A/N: Here it is, the Second chapter of NE:GC. I strongly recommend that you read the authors note at the end of the chapter. Thanks as always to DN7 for his betaing work.

Disclaimer: Nope, still no ME/Crysis crossover game so that means that I still don't own ME or Crysis. That's all Bioware, Crytek and EA.

The Eden Prime Crysis

"Preparing for Impact"

Impacting on the ground I sank into a crouch, stabilizing myself with my fist. Standing up, the suit's energy reserves began replenishing after being expended by the impact. I ran towards the ridge overlooking the beacon, conveniently marked on my visor. Activating my suit's power mode I ran across the uneven terrain, jumping over boulders as I came to them. I was nearing the dig site when I heard multiple gunshots ahead of me. Sprinting the twenty meters at full power I fell onto my stomach drawing my CTA-20 SCAR X assault rifle.

Coming to a stop on the ridge overlooking the dig site I switched my SCAR into its SCARE Sniper mode. The barrel of the SCAR extended and the sight switched itself into a 6x magnification sniper scope. I saw a woman in Phoenix armor running from two drones of some kind. She stumbled as she took a hit to her shields. Quickly sighting down my scope I took out one of the drones just as the woman dropped into a backwards slide taking down the second one's shields which I then promptly took down as well.

I then saw something that took my complete attention, four synthetics that as I watched them tagged by SECOND as Geth after it completed it's own scan, were holding a colonist to some kind of tripod device. After a few seconds the poor bastard was impaled on some kind of spear. Swearing quietly, I was lined a shot at one of the Geth when they themselves took fire from farther up the path. The Geth moved out of the way causing my first shot to go wide. I quickly realigned my sights again and put a round into one of the Geth bringing down its shields before putting another round straight through its flashlight head, causing it to explode in a shower of white fluid and metal parts.

Two of the other Geth had been taken out by some apparent allies up the path leaving one Geth left. This Geth soon started floating wreathed in the tell tale blue flame of biotics. Pulling the trigger twice more left this Geth also without its head, allowing me to look up seeing that Shepard and Alenko were approaching the female marine. Jenkins was nowhere in sight.

I opened a comm channel to Shepard in time to hear the woman say "Gunnery Chief Ashley Williams. 212. Are you the one in charge here ma'am?"

"You could say that Chief. What's the situation?" Shepard asked her.

"We were attacked by some kind of synthetics. We were patrolling the perimeter when the attack hit. They cut our communications when we tried to send a distress call out. I've been fighting for my live since." Williams reported.

"What happened to your unit?" Shepard asked.

"Killed. All of them, I think. Although there might still be someone alive, I think that there is-" she hesitated before continuing "-or was a sniper up on that ridge." She finished pointing over to my general direction.

"That would probably be Operative Wraith. He was supposed to give us sniper support from there." Shepard told her.

"That's right Shep. Area is clear for now." I reported.

"Copy that Wraith. Any idea what enemy we're facing?" Shepard asked us in general.

Before Williams could respond I answered her. "I got a positive ID on Geth. Their directive is unknown. Presumably they are here for the beacon."

"Probably." Williams nodded before pointing towards the path leading towards the dig site. "The site is close. Just over that rise. It might still be there."

"Fall in Williams. I think it's time for payback."

"You got it ma'am."

"By the way Commander, what happened to Jenkins." I asked wondering where he was.

"KIA. Two Geth drones tore straight through his shields." Shepard responded grimly.

"Ah well, casualty of war I suppose." I said before swiveling my view to get a good look at the path leading up to the dig site when I noticed something "Uh, Shep? We got a problem. The beacon is not there. Repeat, the beacon is not at the dig site. Also watch your ass. We've got Geth incoming from that hill!"

"Copy that Wraith. Take em down!"

As one the squad started moving down towards the dig site, covering each other as they ran from cover to cover. Shepard was in the lead with her M-23 Katana, wrapped in a biotic barrier. Ashley came second, her M-8 Avenger spewing out bursts of bullets that kept the Geth's flashlight heads down. Alenko brought up the rear, firing at any Geth troopers that decided to pop their heads out of cover with an M-8 Predator pistol. Meanwhile I was bringing down Geth after Geth by firing two rounds consecutively at their flashlight heads; One round to take down their shields, the other to blow off said flashlights.

