The lost soldier

Chapter 2: The new guy

Miranda's POV

It had been about two minutes since the door shut and sealed the Commander in. But the fact she hadn't contacted them once was strange. Interrupting her thoughts though was the fact the door opened. But more disturbing was the fact a seven foot tall human, well at least it appeared human, was holding Shepard and had a strange looking pistol pointed at Shepard's head.

Before anyone reacted, it commanded, "Don't think about taking out your weapons, you won't like what happens."

Thane grabbed the pistol from her waist but the giant simply shot it out of his hand. It calmly stated, "Don't try again, that was Shepard's only lucky break."

Miranda was shocked; he just shot a tiny target and had reacted fast. Very fast, if that person wasn't threatening them she would have tried recruiting it.

Trying to sound as calm as possible she asked, "What do you want."

"I want a ride to Earth."

"That's it?"

"That's all I need."

Miranda nodded; there might be a chance to recruit him later. Anyone who could capture Shepard was a true force to be reckoned with. Then this mysterious stranger nodded then took off what appeared to be solid steel he had shaped into crude restraints. As soon as Shepard was free it walked to a three foot pedestal and removed some sort of computer chip. Without any hint of emotion it said, "I'm going to get my equipment, I'll meet you for extraction." After saying that it simply walked away and disappeared quickly, it was clear he didn't want to be followed.

Shepard's POV

Miranda turned to her, shrugged then moved to help the others. Now her only worries were to make sure anyone on her team that had "up close experience" with him, didn't pick a fight and get them killed. That was going to be challenging. Looking in the corner she saw Grunt and Zaeed, then over to Jack. Talking to herself she said, "Fuck, why did I put the most hotheaded and stubborn people on the other team that ended up getting their asses kicked?"

Just then Garrus opened his eyes and asked "Am I dead?"

Shepard responded, "If you are you still have to help stop the collectors."

"Maybe I can scare them do death."

"Maybe"

"Well dying never stopped you, but what happened."

"You guys got your asses kicked."

"Now I remember, I almost won but he took a cheap shot."

"Don't try it."

"Why didn't he knock you guys out?"

"Well first I got captured and then we asked nicely."

"Then what happened."

"He let me go in exchange for a ride to Earth."

"I know you won't be expecting me to say this but we need to try and recruit him. We could use his skills and we need all the help we can get.

"I agree but lets wait until we are on the ship."

Master Chief's POV

That had gone much better than he expected. Now he could get to Earth and report to his superiors. His thoughts were interrupted though when Cortana said, "Chief something isn't right. You have been in that cryo tube for three months now. There is almost no chance the UNSC could have picked up our distress signal yet. Also there is almost no chance of finding seven different species in those three months."

"What are you trying to say Cortana?"

"Something isn't right, but when you get to the armory just carry everything you can and prioritize Covenant weaponry."

Chief nodded to voice his agreement. When he got to the armory he was glad the doors were partially open. It made forcing them open a lot easier. After getting everything he could he asked Cortana, "Do you know where they plan to extract?"

"Yes, there are in the Med lab. Well what's left of it anyway. Just follow the waypoints I put and you will be fine."

Shepard's POV

Shepard wasn't taking any chances; she had her crew leave first so when this mystery person showed up there wouldn't be any problems. Just then she heard, "I'm here." Shepard turned around and there he was. She had previously decided she needed a little more information about this guy. She calmly asked, "What's your name?"

"Master Chief."

"Not much of a name."

"It's not but for right now it's the best you can get."

Shepard shrugged and replied, "Fine, shuttle will be here in one minute, we can talk later."

Master Chief nodded, officially ending their discussion. When the shuttle arrived they got in and Shepard ended up having to endure the most awkward shuttle she had been on.

Five minutes later Tali's POV

Tali woke up to a nasty headache and to discover that she was in the Med Bay on the Normandy. As if on cue Dr. Chakwas walked over to her and said, "Tali, you sustained a concussion when you got knocked out. You are extremely lucky because you almost slipped into coma. But I'm happy that didn't happen, so will the commander when she gets back."

Tali remembering the green giant yelled, "Wait she isn't back yet."

Chakwas with a confused face answered, "No, everyone else is on board but her. She is on the shuttle ride back now."

Tali swore under her breath and grabbed her shotgun and ran to the elevator. When it got to her she got in and slammed the button that sent her to the Cargo Bay. When she got down there she noticed the doors were opening to let the shuttle in. Moving into a dark corner, she waited for the shuttle door to open. Just then the door opened and Shepard walked out but followed closely by the thing that attacked her. Running up she yelled, "Shepard watch out!"

Shepard's POV
Reacting quickly, Shepard spun and at the same time put herself between Master Chief and Tali's shotgun. Also yelling "Tali don't shoot he's a friend!"

Tali looked unconvinced replied, "Shepard this person almost put me in a coma, and friends don't do that."

The armored man simply replied, "Oops."

Shepard shot him a nasty look and asked Tali, "What would you do if you woke up and found six unknown people pointing guns at you?"

Tali gave in and replied, "I would kill them, and he kept me alive-

He interrupted, "I didn't kill any of you."

This had an obvious effect on Tali. She put the gun down and shrugged. Quietly reply she said, "Yeah I don't blame you and thank you for not killing me. Tali then walked into the elevator and left.

Shepard turned toward the Master Chief and said, "We should introduce you to the crew."

Twenty Minutes Later Legion's POV

Legion had just taken the ride for the crew quarters to the CIC because Shepard required a meeting with all of her specialists, and Legion knew why. This meeting was to introduce the organic they had meet during the last mission to the remaining crew that was not aware of the deal that Miranda Lawson had made to free Shepard. This had its risks though as Grunt, Zaeed and Jack had been incapacitated by this same organic. Chances of violence were at roughly 67.9849%.

Just as Legion walked into the briefing room things were going worse than expected. Shepard was standing in front of the new organic. Grunt, Zaeed and Jack had their guns trained on it. The only thing preventing a crisis was Shepard standing in front of it. That reason wasn't going to be enough for long.

Shepard's POV

Legion just walked in as hell was starting to brake lose. Shepard yelled, "Stand down people, that's an order."

Jack yelled back, "Fuck that this guy attacked us on the ship, he needs to die."

Shepard figured out how to solve this. She replied, "Jack, you know that's its harder to capture someone than it is to kill them. If he knocked six of you out in thirty seconds, how long do you think it would take for him to kill you? Legion how much time do you estimate."

"Shepard Commander, they would most likely be killed in 16.78 seconds."

She then looked at Jack and asked, "Do you like those odds?"

Jack then put her weapon away, which at the same time persuaded the others to do so. Jack replied, "Fine, I won't cause trouble unless he starts it."

Master Chief speaking for himself replied, "That's perfectly fair."

Shepard smiled to herself, this Master Chief may be a solider at heart but he did have some diplomatic experience. That could help make things run smoother from now on.

Going on with her introductions she named each of the team one by one then said, "This is Master Chief with the Systems Alliance."

Before she could continue however Master Chief turned towards her and asked, "What's the Systems Alliance?"