Author's Note

Holy crap everyone, I can't even describe what it feels like to be here, fifty one chapters into a story I thought wouldn't go past ten at most. But from that we've grown to be the number one most followed Halo/Metroid crossover story in the world, I'm not kidding. I am so freaking happy right now, y'all can't even understand it right now!

Thank you so much everyone that favorited and followed over the years since I started, and I can't wait to see where this goes from here. To everyone who reviewed and offered help and advice, story suggestions and the like over the years I thank you.

So here's chapter 51. I had a blast writing this one, and I hope it shows lol.

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LEGEND BELOW

"Chief, that's not a good idea..." = Normal speech.

''You're you, don't let it control you...'' = Normal thoughts/Receiving coms.

Chapter 51

Rated-M

M rating for blood, and language, and violence, and romance, and adult themes.

Music of the day

Metroid Prime 2 - Mutated Emperor Ing Battle

Location / Blackout facility / Requiem

Six months and one week since the Didact's defeat

"How long?" The question rang throughout the command deck, Del Rio's face set into one of grim seriousness as he surveyed the blurred recon data displayed before him. Terrain schematics and other related resources were vastly out of date, the only data available that of which was now over six months old.

And quite a lot had shifted since then, that much he could see with his own two eyes.

But that wasn't important in that moment, not particularly speaking.

"Forty five minutes and seven seconds have passed since all communications with forward assault team has been lost, Captain." Aine's voice chirped helpfully from her place just beside the holographic table, her golden digital body shimmering in the soft blue light from the deck. "The communications blackout is effecting all of our systems. I'm unable to gather any readings."

"Damn it…" Andrew cursed under his breath, lips drawn in a thin line as he clasped his hands behind his back. "See if you can open a communications channel with Shipmaster Cherkain. Samus's flagship is the only vessel nearest to the blackout. I want to know what's going on down there." He ordered gruffly, a feeling of dread crawling down his spine.

The golden colored A.I. turned away as she attempted to open a comms channel with the Space Pirate Flagship.

The Captain turned his attention to the other A.I. currently sharing a space within the main terminal, watching Cortana as she gazed out the Infinity's viewport to the storming lands below. She'd stayed behind for a multitude of reasons, one being the rule that no high ranking artificial intelligence's were allowed to operate on any mission that could potentially contain the Flood.

She didn't argue with him, but she knew she was of better assistance by John's side than she was up here outside of any radio range. So she'd been silent observer, waiting just like the rest of them for any change in the situation.

"Captain. The signal is weak but I've managed to reach Shipmaster. Patching him through now." Aine's voice spoke up, the A.I. drawing attention to the video feed displayed on a main terminal.

"Good work, Aine." The man said, clearing his throat. "Shipmaster Cherkain, do you copy?" He called out lowly, eyes searching the fuzzy screen. He could see the Zebesian's form through the video but it was vague, glitching in and out of focus.

Try as they might, however, they couldn't even seem to manage communications of any kind. As and as it seemed they were going to be forced to wait it out and-

"Captain. I'm picking up something on the long range scanners. Bringing it up now." Cortana chimed in suddenly, sweeping her arm to the side as she illuminated a video feed from one of the many outside surveillance cameras that lined the massive ship. The screen came up displaying the view of the storm the assault forces had delved into, a faint yet distinct red trail following a round from a flare gun.

Del Rio's eyes widened. "Red alert!" He ordered sharply, his voice shattering the makeshift calm that had previously enveloped the deck. "Cortana-!"

"Already on it! Dispatching E/A-110 Hatchet's as we speak. The Rolling Thunder is in route. Once the assault team disables those guns we'll be all clear." The blue woman cut him off, scrambling the platoon of UNSC fighters and air forces. Andrew watched as a hundred Hatchet transatmospheric Electronic Warfare Strike Fighter disembarked from the Infinity at record speeds, weapons armed and operational as they began the flight towards the hot zone.

"MV-14B Hornet's are deploying now. ETA five minutes." Aine chimed in coldly, arms crossed as she dispatched the secondary aircraft to render assistance and carpet bombing teams at the same time.

"Captain, looks like the blackout systems have been taken offline, reasons unknown." Cortana snapped to him suddenly. "Reestablishing communication with outbound teams now…" The A.I. nearly recoiled when the Master Chief's voice came through loud and clear, tone strained, heart rate elevated.

