Prologue
"Do something!"
Smoke billowed inside the dark, cramped compartment. Sparks of electricity rippled through the grey like veins under ashen skin. Red lights on the controls flashed sporadically.
The yellow-haired boy, now enveloped in a brilliant white glow, stood tall from where he was crouched moments ago to face the large Precursor robot.
He brought up a hand.
Through the eye of the Precursor head, Gol Acheron could only stare, mute with acceptance, as a pure Light Eco blast came thundering towards him and his sister.
There were no thoughts of what ifs, or feelings of regret. Before his eyes there were no flashes of the life he lived, or images of the very few people he had truly cared for. All that came to him, was one word:
Monster.