Jenny's POV
Okay... Let go ahead and-
THIS IS THE AURAL RESEARCH STATION, THE FACILITY IS UNDER THE SELF-DESTRUCTION PROTOCOL. IN T-MINUS - 2 MINS.
Shit... How can this be? The A.I. was destroyed, but someone must have activated the self destruct sequence. I'll worry about that later, I need to find the Biomass right now. I ran toward the elevator and took it down to B3. Yuck... Organs, human veins throughout the area, and good thing I got the Javelin with me.
IN T-Minus 30 SECS...
There it is... The biomass...
We know that you possess the "Javelin"... We will allow you to go no further.
"Oh Yeah?!" I powered up the Javelin and aimed into the weak spot of the Biomass.
IN T-MINUS 15 SECS...
Upon seeing an opening in the biomass, I wasted no time jumping into the hole I made. I heard an explosion that rumbled the entire station. The Biomass hurried underground to escape the explosion, anyone caught in the blast, I hope it's just the Infected since I don't want to think about those that are unfortunate enough to not be able to escape.
"Jenny..." Skip said over the radio. "Head to the Core, you have 14 mins to destroy it. It's beginning to move, to escape the planet!"
"Got it!" I said. "Stay in radio contact."
"I... Got... u" something is jamming the frequency, it looks like I am on my own.
Okay, I need to make my way to the central core; it has not attempted to enter my mind-
You are immune to our urging; we know that you are traveling within our womb. You seek to destroy us.
"That is my plan. You're not stopping me from going up to that core.." I said in response. "Don't worry, I'll be there soon enough!"
We will not allow that... You are alone, Jenny. You have no allies to aid, your ammunition is low, you suffer through enough hardship to reach us. We regret that we will destroy you... you were offered many chances, many opportunities to join us but you will not be our destruction.
I heard sounds coming throughout the Biomass; I need to hurry and reach the core. But.... hmph!
"Destroy... Discord...!" someone said. "It ... Cannot... Reach ... Core!"
I quickly repulse whoever attacked me... wait... It's a revenant, I look like I must keep going. To my surprise, it returned, but more confident in eliminating me; it looks I'll have to destroy its brain, but where..?
I found the brain hiding near me but I found 3 more others laying in wait, Shit...
"You... Made... Your last mistake... Discord...!!" one of them said before firing a barrage of lasers, I could barely block them.
"You should... Have... Joined us...!" another said as it summoned tentacles from the ground behind my feet.
I dodged the first one, trying locating at least 1 or 2 of their brains since I know I am not fighting their actual bodies. Unfortunately, one of their tentacles got me before I had time to destroy one of their brains.
"Your ... Time… is up, Discord!" one of them said, I felt someone trying to penetrate my mind.
"Give in... Your Deeds... are ... done." one of them speak to me in my mind.
"Yes... Discord... give up, already!" one of them to increasing the pressure in its attempts to break me.
"If you... will not .... be in ... Harmony..." one said while I was continuing resisting their attempt to break me. "You... will... be... DESTROYED!!"
As they intensify the pressure to break me, I screamed and grit my teeth in pain. They... will... not... break me. Gah... I can't... I don't know how long I can hold against... their assaults...
"Jenny..." a voice said to me. "Jenny! Use your full power! It Surges within you, use the power to find their brains, and destroy them."
"Skip?" I said as I struggled against fighting their mental attacks
"The only limits that you have, is your imagination. Remember, that power is yours to command!" before the voice cut off the connection.
The... Only... limit that... I have... is myself, huh? As I stood up, I thought about my memories of my childhood, the good and the bad. The times I used my powers to stay alive, the mentor who trained me in my abilities, and the friends I met on my journey. I pushed back against their mental attack. My turn!
I stomp on the ground beneath me, I never thought to try what I need to do from my head.
I picture a brain mass... beneath the ground. Another one is above me and then...
"Gotcha!" I said as I realized the last one was behind me. "Farulaga!" I shouted as I cast a wind spell to destroy all 3 brains at once. To make sure I am some damage, I compressed them together and crushed them like it was made out of grapes.
Their actual forms appeared in front of me, howling in fury now that I have destroyed their brains. Time for me to clean this mess!
