An Important Story I

~~~(POV: Nathan Opal)~~~

~~~(Location: Entering Killiks Hive Main Chamber, The Wild Mountains, Alderaan)~~~

The ground rumbles slightly as I fall through the hole and hit the ground of the main chamber. I look toward the hole, and SCORPIO is already on her way down, landing right beside me. Nella is waiting from the top and looking down at us.

She hops off the edge, and I catch her with The Force halfway down and gently place her down. I'll be teaching her how to use The Force to augment her body. One of the things I do all the time.

It's what gives Force-Users and Force-Sensitives their amazing physical capabilities. Force Augmentation is the bread and butter of any Sith or Jedi.

"Now that we're down here, now what?"

Nella asks a good question, and I turn my head in the other direction as I sense something in the dark ahead. We've got lights to help, and there is bioluminescent fungus in the caves, but the area I'm sensing a presence is dark.

My Padawan looks in the same direction I am, and she takes a step back. And gets behind me. Even her untrained senses are warning her.

"Come out. I won't kill you. I just want some questions answered."

My words bounce around the chamber slightly, and after a second, a large rumbling starts up, and a long worm-like monstrosity comes from the darkness. It has several eyes, all of them are different colors.

It's pale in color and has a slight glow due to the bioluminescent fungus hitting it with its light. It literally worms its way over and straightens high above us.

"Mmm... One and Only Son of Abeloth... The Sole Inheritor... The Beloved Prince of The Stars... The Force Incarnate... So many more names... So little time... Why have you come here?"

There are no lips on the Hivemind, and the voice is still finding a way to be audible. Perhaps some kind of psychokinetic energy condensed into sound? I don't know.

At the words of the Hivemind, Nella gently grabs onto my robe from behind me in concern, and I see SCORPIO looking at me with slightly squinted eyes. Knowing she's learned a lot of valuable information.

"I've come here to seek answers about Abeloth... My Mother... The Mother... I know the Killik's helped The Son and The Daughter seal her away... I want to know why..."

I don't know how old The Hivemind is, but since it knows about me. It must be ancient and connected to The Mortis Gods in some way. There is no other way it could know such intimate details about me.

"And what if I don't give you the answers you want? One does not get locked away for all eternity for no reason at all."

He's not wrong, but there are good reasons and bad reasons. If Abeloth... My Mother... Has been imprisoned for the wrong reasons. I'll free her. I'll find her and free her.

"Then I'd just have to deal with the truth. I can't change what has been, but I might be able to change what might be."

The Hivemind remains unmoving and stares at me. Before slowly lowering itself, so it's not towering above us anymore.

"The Mother... The Beloved Queen of The Stars... Abeloth... The woman who gave birth to you has a long story... Are you patient enough to hear it... To let me speak before casting your judgment of innocent or guilty..."

That sounds easy enough... I nod my head, and the Hivemind glows a little brighter. And the main chamber begins to literally change into another scene. One that isn't a cave, but one that's on a world. One that I recognize as Mortis from The Clone Wars.

"This place is known as Mortis... The home of The Ones... The Father, The Son, and The Daughter... And where your Mother resided with them... Her power was greater than all there's... Since the beginning... The Mother created The Son and The Daughter..."

Wow... This is way different from The Clone Wars... This isn't the Abeloth that I know...

"The Mother found The Father... Who was once a wondering Jedi... And she shared her knowledge of The Force with him... But he eventually grew to fear Abeloth... He feared what a being of such power was capable of if left unchecked... So he convinced The Son and The Daughter to help him..."

The scene around us changes, and we're shown a freeze-frame of a battle between the 4 powerful Force Gods... Abeloth holding all 3 of them on her own...

"This is where conflict between the 4 first blossomed..."

This is going to be one long story...