Prologue, 2100 present day America...
I looked around the darkened school computer lab. It was midnight and I was supposed to be sleeping in my dorm. All around the unused computers once believed to be all mighty machines now ancient and unused for years were gathering dust and rot like the old type machines that were all but extinct in the modern world... I have been flunking all my class… Before I’d been thinking college was going to be a piece of cake, in doing so I began to focus on finding a girlfriend but with no success. To everyone I was a complete nerd. I was only considered that due to my prologue gaming and past life… I not only looked great but had an almost model like appearance. Slowly my failures began to sneak up on me. I took up video games… every night I would go to the computer lab and play games to my heart’s content. Now while everyone slept I ran towards the only place I ever seemed to fit in to this world. As I approached the large metallic doors now chained shut keeping me from the digital world where I take refuge. I began the almost daily routine of picking the locks. I reached over and pulled the door open. All but one computer was off. Something weird was going on with it. I had a little experience with computers as a kid. When I was ten took apart my father’s old computer where I learned almost all one human could about one. But nothing compared to what I was about to discover now. I'd never seen a glowing computer before. I approached it out of curiosity. On the screen was a glow that illuminated a next to black room with amber and emerald mix that seemed to bleed into me and sent chills down my spinal cord… my body was almost locked to the sight as if a mysterious connection unable to break the connection pulled eerie closer. Mentally I was in a block of metal I felt as I was being controlled no way to take back control… I read the text; enter your number here to receive a message. I took a second to realize that it was someone else's on the other side sending me a message. Two choices send them my number or just forget it. Now my brain back in control began to process data in my normal Kiddush and inconsequential way. No hurt trying I guess. I typed in my cell number and immediately I received a text. "Do you believe in aliens?!" I laughed what kind of joke was that?! I decided to play along, "Yes!"
"Good. I'm sending in an escort."
I stopped laughing. What kind of escort. I texted to the weird person.
"Sure but why?!"
It took a few seconds for a reply then it came,
"It will all make sense in a matter of minutes”
I sat down thinking what the heck was I thinking of. I never heard of a computer hacker before but hey it's possible. I took a seat down on the computer chair and just waited. I doubted anything would happen. I sat back and waited… escort… of all my years in college I had never been asked for an escort. This was going to be interesting!
A few hours passed while I sat back and played some music on my Omni-tool… an integrated tool that was still in the beta age. Unstable yet still with the age of tech. it hummed like an old computer hard drive yet it was completely holographic glowing bright neon orange. I noticed that all the computers started glowing deep red. Deep as blood but bright enough to illuminate the entire room.
"Holy ....!!!"
I fell back in my seat as a dart shot past my face. Barely missing. I turned to see a darkened figure stab me in the neck with a needle. I swung my fist making contact with his mask throwing it off. I fell to the ground before I could see his or her face. "Wha. Did you do?!" I muttered as I fell into a deep unconscious sleep.
Chapter 1: Undisclosed time, Seattle Earth...
I felt myself slowly waking up. My whole body felt like mush. I dubbed my head and found my whole body was tied down to a chair.
"WHAT THE .... IS THIS?!"
I kicked at air. Physically making contact with some unknown force…
"You’re tied down for a reason." It was the kidnapper. But it was a she.
"Who are you?!" I struggled at the straps. Yanking my arms here and there as if brute strength would set me free from my chains of oppression. I swung a kick knocking the chair over onto the ground. “Let me go ....!" She laughed and spoke in a harsh accent.
"What hostility! I like that. I told you that I would escort you here!"
I stopped, remembering the text. How could I have seen this coming I thought it was a joke!!!
"Where exactly am I?!"
"You’re in 2183 silly!"
"You’re joking me right!" I sat relaxed a little. Okay most people wouldn't go back in time to take someone of least important to the future."
"You are of great importance you well. You'll find out. Look are you with us or not?!"
I felt a weird feeling that of I don't I would have to go back to my horrible life as being a big loser. I always was picked on as the most unimportant student. I lost my family at a young age and basically lived on my own until I found a job and made enough money to go to college. I basically lived a life on my own. No one ever complained about it. I learned how to fight a few years back in karate and anything else I could. I also learned how to use a gun too. I nodded. "What do you need me to do?!"
"Okay there is this soldier that needs you, his name is Commander Shepard. Well he is docked at the citadel docking stations, you will need to be recruited to his ship, if you don't he will end up dying; I will guide you and convince them to let you join. Keep an eye on Commander Shepard please."
"Okay but who are you?!"
"I'm Mrs. Shepard from the future."
"What time exactly?!"
"Fifty years in the future from here."
"Well can I see who I am working for exactly?!"
"I guess you deserve that much...”
She slowly removed her mask revealing a blue face the shade of one of the blue men groups, her eyes deep blue that seemed almost like Ice blue. Her hair was replaced by long stalks that lay back like fleshy hair. Her skin was made of almost scales that glittered in the light of the room giving her a bluish glow.
"Oh god what the .... are you!?" I shuddered I felt scared, surprised, and physically attracted all at the same time.
"I am Liara."
"What are you wearing face paint because it's really convincing!"
"Uh BlackReDragoness this isn't face paint."
I recoiled, "Whose the BlackReDragoness?!"
"That’s your name right?! You’re known as the BlackReDragoness the one who opened the prothean artifact.
"If there is ever a time to go insane it was now. I don't understand any of this are you a. cough. Alien?!"
"That's your best guess?! Yes I'm an alien I am Shepard's wife from the future. Look you gonna keep stalling or are we going to save Shepard because if he dies I'm gonna kill you."
I shuddered, "Okay let's go. I guess."
