"We've done it! It...<span style="font-style: italic">works</span>!" The Collective practically shrieked with glee. The group was too late now if they had been considering attacking the crystal tower that incubated the now trembling cocoon. What looked like blood vessels or veins throbbed along the ball's surface, the tremendous egg shuddering violently as whatever lay within stirred. Cracks began to spread across it's surface, spewing what looked like mist into the environment. Waves of power oozed from the cocoon, and if Rai took a look at it's aura he'd find a horribly unnatural, malevolent feeling surrounded the thing.