Okay second part of the previous chapter (if that makes any sense) but yeah, hope you're enjoying it so far (even if my dyslexia is a bit of a problem) but anyway I'd also like to say thanks to those of you who have shown support be that in the reviews or in PM, so yeah thanks, but you're not here to listen to me ramble on so yeah, story time
Markus rubbed his forehead; he hadn't felt like this since an Eldar banshee screamed at him point blank range, he did his best to stand trying to get over the nauseous feeling that was overcoming him 'steady Markus, steady' he got to his feet and begun surveying his surroundings, a couple of crates, what seemed to be some kind of base nearby, and what he assumed was a landing shuttle, however he also saw the Eldar ranger and a Tau nearby, where was he, and what had happened.
Caerdor stood, some slight unpleasant feelings washing over him, nothing he hadn't felt before, the warp had a habit of doing this to those unlucky enough to pass through it unprotected, he scanned his surroundings, he'd been to many worlds and places, this was not among them, he had to admit the planet had a certain pleasantness to it, but as all Eldar knew looks could be deceiving, he turned, the Mon'keigh would most likely be standing by now.
The Shas'Uve, ran through systems, many of them were fried, comms were still, running though, although they weren't receiving any Tau comms, however, there was some Gue'La Channels, that could have been patched into, although the langue was unknown, the translation systems, in the suit would soon be able to translate, however one langue was recognized as a human langue, referred to as Harakat,
"Garrus, how close are you to the entrance?" the unrecognized langue came up again the suit had managed to translate it to an extent
"We….close….Shep….waiting…..you" the Tau looked up as the suit registered nearby movement, to see the imperial and the Eldar facing one another, the Tau recognized the Cautious stance of a human; he was liable to fight the Eldar
Markus looked up at the Elder, he'd never seen many rangers, but the ones he had were always in a crouched position, to see one standing straight was rather intimidating, although he'd never admit a Xeno scared him,
"Any idea where we are Xeno" The ranger looked down on him with a raised eyebrow
"No Mon'Keigh and even if I did I would not be inclined to tell you" Markus grinded his teeth, by the emperor how he hated the Eldar, but they weren't at fault, at least not that he knew, regardless he placed his hand on his pistol "I wouldn't recommend that Mon'Keigh, I could decapitate you before you even drew your pathetic pistol" Markus tightened his grip on the pistol
"Give me a reason, You Xeno Dog" the Tau took this chance to chime in
"Please my friends, now is not the time to be fighting amongst ourselves, there is a larger threat"
"The Tau is right, Mon'Keigh" the ranger spat the name at Markus "Regardless of our hatreds for one another, fighting now would gain us nothing, after all the Ruinous powers are to blame here not me" Markus gave a low growl, he didn't like it but they were right, Chaos was the enemy now not them, it wouldn't be the first time Humans, Eldar and Tau worked together,
"Fine, but I still don't trust either of you"
"Your trust, isn't needed Mon'Keigh only your assistance, the same goes for you Tau" the Tau simply nodded
"Well any ideas"
"I must apologize, most all my systems are malfunctioning; I will be able to provide only limited support"
"Typical Tau, your technology is rendered useless with only the slightest warp tampering, no wonder my people and the children of chaos, are able to so easily overcome your troops" Markus could feel the Glare the Tau was giving the Eldar
"What about you Eldar, aren't all your kind latent pyskers"
"While only half true Mon'Keigh, even if I wanted to I could not, our little journey through the warp, has rendered my Physic powers useless"
"So let me get this straight, were on an unknown world, with no way of contacting anyone, hell for all I know we could be on an unexplored world that swarming with Tyrannids"
"I highly doubt that, even with my abilities reduced, I would be able to feel the presence of the Tyrannids"
"Oh shut up you arrogant, Eldar corpse"
"Say that again, Mon'Keigh"
[Meanwhile]
"Shepard!" Garrus exclaimed as Shepard and Jacob enter the room
"Hope I didn't keep you too long"
"No we only just got here ourselves"
"Joker, any idea what were gonna find out there"
"Three people"
"What?"
