Pandemonium

[Lord Vader]

As Angelenis and Jet Jaguar spoke in the very top of the central tower, Malumusma had descended herself down into the bowels of the fortress, far beneath the surface and into the deep crevices below.

Down here, it was much warmer as tiny vents released hot jets of air from below the ocean floor. Small streams of magma ran through the ground, only adding to the inferno. Malumusma gave a relaxed sigh as she felt the heat surrounding her already burning body. The flames on her mane roared before she sat down, resting her head on a rock.

Her flames gently subsidied and maintained a steady, glowing burn. She looked like an ember fresh from a roaring bonfire as she closed her flaming eyes and began to drift to sleep. In her slumber, she began to dream...

In her dream, Malumusma stood on a bloody battlefield littered with the corpses of monsters and humans alike. The sky had gone black and turned to bloody rain, pounding the earth below. Slowly, in the crimson downpour, the Dark Child began to search the battlefield for any life. She saw figures that she did not even know or had never even seen before, yet somehow she knew they were close allies, beings that would be missed. In the distance, there was the sound of a battle...

Malumusma galloped ahead, determined to find the source of the battle. Her flames spread in anticipation as she discovered the source, stunned beyond words. On one side of a clearing stood Angelenis, proud and powerful. On the other stood her biological mother, bloodied and weak. The immaculate alicorn's white hide had been tarnished with her blood and soaked by the blood from above. She looked as if death was by her side, ready to fall.

"Malumusma...my child..." the alicorn weakly groaned. "Please...help me...remember your heritage...who you are..."

"Don't listen, my beloved daughter." Angelenis cooed, stepping forward and spreading her wings. Her voice was powerful and firm. "It was I that bore you and I that gave you your destiny. Your heritage does not exist, for you are truly not a part of the weak and pathetic clan."

"No...!" the alicorn stepped forward, almost falling. "Malumusma she lies! It was I...that carried you...I that gave...birth to you...You are...my child...do not think...of this fake...taint...she has placed upon...your soul...!"

"Enough of this..." Angelenis cooed with malice glowing in her eyes. She turned towards the alicorn and spread her wings, charging her as she swept along the ground. The alicorn charged weakly, lowering her head. Two dark fireballs leapt from Angelenis' fists and stroke either of her foreward shoulders.

The alicorn staggered and nearly fell, meekly spreading her wings. As she went to sail upwards, Angelenis came underneath her fast and drove her sword straight through her sternum and out of her back. For a moment her wings flapped on before the alicorn went limp and Angelenis spun around to release her from the sword's grasp. The Dark Queen's wings kicked up bloodied sand as she landed before Malumusma, the alicorn's corpse striking the ground not too far behind her.

"My beloved daughter." Angelenis cooed. "All that she said was false. I am your true mother. I truly love you."

"Thank you mother..." Malumusma sighed, watching as her biological mother's corpse burst into a silver flamed and seemingly whisped away. The pair, Dark Queen and Dark Child, then took to the air, leaving the battlefield.

The dream ended there, yet Malumusma slept on, her subconscious thoughts lingering on it all through her slumber.

[soulrender]

Jet Jaguar tilted his head to one side, and stepped in. He tried to think of an excuse, and then he got an idea. One that may either answer his question about her song, or only cause more.

[glow=blue,2,300]"M'Lady, I know nothing of my leader, nor do I know much about this place. Your speech inspired me and...I just want to know more about you. I understand that if this isn't enough, I'll wait for a more...a better time. I'm simply very curious. Especially in what your song meant."[/glow]

[Lord Vader]

Angelenis chuckled softly, releasing a light coo as she did. She turned again to face him, smiling lightly. Her eyes danced with a light flame.

"So you want to know about me?" Angelenis smiled, though a sinister gleam behind it all. "Very well, I feel that is enough for you to stay. Come, ask me any question you may like. I may or may not answer them, however."

The Dark Queen smiled, waiting for his first question. Perhaps this would serve to make him all the more devoted to her cause.

[soulrender]

Jet Jaguar thought for a moment, and had an idea.

[glow=Blue,2,300]"Well, I may as well begin with why I came up here in the first place...why were you singing that sorrowful song?"[/glow] said JJ as empathetically as his metallic voice would allow.

[Lord Vader]

"Oh," the Dark Queen smiled. "Personal reasons. I once had a great love, but he is gone now. That's all."

