Beacons in The Dark

Chapter 42 - Landing Pad

"Do not touch the red button" - Cult of The Red Button Prayer

Malfunctions upon malfunctions; it was all highly improbable that such things should happen, but there it was. It was as if fate had put its multicolored hand over his mechanica soul and had driven him forwards.

Sparks were flying from the command consoles, the smell of sulfur dioxide and other chemicals reeked in the air, though it did not bother the Emperor. It was amazing to see this new place; he had billions of planets running through his mind at any moment...but this one...this one he had never seen nor heard of before.

But like an arrow, his ship bore down to the planet of Krist, passing through the holohide panels, and an audible gasp escaped the Autonomous Emperor', like the sound of a rasping machine on its last leg.

"Incredible." he said, running his chromium hands over his flat silvered face, as if to see whether he was dreaming or not. This place had hidden from him for so many cycles, and it would have continued to do so if he had not stumbled upon it by accident.

"Accident?" he spoke to himself, shaking his head, from side to side, doubting the question itself, because there was something he felt emanating from his place. It made his nonexistant heart flutter, and somewhere deep inside his human soul, he could feel it.

The power, ultimate power, energy that could crack the universe apart like an egg.

Was this where Jhiva energy was coming from? He had killed nearly half a billion people for spreading rumors and preaching of Jhiva...but here, he felt it, such a strong presence of it that he was pressed against the leanback cockpit of his warpcraft as if glued.

He knew that he was wrong about the eradication of Jhiva, this he realized utterly, mainly because from what he felt, there was nothing that could fight against something like this without ripping holes in the universe..which he did not wish to see again.

So down he came through the atmosphere, small oceans, verdant forests, craggy mountains all coming into view as he descended.