyed the cities of the surface. Instead it swam lazily around the city's perimeter before finding a new location where it settled into the rock and the sand of the ocean floor. It would not venture onto the surface between its Tasks. But if the humans were so eager to have a city beneath the waters, it would observe and answer its old curiosities. It's eyes flicked for a moment to a slug creature just a few feet from it crawling along a rock. There was a glowing redness to the slug, but though the new creature it had not seen before aroused the Second's curiosity. It did not equal the curiosity for the strange native creatures and their underwater city. Burrowing deeper into the rock forming a bed of sorts it's tail slowly waved contentedly in the water as it watched, and watched, and watched.