Hello, and now is time for a new "Fanfics with IceBite"...lol...
Anyways, yes, I got a new idea here, this time, a Mass Effect/Elsword crossover. Bet ya guys have never seen one of those before: I can't find one!
Anyways, first off, I will NOT be using straight-ME1 mechanics for the events of this first book, although it takes place in ME1: I will be using the ME3 weapons system (any class can use any weapon, but there are limitations regarding this), as well as the weapons and armor from ME2 and ME3 that would be present during ME1, although I MAY use ME1 Weapons and armor too...When it comes to the Geth, I'll probably be using their ME3 Incarnations for their description (I'll be honest, I HATE the tiny-head Geth from ME1 and ME2).
Also, you're gonna have to take it easy on me: my knowledge of the Elsword characters, beyond what I've read in other fanfics, is...lacking...so, please bear with me...and don't mind if my Aisha acts a little too similar to Thepingman's (Read his Harry Potter and Big Sister fanfic, I just LOVE IT! (End shameless advertising)).
Now, my Shepard Build for the story, as well as the classes for the Elsword Characters (in order of significance in the story). Note how, for this story, I'm using a Brother/Sister MShep and FemShep combo, I will admit, because, in the end, I could NOT decide which to use: I like FemSheps better (What? A male can think a badass female is cool, right?), but my plans required an MShep...so...since I saw some stories use both, having both Shepards as Brother/Sister, I thought, why not do the same? Sorry if you don't like this, but...who cares: my story. :) However, do note that the MShep WILL be the "Hero Shepard", as in the FemShep will appear more like a Squadmate for the MShep, rather than as another "Commander Shepard" (will even be planning what she's been up to during the time between Mass Effect: The Power of El and the sequel, if I ever get that far). Furthermore, both Shepards also take some inspiration from ME3 multiplayer classes: FemShep is an N7 Shadow, and MShep is an N7 Slayer, meaning they use similar armors and abilities. However, they retain the stats and powers of their base classes as well (Infiltrator/Commando and Vanguard/Shock Trooper respectively).
Also listed here with the Elsword characters would be the ME class each of their jobs will, in my opinion, translate into (or the ME class they gain abilities from, for those that end up getting Omni-Tools, like Eve). Also, I WILL be bunching up Magic Abilities with Biotics, when it comes to the classes (for example, due to using both swords AND magic, Elesis would be a Vanguard, the Combat/Biotic class) (That DOESN'T mean Magic and Biotics work on the same principles. What works against Biotics WILL NOT necessarily work against Magic, and vice versa).
Commander John Shepard: Male, Default, Colonist, War Hero, Vanguard/Shock Trooper, Paragon (Somewhat)
Lieutenant Commander Jane Shepard: Female, Default, Colonist, Sole Survivor, Infiltrator/Commando, Paragon (Mostly)
Eve: Code: Empress; Engineer/Operative
Elsword: Lord Knight; Vanguard/Shock Trooper
Aisha: Elemental Master; Adept/Nemesis
Rena: Grand Archer; Infiltrator/Commando
Raven: Veteran Commander; Soldier/Shock Trooper
Elesis: Grand Master; Vanguard/Shock Trooper
Chung: Tactical Trooper; Soldier/Shock Trooper
Ara: Yama Raja; Vanguard/Nemesis
Add: Mastermind; Engineer/Operative
Ok, now, let's get on with the story, shall we?
Chapter 1: Arrival at Eden
The Elgang had entered the ancient ruin some time ago, investigating some kind of magical presence that was warping time and space. As they fought their way through the ruins, their usual banter would occasionally start up. "So, what do you think is down here?" Elsword asked.
"Unknown. Distortions in the area are extreme. That is why we are here to investigate," Eve replied.
" I know, just suppose, what do you think might be down here?"
No one seemed to know even what to think was , however, the creatures in the ruin seemed to grow smaller in number, until, near the bottom, the rooms were totally empty. "I don't like the looks of this...something's wrong..." Elesis commented.
