There is more yet to come.
A small, yellow pod with the number 229 stamped on it lay peacefully beneath the surface of the sand. The grains shifted as a three-pronged hand sifted through the shredded rock. They found the pod and clenched it between the sharp points of the fingers and thumb, removing it from its peaceful resting place.
The figure pressed one of his fingers against it, the newly slit cut oozing out black blood. The pod slowly changed colour, from a yellow, to an orange, to red, to a purple, to oil black. The figure, satisfied with his work, dropped the pod into a small body of water in a rock pool.
The whole pool shimmered as the pod activated, the water gleaming a bloody red colour, a black ball of plasma radiating out, up from the water. The black sphere glistened, flickered, then died, leaving a figure in its place.
The figure raised it's head, looking about. It's eyes came to rests on the person that had activated it. For the briefest moment, it stared into his eyes with utter terror, which was soon replaced by a look of complete hollowness. It bowed it's upper body at the figure, swearing allegiance.
"Master…" he whispered, glancing up. The first figure placed his hand on the creature's head, then moved it back and forth, stroking him.
"Soon, soon, my pet…"
A small, yellow pod with the number 229 stamped on it lay peacefully beneath the surface of the sand. The grains shifted as a three-pronged hand sifted through the shredded rock. They found the pod and clenched it between the sharp points of the fingers and thumb, removing it from its peaceful resting place.
The figure pressed one of his fingers against it, the newly slit cut oozing out black blood. The pod slowly changed colour, from a yellow, to an orange, to red, to a purple, to oil black. The figure, satisfied with his work, dropped the pod into a small body of water in a rock pool.
The whole pool shimmered as the pod activated, the water gleaming a bloody red colour, a black ball of plasma radiating out, up from the water. The black sphere glistened, flickered, then died, leaving a figure in its place.
The figure raised it's head, looking about. It's eyes came to rests on the person that had activated it. For the briefest moment, it stared into his eyes with utter terror, which was soon replaced by a look of complete hollowness. It bowed it's upper body at the figure, swearing allegiance.
"Master…" he whispered, glancing up. The first figure placed his hand on the creature's head, then moved it back and forth, stroking him.
"Soon, soon, my pet…"