Chapter 1
He-man stood on his balcony that looked over the great Prime City looking down at the people going about their daily business.
"Its amazing isn't it?" said Mara as she walked on to the balcony to join He-man.
"What is?" asked He-man.
"The people going about as if they weren't under constant threat from the Mutants every day." said Mara.
"It is a surprise how strong willed people become when their freedom is under threat." said He-man remembering back to his friends and family back on Eternia and how no matter how much the likes of Skeletor, King Hiss or Hordak threw at them they were still determined to live their lives the way they wanted.
He-man was about to tell Mara this when the communicator but in to his right wrist guard buzzed. He-man pressed a button and opened a comm-link to whoever it was on the other end.
"He-man thank the Council that I found you," said the voice from the communicator. "It's Flipshot here. We need your help. A band of Mutants have managed to land near outskirts of Capital City. We have some warriors heading over there now, but the Mutants are heavily armed and could start attacking the city at any moment."
"Say no more," said He-man. "I'm on my way."
Brakk and his fellow Mutants, Kalamarr, Butthead, Quakke and Hoove stormed out of their Terrorpod and headed towards the main gates of Capital City.
"Remember," said Brakk to his Mutants. "You have to keep the Galactic Guardians busy while I use the Jewel of Amara."
"Yes sir!" replied all the Mutants at once.
Once they had reached the main gates to the city Brakk turned to Butthead and Quakke.
"You two get us in there!" commanded Brakk.
The two Mutants nodded and charged towards the gates. Butthead lowered his hard head and ran in to the gates; there was a loud thud as he collided with the gate. When he stepped back Butthead saw that a large dent had formed in the metal of the gate.
"Call that a dent?" growled Quakke. "I'll show you a dent."
Quakke the lifted up the huge piece of meteor that he had tied to one end of unbrakeable cable. With a show of strength that nearly rivaled He-man's, Quakke began to swing the meteor around his head. Once the meteor was spinning so fast that it was a blur, Quakke swung it forward towards the gate. The meteor began glowing red as it flew through the air and when it struck the gate there was a loud explosion and when the smoke cleared the gate was gone.
"See I told you." laughed Quakke.
"We do not have time for this!" snapped Brakk as he pointed to the on coming city guards.
The instant both the Mutants and the city guards came within range of each other blaster fire began. Using the fire fight as a distraction Brakk crept in to the city.
'Now to test this thing.' thought Brakk as he looked around for a victim. Suddenly overhead he heard the sounds of an engine. Looking up, Brakk saw that it was the Galactic Guardian called Flipshot.
"Perfect," Brakk said to himself. "Flipshot will the my first to test the Jewel of Amara on."
Brakk then removed his blaster from its holster and began firing at Flipshot. The bolts of blaster energy narrowly missed Flipshot. Flipshot turned to see who was firing at him and saw Brakk. Instantly Flipshot charged his direction and flew towards Brakk. Brakk calmly watched as Flipshot got closer. Once Flipshot was as close as Brakk wanted, Brakk removed the Jewel of Amara from his belt and held it up in his hands. The jewel began to pulse with a bright red light. Flipshot saw the jewel and stopped. His eyes were fixed on the pulsing light. Unable to move Flipshot was helpless as a bright red beam shot out from the jewel and struck Flipshot in the chest. The instant he was hit by the beam Flipshot's mind exploded with pain. As Flipshot fell to his knees he opened his eyes. All around him Capital City was in flames. The people who lived in the city were fleeing the city. Some were struck by falling debris. As each ran past Flipshot they glared at him through burning red eyes.
"You failed us!" each one called out to him. "It is because of you we are like this!!"
Suddenly the scenery changed and Flipshot could see more dead bodies littering the city streets. Then he heard footsteps approaching. Slowly Flipshot lifted his head and saw Brakk heading his way. Brakk stopped and then raised his blaster and pressed the trigger.
Flipshot let out a terrible scream and then fell face first on to the ground. A evil smile came to Brakk's face as he stared at the unconscious body of Flipshot.
"Excellent," said Brakk as his attention turned to the jewel in his hand. "I can use this weapon to destroy my enemies. Skeletor will regret the day he gave me such power."
The Sorceress sat in deep meditation in her quarters on the mighty Star Ship Eternia. Even thought the council of Primus had offered her a place of her own, the Sorceress preferred to be on the ship, as it was now host to all the powers Castle Grayskull had to offer. As the Sorceress allowed her mind to drift in to the memories of Eternia and the battle that raged, no doubt still, between good she felt something very familiar calling for her attention. The Sorceress left her thoughts of Eternia behind and decided to allow her mind to follow what was calling her. In her mind she was flying over the surface of Primus looking down at the cities that were very different than those found on Eternia, suddenly the landscape changed it no resembled the Sands of Time. As she continued the Sorceress noticed two figures standing in the middle of the desert. Flying closer she saw that it was Brakk. He was standing over the fallen body of Flipshot. Then she noticed a object in Brakk's and her heart ran cold. For the object even though as beautiful as a clear day at the Crystal Falls it was also as dark and forbidding as the nights around Snake Mountain.
'By the Elders it cannot be true!' thought the Sorceress in horror. 'I must warn He-man at once.'
The Sorceress opened her eyes and got up from her chair. She then walked to the door of her room. As the door slid open the Sorceress began to glow with a brilliant white light. As the light washed over her body she began to transform in to a large silver falcon. Once the transformation was complete the falcon flapped its great wings and took off to find He-man.