She unlocked the hand cuffs and helped me up. I followed close behind. The building we were in was so futuristic, all the walls were composed of military grade materials, the doors were all opened with a single tool... Liara turned to the room door and held her arm out, then something appeared and the door made a ring in the center. "Hold on a second Blacky." Sure enough she fiddled around with the door and it opened. The room opened to a long hallway filled with medical gear. And crates. I ran up to one and kicked it open to find it was filled with some kind of weird armor.
"Blacky what the ....!!" I turned to Liara she was pissed,
"Hold on a second I just had a feeling that I should try it on!”
I pulled the carbon fiber looking armor on; it had a strong feeling and an iron man look but with harder feeling and a desert camouflage paint job. It came with a helmet too. It was tinted to prevent you from seeing my eyes.
"Wow dude you look like an alliance soldier!"
"A what?!"
"Okay when we get onto the Normandy I will need to show you what's happened in the two centuries. Here take this gun."
I reached out and lifted the gun out of her blue hands. It was actually not like a gun at all. It was a handle on shaped handle with a compact nose.
"What kind of gun is this?” I muttered
“It’s in safety mode watch!" She pulled on the switch releasing a transformation and the gun open up into a large assault rifle. Imprinted on both the suit and the gun was an insignia. N-7.
"What the .... is N-7?!"
Look there is no time to debate this keep moving!" I hesitated. I hated being told what to do. But if I ever wanted to be back to my own time I would have to obey her.
We stopped at a large strip of building with a queer ship parked on the floor. At first impression it appeared to be a giant mitten. Then when Liara approached it, it opened.
"Get in Blacky!"
I nodded and slipped into the back seat. It was made of some type of future leather. Definitely not seen on earth.
"I have a few questions."
"Well I guess that we have a few minutes made them fast”
. “So what, kind of aliens are you?! Is Shepard like you?"
"Good question. No he is human. But very hot. Any other questions?!"
"You said before that I'm important to the past. How exactly!?"
"Look you made space travel possible. If I tell you anymore then you may. Ruin the future."
"Really?!"
".... no we worked those kinds out long ago!"
I pulled the gun out and examined it...” "Shepard must mean a lot to you but why wouldn't you help him yourself?!"
"Uh we'll let’s just say Shepard runs into my younger self and I'd I see her well I might die. Plus no one knows anything about you anyways!"
I looked out the window. It was queer. There was no sky just deep dark space and the whole place was like a planet sized space stationed arranged like a giant seed pods being pried open. "Hold on we are taking a detour! I gripped the seat as the ship made a hard right. God I hated this! ....!"
"What's the matter you hate flying?!"
"No look out!"
She was the worst flyer I had ever seen. And the only one I'd ever seen!
"How much farther!?"
"It’s right there!" she pointed to a giant building that was the tallest.
"Question. Is there air in here!?"
"What?! Of course!" the entire space station!"
"What is this? Is there tons of gravity here?!"
"What is gravity?! We use mass effect fields!"
"Okay there is a lot to catch up on that is for sure!" I sat back in the seat.
“Okay what do I have to do to get in and of I do will you promise me that you will send me back to my time?!"
"Only if you promise to keep Shepard alive!"
"Okay deal!"
"We are here!"
I pulled on the helmet and suddenly felt the suit fill with air.
"Wait so this suit is a space suit!? Well that would explain the tinting!”
Okay when I open the door step out and meet me over at this location! She handed me a small box.
"Plug this in this into your arm. It will hurt but only for a few seconds. It is an Omni-tool upgrade…It will adjust to your DNA. Trust me!"
I was hesitant about plugging a weird box into my skin. But if it meant getting home I wouldn't mind. I pulled the shoulder armor off and placed the box onto my skin. The box suddenly sunk into my skin with a painful ripping of the skin. I yelped and muttered a few curse words. Then carried on.
"Can I help you?!!"
I looked at the weird alien. A reptilian creature with a feline/avian look. It had a harden exoskeleton and strong body a teeth like a reptile but it's sides of its mouth had a weird flap that made it look feline. Its face was marked with weird markings. I shuddered as Liara spoke to him.
"This is a one of the crew members who will accompany Shepard on his flight he is called. The BlackReDragoness. He is here to join Commander Anderson on the Normandy!"
He looked at me with a queer look. Does he know how to use a gun because he looks like a new recruit?" I broke in,
"You think I can't ....ing fire I'm the best there is!"
"Okay wise guy let’s see you!" He got up and motioned to the human helping him.
"Follow me!"
I was hesitant but followed. Liara face palmed and cursed,
"What the .... were you thinking you really know how to fire?!"
"Of course I do. I think... How does this gun open?!"
She took it and cocked it.
"Uh. Thanks!"
He led us to the ship’s hull and Shepard was sitting on the side. He had a mask on. Hiding his face.
"It took me years before I got him to remove his mask. I nodded. He must mean a lot to her. Shepard turned to me and nodded as if he knew who I was.
Shepard got up and greeted us. Liara as if by magic disappeared. I turned and reached out but nothing.
"Where did she go?!"
"Blacky I'm still here but Shepard can't see me or well. It may disrupt the time vortex! This one is on you!" The feline creature turned to me,
"This human said that he wants to board your team!" Shepard turned to me and looked me up and down.
"So who are you exactly we all know BlackReDragoness is not your real name!"
"Of course not its Ne..."
I heard a voice in my head in Liaras voice,
"DO NOT SAY YOUR REAL NAME IF YOU DO WELL IT MAY RUIN THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT!!!"
"I thought you fixed that part!!"
"Well I lied."
"You sun of a ....!" The feline creature looked at me,
"Who you talking to and where did that girl go to?!" I muttered no one.
"Okay kid shows me what you can do since I know that you are still young. Do you have any biotic powers?!"
"I can shoot." Shepard looked at the creature who looked back.
"Show me kid! There is an empty barrel about a few hundred feet away shoot it and then we can talk about recruiting!"
