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Geo exchanged a glance with Coruith. "I don't know.." Geo's gaze went back to the machine. A small circle on the mission glowed and right beside Coruith and Geo appeared an hunched over old man. He appeared human, but the elongation of his ears inquired that he was something entirely different. He wore what seemed to be a lab coat. Geo came close to speaking out to the man when his image blinked. It was a hologram. Geo stood frozen. Holding his breath. Waiting for something to happen.

The man opened his mouth and began to speak. His words were as foreign to Geo's ears as the tone he spoke them in. He spoke for a few minutes with an unreadable expression. Then suddenly he did something that shocked the Mu soldier down to the core of his heart. The strange man opened his palm, curled his fingers back and slammed it against the right side of his chest.

"That's a Mu covenant salute...why would he.."

The man's solemn expression was wiped away by a malicious grin that exploded on his face revealing a disgusting set of teeth then disappeared as if he was never there. A moment of solitude settled, but was interrupted by the rumbling of the cavern. Another tremor? No. Ihe shaking became so violent, Geo was thrown back falling against the wall. Before he could pull himself up an inaudible scream tore through his mind causing him to writhe in pain.

The water in the pool started boiling, splashing back and forth, spilling out when an enormous hand, bigger than both Coru and Geo emerged from the pool and slamming into and practically destroying the cavern floor.