The Cosmic Reckoning (2) : A Freewrite

"What is this?" Damiana asked, his mechanical voice tinged with concern.
Erebos squinted, sensing the malicious properties emanating from the vortex. "It's The Collective," he snarled, a flashback of their past encounter rising within him. "It's discovered a way to rally and come back even mightier than before."

Torreto's spirit drooped, as he recognized that the cosmic reverberation they had built was in danger. The wickedness longed to stifle the serenade of caring, to plunge the cosmos back into shadow.

With a united front, the seekers confronted the whirling vortex. Torreto alofted the Starheart, his being intertwined with the cosmological vigor that had piloted them across their trek.