Prologue


Horizon

Commander John Shepard sighs as he and Garrus look for Mordin; the Salarian doctor wandered off moments after his ex-girlfriend accused him of being a traitor. Although he still had feelings for her, being dead for two years obviously meant that they were no longer in a relationship. After a few more minutes of searching, the two manage to find Mordin, kneeling over the body of a Collector.

"Mordin, what are you doing? Let's go."

The Salarian, although having acknowledged Shepard talking to him, is too busy looking over the Collector to turn to Shepard.

"Just a moment, Shepard; apparently this Collectors isn't dead."

Garrus, upon hearing what the doctor said, immediately aims his assault rifle at the alien Mordin was studying, "Well then let's do this colony a favor and finish the job?"

"Now just a minute Garrus; think about it. No one has ever had the chance to study a Collector, let alone a live one. If we can take it to Cerberus, we can find out more about them such as weaknesses, even the location of its home planet with the right methods.

For the second time in the past five minutes, the commander sighs again. As much as he despised the idea of giving a group as despicable as Cerberus direct access to anything they could use against the rest of the galaxy, Shepard knew that they were the only group that could get as much information out of it as quickly as possible. He turns to Mordin, "I know I'm going to regret doing this, but do it. And while we're at it, let's gather the bodies of these Guardians, see if we can get anything useful from their shield tech."

Mordin nods and gets to work, after some time they load the disabled Collector onto the shuttle along with several bodies.

The shuttle door closes, and Garrus glances at the still living Collector before turning to the commander.

"I sure hope you know what you're doing, Shepard."

"I know, Garrus, and I just hope I'm not going to regret this."

The two look at the Collector one last time as the shuttle takes off.


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And to any true Mass Effect fans, I apologize in advance if I don't do the characters correctly. I got into the series in late February-early March this year, so I don't exactly know everything about them.

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