I kneeled down on one leg and steadied my arm. I peered down the assault rifle barrel and quickly inhaled holding my breath shot a bullet hitting the target clean in the center. I exhaled then inhaled and fired again hitting the exact same spot. I repeated the process until I was dry. Each bullet making contact in approximately the same area. The feline creature dropped to his knees.
"HOLY ....ING ....!!"
She glared through the mask.
".... kid your good. Let's try something harder. See those ships out at dock. How fast can you fire?!"
"Try me Shepard!"
I was tossed a fresh clip.
"Wait wont I hurt them?!"
“This is a cryo rounds it won’t affect ships.” I nodded. Then I realized the gun wasn't like normal guns it used weird ammo
"Uh. ...."
I fumbled around till I found the release valve and ejected the steaming hot clip. I loaded a fresh one in. "On three!"
Chapter 2:
The ship flew in through the air and I ripped out a round hitting the ship in the visor. Then I quickly readjusted my aim ahead of the second ship and fired. The bullet made it to the windshield of that ship. Then I fired again only missing by a millimeter... I fired again this time hitting it. I had to show off. It was only to make me look good! I spotted an opportunity, a bunch of old rusty red crates where piled on, they went up high enough as well as connected to a wall. I ran and jumped up the dirt one and fired while running making contact with the ship, and then up on the next one fired and hit, the last one ending and I sprinted along the wall. I had only seconds and fired the shot hitting a ship in the dead center of the visor. I was still running on the wall before gravity caught up to me. I fell and realized that it was pretty stupid to do this. I was screwed. "FUUUUUUCK!" I hit the ground at bone shattering strength but the suit absorbed the impact. It still hurt a lot.
I turned to Shepard. By now all the dock workers had turned their attentions to me and where cheering. "Freaking amazing dude!" I nodded and sat down panting on the crates. "I want him on my team!" "But sir, Anderson doesn't want new recruits." "Screw this he is probably better than the any other FNGS we've ever had! I will bring him aboard." "Rodger that sir!"
With that I was escorted aboard the normandy. The Normandy was a duel titanic sized space ship with sleek long spanned out upside down
U-Shape that spanned most of the length of the ship, the back had four large shielded thrusters that made it look space worthy. They were two on one side and two on the other. They were arranged at a forty-five degree angle. The engines where long thin rectangle shaped guards. I shuttered. Was this going to be weird.
"Liara where the .... are you?!" "I'm incognito?!" "So your invisible!? Is everything possible in the future!?" "Actually no there is no cure for cancer yet!" "Wow .... man!" I felt a thump on my shoulder. I turned around and no one was there. "You I guess?!" "I have something for you." "What is it?! I felt a sudden stinging pain in my neck." "What the .... was that?!" "It is biotic injectors. They should give you a edge in combat!" "How exactly?!" I felt a sudden rush of power flowing threw me. I suddenly ejected a large electrical burst out of my hands that hit the hull of the ship. One of the soldiers in front of me cursed, " Watch it newbie!!" I looked at Liara "How do I control this?!" "It's controlled by your mind like telekinises!" I continued onboard the Normandy.
Onboard the ship was full of technology I'd never seen in my lifetime.. The deck we were on was arrange with a large oval shaped room with a large holographic model of the ship, on the walls where built in computer terminals. One the front end was a large corridor that went into the cockpit. "Sick!" One of the crew members met me and handed me a holographic datapad. I looked into it and realized that it was filled with gibberish!" "Uh Liara a little help here?! I don't speak this language!" "It's turian. Sorry our crew has a special language in writing its alien in language it's human. I have a little something for that. I felt a second stinging in my neck then I found that I could suddenly understand the writing better as well as understand the aliens as well. Since I got onto the ship the aliens onboard had been speaking alien. Apparently the alien recruit had spoken alien to the humans that didn't have the implants.
Another weird feline creature came in, He spoke, "Okay human. You'll be bunking with me! I'm jake Harverd!" I held my hand out and found that he had only three fingers. Cool I muttered under the wind. "I'm the BlackReDragoness.." "So I hear. Quiet a show you put out there! Commander Shepard convinced Anderson to let you board the ship! I'll show you to your room!" "Okay I guess." I followed him into the large elevator. I walked into the room and stopped. He pressed the datapad and we went down. "Sorry to ask but how many floors is this ship?!" "Wow you must really must be new, Three or four I guess. The crew quarters is on the crew deck." The elevator came to a abrupt stop and then the doors opened. I stepped out to see that the crew was doing various things. "Liara you still there?!" "Yep, what exactly is standing next to me?! "He is a turian. " "Thanks" "So. Jake what do you do for fun?!" "I havent done anything that long. I just joined. I had just finished going to schools at the alliance turian human schools. Then I moved in the alliance now I'm here with you. So what do you do for fun?!" Time to think. Do I lie or tell the truth?! "I uh. Moved here from earth. Where I went to school. And joined the military!" "You mean alliance.." "Exactly!" "Uh where is the bathrooms?!" "Down the hall. Towards the elevator but on the far wall!" I took off and made sure that I wasn't followed. "Liara I need to get to a computer. I have a lot to catch up on. Meet me outside the mens restroom." "Okay sure thing!"
I leaned against the bathroom wall as crew members walked along with nothing better to do. I suddenly heard a voice over the intercom.. This is your captain, Joker and We will be departing soon so make any last minute preparation now!" "Okay Blacky I'm here!" "What how do I get onto the internet?!" "What is a Internet?!" I slammed my head into the wall sudden feeling a headache coming through. "I think you mean extranet!" "okay how do I get on?!" "Use your omni-tool! Duh!" I brought it out with my mind. Sure enough I found that I had access. I scanned the records. I had a lot to process
In 2157 the humans landed on mars to discover that there was once life on mars and they discover a prothean dig sight. It was then made possible to fly into deep space with BlackReDragoness's decoding methods! Then apparently I became the leader of a anti alien organization known as Cerberus! It seemed queer I never hated aliens how could this had happened?!" "Liara I need to ask you something. Is there anyway to change my past. Should I really hate aliens?!" "That is your choice!"
