Victims of Virmire
Virmire 2183
''It's the right choice, and you know it Ash.'' Kaiden shouts over the comms to Shepard and Ashley. Shepard's voice buzzes over the comms as Alenko aims his Predator at a Geth. ''I understand Commander, I don't regret a thing.''
He fires several shots and incapacitates the platform. He puts up his barriers to deflect bullets and lifts a unit that runs at him. He then flings the synthetic into a group of other Geth, knocking them all down.
''Take that you lifeless bastards!'' He roars as he fires more shots in the general direction of the Geth. ''You need to go now, I can keep the Geth at bay.'' He orders the crew members. They take one look at him, salute and run towards the AA tower.
The Geth turn in pursuit of the fleeing crew members. Just as they reach the entrance to the bomb site, Kaiden lifts the group of Geth and throw them back at the opposite wall. He ducks behind a fuel tank.
''Ah…'' He scrunches his face and puts his hands upon his temples. ''Damn headaches!''
He peers around the fuel tank. The Geth get back up after being flung at the wall, disorientated, they make several different electronic sounds and look around. Kaiden leans back against the fuel tank and takes several deep breaths. He looks towards the nuke, it seems fine and is still armed.
''Here goes nothing'' He rolls out of cover, firing his Predator at the Geth. Several drop but are quickly replaced with others. ''Go to hell!'' He roars as he throws the Geth back.
He ducks back into cover behind a fuel tank opposite to the previous. He loads his omni tool and fires an overload at the Geth. The overload jumps between the group, destroying some whilst confusing other. Amongst the confusion Kaiden quickly navigates behind the different fuel tanks. He finds himself at the fuel tank closest to the nuke. The Geth begin to chatter.
''What're you saying?'' He whispers to himself.
An explosion unsettles him, he peers around cover and notices that one by one the Geth are destroying the fuel tanks.
''They're looking for me'' He mutters to himself. Several other explosions follow, he is sure his tank is next. He sneaks a look round the tank and there is one more tank left before his. He notices that all the Geth are looking away from him, up towards the sky. He follows their gaze, he finds himself looking at the Normandy. He turns quickly, moving as silently as possible towards the nuke. A unit spots him, and he desperately throws the group to buy him time. He reaches the nuke and uses his omni tool to check the time till activation. Just a few seconds left.
''Come on… come on!'' He says repeatedly. He turns at the sound of gun fire; however he is then struck in the arm. He drops holding onto the wound. ''Bastard'' he curses.
The nuke begins beeping signalling the final seconds until detonation.
''I won't be one of your husks!''
'I still consider my time on the Normandy
to be one of the most important
experiences of my life.'
