Hello, citizen of FF. This is my first attempt in creating a fanfiction. And I want to say thank you to my friend LucaBlightIsPUCA, who's kindly become my personal grammar checker.
Enjoy
Chapter 0
Prologue
"Doctor Chakwas! I think he's woken up!"Ashley Williams, a fellow Marine, said excitedly.
Shepard tried to sit down slowly, clutching his head. Ho looked around the room and saw doctor Chakwas and Chief William from Eden Prime.
"You've had us worried, Shepard. How are you feeling?" asked Doctor Chakwas. Her eyes were full of concern.
"Like a morning after shore leave." Shepard rubbed his head out of dizziness. "How long was I out?" asked Shepard still rubbing his head.
"About fifteen hours. Something happened with the beacon I think, " answered Doctor Chakwas.
"It's my fault, Commander. I must have triggered some kind of security field when I touched had to push me out of the way. I'm sorry, Commander." Ashley was now looking down, feeling guilty about what happened at Eden Prime.
"Never mind that chief, it's not your fault. You had no idea what was going to happen," Shepard assured her.
The commander's body now tensed up. He remembered the mission on the Eden Prime had not been finished. "The beacon, what happened to it?" Sense of panic filled his voice.
"It exploded. System overloaded maybe. The blast knocked you out cold. The Lt and I carried you back here on the ship," answered Ashley to the commander.
"And that strange ice block from the site near the beacon?" asked Shepard still looked concerned.
"Captain Anderson dispatched a team to extract it. It should be in the cargo bay in the engineering level by now," answered Ashley.
Commander Shepard sighed. He was still processing the thing which was currently going on. And then his body tensed up once again, cold sweat dripping from his forehead. He remembered the vision, the nightmarish image that had been planted inside his mind. "I remember something when the beacon started to glow." His face looked grim while he was trying to remember the vision. "It was a dream or a vision—I don't know what I saw… death… destruction—nothing was really clear," said Shepard. His voice was shaking, full of despair.
Doctor Chakwas was ready to say something about adding this to her report when Captain Anderson barged into the medbay.
"Captain Anderson," Doctor Chakwas greeted.
"How's our XO holding in?" Anderson frowned, looked concerned.
"I think the commander will be fine," answered Doctor Chakwas.
"It's good to hear that. But I need to speak with you immediately. In private." His face still looked serious.
"Aye, aye, Captain. I'll be in the mess if you need me," said Ashley, saluting before she left. Doctor Chakwas soon followed Ashley outside the medbay.
"Are you sure you all right, Shepard?" asked Anderson.
"Yeah, I'm fine. So what's this you want to talk about?" He tried to stand up, but decided to sit down due to his dizziness.
"I won't lie to you, Shepard, things look grim right now. Nihlus is dead and the beaconis is destroyed. The council demands answer of your action," said Anderson. His tone of voice was serious.
"The council can kiss my ass! I didn't do anything wrong!" He gritted his teeth, trying to contain his anger.
"I know. I stood behind you and your report, Shepard. But that's not why I'm here." Anderson turned his back to Shepard. "It's about Saren the other Turian. He's a spectre—a living legend. If he really works with the geth, it means he's gone rogue," said Anderson, now turning back to face Shepard once more. "And not just that, he hates humanity. He thinks human is growing too fast and is a blight to the galaxy. I think he's behind all of the attack on Eden Prime. Shepard, you were there. What happened to the beacon before it did self-destruct?" asked Anderson.
"It burns a vision to my head." He looked down, the memory of the vision still haunted him.
"Vision? What kind of Vision?" Curiosity filled Anderson voice.
"I don't know. I saw synthetic, butchering people." answered Shepard, looking grim.
"If it's true, then I know why Saren wants that Prothean beacon. The vision of yours could be precious information about ancient technology or a weapon of mass destruction. What I know is he'll not stop until he wipe out humanity out of the galaxy with geth in his command." Anderson spoke seriously, his eyes sparked with determination. "And there's the Prothean inside that ice block you found at the site near the beacon." He scratched his head, confused.
Hearing this, the commander jumped out from his seat. "A Prothean? I thought they were extinct 50.000 years ago?" His eyes widen, shocked to hear what Anderson had said.
"That's what I thought, too. But we examined the sample and found there was some form of humanoid organic life inside the block. Given the proximity of the object to the beacon, we assume it's a Prothean. And it seems like it was alive in cryogenic condition," Anderson explained.
"I don't know what to say, Captain, It's a bit overwhelming to me." Shepard still tried to comprehend the information he had just heard. "I assume you'll now try to unfreeze this Prothean?" His face sparked with curiosity.
"I will. This Prothean could hold a precious intel about your vision, and that could prove something to the council," said Anderson bluntly.
"Yeah, I bet the council would call me crazy for presenting a dream as evidence." Shepard folded his hand, understanding what Anderson tried to say. "When will you commence the unfreezing sir?" asked Shepard.
"As soon as you ready, Commander," answered Anderson.
"I'm ready now, Sir," he said shortly. With this they proceed to exit the medbay, into the storage bay.
Soon Anderson and Shepard arrived in the cargo bay area. In the middle of the room, a big block of white ice surrounded by marine pointing their gun ready for anything come out of the cyro. Chief Gunnery Ashley Williams and Lt Kaidan Alenko were also there with guns in their hands.
"Isn't it too much for just one alien capatain?" asked Ashley to Anderson.
"I agree with the chief here Captain, it seems hell lot of security for one Prothean," Kaidan added.
"We don't know the nature of this creature we assume Prothean. It could be hostile or confuse and begin attacking the crew. I'm not taking any chance with that. Better safe than sorry," answered Anderson with assault rifle in his hand.
The room was now extremely silent. The only thing which could be heard was the hum of the air conditioner which kept the ice frozen. The atmosphere inside the room was tense with fear and uncertainty.
"We'll increase the room temperature in, three, two, one…," said the engineer from the intercom.
The cryo was melting slowly, but surely. It created small fogs that engulfed the room and made it hazy. A humanoid figure stepped up from the fog into the light. And all eyes were now glued on the creature that had been unleashed in front of them. And all of them were shocked to death by what they see.