I got up to date then I moved to the crew quarters. I heard Liara's last words as she left to her own time. "I've got to go. Just don't fall in love with my younger self please!" "Got it!" I sat down and rested. I didn't get to sleep at all the entire day! The only sleep I got was from being drugged. But the sleep was well worth it!
Twelve Hours Later on the Normandy.
I got up to hear a knock on the crew doors. I got up and moved to the door. "Liara?!" "Nope Shepard! We need to talk kid!" I nodded and stepped out of the room and into the hallways. "Okay kid we will be landing in Eden Prime in less then a few hours. I want you on the battlefield okay?!" "Sure just get me a gun and I'll be ready!" "Okay here is the plan! We will be the second offense to clear the prothean beacon in the heart of Eden prime. So keep me covered and we are fighting a unknown species of aliens so prepare for the worst." "Don't worry I've survived worst. Not really!" "Okay report to Anderson's room he wants to meet you. Just like he met me!" "Rodger that!" I got up and moved towards the elevator. Shepard close behind.
We arrived at Anderson's room and I stepped into the room. A second turian was on board. Anderson was black but had a face of an profit. I saluted him. "BlackReDragoness please take a seat. I was told by shepard to inform you of the mission." "Sir yes sir!" He looked at the turian creature.. "I'm Nihlus this mission is to recover a prothean artifact, all we know is the colony that had discovered it went dark. They left this message." He pulled up a video recording on the television. It seemed to be of a beautiful planet with a large rectangular pit in the middle. With no hint that something would happen a figure appeared on screen. "This is Eden Prime we currently have the artifact retrieved.." She was cut off by a explosion, a giant beam fired down on the colony leaving the camera man falling over.. He was then hit by the same beam and the camera screen went fuzzy. "Dear god man!" "Exactly look Shepard's good and all but he needs someone he can trust to grab the package. We decided that you would be the best choice. You will go with Nihlus to scout out. You'll be armed with a sniper rifle taking out any of the threats from above. Give Shepard cover!" "Rodger that commander!" "let's lock and load!"
We saluted and Nihlus led me to the armory. "So I hear you made fun of our alliance recruiter. You've made a reputation here everyone wants to be your partner. Now it's time to prove it! Here this is my specially made sniper rifle. It's a mantas rifle. I've killed hundreds of enemies. Never missed one shot!" "don't worry I'll do the job!"
Eden Prime Infil location.
The ship entered into the atmosphere and came in fast enough for me and Nihlus to make a prescheduled drop. I hit the ground and nearly broke my leg. Anderson barked over the intercom, "What the .... are you two doing?!" I looked at Nihlus, I responded, "Were are taking the scenic route!" "Okay I just hope you two know what you are doing!" As did I! The whole base was built on a ledge. We were on the rim. I looked at my omni-tool. But realized I had no clue how to use it! Nihlus kneeled down in the dirt. "So where exactly are you from?! There was only one person who had a shot that good and he died long ago. He had the same nickname. BlackReDragoness your the cerberus leader." I shuddered. "Okay if I tell you will you swear not to tell the rest of the crew?!" "Swear." "I'm from the past. I was kidnapped to this time period. By a blue chick.. Liara." "Never hear of her but that means you. When exactly did you come from?!" "Uh. 2020?! Why?!" .... that means that you came before cerberus ever existed. So is there still time to convince you not to run cerberus?!" "Correct!" "I just can't believe it! You were most humans greatest heroes now your a top threat to our security!" "Okay I don't know what your talking about so let's get this mission on with!" He nodded.
We walked along the now ghost town. "This reminds me of cherynoble. Nihlus turned to me, What the .... is chernoble?!" "Its well a small town in the nineteen hundreds running off a nuclear generator. Then one day it went off and everyone died. The entire place was under quarantine for almost forever." "That's what those humans mean. It's about time for Shepard to land. Come on let's get into a sniper's position. If you can keep Shepard safe then I will happily promote you to a sergeant!
I took a position where I could get th best shot. The position overlooked a the entire path to the dig sight. On the one side was the winding road with small green trees. They provided the group no cover. On the other side was the dig sight. Dug in a downword spiral like a Egyptian style dig. In the center it appeared to be empty. Then it hit me. Where was the artifact?!" I loaded a clip into the gun. At the same time Shepard was jumping out of the ship. He was with a small crew. Kaiden Alenko, and others who had voleenteered to go on the trip. The road waved six times but in the middle was a large wide space with large spikes made of a black material that seemed out of this world. But unlike other battles no bodies were present! I flipped the scopes extended range flaps, the closer I came body's were stabbed on the spike like they were thrown there. Something was wrong they looked humanoid but they were also synthetic as well. I watched the team enter into the large break in curves. He approached the spikes. I zoomed in on the spiked body. It was charred black and blue. Shepard touched the spike, in a matter of milliseconds they spurred to life. I took the shot nailing the creature in the head. Guts flew over shepard. I pulled back on the guns cocking mechanism ejecting the bullet s..... I quickly set the scope on another one and fired, it shredded the alien in the neck dislocating it's head. By now the others had grabbed their guns and were firing. I pulled back on the cock again. The bullet s.... flung out and trinkled on the ground, still smoking. I had ten rounds left in the clip. I grabbed the gun and moved to a new position. The husks were beginning to realize that I was nearby. I turned to find that Nihlus was gone. "God .... it!"
