Mass Effect: Warbringer…

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Chapter 2

Part 2

Clinical Chaos…

( ): Thoughts

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In the Quarantine zone…

As soon as they got into the area, they were directed by the guards to move in to the deeper sections of the quarantine zone, and already the scenes of combat were all over the place. Bodies were also nearby and were apparently being burned, no doubt the people tried cremation to destroy the plague, and the fact the bodies were still piling up said that it was not working the way they hoped.

Travis commented on the sight.

"Now that is just nasty…thank you for sealed suits since I don't even want to guess how bad the smell is right now."

Jacob agreed with the Courier as he spoke as well.

"I second that, but the fact that cremation isn't working plus what we learned about it crossing species tells me this plague is not natural which means the guard's right on the money on it being bio-engineered."

.Miranda and Angela agreed as they continued to move, they soon encountered a dying Batarian who despite aiming his weapon at her face was saved by Angela. The Batarian was caught by surprise by that and decided to answer a number of Angela's questions and eventually learned Mordin's location as well as him finding a cure for the plague. Angela promised him that as soon as the way was clear, she would ask some of Mordin's people to find him. The Batarian nodded and they moved on.

Travis had no doubt that company was coming and he could see the same feeling in Shepard and the others, and soon they were spotting Blue Suns and soon were trading weapons fire with them. Travis already read up on the data pertaining to the group and knew that they were not going to be too keen on seeing them. As soon as they fought their way past the first batch of Blue Suns, Travis was quick to use both his Machine Pistol and the Predator when another band showed up to make their lives difficult.

He fired several supporting slugs at the first pair, cutting down one and forcing the other to hit the deck, to which Jacob quickly fired a blast of his shotgun into the third Blue Sun behind the pair. The apparent human was cut down and as soon as the second Blue Sun merc got up, Miranda fired several bursts of her own machine pistol into the face, tearing through armor plating and then the flesh behind said helmet.

Travis was not going to remain silent of course as he quickly moved from the current weapon he had and took out his Laser RCW and unleashed a barrage of laser bolts on the next pair of Blue Suns mercenaries, that cut them down pretty damn quick as their ceramic armor plating was not rated for being hit by lasers. They might have sealed their suits, but Travis was willing to bet that they had looks of shock at suddenly being cut down by laser weapons. He still had plenty of charges left so no sense moving to reloading as Miranda moved to him and saw the weapon itself.

"Looks almost like a Thompson Sub Machine Gun."

Travis knew just what she was talking about and replied in a humorous tone.

"Yeah, all I need now is a fedora hat, a suit, and then crack my knuckles. Now that is a gangster look huh?"

Miranda shook her head while Jacob merely snickered as the team moved through the area to deal with what else might be around the corner. The fact that a vast majority of the alien Blue Suns were forced to seal up was an indication of just how bad it was becoming for the non humans in this area.

And the team could see just how it could be that anyone who was a human would become a target for anyone in the area as they had encountered a dying Batarian who tried to shoot at them as a last act of defiance, but Angela managed to stop him and help keep him alive. The alien was surprised by that action and decided to take a chance and go to Mordin even if the doctor didn't sound like any doctor Travis ever heard of. The fact he was not human might help him get past the mercs, wishful thinking but a lot better than being grim in mood and thought. Travis placed away his Laser RCW and moved back to using his Avenger Assault Rifle and reserve his energy weapons for more serious threats that was soon going to show up as they kept on moving.

And he did not have to wait for very long as more of the Blue Suns came up to attack them en masse.

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Travis ducked as he spotted another one of those Blue Suns characters, a Turian from the looks of it tried to turn him into a target board. The newly installed Kinetic Barriers on his Enclave Remnants Power Armor flared up and he looked to see the shield meter flicker a bit as a portion of it dropped. It was not enough to compromise the shields as he got up and quickly fired several bursts from the weapon that he got loaned by Jacob.

