Grave Effect

Chapter 1: A Grave Fit for Two

/Installation 00/ Final day of The Human-Covenant War...

Alarms sounded, metallic boots clanking against the rough metal floors of the installation gunfire and plasma fire came from every which way as human and sangheili forces fought together to push back the jiralhanae which we're known as brutes that had replaced the sangheili in the Covenant by the Prophet of Truth. Several marines led by Sergeant Edgar Graves along with two small units of sangheili held the lines of the portal defense as more of Truth's forces encrouched on their position as they used several wraiths and banshee's to fire on their position. The plasma blasts ruptured through most of the makeshift defenses they had setup to block off any Covenant forces that remained to assist Truth but things had only gotten worse as several sangheili had said The Flood had arrived in the former home base of the Prophets, even Edgar and his men could see it as it slipspaced in a massive monstrocity of metal and organic tendrils High Charity converted into a Flood Hiveship. The stations lower halfs slowly broke apart as it entered the atmosphere of the installation whole organic chunks flew forward burning slightly landing in the valleys below releasing infection and combat forms onto the installation, Edgar had his men along with the few sangheili pull back as the Covenant forces had a new enemy to deal with as the infection forms approached on their flank.

Several phantoms and pelicans arrived to pick up their respected forces in order to get away from any oncoming Flood forces till over their radios they received word from Captain Keyes to withdrawl back to The Forward Unto Dawn as it appeared The Master Chief was going to ignite the Halo ring to kill The Flood, the phantoms split from the pelicans as they withdrew back to the Shadow of Intent. Edgar watched from the back of the pelican as his few surviving marines we're weary and wounded, below several dozen flood forms marched either outward from High Charity to take control of the installation or toward any non-flood infected individual, things got worse as overhead a dozen combat forms got ahold of several rocket launchers and opened fire on Edgars pelican, the rockets hit the forward engines causing it to spin out of control till it crash landed upside down near a small river. Edgar was knocked unconcious as the Flood slowly encrouched on his position, elsewhere on the installation The Gravemind used half of his flood warriors to try and stop the oncoming assault of the Master Chief but nothing could stop him as he made his way out of High Charity.

The alarms blared in Edgars ears as he blood flowed down his face as he looked around seeing many of his friends and comrades dead as they had been killed in the crash while he was still hooked in place by his belts using his knife he cut himself free falling rightside up he crawled from the pelican only to see two Flood combat forms searching the wreck. Hiding his only option available to him he rolled to the nearest large rock and hid from the Flood as he was to wounded to take them on, several infection forms skittered across the downed pelican and in taking over the deceased bodies of Edgars men, with a single grenade on his belt Edgar tossed it in the pelican as the infection forms infected his men the grenade ignited quickly making the pelican go up in a blaze of smoke and fire as even the two infection forms we're caught in the blast as they went reeling backwards into the field from the bast on fire.

Using the time he gained Edgar tried contacting the Forward Unto Dawn only to be met with static as if no one was onboard the vessel and overhead Edgar noticed a single phantom nearby that was loading up several surviving grunts and jackals but no sign of any brutes. Knowing abit of the piloting on the phantoms Edgar decided this was his best way off the installation as it seemed the Forward Unto Dawn was not an option any longer to him, taking up cover by a large damaged warthog Edgar slowly mounted the still functioning minigun he activated the trigger which caught the eye of the grunts and jackals who opened fire on him hiding when he could from the plasma blasts behind the cracked metal of the central gun he continued to open fire on the jackals and grunts till they all fell beneath the overwhelming firepower of the minigun.

