This story has been in my head for years...but now its finally here for your enjoyment. First off I want to thank a few people. gale1234, inf3ctionZ, Herr Wozzeck, bale626, Stealer-L1F3, and a special thanks to Iysiiea for furthering my inspiring me with her stories.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Mass Effect.
Prologue
"God I hate playing football in the rain." I said to myself as I waited for my turn to play. As I looked at the crowd sitting in their cozy, dry stadium seats and I noticed a particular person waving at me from the front row. As I walked up to the railing I was met with a wonderful good luck kiss from my girlfriend. Finally, able to catch my breath, I asked "Amanda, what are you doing here? Your parents will be so pissed to find out you snuck out to my game." As our eyes met, she smiled and said "There is no way I'm missing the most important game of your high school career, besides, you were always there for me and now it's my turn."
"Hey! Jeromy! Come on, you're up!" My cousin yelled at me. I looked back, seeing my coach looking at me as if he wants to throw me onto the field saying "Damn it Storm! Get your ass onto that field, NOW!" As I ran past my coach with a smirk "Sorry coach." I apologized, taking my position as the team's middle line backer. I looked at the score board and noticed that we were two points ahead of the other team and 30 seconds from being the state champions. I muttered to myself "We can do this... We can do this." At that moment the play started and everyone blocked their assigned player, giving me a clear line of sight to the quarterback. I counted down from 3 then bolted straight for him as fast as my legs could carry me, dodging and weaving through the mess only to be stopped dead in my tracks as two members of the opposing team came to intercept me, knocking me onto my back. At that moment I watched the ball go sailing through the air, hitting its mark at the center of the field. Slowly recovering from the impact I saw most of my team was trying their best to stop this giant of a player who had the ball and was still going, even with all of the resistance on him. I immediately burst into a full sprint towards my target to try and help my team, but as I neared the group I noticed that I was faintly glowing blue and feeling a little lighter. Then I launched myself into the fray, seemingly flying to them taking the entire group down with a force that I didn't even know that I had and ultimately winning the State Championship.
After that massive tackle I sat there, trying to understand what just happened, when it occurred to me. "We just won..." I said to myself as I was sitting there, coming to terms with it. My team came over to me and celebrated with me by trying to pick me up and put me on their shoulders. As I sat there, I scanned the home team crowd for that one person, that one special person. That's when I spotted her, getting my friend's attention. "Hey guys, go that way." I said, pointing in her direction. When I arrived in front of her, I was put back onto the ground with a graceful thud. When I'm finally in front of her, she said with a quick hug and kiss "You did it, you won!" "I didn't do it alone..." I said, looking at my team "I have them to thank for this amazing day in my life." Returning my gaze. Amanda looks at me and asked "What happens now?" "I don't know my love, after every win the team normally has a party." I replied, Amanda looking a little sad "I don't think I can make it to the party, I was pushing it just being at the game... but damn it, I will try my best to be there." She said, right before we share a kiss so passionate, so indescribable, it made time seem to stand still, which lasted for a few moments. When it was done, we parted ways with her going to God knows where and me heading off to the locker room to celebrate more and clean myself up. My cousin and best friend both came up to me with my cousin asking "So, where are we going? There has to be a party somewhere." "I'm not sure, I just want to take a shower and face-plant my pillow so that I can sleep." I replied, Mitchell saying "Like hell you are, I mean, take that shower, but you are not sleeping for a while. It's my duty as your cousin to drag your sorry ass to a party if I have to." Trying to hold back a laugh, Thomas, my best friend said "Come on dude, you always know where the parties are at, besides, I'm sure your girlfriend will show up. So, where is the damn party at?" With a huge grin, I said "Well dude, you're right about a few things. I do know where a party is at..." building up their anticipation as I continue "Last I heard, TJ was having one, with his parents out of town he is able to throw one for the team and some other guests."
As I get ready for my shower, I noticed that my coach was walking towards me, wearing a huge grin "Storm, you did it. That last play was nothing but pure perfection. In fact, that play was so good that a few college recruiters came to me asking for me to give you this." He said as he handed me the cards to some great schools, then shakes my hand and said again "You did great today, son." "I didn't do it alone, I had a team watching my back." I said, looking at each of the cards "And each one of them performed admirably today, but thanks to you, we had a great teacher." I finished. He then walked off to his office. I noticed something familiar about one of the cards in my hand, it had a symbol of black and gold with what appeared to a motto under it saying "Advancing Humanity, one child at a time." I put the cards in my locker and decided to brush it aside so that I could go enjoy a nice hot shower. I proceeded to the private shower stall, where it was nice and quiet. I dropped my towel on a hook in the stall, while I was trying to get the water to just the right temperature, I saw my reflection in the mirror and studied myself, 5'9" with sandy blonde hair and sporting a sweet goatee. I could have done better to shape my body, but I was happy with the way I looked with my average/athletic build plus Amanda couldn't get enough of it. So there I was, cleaning the game off of myself as I thought about what my coach said, wondering if Amanda was going to show and if I'm going to remember the night, laughing at my last thought.
