Zocker119: Hey everybody. Sorry this chapter took so long to come out, but for once I actually have a good reason for it. You see, I my first day of college was October fourth. Between classes and my work schedule, I get about 48 hours throughout the week to do anything not work/school related and I need to balance that time between spending time with friends/family, gaming and of course, Fanfiction. So with that in mind please understand if the time between uploads is longer than normal.

Anyway I also want to address some things story wise. I have been getting a lot, and I mean a lot, of review about one specific thing. Why am I putting Alex with Miranda and not Shepard? Besides the funny reason from, I believe the end of chapter two, I like Miranda as a character. Sure when you first meet her she's a controlling, ice queen bitch with a superiority complex, but then you get to know her. Very slowly but surely, the ice begins to melt and chip away, revealing caring and, somewhat, insecure woman beneath and that's the kind of character development that I love.

But, I'm not made of stone and do want to please you readers as much as possible. SO! I have created a poll that is posted on my page to decide whether Alex get both Miranda and Jane, or just Miranda.

Well with that in mind let's get to the chapter!

-DOOM Effect-

An Imp screeched in rage as its fellow demonic brethren were torn to pieces. Rushing at the one responsible it prepared to throw a fire ball, only for a shotgun shell to knock it back.

Grabbing the stunned demon by it jaw I pull. It's jaw tears off and I leave it gurgling on the floor to die as its life essence flows into me, healing most of my wounds. I move through to the next room and find a gore nest sitting in the middle of it.

Approaching it I punch the side and rip out its still beating heart, destroying it and summoning demons into the room.

Swapping to my HAR I unleash a steady stream of hot lead onto the possessed horde. One soldier, getting too close for comfort, is forced onto one knee from my constant fire. Charging towards it, I kick it to the floor, break its leg, and crush its skull with its own foot.

With the chainsaw in hand I spin around and slice another in two. It brings its arm up to block the my weapon, but it proves little use as it only stalls my chainsaws advance for a fraction of a second.

I switch to the super shotgun and blast both shells into a group of possessed, turning them into a pasty mist.

The roar of a Hell Knight catches my attention. I turn around just in time for one to slam into me, carrying me like a football player for several feet before throwing me into a wall. Getting to my feet I glare at the demon. With red forming on the edges of my vision I roar at the beast.

It returns my roar with one of its own and charges me. Its advance is ended by my fist colliding with the side of its head, snapping its neck. Not finished I grab the side of its face and pull, taking its head, neck muscles and spine with it.

Throwing the head to the side, I grab my gun and observe the room, finding it covered with the blood of my enemies.

Not caring at the blood and destruction I move on to my next objective. I still have a few more of these things left to destroy before I can move on.


The sound of people moving about reach my ears as my eyes open. I look around for a second, confused before it all comes back to me.

"I'm not in hell or on Mars," I say quietly. "I'm on board the Normandy, helping Shepard take down Saren."

Getting up I feel that my back is stiff from sleeping on the floor. I really should remember to grab a sleeping mat later otherwise my nights here are going to suck. Looking around some more I see that the others are already up and moving about.

'Looks like I also need to start setting an alarm.'

Filing that thought away I grab some clothes, ride the elevator to the crew deck and head for the showers.

Turning the water on full blast I let the hot water run down my body. My dreams are becoming more and more frequent. Had my time in DOOM done more than just give me the abilities and tools to survive in this universe? The answer to that question is obvious now.

'Should I go and talk to the doc about these dreams?' Stepping out of the shower, I dry myself off and throw on clothes identical to what I had on yesterday. I didn't make it ten feet before somebody calls out.

"Alex!" Turning to my right I see the commander walking towards me.

"Jane. You need something?" It wasn't until the words left my mouth that I realized that I had said was almost exactly the same way Garrus greeted Shepard when ever he/she went to go and talk to him.

"We're coming up on Knossos. I need you and everyone ready and waiting by the Mako in thirty minutes."

I raise a brow. I'm not too surprised that she would bring more than just two members with her, but I can't help but wonder. "Will that thing even be able to fit us all inside it?"

"We'll make room."


Sure enough, roughly thirty minutes later all of us were in our combat gear and situated in the armored vehicle and waiting for us to get close enough to the planet for the drop. It was a tight fit but we somehow managed to do it.