The amount of Geth streaming down the hill behind the dig site however was more than I could bring down by myself. As soon as Shepard got close enough she had a field day. Between shots I could see Shepard biotically pulling Geth towards her and unloading a shotgun blast in their face. As the Geth tried to charge her, Williams and Alenko took them down with accurate fire.

Just as I saw the last few stragglers coming down the mountain my SCARE beeped, the overheating warning flashing on my visor. I grimaced, holstered my SCARE and drew my dedicated DSG-1 sniper rifle to finish the Geth off. While the SCARE could fire quite a few times before overheating the DSG-1 could only fire three times. Four if I paused for a second between a shot before overheating. It however was a dedicated sniper and as such was more powerful. Sighting down the x12 scope, I took down two troopers in quick succession, waiting a second and taking down two more.

The last Geth however had fallen and I saw no hostile targets nearby. "Shepard, I see no hostiles. Meet you at the dig site." I jumped up holstering my DSG-1 and sprinted to a location where I could jump down to the dig site. The squad arrived just as I dropped down and I pulled out my SCARE switching it back to SCAR mode.

"Damn. What kind of weapon is that?" Alenko asked me. Glancing over at him I saw that Williams was rather surprised to see a Phantom here.

"CTA-20 Superior Combat Assault Rifle. Or SCAR for short. It has three different modes. A assault rifle mode which is its normal mode. Good at medium to long ranges. It has a sniper mode, which is called SCARE, or Superior Combat Assault Rifle-Extended. Finally, it has a carbine mode which is good at short to medium ranges that is called SCARAB, or Alternate Build. It's one of the most versatile weapons available at the moment." I explained.

"Damn, now I want one of those." Ashley remarked, earning a small laugh from me.

"Good luck with that. The public versions are locked in their respective modes. No way to unlock them either. Can't have the regular mercs get on equal terms with us now can we?"

"Yeah, let me tell you that particular feature pisses me off you know." Shepard grumbled. I smirked as I looked over at her to see her toting one such SCAR. "Alright, we have a mission to finish. The beacon is not here. Options?"

"Nihlus? It's Wraith. We hit a snag." I said opening a comm channel to Nihlus.

"I'm listening."

"The beacon is not here. Repeat the beacon is not at the dig site." I reported.

"It must have been moved. There is a small spaceport up ahead. The beacon was probably moved through there. I'm going to check it out. Get over there. I'll wait for you." Nihlus ordered.

"Copy that. Wraith out." I closed the channel turning back to Shepard "There's your answer Shepard. To the spaceport."

"Williams. How do we get there?" Shepard asked.

"It's not far. Up that hill is a small camp. The spaceport is on the other side." Williams reported.

"Alright. Let's head up there. Keep your guard up people." Shepard ordered as we started heading up the slope.

"Damn. They definitely hit the camp hard." Williams commented as we approached it seeing the heavy smoke in the area.

"Yeah, but watch out. It's a good place for an ambush so keep your guard up." Alenko told her.

When we cleared the rise we came upon the camp which, as Williams had already said, was hit very hard. There were a bunch of spikes littered all over the camp with bodies hanging on them.

"More of those spikes. What are they trying to do?" Williams asked.

"Psychological warfare." Shepard answered.

"Or worse." I said as the spikes started sliding down bringing the bodies down with them where they fell down and slowly got up.

"Oh god. They are still alive!" Alenko exclaimed.

"Negative Lieutenant. Those husk things are long dead. Kill them." Shepard ordered grimly and we all opened fire on the oncoming husks.

"Lieutenant! Pull the bastards in!" Shepard yelled. Alenko immediately flared blue and some husks were yanked off their feet as the biotic pull grabbed them. Immediately Shepard flared blue herself and blasted the now floating husks herself with a warp which detonated in combination with the pull to blast the husks apart.

"My turn! Watch your fire!" I called out drawing my CTA-12 Nova pistol and my Carcharias dagger, arming myself for close quarter combat.

