It's back! And now, we shall be seeing some more powers from Biomechanical! Alex. Sorry if this isn't as good as Hyliian's one, but GIMME A BREAK!
The new marine, who was called James Vega, was shouting at Shepard. "You! You're a hero, and you're running away to Mars while Earth burns!" Shepard yelled right back at him, "I had no choice! Dying is not going to stop the Reapers, and it was all we could do to escape!" "Then you can drop me off at the nearest station, because I'm. Not. Leaving." And with that, he stalked away to the hold. Shepard looked slightly pleadingly at Alex. He grumbled. "Oh, fine, I'm going."
James was doing pull-ups when Alex walked in. James was a big man, tall and broad, but Alex knew that there was nothing the human marine could do should he decide to kill him. The thought was quite comforting. "Hi," he said, walking in with his usual air of not-bothered-ness.
"What do you want," grunted Vega, "I'm busy."
"Oh, just to talk," said Alex with the chilling smile that had made N7 commandos piss themselves and run for it. "I get bored sometimes, you know?"
"Like I said," grunted James, "I'm busy."
"So is Shepard," said Alex suddenly, going for the scare tactic. "Trying to stop the Reapers."
James dropped off the chin-up bar, rolling his shoulders. "I was born on Earth. That bitch left my home to burn."
Alex stood up, slowly. "I was born on Earth, too. 'That bitch,' as you so eloquently put it, left my home to burn too. You don't hear me bitching about it, Vega." He looked up at the now clearly enraged marine. "Now you just go up there and apologise like a good boy. Go on, shoo." The dam broke. Vega launched himself at Alex, driving blows like piledrivers into his face. Alex was surprised. Those blows had…well, hurt wasn't the right word. Mildly itched might have been a better one. Still, even that was surprising. Vega was clearly strong. Vega swung one last punch at his head, and stepped back, panting. Alex gave a smile.
"My turn."
Doctor Chakwas looked with moderate disapproval at Alex. "It's good to have you back with us, Alex, but what did you do to that poor man?" Alex gave a sort-of smile slash grimace.
"I may have got a bit…carried away."
"Three broken ribs, two cases of severe internal bleeding, a collapsed lung, a broken nose, a broken jaw, and both shoulders dislocated."
"Like I said, I got carried away. "
The Kodiak swept down out of the sky, landing neatly on top of a hill. Alex went out first, his bio-armour fully grown. Shepard and Kaidan walked out of the Kodiak behind him. Kaidan whispered to Shepard. "I think I remember this guy. Zeus, right?"
"Yes." Shepard replied.
"He left me with a scar halfway down the left side of my face."
"I can see that."
"It hurts."
Alex spoke up. "Stop being a wimp." They came to the edge of a ridge, and Alex ducked down. "Cerberus. They're executing civilians." A gunshot came from over the ridge. Alex crawled forward. He then jumped over the ridge, and ran down the hill. There were seven screams, a volley of gunfire, and a gurgle. Alex walked back up the hill. "Well, come on!" The two human marines followed. Kaidan spoke up again.
"I don't think I like this guy."
"I assure you, the feeling is perfectly mutual, Mr Alenko," replied Alex evenly. They approached the compound. Eight Cerberus troopers were standing guard, backed up by an Atlas mech. Alex stepped forward. "Excuse me, but I think that you must be lost. This is Alliance territory." The Atlas mech stepped forward. "Remove yourself from the area." God, but that thing sounded stupid. Alex concentrated hard on the mech. His eye started glowing red. He'd realised that he might have this power when he had seen the Reapers invade Earth with their energy beam weapons. A beam of intense power blasted the mech into dust. The Cerberus troopers turned around, and ran. Another beam turned the unfortunate souls to atoms. Alenko ran up.
"Those troopers were harmless. They were on the retreat, they had dropped their weapons. What you just did is wrong on moral and ethical levels." He said.
"Look at my face," Alex replied, "Does it say I care?" Alenko looked at his face. It didn't say he cared.
They ran swiftly into the compound, firing on enemy squads as they went. Well, Shepard and Kaidan fired. Alex butchered. They ran forward, and spotted an Asari at the other end of the corridor. She had a heavy pistol, and was systematically shooting a squad of downed Cerberus troopers in the heads. Shepard stood up. "Liara?" The Asari turned, and smiled.
"Shepard! Good to see you again. When I heard about Earth, I thought…"
"Come on Liara, you know I'm harder to kill than that!" Grinned Shepard.
"I know, but…oh, hello Kaidan!"
"Good to see you too, Liara." Kaidan smiled, too.
Alex spoke up. "Ok, I'll just go kill something, shall I? Like the Cerberus agent hacking the main data terminal, perhaps?" Instantly, they all turned, goofy smiles knocked off their faces. "I thought you'd want to know."
The Cerberus agent ran through the base. She was fast, something she was glad of, much faster than the people chasing her. She ran out to the shuttle that was parked outside, and clambered in. She saw the two humans, the Asari, and the something run out onto the platform. They were too late. She would have smiled, had her facial servomotors permitted such an action. Then she turned around, looked out of the cockpit, and suddenly took a Kodiak to the face.
Alex watched and laughed as the two spacecraft smashed into each other. That was a good explosion. Out of the wreckage clambered a figure. It had once been human, or at least had looked human, but the thin veneer of synthetic human flesh had been burned away. Kaidan charged forward, a pair of omni-blades ready, but it simply picked him up and slammed him against the wall. Judging by the crack and the scream, it had slammed him hard. Shepard drew her pistol, and fired at it. Its kinetic barriers were too strong, and in three seconds it was going to reach her with a particularly vicious-looking omni-blade. Three seconds was enough. Alex stepped forward, and seized the thing mid-charge. It went limp, and a hologram Alex knew all too well sprung into being in the air above it. "Mercer," said the Illusive Man, "I now regret sending Shepard to pick you up."
"I missed you too, Timmy."
"I don't think you see the bigger picture."
"How can I when you're all up in my face?"
Timmy laughed derisively. "There is more at stake here than a few dead civilians! I have a grand plan, something you cannot even comprehend, and it is working. Except for one tiny hitch. It starts with A, and ends in lex Mercer."
"Well, I am good at being a hitch. Call me the virus in the ointment."
"Fool." And with that, Timmy disappeared.
"Well," said Shepard, "You have just made a massive and dangerous enemy."
"I know. Exciting, isn't it?"
It took me three hours of my life to get this done. If anyone says it's too short, I will hunt you down.