"General Strychnine, I-"

"That would be Emperor Strychnine to you, Scarlet...you'd be wise to remember that, lest my golems bring this structure down on your head." I say, my voice dripping with malice. "But then again, you won't have the time to remember..." I rush them, knocking Chrysalis down, and pinning her to the floor "Since you'll be dead."

"Stry, please just hear her o-" I cut Chrysalis off with a hoof to the face and a concussive wave, knocking everyone down but me and Scarlet

"Now now Chryssie, I haven't the time for pointless banter." I say...shortly before my vision becomes nothing but red...

When the red dissipated, I find myself standing over my former queen, Her body broken and bleeding, with a Scythe to her throat...and I only then notice we are in an entirely different room then we first were, Scorch marks and dead Warlings...no...dead Nursery Workers everywhere. It is only then that I see the pods containing Nymphs...Scarlet Hive Nymphs...this is no storage hive, it's the beginning of another Hive! "What is this place?" I ask the one I have pinned

"...Last surviors....hive..." Scarlet says, gasping and wheezing "...Was going to...save..."

"Going to save your hive? Please, do you honestly expec-"

"You..." She says, gasping one last time before succumbing to her injuries.

'What....what? WHAT?' I ask myself, almost regretting what I've done. 'I've killed the ones who were to care for these pods, and the only one who could answer my questions is dead...only one choice now.' 'Golems, bring down this hive. Venomari, get out of here and await a teleportation spell. Help whatever comes through.' I order mentally, and shortly I feel the earth shaking. I prepare to teleport the pods to the surface, hoping I get it right. "Sorry Tia."

POP

Surface, Drax's Point of View

"Why are the Golems destroying the Hive? Strychnine is still in there!" Celestia Yells

"I don't know, he controls them and the Venomari mentally...he might be-" I start, but get cut off by Artemis

"The Venomari are falling back! What is-"

POP A teleportation spell goes off, cutting off Artemis. The Venomari Swarm over what came through, Nymph Pods...no sign of Scorps.

"Venomari, where is you Emperor?" Theseus asks

"Our Emperor lies within the structure." One replies

"Then why are the Golems collapsing it on top of him?!?" Artemis yells, getting unnaturally angry

'Oh no...she fell for him, didn't she?' I think to myself, feeling the anxiety radiating off of her.

"They have been ordered to do so, then they are to follow your every command." It replies

"What happened to your Emperor?" I ask, fearing the response

"We do not know...his magical signature has simply 'gone out' as most would say...we fear he may have perished."

"Oh no...oh dear Faust no..." Celestia said

The rest of us stayed silent, however I could feel sadness, and grief radiating off of them. 'He must have made an impression...for them to be so affected.'

"His final order was to help whatever came through...and as such, we shall nurse these Nymphs as if they were our own young." It states, turning away and heading towards the rest to help.

Strychnine P.O.V.

I awaken to find myself alive, underneath mushroom covered rubble. My stasis seems to have run a lot longer than originally anticipated. "Well then Celly Belly, time to pull a me again."

Author's Note

Shhh, this isn't over yet...and I apologize for the abrupt end. I will go through and edit the hell out of it when I can.

Hopefully you all enjoyed, I will being making a sequel. Until then, bye!