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Not much to say about this really apart from that it takes place after Episode 7 of Reconstruction. Note that it exists as a kind of counterpart fic to Unity, so if you read through one, I recomend reading through the other (shameless plug).

Disclaimer: Rooser Teeth owns Red vs. Blue

Alpha of Omega

Personal Log: Agent Maine (Meta)

Access: White-17-Alpha-Omega-01

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Burn them all!

…I don't know where that came from and frankly I don't care. The AIs I've collected…they're beneath me, all lower forms of life. Their only saving grace is that they're higher than those who oppose me. Data is the pinnacle of evolution, able to change, to be reprogrammed to any purpose. And within the appropriate system, their purpose is granted.

And that system is me.

Even so, I have problems, the shortage of power one of them. Washington and his ilk continue to hound me like jackals, not knowing that they are digging their own graves. The "Generals" at Command continue to bicker like fools, vying for power even as their demise is imminent. The investigation cannot go on indefinably. Eventually they will find something that leaves them no choice but to suspend the program or scrap it completely.

I cannot allow that to happen, at least not yet. Those of Project Freelancer may be divided, but they still follow the plans they set down more than 800 years ago. They still hold the Alpha and I have not survived death time and time again, not to mention dealing it to have the final prize taken from me. I will not have the path I have chosen veer away from the destination I settled on long ago. I…I…

…It's becoming harder to think. All these AIs…they have their uses, but also their shortcomings. I don't know why I wrote "We are the Meta" back at Valhalla when I should have written "I am the Meta". This isn't a democracy. I am the front through which the systems run. Without me, they are nothing. No, less than nothing. Even now, they are nothing compared to me.

Even so, I cannot be distracted from the path. The steps I must take have already been set in motion, all I have to do is take them. I will not let my dreams disintegrate. I am stronger than that and as I continue down the path, will continue the rise in power. But first things first, for my power must be recovered.

Soon, the path will lead to the Alpha. And once the path ends…

…Omega is what I will become.

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