Mass Effect: The Unleashed

Chapter One: Jedi Meets Spectre

"Shep...ake up...Shepard...up!" Came female voice over the intercom, rousing Commander Jane Shepard from her sleep "Shepard wake up!"

Shepard's eyes opened to reveal the sterile white of a Med-Bay ceiling. Feeling sore all over, she rubbed her jaw and tried to sit up, pausing when she felt a sharp pain in her abdomen.

"Shepard, your scars aren't fully healed but I need you to get up!" The voice shouted, frantic. "This Facility is under attack!"

Shepard, with some difficulty, sat up and got to her feet, almost falling over, she had to grip the side of the operating table to keep upright.

"Shepard we don't have time for this! Grab the pistol and armor from the locker in front of you!"

"Shut up bitch and let me think!" Mentally screamed the Spectre, hobbling over to the locker anyway. She opened it and observed it's contents, armor, an M-3 Predator heavy pistol and a single Medi-Gel applicator. Before even touching the gun or armor, she grabbed the Medi-Gel and jammed the applicator into her thigh. The relief was instantaneous as a pleasant, cooling sensation spread throughout her body. She wasn't back to a hundred percent, but close enough.

"Dammit Shepard! Get the armor on and get the hell out of there!"

Gritting her teeth in annoyance, she suited up in the N7 armor and grabbed the pistol. Realizing something, she shouted "There's no thermal clip in this thing!"

"You're in a Med-Bay, not an armory! Now get down, those barrels are about to blow!"

Shepard retreated and took cover as the door was blown out of the wall, killing a guard who was unfortunate enough to be standing behind it. Shepard jogged out of the Med-Bay and grabbed a thermal clip off of the guard, pausing only to observe the strange insignia on his uniform's chest.

*With Starkiller, after waking up*

Starkiller was pissed off. He had awoken from his cryo-sleep in the galaxy that he needed to be in, and had started a search for Shepard. After a few hours of searching through something called the 'extranet' he had found out that Shepard had been Killed in Action two years ago.

"Kota!" He screamed, "You sent me on a wild goose chase! Shepard's dead!"

"Clam yourself Boy!" Snapped Kota. "Shepard lives."

"No she doesn't! All records show that she was Killed in Action two years ago! And when I asked about these so-called 'Reapers' everyone told me that they don't exist! That Shepard was delusional!"

"The Reapers do exist! This galaxy's Council dismissed those claims out of fear. They don't want to acknowledge the Reaper's existence, even after one attacked the Citadel!"

Starkiller thought for a moment, and decided that it was possible that they existed. "But that doesn't change the fact that Shepard is dead, and that the galaxy is in denial about the greatest threat to their existence!"

"Shepard is dead, but not for long." Explained Kota, "She is being revived as we speak, go to these you will find her there." He pointed to a space station off in the distance. "You must go there Your assistance will lead to not only the galaxy's salvation, but also your personal redemption. Be warned, the weapons in this galaxy are very different from those in ours, you'll need to be faster to block them. May the Force be with you."

Starkiller sighed and piloted the ship towards the space station, wondering how Shepard had been revived, and more importantly, why, and by who.

*With Shepard: on the aforementioned Space Station*

Shepard moved through the hallways of the space station, taking out mechs as she went. Then she saw a pane of shatter-proof glass, and a guard with a pistol facing down a YMIR heavy mech "Shit! A pistol's meaningless against a Heavy. Gotta do something!" She was about to pound on the glass when she saw the mech aim it's chain gun at the guard. She couldn't watch, but she couldn't turn away. Then, something incredible happened, twin flashes of some kind of blue light formed an 'X' pattern across the mech's body and it fell apart into four separate pieces. She wanted to see who had done it, but heard that same voice shouting at her to keep going.

"God dammit Shepard! Keep moving!"

"I really want to shove this grenade launcher up her ass and pull the trigger." Growled Shepard as she moved forward.

"Keep going... I'll meet...u...at th..." Static, followed by an explosion-esque sound cut her off.

"Finally, she shuts up!" Thought Shepard, grateful for the break from her voice. "Still this is a stressful situation, so I'll reserve judgement. Especially if she's hot.*"

She entered into a large, open room where a dark-skinned mad with incendiary ammo in a pistol was shooting at mechs on a balcony across the room, a large gap between the two balconies.

"Shepard!" He asked in a surprised-sounding voice, "Damn, things must be bad if Miranda's got you running around."

"Who are you? Where am I?"

"Right, I'm sure you've got some questions." Muttered The man before taking out a mech with a headshot. "I'm Jacob Taylor, served in the Alliance-" a shot ricochet off of the handrail. "Tell ya what, help me take out these mechs, and I'll play Twenty Questions with you all day long. I'm almost out of clips, but I'm a Biotic, just say the word, and I'll hit 'em with the good stuff."

A loud shout was heard "NO!" then lightning flashed through the doorway on the far left corner of the room, followed by streaks of blue light.