The rounds from the loaned weapon tore into the Turian and through the armor plating and soon the alien mercenary dropped down and bleeding on the deck. The fact he or it, Travis couldn't really tell nor care for. was not moving told him hw was dead. Travis got ready to move ahead only to have two more of his running buddies show up and fire at the former Courier. The shields held long enough for him to fire a few rounds at full auto to force them to find cover and allow him to get into cover as he quickly removed the thermal clip from his gun.

He was not going to be alone for long as Miranda, Jacob and Shepard arrived, telling him that they had taken out their foes earlier. Shepard took out her Sniper Rifle and quickly aimed forward just as one of the mercs got to peak up. Only for Shepard to drill him in the head with a clean shot. Travis saw the blood splatter come out along with the fragments of ceramic armor, as well as brain matter , flesh, and bone so there was no doubt that merc was dead.

He turned to see Miranda suddenly glow with blue energy that seemed to hug her in her Inferno Armor and then out came a large ball of…something that glowed that slammed into the merc nearby who tried to get a shot out. The merc was covered in a field of glowing energy just as Jacob moved in and blasted the floating target with a blast from his Katana Shotgun. As soon as that happened, the four of them relaxed though Travis was looking at Miranda with astonishment and surprise, which was evident on his question.

"What the hell was that you nailed that guy with Miss Lawson?"

The Cerberus officer looked at Travis briefly and wondered why he was asking her that and then recalled that he was still new to the world they came from, so it stood to reason that he had not seen Biotics before. Even more so since none of the security personnel on New Alaska had Biotics in their ranks, and none of the Asari present had taken part in the fight. So naturally she decided to explain some of the things he had just seen, in order to not just teach him a bit of the world he was now in, but to help him prepare for the possibility that he might end up fighting someone with the same abilities. But not before asking him why he was not aware of it since he was given a Codex.

"I thought you read your Codex back on New Alaska?"

"I did, but at the time I was still trying to get used to being in a new reality so I did not read all of it so I'm a little bit stumped."

Miranda could understand that part at least and decided to do what she had planned to do before.

"What you saw was Biotics Travis, Biotics is the ability to manipulate dark energy due to having special nodes in your nervous system that allows one to mentally control said energy. Most races in this galaxy usually have people who are Biotics, though the most obvious would be the Asari. You only got to see some of what a Biotic can do so don't be surprised if some of our enemies happen to be Biotics too. You see someone have the same field around them as me earlier, then you have to be careful."

Travis was still surprised by what he saw as he decided to reload his M-8 and replied.

"That was some seriously cool stuff and a bit terrifying to be sure, what about you Jacob, you a Biotic too?"

The man nodded a bit at that.

"I am a Biotic and trained in the Alliance Ascension Program as well, the successor of that fracas in Jump Zero. But like anything else, not every Biotic is the same as the others like him or her, some of us can at times be weaker, or stronger than the others who have the same ability. Others can have a wider range of abilities while some focus only on others, not as flexible, but more powerful. The only way we can regulate our powers is through the Biotic Amps we have apart from training, plus we have to eat or drink a bit more than the usual, along with the need to take special medication to counter overuse of our Biotics."

Travis looked at Shepard and she shook her head.

"Nope, sorry to disappoint you Travis, I'm no Biotic, but I am a damn good soldier and a Commando to boot."

Travis smirked at that as he looked at both Miranda and Jacob as he spoke to them.

"You know, if you two showed up in the Mojave and started tossing around the bad guys like that, everyone's either going to think your gods or goddesses, angels, spirits, demons, and the like. Scare the crap out of everyone, and possibly found your own tribe or something around those lines. Not to mention get some very interesting if not too comfortable attention."

Both Jacob and Miranda shook their heads at that as the four of them continued to move around, all happy that their suits were sealed. There were a few more fire fights between them and some of the Blood Pack and Blue Sun Mercs, once the Blue Suns got killed they faced off with the Blood Pack.

Along the way through the fight, Travis had to resort to using his GRA Ripper when one of the massive guys, which he read about was a Krogan tried to smash into him like a Death claw. He jammed the Ripper into the helmet's seams and was quickly rewarded by a stream of orange blood, the Krogan backed off and he followed with a serious kick to the head and sent the creature back just as he drilled his Ripper right into the 'face' of the armored alien's helm, the teeth were chipped a bit but soon the creature was dead. But Travis decided to jam an Incendiary Grenade into the gaping holes in the armor to be sure.