Behind me a rustling sound came from one of the fifteen weird rock formations that made a almost human look. "....!" I placed the sniper rifle into my suits holster and pulled out the assault rifle. Before I could think I sent a warning shot hitting something. A loud feminine yelp replied. "Come out!" I ran towards the voice and quickly found that a blood trail was trickling out of nowhere. Leading back the way I had come into the landing zone. I returned to the rock and took position. Even if it was not a sniper rifle it still had a scope! I peered down the barrel at a husk and fired, the gun turned out to a single, three and automatic fire gun. I had it on three and two bullets strayed off while the third hit the first bit the target. As I loaded three more into the chamber a felt a sudden pain then I blacked out.
The pain stung as I woke I found myself handcuffed to a tree. "What the .... is this?!" I struggled at the cuffs not moving at all. "You tell me why we're you firing at those alliance soldiers?! And me?!" "So you were the one sneaking up on me?!" She nodded. "Sorry but what are you doing here?!" "I was separated from my squad! We were attacked by some weird aliens, then they turned our people into those zombie creatures! But I survived." "By the way can you uh.. ....ING LET ME GO!!" "Not until you tell me who the .... you are!" "I'm with that turian guy and those humans!" "Wait did you say turian, which one the one who got shot in the head or the shooter..?" I recoiled. "Were is this turian?!" "I'll show you as soon as you tell me who you are!" "Look it doesn't matter!" I waited till he uncuffed me before I drew my weapon. "Let's go!!"
We approached the dead body of Nihlus. I couldn't believe this had happened! I scanned the surroundings. I was in charge of keeping him safe. What the .... was he doing, I was giving shepard cover but he was obviously taking cover. I turned to the human, "I need to get to the dig sight! Which way?!" Its down the hill. Just be careful." "Any quicker way?!" "Why not slide down the edge?!" I slapped my forehead. "No .... man!!" I pulled out the crappy pistol and loaded a fresh thermal clip. This is going to be one heck of a ride.
The hill seemed to be larger than one anticipated. It seemed to start out fine but then became a insane angle. The wind roared at me as I starred to gain incredible speed. I reached my hand out as if I could slow down but I had nothin to grab. The bottom came after than I inticapated. I slammed into the ground nearly snapping my legs in two. I whimpered gripping my legs pain roared in my brain as if someone hit me in the brain. I was no soldier. If I had to be I would to be the pilot. The dig zone was more or less like a quarry. It went down in ramps all while going around the edge.
A small group of figures approached the sight.. They seemed to be human but I soon came to realize that these humans where well dead. I approached them with my gun in my hand. The soldier suddenly stopped and seemed to smell the air then roared and charged at me. As they got closer a bad feeling came over. "ZOOOOMBIES!!!!" I unloaded clip blowing apart a zombie. "FRICK!!!" I charged towards cover as a zombie jumped at me. I wondered if Shepard had the same problem as I did.
I aimed down the pistols sight lined up a headshot and fired. The bullet slammed straight into the zombie who fell to the ground. I reached for another clip to find I was out. Crap. The zombies seemed to just keep coming. I guess I was just going to have to fight it out. I charged in slide tackling a zombie then thrusted my enter force into one hard punch brutally killing a zombie it's head rolled off blood spewing out. By now the zombies where in overwhelming numbers. I didn't stand a chance.
My two choices where to either escape or to fight it out and possibly die. I took my chances if I escaped I would be running forever not to mention these zombies would probably end up catching up to me. I needed a new plan. I flipped over dodging a swipe from a zombie creature. It roared and felt a fist in the jaw. The punches were definately leaving my fist in pain. I prepared for a second punch but found that I had not checked my six. A zombie wrapped its arm around me and attempted to bite me. Completely knocking me off balance I fell to the ground. The zombies seizing their chance dove on me. I screamed in terror. I watched as their glowing bloody grey eyes attacking trying to get me out of my armor, slowly the armor was being chipped away. I tried to throw a lunch in but too many where on me. In moments I would be dead. "HEEEEELP!!!!!" I closed my eyes waiting for the painful end.
I suddenly realize that the scratching had stopped. I saw a hand stretched out. "Shepard.." He spoke, "Wow good thing I saw you or you would have been husk food." I let out a sigh of relief.. My heart was still racing. I grabbed his hand and he pulled me up. The other soldiers who had been joined Shepard where finishing off the other husks. "I heard from someone that you needed help." He turned to the dig sight. "Did you see where they took the artifact?" I thought back to the human I saw. He seemed to be pointed at the dig sight but when I had looked at the sight there was only one possible thing that made sense. "I think the artifact was transferred. Also Nihlus was killed by someone. I have a human that can tell us. I think we need to send in a shuttle to pick him up. I looked back to the ridge. Sure enough the human was still alive. I waved.
After I watched the human being lifted out of the planet I got back to Shepard. "Shepard I need some ammo. I ran out of thermal clips. He nodded and tossed me a small ammo crate and I loaded up on clips. The pistol I was using still hot from fighting the zombies. I pulled the ejection lever and the burning clip fell to the ground. "BlackReDragoness I want you to take point. I nodded and ran to the front of the small team. Up ahead the landing pad was gloomig over everything clearly big enough to land fifteen normandies if need too. I darted behind the stairway. I peered behind cover. The stairs led up to the terminal that spanned a lot a catwalk going for at least a quarter of a mile. At one end was a group or weird robots that seemed to be hovering over some type of devices. I held my hand up. Signaling to stay with a clenched fist.. I ran towards the next cover stealth fully. The closer i got the clearer it began.. They were arming some kind of mega bomb. I rolled towards the next cover. Apparently the robots where more creepy close up. They where taller than me about seven feet tall with a long neck, for a head a small rather inhuman looking head made up of a flashlight that seemed to be focusing in and out their heads where lined with constantly moving covers as if they where some kind eyelashes. I wondered if I could get a few shots in. I reached down and pulled out the pistol. I aimed at the robots head and let a small burst unload completely decimating the enemy robots. Before they could realize I was there I had killed them. I motioned for the team to move forward.