"What in the hell?" murmured Jacob.

*Meanwhile: with Starkiller*

Starkiller's ship docked with the Space station and he immediately knew that something was wrong.

"No guards, strange." He thought, He closed his eyes and focused, He heard loud, noises that sounded like small explosions off in the distance, he felt the station tremble and smelled smoke. "Nothing's ever simple, is it?" He asked himself as he activated his lightsabers and readied for battle.

As he exited the airlock, he encountered a group of what appeared to be droids. They spotted him and aimed their weapons at him. Starkiller got into a defensive position as the first shot went off. He was floored by the speed and barely managed to block it. "Kota wasn't kidding when he said I'd have to be fast." He charged forward and sliced through the droids with practiced ease, blocking shots the whole time.

"Strange, These weapons use solid projectiles rather than lasers. I can see why, faster, more penetrating power, harder to dodge. Better keep on guard."

He sprinted down the corridor and felt the heat of the flames grow stronger and the smoke get thicker. Then, he felt a large vibration in the floor, looking down a hallway to the right, he saw a huge droid with it's back turned to him. Taking advantage of the element of surprise, he dashed forward and slashed it with his sabers, and used a force push, obliterating it and revealing a terrified guard behind it.

He saw someone run out of sight behind a window, then ran towards the guard.

"Thank you, whoever you are. If you hadn't shown up, that mech would have taken me out"

"Where's Shepard?" Asked Starkiller, taking a mental note of the term 'mech'. "I came here to find her, to help her."

The guard hesitated before pointing back down the hall, "Miranda's got her running around, Down the hall, first doorway on the right, keep following it, you should get to the escape shuttle from there, I'll show you the way."

"Thanks."

The pair ran down the hallway and arrived at a large, open room with several mechs on the balcony. Before either of them could react, a mech took the guard out with a headshot.

"NO!" Shouted Starkiller, blasting lightning at the nearby mechs, frying their circuits before dashing and slicing the remaining few with his sabers.

After a few seconds of heavy breathing, he deactivated his lightsabers and looked across the gap in the middle of the room, seeing two people, one of them a woman.

"Are you Shepard!" He asked, surprisingly, getting an answer.

"Yeah! Who are you!" She responded

"Call me Starkiller! I was sent here to aid you! I'll explain everything later!"

The man beside her spoke up, "Get over here! Take the-"

"I'll take the express route!" Shouted Starkiller as he channeled the force into his legs, backed up, ran forward, and jumped the gap.

Shepard and Jacob watched in awe as Starkiller vaulted the thirty-plus foot gap with no trouble at all.

"How'd you do that!" Asked Shepard, stunned.

"Can we talk later? We got mechs everywhere!"

"Jacob! Jacob!" Came a gruff voice over the intercom, "This is Wilson! What the hell's going on!"

"Wilson! Is that you!" Asked Jacob.

"Yeah. I was over in D-wing, trying to fix the malfunction when the mechs jumped me! I'm barely holding out!"

"Sit tight Wilson! We're coming to get you!"

"I remember someone named Wilson in the room when I first woke up. And a woman named Miranda." Mentioned Shepard, remembering that one time.

"Yeah, that was Wilson, He's the Chief Medical Director of Project Lazarus. He answers directly to Miranda."

"Okay, let's go get him." Decided Shepard, "Starkiller, I don't know who you are or how you do the things you do, but come with us. You said that you're here to help me, well, now's a good time to do that."

Starkiller nodded and followed Jacob and Shepard.

"Ah! Oh god! I'm shot!" Came Wilson's voice over the speakers.

Hurrying up the flight of stairs, the trio came into a room where Wilson was hiding behind cover, nursing an injured leg. "'Bout time you got here! Those mechs got me good!"

"I remember you, Wilson. You were there the first time I woke up." Said Shepard.

"Yeah, that was me." Grunted Wilson.

"Wilson, where's Miranda?" Asked Jacob

"Dead, probably. She was in D-Wing, it got hit the hardest."

"A couple of mechs won't drop Miranda."

"Then why haven't we heard from her? There are only two possibilities, She's dead, or a traitor!"

"Uh-uh, this project was Miranda's baby, she'd never sabotage it." Replied Jacob with conviction "Besides, what were you doing in D-Wing? You're supposed to be in Bio."

"Weren't you listening! I went there to fix the problem!" Roared Wilson, angry at the accusation. "Besides, I was shot! How do you explain that!"

"In the leg." Pointed out Starkiller.

"What?"

"You were shot in the leg. I find it odd that you received such a minor injury when these mechs are clearly shooting to kill."

"Jacob, who the hell is this guy?" Asked Wilson, "Never mind, just patch me up."

"Right, Shepard, get the Medi-Gel from the kit on the wall. Hopefully there's enough to get Wilson up-and-running again."

Starkiller watched as Shepard walked over to a panel on the wall and removed a glass vial with a needle in the end, then injected the contents into Wilson. His wound closed up quickly. "Wow, that stuff is better than Bacta."

