Dovahkiin's effect

Chapter 12: Wrath of a Daedric Lord.

Shepard:" Malen. I would like your assistance with our new recruit in the cargo hold." He said after they got back onto the Normandy.

Malen:" Can do Commander."

Malen and Shepard went down to the 4th floor and went into the cargo hold where the krogan recruit was held. Shepard went up to the tank and opened it using a switch located on the left side of the tank. The tank door slowly opens: releasing the krogan and all of its liquid contents onto the floor. The krogan coughs up water and rises onto his feet and full height.

The first person the krogan sees is Shepard and proceeds to pin him against the left wall with his right arm, but before the krogan reached the wall Malen grabbed the krogan by the neck with his left hand and lifted him a foot off the ground and held him there with little to no effort.

The krogan tried to pry Malen's hand off of his neck, but failed miserably to do so. He then tried to break Malen's arm in order to release him, but soon realized this was like trying to hurt a thresher maw with your bare hands. He then looks back over to Shepard with a look of defeat on his face.

Krogan:" Human, Male: Before I die I need a name."

Shepard:" He's isn't going to kill you. My name is Commander Shepard. I'm recruiting for a mission against the collectors who are abducting human colonizes and I need all the help I can get."

Malen:" Shepard I don't think he was referring to your name. He was technically just born so he wants a name for himself."

The krogan merely nods to this. Malen thinks over the words in Okeer's last moments on the console.

Malen:" How about Grunt?"

Krogan:" That's….acceptable. I am Grunt. If you are recruiting warriors as strong as this one then I would be honored to pit your enemies against you, but if the rest of your team is weak and chooses weak enemies then I'll have to kill you."

Malen then release his grip on grunts neck. Grunt lands on the floor on his feet with a loud thud and clang sound.

Shepard:" Our enemies are immensely dangerous that's for sure. Welcome aboard Grunt!"

As soon as Grunt assumed his position in front of his tank a call over the intercom came into the room.

Kelly:" The Illusive Man wishes to speak with you in the debriefing room Commander."

Grunt:" it would be an honor if we could spare sometime."

Malen:" will do, though I'm afraid you won't win so don't bet any pride into it. Don't want Kelly having to couch talk with a crybaby krogan." He says with a grin.

Grunt merely grins back in delight that someone who is strong and also has the attitude of a krogan is on the ship with him. Malen then waves goodbye behind his back as he enters the elevator to return to his room.

Shepard simply sighs and heads to the elevator and proceeds to the 2ed floor. Shepard enters the debriefing room and steps on the quantum entanglement communicator.

Illusive Man: Shepard. I think we have them! Horizon – one of our colonies in the Terminus Systems – just went silent. If it isn't under attack, it soon will be. Has Mordin delivered the counter measure for the seeker swarms?"

Shepard:" Not yet."

Illusive Man:" Let's hope he works well under pressure. There's something else you should know. One of your former crew, Ashley Williams – she's stationed on Horizon."

Shepard:" Send the coordinates. We'll head straight there."

Illusive Man:" before you go Shepard: there is one other thing I want to bring up. The person you recruited that wasn't on our dossiers: I want you to keep watch on him. I believe he is hiding far more of his potential then either of us could imagine and we don't want that kind of power being used for the wrong proposes."

Shepard:" I must admit that Malen has surprised me even more than Sovereign did, but he is a great warrior, has helped immensely, and is honorable as well as loyal."

Illusive Man:" I'm not saying to cast him out Shepard, but the kind of power Malen has can be very dangerous to those around him, not just his enemies. Just be careful and good luck."

The Illusive Man ends the transmission. What Shepard and Malen didn't know that along with vids of Malen's acts on Omega, purgatory, and while recruiting the krogan Okeer that turned out to be a no go: the Illusive Man also intercepted Malen's message to Shepard about his powers and abilities. He was more than impressed with what he had read, but what caught his attention the most was the term Pantheon that Malen used in the message.

Illusive Man knew what that meant and it left him curious if this was true and speechless to the thought of it being true. He needs to see Malen release more of his potential power before he can verify his suspicion.

Shepard decides to take a group of 5 this time since this will be the first time against the collectors. Shepard, Grunt, Jack, Garrus, And Malen (currently wearing his Dragon scale armor) board the shuttle and land on Horizon.

Shepard:" We're groundside. Mordin, you sure these armor upgrades will protect us from the seeker swarms?"

Mordin:" Certainty impossible. But in limited numbers, should confuse detection, make us invisible to swarms. In theory."

Grunt:" In Theory?"

Mordin:" Experimental technology. Only test is contact with seeker swarms. Look forward to seeing if you survive."

Malen:" good thing I'm indestructible and immune."

Garrus:" good for you. Care to share with the rest of us?" he says with sarcasm.

Malen:" naw. I would have too much fun playing manikin with you." He says with a laugh.

The team proceeds through the colony until they in counter the first of collectors on the way to the heart of the colony. There were few in number, probably just a scouting party the team though as all but Malen took cover.

Before the first shot was fired: the team and the collectors heard Malen shout

"Tiid Klo Ul"

Once the last word of the shout was said all of the collectors in the immediate area got turned into puddles of blood and organs in an instant. At first the others couldn't see where Malen went until they looked at the narrow passage way that led to the next area. He was jugging into the passage like this was nothing more than a day on a nature trail.

Grunt:" Damnit! Hope he saves some for me!"

Jack:" My thoughts exactly."

Shepard:" come on, we need to keep up."

So the team got out of cover and played catch up with Malen.

Shepard:" Malen, where are you?"

Malen:" killing these annoying wasps. Akatosh do their insides stink. Don't worry. If you can't keep up with me then just follow the trail of dead bodies."