"Sierra 117 to Infinity, respond immediately! I'm declaring Emergency Contact Protocol Upsilon. We've encountered the Flood, the structure is overwhelmed and we're forced to fall back. Samus has engaged the Gravemind, situation out of control. We're unable to take those cannons offline, do not deploy air support." It was as if a nuclear bomb had been dropped atop them all without warning, the blood draining from Andrew's face as the weight of the situation slammed into him with the tact and subtlety of a bullet train.

"Fuck." Lasky's clipped tone was muffled by the sound of the Infinity's alarms blaring to life, the dire warnings sirens like the bell tolls of the grim reaper looming over them. "How long until we can get those Spartan's off the ground?"

"Those Particle Cannons are still online. They'd be vaporized before they could get airborne." Cortana exclaimed, biting her lips as she tuned into the Chief's video feed, watching helplessly as hordes of Flood combat forms rained down upon him relentlessly from all sides, him and the rest of the super soldiers slowly getting overwhelmed.

Del Rio clenched his teeth so hard he could taste blood.

He knew it was risky, but…

It was all he could do.

"Helm, pull the Infinity around." He muttered lowly, watching the image of the Forerunner Heavy Artillery fluctuating on his command terminal.

"Captain?"

"If we do nothing then our Spartan's are going to die. And more will follow." The aged man sighed deeply, lips a thin strained line. "The Infinity will provide covering fire, thin the herd."

"Captain, the Infinity's shields are still down. We can't risk-" Aine tried to reason with him.

"I'm not going to stand here while my men and women get slaughtered and turned into those abominations. File a complaint with HQ if we survive, I don't care. I'm not going to abandon that man, not here, not now." He was not going to be shaken. "To hell with the risks. Helm, move the Infinity into position. Take those damn guns down, that's an order!" It felt like he'd gained twenty years as he loudly stated his orders, eyes set on the horizon.

The helmsman grinned, sweat beading on his forehead. "Sir, yes sir!"

The massive ship began to lurch as it changed course, a new heading charted for the Forerunner weapons just over the horizon. A menacing red glow could be immediately seen peeking over the horizon, the grim reaper eyeing them patiently.

"Cortana, you have the guns. Aine, keep our pilots out of harms way." The man muttered gruffly, fingers digging into the metal frame of the terminal as the mighty vessel began its attack. "Direct all fighters to the distracted guns and take them down."

"Main battery charging, weapons locked." Cortana's voice echoed throughout the deck.

Andrew's face tightened, eyes narrowed thinly. "Fire."

A resounding explosion of noise followed as the heaviest Mac round carried by the United Nations Space Command was launched straight through the first of the Particle Cannons, rendering it nothing but scrap metal and molten debris. "Clean hit, sir." Cortana exclaimed.

The Infinity shook as the remaining guns took notice of her almost instantaneously, heavy hard light cannons all blasting massive beams her way.

"We're hit!" The helmsman shouted, his voice drowned out by the sound of the second Mac round firing off.

The second gun was obliterated instantly.

''Humans require aid. The Zebesian's shall assist.'' Lasky's attention was drawn to the comms terminal as Shipmaster Cherkain's visage came through clear as day. The Space Pirate's flagship that had previously been just outside of attack range of the Forerunner weapons held no hesitation before charging headfirst into the fray. Quickly rounding on the weapons were two more Zebesian Frigates, further away yet rapidly advancing with terrifying speed in atmosphere.

Del Rio had to withhold the sigh that nearly escaped as he saw the third cannon suddenly vaporized by a massive heavily focused Hyper Beam courtesy of Samus's flagship. Now the attention was split between all four starships, the automated guns became hard pressed to defend themselves.

"All ships, break through that line! The Infinity and her allies will cover you." Aine's voice echoed throughout all local UNSC comms, all immediate aircraft immediately beginning their approach of the hot-zone.

Chaos broke out as the ancient Forerunner weapons split their attention, weapons fire aimed at the Orpheon. The mighty warship took a devastating blow, her shields shattered in a single focused attack as the vessel underneath began to cave from the beam. Crippled, the Orpheon was not going to be able to escape a second strike which would surely put her in the ground.

Lasky watched grimly as the video feed to the Space Pirate's flagship vanished, the sky illuminated as the vessel was engulfed in a terrifying display of power.

