'I'll have to do it' Shepard said, and he touched one of the keys on the board.
It lit up and bright green light took control of him.
It took him back fifty-thousand years, to the last moments in the reaper-prothean war.
Shepard could see ancient prothean cities under reaper attack, their defenders hopeless in their defence.
The image changed.
An alien, simliar to humans, but hairless and four eyes and a body built wider than those of humans.
It fired against enemies in front of him, enemies Shepard couldn't see.
He was sporting a rifle he couldn't recognize, everytime it was fired, it shot forward a stream of what seemed like a green liquid.
'That alien has to be prothean' shepard thought to himself.
After a few seconds of him looking at the prothean firing, the image changed once again, now he could see multiple protheans making a stand against enemies who looked exactly like…
'Fuck those are collecters!' Shepard said to himself.
'They must have been around since the time of the protheans'
The prothean al fought with a fury shepard had never saw before, except with himself and the likes of wrex and grunt.
In front of the protheans, six of them in total, the collector bodies started to pile up.
Suddenly one prothean, probably their leader, gathered a dark green energy in his right hand, and he smacked all the remaining collecters against the wall to his right.
Just at this moment, one of his soldiers was hit by one of the collecters, and fell to the ground.
The leader went down to his knee to check on the soldier, only to find him already dead.
'Victory seal the bulkheads!' The prothean leader said.
A VI projection appeared right beside the prothean, resembling another one of his race.
'Acknowledged' Victory said.
Two seconds later, two doors from either side of the hallway appeared from the walls and started to close.
The remaining protheans fired into the ever smaller hole of the door, until it was closed all the way.
The collectors slammed themselves against the door, to no avail.
The prothean leader looked around him.
Of the six soldiers just mere moments ago, just four had made it inside the bulkhead.
As he looked around him, he could see dozens of lifepots lying around on the floor, all severely damaged, the people inside them dead.
'Victory how many have we lost?' The prothean asked.
'Reaper forces have destroyed approximately three hundred thousand lifepods' Victory answered.
The prothean opened one of the damaged lifepots, only to find a dead prothean inside.
'A third of our people' He said.
He bowed his head and swiped his hand across the dead protheans face in what seemed like some sort of ritual.
'ALERT north-side bulkhead cannot be sealed, hostiles detected!' Victory declared.
'Direct all remaining soldiers to the north' The prothean said.
As they ran for their lives to the north-side bulkhead, they left behind their dead.
The vision went back to the prothean city under reaper attack.
Only to be back with the prothean leader a few seconds later.
It seemed like they had reached the north-side bulkhead.
'I'd never thought our empire would fall' A prothean said to the leader.
'It won't, we will sleep here until the reapers return to darkspace, then we will rize, a million strong.' The leading prothean said.
'For the empire' they both said in union.
'Get to your stasis pod' The leader said.
The other prothean bowed his head slightly, and walked to one of the still open stasis pods.
'Victory, signal the readiness signal to all lifepods' The leader said.
'What about the refugees who are still to reach the bunker?' Victory asked.
'Their sacrifice will be honored in the coming empire' The prothean said.
To their right, a massive explosion got their attention.
A stream of collector appeared and charged towards the still remaining protheans.
The leader grabbed his rifle and prepared himself for a final stand.
Present day.
'Hold on, I'm opening the pod' Shepard said, and he pushed a few buttons.
'Shepard!' Tali said, and she rushed to his side.
'What if it's hostile?' Tali asked.
'Don't worry, i've got two of the best soldiers at my side' Shepard said.
Even with Tali's face covered by a mask, he could still see her smile.
'Opening the pod now' Shepard said, and he pressed a final button.
A loud hissing sound from either side of the pod suprised them a bit.
The pod opened, a cloud of a white, odorless gas escaped from the pod, revealing it's contents.
It was the prothean leader shepard saw in his vision.
He was perfectly preserved, it looked like he was just asleep, like he had just gone to sleep, even though fifty-thousand years had passed.
After a few seconds he started to move.
'Carefull carefull, it will take him some time' Liara said, urging shepard and Tali to distance themselves from the pod.
A few moments later the prothean stumbled from his pod and fell to the ground.
The prothean hit them with the same attack he used on the collector, trying to get away.
He got to his feet and stared around.
Liara looked at hi mand said:
'Remember it's been fifty-thousand years for us, but for him it's only been..
Shepard got another vision.
'A few minutes!' the prothean screamed.
'No, the bunker is falling, there is no other option!' The victoy VI declared.
'There are pods online, those soldiers are still alive!' The prothean leader begged victory.
'Their sacrifice will be honored in the coming empire' Victory said.
Victory stared for a few seconds at the prothean.
'Preparing neutron bombardment, get to your lifepod now!' Victory demanded.
With no other option, the prothean obeyed the VI's orders and got to his lifepod.
He opened his pod and got inside.
The pod closed over his head.
'Neutron bombardment underway' Victory said.
Loud noices that where still audible inside the pod indicated that victory unleashed the full power of the stations safety mechanisms.
'Station is secured commander Javik' Victory said.
'What is left of it, a few hundred people, how am I supposed to rebuilt and empire from that?' Javik said.
'Further adjustments may be necessary, the neutron purge compromised the facility' Victory said.
'Clarify' Javik said.
'Sensors are damaged, automated reactivation is not an option' victory said.
'You will remain in stasis until a new culture discovers this bunker, it may lead to a power shortage' Victory said.
'DO NOT shut of more pods, I need the few that are left!' Javik demanded to victory.
'Power needs will be triaged appriately' victory said.
'You will be the voice of our people' Victory said to Javik.
'I will be more than that' Javik said, a millisecond before the pod activated the stasis mode.