Overhead several infection and combat forms watched as the human marine finished off the surviving Covenant troops alone the Gravemind watched closely on both events the human marine and the continuing nuisance known as the Master Chief as it seemed he had made it to the activation index for the newly constructed Halo ring. Seeing no other choice the Gravemind assimilated with several of his combat forms in order to escape from the installation onboard the phantom, Edgar noticed the dozens of Flood swarming toward the phantom getting on the plasma gun he opened fire trying to kill them all in order to take off successfully but it was to late as a combat form grabbed ahold of Edgar, several small tendrils latched onto Edgar as the combat formed punctured his upper chest the Gravemind transfered from the combat form and into Edgar images blurred together different wars both old and new all blended together as one and at the center the Flood consuming life, adding to it's own till all other life in the galaxy would be drowned out by their formless Gravemind.

The phantom lifted off from the installation and tried escaping as it appeared the Master Chief had succeeded in activating the ring, Edgar trying to overcome the flashes in his mind of the Gravemind and those of so many voices crying out as the Flood descended upon them saw the combat forms piloting the phantam away from the installation but seemed to either outright ignore Edgar or didn't seem to know he was their till a voice echoed in his mind.

"We are one, they pay us no mind as they are the sheep and we lead them we both lay within the same grave a unique gift we give to you child embrace it with pride," the voice said as it receded back within Edgars mind as if it was a ghost on his shoulder.

Slipping into unconciousness Edgar drifted into the blank spaces within his mind remembering his home and family thinking of moments that brought him happiness, the very images distorted around him the trees becoming mishapen and family becoming blurred and distorted only saying inaudible screech like noises that overcame him as he fell to the ground yelling in pain. The inaudible screams grew more intense as the memories he held close began to melt away the trees, people and buildings melted and reformed into horrific versions of themselves each growing closer trying to overtake him till he reached out shouting to them all to vanish, silence and darkness was all that could be seen as Edgar looked about seeing nothing around him but a black void as he somehow managed to get rid of the voices and distorted images of his former friends only to see standing infront of him the massive contorted wormlike Gravemind who controls all the Flood.

"You have shown promise, the Halo ring is firing soon we shall be engulfed by the blast we must make a choice Edgar are you willing to give up what it means to be human ? to transcend into a new form of being we both know what will happen if you choose the wrong path don't we," the Gravemind said, wrapping several tendrils around Edgar as he lifted him up inside his mind.

"I do honestly if I choose death we die here together on this installation but if I choose life and merge with you then what we become a singular being or something like that how do I know you or.. in this case we won't attack earth ? can you even guarantee that hmm," he said as he pointed his hand at the Graveminds massive fleshy head.

"If you choose this path then you and I shall no longer harm earth in anyway because we shall share a singular conciousness but I shall give you full control of your own actions and I shall simply be the voice on your shoulder do you not see this as a mutual way to live," the Gravemind said as it touched Edgars face with it's slimy tendral.

Edgar looked over his options as he knew he had very few to go along with either death at the hands of some galaxy dooming super weapon or a living breathing organic parasite who also seeks to continue it existence through him taking several moments to think over he finally came to his conclusion as he weighed the outcome he made his choice.

"Yes we both shall live Gravemind" he said, extending his hand to the Gravemind.

The Gravemind extended a single tentacle to Edgar wrapping it around Edgars hand within a instant the whole entire organic form of the Gravemind disappeared into a burst of green particles entering inside of Edgars eyes and mouth, inhaling it all inside of himself, within the phantom the several flood combat forms soon stopped what they we're doing and all gathered around the unconcious Edgar wrapping several of their fleshy tentacles around his body encasing him in a hardened flesh like cocoon, behind the phantom the Halo ring fired as a blinding white light surrounded the phantom causing it to be knocked off course into a blinding void of light. The dark void of space was calm for mere moments as a burst of white light opened up spewing forth the phantom causing it to finally rebalance out from the blast, but no engines were on only seemingly drifting directionless in a unknown part of space.

