Mass Effect 2

Suicidal Odds

Prologue

"Your origins don't matter, who you are as an individual does."

Ty

September, 2186

Exhaustion and fatigue had a few stages though Ty wasn't sure how many or what stage he was in, all he knew was that he wanted nothing more than to fall on the nice cold floor and sleep. His eyes began to shut as he thought about sleep and how great it would be if his body would allow him just a few minutes of rest since he couldn't even remember what year he was in anymore.

He just wanted to sleep at least for a few minutes, as his eyes began to glaze over and sleep became in reach he felt electricity jolt through his body. "AHHHH! AH! AH! Rarragh! Alliance PRICKS! Every last one of you has a stick up your ass!" Ty screamed out into the air. He tried to catch his breath but the electricity surged through him again. He screamed out again as his hands and legs tried to fight against the restraints. "FUCK FUCK FUCK FUUUCCCKKKKKK! AHHH! Fuck you all you military shi-AHHHHHHH!"

Screaming was about the only thing that allowed him to express how he really felt to be jailed and tortured at the hands of the Alliance. 2186, that was the year he remembered and he was having his time wasted by the Alliance while the Reapers were on the horizon, literally. "You think this will break me, it won't assholes! I'M UNBREAKABLE!" Electricity jolted through him again causing him to scream out in pain.

The room was dark save for the light that was shining on the former mercenary and it was cold due to the lack of a shirt. He couldn't see much except the Alliance soldier who was controlling the electricity, some guy behind a helmet who was getting rather irritated at him for not talking except to yell at them and to scream. He had done very well in talking he thought, he managed to piss off every single person that was trying to get out the information he had so by his standards he was doing great.

As the electricity finished attacking his nerves and body his breath left him again and he panted hard. His will was far from broken, but damn did he wish he would at least get to sleep at some point. It had been days it seemed since the last time he slept. Ty's head fell forward and he got a good look at the once open wound he had on his stomach that was now sealed since the Alliance had given him some medical care before the torturing. The man chuckled softly to himself since all they did was patch him up to torture him and then they were going to have to give him more medical care afterwards. They should have just taken his offer and they all would have been spared from this waste of time.

Ty's thoughts drifted back to his wound and how he got it, that Cerberus asshole with the sword was going to pay for the injury and then he was going to march to Omega and take it back for what that other Cerberus asshole did. It may have been a shithole, but it was Aria's shithole that he lived and worked on occasionally.

As his panting died out he found his voice and forced it up. "You know what I want and you should also know you are running out of time so you should just do us all a favor and let me see her." He was surprised at how hoarse his voice had become, how long had even been screaming for, hours? Days? He wasn't sure anymore, his body was just so zapped of energy.

"You've already seen her." A voice called out from behind what he assumed was a glass window since it was over an intercom. Ty chuckled, yeah he had seen her, he waltzed right into Vancouver through security and almost got to her door when security finally caught on and found the unconscious soldier he stole the uniform off of. "Master of infiltration or just lucky?" he heard her voice ask.

At this point he wasn't so sure if he was going to ever be able to be either anymore. Ty continued looking down. "She is the only one I'll speak to and I am surprised by this all Anderson, torture? I didn't think it was your style, I always thought you were nicer than this. She spoke really highly of you so I guess I had higher expectations. Ty licked his lips and tried swallowing for the sake of his dry throat but it didn't help too much. The man shook his head as he continued. "I'm also surprised by the fact you think you can hide behind that intercom and think I don't know it's you. The way you speak is a clear give away, very commanding, I bet these lackeys really like you yelling at them but I have to ask…when did you become so mean, heheheh-AHHHH!"

That last jab must have really agitated him judging on the fact it felt like there was more voltage in the shock. Perhaps it was delirium catching up with him or maybe he was just fading to the spirit realm to meet all the friends that had died under his command nine years ago to raise a toast to his sarcasm and assholism finally getting him killed. "Get out of my way right now! I will not sit here and allow you to torture him anymore because of political bullshit! You are all better than this. The Reapers are almost here and he is willing to talk to me." A pause of silence followed. "Get. Out. Of. My. Way." The woman seethed and likely had a biotic's swirling around her as she incinerated whoever was standing in her way with a death glare.

Ty knew that voice and it made him look up momentarily before the energy it took to look up became too much and his head fell down. There was the sound of hydraulic doors sliding open and then the sound of feet jogging to him. Each step kept his mind from fading to sleep, the hope of seeing her again to warn her of the impending attack kept him more or less awake.

"Get away from that button right now or it's you who will be electrocuted next." That voice brought a smile to his face. She was here, finally. A blurry figure came into sight in front of the man but he once again just wanted to pass out. A comforting hand moved under his chin and lifted his head up so he could see the piercing sapphire eyes that belonged to the voice.

"Shepard." Ty greeted weakly.

Shepard gave him a quick but friendly hug, the embrace gave him some warmth as he rested his head on her shoulder until she let go and put her hand under his chin to hold his head up.

"I'm so sorry Ty. I tried to stop this all and convince them you wouldn't break bu-"

Ty shook his head with what little energy and range of motion he had stopping her from speaking. "Don't worry about it, Shepard. I know you did your best. Besides, I've had worse treatment…can't think of any right now since this is so fresh, but I'll come up with one later. Straight to business I assume?"

"The sooner you tell me, the sooner you'll be in the medical center again." Shepard said in an assuring tone. He gave a short nod due to her hand holding up his face, he missed the squad and working with Shepard. So many good times, some not so good but the good ones stood out more.

The warrior just wanted to sleep so badly despite needing to tell Shepard the information he had. Ty felt his eyes shutting again and voices becoming more distant. "…ay with me Ty …Anderson he nee…ical atten…come on Ty don…"

Ty felt his mouth move as his hoarse voice came out. "Reapers…Batarian's…Omega taken…Cerberus." Exhaustion finally caught up with him as he felt himself slip into a deep sleep and the memories of old filled his mind.

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