Unknown craft- Shepard's team
They all disembarked from the shuttle in the middle of the ship. "So Shepard, what do you think we'll find on this thing?" Garrus asked as they started walking down one of the corridors "I don't know, but it is anything we can use against the reapers, I'll take it" she replied "If we find a good fight I'll be happy" Grunt interjected "Yeah and there might be some good loot on this thing to" Jack added. "Well for now let's just get moving and catch up to those mercenaries" the commander said "Shepard, I have calculated the fastest rout to the mercenaries." A small arrow appeared over the map on Shepard's HUD. "Thanks EDI" Garrus called.
They moved quietly through the ship following the path EDI had given them. As they walked down a corridor they heard gun shots. They all crouched down and moved forward cautiously. At the end Shepard saw an inter section. They continued moving and stopped when they saw two mercs run by in a hurry. A split second later the body of a third mercenary flew after the first two. "The hell?" Jack whispered. Shepard motioned for her team to hang back as she sneaked forward to the end of the hall. She peaked around the corner to see an unknown mech, it had huge heavy armor, but it did not have the weapons of the usual ones she had encountered. It was not as bulky as heavy mech, but it wasn't as small as the normal security mechs.
She watched it bend down to pick up a large unknown object which she assumed was a rifle. She went back to her team. "Alright, there is an unknown type mech in the room ahead of us. I spotted another door that leads to the room. I want you three to go around and flank it. We'll attack it at the same time. Understood?" "Yes" they answered in unison. They moved ahead and went to their spot. Shepard moved up to the entrance and looked inside the room. It was empty. "What the?" she whispered to herself when suddenly she felt a hard blow to her back as she fell forward.
She felt her self being picked up and pressed to the wall. When she reoriented she saw the gold visor of the mech and its forearm across her neck. She could not breathe and was getting light headed. The mech was forced away as Grunt tackled it with a full forced charge. Garrus opened fire with his sniper as Jack ran to Shepard "You ok" she asked "Yeah" Shepard shakily answered as she regained her air. "Then get up, c'mon." Jack ordered. Shepard looked over to Grunt, who was in a stalemate, and was shocked to see that the mech was taller than him. She pulled out her avenger assault rifle and fired individual shots so she didn't hit her teammate. Noticing this the mech planted its feet, shifted its weight and power in order to lift up Grunt, who was shocked at this, and threw him at Garrus. Shepard and Jack Released a barrage of shots at the mech and it armor lit up with golden ripples. The mech quickly rolled to the side with remarkable speed and disappeared into the shadows.
The Lt. jumped up on top of two cross beams hanging from the ceiling. He was very confused as to what was happening. First three unknown people board the ship now a new team were attacking him. Worst of all was that there were humans working with unknown species and were very organized and skilled. He saw the biggest alien start to get up while the smaller one, that resembled an elite, remained on the floor presumably unconscious. His adversaries turned on their flashlights. He was suddenly glad he had his armor painted darker. The enemy team split off again as the bigger alien and a less armored woman left the room.
The woman in the armored suit knelt beside the strange elite and was probably checking for vitals. The Lt. silently dropped down undetected. He approached the woman from behind silently and hit her on the side of her head with the butt of his sniper. She took the blow and rolled to the side and fired at him with some sort of sidearm. The Lt. charged her and grabbed her gun as she put a right roundhouse kick to his abdomen. He held her leg and threw her across the room. She stood up quickly and pulled out her side arm again only to find that it had been crushed in the center, rendering it useless. She through it to the ground only to be shot at by The Lt.. The woman ran towards him as he lunged at her. She slid under his arm and punched his side. He slightly smiled as she recoiled holding her hand, it appeared she hurt herself with that punch.
Shepard backed up quickly holding her hand. *What was this thing made of?* everything she did had no effect on it. She pulled out her Avenger and started to fire. The mech fired one shot into the barrel of her gun making it explode. Shepard was utterly shocked *what kind of accuracy does this thing have. This can't be a simple mech?* She thought as she fell down. She looked up to see a huge foot about too come down on her. Everything slowed down, *this is it. After everything, this is how it ends.* She closed her eyes and waited. Nothing happened. "Come on, move Shepard. I can't hold this thing forever!" she heard Jack call.
