Zrocker119: Heeeyyyy everyone. Yeah a lot has happened since I posted the last chapter that prevented me from getting this out sooner, but so full disclosure, the main reason being that I just wasn't in the mood for writing until about three weeks ago. Between me finally getting a PS4 and playing Bloodborne, Nioh and For Honor, yeah I haven't been writing that much.

But I'm back and will be writing more often. I've decided to set aside two hours a day to nothing but working on my stories, my main focus being this one and the rewrite of my first story.

Also, before I get the actual chapter I have something to say that will probably piss more than a few of you off. Last chapter I released the poll results of who Alex should end up with and that it was both Miranda and Jane. Well I got more than a few PM's from some dedicated supporters of this story that said that it was a bad idea and gave very, and I mean VERY good reasons at to why it was.

After talking back and forth with them I decided that I'm going to stick with the original plan of pairing Alex with Miranda. Sorry for those that voted for both, but if your a true fan of this story then pairings shouldn't matter. But sense we're on the topic of pairings, now that Jane is off the table, who should she end up with? I'm thinking Garrus!

Now on with the story!

-DOOM Effect-

It had been 36 hours since Liara had come aboard the Normandy, and about 32 hours since the crew learned about my "Origins". As expected many members of the crew became let's say...apprehensive whenever I happened to be within the same room as them. Of the ground crew though, only Garrus and Ashley treated me with some form distrust.

Garrus was more cautious than anything, but I chalked that up to us once sitting on opposite sides of an interrogation room.

Ash though...I'm not really sure what her problem is. She'd shoot me glares every so often when we were in the same room and tends to avoid me whenever possible. I don't really care though. Of the original crew she was always my least favorite character. Not for any specific reason though, I just found her to be boring. I'll straighten it out though sooner or later.

Turning my attention back to my current task I speak, "You load in the ammo block?"

"Yes."

"Alright then," Crossing my arms I gesture to the crate with a target painted on it that sat at the opposite end of the lower cargo hold. "Take aim and fire when ready."

Raising the assault rifle in her hands, Liara squeezes the trigger and sends a small burst of fire down the range. A few managed to hit the crate but most sailed harmlessly passed and impacted harmlessly against the wall.

"This is much harder than I thought." Liara says with a small sigh.

When it was brought up that Liara had little to no combat experience, Jane had asked if one of us was willing to show her the ropes. After a few moments of contemplating I volunteered. I didn't really have to think it over, but I didn't want everyone thinking that I was being too eager to teach the sexy, blue alien lady how to properly handle a firearm.

Chuckling a bit, I gave her a gentle pat on the shoulder. "Don't worry about it. We still got a few hours until we arrive at Feros. I'll have you combat ready before then. Besides," Summoning my E-pistol(Energy pistol shorten) I fire multiple shots in rapid succession, each one either hitting the bulls-eye or close to it. "It takes time, patients and plenty of practice to become a good marksman."

"I guess I have a long way to go."

"Yes you do, my young padawan." I say, nodding sagely.

"A what?"

"...Fuck. Okay, after were done here I'm going to start teaching you about pre-space human culture."

The sound of the elevator doors opening catches mine and Liara's attention. From the opening came, Jane, Tali, Wrex and pretty much everyone else. "Alex, Liara," Jane greeted. "How's the training coming along?"

"Pretty good, Jane and co." Is my response. I was expecting Jane to come by some time soon, but it surprised me to see that the rest of the crew tagged along as well. "For someone that's only just started learning to shoot, Liara's a quick learner." Aw how cute! Liara is blushing at my praise. "As long as she takes her time and picks her targets, she should be good enough to come with us once our boots hit the ground."

Jane nodded in approval. "That's good to hear, but Liara's progress isn't the only reason why I gathered everyone down here." I raise a brow, which prompts her to continue. "Since your secret's out, I was going to ask that you show us just what you have stashed away in that backpack of yours."

