'Disclaimer/Notes: Madness Combat is a original work from Matt 'Krinkels' Jolly, and Mass Effect is owned by Bioware and EA respectively, even though they messed up the endings to ME3.

(This chapter is simply a recap on everything thats happened since my last post)

Hey guys! I'm back, again, after much toil and blood, literally at one point, don't ask, I got a new computer, a windows 8, and regretfully, I have to work again on wordpad, because I still lack the money to get Word, and my internet is so slow I cant download Libra Office without losing it halfway through downloading.

I have been waiting to write something like this for some time now, yes, I know I have been neglecting my other stories, but I will get the chapters, and my other new story, up soon enough, once I transfer the files from my Old Windows XP (R.I.P 2015) that cant do much aside from hold my files, which is a good thing I suppose.

Other then that, I have a recap on my life here, just a rant, don't read it if you don't want to: Jumped out of a moving car, into a huge foam pit, senior camp was very fun. paint ball champ once again to the point our team, team madness (A tribute to Spirit9871's story Hank's Legacy), dubbed me Hank, so I suppose I did well. Learnt Italian, and a bit of Russian. Finally... I finally asked out the girl I had a crush on out on a date, and she said YES! so we have been together for about 7 weeks now.

Ok, now thats taken care of, since its not too long, I will write up the first part of the story since its only a prolog, so, Enjoy, I suppose.

In every man, woman and child, there is a hero, there is a Hank, a Shepard, it matters not which one it is, but what does is how you use yours"

~TDMD, The Dark Madness Dragon

Chapter 0: Prolog

It was done, the two universes were closing in, a hooded figure watched over on a hologram monitor embedded in a grey table with a steel box, painted grey, on top.

The hooded figure was completely shrouded in Darkness, the golden glow from the screen not even piercing the hoods darkness, the figure watched silently, it waited for the moment where the dimensions would pass, and connect.

"ETA in 5 minutes Commander, you'll get to see Tail again, and see how your kids doing, but I'm getting a strange view on screen, armless and legless people running around doing crazy shit is on the LRT" a voice sounded from a speaker named: "ME UNI"

"I swear, when you went back for the machine gun, I saw a weird ass ship flying through the air in the sky, like that one from your game Deimos ... You mean the Normandy? ... Yeah ..." That came out of another speaker on the right side, opposite the first, it was labeled: "MC UNI"

The figure chuckled deeply, "Soon... Madness and Mass will combine, and the darkness will rule once more..." the figure left, leaving the device on, out of the right speaker came a very loud OH SHIT! while the left speaker cut out, then the right one did, the room's darkness was now replaced with red, showing what was in the room, a sleeping army of disfigured agents and monsters.

"The end begins..." The figure closed the door, leaving the rooms red highlight to fade back to the darkness, the red melting off the walls into the floor, disappearing like blood dripping down the walls, then being soaked up by a sponge like floor.

Ok, not too long as I said, but it highlights the main points, MC and ME respectively, but how many game references can you find here? answer in the reviews section, and I will tell you if its right, but yeah, this is a long overdue project I have been planning for a year and a half now, so this is a big step, I hope it doesn't do too badly, I have 14 chapters written, and will update as frequently as I can,

"I am the Harbinger of your destruction" ~ Sovereign, Mass Effect 1, Mission: Virmire