🔥 𝓐 𝖋å𝔫𝖋ℹ𝗰 å𝒅å𝙥𝓽å𝓽ℹo𝒏 o𝖋 Dark Phoenix (𝟐𝟘𝟏𝟡) 🔥
After a dangerous rescue mission in space, JEAN GREY is changed and soon becomes a danger to all those around her. Calling herself THE PHOENIX, she becomes a cosmic entity with the pow...
Medical personnel load the dead bodies of the guardsmen onto hovering laser-stretchers and then escort them out one by one, floating neatly out the door.
At the chamber's heart, beside the now fractured crystal, is tall and elegant woman with sharp, aquiline features, bold, extravagant attire and the regal demeanour of sovereignty. Like the guards, she too boasts a triangular crest of feathers upon her head. It would appear that it's a distinctive feature of this entire species. For now though, that crest is covered beneath a triangular battle coronet.
She is the Empress Lilandra, Majestrix (queen) of The Shi'ar Empire; a vast, inter-galactic alien superpower with aggressive, expansionist goals and highly advanced, remarkable technology.
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Beside her are several young women, her attendants, and just off to the side stands the imposing warrior from before. This is Gladiator, leader of the Imperial Guard, elite warriors who protect the throne.
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Lilandra shakes her head in disapproval as the last of the corpses hovers past her. She looks out the windows, out into the stars, but not even their splendour can suppress her apprehension.
As the last of the medical personnel leave, Lilandra turns to one of her attendants. "See to it that a royal representative delivers each of the men to their families in person, with the standard compensation and my sincerest condolences."
"At once, Empress," the girl bows quickly and exits.
Lilandra gestures for the remaining attendants to move off to the side of the room before she turns to Gladiator.
"These were good soldiers. I handpicked them for this task," her voice is heavy with remorse, "had I known what would await them —"
"They fought with honour, Majestrix," Gladiator replied, "Theirs was a warrior's death, they could not have sought a better end."
"Still, this tragedy should not have occurred," Lilandra shook her head, turning towards the door "I knew this day might come but failed to acknowledge it as a reality because there had been no instance of a host in over a millennia."
She leaves the chamber and walks briskly down the corridor, closely followed by her attendants and Gladiator.
"Make ready the Imperial Star Cruiser," Lilandra ordered over her left shoulder, "and instruct the pilots to set a course for a planet in the Milky Way Galaxy called Earth."
An attendant nods, bowing low and leaves the group.
"Assemble the Imperial Guard," Lilandra spoke over her right, "it will require their combined strength in order to contain her."
