Prologue 2: Flight of Darkness
-Three Galaxies, 1,000,000+ years ago
At last, it was finally over.
Two figures walked carefully through the still cooling ashes of
what had once been the capital
of the greatest empire in the
galaxy. Now all that was left was an endless wasteland of death
and
devastation. The Dark Star Kingdom's reign of terror had been broken
at last, and its master
Metall'a vanquished by the Cosmoknights
and their allies. Her minions had fought to the bitter end,
until
the very surface of the planet itself had been razed in order put an
end to the Intelligence's evil.
No one would ever know how many sentient beings perished during
that final day and night of celestial fury,
as thousands upon
thousands of Cosmoknights unleashed the full force of their powers
upon the
bastion of evil. The great oceans and much of the
atmosphere had been vaporized and lost to the
dark clutches of
cold space, while the land had burned and melted into an endless sea
of craters
and great molten valleys that slashed across the face
of the planet like raw bleeding wounds.
There were no trees, no
birds, and no other signs of life aside from the two intruders to
these broken
ruins. They moved like ghosts, for not a single
sound could be heard.
Only silence. Perfect and unbroken. The silence of the grave.
The galaxy had been rid of a great menace. But at the cost of an entire living world. .
And that was why these two had come here.
The taller form paused as it reached the base of a small mound of rubble and smoldering embers.
He knelt down, the hood of his worn blue cloak falling back to
reveal the weathered visage of Conner Vinstelar.
Never had the
ancient Knight felt his age so much as he did now.
They'd won.
But the cost. Dear Forge, the price that they'd paid for this 'victory'.
He shut his eyes in pain as the features of the slain swam before
him. Far too many of them
were Knights that he himself had
trained over the centuries.
At the gentle touch of his companion's hand on his shoulder, he opened his eyes again.
"Yes, you're right. We had no choice at all."
Even so, it was a bitter draught indeed. But all of it would be
for naught if they
did not finish their task at hand.
"Come, my student. Let us finally put an end to this."
Silently the second figure followed him as together they made
their way towards
where the heart of the planet's capital had
once stood.
-End Prologue II