The stench that came was not too pleasant but Travis ignored that to get to the rest of the foes before him as he placed aside his Ripper and took out his Plasma Defender and fired a single bolt into the face of another Vorcha coming at them. The end result was the face of the alien being reduced into a burning and stinking mess as it roared in pain and shock and collapsed dead with half it's face reduced to a pile of glowing green goo.

Jacob whistled at the sight as the plasma pistol like weapon looked a bit odd but still deadly in function. Angela smirked at the sight and Miranda nodded in interest while looking as Travis placed the weapon away.

Along the way, Shepard and the group stopped to pick up some strange looking devices on the ground, and also those terminals. He did not bother them at all and usually covered their backs from attack. Only later was he told by Shepard that she had been pilfering credits from these devices and terminals. They may be funded by Cerberus, but if they could have their own stocks of credits then it was worth it. Travis was not going to complain at all since he knew why it was needed, why else did he have to tolerate drinking warm and flat Sunset Sarsaparilla, and Nuka Cola to get to the caps back in the Mojave?

Every cap he could get was the difference maker in the economics in the Wasteland so taking credits from any source to fund this war was all right with him. Plus they did manage to stop a band of human looters trying to make a score in the middle of the mess. Not the healthiest of ideas in a place where being human got you a shot in the head in the former Courier's opinion.

Thankfully the possible fire fight was avoided and now the humans were nice enough to not do anything to allow them to go one with the rest of the mission. They also convinced a couple of humans to clear house and head for the clinic. When asked by the man how they would know if it was safe, Travis jokingly replied.

"Just follow the trail of dead mercs man."

It was afterwards that Jacob spoke to him.

"Heads up Travis, that bunch of Vorcha, Varren, and Krogan we fought with tells me we're in Blood Pack territory now so watch it."

"Got you there, so shoot the Krogan once they go down before they regenerate right?"

"Yeah, unless you shoot them again to ruin their redundant organ systems, they will just heal and come back for more. There are even some Krogan who cannot seem to just die as well since they regenerate too fast to be countered properly."

"That sounds just great. Reminds me of this pesky Glowing Ones I dealt with in the day."

The conversation was cut as they continued to move forward, there were some left over battles and more encounters with dead bodies.

Travis groaned as he and the others continued to move to where the clinic was, and already Travis now was feeling a bit tired, and he was eager to finally get back to the Normandy after this and get himself some food native to his own universe. Gardner's new food supplies were beyond good, but sometimes nothing made him feel more at home than some good old fashioned Wasteland food. By the end of the trip the Courier was exhausted

It took a bit more until they arrived in the clinic and he could see the bodies of the Blue Sun mercs that the human couple had told them about. And as soon as they got there, Miranda was able to explain that all they had to do to find Mordin was to find the rapid talking Salarian.

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In Mordin's clinic…

Travis looked all over the place and shook his head as he waited outside alongside Jacob as Angela and Miranda were busy talking to Mordin Solus. He looked at the mess before him and he could not help but feel a bit sickened by the sight of the various beings dying. Sure it was new to him, seeing this many alien species alongside humans, but to see them dying was not the thing he wanted to see.

Jacob could see that and while wearing his Cerberus Shock Trooper Armor, spoke to his partner.

"You see anything like this back in the wasteland?"

"Plenty, though seeing aliens like this is new to me."

"Yeah, pretty good thing that we got these suits vacuum sealed, we might be human, but I for one am not taking any chances. They are scared stiff and angry too, all it takes is one wrong move or one wrong word and there's going to be a riot."