The second beam came flying her way, ready to finish the job. But it never connected. In front of the warship was a portal, the Orpheon initiating an emergency slip-space jump in atmosphere. The beam of destruction narrowly missed her as she reappeared miles away, the Forerunner weapon in her sights.

The fourth gun was blown away, vaporized by a final Hyper Cannon blast. Two guns remained now.

"All fighters, take down those guns." Aine ordered firmly, her command followed by the crackling sound of every single fighter the Infinity had at her disposal roaring over the skies of Requiem, bombing runs lined up to take the remaining particle accelerator cannons permanently offline.

Siriacus shuddered as she suffered another blow, saving the crippled Orpheon from an attack that would have surely ended her instantly. But it was the result of Vol Paragom's heavy plasma guns that took down the seventh and final Forerunner anti air cannon down.

The command was almost instant. "Hornet teams, get those Spartan's off the ground now!" Lasky shouted, his voice muffled over every pilot's communication system.

The skies were alight with action, Hornet's moving as fast as they could get ground-side.

The Spartans were moving as fast as possible over the surface of the scarred world, magma oceans bubbling up from beneath them as earthquake after earthquake rocked the entire continent. It was all they could do to keep their heads on straight as they ran, Flood corpses and then some following right behind.

It didn't take long for the air support to reunite the super soldiers with the freedom provided by the Hornets, taking to the skies immediately as the Hatchets came in to carpet bomb anything and everything remaining on the surface of the Forerunner world. If there was one thing the UNSC had learned from the Arbiter's Fleet at the end of the Human Covenant war it was that overwhelming firepower was not a suggestion, but necessary when it came to securing that no flood spores were allowed to escape.

The scorched earth policy had begun.

The Master Chief shielded his eyes as the world below him was engulfed in flames, devastation and annihilation. The resulting updraft shook his aircraft as it fled the scene, gaining some much needed altitude.

His hand gripped the railing tightly as he saw the world underneath engulfed in destruction, winds whipping past his visor as the Hornet took to the skies. The other Spartans had been separated by whatever Hornet's had managed to pick them up, but a quick ping off his iff scanner told him that everyone had managed to escape, even the elite soldiers of Samus's own House.

Everyone but both the Bounty Hunter herself and her right hand woman, vanishing underneath a mountain of rubble and fire. But he knew that she was alive, that even this wouldn't keep her down.

The shadow of the Infinity loomed over the crater, most fighters already making their return to their bays.

But the fight wasn't over, this much he knew.

''Master Chief, what's going on down there?'' Lasky's voice came over his suit's comms unit, his voice echoing in his helmet as he surveyed the world below.

"Total destruction of the underground facility, Commander. Remaining Flood activity decreasing down here." The Chief muttered lowly, leaning down over the metal foot holds hanging off the side of the Hornet.

''Good work Master Chief. Get back inside, regroup with-'' Lasky's voice trailed off as something pulled his attention, a warning blaring out over the command deck.

John found his eyes turning skyward, slowly widening in horror at the sight of the fully enclosed metal world suddenly beginning to open once more, nothing between them and the vastness of space.

And, more than that, nothing remaining that stood between the Flood and their escape into the cosmos if even one of them were able to gain access to a vehicle capable of space travel. "Captain! What's going on?" He exclaimed over the radio, watching uselessly as the security protocols that the ancient planet had set in place began to unravel before their very eyes.

''Hell if I know, Chief! Whatever systems have been scrambling the Infinity's systems just cut out.'' Del Rio exclaimed, voice tight.

The world around them all, however, began to shift. "Captain, something's happening." The Spartan's words were accompanied by the sickening shift of Requiem's orbit suddenly fluctuating harshly. The Infinity began to lurch in the skies about as whatever semblance of normal gravity was thrown completely away as the planet's spin slowed, a new decaying orbit suddenly forming with little warning.

In the world above the Spartan gained a glimpse of the space outside Requiem, noticing how now it was aimed right at the star she orbited.

''Chief, whatever just happened has tossed Requiem's orbit clean off her path! She's heading right towards the sun! By my calculations we have leas then forty eight hours until impact.'' Cortana's warning rang out inside the Spartan's head, the reality of the situation dawning on him.

The Spartan coughed in surprise as his ship suddenly collided with the Hornet next to him, the rapid shift in gravity sending them crashing into each other without warning. He was nearly tossed from the light assault platform as it rapidly began to spiral out of control, Cortana's worried voice ringing out in the back of his head as the world around him spun.