"I think you're right: we should have seen something else by now, but these tunnels are completely empty. It's as though something was chasing all the creatures out," Raven replied, also analyzing the situation.
It took a few minutes, but, finally, they discovered something. It was a silvery pylon with a greenish sheen, and a curved base with the pylon jutting out of it. There were strips of technological patterns on it. "What...is THAT?" Aisha asked.
"Unknown. It doesn't appear to be any recognizable Nasod or Human technology," Eve said, analyzing the device. The group got closer to the device. Soon, Elsword and Aisha were so close to the device, they nearly touched it...before it sparked. Eve then, detecting something, exclaimed, "Back away from it! Now!"
Too late. The device projected a wall of green crackling energy, which expanded away from the device. Elsword and Aisha were the first to make contact with the wave, and then, in a flash, they disappeared without a trace. Eve was right there, trying to pull the 2 away, so she disappeared next. After that was Rena and Raven, then Elesis and Chung. Ara was the last struck by the wave, and when they disappeared, the wave dispersed, leaving no sign that anyone was ever there.
Glaive snickered. His plan worked: the Elgang got too close to the Prothean device he took and tampered with. Now, some of them were on Eden Prime. The others were transported elsewhere, but they'll be found...eventually.
Normally, he does such things for kicks, but he knew the threat that was coming...and he knew that, this time, it'd discover Elrios. And if it did, Elrios would be burned to the ground. And if Elrios goes...well, that's no good, is it?
So, when he saw someone was going to do something about this threat...well...
...Whats another 8 helping hands?...Or 9, if they get that little stalker to help...
Elsword woke up, feeling a major headache. He looked around, and found his sword...and Aisha, unconscious nearby. He rushed over to her, to see if she was alright. Fortunately, she was, and woke up shortly after he got to her side. "What the...what happened?" Aisha asked, dizzily.
"I don't know. You alright?" Elsword asked worriedly.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine," Aisha responded, forcing herself to her feet. Soon, she was steady on her feet. Suddenly, the duo heard something, something...
*PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW*
Aisha barely got out of the way, as multiple bullets buried themselves in the wall behind her. "What was that!"
"I don't know," Elsword said, "But I hope they get sliced up like everything else!" Elsword lunged from cover, managing to catch one of the attackers, a cycloptic robot, with his sword. The robot was sliced in half, as he hoped...revealing 3 more robots, with their weapons pointed at Elsword.
"Damn it, you don't think before you act, do you?" Aisha groaned, before firing a bolt of lightning at the robots. 2 of them evaded, but one was caught by the attack, causing it to drop, deactivated.
The surviving 2, however, were in position to open fire on the 2...but one's head exploded, in a cloud of metal and sparks. The other was hit by a crackling purple pulse...that morphed into a human male, armored up with a full helmet, wielding an assault rifle. An assault rifle he fired into the robot, which then dropped.
The soldier then slung his assault rifle, and looked at the duo. Soon, a trio of other humans came, 2 females, one male, one of the females in similar armor to the first male. The 2 similarly-armored humans removed their helmets, revealing similar faces, suggesting they're brother and sister. The other 2 were armored in different kinds of armor, the 2nd male in greyish armor, and the 2nd female in white and pink armor.
There was silence for a moment, before Elsword asked, "Who are you guys?" The way he said it earned a smack from Aisha.
The man however seemed more confused than insulted. "I'm Commander John Shepard, this is my sister Lieutenant Commander Jane Shepard, and these are Staff Lieutenant Kaidan Alenko and Gunnery Chief Ashley Williams. Who would you two be?"
"Elsword, and this is Aisha. We...don't know where we are..." Elsword said, scratching his head in confusion over the latter part.
"What do you mean? We're at the dig site, where a Prothean Beacon was found," John explained.
Elsword and Aisha just gave confused looks. "What's a Prothean Beacon?" Aisha asked, "Heck, what's a Prothean? Never heard of them in my life."
The humans looked at each other. Kaidan then said, "The...race whose technology humanity found on Mars and used to join the galactic stage?"
