The comodo dragon walked up the steps to the central building of the Venom Assault Force Intelligence Division. He carried a briefcase attached to his wrist and was guarded by four elite VAF guards. He entered the front doors and walked down to an elevator in the center of the lobby wall. He typed a complicated sequence into the elevator buttons and the elevator started to descend.

He had been working for the VAFID for fifteen years now and it looked like his hard work was going to pay off. He knew Andross would be very pleased with his work on the new weapon.

He exited the elevator and down a short corridor lined with genetic Identification sensors. The building was considered completely impenetrable, and nobody would think anyone would even try. He walked into a conference room and sat down at the table in the center. He looked around, aside from the plate on the door stating which conference room it was, It looked like every other conference room in the building, above or below door on the other side of the room opened and five VAF guards walked in and lined up on the wall, and Andross himself walked in.

"Hello Dr. Zolan," Andross said.

"Your excellency." The Dr. wasn't expecting this big of a reception. "I didn't expect you to be here."

"You promised me weapon technology that would destroy corneria's population. I wish to see if it is as devastating as you claim it is." His voice didn't show any hint of emotion.

"I assure you it is"

"For your sake, I hope it is."

They walked down corridors into a room with a thick window in one wall over a control panel. In the room on the other side was a young golden lab in average cornerian lower-class clothing.

"Where did you get her?" Andross asked.

"She was found trespassing on government property. Officially, she was transferred to venom intergalactic prison. You know of my fascination in micro technology of course. Small robots made to interact in swarms. They can't be shot down and they can inflict damage on anything they touch.

He tapped a key on the control panel and a turbine started in the room. The young dog slowly walked away it, fear on her face.

My lord, Dr. Zolan said, "I give you, Project: Black Death."

Dr. Zolan nodded to a soldier standing in the corner. The soldier walked up to the window and placed a disk-shaped device in a hole and twisted a dial on the disk. A black cloud flowed out of the device and flooded the room. It swirled around for a while before locking on the dog.

"Can it see her?" Andross asked.

"Yes, it can, my lord."

Suddenly, the cloud darted at the lab surrounding her as she screamed. It pinned her to the ground and started clogging her throat. Her screams became muffled and after a few seconds, slowly became softer, and then silenced altogether.

The soldier twisted the dial the opposite direction and the swarm entered the device again. He handed it to Dr. Zolan, who turned towards Andross. Handing him the device, he said "My Lord, I present to you, The Arbornath."

Andross stared at it for a moment before answering. "Congratulations Dr Zolan. You have changed the world."


The wolf with white fur in the VAF soldier's uniform walked into the restroom and sat down in the stall. He unfolded the newspaper he brought and started to read the sports section. A few seconds later he smelled someone in the bathroom with him, and absentmindedly looked up. He was met by the gaze of a fox with dark colored fur, wearing an expensive looking black suit, hanging upside down in his stall. The fox smiled casually at the shocked wolf, and said in a cornarian accent, "I beg your pardon; I forgot to knock."

He extended his left paw, palm forward, and two wires shot out of his watch, touching the wolf, and sending 240 volts of electricity through his body. The wolf immediately lost consciousness and the dark fox dropped into the stall.

The door to the restroom opened and the dark fox pointed his gun out the door. He headed down the corridor, stopping at the corner. He tapped his earpiece and said "Prime factor, this is agent 427. I'm in."