I look a Jane for a moment. She has an excited and hungry look in her eyes. It was so subtle that it almost went unnoticed by me. Smirking I say, "If you just wanted to see my guns Jane, all you had to do was ask."

I walk to the side of the hold where a long line of crates sat. Before you ask, Liara and I were using them as a makeshift weapons bench during our training sessions. Putting all of the ME weapons away I will mine into existence. Several thunks are heard as the weapons used to slaughter the forces of hell itself landed in a neat row, from smallest to largest.

"Okay, let's start wi-"

"Is that a fucking Chainsaw!?" Kaidan shouted, pointing towards the scary looking piece of equipment.

"Why yes, yes it is. Didn't you see me use it during the last mission?" I asked, remembering the Geth that was unfortunate enough to meet its end by the weapons deadly teeth.

"I though the heat of the volcano was just making me see things." Admits the Sentinel.

"You weren't hallucinating. That thing has saved my life more times than I can count...in spectacularly gory ways. Be glad you saw that beast against a Geth and not something else." I chuckle in amusement as every one looks grossed out by my statement. Except for Wrex that is. He actually chuckled along with me. "Now as I was saying, let's start with the smallest and work our way up."

"Before we begin though," I bring up my omni tool and give it a quick tap.

Insert Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes

Now with a sick beat going on in the background, I un-holstered the E-pistol, "First is this little peashooter that I've taken to calling the E-pistol, or energy pistol. It doesn't a whole lot of damage, but it never overheats and can do a charged shot for extra damage."

"Hold on a moment." Tali said with a raised hand, "Did you just say that that weapon doesn't over heat? Sorry but I just can't believe that."

"Well it doesn't." I respond somewhat childishly. I can tell that she wasn't convinced. "Tell you what," I said and tossed her the weapon. She must not have expected me to do so because she barely catches it, "I'll continue on with show and tell, while you fire that at the target until either A.) It stops firing, or B.) Your finger falls off."

Not even waiting to hear her response I pick up the next gun. "Next is the Combat Shotgun. This bad-boy fires a tight spread, seven pellet buckshot. It's effective from close to medium range. Its barrel can be modded with either a triple-burst shot or an explosive shot. There's a short delay between both mod shots but usually everything I'm shooting at is dead before the next shot is ready so the delay isn't even that big of a deal."

Setting it back down I glanced over to see that Tali had actually started shooting the target. Ha, I should've bet some credits. "Next is my personal favorite," I said and grabbed the Super Shotgun, "This is a traditional style double barreled, break action shotgun. Fires two, ten pellet buckshot's simultaneously and can turn just about anything unfortunate enough to be on the business end into a pile of mush." I eject the two shells, caught and twirled them between my fingers for a moment before loading them back in and snapping it shut. "It's also the only weapon that I have to reload manually."

"Awesome," Jane reached forward to grab it, but I slapped her hand away once it came withing touching distance. "But why reload it manually? Why not just warp the ammo directly into the barrels like you do with all of your other weapons?" She asked, rubbing her now sore hand.

"Oh, Jane, Jane, Jane...Jane." I begin like I was lecturing a small child. "Thy will never make a double barrel shotgun that has a clip, and must always reload by putting in the shells thyself. If thy fails to follow these two rules, thy must immediately blow thyselves fucking head off. It's just one of the fundamental rules set by the universe."

"...That makes no sense." Ash mumbled not too quietly.

"And look at how many fucks I give, MOVING ON!" I replace the Boomstick with Har. "Next is the Heavy Assault Rifle or HAR. This beautiful piece of weaponry fires high velocity, .50 BMG rounds, you know the shit we used to use for anti-material rifles. It has a medium firing rate, a tactical scope for precision shots, and a micro missiles rack. It's sturdy and reliable in most situations."

Kaidan looked at the HAR worriedly, "How can you even shoot that thing and not get dropped on your ass?"