"Maximum Power"

I sprinted forward smashing into a husk with my shoulder, throwing it to the ground where I finished it off with a shot to the head. Three husks tried to charge me, but I stabbed the first through the head, shot the second twice in the body and once in the head allowing me to finish off the third with a decapitation. Another husk swung at me and I ducked underneath its arm causing it to unbalance slightly. I sliced off its leg before punching it through the head as it fell splattering what was left of its head all over the ground. Looking up as I heard a screech I saw the two remaining husks charging me. Dropping into a backwards roll came up ready to throw my dagger at one and gun down the second only to see them already falling to the ground filled with bullet holes.

"Good job and nice shooting all." I complemented looking around at the carnage around us. Besides the six husks there were six other husk bodies lying around in various states of dismemberment.

"Nice job taking those husks down," Shepard complemented me. "Even if you just had to show off."

"Commander. The spaceport is that way." Williams pointed further up the path "But that building is locked. There might be someone hiding in it."

"Right. Shepard, I'll head on and scout out the space port. You can see if anyone is in there and then meet up with me later." I suggested.

"Alright. Get over there and stay in radio contact."

"Roger that Commander." I turned and headed further along the path. I came out on a slope overlooking the spaceport. Zooming in I saw a Turian that wasn't Nihlus. Who is he and what is he doing here? I asked myself as I saw Nihlus come out of hiding and aim his rifle at the newcomer. They started talking and I took the time to get a ID on the Turian.

"Positive ID match. Saren Arterius. Spectre."

That sent off warning bells in my mind. "Why would Saren be here now? The Council wouldn't send another Spectre for a simple recovery mission." I muttered to myself. Even though I was talking to myself SECOND answered:

"Intercepted enemy transmission. Decryption complete. Transmission intercepted five minutes prior:"

I listened to the audio log that SECOND had intercepted from the Geth wireless communications with growing understanding and horror: "Keep the alliance squad from reaching the beacon. I will deal with Nihlus."

"Positive voice recognition on Saren Arterius."

I didn't need SECOND to confirm my suspicions to know what was going on. I was reaching for my DSG-1 while opening a comm channel to Nihlus to warn him when my suit went haywire. I gasped in pain as the connection between me and the suit suddenly vanished and I was forced to my knees by the combination of the pain and the sudden weight of the suit.

"Warning. Hostile threat attempting to seize control.

Engaging safety protocols."

I was forced to watch helplessly as Saren drew his pistol and shot Nihlus in the back of the head.

"Rerouting systems. . ."

"Fuck." I swore as I tried to open a comm channel to Shepard.

"Communication systems offline."

"Come on!" I yelled angrily.

"All Systems rerouted. Cleared to proceed."

"Finally!" I shouted. I activated power mode and started charging down the slope towards the spaceport loading dock. I reached it to find four Geth and about ten husks waiting for me. Growling I pulled out my SCAR quickly changing it to SCARAB and opened fire. The superior rate of fire was perfect for the clumped up group and they were soon mowed down, a single husk got through to me which I immediately kicked with such force that my foot smashed right through its abdomen. Sighing, I turned to Nihlus's body. The bullet had entered his head right below his fringe and left a clean hole out of his forehead.

I sighed before having SECOND try and figure out what the hell happened while waiting for Shepard to get down here. I took the time to look around. The haze of smoke filled the sky and the countless fires made it look like the sky itself was burning. Off behind the spaceport the massive ship from the transmission was sitting on the ground. Even as I watched it took off, wreathed once more in red lightning.

As the ship disappeared into the sky I glanced behind me towards the slope and saw Shepard, Williams and Alenko talking with a group of colonists that seemed to have just exited a building off to the side. Eventually they finished talking and started towards me. As they reached me Shepard immediately asked me "What the hell happened here."

I sighed. "He was fucking betrayed, and I was unable to do anything because something tried to take control of my suit. Fortunately they failed but I was unable to save Nihlus because of it."

"Who killed him?" Shepard asked.

I was about to answer when I heard a quiet noise from behind some crates. Spinning around I drew my SCAR and aimed it at the area while shouting "Alright, I know you're there. Come out with your arms in the air now, or I'll fill you with holes!"

"Alright! Alright! I'm coming out! No need to fill anyone with holes!" A dockworker stepped out with his hands up.

"What the hell were you doing back there?" I asked him harshly.

