From the Eyes of the Forgotten-II
A Mass Effect 3 Story
Arlakh Company-Grunt
There was little in the galaxy that could stop a charging line of blood raged krogan. The pathetic forces that the reapers deployed were no exception. Their challenge came from their numbers. At least until you got to a banshee or brute. Then it got fun.
Grunt was firing his Claymore shotgun blindly, and every shot soaked the ground with reaper blood. Husks and cannibals fell from single shots. He would follow up by barreling into marauders and crushing them with single blows.
This is a fight, thought Grunt as he continued to smash through lines of reaper forces alone. This is a worthy enemy.
Major Kirrahe-STG 3rd Infiltration Regiment
"All units be advised, we've sighted a large group of cannibals heading north along a bombed out freeway."
"Acknowledged, Major," came the reply. "We'll neutralize them."
Three husks came crawling out of a building to Kirrahe's left. He aimed his pistol quickly and downed two of them. The third he disabled with two deft strikes to its midsection and head respectively.
"Major!" Called one of the corporals. "We've got a large force of husks and marauders to the south. They're attempting to push us to the north."
The enemy has likely set up an ambush along the northern route, thought Kirrahe. "We're heading east." The Major pointed down an abandoned alley. "We'll take a quick route around and flank them."
His men followed the order without question.
Several explosions rocked the streets ahead of them. Then there was a burst of static over the comms, followed by a communication.
"All Hammer forces," said the voice of a turian commander. "The initial attack on the destroyer was unsuccessful. Air strikes are inbound from Alliance forces. Be advised, the thanix missiles are still prepped and ready for launch."
One of the walls ahead of the salarians exploded, and a group of cannibals charged out, heading right for them.
"Take them out," ordered Kirrahe, aiming his pistol.
Jacob Taylor
This whole battle is going to hell, Jacob thought as he brought down another four cannibals. It had to end, and it had to be soon.
"All units move up!"
Jacob pushed on ahead, holding his rifle at the ready. The sound of battle echoed all around London, and off to the northwest the reaper destroyer was still stomping around and laying waste to any Hammer forces that got too close.
"Report's coming in!" Someone yelled. "Able squad's been wiped out by a harvester attack!"
"Are they headed this way?" Jacob asked the man.
"Most likely," he replied. "Be ready!"
Sure enough, two harvesters appeared over the buildings to the west. They landed next to where Jacob and Sierra squad were holding ground. Sierra took cover behind whatever they could.
The harvesters began firing. Two of Sierra Company yelled as they were sent flying. When the harvesters ceased fire, Jacob emerged from cover and poured on a heavy dose of gunfire, throwing in a few biotic attacks while he was at it.
One of his shots got lucky and pierced through the head of the harvester on the right. It went up in a blaze, and the explosion knocked the other one off balance. This allowed the men of Sierra Company to put it down as well.
Jacob watched it for a minute, and then got a jolt of pain as a cannibal shot him in the shoulder.
Garrus Vakarian
While Shepard was moving up the centerline of resistance, Garrus was coordinating the turian assault on the right flank of the reaper forces.
They were coming in droves, and the more they shot down the more there seemed to be.
Targeting a marauder, Garrus planted a single bullet in its head with his Black Widow sniper rifle. It blew the whole reaper away in a shower of dark blood.
"Reapers are swarming Delta from the left flank," one of the turians yelled. "Give them covering fire!"
Garrus pulled out his assault rifle and joined the other turians as they began firing into the horde of husks moving below them. They couldn't stop them all, but they got the majority of the reaper forces.
Come on, Shepard, thought Garrus, get a move on.
Alliance Pilot-Derek Velks
"We're coming in hot!" Derek said as he and his squadron launched an attack run on one of the sovereign-class reapers. With luck, they would draw its attention away from the bleeding turian cruiser that it had previously been engaging.
It didn't work as planned, and the turian cruiser was destroyed with the next blast.
"Dammit!" Velks exclaimed. "Give this reaper hell!"
"More fighters coming from above!"
"Take evasive action!"
It was too late as the force of reaper fighters' cannons tore into Derek's squadron.
Before his fighter was destroyed, Derek saw the Crucible enter the system.
Commander Shepard
Two thanix missiles were gone and the reaper destroyer hadn't even been touched. What made matters worse is that reaper ground forces were converging on Shepard's location.
James Vega and Tali'Zorah took cover just as the first of the brutes started arriving.
Shepard used everything she had, from biotics to gunfire, to bring down one of the reapers. Another one took its place immediately.
Tali sent her combat drone out while Vega launched grenades at the reaper forces. It didn't seem to be enough as they kept coming. They even started sending in banshee's and marauders.
"We've got more inbound from the left!" Called Vega.
"And from the right!" Tali added.
"Keep hitting them," Shepard ordered. "EDI, is that thing in range yet?" She looked up at the reaper destroyer, which was getting a little too close for comfort.
"Yes," EDI replied. "The second group of missiles is ready for launch."
Shepard dashed over to the missiles and hit the switch.
The next thing she saw was the missiles hitting the reaper in its open firing chamber. As it went down, she contacted nearby Hammer forces. "Hit it with everything you've got!"
They did just that. Rockets and biotics flew from every direction and smashed into the reaper destroyer, bringing it down to the ground in a shower of dirt and debris.
"Destroyer terminated!" EDI said triumphantly.