Who knows how long the Tesseract has truly been on Earth. Years passed and various pieces of tech was reverse engineered and developed but what if it was never meant to be used for that...
As an experiment went awry, a portal opened over SHIELD HQ...
"Operator Ruezel, I don't think this is a wise course of action," a synthetic voice lulled the silent cockpit of the Xiphos. Cephalon Ordis, the ship's Intelligence, tried to reason with its owner.
A young woman was meditating in front of the navigation console. She was silent and still, her breathing the only show of movement. Her black outfit was accented with muted gold and whites with Lilac trimmings. Her face was covered with somatic marks. Metal pieces embedded in the skin from a time long past. Void burns peeked past the collar of her suit. Scars that has yet to heal in her heart....
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Small patterning feet, came to a halt next to her. Its wet nose sniffing the Lilac tinted hair around its master's shoulders. A slight smirk graced Reuzel's face as she opened her eyes to see who's sniffing.
Glowing violet eyes stared at the eyeless face of her oldest Vulpaphyla, Fidget. It purred with glee at its master's attention.
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"Operator?" The Cephalon prodded again.
"It's Drifter, Ordis." Ruezel scratched Fidget on the head, carefully avoiding the antennae like ears.
"I don't believe it - IT'S MAD!! - wise to pursue your Lich into that storm." Ordis glitched in its concern.
"Neither do I, but we have to. Please prep Umbra for departure. I'm sure he's itching to get out for a bit. He's rested long enough," Ruezel stood and turned towards her arsenal. "Cephalon Cy," Ruezel looked up through the glass roof of her orbiter to the tethered warship.
"Commander?" a deeper synthetic voice answered her.
"Get the Railjack ready. We leave at once."
"Understood," Cy acknowledged and the subtle engine lights brightened a bit more.
Excalibur Umbra stood motionless in the arsenal. Ruezel softly touched his cheek. "Wake up, old friend," she whispered. Umbra's bio lights changed to Lilac at her touch. His helmet turned to look at her, his hand resting over hers, shoulders sagged with relief.
"You ready?" Umbra nodded. "Then it's time to finish this." Ruezel disappeared, transferring to Umbra.
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