Travis nodded and wondered just when they were going to move out as it was Miranda and Angela who were talking with Mordin to convince the former STG operative, medic and science expert to join them in fighting the Collectors. He was confused as to why would anyone make a virus like this. It was almost as if the virus was meant to wipe out the non human population of the station and leave the humans alive. That would be the reason why so many aliens think it was a human made plague, but he had his doubts. After all, if it was meant to wipe out the alien races here and leave the humans wouldn't doing it like this make the whole situation for the humans here worse?

"Who do you think made this virus Jacob?"

"Not sure, but I can bet it might be our old buddies the Collectors."

"How can you be certain?"

"I'm not, but given the fact that the virus only affects non humans, it's a safe bet its' for a reason. Humans are outnumbered in Omega so wiping put anyone that's not human is going to leave this place very short handed, easy picking for anyone, especially the Collectors."

Before Travis could say anything the lights dimmed and the ventilation systems did not sound the least bit friendly. Jacob was more than familiar with that sound and spoke out his thoughts easily.

"Shit…the environmental control center must have been hit!"

Travis was quick to catch on as he replied.

"That must be it, they used this place as a testing ground for the plague and now that it seems to be working, the Blood Pack must be planning to flood all of Omega with it."

The confirmation came from Angela as she and Miranda came back.

"Travis is right on that one, Mordin agrees that this is the Collectors work since they are the only race capable of making a plague of this power and sophistication to be able to affect all species. The fact that it's not affecting humans makes this all the more serious. Our only chance is to get the cure into the system and distribute it as it's already possible the enemy plans to send the plague all throughout the station. Big chance we'll be right into the Blood Pack's back yard and no doubt more Vorcha will be there to greet us. Before we do, here you go."

Angela handed the two men a set of pistols which were a lot different than the ones they had before and Jacob spoke to them.

"These are Carnifax Pistols…where'd you get them Commander?"

"Courtesy of the Professor, apparently he had gotten them off some of the Blue Suns that tried to attack the clinic from before. Got a whole crate of them as well so we've got our own too, but figured you guys will need the extra punch somewhere in this fight."

Travis grinned as he looked at the weapon and it soon was stored away and he replied as he took out his Gatling Laser.

"I take that means heavy firepower is needed Commander?"

Angela eyed the mean looking weapon and nodded in agreement, she was looking forward to seeing this Gatling laser in action and the same could be said for Jacob and Miranda.

"Exactly, we have no idea how many of the Blood Pack are still out there for us to deal with, but heavy firepower is a must. Get yourselves ready, we're going to be hitting the Blood Pack on their own back yard. Warbringer, you take point, Miranda and I will provide long range fire while Jacob supports with his shotgun. Change weapons only when you need to so we can be ready for anything that comes our way. Remember that we have to distribute the cure in the environmental systems, but we have another objective."

Jacob raised an eyebrow at that as he spoke.

"What's that commander?"

"One of Mordin's assistants, a man named Daniel had attempted to release the cure earlier, he has not reported back yet. Mordin would like us to find him and bring him back alive if possible. I know that it might sound strange that we're doing this but if we find him we might be able to get an extra supply of the cure which can be helpful, plus the man is said to be as good as Mordin, and that is from the Salarian's mouth so I am going to take his word for it."

Miranda thought it over and replied as she made the calculations in her head.

"If we do find him alive, and release the cure, he can take over the clinic when Mordin comes with us. If he is as good as Mordin said he is then saving him is a wise move that we have to make. But we will have to hurry, if we don't…"

Angels nodded to that.

"Then let's not waste time, let's get moving people."

The team nodded and soon they were off to finish the rest of the mission.

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Later…

There was a patrol of Vorcha in the way of the group when they left the clinic and moved deeper into the area of the quarantine zone. The team stopped briefly and Angela nodded to Travis, that was all the man needed to see as he quickly got out of cover and aimed his weapon while warming it up. Once he was clear, he shouted at the Vorcha to get their full and undivided attention and make them pay for it.

"TIME TO LIGHT IT UP!"

That was the only warning the Vorcha coming to attack got as massive bolts of laser energy came out from the Courier's massive weapon. The laser bolts were shocking to the creatures and their indecision was costly as two of them were literally carved up by the incoming weapons fire. The ones who were still alive got to cover and this allowed Travis' comrades to unleash their own attacks as Angela took out her Sniper Rifle while Jacob took out his own Carnifax while Miranda did the same. All three of them unleashed their shots and the Vorcha was literally cut in half.