"I saw what happened to that Turian!" He said quickly, avoiding the question.

"Oh did you now? And I suppose you found it alright just to stay back there and not do anything?" I asked sarcastically.

"I'm not armed! What was I supposed to do? Go out and get shot with the guy?" He tried to justify himself.

"That still doesn't explain what you were doing back there in the first place and how you were not spotted by the Geth." Shepard stated.

"I- uh. Well I was- uh. I usually kind of- well I was back there taking a nap." He confessed nervously.

"You bastard. While we were out there dying you were sleeping?" Williams asked incredulously.

"Like I said before! I wasn't armed! It was the safest place for me!"

"Alright now. Lets just keep calm here everybody." Alenko interjected "He really couldn't have done anything. It was probably best that he hid. What's your name?"

"I- My name's Powell."

"Where is the beacon?" Shepard asked him.

"The beacon? That thing they dug up? They sent it on a tram. That Saren guy also went that way." Powell told us.

"Right thanks." Kaidan thanked him.

"Powell... You're Cole's contact for the smuggling ring." Williams accused him.

"What? I- Fine. I'm a smuggler. What good will it do? Everything's gone to hell." Powell said miserably.

"What do you have back there? It might help us against the Geth." Shepard asked.

"Fine. Here. These grenades might help. The marines never notice if a crate here or there go missing."

"So... While the marines are here to protect you, you use them as an opportunity to smuggle and get money for yourself?" Shepard asked dangerously.

"I never thought that they would need that! We are just a small farming colony. Why would anyone be interested in us?" Powell tried to justify himself.

"Alright. You have one last chance. Are you sure, this is all you have back there?" Shepard asked fingering her shotgun.

"Ahh... Well there was one more thing. Top of the line. Here take it! I don't need it!" Powell confessed handing over a box to Shepard. "They killed everyone. Everyone! I got to get out of here. I can't take it anymore!" He turned and headed back further into the boxes again.

"Bastard." I muttered. "So what did he give you?"

"A M-15 Vindicator." Shepard told me cracking open the box. "Here Chief, this is much better than that Avenger you have." She said handing it over to Williams.

"Thanks Commander."

"Alright. Lets move out." Shepard ordered.

We hadn't gone ten steps when we were attacked by a bunch of Geth. There were four troopers and a shock trooper around the corner on a walkway that led to the stairs going down while there was a destroyer and a couple of troopers straight below us.

"Shepard!" I yelled. "Focus on those Geth on the walkway! I got these down here!" Without waiting for a response I activated power mode and jumped down in the midst of the group of Geth. I smashed my fist down on a trooper as I landed, caving its head in. Spinning, I kicked the destroyer that was already aiming its shotgun at me so that it staggered and fell, its shot going wide. Ducking under the rifle of the remaining trooper as it tried to hit me with it, I delivered a flurry of reinforced punches to its body. I finished it off with a kick that sent it flying into a wall, its front badly dented. By this time the destroyer was getting back on its feet so I jumped up drawing my knife as I went up. Coming down behind it I sunk my blade into the back of its neck, severing some very important wires which caused the destroyer to fall down dead.

Using the dead destroyer as temporary cover, I rolled behind a wall as more Geth in-front of me took offense to my presence. "Impressive!" Shepard called out, joining me on the other side of the path, Alenko and Williams coming up right behind her.

"I try!" I shouted in response "Think you can do better?"

"Of course I can! Cover me!" She shouted in response before she charged out of cover wrapping herself in a biotic barrier. Charging straight into a trooper she blew its head off with a blast from her shotgun. Spinning around she biotically threw another trooper off the walkway before following that up with a carnage shot that blasted two troopers simultaneously. She finished off by taking another two troopers out with her shotgun.

"Not bad!" I shouted "But how about at longer ranges?" I pulled out my DSG-1 sniper rifle and began sniping Geth heads off like in a shooting gallery.

"Fuck you Wraith! Even if I had one, you know I can't use a sniper rifle for shit!" Shepard yelled at me.

"That's a pity! Because I seem to be getting all the kills!" I responded.

"Gah! Williams! Alenko! With me. We aren't going to let this tin man beat us are we?" I could hear her grin underneath her helmet.

"Bring it on! We'll compare kills after!"

