Alrighty. So I decided to do it. In honor of the "fever" of mass effect self inserts that have been going around I decided to title mine "Mass Fever". This is just a prologue, and as such is really short. I promise the next chapter will be doubleish the length of this one. This is my first time actually sitting down and typing a story so expect it to suck. Also if this and the next chapter feel a little rushed, I apologize. I promise to try to slow down for the ones after the official chapter one. I appreciate criticism. Actually I need criticism. I want to be better. The next chapter after this one is done and will be uploaded sometime tomorrow. Enjoy.
Also I'd like to thank INf3ctioNZ for inspiring me to write this. He's a genius and you should all read his SI mass effect fanfic before you read this (if you already haven't).
Disclaimer: Mass Effect, its characters and settings, along with everything else in Mass Effect universe is owned by Bioware and EA. I don't own anything in this cept myself. well even that is debatable.
"There all done," says the nurse as she takes the needle out of my arm.
"Is it supposed to still hurt afterwards?"
"Quit being a baby and get on home. Here's some Tylenol for your headache."
"Thanks." I say as I pop them in my mouth. "All right, see you in a few days."
I throw my black leather jacket back on and head down the hall, my left shoulder still stinging where I had received the flu shot. If it wasn't for the fact that it seems to work for me I wouldn't have gotten it this year. That and I get it for free from my work place. I got out into the parking lot and get into my red blazer.
About ten minutes or so later I pull to mickey D's.
"Cash or Credit?" the cute girl asks with a big smile.
"Credit." I reach into my coat and pull out my wallet. I take out my credit card and set my wallet in the seat next to me. Years later when I look back I'll regret that. If I had just kept my wallet in my pocket it might've helped so much. After ordering and getting my food I head home.
I pull into my yard, turn off the blazer, grab my keys and head into the house. The rest of my family is asleep so I just head upstairs to my room. My dog looks at me from the foot of my bed. He then turns his attention back to the T.V.
"Animal Planet again? Gabe, you need more variety in what you watch. Here got you a sandwich." I pull out and unwrap a burger for him and toss it right between his front paws.
I kick my shoes and fall into my bed having already eaten everything else on the way. At 6' 4" 145 lbs I have to be careful that I don't accidentally flip myself over the bed onto the floor. I turn on my Xbox 360 and then turn on my little T.V. I use for gaming. In a few minutes I'm playing Mass effect with a new character. I try to make a character that looks like me, but I can never get the nose right. The hazel eyes and almost brown dishwater blonde hair are easy to do though.
Time to try a Vanguard.
I finish creating the character, and rub my head again. Headache still hasn't gone away and my shoulder still hurts like heck. I look down at Gabe, still watching animal planet.
"Don't ever get a flu shot Gabe, they hurt like heck and you never know what is really in it."
I turn my head back to the screen and continue playing in silence.
About halfway through Eden Prime I fall asleep.
When I wake up I hear the sound of wind blowing through my hair and for some reason I feel like I'm falling. When I try to open my eyes, I have a hard time opening them like wind is blowing on my face, for that matter my entire body, really hard. Then I finally get them open.
Bloody Cow!
Those are the first words that pop in my head. I'm who knows how high up in the sky falling fast. I take another look at the ever closer land I'm falling towards. All I see is what appears to be lava and black rock.
I can't be awake, still gotta be dreaming. Wake up idiot! Wake Up!
I attempt to slap myself a few times trying to wake myself up. Not that easy when one is plummeting through the sky without a parachute.
Okay, so I can't slap myself. Well I'm probably not dreaming if I can feel the cold nipping my nose here. Heh, Jack Frost would melt down there... So will I.
Grim thoughts, but true thoughts. And with nothing around me to stop my fall I decide its best to go out in style. I reposition myself in the air the best I can feet first and attempt to stick my arm out with a thumbs up. I succeed right before something hits me. Then darkness and pain. Lots of pain.
And so there you have the prologue. Now if any of you might be wondering why I haven't posted a premise. Cause that would spoil the big surprise of the next chapter. At the end of the next chapter I'll explain the premise, if you haven't already figured it out yourself by then.