I was just about done when I heard a loud pounding on the stall door "Hey! Jeromy, stop jerking off." My best friend yelled through the door, laughing. "Fuck you dude!" I said retorted. I then heard my cousin say "Dude, hurry the hell up, you're our ride to the party." A little annoyed, I replied "Hold your on and don't fucking rush me you assholes!" I heard them move away from the stall door "Thank the gods." I muttered to myself. I dried myself off and wrapped the towel around my waist, then proceeded out to my locker, only to be greeted by my two friends waiting near it. "What?" I asked as both of them stare at me. "Nothing! Just hurry up and get ready." One of them said "You know he won't change unless we leave." The other chuckled. Feeling slightly annoyed "You know, the longer you mess with me, the longer you guys have to wait. Now piss off." I said as they left the locker room. I quickly changed into my clothes before anyone came back, then put my shower gear in my locker which I shut and locked before heading out to my car.
As I passed through the hallway that leads to the student parking lot, I had this odd feeling that I was being watched but I couldn't quite tell where from. Nearing the doors to the lot, I decided to brush off the feeling as pre-party jitters. I rounded the corner to see my friends standing next to my beautiful 98' Nissan Skyline GTR, stock of course. Thomas was the first to speak up of the two "Finally bro, you're here now let's get out of here." Looking around, my cousin said "I swear, were are being watched." Stopping by the driver's door "You have that feeling too?" I asked, unlocking my car and taking a seat inside. When both of them got in, Thomas laughed and said "Oh come on! Don't you start with that." I glared at him through the rear-view mirror and mumbled "Whatever." I started the car after securing myself and made sure my friends did as well.
"So, Jeromy, who all is going to be there?" Mitchell asked. "Who knows, as long as there is food and beer, I will be alright. I mean, today was our last game, so why not celebrate?" Thomas spoke up. I laughed a little bit, retorting "Your the teams finest center, so have at it and you Mitchell, watch yourself." He glared at me saying "I always watch what I eat, smart ass." "Right..., but here you are, the only one who can out eat me.. and I still have no idea where it all goes." I chuckled. After the conversation we rode in silence for about twenty minutes before we reached our destination. As I pulled up to TJ's place, I was surprised at how many people were there. "Holy crap! That's a lot of people." Said my two passengers in unison. As I parked my car and turned it off "Well boys, time for our party and remember, fly safely." I said. Both of them replied "And soar high." I left my car and make my way towards the group of people to see if Amanda had showed up yet, but instead notice that TJ was walking towards me. After greeting each other, he said with his arms out "Welcome to the party Jeromy, please, help yourself to the food and beer." I looked around "Where is the rest of the team? And have you seen Amanda?" I asked. "The team is scattered about and no, I haven't but, I am sure that she will make an appearance." he replied. We parted ways with me going to find where the food is. After what felt like forever, I locked eyes with the most beautiful person I know, Amanda. When she walked up to me, all she did was grab my arm and pull me into a private room in the house. With a serious look on her face, she said "Jeromy, I have to tell you something. I don't have time to explain, so just sit there." I do ask I'm asked and sit on the nearby bed asking "What's wrong?"
"Let me start off at the beginning, first of all, my name isn't Amanda, it's Samantha and I was sent here to watch over you." She continued to talk about why she was here, about my true father and then about me for about thirty minutes. Every time I asked where she came from, she just replied that she couldn't reveal that. Here I was, thinking to myself that my whole life, most importantly my last two years, was just a lie. That's when I heard some screams coming from the party, then the sounds of gun-fire. We quickly dropped to the floor when she said "It's too late, they're here. I need to get you to safety." I glared at the stranger next to me and said "No chance in hell am I going to just abandon them, for Christ's sake, they're our friends!" When we rounded a corner I saw my two friends Mitchell and Thomas. Both of them made their way to me saying "We need to get the hell out of here, now!" Thinking of what to do next, I noticed one of them and the armor they were wearing: white plating over a black lining with yellow/gold trim. Them it hit me: Cerberus is attacking our party. As our group made its way to the safety of my car, I asked her "Why in the hell are they here in this universe?!" She replied calmly "The same way you got here." "Um... guys? Two armored fucks are coming towards us." Thomas said hurriedly. At that moment the two of them started to open fire with their weapons but before their bullets could find their targets, this blue/purple bubble formed around us. "I can't hold it for too long, you guys get to safety!" Samantha ordered. I shook my head as I said "Guys, get her to safety, I got these clowns." My cousin grabbed my arm "They'll shoot you, we all need to leave as a team." He said sternly. I chuckled and replied "I have a few tricks up my sleeve for them, now get out of here!" 'God I hope this plan of mine works' I thought to myself. I closed my eyes to concentrate as I was engulfed in a blue aura and bolted straight towards the nearest enemy. I noticed that I moved faster than I knew I could until I heard a bone crunching sound coming from the guy I was looking over. Muttering to myself "Did I just do a charge?" I asked, seeing that my friends had gotten away to safety. I went after them, then wondered where the second guy was.
I felt a light sting on my back and as I turned around to see where it had come from, I saw the second guy, whom I had missed. "Who are you and what do you want?" I asked, trying to walk towards him. Before I could make it half way to him, my limbs started to feel like jello. Sliding to a knee, I heard the soldier walk up to me and say "This is Bravo-3 to all personnel, target alpha is green lit." That was all I heard before I fell into the darkness of the unconscious.
what will jeromy find if he wake up?... ;)
in case anyone was wondering Jeromy's last name is Storm
A/N: i hope this was enjoyable, remember to read & review