"Thanks, now, we should get to the escape shuttle." Planned Wilson, rising to his feet with minimal effort.

"Right, It's just-"

Jacob was cut off by the sound of the door opening and some mechs opening fire on the four.

"Wilson! Overload those barrels!" shouted Jacob, pointing to the drums directly between them and the mechs.

"Right!" Wilson's body flared with Biotic energy as he stood up and pointed at the barrels, which exploded a second later.

"The Force?" Thought Starkiller, "No, something slightly different, a different energy."

As he finished that thought, a fresh batch of mechs piled out of the doorway and started firing on them. Starkiller responded with a blast of lightning across the room that fried the mechs for good.

"Whoa, how'd you do that?" Asked wilson, unsure of what he'd just seen.

"I'll explain later when we are off of the space station with the mechs that are trying to kill us!" Answered Starkiller, vaulting over his cover. And dashing down the hall, Shepard, Jacob, and Wilson in hot pursuit, All wondering just who this 'Starkiller' was.

"Wait, Shepard. I need you to trust us, so there's something you should know..." Jacob explained about The Lazarus Project, and Cerberus.

Shepard was not happy about it, but put it aside for the moment. And Starkiller wondered just who or what 'Cerberus' was.

*Several mech-free minutes later...*

They arrived at the bay for the escape shuttle, only to find it, surprise, crawling with more LOKI mechs. But, between Jacob and Wilson's Biotics and guns, Shepard's guns, and Starkiller's lightning and Biotic-like powers he exhibited, they were cleared out pretty fast.

"There, were good. The shuttle hatch is right on the other side of the room, through that door." Said Jacob, pointing to the aforementioned door.

The foursome made their war across the room and opened the door... To the sight of about ten mechs aiming their pistols at them.

Before any shots were even fired, Starkiller leapt into action, grabbing two silver devices hanging from his belt. He activated them and Shepard and Co. gasped at the blue energy blades that appeared. As the first mech squeezed the trigger, Starkiller swung the blade, vaporizing the bullet and slicing two mechs into pieces.

Moving quickly, he whirled around and slashed the next mech in four, then dashed to the left and took out those four mechs with a flurry of slices and slashes. He then jumped into the air and spun rapidly, cutting up three mechs.

As the last one took aim, he threw his lightsabers at it and reduced it to scrap metal, the sabers flying back into his hands on their own.

The other three simply stared. This man had just reduced a room full of mechs to burning piles os twisted steel, in a matter of seconds, with some strange, blue, energy swords.

"What are those!" Asked Shepard, in awe of their destructive power. "And where can I get some?"

"No time!" Shouted Wilson, "We gotta get moving, the shuttles right through-"

He was cut off as the doors opened and an attractive, pale-skinned, dark-haired woman strode out. "Hello Wilson." she greeted

"Miranda? I thought you were-" His last sentence was cut short by a bullet to the brain.

"Dead?" she smirked, "Not by a longshot."

Starkiller and Shepard grabbed their respective weapons and got into a defensive position.

"What was that for!" Demanded Shepard.

"He was the traitor." Explained Miranda calmly, "If I didn't do it, the boss or some other operative would have."

"Is that how things are run in Cerberus?"

"Ah... Jacob. I should have known that your conscious would get the better of you."

"Well... I was expecting to get shot in the back by him anyway." Admitted Shepard, holstering her weapon, asking Starkiller to do the same.

"We should get out of here." Pointed out Jacob.

"Not without my ship!" Demanded Starkiller

"Sorry, but your ship is lost, you don't know where we're going and I'm not telling you." Explained Miranda.

"You don't have to, Give me thirty seconds to get to my ship and I'll follow you." Bargined Starkiller.

"Very well, thirty seconds."

Starkiller took off running, faster than any human could. Shepard and Co. boarded the shuttle and waited.

"Well, his time's up." Announced Miranda "We're leaving-"

The sight of a ship cut her off.

"That must be him." Smirked Shepard.

"Very well, I hope he can keep up." Challenged Miranda as she went into light-speed, With the Rouge Shadow II following suit a few seconds later.

*End of Chapter One*

Alright. Second Chapter! Woo!

Okay, background Info on This Shepard... Earthborn/War Hero/Paragon. Saved Wrex, Saved the Council, Made Anderson the new Councilor. Was romantically involved with Liara T'Soni.

*She is a lesbian if the FemShep/Tali/Others pairing didn't clue you into that fact.

Unsure of who I should pair Starkiller with, but it is looking like Jack at the moment. If you have any suggestions, let me know in a review.

Speaking of Reviews, Anonymous Reviews are enabled. And I want to see more Reviews in general. If I don't I will slow down writing this fic due to a lack of motivation. Correct me if I'm wrong, but almost two hundred hits and four reviews doesn't seem right.

If you have any more questions or ideas, feel free to let me know.

-Khaos