The End of a Beginning: The Beginning of an End

[Retane]

Retane was overwhelmed by the feeling of anger, sadness, pain, mistrust, resentment, vengeance, and eagerness to surpass. It wasn't his own feelings. They were Maleficus Nova's.

Nova would never admit it, but he was alike, yet different from his father. Both outcasts for different reasons. Both had shared the comradery with others, yet only trusted so few. Now Retane was knowing exactly how his son felt and what he had been through.

Nova had a burning desire to surpass his father. He wanted to do it alone. To show his father that, even though he he had abandoned him, he was better. His father, had he been there, would have stopped him from being imperfect. The doctor would have never had to fuse nano-bytes with his flesh after his egg cracked prematurely.

The Imperfect Namek had a darkness within him. His father had tried to steer him to tame it and get it under control. His body was also vesseled by another, Tamsin Suzaku. She was a young girl, innocent. She had been assigned to assist Maleficus on a mission and had been with him ever since. She had been the one that was able to keep the darkness at bay.

Tamsin...

Water felt as if it started to moisten his eyes.

It was his fault she had been dying. It was his faut that the only option to save Tamsin's soul was to merge together until he could find a way to reverse the poison and sorcery that had caused her demise.

Now it would Never happen.

"Respawne..." Retane could feel his son staring at him. It was as if they were on another plane looking at each other.

"Father.." Maleficus spoke confused.

"I- I'm sorry..." Retane couldn't offer much more.

A red droplet fell from the skull. The demon put his hand to his face. Was he bleeding? No he had just took the lives of two people. Someone close to to him. But who were they? He couldn't remember.

He blinked.

He was handing a dark green egg over to the scientist, Dr. Speinburg. He was about to head to space to take the battle to the Hive, a bunch of parasites that traversed planets and galaxies, taking over civilizations and turning them into insectoids.

Retane wants the only one. Many strong warriors were going. It was a suicide mission but Earth had given him so much and Namek was his birthplace. Both would be desolate rocks if he didn't help. He hoped Respawne would understand and would grow to be stronger then himself after he hatched...

Hatched? The Emerald Fiend struggled with the pain that ran through his head. His thoughts were jumbled.