Days had passed since the phantom seemingly survived the blast of the Halo ring within the phantom the cocoon which Edgar layed in finally ruptured cracking open releasing minor Flood spores within the phantom, Edgar was different his clothing completly gone replaced with an almost organic flood like hooded robe the fleshy hood pulled back as he looked at his face his eyes we're changed from dark brown to a bright ember orange, his skin a light green with dark pulsing black veins below the surface of his flesh and his buzzcut hair style replaced with almost tendril like hair that sinked into the fleshy nods at the back of his neck. Seeing that he was no longer considered human he placed the fleshy hood back up that covered his entire face and head he returned to the seat of the phantom and looked out to see where he was activating the systems and engines he saw across the monitor a massive construct larger then anything he ever saw in his life it was a massive five armed structure each arm connected to a single circular disk at it's center the station in length seemed to measure out to nearly 44.7KM it seemed impossible even for a Forerunner construct.

Taking control of the phantom, Edgar flew toward the massive station seeing massive towers and such of what appeared to be buildings but no people or any sign of Covenant presence as it seemed to be abandoned. Seeing a landing pad below he landed taking a pistol only out of caution leaving the phantom he walked around the station finding no one for over an hour till finally stumbling across what appeared to be several insect-like creatures that appeared to monitor systems on the station.

"Hmm these are not Forerunner constructs this place is... different we must be cautious Edgar after all their are two of us in this body" the Gravemind spoke as it retracked backinto his mind.

"Now you tell me, huh well might as well keep exploring see what i can find cause these bug guys aren't exactly chatty," he said moving past the insect that monitored the holograms.

Edgar and the Gravemind examined much of the buildings as they possibly could seeing their we're no humans or Covenant here but a small holographic monitor beeping, walking over to examine it images blurred across Edgars mind showing images of four-eyed humanoids and a two words repeating over each other "Harvest" and the word "Reapers". The Gravemind had Edgar place his hand back on the pad and this time his hand split into multiple smaller tendrils trying to access deeper inside the information that lingered within the computer systems most of it was still distorted or erased by someone or something so they couldn't be tracked.

"Can you make any sense of this at all what are Reapers and what do they mean by harvesting it's confusing to me honestly," Edgar said rubbing his head.

"We must continue our search there is so much knowledge here we must find one of those insect creatures and access it's mind if they have one we maybe able to find use out of them," The Gravemind said as it's voice echoed.

Rubbing his head he went searching for one of the creatures finding one near some kind of fountain wrapping one arm around it's head and using his other hand as it split into multiple tendrils it slowly seeped and burrowed their way into the creatures flesh once inside the Gravemind and Edgar saw what this place was before a central cradle of a civilization known as the Protheans, but the station was built by the strange entities known as the Reapers seeing abit further they saw that the Reapers harvest organic life in the galaxy but this wasn't the galaxy the Gravemind and Edgar came from but a different one more unique then the one they came from. Trying to dig further they both we're only met with distorted images and a loud ringing noise which cause them to retracked from the creatures mind.

"So we are no longer in our own galaxy that's just great and we even got giant robotic killer machines that harvest living beings like us juuuust wonderful," Edgar said as he rubbed his fleshy tendril hair.

"Remain calm this isn't the time for rash overreaction yes this is most interesting but for now we need to find a whole host of these creatures so we can have control of this station Edgar that way when the next civilization comes to find it we can inform them of all this" the Gravemind spoke calmly to Edgar in a almost guardian like tone.

"Alright, ok your right if I we're a six legged bulbous insect where would I meet with my friends hmm" he said trying to remain calm and keep a chipper demeanor.

"If that is your attempt at human sarcasm you failed at it miserably Edgar" the gravemind said as he receded once more.

Spending several hours searching for a large group of the insect like guardians Edgar found atleast a dozen or so of them in some kind of intersection about to leave, feeling something strange happen to his arms Edgar extended them releasing what appeared to be spores out over the guardians the spores latched onto their organic parts and calmly assimilated into their flesh releasing a sort of control over the guardians. Edgar waved his hand over the guardians in which they noticed him and began moving to their designated locations but as he and the Gravemind ordered them to. Spending more time on the station both Edgar and the Gravemind looked over things within the station seeing many things, but soon after spending a full week on the station learning knowledge and even learning the few Prothean battle tactics to understand the species was soon interrupted as overhead a massive vessel moved toward the station.

