A/N: I like writing this story already. Heres chapter 2 folks!
I don't own Mass Effect
Eric sat for a long while going over the various messages in the omni-tool. There were four total. One talked about the current news, as well as the date. Turned out it was the year 2183, so Eric knew he was in the Mass Effect 1 timeline. The next message was information about a credit chit on his person. Finding it in his stachel next to his MREs, he scanned it to find 250,000 credits on it. "I'll probably get more if I pawn off this stuff since its all antique." he said to himself about his gear.
The third message was a map of the Citadel, which turned out was where he was now. When he tried to open the last message a small notice popped up saying 'Watch vid first'. Shrugging, the Corporal activated the vid.
A small screen appeared, and the Asari that transported him was seen. "Hello Eric. I'm guessing you have a lot of questions about your current situation. My name is Le'zara, and I have brought you to this universe to do a service for every species in the galaxy. There was a prophecy foretold by the protheans that two beings would stand up against the coming of the Reapers."
Eric's eyes widened. What did this mean? It couldn't be... "Yes Eric, you are one of the beings foretold. When I uncovered the Prothean prophecy, I immediately set out to find the two that could help stop the Reapers from once again destroying all life in the Terminus Systems. And I believe you will know the other being when you find them." So far the Corporal was at a loss for words. How could this be? He was a Corporal in the United States military! Not a savior of the galaxy in another universe.
The vid continued, the Asari had a sad look on her face, "I'm so sorry I had to take you away from the life you had. Your family, your friends, but that night you would have died in that ambush. I had to act quickly." She looked down before looking back up at him, "I won't be surviving the journey to bring you here, the expuslion of so much mass energy will destroy me. Which is why I'm leaving you this message, along with enough funds to help you get on your feet. Please, Corporal Eric Lachance...This universe needs you, much like your country needed you back in your universe."
Eric saw tears travel down the woman's cheeks, "May the goddess be with you child." The vid ended, and the Corporal felt like all his energy was sucked out. It all finally came crashing into him. He lost everything he loved. Thrown into a universe where he and one other would stand against an ancient civilization of machines hellbent on death and destruction.
He didn't know how much time passed, an hour? Two hours? It didn't matter. Eventually he looked back down at the omni-tool and saw the last message unlocked. Opening it, it showed information about a man named Fist. And how he had sent men after a Quarian to take her out for a Turian named Saren. The Corporal realized what this meant. Tali was walking into an ambush in exactly...30 minutes! "Guess that explains the map." he said to himself.
Eric staggered to his feet, strapping his rifle to his back. "Gotta get moving."
X
Now, Eric had been starred at before. Most soldiers in the army got it both in their home soil and where ever they were stationed. But the way people walking by him now and just gawking made him feel like a freak. Well, it was expected. He was walking through a futuristic super station wearing gear from almost two centuries ago.
"Just ignore them. Your a Marine. Just keep your eyes on the mission." he kept thinking to himself.
He took a few back alleys and found himself in the right location. Right infront of him, two Salarians and a Turian were talking with Tali. Eric's sharp eyes saw that the group of three kept twitching their hands toward their weapons. He knelt down and drew his rifle, taking aim down the holo-sight and targeting the Turian's head.
He held his breath to steady his aim, hoping to whatever god was paying attention that they didn't have shields. They drew weapons to attack, Eric pulled the trigger.
The assault rifle kicked and the Turian's head exploded in a cloud of blood and bone. The Salarians were shocked at their leaders death giving the Corporal the time to run out of the alley and slam one of them in the head with the butt of his rifle. He spun and shot the other in the kneecap dropping him to the ground in pain.
The other Salarian tried to stand, but Eric put a bullet in his head before he could. Turning to the wounded Salarian, he kicked the pistol he had out of his reach before planting his heavy boot in his chest. "You work for Fist?" he asked aiming his rifle at the Salarian's face. "Y-Yes!" he barked out. "Did he hire you to kill the Quarian?" asked the Marine. "Yes!" was the answer.
"Good to know." Eric said kicking him in the face and putting his rifle away. He turned to Tali and saw her pointing a shotgun at him. "Okay...is this how you treat everyone who saves you?" he asked putting his hands up. "Who are you?" she asked keeping her weapon steady.
"Eric Lachance." he said keeping very calm. "Why did you save me?" she asked. "Because it was the right thing to do." he replied. Slowly, she lowered her weapon, "Thank you." Eric shrugged, "No problem. Whats your name?" "Tali'Zorah nar Rayya." said Tali. "Nice name." he said smiling.
He wasn't sure because of the visor, but he thought he could see her blushing. "I didn't know antiques could work so well." she said motioning toward his rifle. Eric looked at his M4 and shrugged, "Its been faithful since I got it." he said trying not to give away too much info. Somehow telling people about where he was from could be bad.
Just then, the Corporal noticed a red dot travel up his chest to his forehead. "Step away from the Quarian." the two looked up and saw a group of four people coming toward them, three humans which he knew where Ashley, Kaidan, and Commander John Shepard himself. And a Turian by the name of Garrus, who's sniper rifle was aiming at his head.
Eric sighed, "Put it down split-lip. I just saved her life." he said without showing any emotion, he needed to play ignorance for now. The Turian tilted his head, "Thats a name I've never heard before." "I choose not to be nice to others when they have a gun in my face." Shepard spoke then, "Garrus put the gun down, if he helped her then hes not an enemy." Garrus put the weapon down and Eric relaxed just a little bit.
"Who are you?" asked Shepard. "Names Eric Lachance. You must be Commander Shepard." said the Corporal. "Whats up with the look?" asked Ashley pointing to his outfit. Eric shrugged, "I like the look." "Desert camo that hasn't been used in almost 200 years?" asked Kaidan. Eric shrugged again. "This heres Tali'Zorah nar Rayya. I think shes the one your looking for." he motioned to Tali.
Everyone looked at him oddly, "How did you know we were looking for her?" asked Garrus suspicious. "I know how to keep my eyes and ears open. And after interrogating the Salarian behind me, I know that it was Fist who sent them on Saren's behalf." The group looked shocked. Eric cursed mentally for saying too much.
"What do you know about Saren?" asked Shepard stepping closer. "That hes a Spectre, and he might or might not be responsible for the Geth attack on Eden Prime. Personally, I think hes guilty as sin." said the Marine. The air seemed less tense now. "Sorry about that its hard to trust people these days." said Shepard shaking his hand.
"No problem." said Eric. as they all got to know each other. "If Fist sent those men on behalf of Saren, then we need to pay him a visit." said Garrus. "My thoughts exactly." said Shepard before looking at Eric and Tali. "We need your information on Saren to convict him of his crimes Ms. Zorah, you in?" Tali nodded. "How bout you Eric?" Shepard asked looking to the Marine.
"I'm in. Lets go kick some ass." said the Corporal. The now larger group left the alley and headed toward Fist's main base of operations. Eric had a lot of thoughts going through his head, but decided to sort them out later. Right now he had to stay sharp, because he knew there was a firefight coming and he needed to be ready.
"Let the good times roll." he thought to himself grinning.
A/N: This chapter was kind of rushed, but I wanted to get into the action. Which will start in the next chapter. So stay tuned and keep the reviews coming.