The Lion Sleeps Tonight

Harbinger dimmed his running lights, as he pushed more energy into to shield around the tent on the ground before him. Jane was asleep, her mother was beside her and there were CEumans guarding the entries. He had husks from previous cycles crowded behind the airlocks closest to her which would attack anything. They would be noisy though and humans were like most organics, they healed best when they were asleep.

Which is why the three Batarian signals creeping though the outer field were about to be trapped and then eliminated as silently as he could manage. The CEumans already knew not to move, unless absolutely necessary. The sleep cycle of his organic would not be interrupted by these nuisances. He was mildly curious to know how they'd avoided the SOCL sensors until now but that was only a passing interest. It was probably a result of the SOCL no longer looking and them being removed from the main groups when they were.

The batarians were cautious. They slunk through the darkness carefully, using what cover there was. Against organics, their skill was impressive. Against him, they should have just walked straight up.

Harbinger extended a mass effect field over them, much like a biotic could and as the Batarians moved from between tents he slammed them into the ground. The hardest thing about it was angling the field so that they hit the ground head first, muffling their cries. The batarians struggled against the force but there was nothing they could do. Idly Harbinger increased the pressure as he reached out. They were within his sphere of influence and it was a simple thing to touch their fragile minds. The more challenging part was ensuring that he did not accidentally brush against either Shepard.

Their thoughts were confused and frantic. They were scared and didn't understand what was happening. Harbinger's fields did not have the signature colour of biotic power so they could see no reason they were being driven into the ground. As he had suspected, they had been separated from their unit when the SOCL had awoken. For the last few days they had been running scared but they knew that something important was here. They had seen images of him but had not known what he was and so had chosen the dumbest route of all. To ignore him.

Organics sunk to new levels of stupidity every cycle. Their plan was very simple. Find out what was here and capture it and then bargain their way off world. No imagination. No foresight, no cunning. And this from a race that fancied itself the smartest of the cycle? No wonder so many of them had already been indoctrinated by the remains of Ikasanrew. What angered him now was that they would dare to attempt to injure his organic? Harbinger's field wrapped around them lifting their bodies and dragging them towards him. Silently a hatch opened and he dropped them in.

They would not live for long but in the time they had remaining, they would regret their path.