The End is the Beginning- Epilogue

By General Jist on 12/9/10

It was time. The remains of GDI and Nod had come to an understanding, a cease fire. There were only a few strongholds around the world still able to hold off the Scrin Forces. The Forgotten had been instrumental in holding back the Scrin, given their unique harmony with Tiberium, they were somehow able to disrupt Scrin communication and in some rare cases, turning the Scrin against each other. The United forces of humanity fought for their Blue Zones, the Zones with still intact space ports.

And yet, Blood ran red amidst the ashes of the cities and the dying. The Scrin invasion had taken its toll. Our world, good old Earth, who had sustained life for humanity through its countless strife and war, who had watched evolution create such marvelous creatures of thought and reason To understand the very forces of nature had not. Tiberium, a force that has run rampant killed her.

Ever since that day in 95, Earth had been fighting. Nature knows no good nor evil, just balance … and the imbalance. The alien crystal that is Tiberium had brought about so many ecological changes that imbalance became the norm. We got Ion storms and Tiberium creatures and infestations around the planet. Every time GDI worked to eliminate the pollution of Tiberium, the forces of Nod spread it again. The Alien Crystal Tiberium contaminant served as a catalyst, forcing those in the industrialized nations to confront the issue of natural resources in a serious way.

And Now, Earth had finally had enough. The infective crystal and the mutations it brought had tried earth's ecological homeostasis over and over, with always the same result for nearly a century. Our planet had finally had enough.

So on a cool September morning, she died. Everyone knew, at least all the survivors of the 4th Tiberium war. Orion stood, looking up at the atmosphere. The corrupt forces of Idris had been defeated but much of their technologies remained, among them a Death Clock. Orion knew what it was tuned to.

He kept wondering if Kane knew, if that was why he was in such a hurry to leave. Did Kane know Tiberium vapors would accelerate the atmospheric decay, eating through it with volatile gasses and pressures?

Did he know the Scrin would return and exterminate humanity?

He pondered these questions as countless GDI drop ships were loading civilians and renegade Nod soldiers. One by one the drop ships filled up, and lifted off. Heading for the GSTs, commonly called ark ships by the civilians. As Orion watched, an argument broke out between Nod soldiers and a flustered looking GDI scientist. He rushed over to see what was going on.

The Scientist was saying they would need to be left behind due to the fact they were contaminated by Tiberium. Orion knew there were designated Ark ships for the Forgotten and Those contaminated individuals, but they had already left. He marched over, and they gave him a solute, he said they could ride with him in the last Drop ship, the Scientist protested, but Orion gave him a look, which shut him up, he forlornly went back to his X Ray station.

Orion and the 3 Nod Soldiers watched, in a conversational tone he asked them if they thought Kane knew. The 1st soldier spat, the 2nd crossed and saluted, and the third stood there with an odd look on his face, Orion had a hard time making it out through the face plate, but it looked like a twisted smile. "Who knows what Kane knew? I doubt he even knew what he knew himself.", said the third soldier, Orion Nodded.

The count down display in his helmet told him that the ozone would crack sometime within the next hour, and that the brave GDI, Nod, and Forgotten forces that were holding the Scrin back were losing. His suit radio crackled and a voice said "General Orion, B 5 is holding, but our perimeter will fall soon, B3, and B7 are already overrun, and the few surviving Thunderhead Transports are heading to orbit, with covering fire from the Ion Cannon Network." End transmission. "Jesus….." Orion Whispers to himself.

All 4 of them stood there in silence, observing the evacuation of Earth. Orion tried to speak, but had a catch in his throat. With great force of will he managed to say: "It's time:. The 4 of them joined the members of the GDI science team cleaning up all the equipment litter around the space port. They all climbed into the pod, and it rose, the ground shook again and again. The 3rd Nod soldier lifted his visor and Said "Peaceful, Isn't it?"- (c) Westwood Anton Slavic

Orion whorled around to stare intently into the man's face. There was something about him that looked familiar. Was it the Eyes? Yes, he had odd eyes which seemed to glimmer with an intelligence that Orion had never seen before, nothing even approaching it. It was a sort of reddish purple, where those Scrin symbols? He Blinked and they were Gone. The Soldier put his arm on Orion's shoulder and said, "Don't worry my brother, the End is the Beginning."

The Camera focuses on the Soldier's face, then Zooms out through a window, and we see the earth, with a very green and red tint, we zoom further out and see the Ark ship, further and we see more and more Ark ships, and the inner solar system. As we continue to zoom out we see the entire solar system with multiple Ark ships moving outward from the space around Earth. It blacks out.

Few seconds later we here EVA saying "Coordinates locked General Orion, successful scan of prospective world, inhabitable conditions detected, routing the GST Eclipse."

Orion- "It's about Time."