Chapter 9.5- Stirrings in the Void
Unknown Location, Dark Space
An ancient consciousness stirred within a shell of black metal. It slowly regained its self awareness for the first time in 50,000 years, sending out the activation call to all its brethren. First hundreds, then thousands, then millions of minds joined with Harbinger, answering his call. The cycle was soon to begin anew, new races ready to begin their ascension to perfection. Harbinger spread his mind throughout the galaxy, feeling it, sensing it, through thousands of mass relays. However, a few of the relays failed to respond. It was as if they had been destroyed, or removed somehow. Harbinger continued to search for the missing relays, before one of them started to suddenly respond. Harbinger extended his consciousness to the relay, seeing through its sensors. He felt, saw, a ship, a primitive ship, use the relay, jumping into parts Harbinger couldn't care less about. Then, several minutes after the relay reappeared, Harbinger felt it suddenly start to vanish. He felt the relay being swallowed up by a portal, generated by strange, foreign devices affixed to it, alien consciousnesses managing them. Harbinger's sight suddenly cut off as the relay disappeared through the portal, taking a few scraps of his mind with it. For the first time in billions of years, he felt pain, as his mind was torn in two, one half disappearing to parts unknown.
If Harbinger had been a human, he would have started screaming chains of expletives at what he had just witnessed. He would have shouted in fury and outrage at a plan he had spent billions of years perfecting suddenly being made invalid.
But Harbinger was not human, so he settled for the next best thing. "Very Intriguing."
Here you go guys, a little mini-chapter for you while I mentally plan out the Prothean Ruins arc! Harby & Co. make their first appearance, and Harby sees just what the humans have done to his precious relay!
MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA HARBINGER! ALL YOUR RELAYS ARE BELONG TO US NOW!