Author's note: Okay, first I would like to apologize. I haven't updated this thing in over a YEAR. I know its a lame excuse and everyone says it, but my life got super busy super fast last year. I have now moved THREE times since my last update. During that time I had picked up Mass Effect 2 and subsequently got put off from the fandom for a while when Miranda's loyalty mission pissed me the hell off. So as of yet, I STILL haven't beaten ME2. I plan on replaying though both games soon, so hopefully I will be getting a lot more ideas for this story.
Again, I wish to apologize to everyone with how stupidly long this has taken me to update...
Chapter 4: Its Going to be a Bumpy Ride!
Genre: Humor/Action
The planet fall on Therum went as smoothly as it could have possibly of gone if Joker's boasting about his piloting skills had any say in it.
The mining world was desolate and hot, not a living thing in sight. But the high ridges and lava pools didn't leave much room for visibility.
But the readings from the Normandy were saying otherwise.
Shepard gave a long whistle from the driver's seat of the Mako.
"Welcome to Paradise boys! Population: Us, the good doctor, and a whole lotta Geth."
He heard Garrus scoff from the tech terminal behind him and Wrex give a grunt from the gunner station. Giving a quick laugh, the human pressed the Mako forward.
Rounding what felt like the tenth tight path between giant lakes of molten rock, Wrex hissed.
"So much for those energy signals! Nothing to shoot and endless pools of lav-"
Garrus urgently cut him off as they began to go over a small ridge.
"Commander! Reading a signal! Its coming in fast and its big!"
Sure enough, a geth ship flew in low overhead and dropped two large objects down on the path ahead before taking off again.
A frown crossed Shepard's face.
"What are those-"
The 'objects' then began to unfold into what appeared to be a giant walking guns which proceeded to fire upon them.
A few choice curses left the Commander's mouth as he used some quick maneuvering and the micro-thrusters to evade the shots.
Wrex gave a gruff laugh.
"About time! Lets see what these guns can actually do!"
Shepard's erratic evasive movements didn't seem to have to much of an effect on Wrex as the mass accelerator cannon boomed out precise shots which turned the armatures into piles of scrap in no time.
They encountered a few more of the machines, and a geth outpost, which were taken down just as easily.
Climbing up another small hill after taking down 3 of the armatures, Wrex thumped the back of the Commander's seat.
"Where did you learn to drive Shepard? Its hard to aim while your trying to make this thing do ballet!"
The human barked a laugh while Garrus frowned at his terminal.
"Comman-!"
"Obviously your just jealous of my awesome driving. Maybe its you who needs to learn to shoot better Wrex!" The human jibed back as they crested the hill.
"Commander! Large energy reading ahea-" Garrus was cut off again as the Mako rocked hard and the shield's warning siren screamed about their eminent deactivation. Shepard threw the vehicle in reverse and skittered back over the ridge, barely dodging another large blast of a pulse weapon. A few Geth Rocket Troopers followed over after them but were gunned down by the Mako's machine guns and a few cannon blasts.
"Damage report!" Shepard barked as more troops crested the hill and he reversed a bit more to give Wrex a better shot.
"S-shields holding but barely! Besides that, no damage."
The human frowned a the initial stutter and risked a quick look at Garrus. The turian had a pretty nice gash above his left eye that was bleeding.
"You okay Garrus?"
The turian gave him a quick surprised look before turning back to his terminal.
"Fine Commander."
Nodding, Shepard faced forward again.
"How long until the shields are back up?"
"Give me a sec Commander."
"How are you doin' up there Wrex."
The artillery stopped and the krogan turned in his chair.
"Just ran out of targets to shoot."
"Good. Now did anyone get a look at what shot us?"
Wrex grunted.
"From the brief glance I got of it, it looks like a really big version of the scrap metal we've been dismantling."
Shepard sighed.
"Great, so the things has legs."
"Actually Commander," Garrus spoke up from his work "it appears to not be moving." He finished a last few adjustments and the alarms turned off before turning to the other two. "Shields back to 100%."
The krogan Battlemaster caught sight of the turian's face and laughed.
"You regret leaving your precious Citadel yet turian?"
Garrus's scales started to rise in agitation but Shepard cut off any reply.
"Alright, so we need to keep going but we have a wall of plasma spitting metal in our way." The human turned back to the controls, a smile tugging at his lips. "I think I might know just the way to deal with this. Buckle up boys! We're about to have some fun!" Giving them just enough time to settle into their stations, he gunned the acceleration.
Cresting the hill again, they were able to get a good look at the machine before them. Wrex was right, it was a larger version of the armature they had fought before, with a few other differences. It was situated behind a structure of large metal beams.
"Shepard, can't get a good shot from this angle."
Quickly deploying the micro-thrusters to avoid another shot from the colossus, Shepard pressed the speed again when they hit the ground.
"Then we'll just have to get closer."
Making a pretty spectacular turn and avoiding another blast of plasma, the human headed straight for the large armature.
"Lets see how it likes to get hit."
That was all the warning Wrex and Garrus got as Shepard rammed the colossus with the Mako.
AN: Okay, I really suck at writing action so I apologize in advance. If anyone sees any grammatical errors, feel free to point them out. Thanks to everyone who reviewed or added this to their favorites.
