Kane was in utter disbelief, not the unpleasant kind though, he achieved what he wanted. He had finally ascended, he had taken several of his top personnel with him to the Scrin tower and entered the portal. Many brothers attempted to follow, but many were either captured or killed, in total, only roughly seven million Brotherhood of NOD members out of several million more made it through. Some of them had been reborn via memory transfers and cloning, some from as early as the first Tiberium war. They all were noteworthy people, such as General Gideon Raveshaw; first leader of the Black Hand during the first Tiberium war. Or one known as Z-Killer, a general who had been a living strategic and brilliant prodigy, no, a god, since the first Tiberium war, being only 9 years old at that time! There was also Antoine Slavic from the second Tiberium war, whom had been killed by a traitor at the end of the Second Tiberium War, then later brought back just like Raveshaw. They were among many other notable figures, including a lesser known commander, named Gryle Bane. She was a capable commander who had joined the brotherhood shortly after the First Tiberium War ended, Kane having found her in the ruins of a refugee camp destroyed by G.D.I. She died later on during the final battle of the third Tiberium war, protecting Kane, now resurrected like many others, she followed Kane through the portal without question.
There were so many others that it would be impossible to remember them all, people who were notable and those who were not. It did not matter anymore, not in Kane's eyes. They were all brothers in the Brotherhood and they would treat each other as such, not as a military, but as family. They always have and always would, nothing could ever change that, not even a defector. They would always persist and live. GDI sorely lacked in that kind of regard. As far as Kane knew, he didn't know of anyone in GDI considering one another family, not in all his years as the leader of the Brotherhood. He felt disgusted that they only regarded each other as acquaintances and nothing more. He wished that he could rid the world of GDI, but felt that it would be pointless as the Scrin would likely get rid of them anyway. It wouldn't really matter much if they stuck around as the Scrin would turn on them the second that they eliminated GDI. Tactically, it wasn't very sound. It would have lead to the Brotherhood's destruction and therefore would not be prevalent to forwarding the Brotherhood's cause. In other words, there was no point to doing it. GDI was just an obstacle that could be overcome. Not easily by any means, but more like a workaround had to be made. Either way, it all lead to this moment, the time that Kane had wanted for so long that it felt like an eternity just waiting for it.
Kane had led the Brotherhood endlessly for decades and never stepped down, never dying permanently, only temporarily dead for weeks at a time, he had seen things that would make any normal person vomit on sight or worse. He had led the brotherhood to this moment, to where true ascension awaited, to a place where peace and harmony was the norm to his own vision. One Vision. One Purpose. His personally created AI, code-name; L.E.G.I.O.N. had also went with Kane, having been fused with the Tacitus, he was far more powerful than C.A.B.A.L. ever was, even more intelligent, self-aware, and he even acted just like a human. He was taken via an experimental laptop computer that could carry all of L.E.G.I.O.N. Before he stepped through the portal after the last Brotherhood member was through however... he hesitated. Kane was, for the first time in his long life, afraid; afraid of what was to come, everything had been certain up to this point. Now, it was all uncertainty. Kane swallowed a bit of saliva and mentally slapped himself, he should not be so afraid when Ascension was only a few short steps away! Kane however looked back at the world he was leaving behind; a world tarnished by the horrors that had come of it, that he had tried to stop, a world which he wish he could save with all of his heart. GDI had only managed to slow him down for a few years at best, only months at the shortest, something which was an extreme annoyance to him. He did, however, feel a twinge of pity for all those who didn't come with him willingly, he wanted of all of earth to follow him, to be better than their basic instincts, but being the fools they were, they rejected the Brotherhood's ideas!
Kane wondered how he could have done things differently. Could he have presented his ideas differently so that they could be better accepted? Could he have targeted specific people to turn them to his ideology and make certain that others would follow? Could he have done something that could have changed the outcome of the first Tiberium War? He didn't know the answer to these questions. The past was long gone, he couldn't ever hope to change it. Not now, not ever. He could only look to the future for answers, ones which were hidden in the present and could only be uncovered by experiencing them on his own. He didn't bother trying to figure it out. He would find out what would come for him when it would come. His destiny awaited him at this very moment, just a few steps away. It was so close that he could have tasted it. Kane turned back to the portal, placing any regrets he had at the back of his mind and having his hands outstretched. Kane stepped through the portal at last, light blinding him, he closed his eyes, his final thought before the light overcame him completely was: 'I am ready.' It all then faded to black, Kane ready to accept whatever fate awaited him on the other side.
Author's Note
This is only the beginning, I hope you all know that. Remember, One Vision, One Purpose, Peace Through Power!
Hello one and all. I am writing this to inform you all that this story is no longer being written by me. I have found the premise to be something that I can no longer write properly and with no sound ideas to build off from. As such, I have decided to cancel this story outright and try a new premise, at least one that could be far better than the original idea I've had. I hope you all understand that due to the backlash of people who viewed the prologue, this experimental story would be left in the dust. There is hope however, if you wish, I can give you what's left, to try and continue this, that is if it is taken. It's done as a first come first serve kind of basis. As such, the first person who wants this story must, and I mean must, message me through Private Messaging and politely request the story from me, I will send the prologue and the only remaining chapter that I have written so far. Thank you all for understanding and goodbye.