Shepard came up last closing the line. I pointed towards the metallic device.. "it's a bomb." He nodded, "Use your omnitool and deactivate it." "What?!" He let out a sigh, "You do have a onitool correct?" I had no idea what the heck he was talking about. I really was out of time. I approached the bomb and started to unlocked anything I could. The bomb was well above my expertise. It had nearly five hundred wires and none I had ever seen before. I pulled out my pistol and used its sharp edges to slice and dice the wires carefully avoiding the red wires. Until then I was completely clueless and was taking advieve from the television shows I watched. The bomb suddenly began to widely beat. I then unplugged all the other wires. The thing shut off. My heart was beyond beating fast I was in a frenzy. I collapsed on the floor. "Okay that's it unarmed." "Let's keep moving!"
The next route was across a parallel catwalk that intercepted the two long sides. It was littered with dead bodies. It was clear there had been no fighting because the dead bodies where just normal civilians. I grimanced at the body it was clear that these aliens took no prisoners. I looked around trying to regain my bearings. We where still about a thousand feet Tom the ground so we had to watch where we stood. The surrounding sky was full of brown swirling clouds that where filled from burning buildings. I felt sorry for this planet. I bet at one point the planet was pretty and beautiful. No time to cry now there was still bombs to dactivate.
On the other side of the catwalks was a stairs that went down to the ground level. We spotted a large number of geth unaware of us. I pointed towards a small area on the stairs that was blocked by a small box. I dropped behind the box with another soldier. Loading up a fresh clip I fired. Unlike before I was actually hit by returned fire. Luckily the body armor had protected me fairly well. I looked around. Behind them was a large propane tank of sorts. I fired a round barely doing a dent.. I fired again hitting the tank. Nothing the geth suddenly realizing what I was doing took cover. I cursed and charged at them. I was intercepted with semi-auto fire. I had took a hit in the chest. This time the suit was practically useless. The round had punctured my suit and the round lodged itself in my ribs. I dropped behind the tank. Blood began to pour out of my suit. I gripped the wound and applied pressure. I was in a bad situation! I was losing blood fast. I could feel the heat of the bullets flying past me. I held the pistol in one hand and moved towards the rest of the team. Shepard ran up and grabbed me. He fired all while holding me up. Still holding my chest I felt myself blacking out. I was going to need to be patched up soon. I found my pistol and removed the heated thermal clip. If I was going to survive I was going to have to singe the cut closed. I fired the rest of the rounds out of the clip and before I ejected the clip aimed the path at the wound. I closed my eyes waiting for the burning pain. I breathed then ejected the clip. The clip fell into the wound and blood began to boil. The pain sent my body into a shock. I couldn't scream loud enough, like sticking a needle into your arm then repeating this only with hundreds of times all over your arm. Or I'd you get sung by a bees and then you jam the stinger into he skin. Either way I was in more pain than i had ever imagined. I was close to blacking out. The area around my eyes began to fade black like as if I was seeing through a foggy lense. I found the urge to rip out my stomach as the blood became blackened. The medic came in and rapped me up. I gritted my teeth as he injected a shot of morphine into the wound. I began to gain a little vision back but I was still in and out of consciousness.
Shepard gripped my arms, with his support we continued on. I fired out of my arm while he used his other arm to fire. We made headway towards the next explosive. We cleared out the geth and Shepard set me down on the ground. I crawled over towards the bomb while Shepard gave me cover. I got to work cutting out wires and then removed the explosive itself. They where not joking around. They planed to blow a micronuke of some sort. Enough demolition charges to blow up and entire city. I finished up and motion to Shepard to lift me up. We continued on. Two more bombs to go.
From the top of the current catwalk it went to the next docking area. Filled with nearly fifty geth we had to stop short. Shepard fired rounds out of his assualt rifle exploding throughout the geths brain cavity. White gel like liquid squirted out. That covered me in a bucketload. I looked down. A small metallic device rolled over. It donned on me and I suddenly realized that it was a grenade! I yelled "Gernade!!!" I picked it up and hurled it towards the geth soldiers. One mans weapons is another mans revenge! I could hear the geth where moving towards us. Soon we would be overwhelmed! I looked towards Shepard. He was in and out of cover firing barely making a dent in the numbers.
"We need air support!" Shepard yelled over his radio. Joker spoke in a energetic voice. "Rodger that I'll come in low and fast." I backed myself against the wall of a hanger. Bullets flowed from the normandy's weapon systems at dangerously close ranges blew holes into their ranks. We cheered and we moved in. Shepard set me down by the bomb and I set to work shutting it off. This time the size of the explosive had increased by a little. I had to cut out taice the wires and then to unlock a control panel. I hated to see what the last one was. I checked my helmets pop up tool. The clock was showing that the bomb was only a few minutes from detonation. "WE NEED TO MOVE!!" Shepard drug me towards the next bomb. This time the bomb was close of the landing pad where the large obelisk shaped glowing tool was located. It was black and glowing a greenish smoke that was like a small will I wisp that swam around the obelisk. I was once again set down on the ground. I crawled towards the bomb where I got to work. While I did this Shepard and the others took a look at the obelisk. This bomb was much simpler to defuse. So I took little time to shut it down.
I rejoined Shepard and the others. I limped towards the obelisk. The thing suddenly seemed to drain all other thoughts straight out of my brain. As of someone was in my mind. I shook my head but couldn't fight it. I was slowly being drawn towards the thing. When I suddenly snapped to me and one of the soldiers where holding our hands out and we were about to touch it. I recoiled but the female soldier was not. We were both sucked into the thing as if there was some sort of invisible force field that kept us from moving. Shepard turned and sprinted towards us. The world seemed to slow down. Shepard knocked the female away but me and him where both trapped. I tried to break free but it was too late. I was knocked out. Then I had a sudden vision.
