Run run run.
The only words going through Liara's mind as she bolted down another long hallway. Her hand clenched tightly around the open wound on her shoulder.
Her plan of using biotic explosions on the mercenaries was brought to a screeching halt when two of them, a krogan and an asari, created biotic barriers to defend the group. She able to pick off a few of them with her gun however, but once they figured out it was just her they marched forward. And from there it was constant stop, shoot, and retreat.
They managed to punch a hole in her barriers and to leave the nasty hole in her arm. And now that she was getting low on ammo, and stamina, it appeared that she didn't have a chance.
Her barriers flickered around her as a few of the men managed to catch up enough to open fire, gasping she dove around another corner. Unfortunately she hadn't been fast enough to avoid the few warp rounds one of the salarian mercs had been smart enough to load. And as a result she took another bullet right through the her thigh.
Hissing in pain she collapsed just around the corner, panting heavily as she gripped her leg.
"No... No no it can't end like this..." Liara stammered, forcing herself to keep limping forward, "I... I didn't get to... See her again..." Her thoughts immediately turning to Shepard, their relationship had been brief during their race to find Saren, but it was still the best time of her life.
Stumbling to her knees as another barrage slammed into her dwindling barriers she knew it was over now.
Thud. Thud. Thud.
"What the fuck is that?!"
Thud. Thud. Thud.
"I don't care but it's got the captain! Open fire!"
"Might wanna get behind me doc."
Looking up Liara gasped, seeing the jagged black armored form of Alex Mercer. His body entirely covered by the bio armor, and his hands morphed into wicked razor claws. In his left hand he held the limp form of a turian, the man was injured and Liara could only assume that he was dead... But if he was dead why would Alex bring him?
And then she remembered the mercs behind her.
Without thinking she quickly clambered around until she was behind Alex. He threw the turian aside and kept walking forward as the mercenaries opened fire. However their bullets just bounced off of his armor like flies.
"What the fuck kind of armor is that!?"
"I don't know but bring up the heavy weapons!"
An ML-77 Missile Launcher was carried to the front by a very pissed off looking human male, "Eat this you son of a bitch!"
And then he fired. Alex smirked as his armor began to slowly uncover his form, "What are you doing!?" Liara demanded.
Alex didn't respond, but just as the missile was about to hit him his right arm formed into a crude black shield. Holding it up and giving a quick lung forward the missile was deflected right back at the mercs.
Screaming in terror as it collided six of them fell, the rest protected by either distance or their shields.
"Some kind of freak," The leader of the second squad growled, "You peons pull back, leave this monster to me." The large krogan rumbled as he stepped forward, shotgun in hand.
"My my my," Alex chuckled as he lowered his shield, "You're a big one aren't you..."
"Tch, cocky little bastard I'll be happy to remove that smug look when I rip your head off!" He roared and charged forward, his mercenaries pulling back around the next corner to form a defensive position.
Alex chuckled, lowering his shield and letting it melt away back into his body as he charged forward.
When the two collided Liara watched in awe as he managed to lock grips with the krogan, squeezing his hands tighter until a few sickening cracks and snaps could be heard. The krogan growled in both pain and anger as his fiingers were broken. But before he could do anything about it he felt himself being lifted up, Alex smirking wickedly as he gripped the Krogans wrists tightly and then spun around.
Slamming the korgan into the wall beside them before he looked down at Liara, "Can you walk? Or do I have to carry your ass too?"
Liara looked down at her leg, the hole wasn't too big, thanks to her armor most of the impact was reduced. When she tried to get up though a sharp pain jolted through her body making her collapsed once more, "I... No, I can't move, I took a bullet in my leg... It isn't too bad I just need some medigel."
Alex sighed, "Great, I suppose now would be the time to fall back." He rolled his eyes, he could just leave her and go take down the rest of these pricks but he didn't want to risk her getting killed. Seeing what she knew and how important she was too that prominent human woman, Shepard... He knew he could use her to get ahead in this galaxy. And having someone with their own massive information network to work on his side would be a good idea.
"Fall back?" Liara questioned with a wince as he lifted her up effortlessly, "To where? If we let them gather with the rest of their forces and hit one of the ships crucial areas we won't-"
"The other mercs are dead." He interrupted as he ran, the sound of the Krogan bellowing furiously behind them as he charged growing louder.
"Dead? But they only breached ten minutes ago!" Liara exclaimed in disbelief.
"And they only lasted five." Alex replied with a smirk, "Where are the medical supp-"
"DIE FREAK!" The krogan interrupted with a roar as he tried to broad side Alex.
