Reach was once a bastion of human civilization. But it was consumed by the plasma fires of an old war. Still, it held on. It came back, reformed, rebuilt, regrown. But the Flood didn't care for what Reach represnted. They only saw it as something else to _consume_.

_Consume, consume, consume_. That's all the parasitic abominations could think, swarming in hordes through the streets of New Alexandria. _Consume, consume, consume_. Screams were dying down, now. New Alexandria presented little challenge at this point. With so few combat forms and two hundred infection forms, it was difficult to press on the city. But one made it through. It only takes one spark to start a fire.

_Consume, consume, consume_. They must eat... I-we-must... Eat... I... I have to fight it!

_Consume, consume, consume_. Stop... Please...

_Consume, consume, consume_. I... I can't... Can't... C-c-on...

_Consume, consume, consume_. C-c-on-consume...

_Consume, consume, consume_. Consume... Consume... Consume...

_Consume, consume, consume_. Consume, consume, consume.

_Consume, consume, consume_. _Consume, consume, consume_.

_We are the Flood. You are the Flood. We are all._