The ship was sleek and round in appearance with a massive hole in the center with a blue hue of light coming from it, deciding not to stick around Edgar returned to his phantom allowing the guardians to keep watch over the station as within the time he spent Edgar and the Gravemind infected all known guardians so they could maintain control of the station from a distance and to see through their eyes if need be. Using the power he had over the guardians of the station, Edgar had them change the landing platform so the phantom would not be seen by the oncoming vessel us the time he had he hastily made his way to the phantom, making it almost to the phantom Edgar was cut off as a squad of blue skinned feminine aliens entered the station.

Using an ability of a pureform Edgar crawled upward onto the roof of the ceiling and into a series of pipes he watched as the blue skinned aliens made their way into the station securing it. The aliens soon revealed their kind as Asari as they tried speaking to one of the guardians that Edgar controlled, the Gravemind found this interesting so did Edgar as it seemed this organic species would be the first to find the station using the time he had he made his way back to the phantom leaving the station while the massive vessel was docked at the station.

Using a mapping system he downloaded into the phantoms navigation system Edgar launched out from a nearby Mass Relay as it was called by the Protheans he launched out into the void of space looking for a world to make his own along with the gravemind. Arriving at a large world with what appeared to have a large continent of land with jungles and few deserts across the rest of the world was encased in massive oceans, Edgar smiled seeing a world to be made as his own and possibly to be left alone in peace as this world would be the homeworld of the Flood.

/520 BCE/ The Salarians arrive at the now named Citadel opening diplomatic relations with the Asari. The Gravemind and Edgar continue to keep their eyes on the two races aboard the Citadel while keeping minor to ghost like presence felt on the station.

/525 BCE/ The Citadel Council is formed colonization of the Citadel begins and the Citadel is established as the center of the galactic community.

/530 BCE/ Contact is made with the Volus and the Council have them draw up the Unified Banking Act which establishes a standard galactic currency.

/0 CE/ The world both the Gravemind and Edgar land on is fully terraformed changing most of it's ecosystem into an dry arid land with few jungles remaining and most if not all organic life transformed into Flood forms.

/0 CE further events/ The Gravemind and Edgar build four vessels using metallic material found within the planet along with organic material to form a class of vessels to travel to other worlds.

Edgar sat on a ridge overlooking a small valley below that he kept the Flood from infecting as it held a large patch of vegitation and jungle along with a clean riverbed of water, he smiled slightly enjoying the silence this far out from the hive clearing his mind he looked into the eyes of one of the now named Keepers that the Citadel call them to see what events are happening aboard the Citadel. Most seemed to be the usual chatter across the Citadel, using several Keepers he funneled credits away from key locations the Council use to his own secret locations in order to help fund his own research on Flood related research. Above the planet a large organic sensor looked out for any incoming vessels to the planet and a single vessel entered over the Flood homeworld, Edgar rolled his eyes and using his power along with the Gravemind caused the vessel to somehow short circuit making it head toward the planet. Seeing the vessel begin landing on a small beach not far from the Flood hive, Edgar made his way over to a small cliff face to see the ship it appeared using his enhanced sight the ship was from the Citadel Council and it was full of Asari and Salarian troops who seemed to be on a joint mission together.

"Hmm it appears the Council either is looking to colonize a new world for themselves or their here for something either way we should deal with them" Edgar said as he clawed at his cheek gently.

"Yes indeed we must not be found out not until we are at full strength Edgar perhaps their ship could be of good use to us especially behind Council lines so we aren't detected," The gravemind spoke.

"Yes well let's get started after all it's time we atleast make abit of noise in this new galaxy for once," Edgar said smiling like a fiend.

Several Asari patrolled the upper hilltops looking for signs of life but found nothing for miles, Edgar smirked and rolled his eyes as he cut into his wrist releasing Flood spores onto the Asari troops within mere seconds the Asari we're choking on their own breath as the spores infected their bodies twisting them into malformed bright green combat forms waving his hand they marched toward the outskirts of the ship. Edgar approached near the ship with his hands in the air as several Asari and salarians surrounded him guns pointed right at him with deadly intent.