Much to the commanders disappointment, I managed to snag the driver seat while she rode shotgun. Wrex was up on the turret controls cause no one was going to fight a Krogan battlemaster for the spot, so everyone else was stuck sitting in the back.

"Do you even know how to drive one of these?" Jane asks not trying to pout.

"Did you think I would be driving if I didn't?" I ask looking at her.

She sighs in defeat, "No, I guess you wouldn't."

Little did she know that I had VEGA pull up some tutorial videos and am currently watching them vial my helmet visor. What? I can drive stick just fine so this should be a piece of cake.

"We're close enough for the drop Commander." Joker spoke through the coms, "Opening the cargo bay doors now and a word of advice, avoid the lava."

I chuckle at his words. 'Here goes nothing.' Once the doors are fully open I floor the accelerator and send use barreling into the air. We experience zero-g for several second before I hit the thrust jets, slowing our decent and hit the ground planetside with heavy jerk.

"Everyone Ok back there?" I get a collective of groans in response, "I'll take that as a yes."

Other than trying to avoid the streams of lava the drive to the ruins is largely uneventful. The Mako is much easier to drive than I though it would and not the nightmare the first game always made it.

Jane turns around and looks up at the turret controls. "You seeing anything Wrex?"

"Not yet." He says disappointingly. He really wants to use this big gun on something. "Just more rocks and lava."

"How about some tunes to liven the mood." I don't wait for anyone's response and activate my omni tool and play some rock music.

Insert BYOB by System of the Down

Keeping my eyes on the path, I lightly bob my head and drum my fingers to the beat of the song.

"Spirits what are we listening to?" Garrus asks having never heard this kind of music before.

"This my scaly comrade is what we humans call Rock music." I say glancing back at him. "Not that techno whatever it is shit you hear in clubs now and days."

Jane glances over at me and asks. "Is this some new group?"

"Ha!" I laugh at Jane's question. "Hell no! This is System of the Down. They've been dead for well over a hundred years."

"And you listen to this group often? Even though they're songs are so old." Tali says getting into the conversation.

Jane crosses her arms and leans back in her seat, "I never pegged you for a classic rock kind of guy."

"Let me tell you something my old-man told me." I say as I drive us over a narrow land bridge over a river of lava. Was this drive always this long? "There is no such thing as classic or new rock. That's because what was considered rock for his generation will be classic for the next and rock for that generation will be classic for the one after that and so on and so forth. Thus, regardless of how old the song is, it was rock for somebodies generation."

Jane develops a thoughtful look. "That's...one way to look at it."

"Hate to interrupt your conversation about musical culture," Wrex calls down from his spot sounding eager, "But we got Geth!"

Turning my attention bat to the viewing screen I see that he's right. At least a dozen Geth rocket troopers could be seen a few hundred meters ahead of us as well as three Armature's.

The Geth must have spotted us. How do I know this? The rockets and pulse blasts heading straight for us are a pretty big hint.

"FUCK!" Jerking the wheel to the right I manage to avoid the deadly projectiles. "Wrex! Light those bastards up!"

The sound of the tanks weapons going off greet my ears. "Already on it!" He shouts in glee as he continues to unleash a hail of machine gun and cannon fire into the Geth.

The ones that aren't killed by Wrex meet their doom(pun intended) by me running them down with the armored tank.

"GTA MOTHER FUCKER!" I shout as I send a Armature sprawling into nearby lava stream after sideswiping it with the rear end of the Vehicle. "50 POINTS!"

"Where the hell did you learn to drive?!" Ashley yells, holding her safety harness a little tighter.

"Not important!" I say running down a rocket troop. A siege pulse slams into the Mako's side nearly knocking us over. Growling I hit the throttle, spin the tank around and ram the offending Armature. As it rolls over Wrex pelts it's exposed underbelly with a barrage of turret fire.

"We don't have time for this! Alex get us out of here!" Orders Jane.

Flooring it I run over any unfortunate Geth that happen to get in my way. We didn't make it 100 meters before Wrex calls out.

"Incoming!"

His warning came too late though as a massive siege pulse impacts right next to the Mako. The force of the blast causes me to loose control for a split second. That was all it took.

Another pulse hits the back to the Mako, causing the whole vehicle to flip forward, going end over end for several meters before slamming into a nearby cliff side.


