Reviewers:
Grayscale: Do not worry about that happening. My soul is strong.
Liljummyurine: The Chaos Gods have this time given Abbadon ALL their forces. But besides that, taking Terra is only their last resort. They will probably try to bring the Emperor to them like Horus did.
The final defenses were set up at the mouth of the wormhole, and the Emperor's armada was ready to take the fight to the Borg. Two hundred fifty thousand ships entered the Warp and made their way to the Borg's Unicomplex. There they would board the station and plant the virus. While some of the Tech Priests were planting the virus, others would be downloading the Borg's database. Once the Borg were eliminated, the Dominion would be next. With the Borg's Transwarp Hubs under Imperium control, their ships could reach any place in the galaxy in minutes.
At the same time the Enterprise-E was patrolling the Neutral Zone in the wake of the Shinzon incident. The Romulan government had agreed to allow Federation vessels near the Neutral zone in case any more Remen rebels showed up. Picard was in his ready room listening to music, Earl Gray tea in hand. Suddenly there was a flash of light and Q stood in front of his desk, Admiral's uniform already on.
"Q, and just when I was beginning to relax," he said tiredly. Q gave a smile.
"Oh comenow Jean-Luc. Is that any way to greet an old fiend?"
"We are not friends Q. Now what are you doing here?"
"Temper temper Mon Capitan. You should now that this time I've come to warn you of a coming threat."
"The last time you WARNED us of a new threat, you introduced us to the Borg," Picard replied. He was not is a mood to deal with Q at the moment. Then again, he was never in a good enough mood to deal with Q.
"Yes, well this time the threat will come to you far quicker than the Borg. In fact, you won't have to worry about the Borg for much longer." That got Picard's eyebrow up. "Let me show you." The window at the back of the ready room became a viewscreen. It showed the armada the Borg had sent against the Imperium. Picard's breath caught in his throat. "Oh don't worry, they're not coming here."
Picard watched the Armada go against the Imperium fleet. Picard watched the waves of weapons fire blow through the Borg formation. Then he saw the Tactical Fusion Cubes be destroyed by the Emperor's flagship.
"Now let me show you something a little more up to date," Q said as he brought up a view of the Unicomplex. The Imperium fleet had just arrived and was moving in for an attack. Hundreds of thousands of Borg vessels rose to meet them. "Let's watch and see which force is stronger," Q said. He and Picard watched as the great battle began.
The hail of fire from the Imperium fleet lanced into the Borg armada. This time they held nothing back. Lance batteries, Nova Cannons, Magma Bombs, Torpedoes and a dozen other weapons joined their AQ brothers and devastated the Borg. The Fusion Cubes fell first, followed by the Cubes. Their large size made them much easier to hit with Imperium weaponry. Return fire thundered against void shields. Smaller vessels began drifting, power lost. Others exploded under the massive weight of fire being brought against them. Still they pressed on, their faith in the Emperor keepingtheir courage strong. The Guiding Light flew through the fight with the grace of an Eldar vessel. Wherever it struck, Borg died. It's Vengeance Cannons sliced through Borg hulls and slew vessel after vessel. Soon the Borg armada had been destroyed. Over a thousand Imperium ships had been lost, many more damaged, but they had prevailed. Now Space Marines were preparing to board the Unicomplex. The Emperor and his Custodes bodyguards would personally lead the attack.
Walls exploded and Space Marines poured into the Unicomplex. A bombardment had destroyed the most heavily populated areas, and the boarding parties all carried the Mechanicus's I-mod attachment on their weapons. It constantly remodulated an energy field around their weapons so the Borg shields couldn't block them. That technology had come from Seven of Nine. Bolts blew drones in half. Plasma and Melta weapons burned through anything in their path, and Power Weapons and Power fists left Borg in pieces or as goo. At the front of the assault stood the Emperor, fighting for the first time since facing Horus, and it showed. His face a mask of fury, he sliced his way through crowds of Borg with his burning sword. All the rage and grief he felt from failing to protect humanity and unite it came to the surface. Thousands of Borg fell by his hand. Finally they reached their destination, the Borg Queen's chamber. She was waiting there with fifty drones.
"So, you made it all the way here," she said. "You will make it no further," she said as the drones raised their arms and fired. Plasma bolts thudded against Space Marine armor. Unlike their plasma weapons, these merely managed to scrape small gouges out of it. The Space Marines returned fire. The drones were blasted apart or melted. The Queen backed away, heading for a door, but the Emperor moved and blocked her way.
"If you wish to leave you must first go through me," he said. As he moved into kill the Queen, Tech Priests began their work. The Emperor swung his word quickly, attempting of take off the Queen's head. She barely dodged, only because the Emperor was testing her. She reached in and tried to stick her tubules into the Emperor's neck, but he sent a blast of lightning thatoblitereated her entire arm. She dropped back with a scream of anger.
"Emperor, we are finished," a voice said in his com-bead. That meant the virus was ready and the Borg database had been downloaded. He swung his sword in a lightning fast arc that separated the Queen's head from her body. It landed on the floor and the Emperor squashed it under his boot. "Let us leave this place," he said. The boarding parties returned to their boarding ships. Only a dozen Marines had been lost. Their Gene Seed and their bodies were taken back, where their names would be added to the wall of heroes being built in this galaxy. As their ship rejoined their carriers, the Unicomplex began exploding. Across Borg space, everything that was connected to the Collective self-destructed. It was done. The Borg had been destroyed. Except for the Transwarp Hubs. Tech Priests teams were even now redesigning them for the Imperium's use.
Back on Enterprise, Picard was frozen. He had just witnessed the Federation's greatest enemy being wiped out in less than an hour. The power of these people was unimaginable.
"So Jean Luc, what do you think of the latest entry into the grand scheme of things?"
"Who are those people?" Picard asked. They had just destroyed the Borg as casually as the Borg had done at Wolf 359. That meant that they might be willing to become part of the Federation.
"They are called the Imperium of Mankind. They come from another galaxy and another time," Q responded. "They seek to make humankind the sole rulers of the stars. They have known only war and suffering for ten thousand years. As you've seen, their military might is impressive." Q debated whether or not to tell Picard about Voyager. He decided against it. Their use of Federation weapons should clue him in eventually. "They will come here soon and ask you to join them. This will be your greatest test yet. I'll see you soon Mon Capitan," Q said, and then disappeared. Picard found a data chip on his desk. Q had decided to leave him the images he had showed him. Picard called for a meeting of the senior staff. After that he would contact Starfleet Command.
After the total destruction of the Borg had been confirmed, The Tech Priests had set up control bases for the six Transwarp Hubs. As soon as the space formally occupied by the Borg was fortified, the Imperium would use the hubs to launch an invasion of the Dominion. There would be a high number of psykers includedto deal with the possibility of changelings infiltrating the fleet.
As the invasion of the Dominion was being prepared, Abbadon launched his latest Back Crusade. His forces overran planet after planet, finally being temporarily haltedat Cadia. He kept up his attacks though, and Cadia would fall soon enough. Roubute Guilliman, recently revived in the same manner as the Emperor, sent a message to his lord and father in the other galaxy. The Imperium needed its Emperor now, or else Chaos could spill over into both galaxies.
How was that? The Borg are gone and the Dominion is next. Abbadon had launched what may be his greatest Black Crusade yet. The Emperor will return to his galaxy and fight to save the Imperium just as he did ten thousand years ago. Will he succeed and destroy the Chaos Gods? Will the Federation join the Imperium? Find out in the next few chapters of Dark Future! And don't forget to review! Your opinion I always important to me. See ya then!
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