"Well scans show that the power signature is gone, but now there are three more life signs then there were before"
"Could the power signature have been a ship?" EDI's synthesized voice chimed in
"No its appearance was too sudden; and the only know races with the capability to create such a power spike are, the reapers or the collectors"
"So probably the collectors then"
"That is the highest possibility" Shepard sighed, no rest for the weary.
"Okay form up, keep tight we don't know what's waiting for us out there" from the three came a unified call of
"Yes Commander"
[Meanwhile outside]
Markus stood both pistols rasied, one pointed at the tau the other at the Ranger, the ranger held two Shuriken Pistols, the Tau wielded two weapons, a shorten pulse rifle, and what seemed to be a pulse pistol, Markus had to be careful, as much as he wanted to see both these Xenos dead, he had no intention of dying here, all three looked at each other, the Tau spoke first.
"Surely this is not needed, what use are any of us dead, please let us resolve this peacefully for the greater go…"
"Finish that sentence and I'll blow your head off, you Xeno Bastard"
"Typical Mon'Keigh attitude, shot first ask questions later, foul primate"
"My race still stands Eldar, my race thrives, while your people struggle to survive"
"You Dare!"
"Come then Eldar Face me, show me what passes for Fury among your misbegotten kind, for the emperor guides my path"
"At least my deities are real for your emperor is an illusion"
"You Dare Blas…"
"I can hardly blaspheme against something that isn't divine"
[Meanwhile nearby]
Shepard lay crouched behind the railing; he raised his head slightly to see three rather strangely dressed, people having a standoff, while they shouted at each other in a strange language
"Any idea what they're saying"
"Maybe there translation implant, is malfunctioning"
"Maybe, then I guess we assume they won't understand us"
"Maybe, they look human, but there defiantly not speaking English"
"Maybe there speaking some other human langue" EDI chimed in again
"I've done a comparison, with the language they are speaking to every know language, they seem to be speaking a mixture of human languages, that consists of Latin, Spanish, German, Russian and a large portion of the major languages in human history"
"So they speaking a hybrid form"
"Not exactly"
"What's that mean?"
"I'm am unsure of the origin of this language, as it would be illogical to create a language that only three people know, as it is not recorded as any known language, I am unsure if this is there only know language, is this unknown dialect" Shepard sighed
"Guess there's only one way to find out" Shepard rose and drew out his Vindicator "Frezee" Garrus Chuckled
"Same old Shepard"
Markus turned to see three humans and what appeared to be a Kroot rise from nearby, Markus gave a sigh of relief, other armed humans, in other words, back up, he took note that, what he assumed was the leader, spoke Harakat, he only knew it because it was his mother's Native tongue
"You there, I request your assistance"
"So you do speak English"
"What, what the hell is… oh never mind, by my right as a stormtrooper of the 8th Cadian and as a member of…"
"You there Gue'La, clearly you're not aligned with the Imperial, please I require aid"
"Wait, what's a, that's it weapons on the ground"
"What are you doing, in the name of the emperor I order you to…"
"By the Ethereal's, you there Kroot I require your Aid auxiliary"
"Shut your mouth Tau, before I decide to pull the trigger"
"I may fall but you will as well"
"ENOUGH, NOW ALL OF YOU WEAPONS ON THE GROUND" The imperial stopped and lowered his weapons, because he heard the voice of a inquisitor, wise and calm in the face of adversary as well as vicious, the Tau stopped, because they'd heard the voice of an Ethereal, commanding yet kind, willing to find a way to resolve things peacefully in the face of combat, as for the Eldar, well it is unsure what the Eldar lowered his weapons, perhaps he saw something in this Human, perhaps he simply didn't desire to fight
"Right then that's better, now" the unknown human walked down the ramp towards the three of them, he wore an odd suit of armour, it bore no symbols of rank or unit, it's colours were black with streaks of blue and gold, "Alright secure their weapon"s, the tall one dressed in what appeared to be robes raised two odd looking pistols and spoke
"I will not surrender my weapons, Mon'Keigh" the armoured olive skinned man raised his pistols and aimed them at the tall one
"Be as foolish as you want Eldar, unless you want to die here like the rest of your Kind" The Eldar looked at the Storm trooper but did not speak, he lowered his weapons and spoke
"I'll cooperate, if only to spite you Mon'Keigh" the Storm Trooper Growled
"Just give me a reason" the Kroot looking alien spoke, only the Tau understood, its translation software had nearly complete its translation of its langue it spoke
"Shepard, I think we should just shoot them" the Tau spoke
"I wouldn't recommend that Kroot" The Tau rose its weapon
"Oh so you can understand me, and whats a…never mind"
"Yes I can however I doubt the others can"
"Garrus, calm down let's see what they were fighting about" The Eldar spoke
"A mere misunderstanding I assure you, we simply need to know where we are" the one with dark skin spoke
"That's easy you're on Lorek in the Farthar system"
"Lorek….Farthar…Forgive me for saying but I've never heard of this place" Shepard spoke
"Not too surprising a system this deep in Terminus space"
"Terminus?" the one with darker skin spoke
"That surprising, it be expected to not know a single planet, but you don't know the Terminus systems"
"Just exactly what year is this?"