3rd person POV

Jane groans as she comes to, finding herself hanging upside down in her seat and her head in pain. Touching her forehead she pulls her hand back to find it covered in blood. "S-sound off."

"A little banged up but I'm good back here Shepard." Kaidan responds with a slight groan. "Ash is out cold though. Her harness broke and her heads bleeding pretty bad."

Unbuckling her harness Jane falls to the floor with a painful smack. Looking to the seat where Alex sat she found it empty. Getting to her feet she moves to the back, "Where's Alex and the others?"

"We're out here Jane." Alex calls from outside.

Ignoring the throbbing pain in her skull Jane unfolds her rifle and exits the Mako through the newly made hole in the back where she found Alex, Wrex, Garrus and Tali. All were taking cover behind the overturned Mako, popping out every few second to take pot shots at the approaching Geth.

"What's the situation?" Jane asks ash she falls in beside them.

"The Mako's fucked." Alex leans out and fires his HAR tearing a Geth trooper in half. "The Colossus made sure of that." His mind racing at the enemy before him. It may have been a while since he played the games, but he knows that a Colossus never showed up during this mission.

Looking over their cover She sees what he's talking about. What looks like a massive Armature slowly stalked towards them, constantly firing its machine guns to keep them in cover, while it's smaller brethren close in for the kill.

Wrex lifts a trooper with his biotics and manages to blow it apart with his shotgun before being forced back into cover.

"Tali!" Said Quarian looks at her. "I'm open to ideas."

"All scenarios I can think of involve heavy weapons, armor and air support."

'Shit!' Jane thinks. "The Mako's out and we have no heavy weapons and I doubted that the Colossus will let us get close enough to use grenades."

She was in the middle of trying to come up with another solution when Alex speaks up.

"I got something that'll work." They all look at him in confusion. Alex sighs quietly to himself. He had wanted to wait until later before using it but there's no other option. "I'll explain what your about to see later, but trust me on this."

Before anyone could ask what he meant his HAR disappears in a low flash of light and a new one takes its place. This new weapon is massive, with a glowing green cylinder in the center of it. That is the only way Jane can describe the weapon.

Alex, regardless of heavy fire from the opposition, walks out from behind the Mako and aims the barrel at the approaching Colossus and pulls the trigger. The BFG9000 discharges a large green ball of condensed plasma that closes the distance between it and it's target in seconds, all while arcs of energy at nearby Geth that causes their fluids to flash heat, evaporate and expand, resulting in the Geth exploding.

The Colossus doesn't stand a chance as the plasma hits it's chest dead center and is enveloped in an explosion.

Letting the BFG9000 fall to his waist Alex check his ammo count and curses. There are only two shots left. As much as he loves this gun, it'll have to be put on the back burner until he finds a way to replicate ammo.

Bringing out his Combat Shotgun and turns back to the others to find them staring at him mouths gaping.

"What the hell was that!?" Jane asks once she breaks out of her shock. Alex goes to speak but stops him by raising her hand. "You know what, we don't have time for this. We've still got to go and retrieve T'soni. I'm dropping this for now but I expect a full explanation once we get off of this planet." She says giving him a look that left no room for argument.


It took Ash a few minutes to wake up. She was suffering from a concussion so Jane ordered her to keep near the back of the group and keep her out of the line of fire.

As they approached the entrance a Geth drop ship few over head, dropping more shock, rocket troopers, Armature's and a new variation called Hoppers.

A firefight quickly ensues.

As Jane and the others dove for cover, she see Alex charge head first into oncoming fire. "Alex! Get to cover!"

Her order falls on deaf ears as Alex finds himself falling back into his normal routine.

Firing an explosive shot into the wave of Geth, he gets a direct impact. The secondary charges activate, catching those nearby and reducing them to scrap metal.

Alex shoulder rams another to the ground and stomps on its head. Swapping the barrel for the burst mod, the dots on the side light up and he unloads three shells into a trooper.

Spotting a hopper heading at him from the corner of his vision, he waits until the last moment before facing it chainsaw revving in his hands, awaiting its next victim. The hoppers metal frame does little to protect it from the rapidly spinning chain, its mechanical innards spilling out over him as it's sliced in two.