For the next five minutes we slowly made our way to the tram fighting geth along the way. Shepard, Williams and Alenko were in the front taking all the fire while I stayed back and took potshots at whatever Geth I could.

"Well, how many kills did you get Chief?" Shepard asked Williams after the last Geth was dead and the tram began its journey to the other end of the space port.

"My count is at 6 commander."

"Pfft. Amateur." Shepard said good naturedly. "You Alenko?"

"Just 3 commander."

"Don't worry about it. You were the one bringing down all their shields. I'd say for all the shields you overloaded you get another bonus 3 kills eh?" Shepard suggested slapping Alenko's back.

"And how many kills did you get, Commander?" I asked walking up to join the squad on the tram.

"A good 6.5, Wraith." She responded.

".5?"

"I had blown the arms off a trooper when a sniper took out its head." Shepard informed Williams who had asked, glaring pointedly at me.

"So that one counts as half a kill for me too?" I asked. "No matter. That would only bring my kill count down to 7.5."

"Bah. And how many of those were kill steals?" Shepard grumbled.

"Ah come on. Don't be a sore looser. I'll buy you a drink on the Cit- oh wait. You owe me one. Never mind." I said in mock sympathy.

"Asshole."

"I love you too."

"Bastard."

"Bitch."

"Fucking Tin-man."

"Alright that is it. Insults to myself I can handle. But to the suit? You might hurt its feelings!" I exclaimed in mock agony.

"Don't be such a baby."

"Do they always act like this Lt.?" Williams asked Alenko quietly.

"I heard that." I called out sternly. "Gotta love the Nanosuit's hearing enhancements."

"I- uh" Willliams stuttered.

"Take it easy Chief. He's just messing with you." Shepard told her.

"Oh come on Shep! You don't allow me to have any fun!" I whined jokingly.

"Oh quit your whining. I'm beginning to think that I should maybe leave you behind to watch how real soldiers get it done."

"Real soldiers?" I asked incredulously, "Look Commander, You might have finished N-school in just under a year, beat nearly all of the records, including the records of Ryan Mitchell by the way, but I can tell you this. The training I went through makes the N-school look like a goddamn walk in the park."

"Oh really? So you had to get up at four in the morning, lead your squad through the wilderness with nothing but a single ration pack per person, go to sleep at midnight and repeat?" Shepard asked incredulously.

"Bah, you at least got four hours of sleep. I usually didn't get any sleep. I might not have had a squad, but I was running, jumping, climbing, sneaking for a month trying to escape guys in goddamn gunships. All of that without any sleep."

"Not bad but I would have expected more. You had the Nanosuit. That is an unfair advantage."

"Oh is it? I'll have you know that a previous N7 did the phantom training program and she said that it was much harder than the N- training. And you know what? The Phantom training program was based off of the training I first did. It wasn't nearly as hard."

"Well what about Elysium then? I held the line for hours by myself, waiting for reinforcements."

"I know Shep. I was there, remember? While you were "holding the line" as you put it, I was sabotaging the more dangerous equipment the Batarians were bringing in."

Shepard narrowed her eyes at me "You weren't on Akuze, trying to survive in a goddamn thresher nest while the rest of your squad died around you."

"No. No I wasn't." I said softly remembering that fateful day six years ago. "But I was there for Torfan."

"Ain't that the truth. We even had to rescue you once."

"I prefer to think of it as you distracting them allowing me to deal with the threat."

"Well that distraction cost two men their lives." Shepard said dryly.

"Yes well, casualties of war." I said grimly.

"It was necessary." Shepard agreed with me.

"Um... Excuse me Commander, sir," Williams said interrupting our conversation "but you were on Elysium, Akuze and Torfan with the Commander?"

"I was on Elysium and Torfan yes, Akuze I just rescued her from the oversized worms."

"What can you tell us about the Nanosuit?" Alenko asked me curiously, most likely as a means to change subject.

"Well, most of it is classified, but what I can tell you is that it has three different modes each dedicated to one thing. Armor, Cloak and Power. In order to run these modes the suit has energy reserves that it refills by using energy from the environment. Now I'm just going to have SECOND explain the different suit modes.

