Biotic Wind

How does one describe Biotics? It varies from person to person. Does it start at the back of your skull, then travel through your body? Or does it send a sharp pain shooting up your spine? What about those on the receiving end? Does it snap their spine in two, or rip them apart at the molecular level? 14 year old N didn't know, nor did she care. She just knew that if she concentrated hard enough, she could make objects levitate. She did it often in her room. When she rested, her bed, her books, herself, they all started to float. And if any varren or klixen decided to interrupt, they would find themselves sucked into a Singularity from which they would never return. N called her bunker her room. It protected her from the intense heat of the system's twin stars. The MSS Vanikiro had crashed on the planet 7 years ago, with her on board. It was transporting a cargo of Eezo into the Terminus, when the drive core overloaded and sent the whole ship crashing into the dust planet. Her parents were both killed, as with everyone else on board. The Council never bothered with a search. There was no way anyone could survive the engine blast, never mind the impact. But N never knew that. She just knew that she was different.

One day she decided to go out and search for what would probably be more scrap metal. She summoned her biotics and formed a shield around her body. Any widlife would disentegrate if they were stupid enough to go near the buzzing creature. Stepping out of the bunker, she felt the heat blast her like a hairdryer. The varren were... different... here. Probably strengthened by the Element Zero from the ship. She had heard of an incident like this that happened 200 years ago on Earth. Chery Nobel. Everybody became super beings or something. She pushed these thoughts to the back of her mind for now, and concentrated on any metal poking out of the ground. Climbing over a dune of red dust, she thought she spotted something in the distance, half buried in the ground. It was a cylinder shape, with portholes and...

An escape pod!

She leaped over the cliff and hovered down to the ground, then sprinted over to the shuttle. Just then she felt a rumble under the ground. She knew what it was from experience, but tried to kid herself.

Ther've been earthquakes here before, right?

Wrong.

A full grown Thresher Maw burst out of the ground, sending shockwaves around the valley. It reared up its top half like a wolf saluting the moon, then spat a few gallons worth of acid at N. She dived to one side, then considered her options. She could trap the Maw in stasis, then make a run for it, but she still needed the escape pod. Then she saw a plate a ship armour poking out from the ground.

Seizing the plate in a Biotic field, she conjured an image of another humongous Maw using her barrier. The real maw reared back and gave a shrill yowl, then attempted to dive underground. But it could not escape the sheet of steel. It sliced through its neck, carrying tonnes of blood and flesh with it. The gigantic worm spasmed for a few seconds then fell 4ft away from the girl's nose, covering her in organs. She flicked her hair and patted down her homemade ( well, bunkermade ) jumpsuit, then walked towards the Pod. She opened the door, threw away the skeletons, settled into the cockpit chair and turned on the navigation system.

''System check recommended'' announced a tinny voice.

''Not likely'' thought N.