He struggled to gain ahold of the rails, forcing his hands to pull him to the front of the cockpit to try and gain control of the out of control aircraft. However, the red that painted the front of the window resulting from the metal railing that had been forcefully shoved through the center of the pilot proved to the cause of his soon to be fatal descent to the desolate world below. The young man inside looked up to the golden visor looming down at him with bloodshot eyes, a bloody cough parting his lips as the life faded from his eyes.

The Spartan was suddenly ripped from the front of the cockpit as the tail end of the aircraft clipped the side of a cliff on the way down, sending him flying crashing to the world below as the aircraft exploded in a cloud of fire.

Fire and flames met him as soon as he hit, the resulting destruction leftover from the scorched earth attack that had taken place not a few minutes prior. He came to a crashing halt as the burn remains of a large tree broke his fall, his heavy armored body tearing through it before slamming into a bolder.

He grunted in pain, sucking in a short gasp as his visor lit up red everywhere. His shields had absorbed most of the damage on the way down before breaking, his armor eating up the rest. He scrambled to his feet as smoke blotted out the skies above him, shrouding him in a sea of darkness and death.

His heartbeat thrummed in his ears as he scanned his surroundings, his hands shooting to his hip on instinct to find his weapon, only to realize that he'd been stripped of any gear during the fall. His fists clenched as his hardlight shield appeared on his left arm, a Promethean Knight's blade forming alongside his right arm. He was grateful for integrating the gear he'd scavenged during the Requiem war into his new suit, lest he be rendered unarmed in such a situation.

He looked up, seeing the distant form of the Infinity looming over the crash site. He tried to ping her, but before he even got the chance to, he heard something behind him. The ground beneath him began to shake apart, the smoke and fire sucked away as the planet began to collapse in on itself.

Then he saw it.

It was only the reaction time that had saved him from being flattened as a gargantuan tentacle burst forth from underneath the ground, the head of the Gravemind meeting his gaze as it escaped its tomb. It didn't even give him the time of day as it stormed past him, leaving a trail of devastation and chaos in its wake, rushing for the Infinity currently looming in the skies nearby.

"Infinity! Break away! Now!" His voice felt raw as he shouted, watching in horror as the single most dangerous parasite in the universe approached the low orbiting ship that stood as Humanity's most powerful vessel. If it got control over her, it would be all over.

His warning seemed to have come just in time as she began to rapidly gain altitude, pulling away from the world below as tentacles reached out to grab a foothold of her undercarriage, just narrowly missing her. The Infinity rocketed away, gaining distance and altitude over her greatest enemy.

Chief glanced to his side as a new Hornet swooped down to rescue him, DeMarco extending a hand to him, one that he gladly took without a second thought. "Get aboard sir!" The blue armored super soldier shouted over the chaos around them, hoisting the bigger man onto the railings. "Where the hell is Samus?!" He shouted over the sounds of the winds throttling the aircraft.

Chief's eyes turned to the man beside him to answer, mouth opening to speak, a million and one thoughts racing through his mind.

But…

He didn't need to speak.

They both found their answer.

The Gravemind had taken aim up at the fleeing Mothership, the hundreds of heavy Forerunner cannons it had integrated into its gargantuan body all charging up to shoot her down. But before it could accomplish its goal, it found itself suddenly crashing into the side of a mountain as a creature of still massive size slammed into its wide with the kinetic energy of a frigate crashing into the planet.

It was a massive four legged creature, massive bulging dark tan muscled arms held up the body, the underside of which was made up of a clear membrane. The back its body was armored with layer upon layer upon layer of a green thick carapace, riveted in design as it extended downwards towards the massive tail that slammed into the world below with a righteous anger.

It was the long neck that ended in the massive dinosauric head lined with rows of teeth that caught his attention, the familiar glow of blazing red eyes on either side of the head taking his breath away.

"Samus…" He breathed in awe, realizing without hesitation that the leviathan class creature that stood between the Gravemind and the corruption of the universe could be nothing else then the woman he'd come to be very close with.

"T-That's Samus?!" DeMarco nearly swallowed his tongue, eying the massive creature that more than rivaled a Covenant Scarab tank in size in disbelief as she pinned the Gravemind underneath her massive paw.