"Identify yourself now by order of the Citadel Council !," one Asari shouted.

"Mmm well that's hard to say but your on my world I would kindly suggest you get back in your ship and forget you ever came here or well... things will get messy for you all" Edgar said as he placed his hands down.

Edgar walked forward not showing fear as two of the eight soldiers surrounding him opened fire tearing parts of his flesh and bone away Edgar simply stood their leaning forward bleeding out a green ooze only to look up at the Asari and Salarians and smirking at them. Unleashing a volley of tendrils from his wounds they punctured through the armor of the Asari and Salarians tearing them apart and using his control of the Flood several combat forms arrived attacking any stragglers that weren't hit by Edgars tendrils. Cracking his neck and withdrawing his tendrils into his wounds Edgar boarded the ship along with dozens of infection forms and what few combat forms that existed on the planet with him, gunfire ignited throughout the vessel the combat forms defended Edgar while the infection forms swarmed throughout the vessel infecting any and all crew aboard the ship. The command crew of the Citadel vessel tried sending out a distress call but was unable as several combat forms restrained the last of the survivors of the ship, the commander of the vessel an Asari saw the monstrocities that killed her crew the creatures made several unintelligable screechs as a hooded figure entered looking over the vessel.

"Hmm seems like a nice vessel if not to my taste heh oh well," Edgar said, rubbing his face revealing his it to the command crew of the ship.

"You have attacked us unprovoked we are a simple colonization team sent out to find more habitable worlds," the Asari commander said, looking up to Edgar she noticed he wasn't like the other creatures that attacked.

"Ya see if I was anyone else I probably would have believed you but I don't cause I know the Council sent you here to recon new outposts for military purposes after all my Keepers ironically keep a close eye on you all so shut up," Edgar smirked.

The Asari commander was shocked to realize this creature knew about the Citadel and the Council and possibly of the inner workings of their military strength, Edgar examined over the surviving crew waving his hand the combat forms took four of the eight command crew away as they kicked and screamed to be let go. Edgar looked back to the commander of the ship and touched her smooth skin infecting her with the Flood she screamed for mercy but received none as both Edgar and the Gravemind looked upon her as she turned into a combat form for the Flood.

"Do you believe the Council will seek us out once they known of this ships disappearance Edgar" the Gravemind asked.

"Not sure but what I do know is if we are to survive we need every advantage given to us so I say let's do some exploring of our own we can use the combat forms to pilot this vessel and will use the phantom as a jumping off point" Edgar said.

"Hmm yes that is a good idea but first we ensure the other prisoners aren't up to anything while we repair and upgrade this vessel" The Gravemind said retreating back into Edgars mind.

Listening for several hours to either audio logs or recordings Edgar wanted to learn more of the Asari learning they can live up to a thousand years of age he found quite interesting along with the rare genetic disorder that could be used for his own goals, heading to the prison cells the last four of the command crew had been held by the Flood combat forms. Edgar looked over the three Asari females and one Salarian male who was shaking terribly, Edgar simply cracked a finger and a combat form grabbed the Salarian and dragged him away from the others, the Salarian yelled for mercy and begged for his life and the combat form threw him onto a metallic chair, Edgar sat down infront of him and smiled at the Salarian.

"Don't be afraid I'm not going to hurt you alright, tell me whats your name Salarian" Edgar asked, smiling acting nice and calm to the officer.

"I..I am Kella third officer in command sent by the Salarian Union that is my goverment" Kella said, he looked terrified staring into the dark green eyes of a being that killed his entire crew and soldiers.

"Nice to meet you Kella.. I am Edgar I am the host of the Flood, tell me Kella do you fear me and my friends ?" he asked Kella.