The team cleaned up the mess and Travis was given the spare thermal clips that they had recovered for him to carry. He still went ahead to lead the team and soon they encountered another batch of Blood Pack forces heading their way, this time there was a Krogan ahead of the whole group that was coming their way. The Krogan roared out and began to unleash a barrage of fire from it's weapons while the other Vorcha closed in to attack. Travis was quick to react and soon unleashed a torrent of laser fire. That attack killed the Krogan as the Kinetic barriers his armor had was rendered useless by the laser weapon's fire, and he soon dropped into nice sliced and smoking pieces. Travis however had to place his Gatling Laser aside and switch to his Plasma Defender once more as this would at least make him more mobile. The Courier lined up the shots and fired several blasts that tore through the armor of the Blood Pack. The Krogan leading the bunch apparently was not expecting to be shot by actual plasma and the energy tore into the armor of his face and it was painful enough to make the alien cry out in pain. That also served to enrage the Krogan as it roared at him. That told the former Courier that the battle was about to go close quarters for him. He quickly placed the weapon aside and took out one of his Cosmic Knives and readied himself.

Angela and the others were wide eyed at this and thought that the former Wasteland resident had gone loco, and apparently the Krogan thought the same as it charged at him, discarding the Shotgun to possibly tear the man apart. The Courier however was not worried as he attacked the alien and aimed for the melted area of the Krogan's armor and while the Krogan managed to punch at Travis. Travis took a blow and he felt his head ring inside his helmet, but he responded with smacking his head right back in the face of the Krogan.

The creature roared at Travis as he stabbed the creature multiple times and soon it was dead, but he decided not to take chances and grabbed a grenade. He pulled the pin and stuffed it into the area he had been stabbing. The grenade was not too powerful but it was enough. The Krogan was now dead as the explosion INSIDE it's helmet reduced it's head into one soupy mess.

The battle was over and it was not long before the team finally found Daniel surrounded by Batarians, and none of the aliens were happy. They were about to kill Daniel but thankfully Shepard managed to talk them down and make them lower their weapons. Travis was impressed by how Angela defused the situation and even more so when she kept her word. The Batarians themselves were also surprised that there was a thing such as human nobility after all to which Travis merely shrugged as he got his weapons ready for another possible fire fight after Angela managed to get the spare cure from Daniel and soon sent the man back to Mordin in order to help the Salarian doctor until they got the environmental systems back online and also dealt with the Blood Pack who were responsible for this attack..

And as they left, they soon found it as more Vorcha members of the Blood Pack came at them, Travis was already used to the way they fought and how they willingly charged in like rabid feral Ghouls. Difference there was these guys fought with guns than with just their limbs and teeth.

The fire fight did not last long as Miranda and Jacob unleashed their Biotics once more on the Blood Pack forces. They cleaned house as Travis fired one plasma bolt into the face of his next attacker and the Vorcha dropped dead. He however was soon attacked by a Varren and it was only with the quick release of his GRA Katana that he managed to kill the creature.

The intense sharpness of the Saturnite Alloy Blade was shown as the Courier pulled the sword down and it cut the creature from neck to tail tip in moments. The sight was disgusting to the Courier though after all the slaughter he had seen and had taken part in, he was used to it But the same could not be said for the others, sure they had all seen their fair share of bloody messes, but none of them saw a hostile creature get cut nearly in half and now spilling blood and guts all over the floor.

"Damn…that is one SHARP sword you got there Travis."

Travis grinned and saluted Jacob as he placed the sword aside and took out his Gatling Laser again as they moved in. They soon dealt with a few more Vorcha and they quickly realized that they were reaching their objective as EDI filled them in.

