Well, folks, this is a complete chapter of a cross between the Persona saga and the Halo universe, I hope you enjoy it.
Planet: Unknown.
Solar system: Unknown.
The ruins of the planet extended in all directions, from left to right and from right to left, with large debris covering its surface. Previously, they were the remains of an advanced empire that had existed, but were defeated by another empire more technologically advanced, and then, came the invasion of parasitic beings; capable of turning living or dead bodies into deformed creatures that had terrified the Galaxy.
Beyond the futuristic ruins, there was a large and sturdy building, with some pieces of crumbling metal. Inside, there was a space with computers, stairs, floors, terminals and some buildings in very bad conditions, with some rust and mildew. But below, there was a large hole, which extended more and more, to reach a great cavern, where a gigantic, all-powerful creature resided.
The creature was covered in rotting green skin that smelled of mildew. He had around several tentacles that were attached to his body in the form of a snake, then there was his mouth, which looked like a Venus fly trap. This creature was the hive mind of a group of devouring parasites, which extended to every kilometer, using telepathy, could communicate with the other scattered minds. The creature had belonged to an ancient race known as the Precursors, an advanced technological race with an intellect suspicious for the other races of the Galaxy. Now they are just parasitic creatures to master and judge all beings in the Galaxy if they are able to inherit the Mantle.
But his dream had been awakened, because he knew that someone was going to visit him.
On a rock, there was a teenager with a long blue rebel hair that covered the left side of his eye and left the right gray eye uncovered. Her dress consists of a school suit with a dark shirt unbuttoned, revealing a white shirt and a black bow tie. Around his neck hung headphones with mp3, dark pants and navy blue shoes. His cold, stoic gaze focused on the creature that dominated the parasites known as "Flood."
A cold environment frequented between the two individuals.
Neither of them said anything, but the Gravemind knew who the human was in front of him, he could read it through his gray eyes, which caused him to let out a thunderous, and chilling laughter that echoed in the cave , expanding like an echo at a great distance. But the young man showed no sign of being scared, just remained calm and serene, like a stone statue.
"You came from far away to come before my territory, Messiah of Salvation, so many years of being on a plane apart from the physical world, you came here to look for something, right?" The deep voice of the Gravemind resounded.
The young man with blue hair said nothing, his icy gaze was still in the hive mind of the Flood.
"Your silence is worth more than a thousand words, it is not necessary to talk, just by seeing yourself being silent, I can understand why you have come here. Answer: You seek an answer, the sacred knowledge that every living being seeks to satisfy your curiosity. It surrounds you Yes, I can feel it in your aura"
The young man nodded at the Gravemind's question.
"Very well, Messiah of Salvation, I can answer your questions The first reason why he is here is simple, you could feel how a psychic signature had appeared in your space, after discovering it, you felt the need to look for it, to find out where that unknown source came from, and here you are, discovering an ancient being who had slept for thousands of years, on a desolate planet with ruins that had belonged to an ancient advanced there is the second question: the ruins of this planet belong to humans "
The young man remained still, when seeing him seeing him in a daze, the Gravemind let out a dark laugh, and answered him:
"A revelation hard to believe, do not you think? But it's true, Messiah of Salvation, these humans are technologically advanced, these were the predecessors of the current ones, an ancient humanity that had conquered the stars and established an empire, even made an alliance with another advanced civilization, until they found a blip in their path of glory, we, and my brothers were there when the Ancient Humans tried to stop us, but their efforts were in vain, while more technology used in us, more worlds lost while we consumed our entire passage, used their weapons to eradicate their worlds to prevent our spread, sacrificing all their resources, and even had to enter the territories of the Forerunners, capturing worlds of less importance to replace the losses, which led to a confrontation that lasted several long years of war"
"Seeing both groups kill each other." He continued. "We decided that it was better to stop attacking them and enjoy the best show in the Galaxy, you must have been there, it was something beautiful and captivating, seeing how both technologically advanced factions were tearing each other apart, causing us a sensation of juiciness. the war happened when the Forerunners besieged the capital planet of their empire and defeated a punishment for defying them, the Forerunners decided to exterminate half of the Ancient Humans, while the other half that decided to surrender, were dissolved from their technological capacity and intelligence , turning them primitive and backward, without capacity for reasoning With the Ancient Humans in their primitive stage, the Forerunners put them on a planet with oceans and large tracts of land, where they would be watched by one of them. On what planet did they put them? It's simple, they put them in their world of origin, to generalize it cillamente, your world "
The Wildcard User remained quiet for a while without saying anything, that information if it took him by surprise.
"A shocking truth, do not you think, Messiah of Salvation? Knowing that the humanity of your world were descendants of a glorious galactic empire that extended to the stars, is something difficult to consider, but it is the truth, Messiah, humanity was highly advanced, even with your sacrifice, you allowed them to live to reach their lost power, but the story does not end, with the Forerunner's victory against the Ancient Humans, they believed they could enjoy great prosperity, but they were wrong We attacked from the shadows, several fleets and planets were eliminated by us, we had no mercy, we devastated everything by our step without Forerunners, like the Ancient Humans, tried to stop us, but we did not stop. Messiah, I can not lie to you The more we advance, the less likely they were against us, until they chose to use a weapon they had created, gigantic rings gone like Halos, capable of producing a devastating flash, exterminating all organic life in its path. Until they activated the weapon and all living life were exterminated by the activation of the weapon"
The young man with blue hair was shocked, a ring-shaped weapon that is capable of destroying all his step, just thinking about it, he was afraid that someone would activate them.
