[spoiler]I know...[/spoiler] "I guess..." Caroline said, idly looking up at the cold sky. Snow started to fall, and everything would soon be covered in white. ------------------------------------ [url=http://example.com]Frontier Command Vessel Andromeda, Concordian Orbit[/url] "Sir," a man said behind the General as he looked out into space, "We've found them." "Have they discovered anything?" The General asked in response. "No sir. The location of the Prometheus and the Atlas is still secure." "Good. Send a small ARES team to secure the area. Nothing too large. Just enough to scare them off. If they were to find it..." "Yes sir." The grunt said, and then he hurried off. The General was left there, silently eying the space in front of him. It was finally quiet, or at least as quiet as it would be for the time. Without warning, his vision started to flicker, and he felt as if he were entering another world. He gasped, looking around. It was cold, snowing, and everything seemed... darker. The General was standing in the remains of a crashed ship. The Andromeda. He heard humming. A voice. Familiar. He walked through the hallway towards the voice, to come across the central reactor room. Only, it wasn't the same. On the walls were strange, black tendrils, emanating from a strange red-black energy that was flowing throughout the room. It was coming from a woman that floated in its center, her eyes closed and her hands manipulating the energy according. She had pale skin and long, black hair. Her face and aesthetic was... beautiful. But he knew her. He knew her for what she was. [i]"Oh child,"[/i] the figure said without speaking, the words reverberating directly in his mind, [i]"Stop now. Your vain efforts to protect yourself mean nothing. Just leave them. Leave them be."[/i] "I can't," the General said, spitting at the ground, "I won't." The figure laughed at him. [i]"Your pride will be your downfall, Prime. You as much as anyone should know that your actions to prevent the future are it's leading cause. Leave. Them. Be."[/i] "Shut up. SHUT UP. I won't sit by and do nothing." She opened her eyes, revealing a strange, red glow. She was angry now, and her voice was heavily distorted as a result. [i]"You have no power. You can't even get me out of your own head, 'General.' Your efforts are vain and useless. Your victory is impossible. And even if you won, it means nothing."[/i] "So be it." The world began to flicker, pixelizing into blackness as his eyes finally adjusted back to normal vision. He was still on the Andromeda, and he was still in the room. But the fact that this was happening again... He needed a drink. ------------------------------- Caroline sat silently for the longest time, looking up at the clouds and sky. "Drake..." she started, "I need you to do something."