Legion-1 said, "It looks like we couldn't avoid calamity after all."
Legion-7 groaned and complained, "This is even bigger than we expected."
The force that locked onto them did not lock onto just one clone. It found all of them, including Legion-7, who was residing in their consciousness. Even Legion-5, who is currently in the Spiritual Dimension, didn't escape their grasp.
The entity didn't attack them. In fact, they can't see it at all. But they know the entity is close to them and powerful. They waited anxiously for the entity to finally make a move. It did so in the most unexpected way. It chose to connect to their minds to communicate with them, and it sent nine messages to each of them.
They were frowning as one would when they were about to be robbed when the message finally reached them. The message created a channel of information between them and the entity that found them. This entity sent over a piece of their Will to speak with them.