The super human jumped, back flipping right over the krogan while Liara screamed, "GODDESS PROTECT ME!", and hanging on tight. The krogan ran right into the wall and stumbled before charging again furiously.
"God damn you're stubborn." Alex grunted before he stopped suddenly, spinning and planting his foot on the krogan chest. Unfortunately he hadn't been able to put enough force into it to kill him or even pierce the morons armor. But it was however, powerful enough to send him flying back down the hall almost thirty feet, "Dipshit." He chuckled darkly and continued running.
"Where's the damn medigel?" Alex demanded as he riffled through the cabinets in the medical wing. He sealed the door behind him because that annoyingly loud krogan, and the rest of the merc attack force, were following them.
"Third drawer from the left." Liara replied as she held a hand over both of her bullet wounds, Alex had laid her on one of the medical beds and so far her wounds were doing somewhat better. The bleeding had slowed down and it only really hurt when she moved... Which was good she supposed.
"Got it." He said suddenly before walking back over hurriedly, "When you can walk again head to the command center, I'll be finished in a few minutes." He stated while handing her the medigel.
Liara gladly took it and sighed in relief as she gingerly applied it to her wounds, the cooling gel acting to seal the wounds and stop any further bleeding while stimulating her cells to increase the healing rate. Once the pain subsided she looked at Alex questioningly, "There are still at least twenty of them left, and you will take care of them all in a few minutes?"
"Well I'm just as strong as I was when I stopped Blackwatch the first time... So yes," He said simply while his right arm turned into a jagged black and steel colored whip. He lashed out with it a few times as practice, "Haven't used this in a while." He sighed nostalgically.
The wounded asari sweat dropped as she watched, his shape shifting still very unsettling, "Right... Well... I suppose be careful, if you can..."
"Tch, I'm not as weak as you pathetic creatures." He scoffed while walking to the door, the sound of orders being shouted and men moving into position was clear on the other side, "Once this is over though... I'll have my own plans to make..." He smirked before forming his shield on his opposite hand and opening the door.
Liara got up as quickly as she could, heading out the opposite door of the medical wing and rushing off down the hall and to the command center so she could seal it off while she waited for him. The sound of gunfire and screaming followed her out.
The moment the first barrage of bullets had stopped, Alex pulled back his whipfist and slung it forward, the narrow halls making this painfully easy. The bladed whip speared through the mercenaries right down the middle of the hallway, killing over half of them in an instant.
Alex smirked wickedly as he started absorbing their biomass into him through the extended limb. Their bodies breaking down, flesh melting, bones snapping as he consumed them all at once. The few left tried to run, all except that loud mouthed Krogan.
"Whatever you are... I'm going to kill you!" He bellowed and charged, his body alight with biotic aura.
"Oh really?" Alex chuckled as his arm retracted, "Because from where I'm standing you-"
Being a man of science, Alex found himself trying to comprehend what just happened. He found himself trying to understand why he was just laid flat on his back, and WHY. THE. FUCK. It felt like a truck just slammed into him, while he was picking himself off the floor. The krogan standing over him, having some how covered the gap between them in seconds.
"Seems you're not too well acquainted with biotics eh freak?" He chuckled deeply while standing over him and cracking his knuckles, having somehow managed to fix the bones in his fingers, "I've seen you fight, you focus on mutilating your opponents, tearing them apart... Well let's see how that works for you when you can't touch me!" He jumped up into the air, his body glowing brightly with biotic aura that channeled into his right fist.
And before Alex could even finish bringing up his armor the krogan came down. Unleashing a massive biotic Nova on impact. The blast sent Alex flying back into the medical wing as well as tore up the floor panels.
"Fucker." Alex spat as he stood up, any injured internal organs or bones immediately fixing themselves, and finished surrounding his body in the jagged black bio armor.
The krogans arm lit up as a large Warp orb formed, "You wanna play that game fine, I'll tear your armor apart!"
"The fuck you will!" Alex hissed and launched forward, his arms forming into razor claws.
But before he could get close enough to rip the smug krogan apart he was hit by a Throw attack sent from the krogans left hand. It flung him right off his feet and he slammed into the ceiling.
"Pathetic!" The krogan laughed before throwing the Warp into the mix.
And on impact with Alex's already lifted form, a biotic explosion was unleashed that shattered sections of his armor and sent him crashing through several medical beds before he skidded to a stop against the wall.
As he stood up Alex gripped his side, feeling a strange new sense of pain. His body wasn't regenerating, and his armor was crumbling around him.
Something's wrong... These biotics are fucking with my body, He thought, narrowing his eyes at the Krogan, Come on you stupid body, time for all that adapting and overcoming shit you used to pull out of your ass to save us before...
