He's back! The man behind the mask
"Tali, its Shepard. Drop what your doing and set up defensive positions!"
Shepard shouted into the comm as he made his way through the thick bushes.
"Shepard? What happened?" Tali asked, worried.
"Jason killed Jacob! We think he's moving to the cabin your at!"
"Oh Keelah." Tali said, shaking her head.
"Were on our way!" Shepard shouted again as he ran towards the cabin.
...
Jason was walking steadily fast towards his old cabin. He had only one goal in
mind. 'Kill the filthy intruders'
Meanwhile in Jason's cabin
"Samara, Legion, we're going to have to set up defenses." Tali informed her
counterparts. She couldn't hide the fear in her voice. "Jason's moving in on
our position."
Samara nodded in agreement while Legion gave a silent click. As each member
took their first steps, the sounds of bushes moving filled their ears/audio
receptors.
Each member knelled down and aimed wherever they found an opening. Legion's
radar showed no hostiles or noticeable movements in the area, but Jason wasn't
simply an 'object'.
The two organics jumped slightly as they heard a loud thud not far from them.
They aimed their weapons to where the sound came from. There was a silent
patter of feet before it stopped abruptly.
Tali's trigger finger twitched at the sudden stop. She slowly moved over to
the nearby window and took a deep breath, which came out shakily. She gripped
the weapon in her hand and lay down flat against the wall. She gave another
deep breath before she quickly leaned out of the window and rapidly aimed in
every direction. She was frightened to find nothing.
If there wasnt anything out here then whe-
A loud crash was heard behind her. She turned on her heels quickly and found a
tall figure standing in front of her. Before she could react, the figure,
presumably Jason, grabbed her by her throat. She momentarily clawed at the
hand before being raised and thrown to a nearby wall. Due to its age, she
quickly broke through it and was knocked out by the time she landed.
Samara's hands glowed blue as she prepared a shockwave, but the monster moved
faster then she expected. He quickly slapped her hand away before applying the
same force of strength on her throat. She, like Tali, started clawing at the
hand before he pressed her against the wall. Her eyes opened wide as he
pressed her harder and harder against he wall.
Legion had started shooting him, but was of little affect. Her eyes started
rolling back as lack of oxygen started creeping up on her, but was somewhat
saved once the pressure he pressed on her throat caused her head to break
through the old cabin wall. She sharply inhaled before being pulled back
inside. She managed to see a fist and gave a short lived gasp before it made
contact. The force of the fist was... strong. The sound of a skull cracking
was heard clearly as the fist made contact with her face. The Asari Justicar
died as fast as she blinked. Instantly.
Jason dropped the body and moved over to the synthetic soldier. Legion fired
at every part of the body its human schematics showed were the weakest. Just
like firing at its chest, it had little effect. Jason pulled his machete from
his rag-like belt and swirled it in his hands as he approached the geth.
Legion continued firing until the last of the ammo clip depleted. Its melee
protocol enacting, it moved the weapon and prepared to beat Jason with the
butt of its rifle. The result was a swift cut straight through Legions 'head'.
Jason pulled the machete out slowly, observing the effects it had on the
unknown machine. It was the same as any result from any living creature being
cut in the hard. Death.
Turning his attention back to the original target, he turned and kicked a hole
in the wall. As soon as he exited, he searched and walked to the unconscious
body that lay on the moist floor and mentally prepared to kill the intruder.
Upon reaching her, he raised his weapon, only to have it dramatically shot out
of his hands. He looked over to where the weapons fire came from and saw a
familiar sight. The human soldier.
Shepard shouted in rage as he burst through the bushes. Garrus followed, but
was slightly far behind. Jason swung its arm at him once Shepard reached him,
but missed. As soon as he swung his other hand, Shepard caught it. "Die you
rotting piece of **!" Shepard shouted, pressing the shotgun against his chest
with one hand and pulling the trigger.
He gave a loud grunt as he was launched back into the house by the sheer force
of the waited for Garrus to arrive, and once he did he ran into
the house to ensure the monster was dead. The sight he was confronted with
made him curse with gritted teeth. Legion and Samara's bodies lay in the cabin
floor, but Jason's was nowhere to be seen.
"**!" Shepard shouted in frustration. As soon as he looked over to Garrus and
Tali, he remembered how she lay, almost as though she was lifeless. He dropped
his weapon and ran to her.
"TALI!" Shepard shouted in panic. As he reached her, he dropped by her side
and checked her suit. There were no noticeable ruptures, leading to him giving
a sigh. Making sure his initial analysis was correct, he activated his
Omni-tool and ran his hand over her, awaiting a medical diagnosis to summarize
any unnoticeable effect. Shepard gave a sigh of relief at there being no signs
of mental or physical damage aside from a minor concussion.
"Is she fine?" Garrus asked from behind him. Shepard stayed kneeled beside her
and looked over her unconscious form.
"She has a minor concussion, but nothing serious." he responded.
"Shes the lucky one." Garrus responded with a sad tone in his voice. "I just
saw... the other two."
"Damn it!" Shepard muttered. "If we were faster we could have..." he
stopped.
"We got here as fast as we could, Shepard. You know that." Garrus assured him.
"We did what we could once we got he-"
*Bip Bip Bip*
They looked around quizzically.
*Bip Bip Bip*
"What the hell is that noise?" Garrus asked.
"Wait, let me check." Shepard said as he reached into one of his tactical
slots on his armor. He pulled out a rectangular device.
"It seems to be my Ipod Touch 4000." he answered as he looked at the screen.
"Wait a minute... What the...?"
The screen read 'Downloading Legion App.'
..
So, this is the end of this chapter folks.
Some of you might be wondering why haven't written anything lately. It's
because I had an accident while Longboarding. I fell of the board and hit my
head pretty hard. Guess im lucky to have worn a helmet :D
Too bad the force of the impact broke it in two :O
I myself got an severe concussion from that, so I've been relaxing the last
few weeks and, as a result of me missing ou on school, had a crap-load of
make-up work to do D: (I was home for almost a month)
But Now I'm back and that's why the title is- 'He's back! The man behind the
mask'
As always, special thanks to deathhunit100010 for all his help.