Overall, the Dark Queen was rather cold about the manner. She wasn't bitter, but just brushed it aside to get to the next question. That part of her life had always been a bit of a touchy affair.

[soulrender]

[glow=blue,2,300]"Oh, well...I'm sorry if I said anything I shouldn't have. I'm sure he was wonderful..."[/glow] replied Jet Jaguar, with as much empathy as he could muster.

[glow=blue,2,300]"What inspired you to summon your army? What made you want to pursue this life, I mean?"[/glow]

[Lord Vader]

Angelenis for a moment blinked and looked to Jet Jaguar blankly as if she didn't know the answer. She then regained herself, her voice somewhat low as she spoke. Her eyes burned with a malicious delight as she gazed at the machine before her.

"I was robbed of my love at an early age and wronged in my life. It spurred me towards revenge, towards achieving greatness and power. I assembled all of you together, my army, because I knew that we were being persecuted as a race. Mankind fears the kaiju and wishes to destroy them. You have seen this in the past and you shall see it in the future, this I can assure you. I did this not only for my own sake, but for all of ours."

The Dark Queen was partially right, but mostly it was for herself. Deep down, a lost part of her wondered if she even knew why she was doing this though.

[soulrender]

[glow=red,2,300]"Do you...know who did this to you? If so, is he still alive today?"[/glow] replied JJ, more serious in tone, but still empathetic.

At this time, many thoughts went through his head. 'If they still live, I'll hunt them down and kill them myself...' thought the living machine.

[Lord Vader]

"Yes..." Angelenis growled, her voice filling with venom and sheer hatred. "I know who did this to me and I imagine that he is still quite alive, waiting for the right time to make his grand appearane."

At the last bit of her statement, she took on a mocking tone as she looked straight at Jet Jaguar. The hatred just seemed to flow from her as if she was the source of some great river.

[soulrender]

[glow=red,2,300]"When he does arrive...I would take great pleasure in ending his life. No one, human or monster, deserves to be robbed of such things. For this, I would gladly see to it that he spends eternity in hell." [/glow]

Jet Jaguar was filled with so much hatred towards whoever; whatever this was that his eyes became a firey red, a red tinged mist steaming out of them. He felt a strange sensation in his palm. He'd clenched his fist so tight that he cut right into circuitry. He let the Bio-X in him get to work at fixing it, and held his hands behind his back.

[Lord Vader]

"That is extremely kind of you, Jet Jaguar." Angelenis cooed with a smile. "However, this being is so powerful that I doubt you could hold him back if he wanted you dead. I personally had difficulty holding him back. In fact, as much as I hate to admit it, he was the one that defeated me."

She looked to him, her eyes burning with cold rage, just sheer, unadulterated hatred.

[soulrender]

[glow=Purple,2,300]"I don't care if he defeated me, then. But even so, I would try my hardest even if I knew I wouldn't win. You didn't deserve what happened. I wouldn't wish that on anyone."[/glow]

Jet Jaguar thought about what he was saying, and looked down at the floor. Then, he looked back up at her, awaiting her response, curious to what she'd say.

[Lord Vader]

"Well thank you, Jet Jaguar." Angelenis cooed, looking to him. "It seems some machines truly do have a heart. I shall remember these kind words when all of this is said and done."

She smiled to him, glancing out to sea before looking back to the bio-cyborg in front of her. Her hands still rested in her lap. "Any more questions?"

[soulrender]

If Jet Jaguar could have smiled, he would have. His eyes however became a sky blue at her words. When he came back to reality, he thought for a moment, and then asked another question that's been on his mind.

[glow=blue,2,300]"This world is so...different. There are many things here I've never seen before. And it's filled with such strange gigantic creatures that somehow, I can understand. Why is everything so strange?"[/glow]

[Lord Vader]

"You have been gone from the world for a long time. Well, to me it wasn't very long. I've been gone from the world for thousands of years but that's besides the point. During the time you were gone, many things happened. One of them, was the down of our race, kaiju or monsters." Angelenis cooed, looking to him. "Yes, you're one of us. You have the power, the distinction, the honor of it all."

Angelenis smiled to him, her eyes proudly burning as she looked to him. "I understand your confusion. The only reason that I understand the world after being away is because I have been watching it, helping it grow, shaping its history to my whim."