I thought it might be interesting to see what happened to Kaiden if you don't save him. Note I don't own Mass Effect, Bioware do. Shepard can be either male or female for this, although I play as male, obviously. Influenced by Captain Fordo in Star Wars Clone Wars cartoon.
Kaiden's Last Stand
"Williams, radio Joker and tell him to meet us at the bomb site!"
"Yes. Commander, I…"
Kaiden leaned back up against the parapet as the shots whistled through the air, and impacted off the stonework behind him.
"It's the right choice, and you know it Ash!" he ground into the mike.
He heard Shepard's voice over the net again. "I'm sorry Kaiden. I had to make a choice."
Kaiden heaved a sigh of relief. Now the danger would be dealt with.
"I understand Commander! I don't regret a thing." He all but sighed into the mike. Then he signed out.
At that point Kaiden sensed a Geth trooper coming over the wall right behind him! Even as the Geth lowered it's rifle at him it was hurled off the parapet by a burst of biotic energy! Kaiden whirled and unleashed a hail of projectiles right down into the mass of Geth troops that were trying to get up to them. Under his unyielding rain of fire the geth hunkered down out of sight. In the brief pause that followed Kaiden found a moment to take cover and catch his breath. One of the salarian soldiers was crouched next to him.
"We're going to die, aren't we." The salarian had a resigned tone to his voice.
"Yeah we are," Kaiden added grimly, "but Saren will never recover from this!"
"They're attacking again!"
Instantly the lieutenant was back on his feet and assault rifle fire began to pour into the Geth. But this time they didn't stop! They just kept coming! Kaiden reactivated his comm and shouted into it.
"Commander you need to set the nuke and get out, we can't hold!"
Beside him a salarian was thrown down by a flurry of projectiles. Kaiden threw a warp effect at the Geth who was nearest and it exploded. More were coming.
"Left flank, left flank, suppressing fire, suppressing…"
The Geth topped the wall! Ignoring his comm. Kaiden whirled and blasted the trooper with a storm from his rifle! He spun and cracked another with the butt before finishing it with some close range fire! Turning back to the lip he threw his rifle at another Geth, drew his pistol and fired six shots into it's skull in quick succession! Dropping to one knee he scooped up his fallen rifle and held it one handed as all around him salarians began to die. Now armed with both rifle and pistol he began to spit death at the incoming horde! Slowly but surely he began to retreat back towards the entrance to the AA tower as the Geth came after him.
Suddenly his rifle overheated! He dropped it and got off one more shot with his pistol before he was forced to drop that too! Just as a destroyer came running at him he went for his sniper rifle! The barrel extended to the robots chin and it stopped in an attempt to understand this new development. It was cut short when the bolt from the sniper blew its cranium to shreds! Kaiden grinned to himself in dark satisfaction as he drew out his shotgun! Come and get me now, he thought grimly.
The first trooper to try was blown away as the shotgun pelted it with spray! Then the Geth got wise and rushed! Even the lethal close range shotgun has a limit and it soon reached it as wave after wave of the synthetics gained ground. He had one trick left however and he used it. The biotic blast carried the Geth out of the hole and hurled them to the four winds! Exhausted Kaiden looked up as the Geth began their final assault. Anytime now would be good Commander, he said to himself.
And then came the blast!
That is how Kaiden died. Or rather how I imagine it. As always please review.