Another hopper tackles him to the ground from behind. It slashes at his back only for its claws to grind harmlessly off of the hell forged armor. As it tried to process why the human beneath it wasn't dead Alex's elbow smashes into glowing eye, cracking it.

knocking it off of his back Alex grabs it by its flashlight head, rips it off and throws it at another one.

Alex leans to the side as siege pulse passes harmlessly by. Running at the Armature that just tried killing him, he double jumps over it, switching to the super shotgun while in the air and lands on its back. He fires both barrels into its back, tearing a hole in its armor.

Reaching into the freshly made hole he reaches and grabs its power core. Ignoring the electrical surge he rips it out and tosses it to the side.

The light in its head fades out and the Armature collapses.

Glancing down at his work and reloading his gun Alex fails to see the rocket trooper lining up it shot. Its head is reduced to a smoldering mess as a mass accelerator tears through it.

Alex looks to see Garrus crouching behind cover, his sniper smoking.

"Scoped and dropped."

"...You should trade mark that."

Garrus just shrugs and goes back to shooting.


Alex's POV

It only takes a few minutes for the rest of the Geth are laying on the ground in various states of destruction.

Once we were done I turn see the Commander stalking towards me.

And she looks pissed.

"What the hell was that!?" She asks heatedly.

"You're gonna have to be a little bit more specific than that Jane."

Her glare intensifies, "I'm talking about you charging in head first and ignoring orders."

"It's the way I operate." Switching back to combat shotgun, the burst still equip, and I give her my full attention. "Shock and awe is a powerful weapon Jane. It may not work on the Geth due to them being machines, but I did draw all of their attention towards me and away from the rest of you. With them focusing me, it left them open for you all to take them out."

"That's really reckless Alex. One mistake and you could've been seriously injured or have been killed."

"I'm well aware of that Jane, but it's just the way that I fight." After my time in hell and on mars, the way I fight is instinctual. It's not something that I can just change with the flip of a dime. Even if Shepard is the one asking. "Never had the benefit of others watching my back while I was fighting through hell."

Feeling a hand on my shoulder I turn and see that it's the commander. Her glare isn't completely gone but its soften quite a bit. "I get it Alex, really I do. I've had to fight on my own before. But you're part of a squad now. We work as a team, cover each others weaknesses and watch over one another. Your aren't alone anymore."

I ponder her words for a moment. "Even so Jane, this is how I fight and I don't plan on changing it."

She sighs at my words, "At least try and give me fare warning next time. I don't care if you can pull a big fucking gun out of your ass, you can't handle everything."

I chuckle at her choice of words. If only she knew what I've been through. "It's called the BFG9000, and I don't pull it out of my ass...I pull it out of a dimensional backpack."

"...I-"

"Expect a full explanation later, I get it." Shouldering my weapon I start making my way into the ruins. Jane falls into line beside me, the rest following shortly behind us.

Everything inside was relatively the same as the game. There were a couple of Geth that tried to stop us, didn't work, and we had to get in a few elevators to reach the ruins. The rides were a little cramped with all of us squeezing in but it wasn't all that bad.

The second elevator shudders and stops a few stories above our intended destination.

"Looks like this is our stop." Jane remarks.

Stepping forward I grip the edges of the door and start to force it open. Whatever mechanism in the elevator that tries to keep it close brakes under the strain and I throw the doors open.

Exiting the elevator we move along the catwalk, keeping our eyes peeled for any enemies. The catwalk ahead is broken and we're left with no other option other than dropping down to the next level.

"Hello? Is somebody there? Can you please help me?"

Taking a few steps the the side I turn and see our objective suspended in some kind of energy field.

Jane steps forward, "I'm Commander Shepard. I was sent to extract Dr. T'soni. I presume that you're her."

"Yes that's me." Liara says with a sigh of relief. "Please you have to help me. This is a Prothean Barrier Curtain. I activated it knowing that it would keep me safe from the Geth, but I must have hit something I wasn't supposed to. I'm trapped in here." She admits with an embarrassed blush.

"It shouldn't be that difficult to turn off." Garrus begins looking around. "Must be some kind of switch somewhere."

Jane holds up her hand. "Hold on. Before we get you out we have to know who's side you're on."

Liara looks at them in confusion. "Side? I'm afraid that I don't understand what you mean."