Now he understood what was going on. The Gravemind hadn't been attempting to make a perfectly calculated escape, but instead had been fleeing in a desperate attempt to get away from the only thing in the universe that was perfectly created to combat it without fail.

And it had failed to do so.

"Take us up!" Chief called out, ushering the pilot to rejoin the others in the skies.

"Yes sir!" The man gave them a thumbs up, tearing off from the ground as fast as her engines could carry two extra Spartans.

John found his gaze locked onto the final battle taking place in the world below, watching as the massive snakelike monster struggle underneath the might of the predator that held it in its grip. The Metroid Queen roared loudly to the world around her, shaking the very air from the vibrations.

The tail end of the parasite abomination came up to swipe at her from behind, slashing across her more sensitive belly in an attempt to remove her. The Queen roared in defiance, gaping maw snapping forward to slice the lower half of the Gravemind in two. A millennia of combat prowess meant little against a creature it had never faced before, and it certainly showed.

The beast had managed, however, to slip free from her grasp as it attempted to round on her with its Forerunner focus cannons. However, its attack was nearly instantly overwhelmed by her own Hyperbeam, a massive force of energy exploding out from her maw with godlike force. Anything that her beam came into contact with was rendered into atoms instantly, for even Forerunner metal stood little chance against a focused beam that her new body could output far greater than her human form ever could.

Forced to retreat lest it too be atomized, the Gravemind attempted to flee under the surface of the planet's crust once more, using its tail to trip the Metroid Queen in an attempt to slow her assault.

It launched at full speed, putting a distance of multiple miles between the two of them in a minute flat. However it's attempt at escape was thwarted when a Mac round impacted the space where it had just been, the Infinity having rounded on the battle and began its charge right back into the fray, its main cannons smoking.

''No you don't you bastard! Cortana! Fire again and put that thing down!'' Del Rio's vicious exclamation echoed out over local comms, accentuated by a second Mac round immediately after. The second tungsten round was put straight through the belly of the beast, slowing its escape further.

"Scamper and hide, humans, it matters little in the end. You will be consumed!" The beast mocked with a sickening laugh, its vocie echoing throughout the land.

In the distance saw Samus clambering to her feet, snarling lowly as she set her sights on the wounded behemoth, twelve eyes glowing with an unholy aura. Then before the eyes of all that stood to witness it, her body began to glow blue with the tell tale energy signaling the imminent use of her Speed Booster.

The once seemingly slow to move Queen launched forward with a mighty gallop, like a hunting wolf sprinting at full speed. Even in her mighty final form she broke the sound barrier as she collided with the snake at such speeds any nearby aircraft were nearly tossed out of the skies from the shockwave.

The Gravemind snarled in defiance, the cannon in its mouth firing off to attempt to rid it of the largest threat to its existence. The attack struck true, blasting across the Metroid Queen's face with terrifying force. Her neck snapped backwards at the force of the beam, yet she powered through the attack even as her eyes began to melt, snapping forward with a vicious head-butt that snapped the Gravemind's mouth closed on its own beam.

The beast's teeth poured out of its own mouth as the attack detonated inside of it, blasting holes through its own head that turned its sensing tendrils to dust. Nearly blinded now by its own attack it knew it had little choice but to flee.

It was a mighty god, a monster that had lived for over one hundred thousand years!

It would not fall here!

It would not be destroyed by this creature! This otherworlder!

This mortal!

Even if she managed to end them, they would linger on forevermore, bidding their time until the time came for the Flood to consume all once more. They had waited a hundred millennium once before, they would do it again.

Yes, it was anything but impatient.

The world below began to burble and rumble, tectonic plates falling apart and crashing into one another in rapid succession. Lava once sectioned off to beneath the surface of the planet had rapidly reached the surface, an ocean of fire and molten rock spewing forth in a wave of chaos and devastation. The skies were painted black as the planet began to fall apart from the inside out, the artificial atmosphere disintegrating with every passing minute.

One by one the artificial lights in the sky went dark, only the glow of the churning magma remaining to light the site of the final battle as clouds of black ash rose into the air. Requiem shook violently as she neared the end, the planet struggling to hold together.

It wouldn't be long now…

Samus snarled lowly, leveling what remained of her eyes at the beast as she cornered it beside a valley of lava, the trench that had been carved out of her maw dripping green blood. Her maw snapped open, the bubbling red energy of her Hyper Beam ready to fire in a mere instant. Vision obscured by her melted eyes, she did not see the lower half of the creature as it came up from her blind side, crashing into her with a mighty force.