"Cloak provides temporary invisibility from hostiles. Movement while cloaked, rapidly drains suit energy.

Armor changes the Nanosuit's outer surface to absorb damage. Increased survivability near exploding munitions.

Power enhances the speed and strength of the wearer. Extreme usage rapidly drains suit energy."

"There you have it. The three modes all condensed nicely. Everything else is top secret and if I told you well..." I trailed off.

"You would have to kill us?" Shepard asked dryly.

"Well, I'd settle for removal of your memory but since we haven't figured out how to do that yet, I guess yeah. Damn it how long does this freaking tram take?" I asked angrily.

"I think that we're arriving now."

"Right. Get ready. We don't know what's waiting for us." Even as I said that we came under fire from Geth on a walkway above us. I activated armor as we all rushed into cover. Glancing around I saw something that made me hesitate for a second.

Alenko apparently saw the same thing as he shouted "Demolition charges! The Geth must have planted them!"

"Warning. Scan matches Trident nuclear ordnance casings." SECOND informed me as soon as it completed its scan.

"Those aren't just any demolition charges! Those are Nukes! They are trying to wipe out the entire colony!" I shouted.

"Alenko! Disarm those nukes! Williams cover the Lieutenant. Wraith, with me. Let's clear the way for Alenko!" Shepard ordered.

"Alright Commander! Let's move! Covering fire!" I shouted sprinting halfway up the ramp leading up to the walkway, sliding into cover just as my energy depleted. "Energy drained!" I shouted in warning Shepard.

She stayed back while my energy recharged, and once I gave the all clear, I activated armor mode and popped up laying down a spray of bullets that kept the Geth's heads down long enough for Shepard to charge past me and into cover at the top of the ramp. Ducking back in cover I waited for my energy to fully recharge. "Shepard! Get their heads down! But don't hit me by accident!" I shouted.

"What are you doing?" She yelled back at me even as she started laying down the fire.

"Getting in close!" I responded.

"Maximum Power."

I jumped up and out, grabbing onto the railing of the walkway leading over the tracks and pulling myself over it. I nailed two Geth with my SCAR before they could turn to face me. As the last three troopers turned towards me, I once more jumped up firing the entire time. I was able to take down one trooper and bring down the shields of another before landing behind the remaining two. I finished off the one without shields with a round in the back of the head before kicking the last Geth towards Shepard who finished it off with a blast from her shotgun.

"Nice job clearing that out, but I would have liked to have known what you were going to do before hand." Shepard told me as she sprinted into cover beside me.

"Sorry bout that. I keep forgetting that you're not linked to the suit. It makes teamwork so much easier!" I told her running to the next piece of cover.

"Linked?" She asked me taking down two troopers with her SCAR.

"Yeah, Nanosuits and GHOST armor can link their AI's or VI's together. In the case of the Nanosuit, SECOND will inform the others of what the wearer is about to do." I explained laying down a shower of bullets as Shepard rushed past me reaching the end of the walkway and the beginning of another walkway leading along the station's length.

"That sounds handy!" Now was Shepard's turn to lay down a blanket of fire as I ran into cover opposite her.

"It is! Now cover me! I'm going up and over these crates fast!" I told her activating power mode.

"I sometimes wonder if your insane!" She said sarcastically as she realized what I was going to do.

"When did a bit of insanity ever hurt anyone?" I asked. "Don't answer that." I added hurriedly. Taking a deep breath I jumped up onto the crate I was hiding behind and started sprinting and jumping along the top of the crates to the end of the walkway where a cluster of Geth were waiting for me. At the last crate I used up the rest of my energy to jump up as high as possible pulling out a grenade. Arming it I threw it right in the middle of the cluster. It detonated just as I landed behind the explosion. "Clear!" I shouted over the comm.

"Got it Wraith. Alenko is finishing up on a bomb here. As far as he can tell, there are four of total and he's got three down." Shepard told me.

"Got it. The last one is here. Defusing it now." I told her spotting the bomb and linking SECOND with its wireless interface.

"Why am I not surprised that you know how to disarm bombs?" Shepard asked me.

"In our line of work, one has to know how to defuse the occasional nuke." I told her. "Or at least have the manual handy. Anyway, I have a visual on the beacon and a couple of those spikes with husks on them."

