Thank you for the follows! I am happy people are enjoying it so far! Just as a sidenote. This is my version/fantasy of Mass Effect. The story line will be different and dialogue will be different. But I will follow the gist/basics of the story. If you want the same story line play the game lol XD Anywho! Don't own the rights blah blah it's Bioware with my twist. I hope you enjoy
This is what hell was like. He knew he had done a lot of bad things in his life, but he never considered himself to be evil, not even a bad guy really. I guess this is what you get when you kill people. He was reliving one of the worst days in his life, Akuze. He was in his own body, but he had no control over it. It was just like watching a movie, but from the main characters point of view. He remembered this point if view very well and he would never forget it because it was his own. All the times he had played it out in his head, and done things differently were in vain because of it.
He ran through the camp which was erupting in to chaos from the attack. There was no order and his commanding officers were nowhere to be found. He had to do something and he had to do it quickly. As he ran through the camp he planned to gather as many able soldiers and weapons and possible to try and form so sort of organized attack. Sadly luck wasn't on his side, he wasn't able to find as many people as he would have liked. It was down to him and four other marines, one of the four being Corporal Toombs.
"What are we going to do Shepard?" Toombs asked not even bothering to hide the fear in his voice.
"We need to do something. We can't just stay here, we'll be sitting ducks". Shepard replied while pulling clips from an ammunition crate.
"Do you think we should try and run?" One of the smaller marines asked.
"Are you nuts?" Toombs asked before Shepard could speak.
"We wouldn't make it a hundred yards!" Another marine added on.
Shepard sighed and shook his head.
"Then what do you suggest we do?" The smaller marine asked slowly.
"The only thing we know how to do. The only thing we know how to do. We fight. Our chances look pretty bleak no matter what we do. This way we have a small chance, and if anything we can die trying. It's better than dying while running or hiding." Shepard stated with finality.
The marines said nothing for a minute. They all looked at each other and nodded as if to agree with him. They all readied their weapons in the time between attacks.
"Are you guys all ready?" Shepard asked the men before him.
They all gave grunts and nods.
"It has been an honor serving with you all; now let's go kick some thresher maw ass! OORAH!" Shepard exclaimed while saluting his men.
"OORAH!" they all shouted in unison while returning his salute.
They left ruins of the camp and made their way to a slightly higher vantage point. Shepard gave the men a hand signal to wait while he scooped out the hill to make sure it was safe. The men crouched down and watched Shepard intently. They all turned to each other when the ground beneath them began to shake and cave in. They were above a maw that was digging up, the smaller marine and the man to his right were not quick enough in moving out of the way and fell through the parting sand in to the abyss of the maw's hole.
The angry maw came out of the hole screeching. It scanned its surroundings and locked on to its targets. Toomb began firing away while the marine beside him froze in fear. They both knew that this was the end for them.
Shepard saw what was happening and could do nothing about it. Like hell he couldn't! He charged down the hill at a full sprint and pulled out the long knife from his thigh. With all the strength he could summon launched himself off of the ground, he lifted the knife above his head and slammed it down into the maw. It barely seemed to notice, it raised itself farther out of the whole and flipped Shepard off of it. He hit the ground hard. He tried gasping for air but the impact knocked the wind out of him. Before he could even move the maw had him in its sights. It screeched out one last cry, (Shepard swore it was a cry of victory) before it came down at and grabbed Shepard in its mouth. It tossed him in to the air before catching him again and letting him slide down its throat. Everything around Shepard turned black.
He had to do something and fast. He reached down into the boot opposite where he pulled out the large knife and pulled out a smaller one.
"This will have to do" he said to no one.
He tried moving forward until he bumped in to something. He had no idea what it could be and he didn't care, he started slashing away. He felt hot liquid coming from what he was slashing. It was bleeding! Or at least he thought. The maw screamed in agony and began thrashing away. Shepard smiled to himself because it was working! He began strategizing on how to do this. He began cutting again and tried to cut in chunks so he could get out of the damned thing. But it was no easy feat considering the size of the beast and the fact that it was pretty pissed and kept thrashing around.
After a while of doing this maw started hacking up blood and convulsing…then no movements at all. He reached out and touched where he was cutting and tried to compare it to where he hadn't been cutting. This was going to take a while. He had no idea about how much time had passed but he was getting tired and angry. He stabbed harder and felt it give; he had breached its outermost layer of skin. He started hacking away even faster until he saw light. He finally had a decent sized opening. He put his hands on the opening and pulled with all the strength he had left and it gave way and tore in to a bigger hole. Shepard squeezed his way out and hit the ground with a thump. He could not believe he had just done that. He stayed on the ground and stared up at the sky. He heard the familiar hum of an incoming shuttle. He shot to his feet and searched the sky for it. He saw it float across the sky and landed about a hundred yards from the base. He slowly made his way to it. After his first step he felt shots of pain all over his body. He didn't realize how much damage the maws stomach had done to him. He had burns all over his body and large puncture marks on his chest from where it bit him. He took a deep breath and slowly made his way to the shuttle
"Is anyone here? I really could use some help!" He called out
His vision began to blur and the world started to spin. Everything began fading out until there was darkness.