The hivemind is conquering for me?

”Lady Sereneth, Are you well?” The general of the fortress asked the Female Qen in front of him. Lady Sereneth was crouched down on the floor, gripping to her battlestaff tightly. Her facial features were covered by her atmospheric suit, but as she gave the general the sign of respect of her middle finger, he breathed a deep sigh of relief.

After panting heavily for a few moments, words eventually escaped her lips. ”A lot of energy, dear general. The abundance of Psionic energy on the planet is both a blessing and a curse, I have never conjured up a strike as large as that one before, but I presume the abnormal brain burster has been dealt with?”

”Yes my Lady. Your strike left a crater ten feet deep, your power truly is incredible The abnormal brain burster that had been peppering the forts with those fire attacks and the newly named absorbers were destroyed. The defence is having a much easier time warding off the lesser bugs.”

Lady Sereneth was fully upright by the end of the general’s sentence, shocked by how quickly she was able to absorb the Psionic energy in her surroundings. ’To think the great Seer could make it so only those of this galaxy could benefit from the effect... These creatures stand no chance.’

With her strength renewed, she could remain here, rack up a killcount on the lesser bugs that could put her into an early retirement, but she decided she would attempt to tackle the other abnormalities in the area.

That was until a Thurx tactical drone chirped up from within the command structure. ”General. Movement spotted within the crater we had been commanded to observe.” It said with cold hard, non negotiable logic.

”Impossible, Lady Sereneth destroyed the Brain burster. Fetch me a rangefinder, Now!” The general shouted at the poor robot, causing Lady Sereneth to place her hand on the general’s shoulder.

”At ease General, I have recovered. I am sure the creature is heavily injured, I will simply strike it again.” She said as another Thurx had made its way over with a rangefinder. The general snatched the rangefinder out of the robot’s hand as he replied.

”I have no doubts my lady now lets see... Huh?” The general paused unsure of what he was looking at, causing Lady Sereneth to frown. ”What is it general? Was the Brain burster not as damaged as we thought?”

”No my lady, it’s not that.” The general said and took a quick pause. ”I think... I am looking at a suit of armour?” The confusion in the male Starforged’s throat confused the Qen so she manipulated the rangefinder free from the general’s hands and brought it up to her helmet to take a look herself.

Among the sea of creatures, the smoke caused by her powers’ impact was still billowing slightly making it easy to find the point of interest. At first she could not find what the general had been talking about, but as a smoke stack billowed. It was revealed.

A bipedal set of what appeared to be highly advanced armour was stood there, heaving up and down at the shoulders. It was nearly 8ft tall and was tan in colour with purple accents upon its chest in the shape of three spheres that looked incredibly dangerous. The armour held in its left hand a head of an absorber and in its right... A sword?

Lady Sereneth was perplexed. If it was not for the horde of bugs skittering past the suit, She would have thought the battle plate would have belonged to an eccentric mercenary. As she continued to observe the abnormality, a common occurance so far on this part of the battlefield, she witnessed something that sent a chill down her spine.

The suit of armour, or whatever was inside of it, had raised its sword and pointed right at her. Fear gripped the lady a moment as the uncertainty of something new was in front of her, but she composed herself quickly. She was a Psionic monk after all. The new thing would perish, just like all her foes. ”Remain here general, I will step outside a moment to deal with whatever that armour is. Oh, and prepare transport for me once more, I shall aid the other forts once done here.”

...

”There you are.” I Grunted out as I raised my sword towards whatever was inside of the central tower of the fortress. Like on my bodyguarding back on Alexandria, I allowed my battle instinct to take over to help find my target.

Sol’s affect on my emotions were hard to control in this state as I felt my entire body filled with adrenaline as it heaved up and down. Still, I was in control and I was going to stay that way for I had revenge to enact.

I took my first step to my goal when all of a sudden I felt a jolt go down my spine and dodged to the left as fast as I could. Where I just was, another massive crater, around the size of my body was there.

The sight caused me to growl under my breath as I turned to look at the thing in the distance. I took another step, followed by quite a few more as the being seemed to be stunned by my dodge.

I then felt it again, only more clearly this time. The Psionic energy above me, morphing into pure energy in an instant before crashing down where I had just been again. ’Interesting... It really did smite me huh? Poor thing...’

I repeated the process multiple times, continuing to walk, only to provoke my enemy into either a state of rage or anxiety. Either would suit me fine.

’This Thing! It mocks me. ME!’ Lady Sereneth thought with a sheer hatred for her new enemy. Still she put her ego aside and ordered. ”Heavy gunners! Everything! Fire upon my target!”

Noticing the enemy positions lining up their shots upon me, I changed my tactic. It was a good tactic to goad your enemy, but to remain arrogant was what got people killed. Picking up my steps, I soon fell into a full sprint, my shield raised above me as I began charging at my Maximum speed.

The shield I could already tell was going to cease its function quickly as I made it into the main wall of fire. The warriors worked best when linked up after all, I already had a few bullets pass through its head and pinging off my armour already. Which I had to drop now!

I reacted on instinct and dodged to the side as I continued sprinting, not concerned about the direct lighting my target was channeling from her hand, that had turned my shield into a pile of ash.

With my shield gone, I had become a bullet magnet as I began sprinting with full arm extensions in a zigzag as I dodged the lashes of lightning that littered my direction. The closer I got to the fortifications, the more accurate the heavy guns became, causing small dents into my armour whenever they made contact. I felt the impacts throughout my entire being, but I kept going.

As I dodged another hail of lightning, I sprang my trap, I fired two Fire bullets towards my enemy, I did not have the time to aim them, but they were close enough to cause it to duck and lose focus, just what I was hoping for.

I began beelining it straight for the wall, perpendicular to it. I only had to tank a few heavy rounds directly before the walls blocked the vision of them, leaving only the tickle of the lighter caliber and lasers pinging and refracting off my armour.

With the load off my mind, I began channeling my Gyrokinesis, making myself lighter as I proceeded to jump good.

Making it to the top of the wall, the drones manning the battle stations switched their battle tactics from range to melee and began swarming me. I did not even need a decent stance to dismantle the drones as they swarmed me.

I had fought true robot warriors from an age long past, these cheap imitations paled in comparison. Still, the hunks of scrap metal were not all I was facing. I was against a whole fortress that was not afraid of friendly fire as most of the troops were of the non-flesh persuasion and as I dodged yet another smiting, I took a quick glance at my enemy as I kicked out, sending a robot flying.

It was wearing a fancy spacesuit with rebreathing tubes. A weakness I could exploit possibly when I could get past the horde...

Thankfully, my bullet sponging had paid off as unbeknownst to me, as my enemy had not changed the directive of the Thurx drones. Who were still targeting her enemy, me, even now...

Allowing my very own horde to finally begin trickling into the fortress…