"I can feel a feeling of disgust coming from you, Messiah, but do not despair, not all life was annihilated, there were some solar systems that were very far from your reach, while the Forerunners took preventive measures, sowing all living life in each solar system isolated so that they can live and develop, while the Forerunners, seeing what they had done, decided to leave this galaxy and venture into another, in their last testament, to see that the Ancient Humans were not to blame for initiating the war with them, they designated them as their successors, humanity would be those who would inherit the Mantle, as a sign of power and the opportunity to recover their former glory in the for us, most were exterminated during the activation of the Halos, while the others hid in several planets or stored in the Halos, but we are not dead, Messiah, we wait for the moment to start what we had I've done it years ago. The rings of Halos are spread throughout the Galaxy, along with the rest of my brothers stored. So far this story ends, I can feel that you have doubts. Come on, we have all the time"
The blue haired youth had so many questions in his head, many to be answered, he decided to try one:
"When you said you had attacked the Forerunners, I could feel that you said it with remorse and bitterness, did you have something against them, right?" He answered in a calm and soft voice, keeping calm and stoic.
"It seems that you have grasped them well with your reasoning ability, something inherited from your descendants ... Yes, the reason why we decided to eliminate the Forerunners was simple, we were the ones who created the Forerunners"
The Messiah blinked and tilted his head confused, the Gravemind decided to clarify it:
"Before we became what we are, several millennia ago, we were a proud race known as the Precursors, it was as advanced as the Forerunners and the Ancient Humans, we had ships that go beyond the light, even we were able to create organic life through reverse engineering, we made them on an agricultural planet, we planted them on that planet and we watched them begin to evolve, their reasoning capacity was advanced, until an accident occurred on their planet, the problem had arisen when one of their star engineering experiments caused several nearby stars to become supernovas, it is no more than an irradiated and uninhabitable area for the species, while the more we continue to observe the Forerunners, the more it makes us think that they are not the candidate to inherit the Mantle, we had no choice but to eliminate them, but they found out first. between us and the Forerunners. They were advanced, but we were superior, but the more the war continued, the loss was increasing, so we had to make a ceasefire. Most of us died in the war, while the rest left the Galaxy, as for the survivors, we developed a regenerative powder, but these began to become infected, until we become what we are; the Flood, a new organic life superior to all species"
The young man with blue hair nodded, and asked a second question:
"The Ancient Humans, are they also your creations?"
"Exactly, they were developed by our engineering, we changed the DNA of the primates, over the years, they began to evolve, to be trained in a new species, with advanced intellect and a splendid reasoning, like the Forerunners. We watched during their development stages of their the stored data, we knew that humans should inherit the Mantle. More questions?"
"No, that's enough"
"It seems that our talk is coming to an end, but before you leave, I have some questions to answer you"
"Say it"
"I know who you are, Messiah of Salvation, or rather, Minato Arisato. A young man with a turbulent childhood, plagued by traumas and difficulties, you keep apathetic to the rest of the others, you received your first power to summon a being of your mind, selected by an entity that resides on an astral plane to be the recipient of a deity that will bring catastrophe to your world, your sacrifice motivated your companions to move forward, but let's not get ahead. and the rest of humans who have such abilities, the appearance of the Repot Chaos against another group of young people with the talent to invoke their "Persona", the struggle of a group of young people against their dark past, dominated by jester. present, your sacrifice, the victory of another group of young people and the establishment of Kusumi-no-Okami, the other half of Izanami living with his beloved, and, of course, the defeat of Yaldabaoth at the hands of the Trickster and his group e Heart Thieves. Be all the events that happened in your world"
Minato said nothing.
"It is not necessary to say anything, Messiah, let's say that we have a method to know what is happening, besides, we are prepared to face the Persona Users, because we have improved our skills to defeat them. , since you did the job of waxing Nyx, I decided to leave you alive, as a sign of friendship"
"I think our conversation ends here, thanks for the revelations." He said solemnly.
"We will see each other soon, goodbye, Messiah of Salvation"
A blue light shone around Minato and he teleported him to his room in the Velvet Room, dropped into his soft bed, closed his eyes and let out a sigh. Today had been a long frustrating one for him, so much revelation left him exhausted, when he woke up, he would talk to Igor and Philemon about the conversation with the hive mind of the Flood.
Before he could catch sleep, he felt a weight on him. I did not need to know who he was.
"An exhausting day, is not it?" Elizabeth said in a soft and tender voice.
Minato nodded without opening his eyes.
"We all have our exhausting days," she said with a smile, as she snuggled into his chest. The smell of the assistant's platinum hair permeated Minato's nostrils; It was a fragrance scent of warmth.
Minato ran a hand through his silvery hair, as if it were about petting a dog. Being in the seal, and conversing with a creature that had existed for several thousand years in the past had, left him exhausted.
The good thing was that he could be with Elizabeth for a long time.
A rewrite, sorry.
Well, this has been a long chapter, but I did it, I hope everyone enjoys it. I made some mentions of Persona 1 and 2, and some of 3, 4 and 5. As for Yu and Marie, they are a couple, being Marie a part of Izanami, she is now part of it, I can only say Deus Ex Machina. While the Gravemind have knowledge of Neural Physics, something that is in the Halopedia. I imagine how will be the arcana of the angels and demons on that revelation by the Gravemind, which makes them strong in this fanfic. Do not forget to leave a review of this, goodbye.
The events take place after Persona 5, in this timeline, the Halos they are scattered in every place in the Galaxy and the planets with Forerunner and Ancient Human ruins exist.