The Metroid Queen barked in surprise as it was sent out into the sea of magma, the lower half of her body submerged into the flesh melting substance. Perhaps the desired effect was to end her life, her body melting away as she screamed her final breath.

This most certainly did not occur.

The magma stung her open wounds, but it did little more than piss her off in the long run. The weight of the molten rock didn't even hinder her movement as the muscles in her legs tightened in preparation to launch her forward in a furious charge. The Gravemind was hard pressed to defend itself as she smashed into it with reckless abandon, the combined weight of her body and its own colliding into the side of a mountain signaling the beginning of the end.

The demon put one final effort into charging up its weapon to assault her blind side, but…

The earth shattering sound of twin heavy Mac guns firing echoed out, the Gravemind's head blown nearly apart as the attack shot right through it. It fell to the ground below with a thunderous crash, temporarily disabled from the attack.

Unable to escape, it could do little as she pinned it down underneath her immense weight. Then she reeled down on the Gravemind, her massive maw opening up to reveal a mouth lined with rows of sharp diamond hard teeth. Pink energy nearly blinded anyone who stood to witness it, watching as the apex predator of the universe began to absorb the parasite into her massive gaping maw.

And there was nothing the Gravemind could do to stop her.

Before the eyes of everyone watching, the Gravemind fell against it's foe, turned into a swirl of purified energy.

And…

She consumed it all, leaving not even a trace.

There was a roar of defiance that echoed out from the mouth of the parasite king, before even that too was forever stamped out.

And then?

Silence.

The Master Chief stared in awe, the sounds of the helicopter blades buzzing overhead deafening as he watched her wipe the Flood from existence. It felt hard to breathe, as if the whole galaxy had come to a standstill.

''Would someone tell me what just happened?! What's going on down there?'' The distant voice of Del Rio echoed over local comms, but no one seemed to have an answer.

Well…

One did.

"Captain… do you copy?" John muttered lowly, the intensity of his voice from before replaced with something else entirely.

''Chief, you're alive?'' The aged captain sighed. ''What's going on down there? What the hell just happened?''

The Spartan gazed down at the mighty green leviathan that stood proudly over her kill, roaring loudly into the skies above.

She'd won, and she was damn proud of it too.

"Captain… The Gravemind is dead." Chief intoned lowly, eyes glued onto the leviathan of a woman.

He almost couldn't believe his eyes, unable to comprehend it…

But…

It had happened.

And damnit if he wasn't proud of her too, the smirk on his face hidden behind his golden visor more then speaking volumes of his emotions in that moment, something he'd likely struggle to express with words alone.

There was an audible silence over the comms, as if everyone was too stunned to speak.

But…

That silence only lasted for so long, before the deafening cacophony of cheering that followed took over filled its place.

They'd won.

She had won.

"Take me down, pilot." The Spartan ordered, motioning towards the roaring behemoth.

He supposed that he couldn't quite blame the young soldier for hesitating. "Y-Yes sir!"

The Hornet began its flight towards the Metroid Queen, flying through the ashen skies of the battleground. Chief gazed down at the draconic creature in silence, his stance relaxed as he held onto the side of the airship.

He almost forgotten that he wasn't alone.

"You really do know how to pick them, sir…" DeMarco breathed in awe, tearing his eyes away from the proud leviathan and to the legendary soldier beside him.

The Master Chief chuckled lowly, proud. "So I've been told." He murmured under his breath, too busy gazing down at the Queen below.

''Chief, your heart-rate is elevated.'' Cortana's amused voice echoed out over a private channel, the image of the blue bodied A.I. smirking from the corner of his HUD not enough to pull his attention away from the Metroid Queen below.

His Queen…

Nothing more was said for the duration of the flight, the clarity of victory washing over them in waves.

But as for the Metroid herself, this victory felt like it paled in the grand scheme of things.

They'd won.

But she knew that this victory had been given to her, because this abomination was going to return.

The clock was ticking…

It was a god of time, and would wait for an eternity until the day came for its return.

She just had to make sure that day never came to pass…

And even as the dust began to settle, she could hear the Gravemind's mocking voice inside her head. Taunting her from beyond the vail of eternity, a god of chaos and death.

"All life dies, all worlds too, and if there is guarenteed perpetual existence, after that - what does it matter how the end comes?"

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