[i]The King is dead, long live the Queen! The King is dead, long live the Queen![/i] Over and over they chanted, chanted. I had killed the King. I had killed Oryx. I had carved out the malice and vengeance that was his soul with my Arc Edge, and his body had fallen to Saturn. I had [i]killed[/i] THEIR King, and they were worshiping me, calling me Queen, these disgusting Hive that currently groveled at my feet. A Thrall put a tentative claw on my boot. I kicked it in the face. It quickly withdrew and groveled more ferociously(if that was even possible). A Knight approached me, kneeling, offering his jagged sword up to me. " My Lady, my Queen, what is your will?" It's voice was the voice of my nightmares, grating and cruel. "What is your will, my Queen? We live to follow and obey only you. Any obstacles you find in your One Path, you have only to call to us and we will tear it with our minds and claws and voices." It cowered under my glare. I finally spoke..."I don't understand. You have been battling with us for centuries. Your kind haunt the dreams of the City. Why would you accept a Guardian as your Queen?" The Knight exchanged glances with his fellow monsters. "You defeated our leader. You are the strongest. Our kind only live to follow. Let us follow you, my Queen. Without a hierarchy, we will crumble into a seething mass of destruction with no thought of friend or foe, and all of these worlds will perish with us." I thought. And watched. These Hive, they bowed to me. No, the whole Hive bowed to me now! "You have already seeded Earth. Wipe the Fallen off our home planet, then go back to the Moon and stay there. This is my will." The mass of Hive gathered before me stood and unleashed a deafening roar. [i]The King is dead, all hail the Queen!!![/i] Yes, the Hive was mine. I just hoped that nothing rose from the Dark to take it back.