A vision that seemed to be more real than I had ever known a dream to be. With a blackened background a figure appeared with a inhuman face that showed a burning planet below it. The vision spoke in a alien language that I could understand. It was as if I was seeing the world as we knew it in fire and the alien was in control or a supreme ruler. It suddenly spoke to me in a demonic and deep throat voice that seemed to shatter all my emotions. "I AM SOVERIGN ALL WILL FALL DOWN TO ME NO ONE WILL EVER BE SAFE AND ALL YOU CREATURES WULL DIE IN VAINE!!!" At about this time I snapped too.
I slowly opened my eyes. I was in a large white room with various medical equipment at my side. With seven small emergency tables placed in a organized row they were clearly in use. Next to me Shepard was lying unconscious. A small red haired woman was on her way in when she saw me waking up. Followed by the captain Anderson the dark skinned captain that had told me to keep an eye on the turian spetre.
"How are you doing?" Asked Anderson, "I feel like .... I have this weird nightmare that seemed to make no senses at all." I looked over to Shepard he was still unconscious. I lifted my legs out of the bed and stepped off the bed. Still shaken up by the damage I had taken by the geth I fell down. Anderson grabbed me by the arm. "Are you okay?" "Yes sir I'm fine.." I lifted my shirt to find that my body was scarred all over and there was some weird glowing metal under my skin.. "What the .... is this?!?!" I panicked and flung my arms around knocking equipment everywhere. The doctor came in and started to grab hold of me. I felt enraged by this and knocked her aside. My body started to feel lighter than normal. Blew steam flowed from my skin and a large shock wave exploded around me. Sending the doctor into the wall with Anderson. The blue wave sent various canisters into a explosion of small large and sharp glass particle. "WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON WITH ME?!" By now some of the soldiers who had been walking by came in and quickly pulled me to the ground. I struggled but their grip was well placed. I was locked to the ground. By now Shepard had woke up. He got up and helped hold me down. He spoke in a calm voice.
Black, calm down its normal to be scared we had to place implants into your skin. It was either that or die. If you don't calm down you will end up blowing a hole in the ship.. Being angry will only doom us all!" I struggled hard but was beginning to wear out. Like when your parents grab you when you go into a rage. I used to go into rages when my parents held me down. One time I was getting a shot at the hospital they were forced to hold me down taking my mom, dad and four or five cops who were still unable to keep me still. I was then forever on having to be sedated when ever I had to take a shot. It was like I was given superior powers. I may not have the muscle mass of sumo wrestler or the body of a professional wrestler or body builder but I could survive no matter what the cost.
After I managed to calm down I was strapped to the medical table so I wouldnt blow something up. They used simple handcuffs. Shepard came in, "Okay Anderson told me that I have to train you because apparently you have the second part of the ancient artifact. First lesson dont let the power overwhelm you always stay in control it may be a matter of life or death. Okay I am going to set up some targets so be sure to stay calm." He picked up a box full of glass bottles. Then he removed a few while being clear to stay clear of me. He then moved towards me and removed the cuffs. "Keep you body calm. Think of something peaceful or calming." I closed my eyes. I was still in a rage. I tried to breath in. I cleared my mind but still I was full of anger. My body was like in a perminate rage.
I opened my eyes in a rage launching a bolt of blue power into the glass that exploded into billions of shards. Shepwrd had jumped to cover as I hit one of the tables. The box imploded and the window that was in between us and the other area of the Normandy cracked into tons of rips and shrapnel. It was like I was in a blood rage. Shepard dove and tackled me. Yelling, "Get yourself under control!!!" I threw him into the wall and caused him to black out. I jumped over the window and out into the hallway. Three soldiers armed with rifles caught me off guard they fired rounds hitting me square in the chest. I suddenly felt the pain of a ruptured rib snap.. Blood spewed out of the hole. I gaged and blood poured out of my mouth. I fell in a pile. Behind me Shepard was getting up and moved towards me.. He kicked me in the cranium. That was it I blacked out.
I woke up to see that I was in the medical chair this time I had on a straight jacket. I had to find a way to regain control it was as if someone was controlling me. Filling my body with rage and replacing my emotions with evil. I grunted, "What's is wrong with me!!! AUUUUUUURG!!" A voice familiar spoke out of the thin of air, "You are being possessed by the reapers. I might have something to cure that." I struggled at the metallic chains that held my arms in place. Feeling extremely cluster phobic only increasing my rage factors I lashed out at the voice. "HEEEELP ME PLEASE!!!!" I fell onto the ground in a rage I jammed my head into the wall leaving a head sized dent. My forehead dripped blood into the floor. "MAKE IT BLOODY STOOP!!!" I was suddenly losing control I couldn't control my actions a seeding pain was growing in the core of my brain. A almost haunted possession was taking over my actions. The voice suddenly reappeared. It was the future Liara. She was still as beautiful as before but now I couldn't control my mind. It felt as if there was someone trying to purposely kill me.
I yelled in a blood rage, "HELP ME I CAN'T HOLD ON IM LOSING MY MIND!!" I gripped my head and began to roll trying to wipe the pain that was growing in core. My heart began to feel darkened as a demonic soul. I looked at Liara she was holding a large rather shape needle. "This will only take a second." She injected the needle onto my neck. The feeling in my body was suddenly almost calmed down. I also was suddenly falling asleep. ".... DID YOU DRUG ME?!?" She nodded then disappeared. I blacked out.