There was silence for a moment, before Aisha said, "I have no idea what you're talking about."
"What?" the pink armored female, Ashley, said, "How can you kids not know about the discovery on Mars?" Aisha gave the woman a death glare at the tone.
Elsword then spoke out, "Uhm...not to sound stupid...but what do you mean by "Mars"? Only "Mars" we know of are related to the Banthus Bandits."
"They haven't even heard of the planet one orbit out from planet Earth...this is getting weird..." Kaidan commented.
"What do you mean by "planet Earth"?" Aisha asked...and jaws were dropped.
"Ok, how the HELL do you not know the homeworld of the human race?" Ashley asked.
"Hey! We know our homeworld well...and it's "Elrios" we came from, thank you very much," Elsword commented.
"What the hell is Elrios? Never heard of that world in my LIFE!" Ashley snapped.
"That's enough!" John explained, "Ok, let's try to figure this out. Now...what happened before you got here?"
"Some companions of ours were investigating a ruin on our world, and in it, we discovered some kind of...device...I don't know what it was, but when myself and Elsword approached it, it seemed to activate. A flash of light later, and here we are..."
After a few moments of silence, Jane spoke up finally. "What if Elrios is a world separated from the Mass Relays?"
The others looked in confusion. "You mean a world so far from the relays, it wasn't discovered?" John asked his sister.
Kaidan replied, "It's possible: it'd explain why they never heard of the Protheans...and if they did come from that world, it'd explain why they don't know of Earth."
"This makes the more sense than any other idea I can come up with," Aisha replied.
"Ok...this is weird," Jane said, quietly, despite the revelation having been her's.
"You said it," Kaidan said in response to her.
"Alright, so, you 2 were supposedly brought here from a world not connected to the Mass Relays?" John asked.
"Not just us," Elsword said, "There's 7 more of us around here, somewhere..."
"Maybe the device scattered all of us around the world..." Aisha theorized.
"Or maybe the galaxy," Jane said quietly.
"What was that?" Aisha asked.
Jane looked nervous, before saying, "It's possible the device that sent you here wasn't restricted to Eden Prime...maybe the device sent some of you to other worlds..."
Aisha thought for a moment. "It's a possibility...but if it did, how the heck would we find them?" she finally asked.
John seemed to think for a moment, before suggesting, "What if we take you with us? We might encounter your friends during our mission here, and afterwards, we can take you to the Citadel. They might be able to help you find your missing friends."
Aisha and Elsword began discussing among themselves. "Should we take this offer?" Elsword asked.
"I don't know, they saved us, but we barely know them," Aisha responded.
"Still, if we ARE in a world far from home, and what they say is true, they may be able to help..." Elsword responded.
"Then...I guess we're going with them," Aisha responded.
The duo turned back to John Shepard's group, Elsword saying, "I guess we're going with you."
"Alright," John said, "So, what are your friends anyways? So we know who to look for."
Elsword answered, "Well...4 of them are human, that'd be Raven, Chung, Ara, and my sister Elesis. Then you got Rena, she's an Elf. Oh, and Eve, a Nasod."
"What's a Nasod?" Jane asked.
"A Nasod are an artificial race, made with technology, made in ancient times. In recent years, however, few remain, and most of those that do are corrupted. Our friend Eve is one of the few who are not corrupted, and she's trying to rebuild her race," Aisha answered. Suddenly, John's team for REAL nervous. "What?"
"Technological, artificial race? You mean...like a synthetic? An AI?" Kaidan asked nervously.
"Well...I guess that's one way to put it..." Aisha responded.
"That's...not good..." Kaidan responded.
"Why not?" Elsword blurted out.
"Because AIs are illegal in Citadel Space, they're to be terminated on sight," Ashley un-tactfully put it.
"Oh, NO WAY!" Elsword said, drawing his sword, prompting Kaidan and Ashley to draw their weapons too.
"Now, hold on here!" John Shepard said, trying to defuse the situation, "We might be able to avoid that! How good is your friend "Eve" at passing for an organic."
