Note: Spoilers for the game will be in this chapter. If you do not want your experience spoiled, wait until you beat the game before reading beyond this point.
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Utopia System, Eden Prime
It took several hours for everyone too set up. The place was so well guarded that it looked as if everyone was gearing up for war. News reporters were already coming into the area. Many guards tried to ask them to leave the area, but almost every one refused. A compromise was made where they could stay, but at a great distance away in case this alien carried disease, but there were some who refused and were arrested.
Civilians were all advised to be wary and were requested to stay in their homes for the time being in case of a new airborne virus.
Dr. Lexington was standing next to the pod feeling very nervous. Sure there was plenty of guards, but there was always room for error. Captain Harper stood beside her, as well as several geth and her assistant. Harper saw her expression.
"This will be a great day for the Coalition. I know you are worried, but if this is truely a Prothean, we have to open it. It can provide so many answers in 5 minutes while those archives would take decades. We have the very best at your side if anything goes wrong. It is up to you when you when that pod opens.
Lexington looked at him with a faint smile and cleared her thought.
"Everyone, we have made a remarkable discovery. As many of you are probably well aware, we have unearthed possibly a real live Prothean. This could be a defining day for all races of the galaxy. We must also be aware of the dangers and we have taken many precautions. In a moment, I will open this pod and everyone should stay alert.
She walked over to the pod. Her legs felt like rubber, but she soon found herself at the console on the top of the pod. She took a deep breath and pressed several buttons on the until she heard the pod hiss and watched as the top divided itself into two and opened. Inside was something with 4 eyes, red armor, 2 arms and feet with three digits like the geth, and a head shaped somewhat like a triangle. Lexington held her breath as she saw its eyes open and look at her. They were yellow with dark irises and were looking in every direction. Without warning, it used a biotic field on her and shoved her away, which cuased every gun to turn on the alien.
"DON'T SHOOT UNLESS I SAY SO! HE IS PROBABLY CONFUSED AND FRIGHTENED! REMEMBER IT HAS BEEN YEARS, BUT TO HIM, IT HAS- As she was shouting, the alien had got out and landed on all fours and looked up to Lexington. The alien broke into a stride and placed its hands on her head and shoulder. Lexington couldn't believe what she was seeing. There were huge ships that looked like sea monsters destroying a city. It looked like an old version of Eden Prime. She soon found herself watching the alien's species shooting at monsters resembling them. The monsters only resembled them with their hands and feet having the same digits and head looking somewhat triangular shaped, but that was where the similarities ended. The monsters looked like an insect, had wings and were brown. Their eyes were blank white with no irises and they seemed to have different weapons than the aliens firing at them. Lexington remembered the Geth telling her about a race that was hardly ever seen. The Collectors. She wondered if they were related. Suddenly, the scene changed again. She was in a passage that looked as wide as a tunnel for a vehicle to ride through and heard explosions outside. She saw the alien appear around the corner in front of her with another of its species. Lexington stared in awe at it. It was speaking clear English and it sounded like he was in a conversation.
"Do we have the forces to hold onto this bunker. Many more are heading this way."
"I can not be sure." They both sounded male to her.
"We must hold this position. We musn't fail."
"We will do our very best Commander Javik. "So that was his name." Lexington thought to herself.
"The Reapers may have won for the time being, but the Protheans will have their revenge one day. And you will be their commander, the Avatar of Vengeance."
Javik didn't say a word, but merely grunted. Lexington nearly jumped when she heard footsteps and then she saw a massive group of Javik's species heading towards them.
Lexington soon found herself staring at the alien in the face. She couldn't get over how different he was. Aside from the Geth, she had never seen another organic race. Her thoughts were interrupted when the alien spoke in perfect English, stunning everyone.
"How many people are left?" He began to get up.
She spoke immediately after the question, much to her surprise. "Just you. I am sorry, but we have only managed to find y-"
She was interrupted by Javik whose expression had turned to a scowl, or what could be called one."Your race has allied itself with synthetics and also gave them more power and freedom. Your race is a fool human. They will turn on you just as they did with mine. Synthetics know we are flawed and are an abomination that must be purged from the galaxy. They-
Javik was interrupted by a geth who had been standing by Harper. "We would never do such a thing. Humanity has shown they are willing to coexist with synthetics. There is no reason we would attack. They are our allies and friends."
Javik stared at the geth with much disdain. "You have no say in this matter machine. You will be the destruction of us all unless your kind is erradicated."
Lexington was feeling many emotions at once, but managed to speak. "That machine is named Legion and he has been a friend of humanity for several years.
Javik turned back to her with the same look he gave Legion. "You were not there human. I saw my people get slaughtered by machines while your kind was still living in caves. So don't you even think that I do not know how synthetics will act."
Lexington spoke again with more confidence. "Humanity has known the Geth for almost eight years and has had AI for three years and they have been a major help too humanity and have treated us well. Do not judge them." She took a breath. "Please give them a chance."