The next time I woke up I finally felt fine. I was surrounded by a squad of soldiers and shepard. Shepard untied me, "How do you feel we need you to go to the citadel and speak in front of the council. Do you think you can control yourself." I found that I wasn't angry anymore I nodded. "Good we have a lot to do." I followed Shepard out of the out to the cockpit. We entered into the ships airlock. And when we stepped outside I was dumb founded.. What I thought was going to be a planet was a millienum old space station that was arranged like a seed pod, with long s....s that where practically peeled open but filled with huge sky high buildings like a city build into the station. At one end of the station was a large rim that seemed to be a whole new color than the rest of the hip. Then there was the scenery a swurls of blue, purple the same color as the deepest ocean. Blue that seemed swirl like earths sky during a rain storm. Mixed in was a silver and white stars that seemed to be a form of space dust storm.
The citadel was massive bigger than earth only by the stations length. The station was not only created from state of the art metals but the ship was built with some kind of artificial gravity that mysteriously held the oxygen onto the surface. Then there was the panels. Housing buildings twice the size of the world trade center bigger than any building found on earth. The entire panel was contructed with city's that could house trillions of species if need be.
The citadel was not as much populated as I had imagion. Only three humans had walked by and the rest was aliens. There where in all types of bodies. They came in all shapes and sizes. Shepard seemed to be unphased by this. The humas that walked by gave short waves others carried on as if nothing mattered. A few of the aliens waved. Usually just the turians. Like Nihlus they were in battle armor. I wondered if they could survive without it. I turned around towards the Normandy to see Liara. She gave me a slight nod. "We need to talk." I punched Shepard in the arm. "I'll catch up to you. I have to. Uh find something." Of course he knew what I meant. That I was going to a bar.
I walked towards the large whitened hallway that seemed to be connecting the Normandy to the citadel like a modern airplane docking terminal. Liara was leaning against the wall and spoke. "Okay BlackReDragoness I have a few questions. The side effects you had might be inside Shepard as well so I have mixed a large amount of the antidote. Occordingto my study the effects should not be a big concern it only lasts a few seconds. Just don't do anything that would set you off." I interrupted, "What the .... is this vision I had?!" Liara stood back, "Wait what." "I keep having this dream that there is this. Weird alien creature that keeps saying that he will destroy all the aliens in the universe. I thought the illusive man, I mean I was human!" "Well. I don't know. I guess you and Shepard are both sharing the same dream here let me see your hand." I held it out and suddenly found myself drained of thoughts. "WHAT... ARE YOU. DOING?" She started to glow hard blue and I sensed her somehow inside my mind. Somehow like when you go to a physiologist and you may seem like you know more about yourself than he does but somehow he begins to read you like a open book. That always caught me by surprise. I tried to escape but apparently I had no way to fight the bonding. Then as if I was suddenly having pain it became a strong sense of pleasure. The feeling sent me into a erected state of mind. Like I was having a sexual pleasure.. I felt my lower regions had began to well. You know what I mean. "GOD THAT FEELS GOOD." The feeling stopped as quick as it had began. I relaxed. "Did you just mind rape me?! Tell me when your gonna do that next time!" She collapsed on the ground. "Wow that's weird the last time I did that was with Shepard. You have the same visions as Shepard. It seems that it was possible that you had the prothean insert itself into you. And basically it was controlling your mind. In the future well a turian named saren was completely brainwashed by the protheans. You need to keep up with Shepwrd okay I'll stay hidden if you need anything just give me a call." She handed me a small chip like card. When Shepard gives you a omni-tool place it into the small chip slot. It may sound crazy but youl see when the time comes. With that she vanished in a cloud of blue dust. Leaving me standing with tons of questions.
I ran towards the nearest human I could. A tall black human about one and a half meters tall with a strong stature speaking in a almost jamacian accent. "How can I help you brother!?" "I need to find out where the presidium is." "Oh ya I know what yah mean man i don't know man go ask the Asari at the check point sorry man." The only part of that conversation that made sense was the sorry man. He spoke fast and inhumanly possible. "Okay thank you dude." I followed the directions to the Asari that knew where everything was.
At first I thought the Asari was real but when I came into view I realized that it was a artificial technology! I approached it and when I was no more than a meter from the thing and it turned to me and spoke in a rather attractive feminine voice, "....o human I am the Asari VI. I am the guide for the entire citadel found in many places I can help you find your way around." I spoke, "Uh where is the prisedium?" "It is up the elevator. Found on the too floor of the citadel it is not only the most beautiful place but the most largest location on the citadel." "Thank you." I Moved away towards the elevator. Aparaently it was located across the small man made lake that seemed to add a sense of atmosphere in the place. Then it was up three sets of stairs.
When I stepped into the elevator I ran into a Asari. "Hey human watch what your doing. Your kind is not wanted here!" "You don't want to go there if I lose my temper I might blow a hole in your head." She wasn't going to give yo that easy." I felt a sudden surge of anger violently making it's way into my body.. The Asari was beginning to piss me off. I pulled out a shot from my pocket and stabbed it straight into my neck. Collapsed onto the ground but the anger flushed out of my body. The Asari looked down, "What the .... did you just do?" "I am trying to prevent myself from killing a alien creature." "Well I knew that humans where insane." I was beginning to feel a need to smack the Asari. "Look Asari we humans want nothing more than to fit in. Some of us hate aliens too. Besides humans are not as advanced as you are so if you fought us you would obviously wipe us out. So why is it that sense I arrived here people picked on humans? I thought the Asari where the figures of the universe! But to me your govin the Asari a bad name. You are a embarrassment." This caught the Asari off guard. She studdeded and kept quiet. "I. .... your right. I'm sorry human." I eventually accepted the apology. The elevator stopped on the top floor. The door opened exposing a large well naturists loving room with a large tree built into the center with a railing prevented us from entering the area.