"Not very good, if I may be honest," Elsword admitted, "She definitely looks indiscernible from a human, but her speech pattern might give her away..."
"Alright then," John said, "Hmmm...maybe if we can find evidence of your origins from outside Council-controlled space, we might be able to sway the Council with it: if you come from a world way from the Mass Relays, they might cut her some slack, since, apparently, your world isn't as restrictive of AIs as ours."
"I doubt it, Commander," Ashley responded, "Even IF there's evidence their world is out of contact with the rest of the galaxy, I don't think the Council would accept that as reason to let an AI live."
"Well...we cannot just condemn their friend to death...AI or not," Jane blurted out. She seemed to think for a moment, before suggesting, "What about Nihlus?"
John looked at her for a moment...and smiled..."Yeah, maybe...if we can convince Nihlus to support your friend, it might be enough to prevent the Council from offing your friend."
"What makes this "Nihlus" guy so special?" Elsword asked.
John replied, "Nihlus is a Spectre. Spectres are considered above the law, which, in theory, includes the law against AIs. If we can convince him to support your friend, he may be able to use that authority to stymie attempts to terminate her until you can return to your homeworld."
"He could really do that?" Elsword asked, hopefully.
"I hope so..." John said, looking at his group, then at these 2 kids, "Because I saw that lightning bolt your friend fired, and I don't want to see what that could do to one of us, if it can one-shot a Geth..."
Eve finally awoke after what felt like hours later. Her internal systems seemed to be shaken, but she was otherwise fully alright. After a brief check, she determined Moby and Remy were there, and still operational. She took in her new surroundings: it appeared to be some kind of port for airborne ships. As she continued scanning the area, one fact became readily apparent: she was no longer on Elrios. She realized she had to stay hidden, as exposing herself could lead herself into a worse situation. She slunk through the port, trying to keep as silent as possible. Soon, however, she came across a life form...a dead one...It was human, although dressed like no human she was used to.
Eve moved to analyze the human's body. She soon discovered 2 devices: a form of earpiece and some kind of bracer. Tapping the bracer, she discovered it to be some kind of wrist computer, which manifested as an orange hologram. Eve salvaged the wrist computer and earpiece, since she determined she'd need it. She also saw the human was armed, with some kind of pistol, that looked like a black rectangular prism, in a white casing.
Eve analyzed the firearm, and determined it to be suitable to use, should she need to wait for her standard ranged attacks to recharge, and she can't close with a threat.
Pocketing the pistol, she continued to explore, until she finally found an open area. In the open area was...something...A life form the likes of which Eve had never seen: It was half-cybernetic, and was silvery grey. Its head seemed to have a bunch of small crest-like extensions coming out of the back of it, and had 2 flat mandibles on the sides of its mouth. Its left arm looked mysteriously different from its right arm, as though its arm was cut off, and replaced with the arm of some kind of robot.
Suddenly, a similar creature appeared, diving behind cover near the other creature.. It was brown, with white markings on its face. Most notably, unlike the other, it wasn't cybernetic in nature: fully organic, even possessing both of its original arms. It was armed, and seemed ready to attack. It lunged out of cover...and paused when it saw who it was about to attack. It spoke, and the earpiece revealed its function as it translated what the alien said. "Saren?"
The cybernetic alien, now identified as "Saren", turned around, and responded, its voice sounding like a deep hiss. "Nihlus." Eve stayed hidden, watching the exchange.
The brownish alien, now identified as "Nihlus,", lowered his guard, asking the cybernetic alien, who Eve assumed was a friend or ally of his, "This isn't your mission, Saren. What are you doing here?"
The alien "Saren" replied, placing his organic hand on Nihlus's shoulder, "The Council thought you could use some help on this one." Even with his cybernetics and unusual face, Eve could tell Saren was lying...although she had to admit: he seemed like a GOOD liar.
Nihlus then continued, unaware of the threat Eve was detecting, "I wasn't expecting to find the Geth here. The situation's bad."
