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The Fall
Ever since we were children my brother and I wanted to go to the stars. Growing up on Eden Prime we were told stories of solders who served the Alliance and Protected the galaxy. Those stories inspired us, we wanted to be like them.
I remember a long time ago about the age of 6 when we decided to become heroes.
*Flashback*
''Hey Brother" I say.
"Yeah"He asks.
"Do you think one day we can be heroes like the people in those stories" I ask curiously.
*He stands up*
"Well duh" he says with a grin on his face
"We can become heroes, protect the galaxy,and make mom and dad proud" He yells.
*I then stand up*
"yeah"! I yell
*He points at the sky*
"You hear us well protect the galaxy"! he yells
*we raise our fist to the sky*
We spent years getting ready to join the military. We trained and waited until one day
we received a message from the Alliance it read
Dear Alex And Ripley Scott
You have been accepted into military report to station at 12:00 pm in one week for transportation to boot camp. Also welcome. - Sgt. Grant (Alliance)
We jumped out our seats yelling in pure joy
"WE DID IT BRO WE DID IT"! I yell.
"I KNEW WE COULD"! He yells back.
We then go outside to the back of our home
Its a two story house in the countryside with the greenest tree you've ever seen
we get close to two grave stones in the back
"Mom dad we did it" I say quietly.
*Alex walks up to them*
"We promise to Make you guys proud" He says.
They died 3 years ago they went to the shopping district in town they went to buy food. The reports say that two rival bounty hunters came face to face and turned the shopping district into a war zone. In the end Alliance came in and took both out many people were killed they were at the wrong place at the wrong time.
We were only 15 at the time.
one week passed and we went to boot camp.
We eventually finished boot camp and we were officially in the military.
we sadly couldn't be part of the soldiers that went off world, but we were happy knowing that we finally have a chance to he heroes by protecting our world.
It took us 3 years but it was worth it and that was 1 year ago
*End flashback*
Now were here
It was a day like every other clear blue skies, cool breezes,and chirping birds.
we were stationed on an outpost looking for unregistered ships for docking
*Alex walks up to me*
"Anything"? he asks
"No" I respond
"Its been quiet this week" I say
"Hey since there nothing wanna do some training''he asks
"sure " I respond
*I throw the first punch*
* he doges it*
*i attempt a drop kick*
*he jumps*
*he punches*
*I block*
*he breaks my defense*
*he knocks me on the ground*
"Well it looks like you loose" He says confidently
*i drop kick him*
*he falls*
"Don't leave your guard down" I say
We both start laughing
"SOLDIERS"! A woman wearing white with pink armor yells
"Y..YES MAM"? we say at the same time
"Do you think this is a playground you have a job to do"! she exclaims.
"Sorry Ms. williams well get back to our stations" Alex says.
"Good" She says more calmly.
"Now ill be going to Outpost 7 to see if they've found any new information on some newly discovered minerles" She says
"Ill be takeing my crew to the outpost with me, so you'll be in charge for a while"
"Yes mam" i say
They eventually leave and we return to our stations
Its quiet for about 3 hours until I hear Alex yell
"HEY COME LOOK AT THIS"!
He shows me a hologram
"What is that"? I say
I look at a giant odd looking shape almost like a crab
"Is that a ship"? I ask
"I Don't know i'm not getting any data on it"
"Ill contact command" I say
"Command we have an unidentified ship entering the atmosphere"
Nothing
"Command come in"
Nothing
"COMMAND"!
Nothing
"Bro i'm not getting a response"I say
suddenly the afternoon sky gets darker and reder and cloudier
lightning starts appearing
Then my eyes widen as i see something coming out of the dark cloudy skies
"That's the ship we saw" he says
we stare at the ship in shock
we then hear multiple crashes around our area
"Bro look" I say
"What the why are they here"he says.
we see pods that start to open to reveal robotic like beings
"GETH"! He yells.
The Geth begin to fire at us
"GET TO COVER"I yell
"WHERE ARE THE GUNS"I ask
"OVER THERE" Alex yells
He points at a crate
*we run to it*
sadly no armor but we do find pistols,assault rifles,and one sniper rifle
We see the Geth make their way up to us
"Ready bro"I ask
"yeah" He responds
We see about 5 Geth coming from both the left and right for a total of 10
"Lets go" Alex yells
*He fires an assault rifle*
*I fire a pistol*
*He takes out 2 Geth*
*I take out 3*
we see more pods falling
"MORE OF THEM"! I yell
we see about 15 more coming for us
*we take out more Geth*
I realize my gun needs reloading
"BRO" I yell
*I throw my gun at him and his at mine*
He was always faster at reloading than me
He starts switching clips at light speed its just a blur to me
"Done"He yells
*we switch guns*
*I Take out all the Geth on my side*
I then see that Alex's side has 4 Geth left
*I grab an assault rifle*
"Get Down I yell*
*I Blast them all down*
Alex was always better at reloading but i was always better at aiming.
Finally we take them all out.
"What the hell are Geth doing here" I ask
"well no doubt they came with that ship"Alex responds
" we gotta get out of here"I say
Alex puts a sniper rifle on his back and we take a transporter to the station.
on the way we see burning mountains and far off outposts being destroyed.
