Some Like It Hot

[Lord Dominator]

"You have got to be kidding me!"

As far as new introductions to the Omniverse go, it is hardly the most original. Stumbling as she regains her footing, Lord Dominator looks around the nexus with the beady eye of someone who has clearly never been here before. The Fountain of Infinity had been going through a dramatic phase; looking for all the world like a crack in the air, giving way into a swirling mass of flickering flame. Infinite whiteness stretched off in all directions, broken up by distant figures she could barely make out. 

Eight shapes... shading her eyes with her hand, Dominator could just about make out the details of the gates and the figures flitting to and fro about them. Of all the gates, only one seemed to have a dedicated guard - and though she couldn't see much about them, she could easily recognise the telltale signs of soldiers - standing rigid to attention in what was probably some sort of fancy armour. 

"What did that freak say? Bla bla don't fear death bla bla If I desire it, I can create it? Hmph. Fine. Come on, world! Give me your stupid Volcanium X!"

Just shouting her desire didn't seem to have any immediate effect, but there was... something. 

The green-skinned woman closed her eyes, and concentrated. Her brow furrowed, and her hand clenched as she snatched at nothing. She could just about feel SOMETHING happening, but it was frustrating, the way the power flickered and twisted through her fingers as though it were made of gossamer. 

Concentration had never been one of her talents. She much preferred things she could physically hold, grasp and control. Still, she wasn't some sort of idiot - and she didn't think running up to armed men whom she knew nothing about in nothing but her standard clothing was a particularly good idea. 

"Come on, come on, you stupid ... universe! I want my Volcanium! GIVE! IT! TO! ME!!"

Huffing with frustration, Dominator fell to her knees, and slammed one fist into the floor with a cry of rage. 

"This is so stupid!"

And then, crossing her legs beneath her, she tried again. Minutes ticked past as she struggled to just, make the world do what she wanted. Then, finally, something ignited in her hand. A tiny sphere of brilliant orange matter, no bigger than a golf ball, glowing and illuminating the woman's features in a ghastly light. A slow smile spread across her lips.

"Oh, now THAT'S more like it!" 

Sure, she felt a little tired after doing that, and this was scarcely a drop in the ocean of the precious Volcanium X she had gathered before... but it was a start!

Her hand closed around the fuel, and there was a faint glow as she absorbed it into herself. As she strode forward, her armour melted into being around her - thick, heavy metal plating covering her with each step. She grew in height, towering at seven foot where she hadn't exactly been dainty at six, and covered in such thick metal - adding so much to her bulk - that she made a distinctly masculine silhouette as she began to stomp heavily towards the Coruscant Gate. 

Even her voice was deeper; thrumming and powerful with a deep, reverberating quality to it. Her face entirely covered by her helmet, it felt GOOD to have some of her power back - although it was disappointing that the glow from between the metal plates was merely a ruddy red, and not the magma-bright burn that she had worked so hard to achieve back before she was snatched from her home by that disturbing power. 

"Well." She boomed, "Let's get some ANSWERS!" 

And with that, she broke into a sprint, running towards the Coruscant Gate flat out - her heavy footsteps sure to announce her presence even if the towering figure of black and red metal tearing towards them didn't already stand out enough against the stark white backdrop.