"Don't worry," Saren said, turning around...and pointing a gun at Nihlus's head. "I've got it under control."
Eve, seeing this betrayal, couldn't stay hidden: she launched herself from hiding, firing an Illusion Ray at Saren. She missed him, but hit his gun, causing it to veer off from Nihlus's head, although the shot still hit his back. Saren's attention, however, was gained, and he immediately pointed the weapon at Eve, a look of tremendous shock on his face. Eve then summoned Oberon, who closed the distance with the alien, and struck. Saren, unable to fight back effectively, apparently taken by surprise, began to retreat, calling upon several cycloptic robots, supposedly the "Geth" Nihlus mentioned, to come and attack Eve and the now-unconscious Nihlus. Eve ordered Oberon to pick up Nihlus, ordered Moby and Remy to cover them, and the group headed off, to a position that seemed more defensible, all the while, firing back at the robots.
Nihlus awoke to a major pain in his back. Last thing he recalled was him talking to his mentor Saren, then the sound of some laser beam shooting by him, then a gun shot, then nothing. He slowly pushed himself up: he was leaned against a crate, and around him, crates and other containers were set up in a fortified way, as though someone had tried to make a fort here, and brought him inside.
"Milady, he has awakened." The emotionless voice caught Nihlus off-guard. He looked around, and saw 3 beings, 2 female, one male. The male had a white uniform, with a face covered in a black, white, and gold helmet. One of the females, one of the ones tending to the barricades and looking through crates, looked like she was dressed like some kind of maid. The final female, who wore what appeared to be some kind of white and gold regal dress and a tiara, was crouched next to a fallen Geth, scanning it with her Omni-Tool. Floating above the regally-dressed female where what appeared to be a pair of rodent-like drones, presumably a form of combat or defense drone.
However, at the sound of the male's voice, the regal-looking female stopped what she was doing, shut off her Omni-Tool, and said, with equal emotionless, "Thank you, Oberon." Oberon bowed, and went to aid the maid-like female, who the regal-looking female addressed next. "Ophelia, you and Oberon keep an eye out for those "Geth" robots, and take them down if they come near. And, if that "Saren" individual comes to finish this "Nihlus" individual off...tell me." Ophelia nodded, and she and Oberon went to serve as lookouts. Finally, the regal-looking female knelt down next to Nihlus. "Are you alright?" she asked, some concern apparent in her seemingly-emotionless voice.
"I'm fine...just need some medi-gel to patch myself up..." he replied.
The individual then explained, "Not likely: you took a direct shot to the back, from a heavy pistol of some sort. I was unable to analyze the weapon before that "Saren" individual escaped. Fortunately, I was there and was able to divert the weapon: he had it aimed at your head, and my surprise attack at least allowed the weapon to hit a non-fatal area instead."
"Then, I guess I have you to thank for saving my life...Miss..."
"Eve."
"Thank you, Eve...still...I just cannot believe Saren would do this..." Nihlus said, thinking out loud.
Eve then asked, "What do you know about this "Saren"?"
Nihlus was surprised: Saren was one of the Council's top Spectres, and was famous as such. For someone to not know him...was unusual, at the very least. "He's one of the Citadel Council's top Spectres. He's known for his ruthlessness, but...he's never done anything like this before. It was thanks to him I became a Spectre myself, in fact."
"What are these "Spectres"? And who is this "Council"?" Eve asked.
At that point, Nihlus's jaw just dropped: not knowing about Saren was one thing...not knowing about the Spectres in general was unheard of. Not knowing of the Citadel Council...that was troubling. "How do you not know of the Citadel Council?" Nihlus asked, trying to keep his composure.
"8 of my companions and myself were attempting to investigate a ruin in my world, Elrios, but the device seemed to transport myself to this world. I am theorizing that it may be in another universe, considering the extreme differences in inhabiting races, history, and technology not possessed even during the golden ages of the past," Eve replied.
