The Legacy of The Precursor
Part I: The Awakening
Ch 1
A Harbinger stood over the burning corpse of a Precursor, its claws bloody, burned and shattered. It stood in the middle of a destroyed colony tired, defeated, but mostly, angry.
It rose to a height of seven feet and uttered a low, primordial bellow of hatred. Then the creature charged on all fours, its neon yellow canine-like skull gleaming through the thin skin of its forehead. That must be where it's vulnerable the Precursor thinks and with its last ounce of strength, it readies its combat knife and stabs it. The Precursor hears a splintering sound just as the Harbinger's body slams…
"Kurt!" the Shade schoolmaster practically shouts, slamming a ruler on his desk and arousing the "young" Shade named Kurt from its "slumber", "What is the weak point on a Harbinger?" he asks attempting to catch the student off-guard.
"Its thin-skinned forehead", the Shade replies almost instinctively. This did not have the desired effect that the schoolmaster expected because it then caused him to falter.
The schoolmaster stuttered, "Non-nonsense, the Harbingers have n-no weakness, they are completely m-machines. " He recovered, "Where on earth did that idea come from? Never mind, class dismissed."He hurried out looking as if he had seen a ghost, which in all actuality he had.
The Shades were created from The Precursor, as the church taught, they were without bodies or form but they were physical beings and each had a distinct personality supposedly crafted by The Precursor. To any other creature they would appear to be living shadows, luckily there were no other living creatures. Nuclear fire from the heavens had devastated this world called Thoros and had eradicated all life on this planet except those within the Haven which was constructed by The Precursor before the catastrophe, this Haven is where The Precursor created the Shades who were supposedly perfect beings.
"Thanks, I'm not sure how much longer we would have survived the lecture", said Grace, flashing him a smile then turning away, leaving the room.
"Yeah thanks", said Jimmy aka Sticky Fingers due to his tendency to wind up in possession of items that aren't his. "Here, I found this, I was thinking you might put it to better use than me seeing as you like to go exploring. Just don't lose it, okay?"
"Sure, no problem." replied Kurt, accepting the shard of crystallized light which was perhaps one of the most valuable things on this planet, seeing as the sun was frozen. He was looking for one of these to test his machine on, it would duplicate the molecules in the crystal into another finally ending the light problem. He packed up and then started walking to the run down, two- story shanty that was his home.