Shepard opened her eyes to see the mech caught in a stasis field. She rolled away as it slammed its leg down where she had just been. Grunt charged at him again, only to be thrown into a broken coffin on the wall causing it to shatter even more. Jack threw a shockwave at it. It simply jumped over it and landed on Jack putting her to the floor. With one swift punch it knocked her out. Shepard picked up Garrus' sniper and unloaded a full clip into its chest making it flare up with more gold ripples. *That must be its shields* she figured. She began to reload as it pulled out two weapons from its sides *Shit, that thing still has more weapons?" she thought. It opened fire on her as she dived for cover. She heard a pause for a second as it reloaded, but that was al the time she needed.
She came out from cover and pulled her two omni-blades and rushed it. She slashed forward in a downwards motion, it stepped to the right. She swung at it, it jumped over it and kicked her in the head. She staggered back. She stared at it *that can't just simply be a mech. There's a person in that* She reoriented herself as she watched it reach to the side of its legs. *Another gun?* she thought. Suddenly a blue dual pronged blade emerged in each of its hands *definitely not a mech* she concluded,
The two circled each other waiting for the other to strike. The Lt. stood ready for an attack while Shepard was thinking about a strategy. They stood a respective distance from each other well away from the others range. The Lt. lunged at Shepard, who rolled to the side, being the smaller one she moved in close and stabbed at The Lt.' side. The Lt. spun around the blade, landing an elbow on Shepard's back and put a swift and forceful side kick to middle of her back, She flew forward and planted hard into a wall. She turned around to see The Lt. coming at her. She swiped down with right her blade. The Lt. caught her forearm.
She retaliated by thrusting her left blade. The Lt. grabbed her arm and did the squeezed both arms. She could hear her armor plating start to crack. Her blades began to fade and then shattered. The Lt. hit her to the floor and pinned her with his foot. He put his sword to her throat. Shepard felt the heat of the blades. "Who are you?" he asked in a deep and serious tone. "What?" She questioned wondering why it wanted to talk now after completely trashing her and her team "Do not make me repeat myself" The Lt. replied in an even more intimidating manner. "Commander Shepard, Alliance Navy, who are you?" she said with slight anger. "Why are you here?" The Lt. questioned, completely blowing off her inquiry of his identity "We were investigating mercenary activity on this ship" she said, The Lt. eased a little from having his sword to Shepard's throat as he thought about why mercenaries would be on this ship.
Shepard noticed this and tried to get out of from under The Lt.' foot. Noticing this, The Lt. "reminded" her by lightly running the tip of his sword on the visor of her helmet, careful not to cause a rupture. She stopped struggling, knowing that she couldn't do anything to get away. The Lt. continued to think. She had mentioned having a rank and naval affiliations, so that means she's military, but he did not recognize the armor she wore or the government she mentioned. "Who are the Alliance?" The Lt. questioned. *Did this guy live under a rock? How could he not know who the Alliance is?* One thing was to not know who Shepard was but not knowing what the military of humanity was? "The government of Humanity" Shepard answered quizzically.
The Lt.' mind raced. He was no longer in UNCS space. Something had happened to put him in this area, but what? He may not have been a scientist, but he only had a few options to go with that some form of sense. Did I stay in the cryo tube for so long that the UNSC disbanded and formed a new government? NO, he had put a timer that had clearly worked to thaw him out. Did the rift in slipspace cause him to drop into a different dimension? Bullshit, that's not possible. Did he drift into a new galaxy with its own version of humanity? He wondered.If the ship moved at a high enough speed in slip slipspace and then was let go as it collapsed, hurdling it through space at a high enough speed to cross to a nearby galaxy then that could be the reason. he concluded. There was so much the UNSC did not understand about slipspace that this was the only reason he could accept.
The SPARTAN got up off of Shepard. She stood up "So who are you?" she asked cautiously as she rubbed her arm. "UNSC SPARTAN - 325" The Lt. answered plainly. "UNSC?" Damn I'm really in some deep shit here, the more we keep talking the more my theory seems to be right. This is FUBAR. "The UNSC is the government where I come from" The Lt. said. Shepard crossed her arms "And where do you come from?" she asked showing her annoyance. The Lt. was about to answer when the computer started flashing red. The Lt. walked over to it. Bright red words red -Collision Immanent-.