Nihlus looked initially skeptical. 'Alternate Universes?' he thought, 'I thought those only existed in science fiction stories...' After thinking, he had a more valid explanation. "Not necessarily: much of the galaxy remains unexplored: we can only explore the areas nearest to the Mass Relays: if your homeworld is far enough away, then it is possible you have not been contacted. Another likely scenario, and one making it more likely for you to return home, is that it could sit behind one of the many inactive relays across the galaxy." Eve gave the Turian a confused look. "The Mass Relays are our main mean of traversing the galaxy," Nihlus plainly stated.
Eve nodded in understanding. "That is also a possibility, and one that I hope is the case: means my friends and I can return to our homeworld."
After a moment of thought, he then continued, "Do you have any idea where your companions are? And what would you and these companions of yours be then?"
"These are my servants. I am fortunate my Dimension Link still can connect to the rest of the Nasod, even from here. As for my companions, I have no idea where they are. My companions consist of 6 humans, one of which using a Nasod-designed arm in place of his lost left arm, and an elf. The Humans' names are Elsword, Aisha, Elesis, Chung, Ara...then there is Raven, the one with the Nasod modifications, and the Elf is called Rena."
"What is a "Nasod"?" Nihlus asked, in curiosity.
Eve then answered, "I and my servants are Nasod. We are an artificial race made of technology, created by Elrios's humanity in ancient times. Over time, the race became corrupted, until I remained as one of the few remaining Nasod to remain uncorrupted. My goal is to resurrect my race, and hopefully leave peacefully with the other races of my world..."
Nihlus processed what Eve just explained to him...until part of it struck him like a hammer blow. "Did you say "artificial race made of technology"...as in "AI" or "Artificial Intelligence"?"
"That is one way of putting it, yes," Eve answered.
"How? You look..." Nihlus began, but Eve interrupted him.
"Human? Yes, the Nasod were, on Elrios, created by ancient humans. That was thousands of years ago. Why, is there an issue with artificial intelligences here?"
"Yes, there is: AIs are illegal, according to Council Laws, and are to be destroyed on sight. That being said, you saved my life here, which puts me in a dilemma: I cannot in my right mind destroy you, but Council Law is very clear in this case...the only saving grace you may have here is if I can use my Spectre status to ensure your survival, if only as an asset of my use."
Eve's brow furrowed at that. Ignoring the part where the only way she could survive was to pretend to be Nihlus's tool, she asked, "What does you "Spectre status" have to do with ignoring what sounds to be a major law?"
"Because Spectres are designed to only answer to the Council itself: other than that, they are above any law. If I can work this out properly, maybe the Council will allow you to stay active. Worst case scenario, they'll deny it and try to terminate you on the spot. Middle ground, they'll allow you to remain active, but only if I were to keep you around as an asset for my use. The ideal scenario, though, is if I can convince them to allow you to remain as a member of the team."
Eve thought this over. Her options were to come with this individual, and risk getting destroyed or subjugated as a tool of his, with a small chance of being allowed to continue operating and finding her companions, or remain here, try to find her companions, and risk being discovered and destroyed on sight. "I guess I have no other option with this, than to accompany you. I merely hope that your efforts prove successful."
"I hope so too: you got me out of a bad situation, the least I could do is return the favor..." Nihlus then pushed himself up off the ground. The spot on his back where he was shot hurt, but, after some coaxing, got Eve to send Ophelia to find some medi-gel, which was soon afterwards applied to the spot he was shot at. Fortunately, his armor slowed the shot, so the projectile didn't go in as far as if it did, had it hit its intended target...but the pain was still there, only Nihlus could ignore it. Suddenly, Geth appeared and passed the fortification, as though attacking something. Soon, the Geth were torn down, by bullets...and lightning?
