Justin and his friends were not sure what to expect when they made their first jump. However nobody could have expected what actually happened.
It was bright, very bright, everything was gone; there was nothing but the light. Justin looked around and noted his friends standing next to him, each with their own puzzled expression.
<Learn>, they each heard in their mind.
The people of the Nexus were fairly powerful in their own right, however without the essence energy their society would collapse. They knew the energy was required for them to maintain a useful society. What they didn’t know, was that the energy itself was alive. Luckily for Justin and his crew, the essence had been waiting for the people of Nexus to right the wrongs they had done in the past and was subtly helping them in the background. When the consciousness behind the essence realized they were going to contact Justin it acted.
Justin and his friends suddenly understood everything…
The world of Nexus was home to the guardians and ambassadors to each of the systems. Some of the beings on Nexus thought themselves high and mighty with the power they derived from the universal essence. They decided to make themselves a planet away from the others. This proposition was of course turned down by the leaders of Nexus. However they went off and tried the experiment on their own, it worked however not like they planned. Instead of creating another planet, they created a rift between the facets. After realizing their mistake they tried to undo the rift but could not. Eventually they were found out and it took the might of the entire civilization to patch the rift, even with so many helping more than a million beings we pulled through the rift into what laid beyond. Eventually they were able to patch it and keep it from spreading but even they couldn’t close it. This in turn destroyed their ability to cross facets themselves and was eventually devastating to many of the worlds they visited.
After the Nexus side of the rift was patched a quick trial was held and the ones responsible for the rift were punished. A fitting demise as they were exiled into the rift which they created. All assumed they had died, but they lived. Some started a new life in a facet on a planet they called Niberia; but they lived without the unlimited essence that existed back in Nexus. It was later learned that they could steal someone’s essence and this would make them stronger for a short time. Countless battles were fought and countless years later their descendants left for the stars, the truly evil ones deciding to remain behind and enjoy living off of the few left on the planet.
Much later the Evil Ones learned the secrets of facet travel. They then built machines to store their own essence before they died. During this time small ships were sent out to find alternate facets that contained life. Small ships containing essences went sent to sparsely populated planets and started infesting the population with the essence they carried. Eventually these ships started new corrupt civilizations in these facets.
Countless centuries later they were gathering forces and spreading through every facet they could. The Evil Ones would infect entire planets and catalog the results, many people died, but those who didn’t were all worth scientific study.
Adding the Evil Ones problems was the face that some facets would not support their type of life at all. These they cataloged and stayed from, they could not understand the difference, but it was there.
During all this time they never stopped looking for home.
“WOW,” was all Amy could say.
The voice started again.
<The people of Nexus caused a great scare to form the entire plane of existence. They cannot repair the scare, because they cannot leave the Nexus. Anyone leaving the Nexus would instantly die, their essence may survive if it finds another host to survive in, but this is unacceptable. That is why I have chosen you to correct their error and normalize the facets that still exist. The essence energy that was originally pulled through when the scar was formed is causing an imbalance in these systems. Eventually this imbalance will cause the system to ‘renew’ and all life in the facet will cease to exist. Time will pass — systems, planets and life will form again, the essence will inhabit some of this life and the cycle will start again. This must be stopped at any cost!>
<Justin, I challenge you and your friends to take up this cause and make things right.>
Justin stood there in the light thinking for the moment then said, “All of these facets are like this?”
<Some of the facets do not contain any of the essence from the Nexus. Therefore they have not been contaminated and are pure; These facets are in no danger and are in balance… unless the evil travels to them. We have created a facet for you and those who choose to follow you. This facet will exist till the end of time, it will also contain an energy similar to the Nexus. The energy in this facet is found in no other, it will sustain and help you in ways you can’t imagine. It will also keep the balance if an opposing energy should be brought into the facet. You may request as much information as you need after you arrive, either the Sanctuary Guardian or the Portal Guardian can assist you.>
<You fifteen humans are the only ones who can purify these other facets. Do not let this Dark Energy corrupt you, you will understand more on this later.>
“How can we possibly do this? The resources we would need are unthinkable? What will happen to the facets we drain this Dark Energy from…?” Justin tried to say but was cut off.
<You will undoubtedly need to gather a large following, appoint your own guardians and ambassadors. Take over where the others left off and get civilization back on track, learn from their mistakes and do not make them yourself.>
<I have given you what you need, the rest you will need to take care of yourselves. Time is short; you must be on your way. Sal will explain everything to you when needed.>
<For this I will perpetuate your life and that of your offspring for as long as you reside in Sanctuary.>
Then the light was gone and they were in shock.