"The suit of power armor helps," I said with a shrug before I grabbed the Plasma Rifle. "This is the Plasma Rifle and before you ask, yes it fires exactly what the name implies. I fires high damage bolts of plasma, at a high rate with minimal recoil. One draw back though is that the bolts have a very low velocity, so I tend to have to lead my targets depending on how far away they are. This thing can melt through most armors and can be equipped with a stun bomb or heat blast mod."

"How does the heat blast work?" Ash looked very interested in the plasma gun. Maybe I can let her use it some time to get on her good side.

"The weapon builds up a lot, and I mean A LOT of heat whenever it fires. The heat blast mod disperses all of the built up heat all at once in the form of a heat wave directly in from the front of the gun. It has a very short range, but the results are rather spectacular. Unfortunately, the reason you haven't been seeing me use this is because I don't have a way to restock on ammunition for it and two of my other guns."

Putting the weapon down I crack my knuckles and heft the rocket launcher onto my shoulders, "From this point onward we'll be delving into heavy weapons territory. First on the list is the classic rocket launcher. It has a large blast radius and is good against groups and enemies with heavy armor. Not very good against fast enemies, but that's what the lock-on burst is for."

"Lock-on burst?" Wrex asked.

I grin savagely, "It locks onto the target, before letting loose three rockets that seek the poor bastard down. The other mod is remote detonation. It does exactly what it says but instead of just detonating the rocket, other explosives are mounted on and ejected from the rocket itself."

"Holy shit." I hear everyone mumble under their breaths.

"Ohohoh, it only gets better form here." I grab the beast that is the chaingun. "Meet the delta-12 chaingun. It's a high velocity heavy weapon capable of suppressing multiple targets at once. An Argent infused piston compresses gas within the firing crucible to over 220,000 PSI. When released, this launches a 15mm Tungsten Slug with a muzzle velocity of nearly 5,000 feet per second. The heat generated by this action is siphoned into a thermal gel compound that automatically recharges the 96volt battery pack. This allows the weapon to sustain itself for an almost endless firing cycle, as long as there's ammunition present. At maximum rotation, it can fire 900 RPM."

I pause to take a breath before continuing. "Normally it needs a moment for the barrels to spool up, but the rotator mod disables the release safety, allowing it to be fired immediately without having to wait for maximum rotation, but I don't really use that one."

"Alright I give up!" Tali stated, having given up on making the E-pistol over heat and walks back over to the group. "This weapon defies modern technology as we know it!"

"Just in time Tali," I all but shout in excitement, "Your gonna love what this other beasts mod is." I twist off the barrel and replace it with the mobile turret mod. "This mod adds a secondary firing crucible and compression chamber allowing the weapon to fire at twice the normal rate of fire, expanding twice the ammunition and super-heating the muzzle. Normally one would have to remain stationary but I'm able to remain mobile with the use of my armor."

Wrex spoke up, "So your telling me that that thing can fire at 1800RPM's, but the heat build up makes it so that it can only fire like that for a short period of time?"

"Yes...in normal circumstances." I pause for added effect, "While clearing out the Hades facility, I came across a experimental version of the mod, one that is capable of dispersing the heat build up at the same rate it's generated. Which means?"

Tali's the first to put the pieces together, "It can fire without, over...heating. Oh come on, you bosh'tet!"

I'll freely admit that I'm grinning like a madman at this point. 'God I love this fucking weapon!' "That's correct! No over heating for this beautiful piece of death and destruction.

"Jesus," Ash whispered, "What could possibly call for that much firepower?"

That question makes me somber up a bit, "Pray that you none of you ever have to find out." Setting it chaingun back down grab my second highest damaging weapon. "Next is the gauss cannon. This is a powerful and incredibly accurate weapon that fires steel flechettes at extremely high velocities using a magnetized chamber. It can take down most targets in a single shot and that's without the assistance of mods."

"Why do I get the feeling that mods for this weapon are completely unnecessary?" Jane asks, looking both excited and terrified at what this weapon can do.