"2 of my companions are in the area: Elsword and Aisha!" Eve said, "Oberon, Ophelia, engage the Geth!" The 2 Nasod servants then moved out, to fight the Geth, as a small portal opened, revealing a third Nasod servant. "Ferdinand, cover us." The silent Nasod servant, armed with some kind of rifle/polearm hybrid, nodded. Soon, the Geth were pushed back, revealing 6 humans: 3 of them, Nihlus recognized as the Shepards and Kaiden. The forth was obviously a Systems Alliance Marine the trio picked up, although he wondered what happened to the marine Jenkins. The last two..."It's good to see some familiar faces around here," Eve stated to the 2, interrupting his thoughts.
The 2 humans jumped at the voice and looked towards Eve, Ferdinand, and Nihlus. "Eve!" the male of the 2 said aloud, both of them running to join their friend. Nihlus just exited the cover, and returned to the Shepards.
"Nihlus, good to see you in one piece...when that dockworker told us that Saren shot you in the back and you were taken by some...thing...we were worried you were gone," John said.
"I was lucky Eve arrived when she did: if it wasn't for her, Saren would have shot me in the back of the head. As it is, all he got was my back," Nihlus explained.
"Eve? Isn't that Elsword's and Aisha's Synthetic friend?" Ashley asked, surprised.
"I think it was...they weren't kidding when they said she could pass for a human: I almost can't believe she's a synthetic, just by looking at her," Kaiden commented.
"I guess that means it won't take much to ask you to help shield her from the Council," John guessed.
Nihlus answered, "That's right, I already know what she is, and I already assured her I'd try to protect her...although I gave her no guarantees. She understood."
"I certainly hope we have some success with this," John said, "When Ashley not-so-tactfully mentioned the law regarding AIs to Aisha and Elsword, Elsword actually drew his sword on us. I don't want to see what would happen if the Council decided to terminate her, despite your word."
"That could potentially spell trouble," Nihlus replied,"Especially with her appearance: with how human she looks, I can foresee the Council accusing the Systems Alliance of having created her."
"Then, I guess we'll need to pull up some proof that we didn't," John replied.
"Agreed," Nihlus commented, before adding, "Still, we need to get back to the task at hand. Saren's leading the attack and we have to find that Prothean Beacon. How can Elsword and Aisha handle themselves?"
"I don't know, they were about to be gunned down when we got there, but they managed to successfully take down 2 Geth before we got there, and they racked up quite a count of kills, when they had our support. Weird thing is is that Elsword uses a sword...not like myself and Jane, but more like he's some medieval warrior: charging into battle and chopping the enemy up. Aisha on the other hand...she seems to be able to project lightning, but our Omni-Tools detected no trace of Eezo in her...it didn't even seem like Biotics, anyways. Furthermore, she didn't have any technology on her, at all..."
"I see...from what I recall, Eve said she helped me by distracting Saren, and I would guess 2 of her servants helped her fight him and the Geth, so I would think she'd be able to handle herself. Besides, we cannot leave them here, they would have to come with us," Nihlus explained. John nodded, before Nihlus and the Alliance soldiers approached Eve and her friends. The group looked at the soldiers as they approached. "Our mission is to recover a device that was dug up here, and it appears the Geth are after it, as well. If you're going to come with us...we have little choice, but to ask you for your support."
The red-haired boy, Elsword, looked at the others, and said, "You sure you can try to keep Eve from getting killed?"
"She saved my life: I am sure I can make the Council see reason," Nihlus explained, to satiate the young man's worries.
"Alright..." Elsword said, looking to the other 2, who nodded, prompting him to draw his sword, the purple-haired girl Aisha to draw her staff, and Eve to summon Oberon, Ophelia, and Ferdinand to her side, as well as Moby and Remy readying for a fight. "We'll help..."
Well, this is it for chapter 1 of Mass Effect: The Power of El, so, what do you think?
Managed to figure out how the Council accepts Eve at least working with Nihlus (and later, Shepard), but it won't be immediate. Let's just say she finally earns a measure of trust from the Council through an assignment from ME1... ;)
Also, if anyone thinks I portrayed Nihlus wrong...sorry: couldn't infer much about him...
EDIT: Rewrite complete. Added a new scene, and changed things: turns out Elrios isn't in another universe...but it'll be some time before they can return...