"Commander, you, Executive Lawson, Operative Taylor, and Warbringer are approaching the environmental control room of Omega . I am not able to get full control of the cameras but I have determined that there is a heavy team of Vorcha in the area. Several of them happen to be in an elevated position and are armed with heavy weapons. I cannot determine the exact status of the environmental control systems and the fan controls but they seem to be fairly intact. I also do not know if there are other Blood Pack forces there."

Angela shook her head and replied.

"It's a safe bet that if they want to ruin the station and spread the plague, they'd have heavy forces there. They must be sending out the only units they can spare with all their heavy hitters deeper in their territory while focusing all their heavy weapons there in this one place. Anything you can tell us about the room itself EDI?"

"The room has at least three open upper areas, and at least two high floors over the paths leading to the two fan control rooms. The possibility of Blood Pack forces taking those positions to snipe or attack with heavy weapons is high. So expect heavy resistance there."

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That was all they were going to need as they entered the room, the very second they did so, several of the Blood Pack Vorcha spotted them and the apparent leader of the bunch began to speak. It's speech was tinged with bloodlust and violence towards the humans as it outlined in it's own tongue the plan of the Collectors for the plague that they had unleashed on Omega. This served to confirm to everyone in the team that the Collectors were indeed behind all of this.

Travis however had enough and quickly took out his Gauss Rifle and fused his .S and shot the Vorcha right in the face. The head was blown clean off the creature and the body was sent to the wall, followed by a resounding splattering sound as the now headless corpse hit the wall.

"Go to hell ugly!"

That got the team into action as Travis quickly got to cover and reloaded his Gauss Rifle as Miranda got to cover on one side while Jacob went to the other. Travis quickly aimed up the scope and spotted two heavies coming in as he spoke to the others.

"Rockets on the Upper Floor!"

Shepard saw that along with Jacob and Miranda as Shepard quickly gave several crisp orders on the fly as she took out her own M-8.

"Miranda, Travis, take out those heavies, Jacob and I will deal with the ones here!"

Both he and Miranda nodded as he quickly lined up his Gauss weapon but spotted the guy fire at him, forcing him to break lock. Only for the incoming missile to strike as a Biotic barrier, placed up by Miranda. He decided that he was going to need some help and quickly placed down his Gauss Rifle and took out his upgraded Laser Rifle, checked the power MFC charges and took out a specially bundled together set of MFCs, he then slid the cells over to Miranda, followed by the Rifle.

"Lawson! 24 shots per cell, make them count!"

Miranda saw the weapon and quickly got it as it came to her, placing aside her Machine Pistol and placed the rifle stock on her shoulder and quickly looked through the scope. She spotted the previous shooter readying a missile, aiming it at Angela and took the shot, the energy was bit off, but it tore into the face of the Vorcha, making it roar in pain as charred flesh fell of the wound. Miranda was surprised at the total lack of recoil and fired another shot into the face, killing the creature. She turned quickly to take out the other, only to see a faint glowing trail and a slight blast as the Vorcha now sported a gapping and bleeding cavity in the chest…courtesy of Travis' Gauss Rifle.

The two quickly turned to support the others and soon the battle was over but Miranda decided to keep the rifle with her for a moment as she had a feeling there were going to be more of the Blood Pack. She doubted that it was only the ones here that were around. EDI guided the team to the control center and soon inserted the cure, now all they had to do was reactivate the fans to spread the cure all over Omega.

But it was not long before Travis' Pip Boy's warning systems kicked in and he spoke out as the fans' operation systems came online and were now ready to be used in their control rooms.

"We've got company guys, and there's a freaking lot of them!"

The group turned as they too spotted the incoming hostiles on their own scanners. Apparently the Blood Pack had indeed kept most of their heavy hitter here and now they were being unleashed into the battle. They moved out of the way and quickly moved to cover in the same places as before as several Vorcha came on the scene to unleash more missile attacks on them. Travis and Miranda quickly came up to fire on the shooters as Angela took out her Sniper Rifle to join into the fight. Laser bolts, Gauss Rounds and Mass Accelerator slugs filled the air as they fought back with Jacob using his Biotics to attack as well, sending one Vorcha flying for Miranda to plug in the chest with a laser bolt. Travis was the next one as he quickly fired his Gauss Rifle to literally behead one of the Rocket armed Vorcha.