"Your mother is working with a Spectre turned traitor Saren. How do we know that your aren't as well?"

"Does that really matter?" I spoke voicing my thoughts, "Regardless of who she's with, we're still going to be getting her out of here. The only difference will be whether or not she's in cuffs."

"I'd rather know now then latter." Jane states giving me a look that said to keep quiet.

Shrugging I lean up against the barrier and let Shepard do her thing.

"My mother? I haven't spoken to her in years. I may be Benezia's daughter but I'm nothing like her. I'll cooperate with you but please just get me out of here." Liara says. Taking a closer look at her I notice that she seems a bit pale and has bags under her eyes. Just how long has she been stuck in there?

Jane stares at Liara for a moment longer and nods. "Alright We'll get you out. We just got to find a way past this barrier."

"That's the tricky part." Liara looks behind her. "It can't be shut off from out there and the switch is over here."

Seeing how this conversation was going I start making my way down towards the lower level. Shotgun pumped and ready I'm surprised to see that there are no Geth waiting for me below. Approaching the mining laser I notice a big red button. Underneath it is a warning label.

"Warning. Make sure area is clear before operating mining laser." I read out loud. Looking back to where Jane and the others were I see that they're still talking with Liara. "Fuck it!"

I smash the button and a lance of red energy fires from the mining tool and into the ground in front of it. Once the dust clears and a path to the other chamber is revealed.

"Alex!" Looking up I see the others running down the ramp. "The hell just happened."

"Couldn't find the door to the next room. So, I decided to make my own." I say casually walking through the hole in the floor.

"And we just had a conversation about fore warning." Jane responds dryly, earning a shrug from me.

Thankfully the path still led to yet another elevator. I'm beginning to think that the Prothean's just stopped using stairs at one point.

"You got in!" Liara looks both shocked and happy that we managed to get through. "How were you able to get around the barrier."

"I used a giant ass laser to blow a hole in the floor." I told her as bluntly as possible. "...It was pretty fucking cool." I add while hitting the button that releases her.

Liara lets out a cute sounding yelp as she suddenly falls onto her rear. "T-thank you." I shoot her a thumbs up only for her to look at me in confusion.

Oh right. She hasn't spent that much time around humans before.

Jane speaks up. "So how do we get out of here? The way we took isn't an option."

"The elevator you just took should be able to take us back to the upper levels." Liara walks past us and starts typing commands into the consul. "I don't understand what this is all about. Why would Saren be coming after me?"

"Saren is looking for some Prothean device called the conduit." Tali explains. "With you being a Prothean expert, he probably though you would be his best bet at finding it."

"The conduit? But I do-" Liara is cut off as the whole area begins to shake.

"Uhmm, what was that?" Wrex asks.

"The ruins are no longer stable. The mining laser must have triggered a seismic event."

Jane and the rest of the squad all turned and looked at me.

"...I'm not apologizing."

The commander just shakes her head and puts a finger to her ear. "Joker! Get the Normandy in the air at my position pronto! Alex fucked up!"

"I did nothing wrong!"

"Roger that Commander. ETA 8 minutes."

Guarrus looks around at the walls with caution. "That might not be quick enough."

"If I die here, I'll kill him." Wrex growls.

The elevator starts moving and we're on our way back to the surface. Thankfully this one is much faster than the one on the Normandy and Citadel and quickly ascends. We're at the top floor within a minute.

As the elevator comes to a halt we all stop as we see a Krogan and several Geth troopers standing between us and the exit.

"Surrender. Or don't. That would be more fun." The Krogan orders, grinning at the thought of getting into a firefight.

"I don't know if you noticed or not, but this place is getting ready to collapse on top of us!" Jane says as she gets ready to go for her weapon.

"Exhilarating, isn't it." The battlemaster responds, his grin turning down right feral. "Hand over the doctor."

Jane shares a look with Liara and nods. Turning back to the Krogan she says. "It think she's doing just fine with us."

"Kill them," The Krogan shouts to the Geth. "Spare the Asari if you can."

The non-organics follow his orders without question and open fire.

Grabbing Liara I drag her behind cover while the others return fire.

"Alex, keep the Doctor safe!" For once I follow her orders without question.