"Copy that. Lets secure that beacon." Shepard said as she joined me, the rest of the squad behind her.

As we headed down towards the beacon the spikes started retracting. "Light em up!" Shepard yelled and we all opened fire. The husks apparently having absolutely no tactical mind at all charged headfirst into our fire, causing them to be mowed down quickly. The two geth hiding in between the husks were a bigger danger to us but Alenko and Shepard dealt with them, the former catching them in a biotic lift while the latter detonated said field with a warp tearing the geth to shreds.

"Clear!" Williams reported.

"Alright, now let's get this beacon aboard the Normandy" Shepard said.

"Unbelievable! Working Prothean technology." Alenko said in wonder looking over at the glowing beacon.

"It wasn't doing anything like that when they dug it up." Williams told us, obviously meaning the glowing.

"True, but be careful." I said and I turned towards Shepard. Who was just finishing up her conversation with Anderson on the Normandy. Williams walked past me and joined her. I was just about to join her when all of a sudden something grabbed me and started dragging me back "What the- SECOND?"

"Unknown force detected." SECOND told me and strange symbols started appearing on my visor as I felt myself being lifted up, at that moment I felt arms close around me and throw me to the side, the force disappeared and my visor cleared allowing me to see Shepard floating in place in front of the beacon.

"Warning, extreme electrical, sonic, and neurological activity detected.

Beacon overload imminent."

The beacon exploded, throwing Shepard away. Rushing over, SECOND performed a medical scan and determined that she was just unconscious. Looking over, I saw that Alenko had apparently called the Normandy as it landed and some of it's Marines had come out, rifles at the ready. Picking up Shepard, I began to carry her to the medbay. I paused before I entered the Normandy looking back at the beacon's remains as three words flashed on my visor.

Primary Objective: Failed.

A/N: Alright. So I have two things to say. Firstly I will be updating a new chapter every other Saturday. So expect to see the next chapter on the 10th of November. The chapters won't be as long as before but I believe that this way I can actually get more out in general. This is subject to change however, depending on how fast I write my chapters and how the rest of my life goes. This is my last year at school before University so it could definitely get stressful for me.

Secondly I am accepting submissions for Inquisitors! If you want to have a Inquisitor in NE or even an entire Inquisitor team now is your chance. So a few things for the submissions. Your inquisitors may or may not have a large role in the story, but they will definitely get a cameo.

If you submit a character (or more than one) Give me as much information as possible about him/her. For example:

Real name. Codename.

Race

History

Personality

Special abilities (Biotic?)

Loadout

Combat style

Anything else you think I should know.

Right now all races except Geth, Vorcha and Elcor are inquisitors. However some races are not that common, for instance there won't be too many Quarian inquisitors, or Volus etc.

EDIT: Alright, so after a few submissions I realized that I didn't give enough information on the inquisitors. Firstly, GHOST armor is developed in 2180, three years before ME1. The first inquisitor team goes into service 2181. Secondly. Inquisitors are more like modern SWAT teams. They are going to be dealing with hostage situations, criminals, Gang wars etc. The Phantoms are doing the black ops stuff. Assassination, sabotage etc. are Phantom stuff. Finally, Inquisitors usually act in teams, so while the occasional lone wolf inquisitor is alright, I would ask that you rather submit inquisitors that work will in a team, or even submit an entire team, however that is not easy I admit, coming up with an entire team of OC's. I hope that that gives you guys more information.

Lastly loadout, so pretty much they can use any weapon available to them at the time. But I am using the ME2/3 weapons in NE1 events so those would be avenger assault rifles, predator pistol etc. However there are also the CryTech Armory weapons that you can use. I put up a link to a Google Doc with all the Weapons and Modifications made by CryTech on my profile. So if you're interested you can go there and check em out.

If you want to see how the GHOST armor looks like there is a link on my profile as well. Remember, the GHOST armor can be modified to best suit your inquisitors strengths. So include those as well.

Just leave a review with your submissions or send me a PM.

If you have any questions PM me or leave a review.

Also someone not logged in left a review saying that some confusing and fuddled parts. Could you please tell me exactly what was confusing? Thanks for reviewing anyway!

Anyway, Until the 10th!

~LEGION