They continued to fight off the Vorcha on either side above them and thus they also had to be careful of the incoming missiles. They all had to move away as their kinetic barriers were still not strong enough to take a direct rocket hit. And there had been some close calls, Travis had at one point pulled Miranda aside as a rocket soon impacted on the area she had been in before until Angela took out the shooter. He did likewise for Jacob when the Biotic was being attacked from behind and his shields held as he shot back alongside Jacob who used his Carnifax Heavy Pistol.

Angela then realized that if they were to get to the control centers on either side of the complex now, they would have to move as a two person team on either side and she gave her orders.

"Travis, you and me take the western fan control area, Miranda and Jacob, take the other!"

"Roger!"

The four formed into two pairs and soon began to fight their way into the fan control areas, Miranda was still using Travis' loaned Laser Rifle and Jacob carried his Eviscerator Shotgun as they moved to take control of the fan while Travis armed this time with his Multiphase Rifle and Angela with her own M-8 moved to face the enemy before them. It was not easy but they were soon able to move in and take out the last vestiges of the Blood Pack, though Travis was quick to use his Implant to fire an amount of Turbo into him and soon moved at speed towards his Krogan foe who tried to smash his face in with the butt of his Shotgun, but Travis moved and introduced the barrels of his weapon into the face and fired a full blast reduced the attacking alien's face into nothing but a pile of goo.

Angela was also quick to let her own abilities kick in and she quickly supported Travis as she fired several more bursts from her own M-8 and caught a Vorcha right in the face. She then moved and smashed her weapon into the face of another Vorcha coming in to tear into Travis from behind and she was more than ready to attack. As soon as the alien was sent back by the force of the blow, Angela aimed her weapon right at the alien's exposed torso, and from that range, the slugs from the M-8 had no trouble actually cutting the alien in half.

They soon faced the Krogan leader and Travis was able to switch to his Plasma Rifle and fired several bolts into the creature that made it roar in rage as it fired it's own weapon. The Kinetic barriers installed into his Enclave Armor flared up to counter the incoming slugs as Travis was soon supported by Angela who focused her M-8 at the very same spot that Travis had shot with his Plasma Rifle. The combined assault brought the Krogan down as Travis then took out one of his plasma grenades and tossed it on the Krogan. The plasma explosion tore through the armor and blew a large chunk off the now dead corpse to prevent the alien from regenerating as they finished off the rest of the still living Vorcha.

They soon arrived at the control room and after securing it, they took over the controls just as Miranda called in.

"Commander, Jacob and I have secured the control room, ready to activate the fans on our end."

"Good to hear. We've secured our control room as well and got past the enemy forces here. Let's get both of them activated."

Once they did so, they were able to send in the cure and soon made their way back to the Clinic. For Miranda as she gave the Rifle back to Travis, having him on their side was a boon that they were not going to ignore. Jacob himself was curious to try using some of those weapons himself, namely the energy weapons that Travis had been using for some time now since the mission started. The gear would indeed be welcomed in fighting the Collectors and prevent them from taking even more colonists.

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Later…

As they were now back to the clinic, Travis could not help but feel himself relax as his Turbo rush began to fade off and out of his system. The battle had been pretty intense and as they got back to the Clinic they were greeted by the patients and staff who were happy that the cure had been released and saved many lives, human and non human as this meant that the attacks on humans would finally stop. Once that was over he moved to the side and allow Angela and the others to talk to Mordin and get him to join them now that the cure was released. The Collectors were certainly merciless bastards in his mind in willing to slaughter all the non humans on Omega to get the humans if Jacob was right on the money.

As for him, he was looking forward to get his armor cleaned up and also get a much needed meal. Maybe he could ask the Mess Sergeant named Gardner if he could cook some of his own personal stores of food and have a much needed meal. Sure he found some of Gardner's cooking to be very new and fresh compared to some of the stuff he had eaten, but he was in the mood for some good old fashioned Wasteland grub. And he had more than ample stores of that type of food with him so no sense letting the stuff go to waste.