"Stick close to me and keep your head down!" After getting a nod from the un-armored maiden, I stand up and fire a burst shot from my shotgun into the chest of the closest Geth.

I'm suddenly thrown off of my feet and slammed into the wall. Falling to the floor I look up to see the battlemaster charging at me, a purple glow surrounding him.

"I AM KROGAN!"

Having face demons and other monstrous creatures before, I do the only logical thing. I get to my feet and charge right back.

A thunderous crash is heard as the two of us collide. The Krogans grin falters slightly when he notices that I managed to completely stopped his forward momentum. Him weighing somewhere in the neighborhood of 800 pounds, it shouldn't have been possible for me to do what I just did.

He swings at me with a biotic enhanced punch which is caught by my open hand. Yanking him forward I head but him, the argent in my body enhancing the power of the hit.

But it does little to the aliens armored skull, and he responds with a punch to my stomach. Tanking the hit I land a sucker punch of my own to his side.

With a roar of rage, the battlemaster is enveloped in a purple glow once again and tackles me. Digging my feet into the floor I rain elbows onto his unguarded back in and attempt to stop him, but the pain doesn't seem to bother him. Roaring once again he slams me into the wall, enticing a grunt form me.

He then grabs me chest piece and pulls me into a headbutt.

My helmet holds but my skull is ringing a bit. Growling I see red form around the edges of my vision. Wit renewed strength, I knee him in the stomach and manage t put some space in between us. Rushing forward I let loose a powerful kick to knee. I am rewarded with the sound of bones breaking.

Bending over to hold his knee in pain, the Krogan leaves himself wide open for a hammer strike to the back of the head, sending him face first into the floor.

Kicking him onto his back, I grab his arm tightly and, with the sickening sound of tearing flesh, yank it out of its socket. The battle master doesn't even get a chance to scream as I bring his severed arm down on his skull again, and again, and again until his head finally caves inward.

Breathing heavily, not out of exhaustion but from the argent still pumping, I drop the now broken and battered. Turning around I find that the Geth have all been taken care of and the commander, along with the rest of the group, staring at my bloodied form with different expressions.

Jane, Ashley, Kaidan and Garrus all look at me with mixtures of shock and disgust. Liara seems ready to throw up at any given moment. Wrex is unreadable and even though Tali has seen me do similar, I'm pretty sure her face is close to Janes.

Without saying a word I pick up my discarded weapon and head for the exit. "Let's get the fuck out of here."

As I finish my sentence the place starts to shake again, only this time it's much more violent. This seems to snap the others form their shocked state.

"Move!" Jane orders, making a break for the exit. Not needing to be told twice the rest run as fast as their legs could carry them.

Let me tell you something. Running through a cave, while said cave is falling apart around you, is, not, fucking, easy. Narrowly avoiding rocks I manage to reach the exit tube first.

Turning around I find the others trailing not to far behind me. Wrex is in the front, followed by Garrus, Jane, Kaidan, Ashley and Tali with Liara a few steps behind.

"Go go go! Get those asses moving!" I shout waving them over. They're all almost there when disaster strikes. The wall suddenly explodes sending pieces of rock everywhere. One manages to hit Liara in the back of the head and she collapses to the floor unmoving.

'Shit!' Charging past the others I reach Liara. Carrying her princess style I sprint full speed back to and up the ramp. I'm about the fourth of the way there when I realize that we won't make it.

With that thought my vision suddenly goes yellow and I find myself moving three to for times faster than I was previously. Knowing that this was the effect of the haste powerup, I run with even greater determination.

With my new level of speed I clear the tunnel and reach the Normandy's doors in under fifteen second, almost running into Jane who had been waiting in the airlock for us.

"Mission accomplished Commander." I say handing her the unconscious Asari. I'm suddenlt hit with a wave of fatigue. Never before had I used the effects of two powerups in rapid succession before.

I see the Jan's lips moving but no words reach my ears as I fall to the floor and everything goes black.

-END-

Zrocker119: eh? Not too bad right? As for Alex blacking out at the end there I did this for a good reason. In the game, the Doomslayer never uses powerups in rapid succession. This led me to thinking that he can only use them once every couple of hours or so. Again this is just what I felt was right. I'm most likely wrong, but fuck it! This is Fanfiction! I'm allowed to do what I want in my story.

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