[Power Fragment has Detected the Presence of Her Sister's Fragment.]
A faint pulse of light blinked deep beneath the cracked ground.
From deep inside the crater.
From deep inside Xavier.
[Initiating contact.]
[Contact failed. No response from the sister fragment.]
[Initiating Synchronization.]
[No sign of life from the host. Synchronization failed.]
[Merging with the host to connect to the sister fragment.]
[Connection lost. No contact with the host.]
[Power Fragment is confused. It doesn't know what to do. Performing a scan of the host.]
[Subject is too far to perform a scan. Waiting for the contact.]
Xavier's blood slowly slid down the broken edges of the crater, tracing the path of ruin, threading through dust and ash and burnt bones, filling the cracks like ink on a shattered canvas. It moved unnaturally, like it was being pulled. Pulled by something ancient.
And then it reached it.
The fragment.