Once the talking was over, Travis sat up from where he had been sitting to bleed the stress off to greet the newly expanded crew. The former Courier moved to shake hands with Mordin who was a bit surprised by his appearance due to the fact that Travis had been outside of his room on both counts.

"So you're Professor Mordin eh? Welcome, the name's Travis…"

"Strange, don't recall meeting you with Commander Shepard, and Armor is unlike any configuration or model used by either Alliance, Terminus, or Cerberus. Interesting design if somewhat extended in size, possibly for increased physical protection…"

Travis was a bit confused by that as he had never seen or heard anyone talk that fast before even among the brains in the Big MT, but Angela managed to get things going as she spoke once more to Mordin.

"Professor, this is Travis Marlowe or Warbringer as he is called, a recent addition to the team I am assembling."

The Salarian looked at Travis a bit more and then replied.

"Warbringer, a bringer of war in meaning, curious, never heard of such a title for a human. Judging by stance and movement in armor you have extensive experience in combat operations?"

"Yeah, you could say that, anyway Prof, you want to continue this back on the ship? We can shoot the science hoops there in the lab if you want since I can bet you saw the tech I was packing. I can even show you how some of this works."

"Intriguing, gifted in the sciences?"

"Heh, not much really, but I learn fast and I had a lot of time tinkering with tech on my off hours."

Angela decided to speak once more and hope that this was not going to take too long.

"Uh, better you two stick to doing the science bits BACK in the lab of the Normandy okay?"

It took a bit more but they were soon off and apparently along the way, Angela had a lot of things in her hands to set over back in the Normandy. Travis only hoped that he would be able to make sense of this Salarian scientist who he was soon going to be working with in the soon to come war with the Reapers.

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To be continued…

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Author's notes:

Well, here we have yet another chapter that I was able to finish in time, I just hope that this kept the story alive for all the readers since it had been some time since I worked on this one so I might have lost track of it. If I have, then I apologize heavily in advance for that since it has been a while since I updated this one.

Travis' reactions to Biotics is to be expected since none of the Asari had been able to take to the fight and since he had been busy trying to grasp the fact is NOT anywhere in his Earth anymore, he has not read up on Biotics. This is enough to tell him to be careful of Biotic users and his comments are to be expected. Let's face it, if I lived in the Mojave Wasteland and suddenly saw a man or woman suddenly surrounded with blue glowing energy and tossing aside people, abominations, and mutated wild life like they were toys, create fields of energy and whatnot, I'd be shocked too and start thinking that they were something else than human or not.

Miranda's experience with the Laser Rifle is just a start, so there will be other times that the crew will be given the weapons Travis has and get to use them in a fight. But since none of them have any training, their skills in them are not as high as that of Travis since he has used them a lot longer than most of them. So he might be the one to teach them how to use them in combat and in time I might have the plans of the energy weapons in the hands of the Alliance and who might help fight the Reapers.

Travis will get his new arsenal at a much later date since at this time, he will stick to the weapons he now has and will be able to get used to this world. There will be a brief interlude on the next chapter, might not even be too long as well. Afterwards we are going to be meeting none other than Garrus Vakarian, and you can bet that the second Travis reveals himself, there is going to be trouble.

After all, Garrus, having been on the original Normandy crew knows that Kaidan Alenko is dead so seeing someone who looks AND sounds like Kaidan is really going to make his jaw drop. There's going to be one heck of a discussion between Garrus and Angela as he will be asking just WHO Travis is and where the heck he came from. And how will Garrus fare working with Travis when he speaks and looks like Kaidan?

All that will be revealed in the coming chapters and soon we will be getting to the parts where we have to pick up Grunt or Jack. Who would you like the team to go after first?

See you all at the interlude chapter and then off to the battle for the team to reach Garrus. And possibly along the way, we hire a certain mercenary who can also be a hell of an addition to the growing crew that Shepard will be leading into battle.

See you all soon and I hope to hear from you all at a later date.