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Ashley was shaking all over “Y-Y-You changed into something I couldn’t describe” she stammered. Matthew walked over to Ashley she backed away from him. “Ashley it’s me don’t be scared!” he said softly. But all she could see was the man who slaughtered over 45 Locusts without pity. Matthew didn’t even slaughter them it was overkill. Matthew got a little bit closer but Ashley got up and ran “Ashley wait!” Matthew called out. “Get away from me” Ashley called back. Matthew ran after her she finally stopped when she ran out of breath. “Ashley look I don’t know what happened but this is me ok?” Matthew said without fatigue.
Finally Ashley began to trust him she was a little uneasy at first but she began to open up shortly after. Matthew got closer and embraced her in his arms “Look” he said softy “What happened back there I can’t remember at all but I have to see” “Are you sure?” she asked. “Yes” Ashley walked to a security mainframe and played what just happened in the past half an hour.
First Matthew saw himself pummelling the general Locust with a fury of punched, he remembered that. But what he saw next was unexplainable he saw his transformation, the shaking room, and his ridiculously powerful entity. He saw himself jump down the balcony with blue sparks all around him. The Locusts fired at him within seconds blades appeared from his hands and he sliced all the Locusts.
Blood got on the camera then it faded off. Matthew gasped when he saw himself slaughter everything in his path the video cut out when he regained consciousness. He couldn’t speak he was speechless, horrified, and mortified on what he had just seen. He settled on the fact that when he absorbed Barxin his Geosma powers had tripled. That was one third of his power it chilled him to think of the full extent.
“I” he started. “Don’t say anything” Ashley said softly. “It wasn’t your fault, you did that for me now that I look at it all that blind fury wasn’t for nothing” “Ashley!” Matthew said. “It’s true that the Locust are still at large but you just clear out everyone in the base for me…. Thank you” she said shyly. “Ashley… I’m sorry” Matthew said looking down at his feet like Ashley does.
Matthew came to a conclusion this form could not be avoided at all it’s impossible for him to contain fury such as this. A named spawned for this form a name that would leave a black mark in the UNSC history for all eternity that name would soon become well known and used often by Matthew. That name is:
Anti-Form