Shepard heard a beep on her radio. "Uh Commander?" Joker called "EDI says that object is going to crash straight into an oncoming asteroid." "You have approximately fifteen minutes to vacate the craft" EDI finished. The Lt. walked back to Shepard. "I need your help to get off the wreck" he told her in a flat tone. Shepard was surprised. This conversation took an unexpected turn. "What?" she asked. The Lt. turned to face her. "You are the only one with a way off this ship, and I need to get off"
Shepard was completely astonished. He trashes my team, breaks my omni-tool, throws me across the room and expects me to play nice? Is this guy insane? "In return. I am willing to assist you in any way I can." he continued. Shepard was even more surprised. She never had it easy when recruiting people. Why would I take him, he's unpredictable. But he is strong. No, he could be a liability. But he could help with the collectors. "Fine" she said harshly "Commander you need to get off that wreck now." Joker informed her.
The Spartan looked back to Shepard's fallen team members. "I can carry the big one and the blue armored one, but I need to grab some equipment first." "Make it fast." Shepard ordered as she bent down to pick up Jack. She turned to the giant "So what do I call you?" she asked "Spartan." He said plainly. Shepard was a slightly irked by this answer. "I meant what is your name." she stated. "Spartan or Lieutenant will do." He replied in a more assertive tone "Alright then Lt., hurry up."
He came back with a duffle bag, filled with what she assumed was ammo for his weapons, slung on his back along with his huge rifle. Her new ally lifted Grunt and put him on his shoulder. Grunt looked awkward hanging from Spartan's shoulder. Spartan kneeled down to pick up Garrus. He put his arm around Garrus' waist and stood up tall. Shepard looked at her strange ally. This could be a really good idea, or really bad. "Let's go" She ordered "Lead the way" The Lt. replied
Shepard took off in full sprint with Jack on her back. She was surprisingly light. Shepard Turned back slightly and was shocked to see the Spartan right on her tail while carrying the two heaviest team members on her crew. This guy? What is he? She cleared her head "How much time EDI?" Shepard asked "Four minutes, twenty-six seconds." she answered. Shepard kicked into double time. She could feel her throat starting to burn. Jack was feeling like a thousand pounds. They rounded a corner "I assume that's your ship?" the Spartan asked as they ran towards the shuttles open door "Yeah, we're almost there" she said more to herself than to her ally.
They entered the shuttle, Shepard put down Jack and raced to the controls. She put the shuttle on an auto pilot course back to the Normandy. The shuttle flew out just as the Ship hit the asteroid. Shepard left out a breath of air in relief *cutting it close again.* She turned back to the Lt. to see him hunched over trying to fit in the small compartment. Shepard took off her helmet, showing her bright red hair and emerald green eyes. She had moderately dark circles under her eyes, showing that she is exhausted, probably haven't slept in days. She walked over to her comrades, who were all slumped on the bench.
Jack was starting to wake up slowly. Shepard knelt down in front of her. "Jack, how you doing?" she asked. Jack rubbed her head "I feel like a truck hit me" she groaned. "Here, this should block out the pain." Shepard said as she dispensed medi-gel to Jack. Jack laid down on her side and noticed the Lt. standing behind Shepard "LOOK OUT!" she yelled as she pulled out her gun. Shepard forced down Jack's gun "He's with us" she explained quickly. "Bullshit Shepard. You saw what it did to Garrus and Grunt. How do you know he won't do the same to us?" Shepard looked at the Lt. searching for his face but only saw a gold visor. The Lt. stared back at her unflinching. Shepard turned back to Jack, "It's the same circumstance we had with you" she said plainly. Jack looked annoyed "Fine, but he better be worth it" Jack stated as she looked at Shepard.
The Lieutenant was really unsure of himself as the two women were discussing him, like he wasn't even there. "Well what is his name?" the second woman asked "Lieutenant" Shepard answered "I meant his name, dumbass." "Well…i…uh don't know his name. He never told me." Shepard said nervously as she looked to the LT. then back to Jack "I hope you know what you're doing Shepard" Jack said, ending the conversation. Shepard stood up and turned to the Lieutenant. He looked down at her. She seemed so small now that she was right in front of him. She looked up at him. "Cause me any trouble and you'll be thrown out of an airlock." Shepard threatened *all bark and no bite. Who does she think she is?* "We had a deal" the Lt. replied dryly. Shepard walked back to the controls and sat in the cockpit. The Lt. and Jack stared at eachother for the remainder of the trip back to the Normandy.
Authors Note: A mistake in my writing was pointed out in the fact the I had said the Lt. was a Spartan two, which was undoubtedly incorrect as he has better functioning social skills and is younger, along with his service tag and armor. But I do hope you keep reading. On the mass effect side, I brought in the onmi-blade because I felt that it would match well with the fact that there were two energy swords. Hope you keep reeading