"Pretty much, but they make everything this beast can do just so much better." I place in the precision bolt mod, "This allows the bolt to be fired in a narrow beam-like blast and adds a scope, making this weapon the closest thing that I have to a sniper." I then detach the prong-like tips and equipped my second favorite mod, surpassed only by the mobile turret, Siege mode.

"With this mode, the steel flechette is converted into a massive beam that will completely obliterate anything in its path, baring all but the toughest of foes, and the kick it generates is strong enough to send me skidding back several feet, even while in my armor. What I'm trying to say is that leave firing this to me."

"And last but certainly not least," I grab the biggest gun any of them will probable ever see. This is my first time lifting it outside of my suit and even I struggle to hold it up. "This is a massively powerful plasma energy weapon that utilizes ionized Argent Energy. It fires a green burst of plasma, damaging anything near the projectile during flight and vaporizing the target upon impact, as well as causing significant splash damage to anything standing in the vicinity of the projectile's explosion. Due to the fact that I have yet to replicate ammo for it, I only use it as an absolute last resort. It cataloged as the BFG9000, but since I don't know what that stands for I just call it the Big Fucking Gun."

"I also have a few different types of grenades, but for the most part that, ladies and gentlemen," I say as I warp all of my weapons, except for the pistol which is now attached to my hip, back into my dimensional backpack. "Is what I bring to the table." I fold my hands behind my back, "Any questions?"

Man did I regret asking that question. Not only did they all have questions, but each and everyone of them wanted to try out at least one of them. Okay what I mean by everyone is Jane and Wrex. They were the only ones the voiced their want to fire them. The others were able to control their desires to an extent that the two mentioned couldn't.

Regardless of who wanted to fire what, a short time latter we were all standing just outside of side of the airlock as Joker was finishing up the docking process on Feros. Everyone was armored up and armed to the teeth.

Mere moments later and we're off the ship. With the HAR held firmly in my grip, I stuck a few steps behind Jane, the rest of the squad following close behind.

A man stood not to far ahead of where we were walking. "Thank god. We saw your ship approaching. Fai Dan sent me, we need your help against the Geth." He said reapidly, making it hard for us to understand what he was saying.

Jane put up a hand, "Whoa there, I barely caught any of that. Calm down and say that again."

The man shook his head, "Sorry but we don't have time. The Geth are getting ready to make another push. We need to go and help defend the-"

"HEADS UP!" I cried. Raising my rifle I aimed at the Geth that tried sneaking up on and pump it full of lead. Its shields are overwhelmed and it goes down in a hail of bullets.

Caught slightly off guard by the sudden fire the others shake off their surprise and take cover before firing on the rest of the advancing Geth. I took a moment to put myself between the Geth and the man, my much larger frame providing more than enough cover for the armorless man. Just in the nick of time to, as my shields absorbed shots that were meant for him as the Geth's returned fire. I return their fire in kind.

The combination of superior numbers and firepower left the Geth as nothing more than steaming piles of scrap within a few minutes.

"Garrus, Alex, you see any more?" Jane asked.

I do a thorough scan of the area, "I'm not seeing any and neither or my scanners."

"Same." Answered Garrus.

With the coast now clear everyone got out of cover. "Any injuries?" After many negatives Jane turned back to the man. Handing him her pistol she says, "Stick in the middle and tell us where to 'll get you back safely."

"R-right," The man said with some hesitance, "Right this way, just past freighter."

Following his instructions we make our way towards the settlement. We ran into some resistance along the way in the forms of a few Hoppers when we went up a flight of stairs but they fail to do any damage and are quickly taken out.

Having reached the upper level I go through the opening that lead to our destination, and am greeted with gunfire. I dove back the way I came, but my shields were almost dropped. "Jesus, what the fuck!"

The guy I saved earlier shouts out, "Hold your fire! There from the ship that just arrived! They're friendlies!"

The gunfire stops. "Shit, sorry about that. We saw what looked like a heavily armored robot and thought it was a new type of Geth."