"Y-yes I do their nothing I've ever seen before I still can see... my friends in them their horrified looks.. please tell them to go away" Kella said, looking down not able to stand seeing his dead friends walking about.

Edgar simply nodded and the combat forms left the room giving privacy to Kella and Edgar, taking a seat infront of Kella he simply looked at him and Kella felt uncomfortable as this alien said nothing till finally he spoke.

"Tell me Kella how would you feel about... joining me I can make you like me in some ways you won't be like the rest of the combat forms" he said, looking over Kella " I know you Salarians life span is quite limited so I'm offering you a chance to live as long as me do you want that hmm ?"

"If I was to join you what.. stops you from turning me into what you made my friends into ?" Kella asked, staring into Edgars dark yellowish eyes.

"Even if I was to lie to you don't you think I would have made you into what they are already hmm" Edgar said smirking "So I'll ask once more will you join me as an equal or be one of those who simply follow as a mindless drone ?"

Kella looked around and thought to himself for several moments before looking up to this strange alien even though every thought and feeling he had said not to trust him, Kella valued life more over then death taking Edgars hand they both left the room and Edgar gave Kella a simple nod of approval telling him it may hurt at first. Hours would pass as the last three of the command crew tried escaping there jail cell but with no such luck as the doors slid open to the cell, the combat forms escorted them to the bridge where Edgar sat and by his side was Kella but he was different, his eyes had change from a light orange tint to an almost pale yellowish tint and his veins could be physically seen through his skin. Edgar had the combat forms put the last three command crew on their knees the two Asari and Salarian put on a brave act to fool Edgar but in their minds they we're horrified that this monster had killed ther entire crew and converted Kella to his side but now they needed to be brave as it seemed Edgar and Kella wanted something of them.

"So I've been informed by Kella here you three are very loyal to your people and to the... very unforunetly dubbed Citadel Council, but Kella says you value your lives even more so we wish to extend you an offer" Edgar said smiling to the officers.

"We don't make deals with monsters... or traitors for that matter" the Asari officer said as she spit in Kella's direction "So whatever you do to us The Council will make you pay" she said with a smirk.

Edgar simply looked to Kella and he knew what he was thinking before Kella could even say it, moving to to the officer Edgar tilted her head up to him and twisted it quite quickly as bone and tendents snapped and tore killing the Asari. Kella stepped forward and put a bullet in the last surviving crew member and looked to Edgar for a response to which there was none as he left Kella alone on the bridge of the ship as outside hundreds of Flood forms scittered about to hive clusters across the area. Looking up to the sky Edgar knew it was time to expand to other worlds and maybe soon deal with the Council if they chose to so agressively expand to worlds they have no right to control.

/1 CE The Rachni War begins/

News and alerts go out across Citadel space as an all out war has begun between the Citadel Council and a hive-minded insect race known as The Rachni, Edgar uses the Keepers to gather further information on the Rachni as it appears the Council are to concerned dealing with both the Rachni and the out-cry of people on their worlds as The Rachni decimate all ground opposition. Edgar found the idea of The Rachni quite entertaining as another hiveminded like species existed beyond that of himself and The Gravemind taking this into account Edgar took his newly constructed Hive-Ship known as "The Leviathan" out from his Flood hive world and decided to head for the system The Rachni came from either to gain their allegiance or add more biomass to his army either way would suit his need.

/Codex entry/ The Flood

Hive-Ship - A strangely unique vessel to The Floods arsenal of vehicles fully constructed from the Biomass of Flood constructs found on the hive-world the vessel itself has ten spinal mounted cannons along with ten on either side of the vessel in length the vessel measured in length to 1,89 Km. This is the only known vessel in The Flood's army to leave it's own space to venture beyond to other systems as it's controlled by Edgar the only known leader of The Flood.