Javik made a grunt and stared at everyone with the cruelest look he could probably give. Everyone saw some sort of field go up around him that looked green, but then it disappeared.
"I see I am surrounded by many who have me in their sights. I would be a fool to attack, but you would also be fools to shoot the only Prothean alive that can give you information to survive. Your kind knows nothing about the Reapers despite our warnings." He got in Lexington's face. "WHY AREN'T YOU PREPARING HUMAN! THE REAPERS COULD BE HERE AT ANY MOMENT!"
Lexington was startled by his outburst, but found courage to talk. "We have found no information that your kind was killed off by synthetic beings. All we know is that your race died 50,000 years ago.
Javik's expression was unchanged, but he backed away. "Then this cycle will be eradicated if you do not start preparing." He looked down and muttered something. Lexington thought she heard primitives in the statement.
"Were those monsters I saw in your vision Reapers?" She asked. Javik looked at her, not with disdain, but a frown. "Some progress I hope." Lexington thought.
"No, he replied, those things were indoctrinated servants of the Reapers, shells of my people. The Reapers will turn your kind into servants as well, just as they have done with billions of others."
Lexington was shocked and she was sure everyone else was. Some reporters had gotten across the line, but the guards were to stunned to stop many of them.
"This has happened every 50,000 years?" Lexington asked. She had read on extinction events happening like that and now it made sense.
"Yes. My kind never stood a chance. The Reapers were the vessels you saw destroying this planet. They are sentient starships that appeared from beyond the galaxy. There are billions of them and one alone could destroy almost all of your dreadnaughts I saw in your mind."
Lexington was taken aback. "You read my mind while I was reading yours? How is that possible."
"All life leaves a trace. My kind were able to pick up these signs through touch and we used this to our advantage in many cases. One of our key ways for communicating was with beacons we set up on many planets. I see your kind has not found one. Communication is still limited in this cycle."
Legion walked up beside her making Javik turn to him with much malice. "Remember Lexington, the Asari developed a similar way."
She nodded. "So you could read who entered or left a room or place?" She asked.
"Yes. He put his hand on the ground by Harper. I sense that your are anxious to return somewhere. You believe you should be at this place."
Harper backed away in shock, but regained his composure. "Yes, my wife and unborn child on Shanxi."
Javik grunted and stood back up. Javik turned his head to Legion. "Its a pity our ability works only on life machine."
Lexington was amazed, but she did feel bad that the captain had to be put on the spot.
"Ok, that was impressive." She said in a shocked voice. She remember the main topic. "So, the Reapers. Why do they commit this genocide over and over? And why haven't we found any evidence?"
Javik shook his head in annoyance. "The Reapers are very thorough to hide any evidence that they were ever here so the next cycle will not have a chance and no one knows of the Reaper's orgins. Your main focus should be in destroying them, not in understanding them.
The Reapers are an abomination that have plagued the galaxy for too long. The Reapers came through the Citadel into the galaxy in millions each day. Every habitable world was cut off and iscolated from the galaxy. The Reapers hunted our species world by world and city by city."
Lexington spoke. "I thought your species created the Citadel and relays. How did the Reapers come through."
"Your kind is so ignorant human. The Protheans never found the relays or the Citadel. They were made by the Reapers. The Reapers want every cycle to develop on the paths they layed so we will advance and they can harvest us. The Citadel housed our most classified secrets and the Reapers were able to learn everything about us. The Citadel and relays are a trap. The Reapers send a signal to the Keepers to activate the Citadel so the Reapers can pour through. The Citadel is a dormant mass relay."
Lexington couldn't help but smile. "Well that can work to our advantage then. The Geth have had no contact with the Citadel for 300 years and humanity is unknown to the rest of the galaxy except to the Geth.
Javik stared at her with what Lexington assumed as a surprised look. "Your species has not used the Citadel. That is amusing." He looked at the ground and muttered quietly. "That advantage may be the only one you have."
"The Citadel is occupied by many races that humanity views as a probelm. Their actions aginst synthetics and several other species have made humanity very cautious and we chose to isolated ourselves with the Geth for now."
"They are against synthetics. A pity I was not found by them." Javik took a long breath and turned to Legion.
"As I said, we do not want to harm organics. Organics have aided the Geth for the past seven years and have lived side by side. We only wish to coexist with humanity. We have given them all our most classified data. Our races are one."
Javik turned back to Lexington and looked at the ground and back to her after a moment. His expression didn't look happy, but it wasn't one of disdain.
"My kind fought synthetics before the Reapers in a war. We almost won the war, but then the Reapers showed up. The Metacon War was a fight between my people and synthetics we created to do labor. They new we were flawed and attacked. I see no difference with this cycle's synthetics, but I see that you do." He approached her a little closer. "If they are willing to fight the Reapers, then I will accept their assisstance for now, but only becuase your kind will not join me if I refuse their their assistance."
He stared at her for a moment until she spoke.
"Does this mean you will come with us and prepare without cuasing trouble?" Lexington asked.
"Yes." He turned to the crowd and scanned them. "You may call me Javik."