Ducking down he narrowly avoided a second Warp shot that the krogan fired off, "My mercenaries may be too big of pussies to see through your scare tactics but I don't back down from a fight, killing a monster like you and turning your body over to somebody like Cerberus will set me up for life."
"Too bad you can't kill me." Alex growled in response while forming the muscle mass arms. His body was charging for a powerful mass dash forward.
"Well you've got a quad I'll give you that," He chuckled in response, the biotic aura surrounding him again as he prepared to charge, "Let's see what you've got monster!"
And with that the two blasted forward, the krogan launching off with his biotic charge while Alex burst forth with a powerful dash. On impact the collision of Alex's high density fist and the krogans entire biotically charged body resulted in an explosion that tore the medical wing asunder.
And engulfed both of them.
...
Liara nearly stumbled and fell over when the halls were rocked by the force of that explosion. She gasped and looked back towards the halls leading to the medical wing, half wanting to run back and see what was happening and half wanting to run even faster.
"Goddess, Mercer you better not get yourself killed." She sighed and kept moving, reaching the command center a few minutes later and sealing the door behind her. Quickly getting on the monitor that she could view the ships other areas through and finding the med bay.
"Goddess no..."
...
"Shit," The krogan chuckled as he stood up, body sore and dust falling off of him, his armor in shambles and barriers long gone,"Well I'll give you that one monster, I didn't expect you to charge back."
Eyes scanning the room he spotted Alex's limp form a short ways away. Smirking triumphantly he lumbered over to him and lifted the pitiful human freak up by the collar of his shirt.
"I'll turn your body over to Cerberus," He said to the seemingly unconscious human, "They'll have their fun cutting you up, for science or whatever bullshit excuse they need, not that anyone should care what happens to a monster like you."
And that was when the arrogant Krogans fate was sealed. A faint red aura, mimicking that of biotic aura, began surrounding Alex's body. His lips cracked open into a sinister grin before his hand grabbed the Krogan by the throat.
"You really like the sound of your own voice don't you?" He asked smugly before suddenly planting his free hand on the Krogan's chest, unleashing a powerful biotic Throw that sent him clear across the already ruined medical wing.
On impactwith the wall the krogan coughed blood, he could feel the split in his sternum where the Throw had hit. His armor too broken to defend him now.
"Honestly you're no different than every other person I've killed," Alex chuckled while walking towards him, "You think you have the upper hand for even a split second and suddenly you throw caution to the wind and put yourself on the top of my shit list." Lifting up his hand he used a Pull, the Krogan flinging back across the room like a ragdoll and being caught by the throat again where he gagged.
But before he could even struggle Alex choke slammed him into the floor hard enough to break any ribs that were still intact, "Y-You fucker," He spat, blood running from his mouth, "I-If you could use b-biotics this whole time why did you even-"
He was silenced as Mercer planted a foot on his throat, "Speak when spoken too you little shit," He spat, "But to answer your question, I didn't, my body adapted to you," He smirked wickedly, as the Krogan's eyes widened in shock, "You hit me with that shit so much that my body started copying it... It's far from perfect, but it was enough to throw you off guard."
The Krogan growled in anger, suddenly reaching down and grabbing the pistol from his holster and bringing it up, "DIE MONSTER!" And he fired, the bullet passing right through Alex's lower jaw and out the top of his hooded head, making the krogan grin victoriously.
But just as soon as blood started leaking from the holes they started closing right back up, "Let me explain something to you dumbass," He removed his foot and kicked the krogan hard in the ribs, using his strength to send him skidding across the floor and crashing into a table, "I am not just a monster," Alex hissed as he stormed towards him, "I am THE monster, I'll find my way to the top of the food chain again and nothing will be able to stop me," He reached down and lifted up the Krogan by his throat once more, the last impact had broken his spine, making any struggles almost impossible now, "So when you get to the afterlife you tell whatever god you pray too that I don't plan on showing up any time soon," He brought the krogan close, eyes only inches apart, "Tell them that Alex Mercer, has been unleashed and from this day forward he's gonna make sure that stupid fucks like you find their way to hell by way of a bloody death..." Tendrils began snaking their way out of Alex's body, sinking into the Krogan flesh while he cried out in agony, "Now you can die." Alex chuckled as he started consuming the krogan.
And in the command center, where Liara watched it all, she could no longer contain herself. Lurching forward and holding her stomach, she threw up all over the console.
So I suppose this is the first chapter with heavy combat involving Alex, sorry if it wasn't up to par I'm not exactly too confident in my ability to write his fighting correctly :(