Into the Darkness

[Nox]

Nox was partially aware of what the others did. He felt the intense power of the Ascendancy himself. Allan was near by, but that was about it. Where were Jay and Marcus? But the reality of it boiled down to the fading pain that had been the horde dying excruciating deaths. Maybe bringing a bunch of godlings with him had been a poor choice as a first go through now that he was connected to the horde. But they didn't seem to mind the connection. They barreled through regardless -- he was not one of them. He retained his humanity, he wasn't mindless and catering to the foreign creature inside of him. Nox wondered how much was a mutation and how much was the parasites? What did these people think the were creating. This was not a super soldier, it was a fucking world ending monster that over takes the world.

A silver flask drew into his view pulling Nox from the pain and thoughts. Nox reached for it without care and took a swallow before making a face. He knew deep down it hadn't been water. He knew... He handed it back to the person who handed to him only to realize it was Jay. What had happened to him? Nox wanted to ask and care, and.... He turned to look at the Ascendancy the fire still burning in his eyes. Nova scampered to him, then past him to the cavern exit where they had entered. The cavern was flame filled, the stench of burning flesh and hair. The bodies of the creatures and their victims bleed onto the ground. They'd have to burn it all. The denizens had scattered and Nox prayed none of them were bitten. He didn't feel the taint the directions they'd ran. He only felt the horde fleeing the fire and destruction someone had reigned down on them.

"Where is the Consul?" he asked before the Ascendancy's fury filled question he answered. "Welcome to what it means to be Atharim." He didn't really know the full story, only that the man before him had once been one of them, hunted to his prior position and beyond. Nox didn't care why, but this was the life of the Atharim. Horrible things happened. And this is what they were meant to stop.

Nox stood up shakily. The pain still lingered in his mind. The power still danced around hi. "Make sure there are no survivors in the carnage. It's all going to burn. Kill them with mercy, this is not a life they want to live."

Nox pulled out a bottle of his homemade napalm from his bag and poured the contents slowly along the ground, along the dead, the bodies. Nox walked a path around everything. "Barricade all the entrances to the cavern with a wall of air and a knot to dissolve in about an hour." He wove one quickly while he was passing an exit, tying it off with a knot that would decay. Timing wasn't perfect, but still a knot that would die and let the world pass through the corridor without them having to return.

Nox stood by the entrance where Nova waited, and they had entered. "We know nothing of this parasite, we can only hope that it dies in the fire like Chupacabra. Who wants to do the honors?"