I remained in the darkness of the van hunched over, I didn't talk and instead thought about the circumstances that brought me to this moment. I wish I could tell you I had some kind of talk with some god like being, or got some email or some other moment. Truthfully I just kind of woke up like this, I think there was a dream of some kind, but I've mostly forgotten it. I woke up in the ocean, did what most people would do in that kind of situation.

Freak the fuck out...after finding out that no, I'm not going to drown I looked around. It was just me and the darkness. I closed my eyes and felt a pulse of power, it felt green. If that feels like it's a non discription, it's because I don't have the words to describe it. I sat down on the ocean floor in the darkness, A tiny pinprick of light in the distance, oh cool it's a fish, one of those anglerfish. I started to meditate, trying to figure out more about what had happened.

And then it was like the world opened up, I could sense life, well what little of it was there, the dark depths of the sea is pretty empty, but maybe that's a good thing as it was kind of overwhelming and it took awhile to adjust. It was just me, bacteria, some fish, and various weird little things. I concentrated on my power, I needed to figure out where the hell I was. Yes I was lost, it's one of those things that happens when your in total darkness at the bottom of the ocean. Ok, I have the power of biology, all of the biology and from what I remember I'm invisible to thinkers, or maybe just I'm crazy.

Ok, point is I have options, first passive sonar and, fuuuuck...ok the ocean is actually pretty noisy, very noisy but there's an island somewhere near by, ok magnetic north is a thing, I can create a compass with super powers. I feel good, I now know where north is which means I know where south is...and I don't have a clue where east and west is. I start moving towards the island. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, thats one thing I learned in boy scouts. I swam and moved to the Island and rose to the surface. I took a confident step forward and fell on my ass.

Now all I had to do was wait until sun rise. I looked around my island, it was small, probably smaller then a half mile. I decided to look at myself in the water and found that, well I looked like a robot, with a television for a head. I found some metal stuff, I think they used to be drums of some thing. For lack of something to do I decided to make a sword. Why? Boredom, I was bored, like really, really bored. I looked at the finished product and well it sucked. The sky was still dark, It was also cold. I decided to try again, and again.

I went into the kind of fugue that happens when i focus on a task, I lost track of time as I tried to turn a bunch of scrap metal into a sword. I remembered a special I had seen on Katanas and after awhile I decided to cheat. I used my power to create bacteria that processed the steel and strenghtened it. I continued it until I had created a straight sword. I then created a wrap for it. I felt better. Ok yes, it was completly pointless, but I had a sword now!

Then I made some clothing, like my attempts at the sword it took a couple attempts, I had to cheat with that, use my powers but looking at my reflection I think I did a good job, and still no sign of the damned sun. Ok this was proving to be a waste of time, I decided to think? Maybe I can get television reception?

I expanded my senses trying to find some thing, you know in english, and... huh PBS is a thing here. I started watching a few shows, I was in Worm and things were different here. A lot more show's about superheroes for one. Music was different too, less sythetic more natural instruments. They had Frasier, it was different though, the dad was a little more conservative, a supporter of the PRT.

"PBS isn't going to stop an Endbringer."

There was laughter, apparently this was his catch phrase when ever his sons got too preachy. After watching a couple hours of Worm TV I had a general idea of where I was. I was in the artic circle in the atlantic ocean. I jumped into the ocean, I had a plan now swim south and east and get to Brockton Bay. Once I was there well...I could pose as a Case 53... no, no that could blow up in my face. If they discovered that I was an Endbringer, well that would go badly. I have to be upfront but not too honest, because the truth?

Yeah, no one is going to believe that, ok I have healing powers, I had some kind of database of information mostly biological stuff. I worked on my cover story, I needed to figure out a way to join up with the good guys...

The door to the van opened, as plans go, um I might have fucked up, but hey after finding out that I was on the wrong side of an entire continent well... I might have handled that badly. I was able to crawl out of the van and got to my feet. I looked around, I was clearly in some nondiscript warehouse. A woman in a wheel chair sat alone, two men flanked her.

"Leave."

"Director-"

"If he was going to kill me he would have already done it, I will interrogate the Endbringer alone."

She stared at me.

"Sit."

I sat infront of her my legs crossed, she blinked, iron control shaken just a little bit.

"What do you know of Scion?"

"That is not his name."

"Then what is it?"

"Zion, his mate was Eden, he is a member of a race of elder ones, Entities, their name and history lost to the abyss of time."

"What do you know of him."

"He enslaved me, him and his wife, I will not go back to that, I will never go back to that, I-"

She motioned for silence.

"We get it, you don't like him. What are his weakness's."

"His current body, the one you humans see is a projection, his real body is hidden in another dimeinsion. If you manage to hit him there he can be killed."

She looked at the two men and then back at me.

"How many of you are there?"

"21 including myself, most of us are new, created by Eden after the defeat. Only 7 of us survived that world. Eden and Zion fled leaving behind the shards as prizes of war?"

"And shards are?"

"Symbiots, the source of the powers that your parahumans possess."

"What is their purpose?"

"To find a way to reverse entropy, to create an eternal universe and power source. Power is randomized and data is collected and when enough exists the world and its' many parallells are destroyed, the resources collected to create more shards and then the search begins for another species."

"Tinkers?"

"The lost remnant of countless fallen civilizations."

"Why are there not more then 21 of you?"

"Too power intensive."

"What is the purpose of you Endbringers."

"We are slaves."

"Why are you destroying our cities."

"I have not destroyed any human cities."

She gritted her teeth.

"Why are your siblings destroying our cities?"

"Entertainment."

The room grew cold.

"What?"

"Entertainment, they are strong, you are weak thus they can do whatever they wish with you."

They all looked pissed.

"Really...so all of those people who died, were killed for shits and giggles."

I nodded my head.

"We are, um as the human word puts it, assholes."

There was silence in the room, I shrugged.

"Why did you defect, decide to change sides?"

They were changing the subject.

"You have superior ideals."

"Why not sooner?"

"I was afraid, I am the weakest of my siblings, I can not defeat them alone. I am not a combat model."

"So what do you want?"

"Freedom, the survivial of your species, and revenge."

"Revenge?"

"You only hate my siblings because you do not know them, I assure you once you truly get to know them... they are even worse."

One of the men laughed the other two glared at him.

"What it was funny."

The blond man sighed and the woman turned to me.

"How can an Endbringer be killed?"

"We possess core, if the core is punctured or destroyed, then we will die."

"What is your name?"

I still havent figured out what to call myself.

"Slaves are not given names."

"Why not?"

"Do you name your screw driver? Your remote? Your phone?"

There was silence.

"What was your position?"

"The human equivelent was medic, my job was to repair fellow Endbringers and heal Zion and Eden in the event of them getting hurt."

"And?"

"Before Eden died I thought them invincible."

The woman tapped her fingers against the armrest.

"You will remain here, there will be tests and further questions, we are also enemies of Zion, of your master, if you mention him and Eden it may hurt our chances of defeating him."

"I understand."

There was a pause.

"Our people, our leaders, need time to think about this, about accepting your defection. Understand this we don't trust you. Trust is something that you have to earn and you have not done that yet."

"I understand."

They left the warehouse and I was left alone with only the halogen lamps for company.