CLEO, EUDIAL and LELAND

Although it certainly appears as a leech, a few seconds into combat their opponent proves to have some decidedly un-leech like abilities. It's tail seems to be still connected to the nervous system of the Sucker, and suddenly an agonising psychic wave washes over the five present, the illusion of a young woman of the brain of Kull dissolves leaving a glowing hovering brain it it's place, and Vortigon drops one of his spoons. Cleo, Eudial and Leland however are staggered to the floor so they can barely move.

However, even as inky black tendrils worm their way forth towards the four, Vortigon and the Brain of Kull manage to regain control enough to black out the psychic attacks channelled from the Sucker leaving the other three to take down the parasitic worm.

Eudial is most dramatically on the offensive - a vortex of fire appears around the leech and begins to burn it heavily, however it quickly becomes evident that this much fire in an enclosed room is likely to kill the party before it kills the leech. As a compromise, Eudial has to shrink the Vortex down to pillars forming a cage - enough to contain the main leech even if it can still send its tendrils through to attack the others.

Psionic blasts from Cleo manage to dissolve some of the tendrils but Leland is much less suited to defending himself - a few of the tentacles are dispatched with his harpoon but the one manages to grab his leg and lift him out over the water. The demon manages to fend off any other tentacles for now but knows that cutting off the one holding him would plunge him into the water at the leeches mercy.

However, the Leech also seems to realise that the most damaging party here is Eudial and the tendrils manage to make it through even as she incinerates more of them and knock her flying across the room against the rear wall, knocking her out cold. Leland flails with the harpoon but now freed of the fire cage the tendrils are even more dangerous and fending them off becomes more and more difficult. Even with her feline agility Cleo is struggling to dodge attacks. One misplaced jump and a tentacle catches her and drags her into the water, pulling her under.

She can't breath, and inhales the water during her struggles. Suddenly the world changes. The water doesn't taste quite like water should. The fluid she had placed in the water. Some sort of chemical synthesised from the worlds most powerful psionic. Her powers blossom. Neurons fizzle into life and she feels a greater precision of mental abilities than she has ever felt in her life, where once she had had a hammer, now it is a scalpel. She focuses this energy on the worm and lets loose.

....

A few minutes later, as Eudial wakes up and Leland helps the bedraggled cat out of the pool, the voice of the Sucker echoes in their minds, thanking them for freeing it. But more concerning is how everyone's thoughts are suddenly sharper and more aware. Even Vortigon looks confused as if he is seeing something for the first time.

The Sucker speaks. "I am older than you can comprehend and it is long past time for me to ascend to the next plane, but before I go ask of me whatever you need to know. I will tell you that though Doomforall is the primary source of the Void, there are at least is another, a lesser powers to be sure, but they will have to be stopped too to close this issue once and for all"

EVERYONE

Suddenly a great weight lifts from the minds of everyone. The singers and the people on the base suddenly look round in terror and fear. Apparently the Sucker had been suppressing the Danger from the minds of the whole world. Shouting and screaming echoes across the entire city.

Something has to be done. Soon.