"What do we do" I ask
"well we should head to the nerby city and leave in evac ships,we need to get off world"Alex says
we see the city in the distance
"we could walk the rest of the way we can make it"! I exclaim
suddenly the ship starts to glow red
"BRO LOOK"! I yell as i point at the ship
suddenly the ship fires a giant laser and attacks the city
we see the city explode
"No.."I whisper
we arrive at the station nothing but rubble
as we walk around we see more Geth
*I quietly take out my pistol*
"Wait" Alex whispers
"look"
*He points at the Geth*
The Geth Start impaling dead bodies on strange pillars
"What the" I say
"lets take them down" He says
I count 4 Geth
In no time we take them down
We look at the horror in front of us
"There was nothing we could have done" I whisper
"...come on lets go" i whisper
"There should still be some evac shuttles"
suddenly something starts happening to the bodies
Their skin begins to change and they get odd blue circles around them
Then they begin to move
"What the H-"
I'm interupted by a loud screech
The pillars then begin to lower
Next thing we new we were face to face with 6 undead creatures
*They charge at us*
"LOOK OUT"! i yell
we doge and start shooting at them
They take more hits then we thought
we then see that some of then begin to glow
Something was telling us that we had to run and so we did
Suddenly the creatures release a pulse of energy
Even after that they still keep going.
I then see a wepons crate
"BRO HOLD THEM OFF"! I yell
*I open It*
I see several grenades in it.
*I Throw one*
Most of the creatures are destroyed.
Alex then finishes them off.
*We then fall on the ground*
"That was too close" I say
"Yeah" Alex responds
"what were those things"? I ask
"I don't know they just came back and attacked like wiled animals" Alex responds
we then see a small ship landing.
we run to try to catch the ship.
we look down at the spot where the ship landed we see a Turian and talking to another Turian.
we make our way downhill to ask for help.
As we get closer one of the Turians seems familiar.
I see that there talking.
One of then is gray the other seems red with white on his face.
To my utter shock the gray Turian kills the other one
"Stop" Alex says
"Why did he do That" I respond
"Lets get a closer look"He says
as we get closer i see that there's a person hidden most likely a worker.
He then hides behind a building.
Then an Asari walks out of the ship along with some Geth.
"Bro I think we found the ones responsible" I say
"Yeah we have to take them out"He says
*He Hands me a sniper rifle he was carrying on his back*
"Take the shot" He says
*I begin to aim at the Turian*
*I fire*
To out shock the blast is stopped midair by the Asari using her biotic power.
The Turian looks at us with anger.
He says something to the Asari.
Suddenly we start flouting.
we cant move our bodies and were being pulled towards them.
we are now face to face with the Turian
"So did you actually belived that you could kill me" He says calmly
"Pathtic"
He looks at the Asari.
"Dispose of them" He says
He then walks towards the ship.
She then throws us an incredible distance almost off a cliff.
To my suprise I was still alive, barely conscious however.
I then saw that Alex wasn't moving.
I then tried to stand up.
The best i could do was crawl.
To my releafe he was still breathing
At that moment i thought we were done for. I started to close my eyes thinking it was over for us.
I started to cry
"I'm ...sorry mom and dad ...we ...failed you" I whisper
Then I see it an alliance shuttle.
I realize there's still hope.
I grab My pistol and start shooting.
It seems to work because it comes our way.
I Then hear something else.
Those creatures form before start running towards us.
I get up as quickly as i can and using my all my strength I carry Alex.
The shuttle then opens up some soldiers begin to fire at the creatures.
I jump into the ship and now it takes off.
As we slowly go higher I see the burning planet. I see a sniper rifle next to me .
I look in the scope looking for our home.
Insted a green flash in the distance catches my eye all I can see Is 3 people on the ground.
Eventually the door of the shuttle begins to close.
Right before it fully closes I can see The giant ship blast one more laser.
We Finally leave the planets atmosphere And I can see My once peaceful home world.
One of the solders tells me that Alex will be ok.
The shuttle takes us to bigger rescue ship.
Alex and I get taken to a doctor.
Before we do I can see on a monitor
My world for the last time.
After we get put in beds we are informed that we will make a mass relay jump.
when the jump is made i see a monitor that shows new stars i have never seen before.
I realize that this is the begining of something new.
I then close my eyes and whisper.
"we did It"
Author's Note: Hi I have several things to say. First off this was my first story so I tried extra hard to do as little mistakes as possible. Second since this was my first story i would like some feedback on what i need to improve whether it be paceing, characters etc. Third I know that the summary says a group of heroes but I wanted this chapter to be an introduction to the main character. I'm planing to add about 4 characters to the main roster but the first one might not come till chapter 3. On a fourth note I don't really know what to do with the gender of the main character. I tried to keep the main character gender neutral to better reflect yourself into the character. I chose on the name Ripley because in the original Alien movie Ripley was going to be male but was changed. So i chose that name because a man or woman can have that name. Also if you noticed i'm trying to connect the events of this story with the actual game story which i will enjoy tampering with a bit. Not changeing Major main story things but small things. Oh and I am planing to make this story span the entire game trilogy. Personaly I'm excited to get to 3. So yeah that's preety much it Thank you.