A/N: Hi, guys! Welcome to the sequel of Metamorphosis! Here's a summary of what's happened in Metamorphosis to spare you guys the agony of reading through 37 chapters.
2175- 16 year-old Miles Hutcherson escapes from his father (Rear Admiral Gregory Hutcherson, after discovering his embezzlement of Alliance funds and murdering those ordered to investigate him) with Turian Spectre Tantus Bexcal, to the Citadel.
Under Tantus, he goes through a process of using Red Sand and Minagen X3 to speed up the maturing of his biotic capabilities (since he was already 16, he was too old to be trained the normal way.) The aftereffects of this will be elaborated in future.
He trains his biotics (becoming a vanguard) as well as becomes proficient with weapons, namely the assault rifle. He is horrible at tech and sniping. He also changes his name to Miles Colburn.
2175- Colburn runs into assassins (ordered to eliminate him by his father) for the first time and makes his first kill. Tantus sends him to work under Zaeed Massani at Omega as a bounty hunter to let him overcome his fear and guilt of killing. Conflicts occur between him and Zaeed as the latter maintains a 'kill-for-the-money-without-caring' attitude, as Colburn believes that only 'bad guys' should be killed.
Upon returning back home to the Citadel, he meets Catherine Olsen, another teenager 1 year younger, recently taken in by Tantus as well. It is revealed that her parents died in a car crash when she was 6. On her father's birthday, (she's from New York) both her parents died. An Alliance officer found her and sent her to BAat, where she trained as a sentinel. After an incident between a Turian instructor and a student (aka Kaidan Alenko), BAat was shut down, and Tantus took her in. It is also stated that Colburn's mother was schizophrenic and died when he was 8 when she jumped down a building. Both teenagers bond as brother and sister.
2176- Cole and Cath go undercover on a mission at a nightclub called The Malibu on Illium to bust a drug ring. They succeeded, but in the process met another one of Gregory Hutcherson's assassins. Tantus signs him up for a psychology course at a college back on Earth under another identity in an attempt to evade his pursuers. However, 2 months later, he encounters a Drell assassin, but managed to neutralise the threat.
Deciding to just take down his father, Cole and Cath sign up for the Alliance.
2177- Both of them had applied for posts in the Navy. However, Cole is assigned to the Army despite repeated appeals for unexplained reasons (it is speculated his father had something to do with the arrangement, as a Rear Admiral's area jurisdiction is the Army, not the Navy). While he is stuck serving on Earth, Cath is deployed to the dreadnought SSV Elbrus.
He meets and befriends Jonathan Campbell, an engineer.
2179- In an attempt to stay away from his father's area of jurisdiction, Cole applies for the N Program even though he was only a Gunnery Chief, despite the program only offered to Commissioned Officers. He brokers a deal with Hackett, whom he knows personally (Hackett's a good friend of Gregory Hutcherson, and believes the latter is innocent. He only knows that Colburn ran away from home 'due to family issues', which was what Hutcherson had told him).
Joining him for the N Program are: Catherine, Campbell, British red-haired soldier Jack Napier and French soldier Louis Desmont (who was on the SSV Elbrus as well).
2180- All 5 of them successfully passed levels N1 to N5. For the final part of their program, they are joined by infiltrator Michelle Hanson and adept Karl Lenin. Michelle fits in nicely with the group, but Karl is scorned by the rest of them due to his arrogance, selfishness and lone-wolf attitude. The squad is assigned to the SSV Capetown temporarily.
On their first mission on Watson, with Desmont in-charge, a reckless move by Karl endangers the lives of Catherine and Campbell, who were nearly killed, but were saved in the nick of time by Desmont and Napier. Colburn and Michelle grow closer after he saves her life from a Batarian slave trader. Although the mission was a success, the relationship between the squad and Karl strains even more. Colburn asks Tantus to run a background check on Karl.
During their shore leave on the Citadel, Cole and Michelle grow even closer after he finds out about her brother, Michael, who was a mental patient at Huerta, apparently going insane after serving and witnessing the massacre on Torfan. It is learnt that Michelle grew s in Toronto, but her family currently lives at Montreal. She has a younger brother called Mark. Colburn is also revealed to have been born in Florence, Italy, before moving back to San Francisco when he was 6.
Their second mission is on Mindoir, this time with Napier in-charge. After the attack by Batarian pirates a decade ago, they are attacked by humans wearing yellow-and-white armour on the seemingly deserted farming colony. Campbell is injured in the process, while Karl raises even more suspicion when he disappeared while they were attacked. While Campbell recuperates at Huerta, the rest of them are called back to Earth. They are briefed personally by Hackett, Anderson, and Hutcherson. It is revealed that the humans were Ceberus personnel, and the N6s are ordered to return to Mindoir to find out what Ceberus was doing on the planet. During a private confrontation, Hutcherson denies the knowledge of any assassination attempts on Colburn, but the latter does not believe his father. Tantus informs Colburn that Karl's files was unusually classified at protected. He needs more time.
While the N6s were doing their second raid on Mindoir, Colburn is paired with Michelle and Karl, while Cath, Napier and Desmont form another team. Meanwhile, Tantus sends Zaeed to find information on Omega. Zaeed successfully interrogated Paul Grayson, who reveals that Kai Leng had forced him to place assassination orders on Colburn.
Tantus informs Colburn that Karl Lenin was Kai Leng (note the name initials). Kai Leng holds Michelle hostage and injures Cole, but he is killed by Catherine and her team. While the Alliance gathers more info on Ceberus and its moles within the Alliance, the N6s are rewarded a vacation back on Napa County, Earth.
During a private conversation, Michelle divulges to Cole that she was Kai Leng's partner, and that she was a part of Ceberus. It is also revealed that Gregory Hutcherson has knowledge of her involvement with Ceberus, and it is implied he is also another mole (but no one knows about Hutcherson's connection with Ceberus, not even Cole). Cole and Michelle share a kiss and she leaves for good.
Michelle is later shocked to find Kai Leng waiting for her. He explains that the person they killed on Mindoir was his twin brother, that he was the real Kai Leng.
2181- The 5 remaining N6s have graduated and officially became N7s. Their hunt for Ceberus continues, but they have been unsuccessful in their attempts to capture Ceberus personnel so far.
Colburn is abducted by Michelle and Kai Leng. The Illusive Man's plans of Project Phoenix is disclosed, and Drake Frost is mentioned for the first time.
Unable to tolerate the red tape involved, Napier and Cath resign from the Alliance and search for Cole on their own. They find out from a still-delirious Michael Hanson that Ceberus, The Illusive Man, and an unknown Drake Frost is involved. They decide to join C-Sec, with the aid of Tantus.
Well, there you go. This summary's pretty heavy, but it's better than 37 chapters, I guess.
Here's a list of characters to expect:
Garrus Vakarian
The Illusive Man
Armistan Banes
Drake Frost
Detective Chellick
Executor Venari Pallin
Private Campbell (from ME3)
Although most of them play very minor roles in the games, they're pretty major characters in Apotheosis. I just feel that it's a waste that BioWare neglected them when they have unlimited potential to be diverse characters.
Let me know whatever romance pairings you might want, or any characters of your own you want to give me. Just give me a name, appearance, class, and an outline of their personality. But no promises though.
-ConvictionSC