Sometime later after a lengthy explanation form both sides
"So your telling me that were…" sighed as he removed his helmet running his hand through his thick black hair
"It would seem so Mon'Keigh" so it wasn't a matter of where but when, they'd not only been sent to a different place, but a different time.
Garrus looked at the horizon,
"Shepard it's getting dark, what should be do with them, I mean there story seems rather…Farfetched" Jacob answered
"Yeah no joke, I bet ten to one they're just a bunch off loons, that got lose form a hospital or something"
"Calm down you two, let's think about this for a while, if what they say is true then, we could learn a lot from them" Miranda had a sort of tone that Jacob had only heard once before
"Wow Miranda, didn't take you to be, the one to be all nicey-nicey with first contact with a different species, and anyway it's Shepard's decision, in the end"
He was right, once again Shepard had a choice to make, take them along and believe them or leave them here to rot
"We take'em with us….but we keep an eye on them"
"Alright, but you can tell them Shepard"
"What's the matter Garrus you scared of'em?" Garrus growled Shepard chuckled.
"So what do you propose we do then Eldar?"
"I…I don't know"
"So much for Wisdom of the Ages, what about you Tau"
"I think an opportunity will present its self" Almost on queue Shepard walked up to them
"Listen, it seems if what you say is true then, you've got a lot to learn about this world, so I've an offer for you" Markus raised an eyebrow
"What's the catch?"
"Well, I'm currently undertaking a mission, which will be incredibly, dangerous, your choices are either come with us or stay here" Markus looked to the Eldar
"Either way there's a good chance we all die?"
"Right" there was a brief silence Markus was the first to speak
"Shepard, I am an Imperial Guard, it is my duty to die for humanity, but tell me what are you fighting?"
"A group called the Reapers, and the Collectors, they've been Attacking Human settlements, leaving no trace" Markus smiled
"Then your enemies are my enemies, if your intentions are to save Human lives then count me in" Shepard looked to the Eldar
"And you?" he was silent for a time
"It would seem I've little choice in the matter" The Eldar seemed to resent his words,
"Very well Vincent Shepard, You may call upon my skills, should you need them"
"And you?"
"I fight for the Greater Good, Gue'la, you seek to end the suffering of others this is a noble pursuit, and my Arms are yours should you need them"
"Right then it seems as if you've reach agreement, so first thing is first getting acquainted, I am Vincent Jonathan Shepard, Commander of the Normandy and her Crew" the Guardsman, gave a salute
"Sergeant Major Markus Valia, of the 8th Emperors 8th Caidan" the eldar gave a slight bow
"Cerador, of the Ranger aspect" the Tau thumped his chest, giving what must have been their salute
"Shas'Uve'Tau'O'Res'Var, at your order" Shepard gave a little sigh; this would prove to be complicated.
Okay that's this chapter done it's been awhile since I posted sorry about that, but now that I've settled back into the School Regime I should be able to get these up relatively quicker, so yay (sorry for the Quality for this one I've been having trouble trying to find a way to make this a little less Jarring, but hey this is what I got, the next should be better until then BYEEE!