Leaving Kella on the hive-world seemed quite stupid but Edgar knew Kella wouldn't get himself into trouble while he was gone, sitting in the organic like chair Edgard rested his mind and closed his eyes as his ship slowly absorbed his hands, feet and top half of his face so he could pilot the vessel in space. Taking the ship through the relay he traveled to Rachni controlled space seeing Citadel ships blast upon The Rachni, Edgar avoided the battle as it seemed the Citadel fleet and Rachni had not caught onto Edgars ship which was good for him as he headed past the battle and through to The Rachni controlled worlds. Edgar moved his vessel to the nearest planet The Rachni controlled using a pod he launched to the planet in hopes to gain a faction to his side.

"These Rachni seem quite bold, fighting The Council is quite interesting if we can gain The Rachni to our cause we can gain what we need from them" Gravemind said.

"Yes and but we must also gain the bodies from this war which means we must let it go on Gravemind... for awhile atleast, let's just focus on gaining what we need from The Rachni first" Edgar said.

Landing on the planet Edgar witnessed fighting above the planet but below Edgar saw hundreds of Rachni swarming about the creatures moved either underground or into the tower like cities they made. Several Rachni scittered toward Edgar trying to attack him, raising his hand The Rachni stopped in there tracks using The Graveminds abilities The Rachni retreated away back underground, using the time Edgar made his way through to the underground tunnels to reach The Rachni Queens igniting a flare as he headed further underground the tunnels themselves had multiple paths some would seem to lead nowhere while others may lead to the Queens. Above the planet Citadel Fleets had withdrew from the system as they could not keep The Rachni from spreading outward.

Reaching the lower levels of the tunnel systems Edgar saw three large Rachni Queens lining the walls of the massive underground cave, the Queens look to Edgar and make loud roaring like noises which was soon met with dozens of Rachni warriors charging toward Edgar, using his abilities again both Edgar and Gravemind combined their mental wills and exerted will over The Rachni warriors making them flee. The Queens tried exerting dominance over the situation but we're met only with disappointment as Edgar made his way to them with ease as The Queens looked at one another confused.

"I am not here to fight with you, I am here to forge an alliance with you Rachni all I require is for you to continue waging your war on The Council and the corpses of your fallen Rachni warriors, and bodies of any dead Citadel soldiers, and I shall give you ships to use and element zero" Edgar said looking to The Queens.

"These Queens wills are quite strong but we are stronger then them but their... is something warping their minds.. something old something reaching out to the Queens" Gravemind said as he reached out.

"Your song is old, lonely, and one of hunger you exert control but their are things ... trying to use us please.. help us, save us creature" The Queens spoke in a singular voice.

"What is it ? can ya sense it Gravemind" Edgar asked, as he looked around and to the queens.

"It's something reaching outward to The Rachni, It's somewhere within this massive chamber, I can feel it Edgar it's whispering to them and I can hear it, we need to destroy it" The Gravemind said.

Edgar felt the whispers as he got closer to it he grabbed a strange sphere like object it swirled like a heavy green like storm, smashing the object onto the ground The Rachni screeched out and fell unconcious Edgar looked around and The Gravemind suggested having the Queens taken, exerting control Edgar had the Hive-Ship enter above Edgars location. Hundreds of combat forms had departed the Hive-Ship and made their way below having the Queens brought above the planet and taken to the ship for transport to the hive-world.

Edgar himself had wanted to simply sleep off the day but knew he needed to speak with the Queens once they had awoken so it would be a long trip back home, during the travel back many flood infection forms had gotten to work infecting dead Asari and Salarian bodies they found on the planet along with Rachni warriors as they did this new information had been gained and added to Edgar and The information retrieved by the corpses of The Rachni showed images of The Rachni homeworld along with information of their plans to attack several Council homeworlds including one of the Asari homeworld of Thessia but paying no mind to this he would spend this time to convert the Rachni Queens to his side while the rest on the other worlds continue their war with The Council.

Sorry to be away for son long Ive been in and out of hospitals and took time to rework some stories I hope you guys enjoy this more updated version of The Grave Effect if any questions on how far this story will go lemme know i will say this story will go through all three games and beyond as im setting up a legacy like timeline enjoy.