"As I gaze into the empty nexus..." I spoke, raising my voice louder "I will be its conductor, my tears, my sorrow, my pain..." I cried, but I used my emotion to help me channel my ability "Let it be the vortex that sends these fuckers to hell! LET THEM SCREAM AS MUCH AS THEY LIKE!" as I charged up, the revenants without their brains to guide their thought began attacking me to no effect.
"LET THE STORM RAGE THOUGH... "I paused while clenching my hand, "AS THEY SCREAM THEIR LAST BREATH!" I shouted as I unleashing a powerful storm against the revenant whom their screams turned into wailing as the tornado tore them part into parts of blood and sinew.
Okay, I got 5 minutes; I need to hurry. I had copies of me to fight off any infected in the area that may seek to aid it in its defense. No limits, huh? I guess should have thought about that long time ago.
As I made to the central core of the biomass, I sense that it is close. Normally, I would ask where it is, but I feel it would reveal itself.
Welcome to our central core...
A huge brain began to rise from the surface and started to grow tentacles, it began to growl at me upon seeing me.
Now, behold our final form. We will cut you down in progeny of our Joy. You will be our discord no longer.
"I guess this is it, you big-ass freak! I'll be cutting down your ass, instead!" I said as I and the brain began to battle each other.
Fighting against the Mastermind
With the brain using various forms of PSI, Magic & Reality warping, it was a fierce battle, trading our blows against each other.
"FROM THE STARS GAZE ABOVE..." I chanted "THE MOON DANCING ABOVE THE STARS..." I stretch my arms. "BRING FORTH, THE BIG DIPPER! AS MY FOES ARE VANQUISHED!" I shouted as a streak of meteors fell upon the brain. But it turns into fiery balls to throw them back at me.
Do you think we will be unprepared for your assault?
I activate my wings to tap into my new power, I better get into the mindset that I have no limits but I will need starting pushing. I have 1 minute to stop the biomass from escaping. A prolonged battle is the last thing on my mind, so I will need to end this now.
I wave my arms in a circular motion, creating symbols to prepare a spell. Time for me to get creative!
"As long the stars enter its eternal dance, let the meteors fall upon the earth!!" I said as I made it appear. Which it counters with charging up a powerful laser to fire at me. Instead of blocking it with my barrier, I took it head-on.
Then I put my finger up in the air and dropped a weight on it.
What...?!
Instead of just thinking about things that would happen. I should feel it, I stretch out my hand to feel... okay... almost...
"Gotcha!" I said as I pulled out its stems and moved toward it to launch a flurry of swords at it.
It erected a barrier to prevent me from harming it but I pointed my finger and did one sharp poke at it. It worked! As I approached it threw everything it had but I remain unflinching now, I understand that I have scratched the surface on my power... I got 10 seconds left.
"It's over!" I snapped my fingers, damaging the creature to where the blow is fatal, it cannot recover from.
The creature wailed and scream as reality asserted itself and the biomass is collapsing. I began running toward the exit, the infected screamed with some of them exploding as I ignored them, trying to find an exit of this place.
Do you realize what you did? Our tragedy... It has been decided by your hands...
"No, Duh! I hope you will not attempt a 'Take you with me' as i leave?" I said while continuing toward the exit.
I used the Javelin to pierce a hole through the biomass, and I jumped down to take flight again. As I flew away from the biomass, screams were wailing across the planet to hear... that let me know The One is truly gone. I saw our ship flying out of the atmosphere. Focusing on the image of my comrades on my mind, I teleported into the cockpit.
"Okay! Let's go! Let's go!" I shouted, urging Skip to go into hyper-drive and leave this planet behind us.
As soon as we left Fionah, we celebrated that we got out of it alive. Even Boyek is relieved and the two men kissed each other, much to my delight. Sakura is ... rather fulfilled that we avenge our dead comrades, but Mark...
"Guys..." he weakly said.
"Hold on!" I used my powers to keep him stable, but it won't last thing since we destroyed the biomass.
"Dad?" Skip said as he noticed his father is crumbling apart
We die... Jenny... Beware of the conspiracy... They will conspire against you... And the man... Zero... The one you have been seeking... He has witnessed the events ... that... unfolded...
Wait ... what?! It just... uses its last moments to warn me about... Zero. That man that killed my comrades, and what do they mean about a conspiracy against me?
"Jenny, are you all right?" Skip asked me while I was in my thoughts.
"Yeah... I'm all right," I said but did not tell him any further than that.