I was having none of that, "Well I'm fucking human!"

Everyone turned and looked at me, "That armor does make you look like a robot." Kaidan says.

I respond appropriately by looking at him and pointing a certain finger to the sky.

I she Jane shake her head in exasperation but there's a small smile present on her lips. "Move up."

Going forward we go past the improvised barricade made of heavy looking crates and enter the settlement. The place is sparsely populated, with a few workers trying to keep the place running.

"Fai Dan should be on the other end of the settlement," Our guide said, "and thanks for saving my ass back there." With that said he left to go help reinforce the barricade.

As we make are way through we pass multiple injured people. It didn't take us long to reach the other side where two people were speaking. One was a man and the other a woman in body armor. The two seemed to be in a heated discussion but stopped once we got close.

"You're the ones from the ship correct?" Asked the man.

"That's right," Jane said with a hand on her hip. "Fai Dan I assume. I'm Commander Shepard and this is my ground team. We came to see if we can give you a hand."

"Kind of a bit late, don't you think?" The woman asked with a small bit of disdain.

"Arcelia!" Fai Dan looked at us apologetically, "Sorry about that commander, it's just that we've all been on edge since-"

"Yeah, I hate to interrupt," I said with my gun raised and pointed at the incoming wave of Geth, "But I think it would be best if we dealt with them first!" What is it with the Geth and showing up during conversations anyway? Is it like a part of their programming to show up at the most inconvenient times? You know what fuck it, I'm just gonna stick with shooting at them.

"Fuck!" Jane shouted as a rocket sailed over them and detonated on one of the building behind them. "Alex, Wrex! You two push forward and get in close! Liara, Kaidan! Give them some barriers! Ash, you and Garrus provide sniper support while Tali and I try to keep them in cover!"

I grin savagely as a purple glow enveloped my armor. Looking at Wrex I see him with a face splitting grin as well. With near perfect synchronization, the two of us leap over cover and charge head first into the oncoming fire. The barrier's do there job and absorb most of the shots and allow us to close the gap.

Once close I switch to my Super Shotgun and unload both barrels point blank into a rocket troop. Its shields immediately collapse and is turned into scrap metal, along with the two others that were behind it. One managed to but up one of those hexagon shields, but I just crash through it and put my fist all the way through its chest.

A hopper jumped at me, but I halted it by throwing the Geth that was still on my arm at it, sending the two crashing into the wall. The hopper tried to get back up, but my armored boot crushed its flashlight head.

"Push forward to the tower, that's where they're coming from!" Following Jane's orders we move up the stairs, me being in the front with the others following a few steps behind.

After saving a colonist that was pinned down we entered the chamber that the Geth were being deployed into. Knowing that this part was always a pain in the ass for me in the game, I decided to change things up a little bit.

Dismissing my Super Shotgun, I brought out the chaingun, already in turret mode. Giving it a second to spool up, I pull the trigger...and what follows is nothing short of magnificent.

The sheer number of projectiles drained any and all of the shields that they came in contact with. The Geth didn't even have a moment to process what the hell just happened before exploding into a heaping piles of scrap. A few drones were able to dodge of my shot, but the overwhelming fire power proved too much and they to perish in mini explosions.

Nothing was safe. Not shields, armor, even the cover that the Geth were hiding behind were reduced to rubble, shredded by the awesome power of a weapon that is considered 'Primitive' when compared to modern day weaponry. Well the 'Primitive' weapon just kicked the advanced race of machines in their metaphorical balls.

Releasing the trigger, I let the now red hot barrels cool off. Turning to the others I see them stare at the remnants of the Geth for a moment before looking at me. Patting the giant gun affectionately I switch to my combat shotgun with the burst shot.

"...I really want to try out your guns." Jane says with a completely straight face.

I shrug my shoulders, "Maybe some other time. How about we get back to Fai Dan and tell him the good news."

-END-