"We've found him."
That single sentence was displayed across all the Collective's forces spread throughout the galaxy, along with a short video feed showing Blaze in an unknown form.
It had been years since they had a confirmed sighting of the one being who fooled the Collective. Over the years, the 'craze' surrounding Blaze had dissipated since they had other things to worry about.
Especially a new faction of equally intelligent beings that had invaded their galaxy. They called themselves the Xyrans and claimed to be the old rulers of the galaxy who had returned to reclaim the 'mantle', whatever it was.
Before, the Collective would have laughed at their strange claim, but after engaging with them, they knew these Xyrans were like the weaklings they were used to fighting.
Hence, the Collective had been so engrossed in fighting them off that they had forgotten about Blaze.
