Chapter 138: The Battle of Hive
His scream was drowned in his throat. Before he could react, his body went completely numb.
From the hand Hive had placed on James’s shoulder, a swarm of parasitic organisms poured out, engulfing him entirely.
James could feel his body rotting, decaying. He wanted to scream, to struggle—but no sound escaped him.
The parasites dissolved his body, molecule by molecule, and then returned to Hive’s form. A radiant blue glow burst from Hive’s body as he let out a furious roar.
Hundreds—no, thousands—of parasites surged from his frame, swarming toward the shocked Inhumans in the control room.
They didn’t even have time to scream before they were absorbed into Hive’s body, becoming a part of him.
Hive bellowed again. The sheer power erupting from his form blew apart parts of the missile control console, sparks flying in every direction.
Consuming Inhumans granted him their powers. But until now, Hive had only consumed humans.
In his mind, humans were deviants, but Inhumans were kin.
He had always refused to consume his own kind. For thousands of years, he’d clung to this rule. But today—he broke it.
Because today, for the first time since his exile to the stars, he felt truly desperate. Not even back when he was scraping for survival on alien worlds had he felt such crushing hopelessness.