On the way of playing keep up Joker came over the intercom, but was filled with static and was cut off before he could finish 2 sentences.

Shepard:" We're on our own then."

Grunt:" Good. Malen's getting too much of the fun as it is."

They spotted many dead collectors along the way, as well as husks which proved that the collectors were working for the reapers.

Malen had just passed the first set of frozen humans when he saw 3 more collectors. When the one in front landed: Malen noticed that it began to levitate off the ground and glow orange in an intricate pattern on his body.

Malen:" Is he being possessed?" He thought to himself.

When the Collector returned to the ground it began to speak.

Possessed Collector:" We are Harbinger."

Malen:" So he is possessed. Perhaps I can learn something from this one." He thought to himself.

Malen summoned 3 tenticles behind the collectors. The ones that were not possessed were wrapped by a tentacle and crushed to death. The one that was possessed was impaled through the chest so Malen could retrieve knowledge from the being that possessed it.

Images began to flood Malen's mind. Malen first saw a massive space station floating close to a black hole. Based on what the collector ship looked like Malen assumed this was the collector base and that the Omega relay lead to it. Then Malen began to see images of reapers invading worlds: slaughtering men, women, children in the trillions. He saw them capture people and turn them into horrific monsters and turn them against their own people. He saw that some people the reapers manipulated into killing their own families without transforming them.

Malen was becoming unimaginably livid as the images kept pouring in. He clenched his fists as the rage began to slowly ebb from Malen in the form of a black aura that surrounded Malen. When Malen searched Harbinger's mind for the reason why to do all these abominations he was met with some resistance, but was nothing more than just a gently breeze to him. Malen saw a memory of Harbinger standing over a defeated and dead world. He spoke aloud to those who were still alive in the area and those who were already dead or captured.

Harbinger:" These beings, as they live in their forms, bring chaos to all things. We are here to harvest the life here to bring order to the chaos so that life may continue to exist."

Malen:" They bring galactic genocide. Harvest people and turn them into monsters: forcing their souls to remain in a dead corpse that kills their brothers and sisters, and forced to witness this all as they can do nothing to stop it. They commit all these abominations in the trillions to preserve life!?" he thought to himself with rage.

Harbinger:" What is this anomaly? I've never in countered anything that could overwhelm my mind. I most cut connection before I am destroyed." He said as he realizes that Malen's mind is far more powerful than his.

Harbinger cuts the connection to the collector, but realizes that Malen took more information from his mind that he wanted, but knew that the information was of little importance. Harbinger took note of Malen; however, all Harbinger could learn from the in counter was that the anomaly was an organic mind.

Harbinger:" This organic is the greatest threat to the harvest we have ever faced. I most figure a way around this anomaly or else the chaos might come back."

Horizon itself began to shake violently in fear as Malen's power began to flow. The rest of the team finally managed to catch up to Malen when they saw a black aura completely surround Malen. They were about to approach Malen when they heard him roar with such strength that they thought their ears would burst.

Malen: you MONSTERS!. How Dare YOU! HHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRREEEEEEEEE YYYYYYYYYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" (Malen sounds like Gravemind from Halo, but less demonic and animalistic and much more rage filled).

(the song " Right Now!" by Korn plays. Look up Mechassault 2 final boss music on Youtube since the music video for the song makes absolutely no sense.)

The whole planet began to shake violently with magnitude 6-9 earthquakes occurring everywhere. The sky began to change into a dark green color. Meteors began to rain down from the sky and lighting was striking where ever a collector stood.

After Malen roared with inconceivable rage he disappeared with the black aura that. When Malen disappear: hundreds of thousands of tenticles came through black portals that appeared across the entire planet. The tenticles impaled any collector they could find and drag them back through the portal they came from. Then 5, 3 mile long, tenticles appeared from a portal right above the collector ship and wrapped it completely and pull it back into the portal they came from.

Moments later: hundreds of pods filled with humans who were still alive appeared through portals on the ground.

This chaos and calamity that Malen unleashed on the collectors lasted about 4 minutes. Malen reappeared in a black aura in front of Shepard and his team. Malen was breathing heavily, not from being tired, but from trying to calm down his rage that was still burning like the core of a blue star.

The Meteors that had rained down on the collectors, but intentionally aimed away from the colonists and their homes, disappeared. The lightning had died down completely, and the sky returned to normal, but when it did: it began to rain. There were no clouds in the sky so the team wondered why it was raining until they look down at themselves. It was raining blood from the collectors that Malen had impaled and pulled into the portals.

Shepard and Garrus were speechless and frightened by what they saw and were seeing.

Jack:" I guess will just fucking forget about that rematch I wanted. No way in hell am I beating that." She thought to herself

Grunt actually ran over to Malen and gave him a punch on the shoulder.

Grunt:" Now that's what I call a blood bath! I'm honored to fight alongside you Malen." He says with a cheerful laugh.

Malen gives Grunt no response since he is still trying to calm himself. It takes 10 minutes for the blood rain to stop and for Malen's breathing to return to normal. After the 10 minutes, Shepard, Garrus, and Jack approach Malen.

Shepard:" Malen…. What are you?" he says with a little fear, concern, and curiosity in his voice.

Malen:" I already told you on the message I sent you with my Omni tool."

Shepard:" I didn't receive a message from you."

Malen:" Shit." He says with annoyance.

Shepard:" you can go back to the Normandy Malen. We can handle the rest from here."

Malen:" all right Commander." He says with a heavy sigh.

Shepard calls in the Normandy for a shuttle pick up for Malen. The shuttle soon arrives and brings Malen back to the Normandy from some cool down time.

Author's Note: hope you enjoyed that Chapter. Leave reviews and PM me to tell me what you think of my story so far.